2003 League of Ireland Premier Division

League of Ireland Premier Division
Season	2003
Champions	Shelbourne
Relegated	UCD
UEFA Champions League	Shelbourne
UEFA Cup	Bohemians Longford Town
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Cork City
Top goalscorer	Jason Byrne: 21 (Shelbourne) ^[1]^[2]
← 2002–03 2004 →

The 2003 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 19th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The division was made up of 10 teams. Shelbourne were champions.

Regular season

The 2003 season would see the League of Ireland Premier Division change from a winter league to a summer league. Each team played four rounds of games, totalling 36 games each.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Final Table

Pos	Club	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Shelbourne	69	36	19	12	5	52	28	+24	Qualified for 2004–05 UEFA Champions League
2	Bohemians	64	36	18	10	8	58	37	+21	Qualified for 2004–05 UEFA Cup
3	Cork City	53	36	13	14	9	43	33	+10	Qualified for 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup
4	Longford Town ^{[note 1]}	48	36	12	12	12	46	44	+2	Qualified for 2004–05 UEFA Cup
5	St Patrick's Athletic	46	36	10	16	10	48	48	0
6	Waterford United	45	36	11	12	13	44	58	-14
7	Shamrock Rovers	44	36	10	14	12	45	46	-1
8	Drogheda United	37	36	9	10	17	38	50	-12
9	Derry City	36	36	7	15	14	33	51	-18	Won promotion/relegation play-off
10	University College Dublin	34	36	7	13	16	27	39	-12	Relegated to First Division

Source:^[2]^[3]^[4]

Notes

↑ Longford Town qualified for the 2004–05 UEFA Cup after winning the 2003 FAI Cup.

Top Scorers

Player	Club	Goals
Jason Byrne	Shelbourne	21
Glen Crowe	Bohemians	19
John O'Flynn	Cork City	14
Andrew Myler	Drogheda United	14
Tony Bird	St Patrick's Athletic	14

Source:^[2]^[4]

Promotion/Relegation Play-off

Four teams entered the promotion/relegation play-off. The second, third and fourth placed teams from the 2003 League of Ireland First Division were joined by the ninth placed team from the Premier Division.

Semi-final

1st Legs

3 December 2003	Limerick	0–0	Derry City

3 December 2003	Finn Harps	1–0	Bray Wanderers

2nd Legs

6 December 2003	Derry City	4–0	Limerick

Derry City win 4–0 on aggregate

6 December 2003	Bray Wanderers	1–2	Finn Harps

Finn Harps win 3–1 on aggregate

Final

10 December 2003	Finn Harps	0–0	Derry City

13 December 2003	Derry City	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Finn Harps
	Farren 13' Coyle 101'		McHugh 95'

Derry City win 2–1 on aggregate and retain their place in the Premier Division. ^[2]^[4]^[5]

Dublin

Dublin teams
Bohemians
Shamrock Rovers
Shelbourne
St Patrick's Athletic
UCD

Locations of the Premier Division teams

References

↑ "Ireland - List of Topscorers". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 Graham, Alex. Football in the Republic of Ireland a Statisical Record 1921–2005. Soccer Books Limited. ISBN 1-86223-135-4.
1 2 "(Republic of) Ireland League Tables". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
1 2 3 4 "Ireland 2003". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 15 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

2003–04 in European football (UEFA)

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Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '03 '04 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '03 '04 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '03 '04 Faroe Islands '03 '04 Finland '03 '04 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '03 '04 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '03 '04 Latvia '03 '04 Lithuania '03 '04 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '03 '04 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '03 '04 Romania Russia '03 '04 San Marino Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '03 '04 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '03 '04 Finland '03 '04 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '03 '04 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '03 '04 Latvia '03 '04 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '03 '04 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '03 '04 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '03 '04 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

League cups	England Finland '03 '04 France Germany Iceland '03 '04 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland '03 '04 Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, Knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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