2009 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] |
← 2008 2010 → |
The 2009 League of Ireland First Division season was the 25th season of the
Clubs
Team | Base | Manager | Stadium |
---|---|---|---|
Athlone Town | Athlone | Brendan Place | Athlone Town Stadium |
Finn Harps | Ballybofey | James Gallagher | Finn Park |
Kildare County | Newbridge | Joe Somerville | Station Road |
Limerick | Limerick | Pat Scully | Jackman Park |
Longford Town | Longford | Gareth Cronin | Flancare Park
|
Mervue United | Galway | Johnny Glynn | Terryland Park
|
Monaghan United | Monaghan | Mick Cooke | Century Homes Park
|
Shelbourne | Drumcondra | Dermot Keely | Tolka Park |
Sporting Fingal | Fingal | Liam Buckley | Morton Stadium |
UCD | Belfield | Martin Russell | UCD Bowl |
Waterford United |
Waterford | Stephen Henderson |
Waterford RSC |
Wexford Youths |
Crossabeg | 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[a] (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.[b] | 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[c] | 33 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 25 | 85 | −60 | 15 | Withdrew from the league |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
- 2009 FAI Cup Final and were promoted to the Premier Divisionafter winning the promotion/relegation play off.
- Limerick 37 F.C. changed their name to Limerick F.C.
- ^ Kildare County withdrew from league at end of season and did participate in promotion/relegation play off.
Results
Matches 1 to 22
Matches 23 to 33
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
10 November 2009 | Shelbourne | 1 – 2 | Sporting Fingal | Tolka Park |
19:45 GMT | McAllister 72' (pen.) Flood 73' |
Report | Zayed 39' Williams 41' |
Attendance: 1,632 Referee: T. Connolly |
- First Division v Premier Division
13 November 2009 | Bray Wanderers | Morton Stadium | ||
19:45 GMT | Paisley 51' Byrne 67' |
Report | Attendance: 740 Referee: D. Tomney |
16 November 2009 | Bray Wanderers | 2 – 2 | Sporting Fingal | Carlisle Grounds |
19:45 GMT | Flood 83' O'Connor 90+1' |
Report | Zayed 59' Bayly 90+2' |
Referee: D. Hanney |
Sporting Fingal won 4–2 on aggregate and were promoted to the Premier Division.
Top scorers
Scorer | Team | Goals |
---|---|---|
Conan Byrne | Sporting Fingal[1] | 21 |
Karl Bermingham | Monaghan United | 17 |
Graham Cummins | Waterford United
|
17 |
David McAllister | Shelbourne | 16 |
Ciarán Kilduff | UCD | 14 |
Stephen O'Flynn | Limerick F.C. | 14 |
See also
References
- ^ a b "Ireland - List of Topscorers". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ a b "Ireland 2009". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "What Happens (To) Teams That Enter The League Of Ireland First Division?". www.balls.ie. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2016.