1982–83 League of Ireland

Statistics of League of Ireland in the 1982-83 season.

Overview

It was contested by 14 teams, and Athlone Town won the championship.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Athlone Town (C)	26	20	5	1	61	24	+37	65	Qualification to 1983–84 European Cup
2	Drogheda United	26	14	7	5	43	18	+25	49	Qualification to 1983–84 UEFA Cup
3	Dundalk	26	14	6	6	32	17	+15	48
4	Bohemians	26	13	7	6	42	26	+16	46
5	Shelbourne	26	13	5	8	50	45	+5	44
6	Shamrock Rovers	26	10	8	8	39	25	+14	38
7	St Patrick's Athletic	26	10	7	9	38	38	0	37
8	Limerick United^[a]	26	10	5	11	43	35	+8	35
9	Finn Harps	26	9	8	9	36	33	+3	35
10	Waterford United	26	8	8	10	31	44	−13	32
11	Galway United	26	6	8	12	33	44	−11	26
12	Sligo Rovers	26	4	9	13	27	48	−21	21	Qualification to 1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup^[b]
13	UCD	26	4	4	18	29	63	−34	16
14	Home Farm	26	2	3	21	24	68	−44	9

Source: www.rsssf.com
(C) Champion
Notes:

^ Limerick United resigned from the league and were replaced by Limerick City for next season.
^ Sligo Rovers qualified for the 1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup after winning the 1982–83 FAI Cup final.

Home \ Away	ATH	BOH	DRO	DUN	FHA	GAL	HOM	LIM	SHM	SHE	SLI	StP	UCD	WAT
Athlone Town	—	3–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	4–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	4–1	3–1	5–2	4–0
Bohemians	0–1	—	0–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	4–2	2–2	1–2	2–0	2–1
Drogheda United	0–1	1–1	—	3–1	0–0	2–1	5–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	5–1	2–0	3–1
Dundalk	0–1	0–0	1–0	—	1–2	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–1
Finn Harps	3–3	0–0	2–3	0–1	—	2–4	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	5–1	0–1
Galway United	1–1	3–2	0–1	0–5	2–3	—	1–1	1–3	1–0	2–3	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–3
Home Farm	1–4	0–2	0–4	0–1	1–3	1–3	—	2–1	1–3	3–4	1–2	0–2	4–3	1–2
Limerick United	0–2	0–2	0–0	0–1	4–3	1–1	5–0	—	2–0	5–1	4–0	1–2	3–1	1–2
Shamrock Rovers	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–2	2–1	4–0	—	6–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	4–0
Shelbourne	4–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	4–3	2–2	—	4–3	1–0	1–0	5–2
Sligo Rovers	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–4	3–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	—	3–3	1–2	2–4
St Patrick's Athletic	1–2	0–3	1–3	1–2	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	3–1	—	1–0	1–1
UCD	0–2	1–4	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–1	5–2	0–3	2–2	2–5	2–0	2–5	—	1–3
Waterford United	1–1	0–5	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–3	1–0	2–2	2–0	—

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

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Noel Larkin	Athlone Town	18
2	Brendan Bradley	Finn Harps	17
2	Kieran McCabe	Shamrock Rovers	17
4	Kevin Cassidy	Galway United	13
4	Eugene Davis	St Patrick's Athletic	13
6	Brian Duff	Galway United	12
7	Liam Buckley	Shamrock Rovers	11
7	Tony Morris	Limerick United	11
7	Michael O'Connor	Athlone Town	11
10	Mick Fairclough	Dundalk	10
10	Jackie Jameson	Bohemians	10
10	Jim Mahon	St Patrick's Athletic	10
10	Joey Salmon	Athlone Town	10