2009 League of Ireland First Division

League of Ireland First Division
Season 2009
Champions UCD
Promoted Sporting Fingal
UEFA Europa League Sporting Fingal
Top goalscorer Conan Byrne: 21
(Sporting Fingal) [1]
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2010 →

The 2009 League of Ireland First Division season was the 25th season of the League of Ireland First Division. The First Division was contested by 12 teams and UCD won the title. Third placed Sporting Fingal also won the 2009 FAI Cup Final, qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League and were promoted to the Premier Division after winning a promotion/relegation play off.

Clubs

Team Base Manager Stadium
Athlone Town Athlone Republic of Ireland Brendan Place Athlone Town Stadium
Finn Harps Ballybofey Republic of Ireland James Gallagher Finn Park
Kildare County Newbridge Republic of Ireland Joe Somerville Station Road
Limerick Limerick Republic of Ireland Pat Scully Jackman Park
Longford Town Longford Republic of Ireland Gareth Cronin Flancare Park
Mervue United Galway Republic of Ireland Johnny Glynn Terryland Park
Monaghan United Monaghan Republic of Ireland Mick Cooke Century Homes Park
Shelbourne Drumcondra Republic of Ireland Dermot Keely Tolka Park
Sporting Fingal Fingal Republic of Ireland Liam Buckley Morton Stadium
UCD Belfield Republic of Ireland Martin Russell UCD Bowl
Waterford United Waterford Republic of Ireland Stephen Henderson Waterford RSC
Wexford Youths Crossabeg Republic of Ireland Mick Wallace Ferrycarraig Park

Overview

This season saw the division expanded from 10 to 12 clubs. This was because the 2009 Premier Division was reduced to 10 clubs. The regular season began on 6 March and concluded on 7 November. Each team played the other teams three times, totaling 33 games. UCD finished as champions and were automatically promoted to the Premier Division. There was no promotion/relegation play-off between the First Division and the A Championship this season. This was only because Kildare County, who finished bottom of the table, withdrew from the League of Ireland before the play-offs could be played.[2][3]

Final Table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 UCD (C) 33 23 5 5 62 22 +40 74 Promoted to Premier Division
2 Shelbourne 33 22 7 4 66 31 +35 73 Lost promotion/relegation play off
3 Sporting Fingal [note 1] (P) 33 21 6 6 68 28 +40 69 UEFA Europa League/Premier Division
4 Waterford United 33 20 6 7 52 20 +32 66
5 Monaghan United 33 16 7 10 58 48 +10 55
6 Wexford Youths 33 15 5 13 27 31 −4 50
7 Limerick F.C.[note 2] 33 12 8 13 50 43 +7 44
8 Finn Harps 33 8 9 16 35 51 −16 33
9 Longford Town 33 8 4 21 46 62 −16 28
10 Athlone Town 33 6 9 18 32 63 −31 27
11 Mervue United 33 6 5 22 28 64 −36 23
12 Kildare County [note 3] 33 4 3 26 25 85 −60 15 Withdrew from the league

Source: [2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Sporting Fingal qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2009 FAI Cup Final and were promoted to the Premier Division after winning the promotion/relegation play off.
  2. ↑ Limerick 37 F.C. changed their name to Limerick F.C.
  3. ↑ Kildare County withdrew from league at end of season and did participate in promotion/relegation play off.

Results

Matches 1 to 22

Home ╲ Away ATH FHA KILLIMLONMERMONSHESFIUCDWATWEX
Athlone Town 2–2 3–1 0–2 2–5 2–2 2–3 2–2 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–1
Finn Harps 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 3–2 1–2 1–3 0–2
Kildare County 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–3 0–3 0–2 0–3 0–8 0–1 0–2 0–3
Limerick 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–4 4–1 0–0 0–1 1–4 0–0 0–2 2–0
Longford Town 0–1 0–0 4–0 2–3 3–0 3–3 0–2 1–3 0–3 1–3 0–1
Mervue United 0–1 1–1 1–4 1–0 3–2 1–5 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–0
Monaghan United 0–0 1–0 5–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 0–3 2–3 0–0 0–0
Shelbourne 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 7–0 2–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 2–1
Sporting Fingal 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 4–0 1–0 0–1 1–4 2–0
UCD 1–1 1–1 4–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–1
Waterford United 2–1 4–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 6–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–2
Wexford Youths 1–0 2–1 0–3 0–2 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–1

Source: loi.ie
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23 to 33

Home ╲ Away ATH FHA KILLIMLONMERMONSHESFIUCDWATWEX
Athlone Town 0–6 2–2 1–2 0–5 1–2 2–0
Finn Harps 1–0 0–2 1–3 0–5 1–1
Kildare County 0–2 0–1 1–5 2–3 1–2
Limerick 6–1 3–0 2–3 2–1 3–3 2–1
Longford Town 3–0 1–2 1–2 1–4 0–4
Mervue United 3–1 0–1 0–1 2–4 1–4 1–2
Monaghan United 6–1 4–2 0–3 2–2 3–0
Shelbourne 0–0 3–3 4–5 2–2 1–2
Sporting Fingal 2–3 4–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–1
UCD 5–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–3 2–0
Waterford United 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–0
Wexford Youths 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0

Source: loi.ie
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion/Relegation play-offs

The second and third placed First Division teams, Shelbourne and Sporting Fingal played off to decide who would play the winner of the Premier Division play-off. The winner of this play off would play in the 2010 Premier Division.

First Division
First Division v Premier Division

Sporting Fingal won 4–2 on aggregate and were promoted to the Premier Division.

Top Scorers

Scorer Team Goals
Republic of Ireland Conan Byrne Sporting Fingal [1] 21
Republic of Ireland Karl Bermingham Monaghan United 17
Republic of Ireland Graham Cummins Waterford United 17
Republic of Ireland David McAllister Shelbourne 16
Republic of Ireland Ciarán Kilduff UCD 14
Republic of Ireland Stephen O'Flynn Limerick F.C. 14

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Ireland - List of Topscorers". www.rsssf.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Ireland 2009". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "What Happens Teams That Enter The League Of Ireland First Division?". www.balls.ie. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
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