1998–99 League of Ireland Premier Division

14th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division League of Ireland Premier Division 1998–99 St Patrick's Athletic (7th title) Bray WanderersDundalk F.C. UEFA Champions League St Patrick's Athletic UEFA Cup Cork CityBray Wanderers UEFA Intertoto Cup Shelbourne FAI Super Cup St Patrick's AthleticShelbourneCork CityBray Wanderers Trevor Molloy: 15 (St. Patrick's Athletic)https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iertops.html Ireland - List of Topscorers 6 July 2016 live RSSSF https://web.archive.org/web/20120406093820/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/iertops.html 6 April 2012 Graham Alex Football in the Republic of Ireland a Statistical Record 1921–2005 Soccer Books Limited 1-86223-135-4 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. For sponsorship purposes, it was known as the FAI Harp Lager National League. Regular season The season saw each team playing three rounds of games, playing every other team three times, totalling 33 games.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ierhist.html (Republic of) Ireland League Tables 6 July 2016 live RSSSF https://web.archive.org/web/20080221000146/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/ierhist.html 21 February 2008 Final Table main WDL QR StP St Patrick's Athletic COR Cork City SHE Shelbourne FHA Finn Harps DER Derry City UCD UCD WAT Waterford United SHM Shamrock Rovers SLI Sligo Rovers BOH Bohemians BRW Bray Wanderers DUN Dundalk 22 7 4 58 21 C 21 7 5 62 25 13 8 12 37 35 12 10 11 39 40 12 9 12 34 32 10 12 11 31 32 11 9 13 21 37 9 13 11 34 40 9 11 13 37 50 10 7 16 28 37 O 8 8 17 30 45 R 6 9 18 23 40 R green1 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round CL1Q blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round UCQR #ccccff Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round IC1 red2 Qualification to Relegation play-off RPO red1 Relegation to League of Ireland First Division and qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round UCREL Bray Wanderers qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying round after winning the 1999 FAI Cup Final. red1 Relegation to League of Ireland First Division REL complete www.rsssf.com Results Matches 1–22 main FBR BOH BRW COR DER DUN FHA SHM SHE SLI StP UCD WAT Derry City 0-2 0-1 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 0-1 5–1 1–0 Bohemians 0–1 2-0 0-2 1-1 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–3 1–0 1–2 0–1 Shelbourne 2–0 2-1 3–3 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 0-0 1-2 1–0 1–0 Cork City 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 3–1 1–2 2–0 4–1 3–0 5–0 St Patrick's Athletic 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 4–1 3–0 1–0 2–2 3–1 3–0 2–0 Sligo Rovers 3-3 2–2 1-3 0-2 1–4 2-3 0-1 1-1 2-0 0–0 1-1 Shamrock Rovers 0-0 3–0 2-1 0–3 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 0-0 UCD 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 2-0 0–2 3–0 0–0 3–1 1-1 Finn Harps 2–2 1–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 6–2 1–2 Dundalk 2–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 2-0 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 Bray Wanderers 0-1 0–1 1–0 0–1 1-4 1-1 3-4 0–0 0–0 0–0 6–0 Waterford United 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–2 1-1 1-1 1-0 0–3 1–0 1–0 complete www.rsssf.com Matches 23–33 main FBR BOH BRW COR DER DUN FHA SHM SHE SLI StP UCD WAT Derry City 0-1 1-0 null 0-0 null null null 1-0 null 1-1 null Bohemians null null 0-2 null null null null 0-1 2-1 0-0 0-1 Shelbourne null 1-2 null 1–1 1-0 1-0 null 2-0 null null 0-2 Cork City 0-1 null 2-1 null null 3-0 null 2-1 2-0 null 0-0 St Patrick's Athletic null 1-3 null 1–0 4–0 null 0-0 null 1-0 1-0 null Sligo Rovers 2-0 2-1 null 2-5 null 1-0 null 2-0 null null 2-1 Shamrock Rovers 1-0 1-1 null null 0-1 null 0–0 null null 0-0 null UCD 2-1 2-0 0-1 2-2 null 0-0 null null null 1-3 null Finn Harps null null null null 0-3 null 4-1 1-0 1–0 0-3 2–0 Dundalk 0-1 null 1-2 null null 3-2 1-1 0-2 null null null Bray Wanderers null null 0-1 1-3 null 1-2 null null null 1-0 0-1 Waterford United 1-0 null null null 0-0 null 1-0 1-2 null 2-0 null complete www.rsssf.com 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. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ier2hist.html (Republic of) Ireland League Tables - Second Level 10 July 2016 live RSSSF https://web.archive.org/web/20090603033056/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/ier2hist.html 3 June 2009 See also 1998–99 League of Ireland First Division References 2 Ireland Category:1998–99 in Republic of Ireland association football Category:League of Ireland Premier Division seasons