1996–97 League of Ireland Premier Division

League of Ireland Premier Division
Season	1996–97
Champions	Derry City
Relegated	Bray Wanderers Home Farm Everton
UEFA Champions League	Derry City
UEFA Cup	Bohemians
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Shelbourne
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Cork City
Top goalscorer	Stephen Geoghegan: 16 (Shelbourne) Tony Cousins: 16 (Shamrock Rovers) ^[1]^[2]
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The 1996–97 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 12th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The division was made up of 12 teams. Derry City F.C. won the title.

Regular season

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

Final Table

Pos	Club	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Derry City F.C.	67	19	10	4	58	27	+31	Qualified for 1997–98 UEFA Champions League
2	Bohemian F.C.	57	16	9	8	43	32	+11	Qualified for 1997–98 UEFA Cup
3	Shelbourne F.C. ^{[note 1]}	54	15	9	9	52	36	+16	Qualified for 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
4	Cork City F.C.	54	15	9	9	38	24	+14	Qualified for 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup
5	St Patrick's Athletic F.C.	53	13	14	6	45	33	+12
6	Sligo Rovers F.C.	47	12	11	10	43	43	0
7	Shamrock Rovers F.C.	43	10	13	10	43	46	-3
8	University College Dublin A.F.C.	43	12	7	14	34	39	-5
9	Finn Harps F.C.	39	10	9	14	41	43	-2
10	Dundalk F.C.	36	9	9	15	32	50	-18	Won promotion/relegation play-off
11	Bray Wanderers A.F.C.	23	5	8	20	30	59	-29	Relegated to First Division
12	Home Farm Everton F.C.	19	3	10	20	26	53	-27	Relegated to First Division

Notes

↑ Shelbourne qualified for the 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup after winning the 1996–97 FAI Cup final.

Promotion/Relegation Play-off

Dundalk F.C. who finished in tenth place played off against Waterford United, the third placed team from the 1996–97 League of Ireland First Division.

1st Leg

	Dundalk F.C.	3–0	Waterford United

2nd Leg

	Waterford United	1–0	Dundalk F.C.

Dundalk F.C. won 3–1 on aggregate and retained their place in the Premier Division. ^[2]^[4]

References

↑ "Ireland - List of Topscorers". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
1 2 3 Graham, Alex. Football in the Republic of Ireland a Statisical Record 1921–2005. Soccer Books Limited. ISBN 1-86223-135-4.
↑ "(Republic of) Ireland League Tables". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
↑ "(Republic of) Ireland League Tables - Second Level". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 10 July 2016.

League of Ireland Premier Division

2017 clubs

Seasons

A Division	1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85

Premier Division	1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Awards

1996–97 in European football (UEFA)

« 1995–96 1997–98 »

Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '96 '97 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '96 '97 Finland '96 '97 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '96 '97 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '96 '97 Latvia '96 '97 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '96 '97 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '96 '97 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '96 '97 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '96 '97 Finland '96 '97 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '96 '97 Israel Italy Latvia '96 '97 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '96 '97 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia

League cups	England Finland '96 '97 France Germany Iceland '96 '97 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 7/13/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.