2025 League of Ireland First Division

League of Ireland First Division
Season	2025
Dates	14 February 2025 – 17 October 2025
Matches played	44
Goals scored	107 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mikie Rowe; (7 goals)
Biggest home win	Cobh Ramblers 5–0 Longford Town; (7 March 2025); Finn Harps 5–0 Bray Wanderers; (21 March 2025)
Biggest away win	Athlone Town 0–5 Treaty United; (21 February 2025)
Highest scoring	Treaty United 2–3 Cobh Ramblers; (14 February 2025); Athlone Town 0–5 Treaty United; (14 February 2025); Cobh Ramblers 5–0 Longford Town; (7 March 2025); Longford Town 3–2 Kerry; (15 March 2025); Finn Harps 5–0 Bray Wanderers; (21 March 2025)
Longest winning run	Dundalk; (5 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Dundalk; (9 matches)
Longest winless run	Athlone Town; Finn Harps; Kerry; Treaty United; UCD; (4 matches)
Longest losing run	Athlone Town; (4 matches)
Highest attendance	2,600; Dundalk 1–0 Athlone Town; (14 February 2025)
Lowest attendance	224; UCD 1–1 Cobh Ramblers; (28 February 2025)
Total attendance	38,695
Average attendance	1,046
	← 2024 2026 → All statistics correct as of 11 April 2025.

The 2025 League of Ireland First Division, known as the SSE Airtricity Men's First Division for sponsorship reasons,^[1] is the 41st season of the League of Ireland First Division. The competition began on 14 February 2025,^[2] and will conclude on 17 October 2025.^[3]

Teams

Locations of the 2024 First Division teams

Team changes

The team relegated to the First Division was Dundalk, the bottom-placed team of the 2024 League of Ireland Premier Division. They replaced one team promoted from the 2024 League of Ireland First Division, champions Cork City.

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Athlone Town	Athlone	Athlone Town Stadium	5,000
Bray Wanderers	Bray	Carlisle Grounds	4,000
Cobh Ramblers	Cobh	St. Colman's Park	3,000
Dundalk	Dundalk	Oriel Park	4,500
Finn Harps	Ballybofey	Finn Park	6,000
Kerry	Tralee	Mounthawk Park	1,200
Longford Town	Longford	Bishopsgate	5,097
Treaty United	Limerick	Markets Field	5,000
UCD	Dublin	UCD Bowl	3,000
Wexford	Crossabeg	Ferrycarrig Park	2,500

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Athlone Town	Vacant	Oisín Duffy	Nike	Valeo Futbol
Bray Wanderers	Paul Heffernan	Kilian Cantwell	Capelli Sport	OutdoorLiving.ie
Cobh Ramblers	Gary Hunt	Jason Abbott	Uhlsport	McCarthy Insurance Group
Dundalk	Ciarán Kilduff	Daryl Horgan	Playr-Fit	ZOMA
Finn Harps	Kevin McHugh	Tony McNamee	Joma	So-Lo Stores
Kerry	Conor McCarthy	Sean McGrath	Macron	Kerry Airport
Longford Town	Wayne Groves	Dean O'Shea	Macron	Bishopsgate
Treaty United	Tommy Barrett	Mark Walsh	O'Neills	Trade Electric Group
UCD	William O’Connor	Ronan Finn	O'Neills	Maples Group
Wexford	Stephen Elliott	Ethan Boyle	Macron	Campion Insurance

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Dundalk	Jon Daly^[4]	Resigned	2 November 2024	Pre-season	Ciarán Kilduff^[5]	6 November 2024
Wexford	James Keddy^[6]	Resigned	6 November 2024	Pre-season	Stephen Elliott^[7]	26 November 2024
Finn Harps	Darren Murphy^[8]	Signed by Loughgall	25 March 2025	8th	Kevin McHugh^[9]	2 April 2025
Athlone Town	Dario Castelo^[10]	Mutual consent	12 April 2025	10th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Dundalk	9	8	1	0	15	4	+11	25	Promotion to 2026 League of Ireland Premier Division
2	Bray Wanderers	9	6	0	3	9	12	−3	18	Qualification for League of Ireland Premier Division play-off
3	Cobh Ramblers	9	4	2	3	15	10	+5	14
4	Wexford	9	4	1	4	12	13	−1	13
5	Treaty United	9	3	2	4	16	11	+5	11
6	Longford Town	9	3	2	4	10	15	−5	11
7	Finn Harps	8	2	3	3	12	10	+2	9
8	UCD	9	2	3	4	7	7	0	9
9	Kerry	8	2	1	5	7	10	−3	7
10	Athlone Town	9	2	1	6	4	15	−11	7

Updated to match(es) played on 12 April 2025. Source: SSE Airtricity League of Ireland First Division
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results

Teams play each other four times (twice at home and twice away).

