League of Ireland 1971/72

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League of Ireland 1971/72
master Waterford FC
European Cup of
National Champions		 Waterford FC
Uefa cup Bohemians Dublin
Cup winners Cork Hibernians
European
Cup Winners' Cup		 Cork Hibernians
Teams 14th
Games 182
Gates 590  (ø 3.24 per game)
Top scorer Alfie Hale (Waterford FC)
Tony Marsden (Cork Hib.)
Both with 22 goals
← League of Ireland 1970/71

The League of Ireland 1971/72 was the 51st season of the top Irish football league . The defending champion was Cork Hibernians .

Waterford FC became champions for the fifth time .

mode

The fourteen teams, which also competed in the preseason, played against each other twice on 26 match days, divided into a first and a second round.

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Waterford FC  26th  21st  2  3 066:350 1.89 44: 80
 2. Cork Hibernians (M)  26th  19th  2  5 070:170 4.12 40:12
 3. Bohemians Dublin  26th  16  5  5 045:240 1.88 37:15
 4th Finn Harps  26th  18th  0  8th 062:340 1.82 36:16
 5. Shamrock Rovers  26th  12  4th  10 052:410 1.27 28:24
 6th St Patrick's Athletic  26th  9  7th  10 033:360 0.92 25:27
 7th Dundalk FC  26th  11  3  12 039:460 0.85 25:27
 8th. Cork Celtic  26th  8th  7th  11 036:460 0.78 23:29
 9. Shelbourne FC 1  26th  6th  8th  12 030:370 0.81 22:30
10. Athlone Town 1  26th  8th  7th  11 040:560 0.71 21:31
11. Drogheda United  26th  6th  6th  14th 030:420 0.71 18:34
12. Drumcondra FC  26th  5  6th  15th 024:520 0.46 16:36
13. Limerick FC (P)  26th  5  5  16 029:530 0.55 15:37
14th Sligo Rovers  26th  5  4th  17th 034:710 0.48 14:38

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal quotient

  • Irish champion and participation in the European Cup of National Champions 1972/73
  • Irish cup winner and participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1972/73
  • Participation in the 1972/73 UEFA Cup
    • (M) Reigning Irish Master
    (P) Reigning Irish Cup Winner

    Crosstab

    1971/72 Waterford FC COH Bohemians Dublin Finn Harps Shamrock Rovers St Patrick's Athletic Dundalk FC COC Shelbourne FC Athlone Town Drogheda United DRU Limerick FC Sligo Rovers
    Waterford FC 1: 3 4: 1 1-0 3: 1 3: 2 3: 2 2: 1 3: 2 3: 2 2-0 3-0 3: 2 7: 2
    Cork Hibernians 2: 3 2-0 3-0 3: 1 2-0 4: 1 4: 1 4-0 1-0 8: 1 3: 1 6-0 3: 1
    Bohemians Dublin 1: 1 1-0 4: 1 2: 2 2-0 2: 1 1-0 4: 1 1: 1 4-0 2: 1 3-0 1: 1
    Finn Harps 2-0 0: 1 3: 1 5: 3 0: 1 4: 1 5: 2 2: 1 7-0 2-0 4: 1 2: 1 3-0
    Shamrock Rovers 1: 2 0-0 1-0 1: 3 1-0 3: 1 1: 2 2: 1 3-0 3-0 4: 1 3-0 6: 2
    St Patrick's Athletic 1: 3 3: 1 0: 2 1: 3 0: 1 2-0 1: 1 1-0 1: 2 1-0 2: 2 2: 1 3: 2
    Dundalk FC 3-0 0: 4 0: 1 3: 2 1-0 0-0 4: 1 1: 1 1-0 0: 3 1-0 5: 2 2: 1
    Cork Celtic 0: 1 0: 3 2: 1 0: 1 3: 2 3: 3 4: 2 0: 3 2-0 0-0 1: 2 1-0 1-0
    Shelbourne FC 2: 2 1-0 0: 2 1-0 0: 1 1: 1 0: 1 0-0 3: 5 0-0 1: 2 1: 1 5: 3
    Athlone Town 1: 2 1: 5 1: 2 2: 5 3: 2 2: 1 4: 4 4: 4 1: 0 1 2: 1 1: 1 1-0 2: 2
    Drogheda United 0: 1 0-0 1: 2 3-0 3: 3 1: 3 0: 1 1: 3 0-0 3: 1 5: 1 1-0 5-0
    Drumcondra FC 0: 3 0: 4 1: 2 1: 3 2: 2 0-0 2-0 1-0 1: 1 0: 2 1: 1 2: 1 0: 1
    Limerick FC 0: 3 1-0 0-0 1: 3 2: 4 2: 2 2: 1 2: 2 0: 1 1: 1 2: 1 4: 1 0: 1
    Sligo Rovers 4: 7 0: 4 0: 3 1: 2 2: 1 1: 2 1: 3 2: 2 0: 4 1: 1 2-0 1-0 3: 4
    1 The points from the Athlone Town v Shelbourne FC (1-0) match were credited to Shelbourne.

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