2023 League of Ireland Premier Division

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League of Ireland Premier Division 2023
Season information
Dates	17 February–3 November 2023
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League
Conference League
Season statistics
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The 2023 League of Ireland Premier Division, known as the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division for sponsorship reasons, is the 39th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division, the top Irish league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1985. Shamrock Rovers are the defending champions, having won their twentieth title the previous season.

Teams

Ten teams compete in the league – the top nine teams from the previous season and the one team promoted from the First Division. The promoted team was Cork City, after a top flight absence of two years. They replaced Finn Harps who were relegated after four consecutive seasons in the top flight.

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Bohemians	Dublin (Phibsborough)	Dalymount Park	4,500
Cork City	Cork	Turners Cross	7,485
Derry City	Derry	Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium	3,700
Drogheda United	Drogheda	Weavers Park	3,500
Dundalk	Dundalk	Oriel Park	4,500
St Patrick's Athletic	Dublin (Inchicore)	Richmond Park	5,340
Shamrock Rovers	Dublin (Tallaght)	Tallaght Stadium	8,000
Shelbourne	Dublin (Drumcondra)	Tolka Park	4,100
Sligo Rovers	Sligo	The Showgrounds	3,873
UCD	Dublin (Belfield)	UCD Bowl	3,000

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Bohemians	Declan Devine	Keith Buckley	O'Neills	Des Kelly Interiors
Cork City	Richie Holland (interim)	Cian Coleman	Adidas	Zeus
Derry City	Ruaidhrí Higgins	Patrick McEleney	O'Neills	Diamond Corrugated
Drogheda United	Kevin Doherty	Gary Deegan	Erreà	Drogheda Credit Union
Dundalk	Stephen O'Donnell	Patrick Hoban	Playr-Fit	Bet Regal
St Patrick's Athletic	Jon Daly	Joe Redmond	Umbro	Manguard Plus
Shamrock Rovers	Stephen Bradley	Ronan Finn	Umbro	MASCOT Workwear
Shelbourne	Damien Duff	Luke Byrne	Umbro	Culligan
Sligo Rovers	John Russell	David Cawley	Joma	Avant Money
UCD	Andrew Myler	Jack Keaney	O'Neills	Maples Group

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
St Patrick's Athletic	Tim Clancy	Mutual Consent	2 May 2023	7th	Jon Daly	2 May 2023
Cork City	Colin Healy	Resigned	3 May 2023	9th	Liam Buckley (interim)	3 May 2023
Cork City	Liam Buckley (interim)	Change of role	28 September 2023	9th	Richie Holland (interim)	28 September 2023

League table

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shamrock Rovers	32	17	11	4	56	25	+31	62	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	Derry City	33	16	10	7	53	24	+29	58	Qualification to Conference League first qualifying round
3	St Patrick's Athletic	32	17	5	10	56	37	+19	56
4	Shelbourne	33	13	14	6	37	23	+14	53
5	Bohemians	32	14	10	8	47	35	+12	52
6	Dundalk	33	14	7	12	50	43	+7	49
7	Drogheda United	33	10	10	13	38	45	−7	40
8	Sligo Rovers	32	10	6	16	34	44	−10	36
9	Cork City	32	7	6	19	33	59	−26	27	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
10	UCD (R)	32	2	5	25	15	84	−69	11	Relegation to League of Ireland First Division

Updated to match(es) played on 6 October 2023. Source: SSE Airtricity League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results

Teams will play each other four times (twice at home, twice away).

Matches 1–18

Home \ Away	BOH	COR	DER	DRO	DUN	STP	SHM	SHE	SLI	UCD
Bohemians	—	5–0	0–1	3–1	2–1	2–3	0–2	0–0	2–0	2–1
Cork City	1–2	—	1–3	1–1	1–0	2–3	1–0	0–2	1–0	4–0
Derry City	0–1	2–0	—	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	4–1
Drogheda United	0–2	0–1	0–1	—	0–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–1
Dundalk	2–2	2–1	2–2	3–2	—	5–0	0–4	2–1	1–2	1–1
St Patrick's Athletic	0–2	4–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	—	0–2	1–0	0–1	3–0
Shamrock Rovers	2–0	4–4	1–2	1–2	2–0	2–2	—	2–2	2–1	3–0
Shelbourne	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	—	2–1	1–0
Sligo Rovers	0–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–3	—	3–1
UCD	1–1	1–0	0–4	0–1	0–2	1–3	0–3	0–0	2–3	—

Source: [http://www.extratime.ie/competition/100/ Extratime.ie
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Matches 19–36

