League of Ireland 1999/2000

League of Ireland 1999/2000
master	Shelbourne FC
Champions League qualification	Shelbourne FC
UEFA Cup qualification	Cork City Bohemians Dublin
UI cup	University College Dublin AFC
Cup winners	Shelbourne FC
Relegation ↓	Waterford United
Relegated	Sligo Rovers Drogheda United
Teams	12
Games	198 + 2 relegation games
Gates	450  (ø 2.27 per game)
Top scorer	Pat Morley (Cork City, 20 goals)
← League of Ireland 1998/99 League of Ireland 2000/01 →
First Division ↓

The League of Ireland 1999/2000 was the 79th season of the top Irish football league . It began on August 13, 1999 and ended on April 23, 2000. The defending champion was St Patrick's Athletic .

Shelbourne FC won the championship for the ninth 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.

societies

Cork City Finn Harps Waterford United Derry City Galway United Drogheda United Sligo Rovers Dublin Clubs in Dublin: Bohemians Dublin Shamrock Rovers St Patrick's Athletic University College Dublin Shelbourne FC

Clubs of the League of Ireland 1999/2000

society	coat of arms	city	Stadion	capacity
Bohemians Dublin		Dublin	Dalymount Park	7,955
Cork City		Cork	Turner's Cross	8,985
Derry City		Derry	Brandywell Stadium	7,700
Drogheda United		Drogheda	Hunky Dorys Park	2,000
Finn Harps		Ballybofey	Finn Park	7,500
Galway United		Galway	Terryland Park	5,000
Shamrock Rovers		Dublin	Tallaght Stadium	5,947
Shelbourne FC		Dublin	Tolka Park	9,680
Sligo Rovers		Sligo	The Showgrounds	5,500
St Patrick's Athletic		Dublin	Richmond Park	5,340
University College Dublin AFC		Dublin	UCD Bowl	3,000
Waterford United		Waterford	Waterford Regional Sports Center	5,000

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Shelbourne FC	33	19th	12	2	049:200	+29	69
2.	Cork City	33	16	10	7th	053:320	+21	58
3.	Bohemians Dublin	33	16	9	8th	040:230	+17	57
4th	University College Dublin AFC	33	13	12	8th	040:290	+11	51
5.	Shamrock Rovers	33	13	11	9	049:360	+13	50
6th	St Patrick's Athletic (M)	33	13	11	9	040:310	+9	50
7th	Derry City	33	12	10	11	032:380	−6	46
8th.	Finn Harps	33	8th	10	15th	039:410	−2	34
9.	Galway United (N)	33	8th	10	15th	032:490	−17	34
10.	Waterford United	33	7th	12	14th	024:380	−14	33
11.	Sligo Rovers	33	5	10	18th	031:600	−29	25th
12.	Drogheda United (N)	33	4th	11	18th	021:530	−32	23

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

Irish champions and participation in the first qualifying round for the 2000/01 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the qualifying round of the 2000/01 UEFA Cup

Participation in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2000

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)												1999/2000	Second round (rounds 23-33)
												society
	3: 2	1-0	0-0	3-0	1-0	2-0	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	1-0	0-0	Shelbourne FC		4-0	-	2: 1	-	-	2: 2	-	1: 1	-	-	1-0
1: 2		1: 1	1-0	2-0	1-0	0-0	2-0	3-0	0-0	0-0	3-0	Cork City	-		2: 1	1: 1	-	1: 1	-	-	-	-	0: 1	3: 1
0: 1	3-0		1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	1: 3	0: 2	3: 2	2: 1	Bohemians Dublin	1: 1	-		1: 2	1: 3	0: 1	3-0	-	-	-	4: 1	-
0: 2	2: 2	0: 2		1: 1	2: 1	1-0	1-0	0: 2	2: 1	1: 1	3-0	University College Dublin AFC	-	-	-		3-0	2: 2	-	1: 1	1: 1	2: 2	-	-
1: 1	1: 2	0: 1	0-0		2: 1	3-0	3: 1	0-0	1-0	4: 1	4: 1	Shamrock Rovers	2: 1	1: 3	-	-		-	-	3: 3	2: 1	1: 2	4: 2	-
1: 1	2-0	1: 3	0-0	0-0		1: 1	1-0	3-0	0-0	3: 2	3-0	St Patrick's Athletic	1: 2	-	-	-	1: 1		1: 2	2: 1	-	1-0	-	-
1-0	1-0	0-0	0: 2	0-0	0: 3		2-0	2-0	1: 1	0-0	0: 2	Derry City	-	1: 4	-	2-0	1-0	-		-	-	3: 1	1: 3	2: 1
0: 1	1: 1	0-0	0-0	1-0	1: 1	1: 1		1: 2	4-0	2: 1	0-0	Finn Harps	2: 3	1: 2	0: 1	-	-	-	1: 2		-	-	2: 1	-
0-0	0: 2	0: 1	2: 1	0: 2	1-0	0: 2	0: 4		0-0	5-0	1: 1	Galway United	-	0: 4	1: 2	-	-	1: 2	3: 2	1: 3		-	-	2: 2
0-0	1: 3	0-0	0: 2	0-0	3: 1	2: 2	1-0	0-0		1-0	1-0	Waterford United	0: 2	2: 2	0: 2	-	-	-	-	2: 3	2: 1		1-0	-
0: 4	0: 5	0-0	0: 1	3: 5	0: 1	2-0	1: 1	1-0	1-0		0-0	Sligo Rovers	2: 4	-	-	1: 2	-	2: 2	-	-	1: 1	-		1: 1
0-0	0-0	0: 2	0: 1	0-0	0: 3	1: 2	0: 2	3: 1	1-0	1: 1		Drogheda United	-	-	0: 3	0: 5	0: 4	1: 2	-	3: 2	-	1: 1	-

Relegation

Tenth-placed Waterford United lost the relegation to third in the First Division, Kilkenny City , and was relegated.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Waterford United	0: 2	Kilkenny City	0: 1	0: 1

Web links

• Results and table eu-football.info
• Premier Division extratime.ie
• Table on rsssf.com , accessed May 17, 2013
• Top Scorers on rsssf.com , accessed May 17, 2013