League of Ireland 2013

League of Ireland 2013
master	St Patrick's Athletic
Champions League qualification	St Patrick's Athletic
Europa League qualification	Dundalk FC Sligo Rovers Drogheda United
Cup winners	Sligo Rovers
Relegation ↓	Bray Wanderers
Relegated	Shelbourne FC
Teams	12
Games	198 + 2 relegation games
Gates	532  (ø 2.69 per game)
Top scorer	Rory Patterson
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The League of Ireland 2013 (officially: Airtricity League after the league sponsor Airtricity ) was the 93rd season of the top Irish football league. The season began on March 8, 2013 and ended on October 25, 2013. The defending champions were the Sligo Rovers .

Champion became St Patrick's Athletic , which won their eighth title.

mode

The twelve teams each played against each other three times. Each team played 33 season games. 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 Limerick 37 Sligo Rovers

Clubs of League Ireland 2013

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
Limerick 37		limerick	Jackman Park	3,000
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.	St Patrick's Athletic	33	21st	8th	4th	056:200	+36	71
2.	Dundalk FC	33	21st	5	7th	055:300	+25	68
3.	Sligo Rovers (M)	33	19th	9	5	053:220	+31	66
4th	Derry City (P)	33	17th	5	11	057:390	+18	56
5.	Shamrock Rovers	33	13	13	7th	043:280	+15	52
6th	Cork City	33	13	7th	13	047:500	−3	46
7th	Limerick 37 (N)	33	11	9	13	038:460	−8	42
8th.	Drogheda United	33	8th	14th	11	044:460	−2	38
9.	University College Dublin AFC	33	8th	6th	19th	045:730	−28	30th
10.	Bohemians Dublin	33	7th	8th	18th	027:470	−20	29
11.	Bray Wanderers	33	7th	6th	20th	033:660	−33	27
12.	Shelbourne FC	33	5	6th	22nd	025:560	−31	21st

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

Irish champions and participation in the 2014/15 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round

Irish Cup winner and participation in the 1st qualifying round for the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League

Participation in the 1st qualifying round for the 2014/15 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

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.

First round (rounds 1–22)												2013	Second round (rounds 23-33)
												society
	3: 2	1: 2	0: 4	1: 1	0: 2	0: 1	0-0	0: 3	0: 3	0: 2	2: 1	Bohemians Dublin		0: 1	-	2-0	-	1: 1	-	1-0	-	0: 2	-	1: 3
1: 3		1: 2	2: 3	3: 2	0: 1	0: 4	0-0	1-0	0-0	0: 1	2: 2	Bray Wanderers	-		1: 2	-	-	0: 2	1-0	-	1: 1	-	1: 3	1: 1
2: 1	1: 3		0: 1	1-0	2: 2	2: 3	1: 2	1: 1	3: 1	0: 2	2: 1	Cork City	1-0	-		4: 1	-	-	-	-	5: 3	-	4: 2	2-0
2: 1	2-0	1: 1		1: 1	0: 1	2: 1	2: 1	4-0	0: 1	0: 1	2: 4	Derry City	-	2-0	-		0: 2	-	6-0	0-0	3: 1	1: 2	-	-
2: 2	2: 1	1: 1	2: 3		0: 1	2: 2	0: 3	0-0	1: 1	1: 2	3: 2	Drogheda United	1-0	2-0	2: 3	-		-	3-0	-	-	-	-	1: 1
3-0	1-0	2-0	1: 3	2: 2		2: 2	0-0	1-0	1: 3	2: 1	2: 3	Dundalk FC	-	-	4-0	3-0	1-0		1: 2	3: 1	-	2-0	-	-
2: 1	4: 4	0-0	0: 1	0: 1	3: 2		1: 1	0-0	0-0	0: 1	3: 1	Limerick 37	1-0	-	2: 1	-	-	-		2-0	1-0	-	0-0	1: 3
1: 1	7-0	1: 1	2: 1	1: 1	1-0	1-0		1-0	1: 1	3-0	1: 1	Shamrock Rovers	-	3-0	2: 1	-	3: 1	-	-		-	1: 2	0: 4	-
0: 1	1: 2	2: 1	0: 1	1: 3	1: 3	2: 1	0-0		0: 2	0: 3	2-0	Shelbourne FC	0: 3	-	-	-	2: 2	1: 2	-	1: 2		-	-	1: 2
0-0	3-0	2-0	3-0	2: 2	0: 1	2: 1	0-0	2-0		1: 1	5: 2	Sligo Rovers	-	2-0	0-0	-	3: 1	-	2-0	-	2-0		-	-
1: 1	2-0	2: 1	1: 1	1-0	1: 2	3-0	0-0	4-0	2-0		5-0	St Patrick's Athletic	1: 1	-	-	1: 1	0-0	2-0	-	-	1-0	2-0		-
1-0	4: 5	3-0	0: 6	2: 2	1: 2	1: 1	2-0	1: 2	0: 3	0: 1		University College Dublin AFC	-	-	-	1: 3	-	0: 2	-	1: 4	-	0: 3	1: 3

Relegation

The eleventh-placed player played two relegation games against the playoff winner of the First Division . The first leg took place on October 28, the second leg on November 1, 2013.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Bray Wanderers ( Tenth Premier Division )	5: 4	Longford Town ( Promotion Playoff Winner )	2: 2	3: 2

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
01.	Rory Patterson	Derry City	18th
02.	Pat Hoban	Dundalk FC	14th
03.	Jason Byrne	Bray Wanderers	13
	Ciaran Kilduff	Cork City
	David McMillan	University College Dublin AFC
	Declan O'Brien	Drogheda United
07th	Anthony Elding	Sligo Rovers	12
	Michael Rafter	Derry City
09.	Anthony Flood	St Patrick's Athletic	10
10.	Conan Byrne	St Patrick's Athletic	09
	Chris Forrester	St Patrick's Athletic
	Dean Kelly	Shelbourne FC
	Danny Morrissey	Cork City

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of goalscorers soccerway.com