Home \ Away	BOH	COR	DER	DRO	DUN	STP	SHM	SHE	SLI	UCD
Bohemians	—		2–2	4–2	3–2		2–2	1–1	3–1	2–0
Cork City	2–1	—		1–1	1–2	0–1		0–2	3–0	1–1
Derry City	0–0	2–0	—	3–0	3–0		1–1		2–1	6–0
Drogheda United	0–0	3–1	0–0	—	1–2	2–1	0–0		2–2	3–0
Dundalk		5–0	1–3	3–1	—	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	4–1
St Patrick's Athletic	0–0	1–1	4–1	1–2	3–1	—		1–0		7–0
Shamrock Rovers	3–0	2–1	1–0		1–0	3–2	—	1–0		4–0
Shelbourne	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	—	1–1
Sligo Rovers	3–1	3–0	1–0			0–2	0–3	0–1	—	2–0
UCD			0–5	1–3		0–1	0–0	0–4	2–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 6 October 2023. Source: [http://www.extratime.ie/competition/100/ Extratime.ie
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Chris Forrester	St Patrick's Athletic	12
2	Max Mata*	Sligo Rovers	11
	Jonathan Afolabi	Bohemians
3	Patrick Hoban	Dundalk	10
5	Rory Gaffney	Shamrock Rovers	8
	Ruairi Keating	Cork City
	Jack Moylan	Shelbourne
	Freddie Draper*	Drogheda United
	Graham Burke	Shamrock Rovers
10	Jordan McEneff	Derry City	7
11	Adam Foley	Drogheda United	6
	Jake Mulraney	St Patrick's Athletic
	Michael Duffy	Derry City

• Max Mata joined Shrewsbury Town on 4 August 2023.
• Freddie Draper returned to Lincoln City on 30 June 2023

Assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Jack Byrne	Shamrock Rovers	7
	Dayle Rooney	Drogheda United
3	Alistair Coote	Bohemian	5
	Will Patching	Derry City
	Ben Doherty	Derry City
5	Johan Brannefalk	Sligo Rovers	4
	Chris Forrester	St Patrick's Athletic
	Rory Gaffney	Shamrock Rovers
	Ryan Graydon*	Derry City
	Patrick Hoban	Dundalk
	Brandon Kavanagh	Derry City
	Darragh Leahy	Dundalk
	Ben McCormack	St Patrick's Athletic
	Declan McDaid	Bohemian
	Markus Poom	Shamrock Rovers

• Ryan Graydon joined Fleetwood Town on 12 July 2023

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Brian Maher	Derry City	14
2	Conor Kearns	Shelbourne	11
	James Talbot	Bohemians
4	Dean Lyness	St Patrick's Athletic	10
5	Leon Pohls	Shamrock Rovers	7
	Nathan Shepperd	Dundalk
7	Alan Mannus	Shamrock Rovers	5
	Jimmy Corcoran	Cork City
9	Colin McCabe	Drogheda United	4
10	Luke McNicholas	Sligo Rovers	3
11	Kian Moore	UCD	2
	Andrew Wogan	Drogheda United
12	David Odumosu	St Patrick's Athletic	1
	Tadhg Ryan	Derry City

Play-offs

Bracket

First Division play-off Semi-finals

First Division play-off Final

Promotion/relegation play-off

24/28 October 2023

12 November 2023

5th Placed First Division Team

5 November 2023

9th Placed Premier Division Team

Waterford

2nd OR 5th Placed First Division Team

First Division Playoff Winner

24/28 October 2023

3rd OR 4th Placed First Division Team

4th Placed First Division Team

3rd Placed First Division Team

First Division play-off Semi-finals

First leg

24 October 2023	5th Place First Division Team	v	Waterford
19:45 IST

24 October 2023	4th Place First Division Team	v	3rd Place First Division Team
19:45 IST

Second leg

28 October 2023	Waterford	v	5th Place First Division Team
19:45 IST

28 October 2023	3rd Place First Division Team	v	4th Place First Division Team
19:45 IST

First Division play-off Final

5 November 2023	2nd OR 5th Place First Division Team	v	3rd OR 4th Place First Division Team
19:45 IST

Promotion/relegation play-off

12 November 2023	9th Place Premier Division Team	v	First Division Playoff Winner
19:45 IST

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month
	Player	Club
February	Jordan McEneff	Derry City
March	Ali Coote	Bohemians
April	Ronan Coughlan	Waterford
May	Freddie Draper	Drogheda United
June	Patrick Hoban	Dundalk
July	Jonathan Afolabi	Bohemians
August	James Clarke	Bohemians
September
October
November

Annual awards

Award	Winner	Club
PFAI Player of the Year
PFAI Young Player of the Year
PFAI Premier Division Manager of the Year

PFAI Team of the Year
Goalkeeper
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards

See also

• 2023 President of Ireland's Cup
• 2023 FAI Cup
• 2023 League of Ireland First Division
• 2022–23 Leinster Senior Cup

External links

• Soccerway
• UEFA

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