League of Ireland 1978/79

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League of Ireland 1978/79
master Dundalk FC
European Cup of
National Champions		 Dundalk FC
Uefa cup Bohemians Dublin
Cup winners Dundalk FC
European
Cup Winners' Cup		 Waterford FC
Relegated Cork Celtic
Teams 16
Games 240
Gates 700  (ø 2.92 per game)
Top scorer John Delamere
(Shelbourne FC, 17 goals)
← League of Ireland 1977/78

The League of Ireland 1978/79 was the 58th season of the top Irish football league . The defending champion was Bohemians Dublin .

Dundalk FC won both the championship and the cup. Therefore, the defeated cup finalist Waterford FC was allowed to compete in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1979/80 .

mode

The 16 teams, which also contested the previous season, played against each other twice on 30 match days, divided into a first and a second half.

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Dundalk FC  30th  19th  7th  4th 057:250 +32 45:15
 2. Bohemians Dublin (M)  30th  18th  7th  5 053:210 +32 43:17
 3. Drogheda United 1  30th  17th  6th  7th 060:400 +20 42:18
 4th Waterford FC  30th  17th  8th  5 048:320 +16 42:18
 5. Shamrock Rovers (P)  30th  17th  3  10 045:250 +20 37:23
 6th Limerick FC 3  30th  13  9  8th 039:250 +14 36:24
 7th Athlone Town  30th  14th  7th  9 056:410 +15 35:25
 8th. Finn Harps 1  30th  15th  6th  9 056:410 +15 34:26
 9. Home Farm FC  30th  13  7th  10 047:330 +14 33:27
10. Sligo Rovers  30th  9  7th  14th 035:400  −5 25:35
11. Cork Alberts  30th  7th  9  14th 035:490 −14 23:37
12. Thurles Town 2  30th  8th  5  17th 035:620 −27 23:37
13. Shelbourne FC  30th  6th  9  15th 041:580 −17 21:39
14th St Patrick's Athletic  30th  7th  6th  17th 036:620 −26 20:40
15th Galway Rovers  30th  4th  5  21st 041:790 −38 13:47
16. Cork Celtic 2 3  30th  3  5  22nd 016:670 −51 08:52

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

  • Irish champion and participation in the 1979/80 European Cup
  • Participation in the 1979/80 UEFA Cup
  • Participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1979/80 as a cup finalist
    • (M) Reigning Irish Master
    (P) Reigning Irish Cup Winner

    Crosstab

    1978/79 Dundalk FC Bohemians Dublin Drogheda United Waterford FC Shamrock Rovers Limerick FC Athlone Town Finn Harps Home Farm FC Sligo Rovers ALB THU Shelbourne FC St Patrick's Athletic Galway Rovers COC
    Dundalk FC 1-0 1-0 0: 3 3: 2 2-0 3-0 1: 1 2-0 1: 1 3-0 4: 1 3: 1 5: 1 2: 1 2-0
    Bohemians Dublin 0-0 3: 3 1-0 0: 1 1-0 1-0 2-0 1: 1 2: 1 2-0 2: 2 2: 1 3-0 3: 1 6-0
    Drogheda United 1-0 2: 4 2: 2 2-0 2: 1 1: 1 0: 1 1 2: 1 1: 1 5: 1 3: 1 3-0 4: 3 6: 2 0-0
    Waterford FC 1-0 0-0 3-0 2-0 1-0 3: 1 1: 1 0: 2 2: 2 2: 1 1-0 2: 1 5: 1 3: 2 1-0
    Shamrock Rovers 1: 2 0: 1 2: 1 0: 1 2: 1 2: 1 4-0 2: 1 4-0 2: 3 1: 2 1-0 2-0 3-0 4-0
    Limerick FC 0: 2 0-0 1: 1 1: 1 0-0 1: 1 0-0 1-0 0: 1 2: 2 2: 1 1-0 1: 1 3: 1 5: 1
    Athlone Town 2: 2 1-0 1: 2 3: 1 2-0 0: 1 2-0 2: 2 1: 3 2: 1 6: 2 4: 1 3-0 2: 2 2-0
    Finn Harps 2: 1 1: 3 0: 2 3: 1 2: 1 2: 5 2: 3 4: 1 1-0 2-0 3: 3 2: 2 1: 1 4: 1 4-0
    Home Farm FC 0: 1 2: 1 4: 1 0: 1 0-0 2-0 4: 1 1-0 2: 1 0: 1 1: 2 2: 1 3-0 2: 1 2: 2
    Sligo Rovers 1: 2 0: 2 2: 4 3: 4 0: 1 0: 1 0: 1 2: 1 0-0 1: 1 2-0 1: 2 2-0 2: 1 3-0
    Cork Alberts 1: 1 1: 2 1: 3 2: 2 0: 3 0: 1 0-0 1: 3 1: 1 0-0 1-0 2: 5 0-0 3: 2 6: 1
    Thurles Town 1: 3 0: 2 2: 1 0: 1 0: 1 0: 2 0: 5 0: 5 3: 2 2: 1 0: 1 4: 2 2: 2 2: 1 0: 1 2
    Shelbourne FC 0: 3 0-0 1: 2 2: 2 0-0 0: 4 2: 2 1: 3 0: 2 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 3: 1 2: 1 3: 1
    St Patrick's Athletic 2: 2 0: 3 1: 3 3-0 1: 2 0: 1 4: 1 0: 3 1: 1 1-0 0: 3 3: 1 1: 4 3: 2 4: 1
    Galway Rovers 2: 2 2: 6 0: 1 1: 1 0: 2 1: 4 0: 4 2: 3 1: 6 1: 2 2: 1 2: 2 4: 2 1-0 2: 1
    Cork Celtic 0: 3 1-0 0: 2 0: 1 0: 2 0: 0 3 1: 2 0: 2 0: 2 1: 2 1-0 0: 1 2: 2 0: 2 2: 2
    1 The points of the game Drogheda United against Finn Harps (0-1) were credited to Drogheda.
    2 The points of the game Thurles Town against Cork Celtic (0-1) were credited to Thurles.
    3 The points from the game Cork Celtic v Limerick FC (0-0) have been credited to Limerick.

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