2013 League of Ireland

League of Ireland
Season 2013
← 2012
2014 →

The 2013 League of Ireland is the 93rd season of the League of Ireland, the highest football league of the Republic of Ireland. The league began on 8 March.[1]

St Patrick's Athletic clinched their 8th Premier Division title on 13 October 2013 after a 2–0 win against holders Sligo Rovers.[2][3][4]

Premier Division

Teams

Stadia and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Bohemians Dublin (Phibsborough) Dalymount Park 7,955
Bray Wanderers Bray Carlisle Grounds 7,000
Cork City Cork Turners Cross 7,485
Derry City Derry Brandywell 7,700
Drogheda United Drogheda Hunky Dorys Park 2,000
Dundalk Dundalk Oriel Park 6,000
Limerick Limerick Thomond Park 26,500
Shamrock Rovers Dublin (Tallaght) Tallaght Stadium 5,947
Shelbourne Dublin (Drumcondra) Tolka Park 9,600
Sligo Rovers Sligo The Showgrounds 5,500
St Patrick's Athletic Dublin (Inchicore) Richmond Park 5,340
UCD Dublin (Belfield) UCD Bowl 3,000

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Bohemians Owen Heary Owen Heary Macron Volkswagen
Bray Wanderers Pat Devlin Danny O'Connor Adidas Volkswagen
Cork City Tommy Dunne/Stuart Ashton/Paul O Brien Kevin Murray Umbro Clonakilty Blackpudding
Derry City Declan Devine Kevin Deery Umbro Diamond Corrugated
Drogheda United Mick Cooke Derek Prendergast Nike Scotch Hall Shopping Center
Dundalk Stephen Kenny Stephen O'Donnell Umbro Fyffes
Limerick Stuart Taylor Joe Gamble Macron Greenheat Group
Shamrock Rovers Trevor Croly Patrick Sullivan Umbro SEAT
Shelbourne John McDonnell Ian Ryan Macron Volkswagen
Sligo Rovers Ian Baraclough Danny Ventre Umbro Volkswagen
St Patrick's Athletic Liam Buckley Conor Kenna Umbro Clune Construction LP
UCD Martin Russell Mick Leahy O'Neills O'Neills

League table

Pos
Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 St Patrick's Athletic (C) (Q) 33 21 8 4 56 20+36 71 2014–15 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Dundalk (Q) 33 21 5 7 55 30+25 68 2014–15 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
3 Sligo Rovers (Q) 33 19 9 5 53 22+31 66
4 Derry City (Q) 33 17 5 11 57 39+18 56
5 Shamrock Rovers 33 13 13 7 43 28+15 52
6 Cork City 33 13 7 13 47 50−3 46
7 Limerick 33 11 9 13 38 46−8 42
8 Drogheda United 33 8 14 11 44 46−2 38
9 UCD 33 8 6 19 45 73−28 30
10 Bohemians 33 7 8 18 27 47−20 29
11 Bray Wanderers (O) 33 7 6 20 33 66−33 27 Promotion/Relegation play-off
12 Shelbourne (R) 33 5 6 22 25 56−31 21 Relegation to First Division

Updated to games played on 25 October 2013.
Source: League of Ireland
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Matches 1–22

Teams play each other twice (once at home, once away)

Home ╲ Away BOH BRW CORDERDRODUNLIMSHMSHESLIStPUCD
Bohemians 3–2 1–2 0–4 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–3 0–3 0–2 2–1
Bray Wanderers 1–3 1–2 2–3 3–2 0–1 0–4 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–2
Cork City 2–1 1–3 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–3 1–2 1–1 3–1 0–2 2–1
Derry City 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 4–0 0–1 0–1 2–4
Drogheda United 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–3 0–1 2–2 0–3 0–0 1–1 1–2 3–2
Dundalk 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–3 2–2 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–3 2–1 2–3
Limerick 2–1 4–4 0–0 0–1 0–1 3–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–1
Shamrock Rovers 1–1 7–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1
Shelbourne 0–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–3 1–3 2–1 0–0 0–2 0–3 2–0
Sligo Rovers 0–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 2–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 5–2
St Patrick's Athletic 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 3–0 0–0 4–0 2–0 5–0
UCD 1–0 4–5 3–0 0–6 2–2 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–3 0–1

Matches 23–33

Teams play every other team once (either at home or away)

