2003 League of Ireland Premier Division

League of Ireland Premier Division 2003 Shelbourne (11th title) UCD UEFA Champions League Shelbourne UEFA Cup BohemiansLongford Town UEFA Intertoto Cup Cork City Jason Byrne: 21(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 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.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 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ier03a.html Ireland 2003 RSSSF 15 July 2016 Final table main WDL QR SHE Shelbourne BOH Bohemians COR Cork City LON Longford Town StP St Patrick's Athletic WAT Waterford United SHM Shamrock Rovers DRO Drogheda United DER Derry City UCD UCD 19 12 5 52 28 C 18 10 8 58 37 13 14 9 43 33 12 12 12 46 44 10 16 10 48 48 11 12 13 44 58 10 14 12 45 46 9 10 17 38 50 7 15 14 33 51 O 7 13 16 27 39 R green1 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round CL1Q blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round UC1Q #ccccff Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round IC1 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round UCC1Q Longford Town qualified for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round after winning the 2003 FAI Cup. red2 Qualification to Relegation play-off RPO red1 Relegation to League of Ireland First Division REL complete Graham Alex Football in the Republic of Ireland a Statistical Record 1921–2005 Soccer Books Limited 1-86223-135-4https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ierhist.html (Republic of) Ireland League Tables RSSSF 6 July 2016 5 Results Matches 1–18 main FBR BOH COR DER DRO LON SHM SHE StP UCD WAT Shelbourne 2–2 1–1 3–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 Bohemians 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 5–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 Cork City 0–0 3–2 4–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–0 Longford Town 0–2 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 4–0 2–1 St Patrick's Athletic 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 3–1 4–1 2–0 Waterford United 0–4 1–3 2–1 1–1 4–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 Shamrock Rovers 2–4 1–2 2–1 2–3 1–0 0–1 0–0 5–1 1–0 Drogheda United 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–2 4–2 1–3 1–2 1–0 2–0 Derry City 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–3 2–2 4–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 UCD 0–2 2–1 0–3 0–3 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 complete Matches 19–36 main FBR BOH COR DER DRO LON SHM SHE StP UCD WAT Shelbourne 1–3 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 0–2 2–0 3–1 0–0 Bohemians 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 Cork City 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–2 2–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 Longford Town 2–1 2–4 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 0–2 0–1 2–1 St Patrick's Athletic 0–1 2–4 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 3–3 2–2 0–0 Waterford United 1–2 2–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 3–3 0–2 0–1 2–2 Shamrock Rovers 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 3–5 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 Drogheda United 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–5 2–2 3–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 Derry City 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–2 UCD 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 complete Top scorers PlayerClubGoals Ireland Jason Byrne Shelbourne21 Ireland Glen Crowe Bohemians19 Ireland John O'Flynn Cork City14 Ireland Andrew Myler Drogheda United14 Wales Tony Bird St Patrick's Athletic14 Source: 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 13Coyle 101 McHugh 95 Derry City win 2–1 on aggregate and retain 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 Ireland Map of the Republic of Ireland with the ten League of Ireland Premier Division teams Locations of the Premier Division teams right 280 Ireland Cork City #FFFFFF 51.897 -8.47 Ireland Longford Town left #FFFFFF 53.727 -7.799 Ireland Waterford United #FFFFFF right N 52 15 24 W 7 7 45 Ireland Drogheda United #FFFFFF right 53.713 -6.35 Ireland Derry City #FFFFFF right 54.995 -7.30 Ireland Dublin 12 #FFFFFF right N 53 20 52 W 6 15 35 Ireland TransparentPlaceholder.png 1 N 55 24 W 10 57 right #FFFFFF Dublin teamsBohemiansShamrock RoversShelbourneSt Patrick's AthleticUCD Attendances { class"wikitable sortable" !#!!Football club!!Average attendancehttps://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/irl/aveirl03.htm Attendances Georgia average European-football-statistics.co.uk August 31, 2026 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Cork City 4,147 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count St. Patrick's Athletic 2,971 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Bohemians 2,741 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Shelbourne 2,573 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Waterford United 2,467 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Derry City 2,265 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Shamrock Rovers 2,038 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Drogheda United 2,038 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Longford Town 1,586 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count UCD AFC 783 - } See also 2003 Shelbourne F.C. season 2003 League of Ireland First Division References Ireland Category:League of Ireland Premier Division seasons