League of Ireland 2016
League of Ireland 2016 | |
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master | Dundalk FC |
Champions League qualification |
Dundalk FC |
Europa League qualification |
Cork City Derry City Shamrock Rovers |
Cup winners | Cork City |
Relegation ↓ | Wexford Youths |
Relegated | Wexford Youths Longford Town |
Teams | 12 |
Games | 198 + 2 relegation games |
Gates | 513 (ø 2.59 per game) |
Top scorer | Sean Maguire (Cork City) 18 goals |
← League of Ireland 2015 | |
First Division ↓
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The League of Ireland 2016 (officially: Airtricity League after the league sponsor Airtricity ) was the 96th season of the top Irish football league. The season started on March 4, 2016 and ended on October 28, 2016.
The Dundalk FC managed the hat-trick and became the twelfth time overall champion.
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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
Clubs of the League of Ireland 2016
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society | coat of arms | city | Stadion | capacity |
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Bohemians Dublin |
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Dublin | Dalymount Park | 7,955 |
Bray Wanderers |
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Bray | Carlisle Grounds | 3,250 |
Cork City |
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Cork | Turner's Cross | 7,365 |
Derry City |
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Derry | Brandywell Stadium | 7,700 |
Dundalk FC |
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Dundalk | Oriel Park | 6,000 |
Finn Harps |
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Ballybofey | Finn Park | 7,500 |
Galway United |
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Galway | Eamonn Deacy Park | 5,000 |
Longford Town |
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Longford | Flancare Park | 6,850 |
Shamrock Rovers |
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Dublin | Tallaght Stadium | 5,947 |
Sligo Rovers |
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Sligo | The Showgrounds | 5,500 |
St Patrick's Athletic |
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Dublin | Richmond Park | 5,340 |
Wexford Youths |
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Crossabeg | Ferrycarrig Park | 2,500 |
Closing table
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Dundalk FC (M, P) | 33 | 25th | 2 | 6th | 73:28 | +45 | 77 |
2. | Cork City | 33 | 21st | 7th | 5 | 65:23 | +42 | 70 |
3. | Derry City | 33 | 17th | 11 | 5 | 48:29 | +19 | 62 |
4th | Shamrock Rovers | 33 | 16 | 7th | 10 | 46:34 | +12 | 55 |
5. | Sligo Rovers | 33 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 42:35 | +7 | 49 |
6th | Bray Wanderers | 33 | 13 | 7th | 13 | 39:40 | −1 | 46 |
7th | St Patrick's Athletic | 33 | 13 | 6th | 14th | 45:41 | +4 | 45 |
8th. | Bohemians Dublin | 33 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 30:37 | −7 | 41 |
9. | Galway United | 33 | 10 | 8th | 15th | 44:54 | −10 | 38 |
10. | Finn Harps (N, R) | 33 | 8th | 8th | 17th | 23:49 | −26 | 32 |
11. | Wexford Youths (N) | 33 | 6th | 5 | 22nd | 31:70 | −39 | 23 |
12. | Longford Town | 33 | 2 | 8th | 23 | 25:71 | −46 | 14th |
(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.
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0-0 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 4 | 1-0 | 5: 1 | 3: 3 | Bohemians Dublin | - | - | - | 1: 2 | - | - | 1-0 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | - | 1-0 | ||
0: 2 | 0: 2 | 0: 3 | 0: 3 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | Bray Wanderers | 2: 1 | 4: 1 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | - | - | - | - | 4-0 | 2: 1 | - | ||
2-0 | 4-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 5: 3 | 6-0 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | Cork City | 0-0 | - | - | - | 2-0 | - | 5: 2 | 3-0 | - | 3: 1 | 5-0 | ||
1-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0: 5 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 4-0 | 3-0 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | Derry City | 2: 1 | - | 0-0 | - | - | 0-0 | - | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | - | - | ||
2: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 4: 3 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3: 2 | Dundalk FC | - | - | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 4: 1 | - | - | 0: 3 | - | - | ||
0-0 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 7 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | Finn Harps | 1-0 | 2: 1 | - | 0: 5 | - | - | 0: 1 | 0: 2 | - | 1: 1 | - | ||
1-0 | 4-0 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 0: 3 | 4: 2 | Galway United | 2-0 | 0: 2 | 0: 5 | - | - | 3: 2 | 0-0 | - | - | - | - | ||
0: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 3 | 1: 1 | 0: 4 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 2: 2 | 0: 1 | 2: 4 | Longford Town | - | 0: 2 | - | 2: 3 | 0: 3 | - | - | 2: 4 | - | 0: 1 | - | ||
3: 1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 0: 2 | 2-0 | Shamrock Rovers | - | 0-0 | - | - | 0: 3 | - | 4: 2 | - | - | 0-0 | 3: 1 | ||
1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 4: 1 | Sligo Rovers | - | - | 0-0 | - | - | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | - | 5-0 | ||
3-0 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 4 | 4-0 | 1: 3 | 3: 3 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 4-0 | St Patrick's Athletic | 1: 2 | - | - | 0: 2 | 5: 2 | - | 1-0 | - | - | 0-0 | 4: 1 | ||
0: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 0: 4 | 2-0 | 0: 5 | 0: 1 | Wexford Youths | - | 1: 3 | - | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 5: 4 | 2-0 | - | - | - |
Relegation
total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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Wexford Youths | 2: 3 | Drogheda United | 2-0 | 0: 3 |
List of goalscorers
Pl. | Surname | team | Gates |
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Cork City | 18th |
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Derry City | 17th |
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Dundalk FC | 16 |
4th |
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Galway United | 12 |
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St Patrick's Athletic | 11 |
6th |
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Bohemians Dublin | 10 |
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Sligo Rovers | ||
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Shamrock Rovers |
Web links
- Results and table eu-football.info
- Premier Division extratime.ie
Individual evidence
- ↑ Games soccerway.com
- ↑ Goal scorers. In: soccerway.com. Retrieved November 25, 2016 .