2011 League of Ireland Premier Division

Football league season

League of Ireland Premier DivisionSeason| 2011

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Champions| Shamrock Rovers (17th title)
Relegated| Galway United
UEFA Champions League| Shamrock Rovers
UEFA Europa League| Sligo Rovers
St. Patrick's Athletic
Bohemians
Setanta Cup| Shamrock Rovers
Bohemians
Sligo Rovers
St. Patrick's Athletic
Derry City
Bray Wanderers
Matches played| 180
Goals scored| 503 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorer| Éamon Zayed: 22
(Derry City) [1]
Biggest home win| Derry City 7–0 UCD
Biggest away win| Galway United 0–8 Sligo Rovers
Highest scoring| UCD 5–4 Drogheda United
Longest winning run| Shamrock Rovers, Sligo Rovers (5 games each)[2]
Longest unbeaten run| Derry City
(18 games)[2]
Longest winless run| Galway United
(32 games)[2]
Longest losing run| Galway United
(22 games)[2]

← 2010

2012 →

The 2011 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 27th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The league was also known as the Airtricity League for sponsorship reasons. The division featured 10 teams. Shamrock Rovers were champions while Sligo Rovers finished as runners-up.

Bray Wanderers

Derry City

Drogheda United

Dublin

Dundalk

Galway United

Sligo Rovers

Dublin teams
Bohemians
Shamrock Rovers
St Patrick's Athletic
UCD

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2011 League of Ireland Premier Division teams

Bohemians

St Patrick's Athletic

Shamrock Rovers

UCD

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Locations of Dublin Premier Division teams

## Teams

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Bohemians | Phibsborough | Dalymount Park
Bray Wanderers | Bray | Carlisle Grounds
Derry City | Derry | Brandywell Stadium
Drogheda United | Drogheda | United Park
Dundalk | Dundalk | Oriel Park
Galway United | Galway | Terryland Park
Shamrock Rovers | Tallaght | Tallaght Stadium
Sligo Rovers | Sligo | The Showgrounds
St Patrick's Athletic | Inchicore | Richmond Park
UCD | Belfield | UCD Bowl

## Overview

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The Premier Division consists of ten teams. Each team played every other team four times, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 36 matches. The league began on 4 March[3] and ended on 29 October. Defending champions Shamrock Rovers retained the league title with victory over UCD on 25 October 2011.[4][5]

## Final table

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1  | Shamrock Rovers (C) | 36  | 23  | 8  | 5  | 69  | 24  | +45  | 77  | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2  | Sligo Rovers | 36  | 22  | 7  | 7  | 73  | 19  | +54  | 73  | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round[a]
3  | Derry City | 36  | 18  | 14  | 4  | 63  | 23  | +40  | 68  | Banned from 2012–13 European competitions[b]
4  | St Patrick's Athletic | 36  | 17  | 12  | 7  | 62  | 35  | +27  | 63  | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
5  | Bohemians | 36  | 17  | 9  | 10  | 39  | 27  | +12  | 60
6  | Bray Wanderers | 36  | 15  | 6  | 15  | 53  | 50  | +3  | 51  |
7  | Dundalk | 36  | 11  | 11  | 14  | 50  | 53  | −3  | 44
8  | UCD | 36  | 10  | 4  | 22  | 42  | 80  | −38  | 34
9  | Drogheda United | 36  | 7  | 4  | 25  | 32  | 77  | −45  | 25
10  | Galway United[c] | 36  | 1  | 3  | 32  | 20  | 115  | −95  | 6  | Qualification for relegation play-off

Source: [6][7][8][9]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. ^ Sligo Rovers qualified for the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round after winning the 2011 FAI Cup Final.
2. ^ Derry City were banned from European competitions for three seasons after going into liquidation.
3. ^ Galway United were originally relegated but subsequently withdrew from the league.

