1999–2000 League of Ireland Premier Division

The 1999–2000 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 15th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The division was made up of 12 teams. Shelbourne won the title.

League of Ireland Premier Division

Season	1999–2000
Champions	Shelbourne (9th title)
Relegated	Waterford United Sligo Rovers Drogheda United
UEFA Champions League	Shelbourne
UEFA Cup	Cork City Bohemians
UEFA Intertoto Cup	UCD
FAI Super Cup	Shelbourne Cork City Bohemians UCD
Top goalscorer	Pat Morley: 20 (Cork City) ^[1]^[2]
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

Regular season

The season saw each team playing three rounds of games, playing every other team three times, totalling 33 games. ^[2][3]

Final Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shelbourne (C)	33	19	12	2	49	20	+29	69	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	Cork City	33	16	10	7	53	32	+21	58	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Bohemians	33	16	9	8	40	23	+17	57
4	UCD	33	13	12	8	40	29	+11	51	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
5	Shamrock Rovers	33	13	11	9	49	36	+13	50
6	St Patrick's Athletic	33	13	11	9	40	31	+9	50
7	Derry City	33	12	10	11	32	38	−6	46
8	Finn Harps	33	8	10	15	39	41	−2	34
9	Galway United	33	8	10	15	32	49	−17	34
10	Waterford United (R)	33	7	12	14	24	38	−14	33	Qualification to Relegation play-off
11	Sligo Rovers (R)	33	5	10	18	31	60	−29	25	Relegation to League of Ireland First Division
12	Drogheda United (R)	33	4	11	18	21	53	−32	23

Source: www.rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Matches 1–22

Home \ Away	BOH	COR	DER	DRO	FHA	GAL	SHM	SHE	SLI	StP	UCD	WAT
Bohemians	—	3–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–3	0–0	0–1	3–2	0–0	1–0	0–2
Cork City	1–1	—	0–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0
Derry City	0–0	1–0	—	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–3	0–2	1–1
Drogheda United	0–2	0–0	1–2	—	0–2	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–3	0–1	1–0
Finn Harps	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	—	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	4–0
Galway United	0–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–4	—	0–2	0–0	5–0	1–0	2–1	0–0
Shamrock Rovers	0–1	1–2	3–0	4–1	3–1	0–0	—	1–1	4–1	2–1	0–0	1–0
Shelbourne	1–0	3–2	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	—	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0
Sligo Rovers	0–0	0–5	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–5	0–4	—	0–1	0–1	1–0
St Patrick's Athletic	1–3	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	3–2	—	0–0	0–0
UCD	0–2	2–2	1–0	3–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	—	2–1
Waterford United	0–0	1–3	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–2	—

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

Matches 23–33

Home \ Away	BOH	COR	DER	DRO	FHA	GAL	SHM	SHE	SLI	StP	UCD	WAT
Bohemians	—	—	3–0	—	—	—	1–3	1–1	4–1	0–1	1–2	—
Cork City	2–1	—	—	3–1	—	—	—	—	0–1	1–1	1–1	—
Derry City	—	1–4	—	2–1	—	—	1–0	—	1–3	—	2–0	3–1
Drogheda United	0–3	—	—	—	3–2	—	0–4	—	—	1–2	0–5	1–1
Finn Harps	0–1	1–2	1–2	—	—	—	—	2–3	2–1	—	—	—
Galway United	1–2	0–4	3–2	2–2	1–3	—	—	—	—	1–2	—	—
Shamrock Rovers	—	1–3	—	—	3–3	2–1	—	2–1	4–2	—	—	1–2
Shelbourne	—	4–0	2–2	1–0	—	1–1	—	—	—	—	2–1	—
Sligo Rovers	—	—	—	1–1	—	1–1	—	2–4	—	2–2	1–2	—
St Patrick's Athletic	—	—	1–2	—	2–1	—	1–1	1–2	—	—	—	1–0
UCD	—	—	—	—	1–1	1–1	3–0	—	—	2–2	—	2–2
Waterford United	0–2	2–2	—	—	2–3	2–1	—	0–2	1–0	—	—	—

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

Promotion/relegation play-off

Waterford United who finished in tenth place played off against Kilkenny City, the third placed team from the 1999–2000 League of Ireland First Division.

1st leg

Kilkenny City v Waterford United

3 May 2000

Kilkenny City

1–0

Waterford United

2nd leg

Waterford United v Kilkenny City

6 May 2000

Waterford United

0–1

Kilkenny City

Kilkenny City won 2–0 on aggregate and were promoted to the Premier Division. ^[2][4]

See also

• 1999–2000 League of Ireland First Division

References

1. "Ireland - List of Topscorers". RSSSF. from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
2. Graham, Alex. Football in the Republic of Ireland a Statistical Record 1921–2005. Soccer Books Limited. ISBN 1-86223-135-4.
3. "(Republic of) Ireland League Tables". RSSSF. from the original on 21 February 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
4. "(Republic of) Ireland League Tables - Second Level". RSSSF. from the original on 3 June 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2016.