League of Ireland 1996/97

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League of Ireland 1996/97
master Derry City
Champions League
qualification		 Derry City
UEFA Cup
qualification		 Bohemians Dublin
UI cup Cork City
Cup winners Shelbourne FC
European
Cup Winners' Cup		 Shelbourne FC
Relegation ↓ Dundalk FC
Relegated Bray Wanderers
Home Farm FC
Teams 12
Games 198 + 2 relegation games
Gates 483  (ø 2.44 per game)
Top scorer Tony Cousins ( Shamrock Rovers ) Stephen Geoghegan (Shelbourne FC)
both with 16 goals
← League of Ireland 1995/96
First Division ↓

The League of Ireland 1996/97 was the 76th season of the top Irish football league . It began on August 31, 1996 and ended on April 27, 1997. The defending champion was St Patrick's Athletic .

Derry City won the Irish championship for the second 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. Derry City  33  19th  10  4th 058:270 +31 67
 2. Bohemians Dublin  33  16  9  8th 042:320 +10 57
 3. Shelbourne FC (P)  33  15th  9  9 052:350 +17 54
 4th Cork City  33  15th  9  9 037:240 +13 54
 5. St Patrick's Athletic  33  13  14th  6th 045:330 +12 53
 6th Sligo Rovers  33  12  11  10 043:430  ± 0 47
 7th Shamrock Rovers  33  10  13  10 043:450  −2 43
 8th. University College Dublin AFC  33  12  7th  14th 034:390  −5 43
 9. Finn Harps (N)  33  10  9  14th 041:430  −2 39
10. Dundalk FC  33  9  9  15th 032:500 −18 36
11. Bray Wanderers (N)  33  5  8th  20th 030:590 −29 23
12. Home Farm FC (N)  33  3  10  20th 026:530 −27 19th

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

  • Irish champion and participation in the 1st qualifying round for the 1997/98 UEFA Champions League
  • Participation in the 1st qualifying round of the 1997/98 UEFA Cup
  • Participation in the 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup
  • Irish cup winner and participation in the 1997/98 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

    Crosstab

    First round (rounds 1–22) 1996/97 Second round (rounds 23-33)
    Derry City Bohemians Dublin Shelbourne FC Cork City St Patrick's Athletic Sligo Rovers Shamrock Rovers University College Dublin AFC Finn Harps Dundalk FC Bray Wanderers Home Farm FC society Derry City Bohemians Dublin Shelbourne FC Cork City St Patrick's Athletic Sligo Rovers Shamrock Rovers University College Dublin AFC Finn Harps Dundalk FC Bray Wanderers Home Farm FC
    1-0 1: 1 0: 1 1: 1 0-0 1-0 5-0 3-0 5: 2 5: 1 1: 1 Derry City - - 0: 2 2-0 0: 2 1: 1 - - - 5: 2 3: 1
    0: 2 1: 1 1-0 0: 1 0-0 1: 1 1-0 3: 1 0-0 1-0 1: 1 Bohemians Dublin 1: 1 - 1-0 2: 1 0: 2 1: 3 - - 3-0 - -
    2: 2 0: 1 3: 3 0: 1 3-0 2-0 1-0 1: 2 0: 1 1-0 2-0 Shelbourne FC 2: 2 0: 1 - 1: 1 - 2-0 1-0 2-0 2: 1 - -
    0: 1 0-0 0: 1 1: 1 1-0 0: 1 1-0 0: 1 0-0 3: 1 0-0 Cork City - - 3: 1 - 1: 2 1: 1 - 1-0 - 3: 1 2: 1
    1: 1 5-0 1: 1 0-0 2: 2 0-0 1: 1 2-0 2: 2 2: 1 1: 2 St Patrick's Athletic - - - 1: 1 4: 2 2: 2 - 2: 1 - 2: 2 -
    0: 1 2: 1 0: 3 1: 4 2-0 1: 1 2-0 0: 2 2: 1 0: 1 0-0 Sligo Rovers - - 1: 1 - - 3-0 2: 1 - - 3: 2 3: 2
    1: 1 3: 2 6: 4 0: 1 0: 1 2: 1 0-0 2: 2 0: 2 2-0 2: 1 Shamrock Rovers - - - - - - 1: 1 - - 2: 2 2: 3
    0: 1 0: 2 1: 3 2: 1 0: 1 1: 1 1-0 0-0 1-0 2: 1 0-0 University College Dublin AFC 1-0 1: 2 - 3-0 2-0 - - 4-0 3: 1 - -
    0: 1 1: 2 3: 2 0: 1 0: 1 1: 1 0-0 5: 1 0-0 0-0 3-0 Finn Harps 0: 1 3: 3 - - - 3: 4 1: 2 - 5-0 - 3: 2
    0: 1 0: 2 0: 1 0: 1 1-0 1: 1 1: 3 2: 2 1: 1 2: 1 2: 1 Dundalk FC 2: 4 - - 0: 4 2: 2 2: 1 4: 1 - - - -
    2: 3 0: 1 0: 4 0-0 0: 1 2: 2 3: 4 0: 2 0-0 0: 1 1-0 Bray Wanderers - 1: 5 1: 1 - - - - 2-0 0: 1 1-0 -
    0: 2 0: 3 0: 3 0: 2 0: 2 0-0 0-0 0: 1 2: 3 0-0 0: 1 Home Farm FC - 2: 2 3-0 - 1: 3 - - 2: 3 - 0: 1 1: 1

    Relegation

    Tenth-placed Dundalk FC won the relegation against third in the First Division, Waterford United , and remained in the first division.

    total First leg Return leg
    Dundalk FC 3: 1 Waterford United 3-0 0: 1

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