1958–59 League of Ireland

Statistics of League of Ireland in the 1958/1959 season.

League of Ireland

Season	1958–59
Champions	Shamrock Rovers (9th Title)
European Cup	Shamrock Rovers
Matches played	132
Goals scored	474 (3.59 per match)
Top goalscorer	Donal Leahy (Evergreen United), 22 goals
← 1957–58 1959–60 →

Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and Shamrock Rovers won the championship and qualified to play in the European Cup for next season.

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Shamrock Rovers	22	15	4	3	58	29	+29	34	European Cup
2	Evergreen United^[a]	22	13	3	6	49	27	+22	29
3	Waterford	22	14	1	7	58	36	+22	29
4	Limerick	22	11	5	6	48	31	+17	27
5	Drumcondra	22	11	4	7	30	26	+4	26
6	Shelbourne	22	7	8	7	35	33	+2	22
7	Transport	22	8	3	11	30	37	−7	19
8	St Patrick's Athletic	22	9	0	13	45	59	−14	18
9	Cork Hibernians	22	5	5	12	29	43	−14	15
10	Sligo Rovers	22	6	3	13	34	51	−17	15
11	Dundalk	22	6	3	13	33	52	−19	15
12	Bohemians	22	6	3	13	25	50	−25	15

Source: www.rsssf.com
Notes:

1. Evergreen United changed their club name to Cork Celtic next season.

Results

Home \ Away	BOH	CHF	DRU	DUN	EVE	LIM	SHM	SHE	SLI	StP	TRA	WAT
Bohemians	—	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–3	3–1	1–3
Cork Hibernians	6–1	—	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–3	3–3	2–2	2–1	0–2	1–1	0–4
Drumcondra	2–0	1–0	—	3–0	2–1	3–2	2–4	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–1
Dundalk	1–0	2–3	2–3	—	1–1	3–1	1–3	3–3	4–1	3–1	3–0	0–2
Evergreen United	8–2	1–0	3–2	4–1	—	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	3–0	3–3	3–1
Limerick	3–0	0–0	2–4	3–0	1–0	—	1–1	1–2	4–0	6–1	1–4	3–2
Shamrock Rovers	4–1	4–1	3–0	4–1	0–2	1–1	—	0–2	4–1	3–1	1–0	3–2
Shelbourne	0–1	2–2	0–0	5–0	2–2	0–0	1–4	—	0–2	5–1	0–5	2–1
Sligo Rovers	2–3	3–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	1–3	0–3	0–0	—	3–0	3–5	1–3
St Patrick's Athletic	2–1	3–2	1–2	6–1	1–3	2–4	3–4	2–5	3–5	—	2–1	2–0
Transport	3–0	2–1	0–2	2–1	0–2	0–3	0–3	0–0	2–0	0–6	—	0–1
Waterford	3–1	5–1	0–0	4–3	2–4	2–3	6–5	4–1	5–2	6–1	1–0	—

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Donal Leahy	Evergreen United	22
2	Alfie Hale	Waterford	18
3	Peter Fitzgerald	Waterford	17
4	Jimmy Dunne	St Patrick's Athletic	14
5	Shay Gibbons	Dundalk	11
6	George Lynam	Limerick	10
6	Gerry Moore	Transport	10
6	Liam Tuohy	Shamrock Rovers	10
9	Christy Doyle	Shelbourne	9
9	Jackie Morley	Cork Hibs	9
9	Austin Noonan	Evergreen United	9
9	Paddy O'Rourke	St Patrick's Athletic	9
9	Ronnie Whelan	St Patrick's Athletic	9