1996–97 League of Ireland Premier Division

League of Ireland Premier Division 1996–97 Derry City (2nd title) Bray WanderersHome Farm Everton UEFA Champions League Derry City UEFA Cup Bohemians UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Shelbourne UEFA Intertoto Cup Cork City Stephen Geoghegan: 16 (Shelbourne)Tony Cousins: 16 (Shamrock Rovers)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 1995–96 1997–98 The 1996–97 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 12th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The division was made up of 12 teams. Derry City 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 DER Derry City BOH Bohemians SHE Shelbourne COR Cork City StP St Patrick's Athletic SLI Sligo Rovers SHM Shamrock Rovers UCD UCD FHA Finn Harps DUN Dundalk BRW Bray Wanderers HOM Home Farm Everton 19 10 4 58 27 C 16 9 8 43 32 15 9 9 52 36 15 9 9 38 24 13 14 6 45 33 12 11 10 43 43 10 13 10 43 46 12 7 14 34 39 10 9 14 41 43 9 9 15 32 50 O 5 8 20 30 59 R 3 10 20 26 53 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 Shelbourne qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round after winning the 1996–97 FAI Cup final. #ccccff Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage ICGS 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 BRW COR DER DUN FHA HOM SHM SHE SLI StP UCD Derry City 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 5–0 3–0 5–2 5–1 1–1 Bohemians 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 Shelbourne 2–2 0–1 3–3 0–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 Cork City 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 St Patrick's Athletic 1–1 5–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–2 Sligo Rovers 0–1 2–1 0–3 1–4 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 Shamrock Rovers 1–1 3–2 6–4 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 0–2 2–0 2–1 UCD 0–1 0–2 1–3 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 Finn Harps 0–1 1–2 3–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 5–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 Dundalk 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 Bray Wanderers 2–3 0–1 0–4 0–0 0–1 2–2 3–4 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 Home Farm Everton 0–2 0–3 0–3 0–2 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–3 0–0 0–1 complete Matches 23–33 main FBR BOH BRW COR DER DUN FHA HOM SHM SHE SLI StP UCD Derry City null null 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 null null null 5–2 3–1 Bohemians 1–1 null 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–3 null null 3–0 null null Shelbourne 2–2 0–1 null 1–1 null 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 null null Cork City null null 3–1 null 1–2 1–1 null 1–0 null 3–1 2–1 St Patrick's Athletic null null null 1–1 4–2 2–2 null 2–1 null 2–2 null Sligo Rovers null null 1–1 null null 3–0 2–1 null null 3–2 3–2 Shamrock Rovers null null null null null null 1–1 null null 2–2 2–3 UCD 1–0 1–2 null 3–0 2–0 null null 4–0 3–1 null null Finn Harps 0–1 3–3 null null null 3–4 1–2 null 5–0 null 3–2 Dundalk 2–4 null null 0–4 2–2 2–1 4–1 null null null null Bray Wanderers null 1–5 1–1 null null null null 2–0 0–1 1–0 null Home Farm Everton null 2–2 3–0 null 1–3 null null 2–3 null 0–1 1–1 complete Promotion/relegation play-off Dundalk F.C. who finished in tenth place played off against Waterford United, the third placed team from the 1996–97 League of Ireland First Division. 1st leg Dundalk F.C. 3–0 Waterford United 2nd leg Waterford United 1–0 Dundalk F.C. Dundalk F.C. won 3–1 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 1996–97 League of Ireland First Division References Ireland Category:1996–97 in Republic of Ireland association football Category:League of Ireland Premier Division seasons