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
Season1999–2000
ChampionsShelbourne (9th title)
RelegatedWaterford United
Sligo Rovers
Drogheda United
UEFA Champions LeagueShelbourne
UEFA CupCork City
Bohemians
UEFA Intertoto CupUCD
FAI Super CupShelbourne
Cork City
Bohemians
UCD
Top goalscorerPat Morley: 20
(Cork City) [1][2]

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

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:
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:
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
3 May 2000 Kilkenny City 1–0 Waterford United

2nd leg
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

References
  1. "Ireland - List of Topscorers". RSSSF. Archived 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. Archived from the original on 21 February 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  4. "(Republic of) Ireland League Tables - Second Level". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 3 June 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
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