Season | 2022 |
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Dates | 18 February 2022 – 11 November 2022 |
Champions | Cork City |
Matches played | 144 |
Top goalscorer | Phoenix Patterson (17 league goals + 3 playoff goals) |
Total attendance | 178,000 |
Average attendance | 1,193 [1] |
← 2021 2023 → All statistics correct as of 23 November 2023. |
The 2022 League of Ireland First Division season was the 38th season of the League of Ireland First Division, the second tier of the Republic of Ireland's association football league. The title was won by Cork City. [2]
The First Division has 9 teams. Each side plays each other four times for a total of 32 matches in the season. The team that finishes in first place achieve automatic promotion to the Premier Division. Teams finishing second to fifth place will enter the play-offs to determine the side to contest for a place in the 2023 Premier Division against the ninth placed (second last) Premier Division team.
Declan Carey finished the season with the Golden Boot, scoring 20 goals for City, including a brace on the final day of the season vs Bray.
Bray Wanderers and Cabinteely F.C. merged in the pre-season to create a revamped Bray Wanderers. [3] Shelbourne were promoted as 2021 champions and UCD as playoff winners, to the Premier Division. Waterford F.C. and Longford Town F.C. joined following their relegation from the Premier League at the end of the 2021 season.
No other teams applied for a First Division Licence. [4]
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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Athlone Town | Athlone | Athlone Town Stadium | 5,000 |
Bray Wanderers | Bray | Carlisle Grounds | 4,000 |
Cobh Ramblers | Cobh | St. Colman's Park | 3,000 |
Cork City | Cork | Turners Cross | 7,845 |
Galway United | Galway | Eamonn Deacy Park | 5,000 |
Longford Town | Longford | Bishopsgate | 5,097 |
Treaty United | Limerick | Markets Field | 5,000 |
Waterford | Waterford | RSC | 5,160 |
Wexford | Crossabeg | Ferrycarrig Park | 2,500 |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Athlone Town | ![]() | Resigned | 10 April 2022 [5] | 9th | ![]() | 10 April 2022 [6] |
Waterford FC | ![]() | Mutual Consent | 20 April 2022 [7] | 5th | ![]() | 20 April 2022 [8] |
Waterford FC | ![]() | Permanent Replacement | 14 June 2022 [9] | 4th | ![]() | 14 June 2022 [10] |
Cobh Ramblers | ![]() | Mutual Consent | 19 June 2022 [11] | 8th | ![]() | 19 June 2022 [12] |
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 |
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Athlone Town | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Hayden & Co. Solicitors |
Bray Wanderers | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | MyClub |
Cobh Ramblers | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | McCarthy Insurance Group |
Cork City | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | University College Cork |
Galway United | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Comer Property Management |
Longford Town | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Bishopsgate |
Treaty United | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Derrin Homes |
Waterford | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | DG FOODS LTD |
Wexford | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Wallace |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Cork City (C, P) | 32 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 63 | 22 | +41 | 68 | Promotion to League of Ireland Premier Division |
2 | Waterford | 32 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 70 | 34 | +36 | 64 | Qualification for Promotion play-offs |
3 | Galway United | 32 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 56 | 30 | +26 | 60 | |
4 | Longford Town | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 49 | 41 | +8 | 52 | |
5 | Treaty United | 32 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 44 | |
6 | Wexford | 32 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 47 | −2 | 41 | |
7 | Bray Wanderers | 32 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 62 | −32 | 27 | |
8 | Athlone Town | 32 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 44 | 75 | −31 | 24 | |
9 | Cobh Ramblers | 32 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 37 | 78 | −41 | 17 |
First Division play-off Semi-finals | First Division play-off Final | Promotion/relegation play-off | |||||||||||||
26/29 October 2022 | |||||||||||||||
11 November 2022 | |||||||||||||||
Treaty United | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
4 November 2022 | UCD | 1 | |||||||||||||
Waterford | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||||
Waterford | 3 | Waterford | 0 | ||||||||||||
26/29 October 2022 | |||||||||||||||
Galway United | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Longford Town | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Galway United | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||
26 October 2022 | Treaty United | 1–4 | Waterford | Limerick |
19:45 IST | Enda Curran ![]() | Report | Phoenix Patterson ![]() Phoenix Patterson ![]() Junior Quitirna ![]() Sean Guerins ![]() | Stadium: Markets Field Referee: Damien MacGraith |
26 October 2022 | Longford Town | 2–2 | Galway United | Longford |
19:45 IST | Jordan Adeyemo ![]() Jordan Adeyemo ![]() | Report | Mikie Rowe ![]() Mikie Rowe ![]() | Stadium: Bishopsgate Referee: Kevin O'Sullivan |
29 October 2022 | Waterford | 3–3 | Treaty United | Waterford |
19:45 IST | Timi Sobowale ![]() Wassim Aouachria ![]() Phoenix Patterson ![]() | Report | Mark Ludden ![]() Mark Ludden ![]() Lee Molloy ![]() | Stadium: RSC Attendance: 2,585 Referee: Paul Norton |
30 October 2022 | Galway United | 3–0 | Longford Town | Galway |
16:00 IST | David Hurley ![]() Mikie Rowe ![]() Rob Manley ![]() | Report | Stadium: Eamonn Deacy Park Referee: Damien McGraith |
4 November 2022 | Galway United | 0–3 | Waterford | County Limerick |
19:45 IST | Report | Junior Quitirna ![]() Wassim Aouachria ![]() Junior Quitirna ![]() | Stadium: Markets Field Referee: Alan Patchell |
11 November 2022 | UCD | 1–0 | Waterford | County Dublin |
19:45 IST | Tommy Lonergan ![]() | Report | Stadium: Richmond Park Attendance: 2,781 Referee: Rob Harvey |