League of Ireland 2005

League of Ireland 2005
master	Cork City
Champions League qualification	Cork City
UEFA Cup qualification	Derry City Drogheda United
UI cup	Shelbourne FC
Cup winners	Drogheda United
Relegation ↓	Shamrock Rovers
Relegated	Finn Harps Shamrock Rovers
Teams	12
Games	198 + 2 relegation games
Gates	469  (ø 2.37 per game)
Top scorer	Jason Byrne (Shelbourne FC, 22 goals)
← League of Ireland 2004 League of Ireland 2006 →
First Division ↓

The League of Ireland 2005 was the 85th season of the top Irish football league . It began on March 16, 2005 and ended on November 18, 2005. The defending champions were Shelbourne FC .

Cork City won the championship for the second time.

mode

The league was increased to twelve teams. Therefore, the teams only played against each other three times this season. Each team played 33 season games. The bottom of the table was relegated directly to the First Division , the penultimate had to go into relegation.

societies

Cork City Finn Harps Drogheda United Bray W. Waterford United Derry City Longford Town Dublin Clubs in Dublin: Bohemians Dublin Shamrock Rovers St Patrick's Athletic University College Dublin Shelbourne FC

Clubs of the League of Ireland 2005

society	coat of arms	city	Stadion	capacity
Bohemians Dublin		Dublin	Dalymount Park	7,955
Bray Wanderers		Bray	Carlisle Grounds	3,250
Cork City		Cork	Turner's Cross	8,985
Derry City		Derry	Brandywell Stadium	7,700
Finn Harps		Ballybofey	Finn Park	7,500
Drogheda United		Drogheda	Hunky Dorys Park	2,000
Longford Town		Longford	Flancare Park	6,850
Shamrock Rovers		Dublin	Tallaght Stadium	5,947
Shelbourne FC		Dublin	Tolka Park	9,680
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.	Cork City	33	22nd	8th	3	053:180	+35	74
2.	Derry City	33	22nd	6th	5	056:250	+31	72
3.	Shelbourne FC (M)	33	20th	7th	6th	062:250	+37	67
4th	Drogheda United	33	12	12	9	040:330	+7	48
5.	Longford Town (P)	33	12	9	12	029:320	−3	45
6th	Bohemians Dublin	33	13	6th	14th	042:470	−5	45
7th	Bray Wanderers (N)	33	11	6th	16	040:570	−17	39
8th.	Waterford United	33	9	7th	17th	030:490	−19	34
9.	University College Dublin AFC (N)	33	7th	12	14th	028:440	−16	33
10.	St Patrick's Athletic	33	7th	11	15th	026:360	−10	32
11.	Shamrock Rovers 1	33	9	8th	16	033:520	−19	27
12.	Finn Harps (N)	33	5	6th	22nd	030:510	−21	21st

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

Irish champions and participation in the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round

Participation in the qualifying round of the 2006/07 UEFA Cup

Participation in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006

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

¹The Shamrock Rovers were deducted eight points due to financial irregularities in the licensing process.

Crosstab

First round (rounds 1–22)												2005	Second round (rounds 23-33)
												society
	2-0	1-0	0: 1	0-0	2: 1	1: 1	1-0	0-0	3: 1	3-0	2-0	Cork City		2-0	-	1-0	-	-	3-0	-	1-0	0: 1	-	-
3: 1		0-0	3-0	1-0	3: 1	2: 2	1-0	3-0	2: 2	2: 3	3: 2	Derry City	-		2: 1	-	3: 1	-	-	0: 1	-	2-0	2-0	-
0: 2	1: 2		3: 3	1-0	2: 1	4: 1	1-0	1: 1	3: 1	1: 2	3-0	Shelbourne FC	0-0	-		-	-	-	5-0	5-0	4: 2	1-0	-	1-0
0: 1	0: 2	0-0		1: 1	2: 2	3-0	1-0	1: 2	1: 1	2: 1	1-0	Drogheda United	-	1: 1	0: 2		-	3: 2	-	-	-	1: 1	0-0	2-0
0: 1	0-0	0: 2	1: 1		1-0	2: 1	1: 2	1-0	1-0	2: 1	1-0	Longford Town	0-0	-	0: 2	0: 1		-	1: 1	3-0	1-0	-	-	-
0: 2	0: 1	0: 3	3: 2	2-0		1-0	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	Bohemians Dublin	1: 2	2: 3	2: 1	-	1-0		-	-	-	-	1: 3	3: 1
1: 2	0: 1	2: 2	2: 2	1: 1	1: 2		2: 1	1-0	2: 1	2: 3	2: 1	Bray Wanderers	-	0: 3	-	0: 2	-	3: 1		1-0	0: 1	1-0	-	-
2: 2	1: 3	2: 4	1-0	0: 3	2-0	1: 2		0-0	1-0	0: 1	2: 1	Waterford United	2: 2	-	-	0: 3	-	2-0	-		-	1: 1	-	2: 2
1: 5	1-0	1: 1	0: 2	0-0	1: 1	3: 2	1-0		1-0	2: 2	1: 1	University College Dublin AFC	-	0: 2	-	2: 2	-	1: 3	-	2: 3		-	0-0	-
0: 2	1: 1	0: 1	0: 2	1: 3	0-0	2-0	1-0	3: 2		1: 1	2-0	St Patrick's Athletic	-	-	-	-	0: 1	0: 1	-	-	0-0		3: 1	0-0
1: 3	0: 2	0: 2	1-0	0: 2	1: 2	3: 2	0-0	1-0	0-0		1: 4	Shamrock Rovers	0: 2	-	0: 2	-	4: 2		0: 1	1: 2	-	-		-
0: 2	0: 2	0: 3	0-0	0-0	1: 3	1: 2	2-0	1-0	0: 2	1: 1		Finn Harps	1: 2	0: 1	-	-	5-0	-	2: 4	-	1: 2	-	3-0

Relegation

The eleventh of the League of Ireland played against the second of the First Division, Dublin City , for relegation. The Shamrock Rovers lost and had to relegate to the First Division.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Shamrock Rovers	2: 3	Dublin City	1: 2	1: 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