1995–96 League of Ireland Premier Division

League of Ireland Premier Division
Season	1995–96
Champions	St Patrick's Athletic
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

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

Final Table

Pos	Club	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	St Patrick's Athletic F.C.	67	19	10	4	53	34	+19	Qualified for 1996–97 UEFA Cup
2	Bohemian F.C.	62	18	8	7	60	29	+31	Qualified for 1996–97 UEFA Cup
3	Sligo Rovers F.C.	55	16	7	10	45	38	+5	Qualified for 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup
4	Shelbourne F.C. ^{[note 1]}	54	15	9	9	45	33	+12	Qualified for 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
5	Shamrock Rovers F.C.	50	14	8	11	32	32	0
6	Derry City F.C.	46	11	13	9	50	38	+12
7	Dundalk F.C.	42	11	9	13	38	39	-1
8	University College Dublin A.F.C.	42	12	6	15	38	40	-2
9	Cork City F.C. ^{[note 2]}	41	12	8	13	37	41	-4
10	Athlone Town A.F.C.	31	8	7	18	38	59	-21	Lost promotion/relegation play-off
11	Drogheda United F.C.	30	7	9	17	39	51	-12	Relegated to First Division
12	Galway United F.C.	21	5	6	22	26	67	-41	Relegated to First Division

Promotion/Relegation Play-off

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

	Home Farm Everton	2–0	Athlone Town

2nd Leg

	Athlone Town	2–0	Home Farm Everton

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

Notes

↑ Shelbourne qualified for the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup after winning the 1995–96 FAI Cup final.
↑ 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.

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.
↑ "Ireland 1995/96". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 16 November 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

1995–96 in European football (UEFA)

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Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '95 '96 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 Kazakhstan '95 '96 Latvia '95 '96 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '95 '96 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '95 '96 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '95 '96 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 '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

League cups	England Finland '95 '96 France Iceland 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

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