League of Ireland 1995/96

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League of Ireland 1995/96
master St Patrick's Athletic
UEFA Cup
qualification		 St Patrick's Athletic
Bohemians Dublin
UI cup Sligo Rovers
Cup winners Shelbourne FC
European
Cup Winners' Cup		 Shelbourne FC
Relegation ↓ Athlone Town
Relegated Drogheda United
Galway United
Teams 12
Games 198 + 2 relegation games
Gates 499  (ø 2.52 per game)
Top scorer Stephen Geoghegan
(Shelbourne FC, 19 goals)
← League of Ireland 1994/95
First Division ↓

The 1995/96 League of Ireland was the 75th season of the top Irish football league . It began on August 25, 1995 and ended on April 28, 1996. The defending champion was Dundalk FC .

St Patrick's Athletic won the championship for the fifth time.

mode

The twelve teams each played against each other three times. Each team played 33 season games. The last two clubs were relegated directly to the First Division , the third from last had to go into relegation.

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. St Patrick's Athletic  33  19th  10  4th 053:340 +19 67
 2. Bohemians Dublin  33  18th  8th  7th 060:290 +31 62
 3. Sligo Rovers  33  16  7th  10 045:380  +7 55
 4th Shelbourne FC  33  15th  9  9 045:330 +12 54
 5. Shamrock Rovers  33  14th  8th  11 031:320  −1 50
 6th Derry City (P)  33  11  13  9 050:380 +12 46
 7th Dundalk FC (M)  33  11  9  13 038:390  −1 42
 8th. University College Dublin AFC (N)  33  12  6th  15th 038:390  −1 42
 9. Cork City 1  33  12  8th  13 037:400  −3 41
10. Athlone Town  33  8th  7th  18th 038:590 −21 31
11. Drogheda United (N)  33  7th  9  17th 038:510 −13 30th
12. Galway United  33  5  6th  22nd 026:670 −41 21st

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

  • Irish champion and participation in the qualifying round of the 1996/97 UEFA Cup
  • Participation in the qualifying round of the 1996/97 UEFA Cup
  • Participation in the 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup
  • Irish cup winner and participation in the 1996/97 European Cup Winners' Cup
  • Participation in relegation to keep up
  • Relegation to the First Division
    • (M) Reigning Irish Master
    (P) Reigning Irish Cup Winner
    (N) Newcomers from the First Division
    1 Three points were deducted from Cork City for deploying an unapproved player.

    Crosstab

    First round (rounds 1–22) 1995/96 Second round (rounds 23-33)
    St Patrick's Athletic Bohemians Dublin Sligo Rovers Shelbourne FC Shamrock Rovers Derry City Dundalk FC University College Dublin AFC Cork City Athlone Town Drogheda United Galway United society St Patrick's Athletic Bohemians Dublin Sligo Rovers Shelbourne FC Shamrock Rovers Derry City Dundalk FC University College Dublin AFC Cork City Athlone Town Drogheda United Galway United
    3: 3 1-0 2: 1 1-0 3: 3 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3: 2 1-0 1: 2 St Patrick's Athletic - - 3-0 2: 2 1: 1 - 2-0 - - 3: 2 3-0
    0: 1 2-0 1-0 1: 1 1-0 3: 2 0-0 1: 1 3: 1 6-0 3-0 Bohemians Dublin 0-0 1: 2 - 1-0 1: 1 - 3: 1 1-0 - - -
    0-0 0-0 0-0 0: 1 1: 1 3: 3 2-0 3: 1 4: 2 1-0 3: 2 Sligo Rovers 1: 1 - - 3: 1 - - - 4: 1 2: 1 - 0: 2
    1: 1 1-0 1-0 3-0 1: 2 3: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1-0 0-0 2-0 Shelbourne FC - 1-0 2: 1 1: 2 1-0 0: 1 - - - - -
    0: 1 1-0 0: 2 0: 1 2-0 1-0 0: 2 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1 Shamrock Rovers - - - - 2: 1 - 2-0 2-0 2: 1 1-0 -
    5: 1 1: 1 1: 2 1: 2 1: 1 1: 1 3: 1 2-0 5: 3 1-0 2-0 Derry City - - 4-0 - - 0: 1 1: 1 2: 1 1: 1 1: 1 -
    3: 2 1: 2 0: 1 1: 1 1-0 2: 1 2-0 0-0 2: 1 2: 2 2-0 Dundalk FC 1: 2 2: 4 0: 1 - 0-0 - - 0: 1 - - -
    0: 2 3: 1 2: 1 0: 3 0: 1 2-0 1: 2 0: 1 3-0 0-0 2-0 University College Dublin AFC - - 3: 1 3: 2 - - 0-0 2: 1 1: 2 4: 1 -
    1-0 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 2-0 0: 1 0: 2 2: 1 2-0 1: 2 1: 1 Cork City 0-0 - - 2: 1 - - - - 0: 2 2: 1 3-0
    0: 1 2: 5 1: 2 1: 2 2-0 1: 1 0-0 1-0 2: 4 0: 2 0: 2 Athlone Town 2: 2 0: 3 - 4: 3 - - 0-0 - - - 1-0
    1: 3 2: 5 0-0 1: 1 1: 2 2: 2 3: 2 0: 1 2: 2 0: 1 3-0 Drogheda United - 0: 1 0: 1 1: 3 - - 2: 1 - - 0: 1 6: 1
    0: 1 1: 5 2: 3 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 0: 1 1: 1 3: 1 2: 2 0: 3 Galway United - 0: 2 - 1: 3 0; 2 0: 3 2: 1 0: 2 - - -

    Relegation

    The tenth placed Athlone Town lost the relegation against the third in the First Division, Home Farm FC , and was relegated.

    Result
    Athlone Town 2: 2 n.v.
    (3: 4 in good condition )     		Home Farm FC

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