1995–96 League of Ireland Premier Division

Football league season

League of Ireland Premier DivisionSeason| 1995–96

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Champions| St Patrick's Athletic (5th title)
Relegated| Athlone Town
Drogheda United
Galway United
UEFA Cup| St Patrick's Athletic
Bohemians
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup| Shelbourne
UEFA Intertoto Cup| Sligo Rovers
Top goalscorer| Stephen Geoghegan: 19 (Shelbourne) [1][2]

← 1994–95

1996–97 →

The 1995–96 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 11th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The division was made up of 12 teams. St Patrick's Athletic F.C. won the title.

## Regular season

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This season saw each team playing three rounds of games, playing every other team three times, totalling 33 games.[2][3][4]

### Final table

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation

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1  | St Patrick's Athletic (C) | 33  | 19  | 10  | 4  | 53  | 34  | +19  | 67  | Qualification to UEFA Cup preliminary round
2  | Bohemians | 33  | 18  | 8  | 7  | 60  | 29  | +31  | 62
3  | Sligo Rovers | 33  | 16  | 7  | 10  | 45  | 38  | +7  | 55  | Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
4  | Shelbourne | 33  | 15  | 9  | 9  | 45  | 33  | +12  | 54  | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round[a]
5  | Shamrock Rovers | 33  | 14  | 8  | 11  | 32  | 32  | 0  | 50  |
6  | Derry City | 33  | 11  | 13  | 9  | 50  | 38  | +12  | 46
7  | Dundalk | 33  | 11  | 9  | 13  | 38  | 39  | −1  | 42
8  | UCD | 33  | 12  | 6  | 15  | 38  | 40  | −2  | 42
9  | Cork City[b] | 33  | 12  | 8  | 13  | 37  | 41  | −4  | 41
10  | Athlone Town (R) | 33  | 8  | 7  | 18  | 38  | 59  | −21  | 31  | Qualification to Relegation play-off
11  | Drogheda United (R) | 33  | 7  | 9  | 17  | 39  | 51  | −12  | 30  | Relegation to League of Ireland First Division
12  | Galway United (R) | 33  | 5  | 6  | 22  | 26  | 67  | −41  | 21

Source: www.rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. ^ Shelbourne qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round after winning the 1995–96 FAI Cup final.
2. ^ Cork City F.C. were docked 3 points for fielding an ineligible player. The club went into liquidation in January 1996 but were saved from extinction after moving from Bishopstown Stadium to Turners Cross.

### Results

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#### Matches 1–22

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Home \ Away  | ATH | BOH | COR | DER | DRO | DUN | GAL | SHM | SHE | SLI | StP | UCD

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Athlone Town | -- | 2–5  | 2–4  | 1–1  | 0–2  | 0–0  | 0–2  | 2–0  | 1–2  | 1–2  | 0–1  | 1–0
Bohemians | 3–1  | -- | 1–1  | 1–0  | 6–0  | 3–2  | 3–0  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 0–1  | 0–0
Cork City | 2–0  | 1–0  | -- | 0–1  | 1–2  | 0–2  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 1–0  | 2–1
Derry City | 5–3  | 1–1  | 2–0  | -- | 1–0  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 1–2  | 1–2  | 5–1  | 3–1
Drogheda United | 0–1  | 2–5  | 2–2  | 2–2  | -- | 3–2  | 3–0  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 1–3  | 0–1
Dundalk | 2–1  | 1–2  | 0–0  | 2–1  | 2–2  | -- | 2–0  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 3–2  | 2–0
Galway United | 2–2  | 1–5  | 3–1  | 1–1  | 0–3  | 0–1  | -- | 1–1  | 1–1  | 2–3  | 0–1  | 1–1
Shamrock Rovers | 1–1  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 2–1  | -- | 0–1  | 0–2  | 0–1  | 0–2
Shelbourne | 1–0  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 1–2  | 0–0  | 3–1  | 2–0  | 3–0  | -- | 1–0  | 1–1  | 1–1
Sligo Rovers | 4–2  | 0–0  | 3–1  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 3–3  | 3–2  | 0–1  | 0–0  | -- | 0–0  | 2–0
St Patrick's Athletic | 3–2  | 3–3  | 2–1  | 3–3  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 1–2  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 1–0  | -- | 2–1
UCD | 3–0  | 3–1  | 0–1  | 2–0  | 0–0  | 1–2  | 2–0  | 0–1  | 0–3  | 2–1  | 0–2  | --

