1998–99 League of Ireland Premier Division

The 1998–99 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 14th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The division was made up of 12 teams. St Patrick's Athletic F.C. won the title. For sponsorship purposes, it was known as the FAI Harp Lager National League.

League of Ireland Premier Division

Season	1998–99
Champions	St Patrick's Athletic
Relegated	Bray Wanderers Dundalk F.C.
UEFA Champions League	St Patrick's Athletic
UEFA Cup	Cork City Bray Wanderers
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Shelbourne
FAI Super Cup	St Patrick's Athletic Shelbourne Cork City Bray Wanderers
Top goalscorer	Trevor Molloy: 15 (St. Patrick's Athletic) ^[1]^[2]
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

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	St Patrick's Athletic (C)	33	22	7	4	58	21	+37	73	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	Cork City	33	21	7	5	62	25	+37	70	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Shelbourne	33	13	8	12	37	35	+2	47	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
4	Finn Harps	33	12	10	11	39	40	−1	46
5	Derry City	33	12	9	12	34	32	+2	45
6	UCD	33	10	12	11	31	32	−1	42
7	Waterford United	33	11	9	13	21	37	−16	42
8	Shamrock Rovers	33	9	13	11	34	40	−6	40
9	Sligo Rovers	33	9	11	13	37	50	−13	38
10	Bohemians (O)	33	10	7	16	28	37	−9	37	Qualification to Relegation play-off
11	Bray Wanderers (R)	33	8	8	17	30	45	−15	32	Relegation to League of Ireland First Division and qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round^[a]
12	Dundalk (R)	33	6	9	18	23	40	−17	27	Relegation to League of Ireland First Division

Source: www.rsssf.com
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Bray Wanderers qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying round after winning the 1999 FAI Cup Final.

Results

Matches 1–22

Home \ Away	BOH	BRW	COR	DER	DUN	FHA	HOM	SHM	SHE	SLI	StP	UCD
Bohemians	—	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–0
Bray Wanderers	0–1	—	0–0	2–3	0–1	0–0	1–0	3–4	0–4	2–2	0–1	0–2
Cork City	0–0	3–1	—	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0
Derry City	1–0	5–1	0–1	—	5–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	5–0
Dundalk	0–2	2–1	0–1	0–1	—	1–1	2–1	1–3	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–2
Finn Harps	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	—	3–0	0–0	3–2	1–1	0–1	5–1
Home Farm Everton	0–3	0–1	0–2	0–2	0–0	2–3	—	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–2	0–1
Shamrock Rovers	3–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–1	—	6–4	2–1	0–1	0–0
Shelbourne	0–1	1–0	3–3	2–2	0–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	—	3–0	0–1	1–0
Sligo Rovers	2–1	0–1	1–4	0–1	2–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–3	—	2–0	2–0
St Patrick's Athletic	5–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–2	—	1–1
UCD	0–2	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–3	1–1	0–1	—

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

Matches 23–33

Home \ Away	BOH	BRW	COR	DER	DUN	FHA	HOM	SHM	SHE	SLI	StP	UCD
Bohemians	—	—	1–0	1–1	3–0	—	—	1–3	—	0–2	2–1	—
Bray Wanderers	1–5	—	—	—	1–0	0–1	—	—	1–1	—	—	2–0
Cork City	—	3–1	—	—	—	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	—	—
Derry City	—	5–2	0–2	—	—	—	3–1	1–1	—	0–2	2–0	—
Dundalk	—	—	0–4	2–4	—	—	—	4–1	—	2–1	2–2	—
Finn Harps	3–3	—	—	0–1	5–0	—	3–2	1–2	—	3–4	—	—
Home Farm Everton	2–2	1–1	—	—	0–1	—	—	—	3–0	—	1–3	2–3
Shamrock Rovers	—	2–2	—	—	—	—	2–3	—	—	—	—	1–1
Shelbourne	0–1	—	—	2–2	2–1	2–0	—	2–0	—	—	1–1	1–0
Sligo Rovers	—	3–2	—	—	—	—	3–2	3–0	1–1	—	—	2–1
St Patrick's Athletic	—	2–2	1–0	—	—	2–1	—	2–2	—	4–2	—	—
UCD	1–2	—	3–0	1–0	3–1	4–0	—	—	—	—	2–0	—

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

Promotion/relegation play-off

Bohemians who finished in tenth place played off against Cobh Ramblers, the third placed team from the 1998–99 League of Ireland First Division.

1st Leg

Cobh Ramblers v Bohemians

5 May 1999

Cobh Ramblers

0–5

Bohemians

2nd Leg

Bohemians v Cobh Ramblers

8 May 1999

Bohemians

2–0

Cobh Ramblers

Bohemians won 7–0 on aggregate and retained their place in the Premier Division. ^[2][4]

See also

• 1998–99 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.