1993–94 League of Ireland Premier Division

League of Ireland Premier Division
Season1993–94
ChampionsShamrock Rovers (15th title)
RelegatedLimerick F.C.
Drogheda United
UEFA CupShamrock Rovers
Cork City
UEFA Cup Winners' CupSligo Rovers[note 1]
Top goalscorerStephen Geoghegan:23
(Shamrock Rovers) [1][2]

The 1993–94 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 9th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The division was made up of 12 teams. Shamrock Rovers won the title.

Regular season

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The regular season initially saw the 12 teams use a traditional round-robin format with each team playing 22 games on a home and away basis. The division was then split into two groups, a top six and a bottom six. After the split, the six teams played the other teams in their group in a second series of 10 games again using a round-robin format.[2][3]

Final Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Shamrock Rovers (C) 32 21 3 8 62 30 +32 66 Qualification to UEFA Cup preliminary round
2 Cork City 32 17 8 7 60 36 +24 59
3 Galway United 32 14 8 10 47 42 +5 50
4 Derry City 32 12 10 10 37 35 +2 46
5 Shelbourne 32 11 10 11 42 42 0 43
6 Bohemians 32 11 8 13 34 35 −1 41
7 Monaghan United 32 13 8 11 41 38 +3 47
8 Dundalk 32 10 13 9 37 27 +10 43
9 St Patrick's Athletic 32 9 12 11 32 38 −6 39
10 Cobh Ramblers (O) 32 8 8 16 31 41 −10 32 Qualification to Relegation play-off
11 Limerick (R) 32 6 11 15 23 50 −27 29 Relegation to League of Ireland First Division
12 Drogheda United (R) 32 7 7 18 26 58 −32 28
Source: www.rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

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Matches 1–22

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Home \ Away BOH COB COR DER DRO DUN GAL LIM MON SHM SHE StP
Bohemians — 2–0 3–4 2–0 0–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0
Cobh Ramblers 0–0 — 2–1 1–3 1–2 0–2 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–3 1–1 0–1
Cork City 2–0 2–0 — 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 3–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–1
Derry City 3–0 2–0 0–1 — 1–1 1–4 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–4 2–0
Drogheda United 0–4 1–3 0–5 0–1 — 0–3 1–4 0–2 1–4 2–1 2–2 1–1
Dundalk 1–1 0–2 2–2 2–2 0–1 — 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–2 5–1 0–2
Galway United 1–1 4–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 — 1–2 1–0 0–5 1–1 1–2
Limerick 0–0 1–5 1–7 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–3 — 2–3 0–2 0–0 2–1
Monaghan United 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 — 0–1 4–5 1–2
Shamrock Rovers 2–1 3–0 3–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 7–3 2–1 — 2–0 2–0
Shelbourne 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 — 1–0
St Patrick's Athletic 0–0 1–1 3–4 0–0 4–1 0–0 2–3 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 —
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23–32

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Promotion/relegation play-off

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Cobh Ramblers F.C. who finished in tenth place played off against Finn Harps F.C., the third placed team from the 1993–94 League of Ireland First Division.[2][4]

1st leg

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9 April 1994 Finn Harps F.C. 1–0 Cobh Ramblers F.C.

2nd leg

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16 April 1994 Cobh Ramblers F.C. 3–0 Finn Harps F.C.

Cobh Ramblers F.C. won 3–1 on aggregate and retain their place in the Premier Division [2]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Sligo Rovers who played in the First Division qualified for the 1994–95 European Cup Winners' Cup after winning the 1993–94 FAI Cup final.

References

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  1. ^ "Ireland - List of Topscorers". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d Graham, Alex. Football in the Republic of Ireland a Statistical Record 1921–2005. Soccer Books Limited. ISBN 1-86223-135-4.
  3. ^ "(Republic of) Ireland League Tables". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 21 February 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  4. ^ "(Republic of) Ireland League Tables - Second Level". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 3 June 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
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