1997–98 League of Ireland Premier Division

League of Ireland Premier Division 1997–98 St Patrick's Athletic (6th title) Kilkenny CityDrogheda United UEFA Champions League St Patrick's Athletic UEFA Cup Shelbourne UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Cork City UEFA Intertoto Cup Shamrock Rovers FAI Super Cup St Patrick's AthleticShelbourne LFA President's Cup St Patrick's AthleticShelbourneCork CityShamrock Rovers Stephen Geoghegan: 17 (Shelbourne)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 1996–97 1998–99 The 1997–98 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 13th 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.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 SHE Shelbourne COR Cork City SHM Shamrock Rovers BOH Bohemians DUN Dundalk SLI Sligo Rovers FHA Finn Harps DER Derry City UCD UCD KC Kilkenny City DRO Drogheda United 19 11 3 46 24 C 20 7 6 58 32 14 11 8 50 40 14 10 9 41 32 13 11 9 50 36 12 9 12 41 43 10 14 9 46 49 12 7 14 41 43 10 10 13 30 31 9 12 12 36 38 O 4 7 22 27 63 R 2 9 22 20 55 R green1 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round CL1Q blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round UC1Q yellow1 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round CWCQR Cork City qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round after winning the 1997–98 FAI Cup final. #ccccff Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round IC1 red2 Qualification to Relegation play-off RPO red1 Relegation to League of Ireland First Division REL REL complete www.rsssf.com Results Matches 1–22 main FBR BOH COR DER DRO DUN FHA KLC SHM SHE SLI StP UCD St Patrick's Athletic 0–0 3–3 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 Shelbourne 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 3–2 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 Cork City 0–1 4–4 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 Shamrock Rovers 0–1 0–2 1–3 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 Bohemians 0–0 0–1 4–2 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 4–3 1–1 Dundalk 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 5–0 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 Sligo Rovers 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–1 3–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 Finn Harps 0–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 3–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 Derry City 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–3 1–1 3–0 UCD 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 Kilkenny City 0–2 1–3 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 0–5 1–1 2–1 Drogheda United 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–4 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 complete Matches 23–33 main FBR BOH COR DER DRO DUN FHA KLC SHM SHE SLI StP UCD St Patrick's Athletic 2–3 null null 0–2 4–2 null null 1–0 1–1 null null Shelbourne null 3–1 2–1 null null 3–0 null null null 3–0 5–0 Cork City 1–1 null null 2–0 3–0 null null 2–0 1–2 null null Shamrock Rovers 0–1 null 2–2 null 5–2 1–1 2–2 3–0 null null null Bohemians null 1–0 null 1–1 null null 4–2 null 2–0 8–1 2–1 Dundalk null 2–1 null null 3–3 null 2–1 null null 3–0 1–1 Sligo Rovers 3–4 null 4–1 null 2–2 3–3 2–2 3–0 null null null Finn Harps 1–2 3–1 2–1 null null null null null 1–2 null 2–0 Derry City null 2–2 null null 1–0 1–2 null 1–0 1–1 null 4–1 UCD null 2–3 null 0–3 null 1–3 5–1 null null 1–2 3–0 Kilkenny City 1–2 null 1–2 1–2 null null 2–1 2–3 1–0 null null Drogheda United 1–3 – 1–2 1–3 null null 1–1 null null null 1–1 complete Promotion/relegation play-off University College Dublin A.F.C. who finished in tenth place played off against Limerick F.C., the third placed team from the 1997–98 League of Ireland First Division. 1st leg 5 May 1998 UCD 2–1 Limerick F.C. 2nd leg 8 May 1998 Limerick F.C. 1–3 UCD UCD won 5–2 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 1997–98 League of Ireland First Division References 2 Ireland Category:1997–98 in Republic of Ireland association football Category:League of Ireland Premier Division seasons