Home \ Away	ATH	BRW	COB	DUN	FIN	KER	LON	TRU	UCD	WEX
Athlone Town	—	0–1						0–5	2–1
—				0–1
Bray Wanderers	1–3	—						2–1
	—	2–1
Cobh Ramblers	2–0		—			0–0	5–0			1–3
		—
Dundalk	1–0		1–0	—			2–1	2–2
			—						3–0
Finn Harps		5–0	1–2	0–1	—		1–1
				—
Kerry	3–0	0–1		0–1	~~2–0~~^[a]	—
					—			0–1
Longford Town	1–1	0–1				3–2	—	2–0	0–1
						—
Treaty United			2–3		3–1	3–0		—		0–1
							—
UCD		0–1	1–1	0–1	1–1			0–0	—	3–0^[b]
								—
Wexford	0–1	2–0			2–2	1–2	3–1			—
									—

Updated to match(es) played on 12 April 2025. Source: SSE Airtricity League of Ireland First Division
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Notes:

^ Result voided after both teams fielded ineligible players.
^ Awarded.

Positions by round

To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Team ╲ Round
Dundalk	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Bray Wanderers	3	5	6	4	6	7	4	2	2	2
Cobh Ramblers	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3
Wexford	10	9	5	7	5	6	8	6	4
UCD	1	4	4	5	7	5	3	5	5
Treaty United	7	3	2	3	3	3	5	4	6
Finn Harps	5	7	10	8	9	8	6	7	7
Longford Town	9	8	7	10	10	10	10	8	8
Kerry	6	6	8	9	8	9	9	10	9
Athlone Town	8	10	9	6	4	4	7	9	10

	Promotion to 2026 League of Ireland Premier Division
	Qualification for League of Ireland Premier Division play-off

Updated to match(es) played on 12 April 2025. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 11 April 2025^[11]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mikie Rowe	Wexford	7
2	Lee Devitt	Treaty United	6
3	Barry Coffey	Cobh Ramblers	4
	Dean Ebbe	Dundalk
	Calum Flynn	Wexford
	Cian Murphy	Cobh Ramblers
7	Aaron Doran	Longford Town	3
	Leo Gaxha	Dundalk
	Luke Palmer	Kerry
	Dara McGuinness	Finn Harps
	Max Murphy	Bray Wanderers

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref.
Lee Devitt	Treaty United	Athlone Town	5–0 (A)	21 February 2025	^[12]

References

^ "League of Ireland and SSE Airtricity announce rise in prize money ahead of 2025 season". Irish Mirror. 14 February 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
^ "SLeague journey begins amid beauty of unpredictability". RTÉ Sport. 14 February 2025. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
^ "2025 SSE Airtricity Men's First Division Fixture List". League of Ireland. 6 February 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
^ "Dundalk to appoint new boss on Wednesday as Jon Daly exits". RTÉ Sport. 5 November 2024. Dundalk will announce a new manager on Wednesday after confirming the resignation of Jon Daly following the conclusion of the season.
^ Wallace, Keith (6 November 2024). "HISTORY MAKER KILDUFF RETURNS TO DUNDALK FC". Dundalk F.C. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
^ "James Keddy departs Wexford FC". Wexford F.C. 6 November 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
^ "Former Irish international Stephen Elliott unveiled as new Wexford FC manager as he looks to replicate Damien Duff's energy". Irish Independent. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
^ Lee, Ethan (25 March 2025). "Club Statement: Darren Murphy Departs - Finn Harps FC Official Website". finnharps.ie. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
^ "Club stalwart Kevin McHugh appointed Finn Harps manager". RTÉ. 2 April 2025. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
^ Admin (12 April 2025). "Club Statement: Dário Castelo". Athlone Town AFC. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
^ "Top scorers". Extra Time. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
^ Mackey, Éanna (21 February 2025). "WATCH: Five-star Treaty United score resounding win over Athlone Town in First Division". Limerick Leader. Retrieved 9 March 2025.

[11] Result voided after both teams fielded ineligible players.

[12] Awarded.

[1] "League of Ireland and SSE Airtricity announce rise in prize money ahead of 2025 season". Irish Mirror. 14 February 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2025.

[2] "SLeague journey begins amid beauty of unpredictability". RTÉ Sport. 14 February 2025. Retrieved 14 February 2025.

[fixtures-3] "2025 SSE Airtricity Men's First Division Fixture List". League of Ireland. 6 February 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.

[4] "Dundalk to appoint new boss on Wednesday as Jon Daly exits". RTÉ Sport. 5 November 2024. Dundalk will announce a new manager on Wednesday after confirming the resignation of Jon Daly following the conclusion of the season.

[5] Wallace, Keith (6 November 2024). "HISTORY MAKER KILDUFF RETURNS TO DUNDALK FC". Dundalk F.C. Retrieved 15 March 2025.

[6] "James Keddy departs Wexford FC". Wexford F.C. 6 November 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2025.

[7] "Former Irish international Stephen Elliott unveiled as new Wexford FC manager as he looks to replicate Damien Duff's energy". Irish Independent. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2025.

[8] Lee, Ethan (25 March 2025). "Club Statement: Darren Murphy Departs - Finn Harps FC Official Website". finnharps.ie. Retrieved 31 March 2025.

[9] "Club stalwart Kevin McHugh appointed Finn Harps manager". RTÉ. 2 April 2025. Retrieved 2 April 2025.

[10] Admin (12 April 2025). "Club Statement: Dário Castelo". Athlone Town AFC. Retrieved 13 April 2025.

[13] "Top scorers". Extra Time. Retrieved 31 March 2025.

[14] Mackey, Éanna (21 February 2025). "WATCH: Five-star Treaty United score resounding win over Athlone Town in First Division". Limerick Leader. Retrieved 9 March 2025.

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