## Results

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### Matches 1–18

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Home \ Away  | BOH | BRW | DER | DRO | DUN | GAL | SHM | SLI | StP | UCD

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Bohemians | -- | 1–1  | 0–2  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 0–1  | 1–0
Bray Wanderers | 1–3  | -- | 1–2  | 2–1  | 1–5  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 0–1  | 2–1
Derry City | 3–0  | 1–1  | -- | 2–0  | 2–0  | 6–0  | 0–0  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 7–0
Drogheda United | 0–1  | 0–1  | 2–2  | -- | 1–2  | 1–1  | 0–4  | 0–3  | 1–4  | 0–1
Dundalk | 0–0  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 1–2  | -- | 3–2  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 1–2  | 3–1
Galway United | 0–2  | 0–3  | 1–4  | 1–2  | 0–3  | -- | 0–1  | 0–1  | 0–3  | 0–0
Shamrock Rovers | 1–0  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 3–0  | 3–1  | 4–0  | -- | 1–0  | 2–0  | 3–1
Sligo Rovers | 1–2  | 3–1  | 3–0  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 3–0  | 0–1  | -- | 2–0  | 4–0
St Patrick's Athletic | 0–0  | 2–3  | 1–1  | 3–0  | 3–2  | 5–2  | 0–0  | 2–1  | -- | 1–1
UCD | 0–2  | 0–1  | 0–2  | 2–1  | 0–2  | 3–0  | 1–6  | 2–1  | 1–3  | --

Source: www.rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

### Matches 19–36

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Home \ Away  | BOH | BRW | DER | DRO | DUN | GAL | SHM | SLI | StP | UCD

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Bohemians | -- | 2–1  | 0–1  | 2–0  | 3–1  | 2–0  | 0–1  | 0–3  | 0–0  | 2–0
Bray Wanderers | 1–2  | -- | 1–2  | 1–2  | 1–0  | 4–0  | 1–2  | 0–3  | 0–3  | 4–0
Derry City | 0–0  | 1–1  | -- | 2–2  | 0–0  | 4–0  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 2–1
Drogheda United | 0–2  | 1–4  | 0–3  | -- | 2–2  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 0–3  | 4–3  | 3–1
Dundalk | 1–3  | 2–2  | 0–2  | 1–0  | -- | 6–1  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 0–2  | 2–0
Galway United | 0–3  | 0–6  | 0–3  | 1–2  | 2–2  | -- | 2–3  | 0–8  | 0–2  | 3–4
Shamrock Rovers | 1–1  | 5–2  | 1–0  | 4–0  | 2–2  | 4–0  | -- | 1–2  | 1–0  | 6–0
Sligo Rovers | 1–2  | 3–0  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 5–0  | 7–1  | 2–0  | -- | 0–0  | 4–2
St Patrick's Athletic | 1–1  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 4–0  | 2–2  | 6–1  | 1–1  | 1–0  | -- | 2–2
UCD | 2–0  | 1–2  | 2–2  | 5–4  | 3–0  | 2–1  | 1–2  | 0–1  | 2–1  | --

Source: www.rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

## Awards

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### Top goalscorers

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Rank  | Scorer  | Club  | Goals

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1  |  Éamon Zayed | Derry City[1] | 22
2  |  Eoin Doyle | Sligo Rovers | 20
3  |  Danny North | St. Patrick's Athletic | 15
Gary Twigg | Shamrock Rovers | 15
5  |  Mark Quigley | Dundalk | 13

Source:[7]

### PFAI Players' Player of the Year

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Winner  | Club

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Éamon Zayed | Derry City[10]

### PFAI Young Player of the Year

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Winner  | Club

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Enda Stevens | Shamrock Rovers[10]

### PFAI Team of the Year

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No.  | Pos.  | Player  | Date of birth (age)  | Caps  | Club

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1  | 1GK | Gerard Doherty |  |  | Derry City
2  | 2DF | Patrick Sullivan |  |  | Shamrock Rovers
3  | 2DF | Stewart Greacen |  |  | Derry City
4  | 2DF | Craig Sives |  |  | Shamrock Rovers
5  | 2DF | Enda Stevens |  |  | Shamrock Rovers
6  | 3MF | Stephen Bradley |  |  | St Patrick's Athletic
7  | 3MF | Daryl Kavanagh |  |  | St Patrick's Athletic
8  | 3MF | Richie Ryan |  |  | Sligo Rovers
9  | 3MF | Mark Quigley |  |  | Dundalk
10  | 4FW | Éamon Zayed |  |  | Derry City
11  | 4FW | Eoin Doyle |  |  | Sligo Rovers