Home ╲ Away BOH BRW CORDERDRODUNLIMSHMSHESLIStPUCD
Bohemians 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–3
Bray Wanderers 1–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–1
Cork City 1–0 4–1 5–3 4–2 2–0
Derry City 2–0 0–2 6–0 0–0 3–1 1–2
Drogheda United 1–0 2–0 2–3 3–0 1–0
Dundalk 4–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 2–0
Limerick 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–3
Shamrock Rovers 3–0 2–1 3–1 1–2 0–4
Shelbourne 0–3 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–2
Sligo Rovers 2–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 2–0
St Patrick's Athletic 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–0
UCD 1–3 0–2 1–4 0–3 1–3

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 27 October 2013
Rank Player Club Goals[5]
1 Rory Patterson Derry City 18 (3 pen.)
2 Declan O'Brien Drogheda United 14 (3 pen.)
3 Ciarán Kilduff Cork City 13
5 Patrick Hoban Dundalk 13
4 David McMillan Sligo Rovers 13 (6 pen.)
6 Anthony Elding Sligo Rovers 12 (2 pen.)
7 Michael Rafter Derry City 12 (1 pen.)
8 Jason Byrne Bray Wanderers 11 (1 pen.)
9 Anthony Flood St Patrick's Athletic 10
10 Chris Forrester St Patrick's Athletic 9
11 Conan Byrne St Patrick's Athletic 9 (2 pen.)
12 Danny Morrissey Cork City 9
13 Gavin Brennan Drogheda United 9 (2 pen.)
14 Christy Fagan St Patrick's Athletic 8
15 Dean Clarke UCD 8

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Goals
Rory Patterson Derry City University College Dublin 6–0[6] 15 March 2013
3
Chris Forrester St Patrick's Athletic Shelbourne 4–0[7] 15 April 2013
3
Jason Byrne Bray Wanderers Drogheda United 3–2[8] 24 May 2013
3
Jason Byrne Bray Wanderers UCD 5–4[9] 8 June 2013
4
Patrick Hoban Dundalk Bohemians 3–0[10] 12 July 2013
3
Conan Byrne St Patrick's Athletic Shamrock Rovers 4–0[11] 10 August 2013
4
Danny Morrissey Cork City Derry City 4–1[12] 30 August 2013
3
Richie Towell Dundalk Derry City 3–0[13] 30 September 2013
3
Ciarán Kilduff Cork City Shelbourne 5–3[14] 10 October 2013
4
David McDaid Derry City Limerick 6–0[15] 25 October 2013
3

First Division

After Cobh Ramblers were awarded a licence by the FAI Licensing Committee on 24 January, the 2013 division will comprise eight teams. Fixtures will be released on 25 January, with the licenising process complete by mid-February.[16]

Stadia and locations

Locations of the First Division teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Athlone Town Athlone Athlone Town Stadium 2,500
Cobh Ramblers Cobh St. Colman's Park 5,000
Finn Harps Ballybofey Finn Park 6,000
Longford Town Longford City Calling Stadium 6,850
Mervue United Galway Fahy's Field 600
Salthill Devon Galway Drom Clubhouse 2,000
Waterford United Waterford Regional Sports Centre 5,500
Wexford Youths Wexford Ferrycarrig Park 2,500

League table

Pos
Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or qualification
1 Athlone Town (C) (P) 28 16 7 5 42 22+20 55 Promotion to 2014 League of Ireland Premier Division
2 Longford Town 28 15 5 8 55 34+21 50 Qualification to Promotion/relegation play-off
3 Mervue United 28 14 7 7 46 31+15 49 Qualification to Promotion/relegation play-off
4 Waterford United 28 14 5 9 40 24+16 47
5 Wexford Youths 28 10 3 15 29 47−18 33
6 Finn Harps 28 8 7 13 31 42−11 31
7 Cobh Ramblers 28 8 7 13 42 54−12 31
8 SD Galway 28 4 5 19 23 54−31 17

Updated to games played on 12 October 2013.
Source: RTÉ Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Matches 1–14

