2015 League of Ireland First Division
Season | 2015 |
---|---|
Champions | Wexford Youths |
Promoted | Finn Harps |
Top goalscorer | Daniel Furlong: 30 (Wexford Youths)[1] |
← 2014 2016 → |
The 2015 League of Ireland First Division season was the 31st season of the League of Ireland First Division. The First Division was contested by eight teams. Wexford Youths won the title and Finn Harps were also promoted after winning a play off.
Teams[]
Stadia and locations[]
Team | Location | Stadium |
---|---|---|
Athlone Town | Athlone | Athlone Town Stadium |
Cabinteely | Cabinteely | Stradbrook Road |
Cobh Ramblers | Cobh | St. Colman's Park |
Finn Harps | Ballybofey | Finn Park |
Shelbourne | Drumcondra | Tolka Park |
UCD | Belfield | UCD Bowl |
Waterford United | Waterford | Waterford RSC |
Wexford Youths | Crossabeg | Ferrycarrig Park |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Athlone Town | Alan Mathews |
Brian Shortall | Nike | Nitro Sports |
Cabinteely | Eddie Gormley | Umbro | ||
Cobh Ramblers | Stephen Henderson |
Nike | Eirgrid | |
Finn Harps | Ollie Horgan | Kevin McHugh | Legea | McGettigan Group |
Shelbourne | Kevin Doherty (footballer) | Macron | ||
UCD | Collie O'Neill | Robbie Benson | O'Neills | O'Neills |
Waterford United | Roddy Collins |
Vinny Sullivan | Macron | SportsWorld |
Wexford Youths | Shane Keegan | Graham Doyle | O'Neills | Galenisys |
Overview[]
The 2015 First Division featured eight teams. Each team played each other four times, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 28 matches during the season.[2] Wexford Youths secured their first League of Ireland First Division title and promotion to the Premier Division with a 3–0 victory against Athlone Town at Ferrycarrig Park. The Youths goals came from Danny Furlong, Eric Molloy and Aidan Keenan.[3]
Final table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Wexford Youths (C, P) | 28 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 63 | 32 | +31 | 61 | Promotion to League of Ireland Premier Division |
2 | Finn Harps (O, P) | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 42 | 23 | +19 | 55 | Qualification to Promotion play-offs |
3 | UCD | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 51 | 26 | +25 | 49 | |
4 | Shelbourne | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 45 | |
5 | Athlone Town | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 33 | |
6 | Cobh Ramblers | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 45 | −18 | 30 | |
7 | Waterford United | 28 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 51 | −26 | 21 | |
8 | Cabinteely | 28 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 50 | −28 | 20 |
Results[]
Matches 1–14[]
Matches 15–28[]
Top scorers[]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Daniel Furlong | Wexford Youths | 30 |
2 | Ryan Swan | UCD | 12 |
3 | Philip Gorman | Athlone Town | 10 |
4 | Kevin McHugh | Finn Harps | 9 |
Promotion/relegation playoffs[]
The second and third placed First Division teams, Finn Harps and UCD, played off to decide who would play Limerick, the eleventh placed team from the Premier Division. The winner of this play off would play in the 2016 Premier Division.[2]
- First Division
23 October 2015 | UCD | 0–1 | Finn Harps | showUCD Bowl |
30 October 2015 | Finn Harps | 2–1 | UCD | showFinn Park |
Finn Harps won 3 – 1 on aggregate
- First Division v Premier Division
2 November 2015 | Limerick | 1–0 | Finn Harps | showMarkets Field |
6 November 2015 | Finn Harps | 2–0 (a.e.t.) | Limerick | showFinn Park |
Finn Harps won 2–1 on aggregate and were promoted to 2016 Premier Division. Limerick are relegated to the 2016 First Division.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Ireland - List of Topscorers". www.rsssf.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Ireland 2015". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ "Wexford Youths win promotion to Premier Division". www.rte.ie. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ "Cabinteely sanctioned for fielding ineligible player". 4 September 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ^ "2015 SSE Airtricity League First Division". inform.fai.ie. Archived from the original on 2015-07-11.
- 2015 League of Ireland First Division
- League of Ireland First Division seasons
- 2015 League of Ireland
- 2015 in Republic of Ireland association football leagues
- 2014–15 in European second tier association football leagues
- 2015–16 in European second tier association football leagues