2015 League of Ireland First Division

Season of football in Ireland

Football league season

League of Ireland First DivisionSeason| 2015

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Champions| Wexford Youths
Promoted| Finn Harps
Top goalscorer| Daniel Furlong: 30
(Wexford Youths)[1]

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2016 →

The 2015 League of Ireland First Division season was the 31st season of the League of Ireland First Division. The First Division was contested by eight teams. Wexford Youths won the title and Finn Harps were also promoted after winning a play off.

## Teams

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Athlone Town

Cobh Ramblers

Finn Harps

Waterford United

Wexford Youths

Dublin

Dublin teams
Cabinteely
Shelbourne
UCD

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Locations of the First Division teams

### Stadia and locations

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Athlone Town | Athlone | Athlone Town Stadium
Cabinteely | Cabinteely | Stradbrook Road
Cobh Ramblers | Cobh | St. Colman's Park
Finn Harps | Ballybofey | Finn Park
Shelbourne | Drumcondra | Tolka Park
UCD | Belfield | UCD Bowl
Waterford United | Waterford | Waterford RSC
Wexford Youths | Crossabeg | Ferrycarrig Park

### Personnel and kits

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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

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Athlone Town | ~~Eddie Wallace~~
Alan Mathews |  Brian Shortall  | Nike | Nitro Sports
Cabinteely |  Eddie Gormley |  | Umbro |
Cobh Ramblers | ~~Martin Cambridge~~
Stephen Henderson  |  | Nike | Eirgrid
Finn Harps |  Ollie Horgan |  Kevin McHugh | Legea | McGettigan Group
Shelbourne |  Kevin Doherty (footballer) |  | Macron |
UCD |  Collie O'Neill  |  Robbie Benson  | O'Neills | O'Neills
Waterford United | ~~Tommy Griffin~~
Roddy Collins |  Vinny Sullivan | Macron | SportsWorld
Wexford Youths |  Shane Keegan  |  Graham Doyle  | O'Neills | Galenisys

## Overview

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Shelbourne

UCD

Cabinteely

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Locations of Dublin First Division teams

The 2015 First Division featured eight teams. Each team played each other four times, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 28 matches during the season.[2] Wexford Youths secured their first League of Ireland First Division title and promotion to the Premier Division with a 3–0 victory against Athlone Town at Ferrycarrig Park. The Youths goals came from Danny Furlong, Eric Molloy and Aidan Keenan.[3]

## Final table

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

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1  | Wexford Youths (C, P) | 28  | 20  | 1  | 7  | 63  | 32  | +31  | 61  | Promotion to League of Ireland Premier Division
2  | Finn Harps (O, P) | 28  | 16  | 7  | 5  | 42  | 23  | +19  | 55  | Qualification for Promotion play-offs
3  | UCD | 28  | 14  | 7  | 7  | 51  | 26  | +25  | 49
4  | Shelbourne | 28  | 13  | 6  | 9  | 37  | 34  | +3  | 45  |
5  | Athlone Town | 28  | 9  | 6  | 13  | 36  | 42  | −6  | 33
6  | Cobh Ramblers | 28  | 8  | 6  | 14  | 27  | 45  | −18  | 30
7  | Waterford United | 28  | 5  | 6  | 17  | 25  | 51  | −26  | 21
8  | Cabinteely | 28  | 5  | 5  | 18  | 22  | 50  | −28  | 20

Source: [1]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

## Results

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### Matches 1–14

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Home \ Away  | ATH | CAB | COB | FHA | SHE | UCD | WAT | WEX