### Player of the Month

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Month  | Player  | Club

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March  |  Mark Quigley | Dundalk
April  |  Gary Dempsey | Bray Wanderers
May  |  Eoin Doyle | Sligo Rovers
June  |  Danny North | St. Patrick's Athletic
July  |  Conor McCormack | Shamrock Rovers
August  |  Patrick Sullivan | Shamrock Rovers
September  |  Joseph Ndo | Sligo Rovers
October  |  Karl Sheppard | Shamrock Rovers
November  |  Stephen Paisley[note 1] | Shelbourne

Notes

1. ^ Stephen Paisley was playing in First Division.

## Promotion/relegation play-off

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Galway United, the tenth-placed team in the 2011 Premier Division, and Monaghan United, the third-placed team from the 2011 First Division, played off to see who would play in the 2012 Premier Division. The playoff was contested in a two-legged format.[11]

Monaghan United v Galway United 1 November 2011 |  Monaghan United | 2–0|  Galway United | Kingspan Century Park

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19.45 GMT | Isichei  13'
S. Brennan  87' |  |  |

Galway United v Monaghan United 4 November 2011 |  Galway United | 1–3|  Monaghan United | Terryland Park

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19.45 GMT | Murphy  82' |  |  26', 33' O'Brien
51' R. Brennan |

Monaghan United won 5–1 on aggregate and were promoted to the Premier Division. Galway United were relegated to the First Division.

## See also

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* 2011 Dundalk F.C. season
* 2011 Shamrock Rovers F.C. season
* 2011 League of Ireland First Division
* 2011 A Championship
* 2011 League of Ireland Cup

## References

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1. ^ a b "Ireland – List of Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
2. ^ a b c d "Airtricity League – 2011". WhoScored.com. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
3. ^ "Battle set to commence in Airtricity League". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 28 February 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
4. ^ "Shamrock Rovers – 2011 League Champions". extratime.ie. 26 October 2011. Archived from the original on 27 August 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
5. ^ "Shamrock Rovers retain Irish title". UEFA. 26 October 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
6. ^ "Ireland 2011". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
7. ^ a b "2011 League of Ireland". www.soccerway.com. Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
8. ^ "Ireland 2012". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
9. ^ "Derry City are refused entry to Europa League by Uefa". www.bbc.co.uk. 21 February 2012.
10. ^ a b "Zayed scoops Player of the Year award". extratime.ie. 13 November 2011. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
11. ^ "Ireland 2011". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 3 August 2016.

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* Setanta Cup
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* FAI Intermediate Cup

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* Men (Nations Cup)
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Club seasons|

| Premier Division|

* Bohemians
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First Division|

* Shelbourne

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* UEFA Europa League Final
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* Ukraine
* Wales

League cups|

* England
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* Hungary
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* Israel
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* Portugal
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* Scotland
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* Champions League
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* Finland '11 '12
* France
* Georgia
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* Hungary
* Iceland '11 '12
* Israel
* Italy
* Kazakhstan '11 '12
* Latvia '11 '12
* Lithuania '11 '12
* Luxembourg
* Macedonia
* Malta
* Moldova
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* Northern Ireland
* Norway '11 '12
* Poland
* Portugal
* Republic of Ireland '11 '12
* Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
* Scotland
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden '11 '12
* Switzerland
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* Ukraine
* Wales

Domestic cups|

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* England
* Estonia
* Faroe Islands '11 '12
* Finland '11 '12
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland '11 '12
* Israel
* Italy
* Kazakhstan '11 '12
* Latvia
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Macedonia
* Malta
* Moldova
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* Northern Ireland
* Norway '11 '12
* Poland
* Portugal
* Republic of Ireland '11 '12
* Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
* Scotland
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden '11
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* Wales

League cups|

* England
* Finland '11 '12
* France
* Hungary
* Iceland '11 '12
* Israel
* Northern Ireland
* Portugal
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* Scotland
* Turkey
* Wales

Supercups|

* Albania
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* Georgia
* Germany
* Italy
* Kazakhstan
* Moldova
* Netherlands
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* Slovenia
* Spain
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* Champions League
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* group stage
* knockout phase
* Final
* Europa League
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