1998–99 League of Ireland Premier Division

League of Ireland Premier Division
Season	1998–99
Champions	St Patrick's Athletic
Relegated	Bray Wanderers Dundalk F.C.
UEFA Champions League	St Patrick's Athletic
UEFA Cup	Cork City Bray Wanderers
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Shelbourne
FAI Super Cup	St Patrick's Athletic Shelbourne Cork City Bray Wanderers
Top goalscorer	Trevor Molloy: 15 (St. Patrick's Athletic) ^[1]^[2]
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

The 1998–99 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 14th 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

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	St Patrick's Athletic F.C.	73	22	7	4	58	21	+37	UEFA Champions League/FAI Super Cup
2	Cork City F.C.	70	21	7	5	62	25	+37	UEFA Cup/FAI Super Cup
3	Shelbourne F.C.	47	13	8	12	37	35	+2	UEFA Intertoto Cup/FAI Super Cup
4	Finn Harps F.C.	46	12	10	11	39	40	-1
5	Derry City F.C.	45	12	9	12	34	32	+2
6	University College Dublin A.F.C.	42	10	12	11	31	32	-1
7	Waterford United F.C.	42	11	9	13	21	37	-16
8	Shamrock Rovers F.C.	40	9	13	11	34	40	-6
9	Sligo Rovers F.C.	38	9	11	13	37	50	-13
10	Bohemian F.C.	37	10	7	16	28	37	-9	Won promotion/relegation play-off
11	Bray Wanderers A.F.C.^{[note 1]}	32	8	8	17	30	45	-15	Relegated to First Division
12	Dundalk F.C.	27	6	9	18	23	40	-17	Relegated to First Division

Notes

↑ Bray Wanderers qualified for the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup and FAI Super Cup after winning the 1999 FAI Cup Final.

Promotion/Relegation Play-off

Bohemians who finished in tenth place played off against Cobh Ramblers, the third placed team from the 1998–99 League of Ireland First Division.

1st Leg

5 May 1999	Cobh Ramblers	0–5	Bohemians

2nd Leg

8 May 1999	Bohemians	2–0	Cobh Ramblers

Bohemians won 7–0 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

1998–99 in European football (UEFA)

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Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '98 '99 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '98 '99 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '98 '99 Faroe Islands '98 '99 Finland '98 '99 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '98 '99 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '98 '99 Latvia '98 '99 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '98 '99 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '98 '99 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '98 '99 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 '98 '99 Finland '98 '99 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '98 '99 Israel Italy Latvia '98 '99 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '98 '99 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia

League cups	England Finland '98 '99 France Germany Iceland '98 '99 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales

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

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