League of Ireland 2012

League of Ireland 2012
master	Sligo Rovers
Champions League qualification	Sligo Rovers
Europa League qualification	Drogheda United St Patrick's Athletic Derry City
Cup winners	Derry City
Relegation ↓	Dundalk FC
Relegated	Monaghan United
Teams	11
Games	165 + 2 relegation games
Gates	436  (ø 2.64 per game)
Top scorer	Gary Twigg ( Shamrock Rovers )
← League of Ireland 2011 League of Ireland 2013 →
First Division ↓

The League of Ireland 2012 (officially: Airtricity League after the league sponsor Airtricity ) was the 92nd season of the top Irish football league. The season began on March 2, 2012 and ended on October 26, 2012 with the 33rd and final matchday.

Defending champion and record champion Shamrock Rovers only finished fourth. Master was Sligo Rovers and won the third title in their club history.

mode

Due to the league increase from ten to twelve clubs, the two first-placed teams of the First Division 2011 (second highest division) rose directly. These were Cork City and Shelbourne FC . In addition, the third-placed First Division, Monaghan United , defeated the last-placed League of Ireland 2011, Galway United , in the promotion playoff with 2-0 and 3-1, and therefore also rose.

The teams played against each other three times. The bottom of the table was relegated directly, the penultimate had to be relegated.

societies

Bray Wanderers Cork City Derry City Drogheda United Dublin Clubs in Dublin: Bohemians Dublin Shamrock Rovers Shelbourne FC St Patrick's Athletic University College Dublin Dundalk FC Monaghan United Sligo Rovers

Clubs of League Ireland 2012

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	7,365
Derry City		Derry	Brandywell Stadium	7,700
Drogheda United		Drogheda	Hunky Dorys Park	2,000
Dundalk FC		Dundalk	Oriel Park	6,000
Monaghan United		Monaghan	Gortakeegan	2,000
Shamrock Rovers		Dublin	Tallaght Stadium	5,947
Shelbourne FC		Dublin	Tolka Park	9,600
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

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Sligo Rovers (P)	30th	17th	10	3	053:230	+30	61
2.	Drogheda United	30th	17th	6th	7th	051:360	+15	57
3.	St Patrick's Athletic	30th	15th	10	5	044:220	+22	55
4th	Shamrock Rovers (M)	30th	14th	10	6th	056:370	+19	52
5.	Derry City 1	30th	11	6th	13	036:360	± 0	39
6th	Cork City (N)	30th	8th	12	10	038:360	+2	36
7th	Bohemians Dublin	30th	9	9	12	035:380	−3	36
8th.	Shelbourne FC (N)	30th	9	8th	13	035:430	−8	35
9.	University College Dublin AFC	30th	8th	7th	15th	032:480	−16	31
10.	Bray Wanderers	30th	5	10	15th	033:540	−21	25th
11.	Dundalk FC	30th	4th	8th	18th	023:630	−40	20th
12.	Monaghan United 2 (N)	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00

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

Irish champions and participation in the 2013/14 UEFA Champions League 2nd qualifying round

Participation in the 1st qualifying round for the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League

Participation in the relegation games

Relegation to the First Division

(M)	reigning Irish champion
(P)	reigning Irish cup winner
(N)	Newcomers
(R)	Winner of the relegation

¹ Derry City won the FAI Cup against St Patrick's Athletic 3-2 on a pen and thus also reached a Europa League place.

² Monaghan United withdrew from the competition on June 18 after 14 rounds due to financial problems. All previous matches have been canceled.

Leader of the table by match day

• Sha = Shamrock Rovers
• The = Derry City

Crosstab

The crosstab shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the middle column and the visiting team in the top row. The results are always given from the perspective of the home team. Matches highlighted in blue were canceled or not played after the withdrawal of Monaghan United .

First round (rounds 1–22)												2012	Second round (rounds 23-33)
												society
	0-0	1-0	1: 2	1: 1	2: 1	1: 2	4-0	0: 2	0-0	0-0	1-0	Bohemians Dublin			1: 1		1: 4		-		2: 2		2: 3
2: 1		0: 3	0: 4	2: 4	1: 1	-	2: 2	2: 3	1: 2	3: 3	3: 1	Bray Wanderers	1: 4			0-0	1: 3		-	1: 3		0-0
1: 1	1: 1		2: 2	2: 3	3: 2	6-0	1: 1	0-0	0: 1	0: 1	4: 2	Cork City		2-0			3: 2	3-0	-	1: 2		0-0
1-0	3: 2	2-0		0: 3	1: 2	-	0: 1	0: 1	1: 2	0: 2	0-0	Derry City	2-0		0: 1			4-0	-				2: 1	1: 2
1-0	3: 1	1: 1	2-0		0-0	-	1: 2	3: 1	1: 3	0-0	1-0	Drogheda United				2: 1		3: 2	-	0: 2	2: 1	2: 1	0-0
0: 2	0: 2	1: 1	1: 1	1: 2		1: 2	1: 1	0-0	1: 2	0: 2	2: 1	Dundalk FC	2: 2	2: 1					-		0: 1		0: 1	1: 2
-	0: 1	-	1: 4	0: 1	0-0		0-0	-	0: 1	0: 4	-	Monaghan United	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-
2-0	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	3: 1	6-0	3: 1		4-0	1: 1	1: 1	2: 2	Shamrock Rovers	0: 1			1: 3		7-0	-		2: 2			2: 1
1: 2	2: 1	1: 2	1-0	1: 2	4-0	2: 1	2: 3		1: 1	1: 1	1: 2	Shelbourne FC		0-0	3: 2	0: 2			-			1: 3	0: 2
1-0	1: 1	2: 2	1: 1	4: 1	3-0	-	3-0	3-0		1: 1	2: 1	Sligo Rovers	3: 1			4: 1		3-0	-	0: 2			3: 2	3-0
2: 1	1-0	0-0	3-0	0: 2	1: 2	1: 1	5: 1	1-0	0-0		2-0	St Patrick's Athletic		0: 1	1-0				-	2: 1				5-0
1: 2	2: 3	1-0	0: 1	1: 1	1: 1	3: 2	0: 2	0: 2	1-0	1: 1		University College Dublin AFC	2: 2	3: 1	3: 2		1-0		-		1: 1

Relegation

The eleventh place in the regular season ( Dundalk FC ) played two relegation games against the second in the First Division ( Waterford United ).

	total		First leg	Return leg
Dundalk FC	4: 2	Waterford United	2: 2	2-0

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
1.	Gary Twigg	Shamrock Rovers	22nd
2.	Danny North	Sligo Rovers	15th
3.	Jason Byrne	Bray Wanderers	14th
4th	Chris Fagan	St Patrick's Athletic	13
	Declan O'Brien	Drogheda United
6th	Vinny Sullivan	Cork City	12
7th	Philip Hughes	Shelbourne FC	11
	David McDaid	Derry City
9.	Stephen McLaughlin	Derry City	10
	Mark Quigley	Sligo Rovers

Web links

• Results and table eu-football.info
• Premier Division extratime.ie

Individual evidence

1. ^ Airtricity League table. Retrieved July 30, 2012 . 
2. ↑ List of goalscorers soccerway.com