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League of Ireland Premier Division
2021
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Dates 26 March 2021–29 October 2021
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The 2021 League of Ireland Premier Division season was the 37th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division, the top tier of the Republic of Ireland's association football league pyramid. The fixture list was released on 8 February 2021, with the competition due to commence on 26 March 2021 and conclude on 29 October 2021.

Overview[]

The Premier Division is contested between 10 clubs. Each team plays each other three times for a total of 27 matches in the season. The bottom team at the end of the season is relegated to the First Division and the second-bottom team plays a play-off match against the winner of the First Division promotion play-offs to determine who will have the place in the Premier Division the following season.

Teams[]

Team changes[]

Drogheda United and Longford Town join the division following their promotion from the 2020 League of Ireland First Division. They replace Cork City and Shelbourne who were relegated last season.

Stadia and locations[]

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Bohemians Dublin Dalymount Park 3,640
Derry City Flag of Northern Ireland Derry Brandywell Stadium 3,700
Drogheda United Drogheda United Park 3,500
Dundalk Dundalk Oriel Park 4,500
Finn Harps Ballybofey Finn Park 6,000
Longford Town Longford Bishopsgate 5,097
St Patrick's Athletic Dublin Richmond Park 5,340
Shamrock Rovers Dublin Tallaght Stadium 8,000
Sligo Rovers Sligo The Showgrounds 5,500
Waterford Waterford Waterford Regional Sports Centre 5,500


Personnel and kits[]

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Shamrock Rovers (C) 36 24 6 6 59 28 +31 78 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 St Patrick's Athletic 36 18 8 10 56 42 +14 62 Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3 Sligo Rovers 36 16 9 11 43 32 +11 57 Qualification to Europa Conference League first qualifying round
4 Derry City 36 14 12 10 49 42 +7 54
5 Bohemians 36 14 10 12 60 46 +14 52
6 Dundalk 36 13 9 14 44 46 −2 48
7 Drogheda United 36 12 8 16 45 43 +2 44
8 Finn Harps 36 11 11 14 44 52 −8 44
9 Waterford (R) 36 12 6 18 36 56 −20 42 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
10 Longford Town (R) 36 2 9 25 22 71 −49 15 Relegation to League of Ireland First Division
Source: SSE Airtricity League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

See also[]

  • 2021 League of Ireland First Division
  • 2021 FAI Cup
  • 2021 League of Ireland Cup

External links[]

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