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

#### Matches 23–33

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Home \ Away  | ATH | BOH | COR | DER | DRO | DUN | GAL | SHM | SHE | SLI | StP | UCD

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Athlone Town | -- | 0–3  | -- | -- | -- | 0–0  | 1–0  | -- | 4–3  | -- | 2–2  | --
Bohemians | -- | -- | 1–0  | 1–1  | -- | -- | -- | 1–0  | -- | 1–2  | 0–0  | 3–1
Cork City | 0–2  | -- | -- | -- | 2–1  | -- | 3–0  | -- | 2–1  | -- | 0–0  | --
Derry City | 1–1  | -- | 2–1  | -- | 1–1  | 0–1  | -- | -- | -- | 4–0  | -- | 1–1
Drogheda United | 0–1  | 0–1  | -- | -- | -- | 2–1  | 6–1  | -- | 1–3  | 0–1  | -- | --
Dundalk | -- | 2–4  | 0–1  | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0–0  | -- | 0–1  | 1–2  | --
Galway United | -- | 0–2  | -- | 0–3  | -- | 2–1  | -- | 0–2  | 1–3  | -- | -- | 0–2
Shamrock Rovers | 2–1  | -- | 2–0  | 2–1  | 1–0  | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2–0
Shelbourne | -- | 1–0  | -- | 1–0  | -- | 0–1  | -- | 1–2  | -- | 2–1  | -- | --
Sligo Rovers | 2–1  | -- | 4–1  | -- | -- | -- | 0–2  | 3–1  | -- | -- | 1–1  | --
St Patrick's Athletic | -- | -- | -- | 1–1  | 3–2  | -- | 3–0  | 2–2  | 3–0  | -- | -- | 2–0
UCD | 1–2  | -- | 2–1  | -- | 4–1  | 0–0  | -- | -- | 3–2  | 3–1  | -- | --

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

## Promotion/relegation play-off

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Athlone Town who finished in tenth place played off against Home Farm Everton, the third placed team from the 1995–96 League of Ireland First Division.

### 1st leg

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Home Farm Everton v Athlone Town |  Home Farm Everton | 2–0|  Athlone Town |

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### 2nd leg

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Athlone Town v Home Farm Everton |  Athlone Town | 2–0|  Home Farm Everton |

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Home Farm Everton won 4–3 on penalties and were promoted to the Premier Division.[2][5]

## See also

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* 1995–96 League of Ireland First Division

## References

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1. ^ "Ireland - List of Topscorers". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
2. ^ a b c Graham, Alex. Football in the Republic of Ireland a Statistical Record 1921–2005. Soccer Books Limited. ISBN 1-86223-135-4.
3. ^ "(Republic of) Ireland League Tables". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 21 February 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
4. ^ "Ireland 1995/96". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
5. ^ "(Republic of) Ireland League Tables - Second Level". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 3 June 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2016.

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1995–96 in European football (UEFA)

Domestic leagues|

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus '95 '96
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (Herzeg-Bosnia, Republika Srpska)
* Bulgaria
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* San Marino
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* Sweden '95 '96
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* Turkey
* Ukraine
* Wales
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Domestic cups|

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* England
* Estonia
* Faroe Islands '95 '96
* Finland '95 '96
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland '95 '96
* Israel
* Italy
* Latvia '95 '96
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Macedonia
* Malta
* Moldova
* Netherlands
* Northern Ireland
* Norway '95 '96
* Poland
* Portugal
* Republic of Ireland
* Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
* Scotland
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* Wales
* FR Yugoslavia

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* England
* Finland '95 '96
* France
* Iceland
* Israel
* Northern Ireland
* Republic of Ireland
* Scotland
* Wales

Supercups|

* England
* Germany

UEFA competitions|

* Champions League (Qualifying, group stage, knockout stage, Final)
* Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
* UEFA Cup (Final)
* Intertoto Cup
* Super Cup

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