1958–59 League of Ireland

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

Overview

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

Final classification

Pos	Club	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Shamrock Rovers	34	15	4	3	58	29	+29	European Cup
2	Evergreen United	29	13	3	6	49	27	+22
3	Waterford	29	14	1	7	58	36	+22
4	Limerick	27	11	5	6	48	31	+17
5	Drumcondra	26	11	4	7	30	26	+4
6	Shelbourne	22	7	8	7	35	33	+2
7	Transport	19	8	3	11	30	37	-7
8	St Patrick's Athletic	18	9	0	13	45	59	-14
9	Cork Hibernians	15	5	5	12	29	43	-14
10	Sligo Rovers	15	6	3	13	34	51	-17
11	Dundalk	15	6	3	13	34	63	-19
12	Bohemians	15	6	3	13	25	50	-25

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

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

References

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1958–59 in European football (UEFA)

« 1957–58 1959–60 »

Domestic leagues	Albania '58 '59 Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark '58 '59 England Estonia '58 '59 Faroe Islands '58 '59 Finland '58 '59 France East Germany '58 '59 West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '58 '59 Israel Italy Latvia '58 '59 Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '58 '59 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '58 '59 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania '58 Austria Bulgaria Cyprus Denmark England Faroe Islands '58 '59 Finland '58 '59 France East Germany '58 '59 West Germany Greece Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '58 '59 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '58 Spain Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	Scotland

UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final)

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