League of Ireland 1998/99

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League of Ireland 1998/99
master St Patrick's Athletic
Champions League
qualification		 St Patrick's Athletic
UEFA Cup
qualification		 Cork City
Bray Wanderers
UI cup Shelbourne FC
Cup winners Bray Wanderers
Relegation ↓ Bohemians Dublin
Relegated Bray Wanderers
Dundalk FC
Teams 12
Games 198 + 2 relegation games
Gates 434  (ø 2.19 per game)
Top scorer Trevor Molloy
(St Patrick's Athletic, 15 goals)
← League of Ireland 1997/98
First Division ↓

The League of Ireland 1998/99 was the 78th season of the top Irish football league . It began on August 28, 1998 and ended on May 2, 1999. Defending champion St Patrick's Athletic won the championship for the seventh 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 (M)  33  22nd  7th  4th 058:210 +37 73
 2. Cork City (P)  33  21st  7th  5 062:250 +37 70
 3. Shelbourne FC  33  13  8th  12 037:350  +2 47
 4th Finn Harps  33  12  10  11 039:400  −1 46
 5. Derry City  33  12  9  12 034:320  +2 45
 6th University College Dublin AFC  33  10  12  11 031:320  −1 42
 7th Waterford United (N)  33  11  9  13 021:370 −16 42
 8th. Shamrock Rovers  33  9  13  11 034:400  −6 40
 9. Sligo Rovers  33  9  11  13 037:500 −13 38
10. Bohemians Dublin  33  10  7th  16 028:370  −9 37
11. Bray Wanderers (N)  33  8th  8th  17th 030:450 −15 32
12. Dundalk FC  33  6th  9  18th 023:400 −17 27

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

  • Irish champions and participation in the 1st qualifying round for the 1999/2000 UEFA Champions League
  • Participation in the qualifying round of the 1999/2000 UEFA Cup
  • Participation in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1999
  • Participation in relegation to keep up
  • Relegation to First Division - Irish Cup winners and participation in the qualifying round of the 1999/2000 UEFA Cup
  • 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) 1998/99 Second round (rounds 23-33)
    St Patrick's Athletic Cork City Shelbourne FC Finn Harps Derry City University College Dublin AFC Waterford United Shamrock Rovers Sligo Rovers Bohemians Dublin Bray Wanderers Dundalk FC society St Patrick's Athletic Cork City Shelbourne FC Finn Harps Derry City University College Dublin AFC Waterford United Shamrock Rovers Sligo Rovers Bohemians Dublin Bray Wanderers Dundalk FC
    1-0 2: 1 2: 2 1-0 0-0 2-0 3-0 4-0 1: 3 1-0 1-0 St Patrick's Athletic 2-0 - - - 1-0 - - 4: 1 3-0 3-0 3: 1
    1: 2 2: 1 2-0 0: 1 1: 2 0-0 3-0 1-0 0-0 3-0 2-0 Cork City - 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 - 5-0 3: 1 - - - 4: 1
    0: 1 3: 3 0-0 2-0 1: 1 0: 2 1-0 1-0 1: 2 1-0 1: 2 Shelbourne FC 1: 1 - 2-0 - - 1-0 2: 2 1: 1 2: 1 - -
    0: 3 1: 1 3: 2 2: 2 0-0 1: 2 2: 1 1: 1 1-0 0: 3 0-0 Finn Harps 2: 1 - - - 1-0 2-0 4: 1 - - 6: 2 1-0
    0-0 1: 1 0: 1 1-0 2-0 1-0 1: 1 2-0 0: 1 1: 1 0: 1 Derry City 0: 1 - 1-0 2: 1 - - - - 0: 2 5: 1 -
    2: 2 0: 1 0: 1 3-0 2: 1 1: 1 0: 2 0-0 2-0 1: 3 0-0 University College Dublin AFC - 2: 2 1: 1 - 2: 2 - - 2-0 2-0 3: 1 -
    0-0 0: 2 0-0 0: 3 1-0 1-0 1-0 1: 1 0-0 1-0 1-0 Waterford United 0: 2 - - - 1: 2 1: 2 1: 1 - - - 2-0
    0: 1 0: 3 2: 1 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1: 1 1: 1 0-0 1: 1 Shamrock Rovers 2: 1 - - - 1-0 2-0 - - 3-0 0: 1 -
    1: 4 0: 2 1: 3 1: 1 2-0 0: 1 1: 1 1-0 2: 1 0-0 2-0 Sligo Rovers - 2: 5 - 2-0 3: 3 - 2: 1 2: 3 2: 2 - -
    1: 1 0: 2 2-0 0: 1 0: 1 3-0 0: 1 1: 1 0: 1 0-0 1-0 Bohemians Dublin - 0: 2 - 2: 3 - - 0: 1 - - 1: 2 2: 1
    1: 4 0: 1 0: 1 0-0 0: 1 0-0 0: 1 3: 4 1: 1 0: 1 0-0 Bray Wanderers - 1: 3 1-0 - - - 6-0 - 1: 2 - 1-0
    2-0 1: 1 1: 2 0-0 0: 1 0: 2 2-0 1: 1 0: 2 0: 1 0: 1 Dundalk FC - - 1: 2 - 2: 2 2-0 - 1: 1 3: 2 - -

    Relegation

    The tenth-placed Bohemians Dublin won the relegation against the third in the First Division, the Cobh Ramblers , and remained in the first division.

    total First leg Return leg
    Cobh Ramblers 0: 7 Bohemians Dublin 0: 5 0: 2

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