League of Ireland 2014

League of Ireland 2014
master	Dundalk FC
Champions League qualification	Dundalk FC
Europa League qualification	Cork City St Patrick's Athletic Shamrock Rovers University College Dublin AFC ( fair play rating )
Cup winners	St Patrick's Athletic
Relegation ↓	University College Dublin AFC
Relegated	University College Dublin AFC Athlone Town
Teams	12
Games	198 + 2 relegation games
Gates	534  (ø 2.7 per game)
spectator	297,654  (ø 1503 per game)
Top scorer	Christy Fagan ( St Patrick's Athletic ) Patrick Hoban ( Dundalk FC ), both 20 goals
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The League of Ireland 2014 (officially: Airtricity League after the league sponsor Airtricity ) was the 94th season of the top Irish football league. The season started on March 7, 2014 and ended on October 24, 2014.

The defending champions were St Patrick's Athletic . The champions were Dundalk FC , who only took over the championship lead on the last day of the match with a 2-0 win against Cork City, celebrating their first championship in 19 years.

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

Athlone Town Bray Wanderers Cork City Derry City Drogheda United Dublin Clubs in Dublin: Bohemians Dublin Shamrock Rovers St Patrick's Athletic University College Dublin Dundalk FC Limerick 37 Sligo Rovers

Clubs of League Ireland 2014

society	coat of arms	city	Stadion	capacity
Athlone Town		Athlone	Athlone Town Stadium	2,500
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
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.	Dundalk FC	33	22nd	8th	3	073:240	+49	74
2.	Cork City	33	22nd	6th	5	051:250	+26	72
3.	St Patrick's Athletic (M)	33	19th	8th	6th	066:370	+29	65
4th	Shamrock Rovers	33	18th	8th	7th	043:260	+17	62
5.	Sligo Rovers (P)	33	12	7th	14th	044:360	+8	43
6th	Limerick 37	33	12	5	16	037:450	−8	41
7th	Bohemians Dublin	33	9	13	11	042:430	−1	40
8th.	Derry City	33	9	11	13	042:410	+1	38
9.	Drogheda United	33	10	6th	17th	040:630	−23	36
10.	Bray Wanderers (R)	33	5	11	17th	028:610	−33	26th
11.	University College Dublin AFC	33	6th	7th	20th	027:710	−44	25th
12.	Athlone Town (N)	33	4th	10	19th	035:560	−21	22nd

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

Irish champions and participation in the 2015/16 UEFA Champions League 2nd qualifying round

Irish Cup winner and participation in the 1st qualifying round for the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League

Participation in the 1st qualifying round for the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League

Participation in the relegation games . Participation in the first qualifying round for the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League through fair play

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)												2014	Second round (rounds 23-33)
												society
	1: 3	0-0	0: 3	0: 1	6-0	0: 1	3-0	1: 4	0: 2	0: 2	2-0	Athlone Town		0-0	0: 3	2: 2	-	-	1: 1	-	1: 1	-	-	-
2: 2		1: 1	2-0	1: 1	2: 2	0: 2	0: 1	1: 3	0: 2	1: 1	0-0	Bohemians Dublin	-		2: 1	-	2: 1	2: 1	-	2-0	1: 1	2: 2	-	-
1: 1	0: 5		0: 2	0-0	1: 3	1-0	1-0	0: 3	1-0	1: 3	3: 5	Bray Wanderers	-	-		-	1: 1	-	1: 1	-	-	0: 1	2: 4	2-0
1-0	1: 1	3: 1		2-0	3: 1	1: 2	3-0	3-0	1: 1	1: 1	2: 1	Cork City	-	1-0	1: 1		-	2: 1	-	-	1-0	2: 1	1-0	-
3: 2	4-0	5-0	0: 1		2-0	2: 2	0-0	0: 1	1-0	0-0	1: 1	Derry City	1: 1	-	-	0: 1		-	-	1: 2	-	2: 1	0: 1	0: 1
3: 2	1-0	0: 2	0: 1	1: 1		4: 1	1: 4	2: 3	1: 2	0: 4	4-0	Drogheda United	1: 1	-	1: 1	-	1-0		1: 1	-	0: 2	-	2: 3	-
2-0	1: 1	5: 1	4-0	3-0	7-0		2: 1	2: 2	3-0	0-0	5: 2	Dundalk FC	-	3: 2	-	2-0	5-0	-		1-0	0-0	-	-	-
2: 1	1: 2	0-0	1: 2	0: 4	0: 1	1: 2		4: 1	0: 3	2-0	2: 1	Limerick 37	4: 2	-	4: 1	0: 1	-	0: 3	-		-	1-0	-	-
1-0	0-0	2: 1	0: 2	1: 1	0: 1	0: 1	1: 1		1-0	2: 1	2-0	Shamrock Rovers	-	-	1-0	-	2-0	-	-	1-0		1-0	-	3-0
2: 1	3: 2	3-0	0-0	2: 2	1: 1	0: 1	2-0	0: 1		2: 2	5-0	Sligo Rovers	3: 1	-	-	-	-	0: 2	1: 1	-	-		1: 4	4-0
4-0	3: 1	3: 2	3: 2	5: 2	6-0	1: 4	1: 1	1-0	1-0		3: 2	St Patrick's Athletic	0: 2	3: 1	-	-	-	-	1-0	0: 1	1: 1	-		3: 2
2: 1	0: 3	0-0	0: 1	1: 6	2: 1	1: 4	1: 1	0: 2	1-0	1: 1		University College Dublin AFC	1: 1	0-0	-	0: 4	-	1-0	0: 2	1: 3	-	-	-

Relegation

The eleventh-placed player played two relegation games against the playoff winner of the First Division . The games were played on October 27 and 31, 2014.

	total		First leg	Return leg
University College Dublin AFC	1: 5	Galway United	1: 2	0: 3

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
01.	Christy Fagan	St Patrick's Athletic	20th
	Patrick Hoban	Dundalk FC
03.	Conan Byrne	St Patrick's Athletic	18th
04th	Rory Gaffney	Limerick 37	14th
05.	Daniel Corcoran	Bohemians Dublin	13
	Billy Dennehy	Cork City
07th	Michael Duffy	Derry City	11
	Chris Forrester	St Patrick's Athletic
	Mark O'Sullivan	Cork City
	Richard Towell	Dundalk FC

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Games soccerway.com