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Athlone Town |  | 2–2  | 4–0  | 1–0  | 2–3  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 0–1
Cabinteely | 2–0  |  | 2–2  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 0–2  | 1–0  | 1–0
Cobh Ramblers | 1–0  | 1–0  |  | 2–3  | 1–0  | 0–3  | 1–0  | 1–4
Finn Harps | 1–0  | 2–0  | 2–0  |  | 1–0  | 2–2  | 3–2  | 1–3
Shelbourne | 1–3  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 0–0  |  | 0–2  | 1–0  | 2–4
UCD | 1–2  | 6–1  | 1–1  | 2–2  | 0–1  |  | 3–0  | 4–1
Waterford United | 1–1  | 3–1  | 1–1  | 0–2  | 2–2  | 0–0  |  | 1–4
Wexford Youths | 2–0  | 7–0  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 2–3  | 1–0  | 1–2  |

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

### Matches 15–28

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Home \ Away  | ATH | CAB | COB | FHA | SHE | UCD | WAT | WEX

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Athlone Town |  | 0–1  | 1–4  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 2–2  | 3–4  | 3–1
Cabinteely | 1–3  |  | 1–0  | 2–3  | 0–1  | 0–3[a] | 1–1  | 2–3
Cobh Ramblers | 2–1  | 2–1  |  | 0–1  | 2–2  | 1–1  | 0–2  | 0–3
Finn Harps | 0–0  | 1–0  | 2–0  |  | 1–0  | 3–0  | 0–0  | 4–1
Shelbourne | 3–1  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 3–2  |  | 2–1  | 3–0  | 0–0
UCD | 3–1  | 1–0  | 3–0  | 1–0  | 2–1  |  | 5–1  | 1–2
Waterford United | 0–1  | 1–0  | 1–3  | 0–3  | 1–2  | 0–1  |  | 2–3
Wexford Youths | 3–0  | 3–2  | 2–1  | 2–0  | 4–1  | 1–0  | 4–0  |

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

1. ^ Cabinteely fielded an ineligible player, Dean Ebbe, in their game against UCD on 31 July 2015. They lost 3–1. The FAI subsequently awarded the match to UCD as a 3–0 win and fined Cabinteely €2,500.[4]

## Top scorers

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Rank  | Player  | Club  | Goals

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1  |  Daniel Furlong  | Wexford Youths | 30
2  |  Ryan Swan  | UCD | 12
3  |  Philip Gorman  | Athlone Town | 10
4  |  Kevin McHugh | Finn Harps | 9

Source:[1][5]

## Promotion/relegation playoffs

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The second and third placed First Division teams, Finn Harps and UCD, played off to decide who would play Limerick, the eleventh placed team from the Premier Division. The winner of this play off would play in the 2016 Premier Division.[2]

First Division

UCD v Finn Harps 23 October 2015 |  UCD | 0–1|  Finn Harps | UCD Bowl

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19:45 |  |  | Coll  1' |

Finn Harps v UCD 30 October 2015 |  Finn Harps | 2–1|  UCD | Finn Park

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19:45 | Boyle  76'
Mailey  89' |  | O'Connor  59' |

Finn Harps won 3 – 1 on aggregate

First Division v Premier Division

Limerick v Finn Harps 2 November 2015 |  Limerick | 1–0|  Finn Harps | Markets Field

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| Kelly  34' | Report |  | Referee: Rob Rogers

Finn Harps v Limerick 6 November 2015 |  Finn Harps | 2–0
(a.e.t.)|  Limerick | Finn Park

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| Funston  38'
Banda  117' |  |  | Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Derek Tomney

Finn Harps won 2–1 on aggregate and were promoted to 2016 Premier Division. Limerick are relegated to the 2016 First Division.

## See also

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* 2015 League of Ireland Premier Division
* 2015 League of Ireland Cup

## References

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1. ^ a b "Ireland - List of Topscorers". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
2. ^ a b "Ireland 2015". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
3. ^ "Wexford Youths win promotion to Premier Division". www.rte.ie. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
4. ^ "Cabinteely sanctioned for fielding ineligible player". 4 September 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
5. ^ "2015 SSE Airtricity League First Division". inform.fai.ie. Archived from the original on 2015-07-11.

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