Teams play each other twice, once at home, once away

Home ╲ Away ATH COB FHALONMERSALWATWEX
Athlone Town 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–3 0–1 4–0
Cobh Ramblers 1–1 2–2 3–4 5–3 1–2 3–0 5–0
Finn Harps 2–3 4–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0
Longford Town 2–1 5–1 2–3 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–1
Mervue United 2–2 1–0 2–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 4–1
Salthill Devon 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–5 0–0 1–2 1–2
Waterford United 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–4 3–2 0–1
Wexford Youths 0–2 3–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–1

Matches 15–28

Teams play each other twice, once at home, once away

Home ╲ Away ATH COB FHALONMERSALWATWEX
Athlone Town 0–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0
Cobh Ramblers 0–1 3–2 4–3 3–2 1–0 2–1 3–0
Finn Harps 3–2 2–2 0–0 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–0
Longford Town 0–1 7–2 3–1 1–3 4–0 2–1 2–1
Mervue United 2–4 2–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0
Salthill Devon 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–4 3–2
Waterford United 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 5–0 4–0
Wexford Youths 0–2 3–1 3–1 0–0 1–4 2–1 0–2

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 21 October 2013.
Rank Player Club Goals[17]
1 David O'Sullivan Longford Town 21
2 Conor Meade Waterford United 17
Philip Gorman Athlone Town 17
4 Enda Curran Athlone Town 12
5 Gary Shanahan Mervue United 10
6 Davin O'Neill Cobh Ramblers 9
Ryan Manning Mervue United 9
Sean McCarron Finn Harps 9
9 Kevin McHugh Finn Harps 8
Martin Deady Cobh Ramblers 8

Hat-Tricks

Player For Against Result Date
David O'Sullivan Longford Town SD Galway 5–0[18] 8 March 2013
Enda Curran Salthill Devon Athlone Town 3–3[19] 29 March 2013
Conor Meade Cobh Ramblers Mervue United 5–3[20] 13 April 2013
Philip Gorman Athlone Town Mervue United 3–0[21] 28 June 2013

Premier Division Promotion/Relegation play-off

Semi-final

1st Leg

2nd Leg

The match finished 3 – 3 on aggregate. Longford Town won 3 – 0 on penalties and advanced to the play-off final

Final

1st Leg

2nd Leg

Bray Wanderers won 5 – 4 on aggregate and retained their League of Ireland Premier Division status for the 2014 season

Awards

SWAI Airtricity League Player of the Month Award

Month Player Club Location of Presentation Notes
March Anthony Elding Sligo Rovers The Showgrounds, Sligo [22]
April Barry McNamee Derry City Brandywell Stadium, Derry [23]
May Killian Brennan St Patrick's Athletic Richmond Park, Dublin [24]
June Jason Byrne Bray Wanderers Carlisle Grounds, Wicklow [25]
July Patrick Hoban Dundalk Davenport Hotel, Dublin [26]
August Richie Towell Dundalk Merrion Square, Dublin [27]
September Anthony Flood St Patrick's Athletic Richmond Park, Dublin [28]
October Ciaran Kilduff Cork City Merrion Square, Dublin [29]
November Danny North Sligo Rovers Clarion Hotel, Dublin

Annual awards

Winners in Bold

PFAI Players' Player of the Year

Nominees Club
Greg Bolger St Patrick's Athletic
Killian Brennan St. Patrick's Athletic
Daryl Horgan Cork City
Richie Towell Dundalk

PFAI Young Player of the Year

Nominees Club
Patrick Hoban Dundalk
Daryl Horgan Cork City
Richie Towell Dundalk

First Division Player of the Year

Nominees Club
Philip Gorman Athlone Town
David O'Sullivan Longford Town
Aidan Collins Athlone Town

PFAI Premier Division Team of the Year

[30] Goalkeeper: Brendan Clarke (St Patrick's Athletic)
Defence: Ger O'Brien (St Patrick's Athletic), Kenny Browne (St Patrick's Athletic), Andy Boyle (Dundalk), Ian Bermingham (St Patrick's Athletic)
Midfield: Killian Brennan (St Patrick's Athletic), Greg Bolger (St Patrick's Athletic), Daryl Horgan (Cork City), Richie Towell (Dundalk)
Attack: Patrick Hoban (Dundalk), Rory Patterson (Derry City)

