1977–78 League of Ireland

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Football league season

League of IrelandSeason| 1977–78

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Champions| Bohemians

← 1976–77

1978–79 →

Statistics of League of Ireland in the 1977-78 season.

## Overview[edit]

It was contested by 16 teams, and Bohemians won the championship.

## Final classification[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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1  | Bohemians | 30  | 17  | 10  | 3  | 74  | 25  | +49  | 44
2  | Finn Harps F.C. | 30  | 19  | 4  | 7  | 60  | 38  | +22  | 42
3  | Drogheda United F.C. | 30  | 15  | 10  | 5  | 53  | 27  | +26  | 40
4  | Shamrock Rovers F.C. | 30  | 14  | 12  | 4  | 45  | 22  | +23  | 40
5  | Waterford | 30  | 16  | 7  | 7  | 46  | 37  | +9  | 39
6  | Sligo Rovers F.C. | 30  | 13  | 8  | 9  | 47  | 31  | +16  | 34
7  | Limerick F.C. | 30  | 10  | 12  | 8  | 36  | 29  | +7  | 32
8  | Athlone Town A.F.C. | 30  | 10  | 11  | 9  | 43  | 40  | +3  | 31
9  | Cork Albert F.C.[a] | 30  | 11  | 8  | 11  | 36  | 35  | +1  | 30
10  | St Patrick's Athletic F.C. | 30  | 10  | 7  | 13  | 34  | 35  | −1  | 27
11  | Dundalk F.C. | 30  | 9  | 9  | 12  | 43  | 46  | −3  | 27
12  | Shelbourne F.C. | 30  | 6  | 11  | 13  | 32  | 50  | −18  | 23
13  | Home Farm F.C. | 30  | 8  | 7  | 15  | 30  | 56  | −26  | 23
14  | Cork Celtic F.C. | 30  | 6  | 10  | 14  | 34  | 58  | −24  | 22
15  | Galway Rovers F.C. | 30  | 3  | 10  | 17  | 16  | 53  | −37  | 16
16  | Thurles Town F.C. | 30  | 1  | 8  | 21  | 22  | 69  | −47  | 10

Source: www.rsssf.com
Notes:

1. ^ Cork Albert F.C. changed their club name to Cork Alberts F.C.