PFAI First Division Team of the Year

Goalkeeper: Paul Skinner (Athlone Town)
Defence: Gavin Kavanagh (Waterford United), Aidan Collins (Athlone Town), Noel Haverty (Longford Town), Tom King (Mervue United)
Midfield: Mark Hughes (Athlone Town), Graham Kelly (Athlone Town), Barry O'Mahony (Mervue United), Ryan Manning (Mervue United)
Attack: Philip Gorman (Athlone Town), David O'Sullivan (Longford Town)

League of Ireland clubs in Europe 2013–14

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sligo Rovers Republic of Ireland 0–3 Norway Molde 0–1 2–0
First leg
Second leg

UEFA Europa League

First qualifying round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Žalgiris Vilnius Lithuania 4–3 Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic 2–2 1–2
Drogheda United Republic of Ireland 0–2 Sweden Malmö FF 0–0 0–2
First leg
Second leg

Second qualifying round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Trabzonspor Turkey 7–2 Republic of Ireland Derry City 4–2 0–3
First leg
Second leg

Television coverage

Live coverage of matches in Ireland were shown on RTÉ Two and Setanta Sports. MNS on RTÉ Two showed match highlights and analysis on each Monday night during the season.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.airtricityleague.ie/images/stories/2013-Airtricity-League-Premier-Division-Fixture-List.pdf
  2. ↑ "Super St Patrick's Athletic jumping for joy with league title". Irish Independent. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "St Patrick's Athletic 2–0 Sligo Rovers". RTÉ Sport. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Bolger beauty gets title party going at Pat's". Irish Examiner. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Airtricity League Top Scorers". Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  6. ↑ "Derry hit inept UCD with six of the best". The Irish Times. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  7. ↑ Leahy, Ed (15 April 2013). "St Patrick's Athletic 4–0 Shelbourne". RTÉ News. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  8. ↑ "Bray Wanderers 3 – 2 Drogheda United". Extra Time. 24 May 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  9. ↑ Pollard, Stephen (9 June 2013). "UCD 4 – 5 Bray Wanderers". www.extratime.ie. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  10. ↑ Crawley, Darren (12 July 2013). "Dundalk FC 3 – 0 Bohemians FC". Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  11. ↑ http://extratime.ie/fixtures/detail/19223/2/
  12. ↑ "Cork City 4 – 1 Derry City". Extra Time. 31 August 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  13. ↑ "Dundalk 3 – 0 Derry City". Extra Time. 30 September 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  14. ↑ "Cork City 5 – 3 Shelbourne". Extra Time. 11 October 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  15. ↑ http://extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/11335/derry-city-6---0-limerick-fc/
  16. ↑ http://www.fai.ie/domestic-a-grassroots/airtricity-league/news/102993-cobh-ramblers-awarded-a-2013-airtricity-league-first-division-licence.html
  17. ↑ http://www.extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/10003/
  18. ↑ O'Flaherty, Deniese (9 March 2013). "Salthill Devon 0 – 5 Longford Town". Extratime. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  19. ↑ Pollard, Stephen (29 March 2013). "Athlone Town 3 – 3 Salthill Devon". extratime.ie. extratime.ie. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  20. ↑ Flaherty, Terry (15 April 2013). "Cobh Ramblers 5 – 3 Mervue United". extratime.ie. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  21. ↑ "Athlone Town 3 – 0 Mervue United". extratime.ie. extratime.ie. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  22. ↑ "Anthony Elding named SWAI". SWAI.ie. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  23. ↑ "Barry McNamee named SWAI". SWAI.ie. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  24. ↑ "Killian Brennan named SWAI". SWAI.ie. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  25. ↑ "Jason Byrne named SWAI". SWAI.ie. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  26. ↑ "Patrick Hoban named SWAI". SWAI.ie. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  27. ↑ "Dundalk's Richie Towell picks up player of the month award". rte.ie. 19 September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  28. ↑ "Anto Flood named Airtricity/SWAI Player of the Month for September". RTÉ News. 21 October 2013.
  29. ↑ "Kilduff is player of the month for October". RTÉ News. 31 October 2013.
  30. ↑ "Here's the Premier Division Team of the Year". The Score. 17 October 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.

External links

2012–13 in European football (UEFA)
« 2011–12
2013–14 »
Domestic leagues
Domestic cups
League cups
UEFA competitions
2013–14 in European football (UEFA)
« 2012–13
2014–15 »
Domestic leagues
Domestic cups
League cups
Supercups
UEFA competitions
International competitions
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, December 26, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.