## Results[edit]

Home \ Away  | ATH | BOH | CAF | CCF | DRO | DUN | FHA | GAL | HOM | LIM | SHM | SHE | SLI | StP | THU | WAT

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Athlone Town | -- | 2–2  | 2–1  | 2–2  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 1–2  | 0–0  | 4–2  | 1–1  | 2–2  | 3–3  | 1–2  | 2–2  | 2–1  | 1–3
Bohemians | 0–0  | -- | 6–0  | 3–1  | 2–0  | 7–2  | 3–0  | 3–0  | 4–0  | 0–0  | 3–0  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 3–2  | 0–0  | 7–3
Cork Albert | 3–1  | 1–1  | -- | 1–1  | 1–2  | 3–0  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 3–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 2–2  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 1–2
Cork Celtic | 1–3  | 0–3  | 0–0  | -- | 1–4  | 0–0  | 1–3  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 2–6  | 1–1  | 1–3  | 1–3  | 2–0  | 2–2
Drogheda United | 2–1  | 1–1  | 3–1  | 3–0  | -- | 0–0  | 3–0  | 4–0  | 4–1  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 2–0
Dundalk | 0–2  | 2–2  | 1–3  | 2–3  | 1–1  | -- | 0–4  | 2–0  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 0–1  | 6–2  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 3–0  | 4–0
Finn Harps | 2–0  | 3–0  | 0–1  | 7–4  | 3–3  | 4–2  | -- | 3–1  | 1–3  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 2–0  | 0–0  | 1–2
Galway Rovers | 3–2  | 0–0  | 0–4  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 2–3  | -- | 1–2  | 1–1  | 1–4  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 2–1  | 0–3
Home Farm | 1–1  | 0–8  | 2–0  | 0–0  | 0–2  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 2–0  | -- | 0–1  | 0–0  | 2–1  | 2–3  | 1–0  | 3–1  | 0–1
Limerick | 1–0  | 3–4  | 1–0  | 3–2  | 1–0  | 2–2  | 4–2  | 0–0  | 1–3  | -- | 1–1  | 3–0  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 3–0  | 2–2
Shamrock Rovers | 1–1  | 0–0  | 2–1  | 4–0  | 2–2  | 2–0  | 0–1  | 2–0  | 4–1  | 1–0  | -- | 4–1  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 1–1
Shelbourne | 0–3  | 1–2  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 0–4  | 1–1  | 3–4  | 1–0  | 3–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | -- | 0–0  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 0–2
Sligo Rovers | 0–1  | 1–5  | 2–2  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 1–2  | 4–0  | 4–1  | 3–0  | 0–0  | 3–0  | -- | 1–0  | 6–2  | 0–1
St Patrick's Athletic | 2–0  | 2–0  | 2–0  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 1–2  | 0–3  | 4–0  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 1–2  | 0–0  | -- | 2–1  | 2–1
Thurles Town | 0–0  | 1–0  | 3–4  | 0–1  | 1–3  | 2–6  | 1–4  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 1–6  | 0–2  | 1–5  | 1–5  | 1–1  | -- | 1–1
Waterford | 1–2  | 0–3  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 3–2  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 4–1  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 3–0  | 2–1  | 3–1  | 0–0  | --

Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

## Top scorers[edit]

Rank  | Player  | Club  | Goals

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1  | Turlough O'Connor | Bohemians | 24
2  | Cathal Muckian | Drogheda United | 21
3  | Sid Wallace | Waterford | 18
4  | Ray Treacy | Shamrock Rovers | 17
5  | Donie Madden | Cork Celtic | 15
6  | Gary Hulmes | Sligo Rovers | 14
7  | Joey Salmon | Bohemians | 12
8  | Pat Byrne | Bohemians | 10
8  | John Delamere | Shelbourne | 10
8  | Joe Logan | Finn Harps | 10
8  | Charlie McCarthy  | Cork Albert | 10
8  | Vinny McCarthy | Waterford | 10

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League of Ireland Premier Division

2024 clubs|

* Bohemians
* Derry City
* Drogheda United
* Dundalk
* Galway United
* Shamrock Rovers
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* St Patrick's Athletic
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Awards|

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Domestic leagues|

* Albania
* Austria
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Cyprus
* Czechoslovakia
* Denmark '77 '78
* England
* Faroe Islands '77 '78
* Finland '77 '78
* France
* East Germany
* West Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland '77 '78
* Israel
* Italy
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Netherlands
* Northern Ireland
* Norway '77 '78
* Poland
* Portugal
* Republic of Ireland
* Romania
* Scotland
* Soviet Union '77 '78
* Spain
* Sweden '77 '78
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Yugoslavia

Domestic cups|

* Albania
* Austria
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Cyprus
* Czechoslovakia
* Denmark
* England
* Faroe Islands '77 '78
* Finland '77 '78
* France
* East Germany
* West Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland '77 '78
* Israel
* Italy
* Liechtenstein
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Netherlands
* Northern Ireland
* Norway '77 '78
* Poland
* Portugal
* Republic of Ireland
* Romania
* San Marino
* Scotland
* Soviet Union
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Wales
* Yugoslavia

League cups|

* England
* Poland
* Republic of Ireland
* Scotland
* Switzerland

Super cups|

* Soviet Union

UEFA competitions|

* European Cup (Final)
* Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
* UEFA Cup (Final)
* Super Cup

Non-UEFA competitions|

* Intertoto Cup
* Balkans Cup '77 '77–'78

*[Pos]: Position
*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[D]: Drawn
*[L]: Lost
*[GF]: Goals for
*[GA]: Goals against
*[GD]: Goal difference
*[Pts]: Points
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