2025 League of Ireland Premier Division

League of Ireland Premier Division

Season	2025
Dates	14 February 2025 – 1 November 2025
Matches played	19
Goals scored	50 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	Aidan Keena (5 goals)
Biggest home win	Drogheda United 3–0 Sligo Rovers (21 February 2025)
Biggest away win	Sligo Rovers 2–3 Waterford (15 February 2025) Waterford 0–1 Shelbourne (21 February 2025) Derry City 1–2 Waterford (28 February 2025) Bohemians 0–1 Drogheda United (3 March 2025)
Highest scoring	St Patrick's Athletic 4–3 Sligo Rovers (28 February 2025)
Longest winning run	Shelbourne St Patrick's Athletic Waterford (2 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Drogheda United Galway United Shelbourne (4 matches)
Longest winless run	Bohemians Shamrock Rovers Sligo Rovers (3 matches)
Longest losing run	Bohemians Sligo Rovers (3 matches)
Highest attendance	33,208 Bohemians 1–0 Shamrock Rovers (16 February 2025)
Lowest attendance	2,161 Drogheda United 1–1 Galway United (28 February 2025)
Total attendance	104,450
Average attendance	5,497
← 2024 2026 → All statistics correct as of 3 March 2025.

The 2025 League of Ireland Premier Division, known as the SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division for sponsorship reasons, ^[1] is the 41st season of the League of Ireland Premier Division, the top Irish league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1985.

The competition began on 14 February 2025 and is set to conclude on 1 November 2025. ^[2] As part of the opening weekend of fixtures, a special fixture between arch-rivals Bohemians and Shamrock Rovers took place at the Aviva Stadium, the national stadium of Republic of Ireland where a record Premier Division crowd of 33,208 was present. ^[3] The 2025 season became the first year that the league is entirely made up of full-time professional clubs and players. ^{[4] [5]}

On 27 January 2025, it was announced that Virgin Media Television (Ireland) would become the "sole and exclusive free to air broadcaster of the SSE Airtricity Men’s Premier Division" for the next four years, pledging to show one live game from each round of the division. ^[6] A new radio deal for broadcasting on Newstalk was announced just before the season started. ^[7]

Teams

The league consists of ten teams – the top nine teams from the previous season and one team promoted as champions from the First Division, Cork City. ^[8] They replaced Dundalk, who were relegated after 16 consecutive seasons in the top flight. ^[9]

Stadiums and locations

Cork City

Derry City

Drogheda United

Dublin

Galway United

Sligo Rovers

Waterford

Dublin teams
Bohemians
St Patrick's Athletic
Shamrock Rovers
Shelbourne

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Locations of Premier Division teams

Bohemians

St Patrick's Athletic

Shamrock Rovers

Shelbourne

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Locations of Dublin Premier Division teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Bohemians	Dublin (Phibsborough)	Dalymount Park	4,500
Cork City	Cork	Turners Cross	7,485
Derry City	Derry	Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium	6,242
Drogheda United	Drogheda	Sullivan and Lambe Park	3,500
Galway United	Galway	Eamonn Deacy Park	5,000
Shamrock Rovers	Dublin (Tallaght)	Tallaght Stadium	10,500
Shelbourne	Dublin (Drumcondra)	Tolka Park	4,750
Sligo Rovers	Sligo	The Showgrounds	3,873
St Patrick's Athletic	Dublin (Inchicore)	Richmond Park	5,340
Waterford	Waterford	RSC	5,160

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	Alan Reynolds	Keith Buckley	O'Neills	Des Kelly Interiors
Cork City	Tim Clancy	Charlie Lyons	Rebel Army	Zeus Packaging
Derry City	Tiernan Lynch	Mark Connolly	O'Neills	Diamond Corrugated
Drogheda United	Kevin Doherty	Ryan Brennan	Macron	NoFo Brew Co
Galway United	John Caulfield	Greg Cunningham	O'Neills	Comer Property Management
Shamrock Rovers	Stephen Bradley	Roberto Lopes	Macron	MASCOT Workwear
Shelbourne	Damien Duff	Mark Coyle	O'Neills	Chadwicks
Sligo Rovers	John Russell	John Mahon	Umbro	Avant Money
St Patrick's Athletic	Stephen Kenny	Joe Redmond	Umbro	Manguard Plus
Waterford	Keith Long	Pádraig Amond	Puma	DG Foods

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Waterford	4	3	0	1	7	5	+2	9	Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2	Drogheda United	4	2	2	0	5	1	+4	8	Qualification for Conference League second qualifying round
3	Shelbourne	4	2	2	0	6	3	+3	8	Qualification for Conference League first qualifying round
4	St Patrick's Athletic	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	7
5	Galway United	4	1	3	0	6	5	+1	6
6	Cork City	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
7	Bohemians	4	1	0	3	2	4	−2	3
8	Derry City	4	1	0	3	3	7	−4	3
9	Sligo Rovers	4	1	0	3	7	11	−4	3	Qualification for promotion/relegation play-off
10	Shamrock Rovers	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1	Relegation to League of Ireland First Division

Updated to match(es) played on 3 March 2025. Source: SSE Airtricity League, Soccerway ^[10]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored. ^[10]

Results

Teams play each other four times (twice at home and twice away).

Home \ Away	BOH	DER	DRO	COR	GAL	SHM	SHE	SLI	STP	WAT
Bohemians		30 May	0–1	18 Apr	28 Mar	1–0	16 May	4 Apr	25 Apr	2 May
	12 Sep	1 Aug	22 Aug	11 Jul	23 Jun	24 Oct	27 Jun	3 Oct	19 Sep
Derry City	1–0		11 Apr	4 Apr	7 Mar	23 May	2 May	21 Apr	5 May	1–2
25 Jul		27 Jun	8 Aug	13 Jun	24 Oct	19 Sep	3 Oct	29 Aug	4 Jul
Drogheda United	23 May	16 May		5 May	1–1	14 Mar	18 Apr	3–0	21 Apr	4 Apr
1 Nov	26 Sep		17 Oct	4 Jul	16 Jun	12 Sep	20 Jun	22 Aug	8 Aug
Cork City	2–1	9 May	28 Mar		2–2	2 May	30 May	7 Mar	11 Apr	21 Apr
13 Jun	1 Nov	23 Jun		1 Aug	19 Sep	3 Oct	25 Jul	27 Jun	29 Aug
Galway United	5 May	18 Apr	25 Apr	23 May		4 Apr	1–1	16 May	2–1	14 Mar
17 Oct	22 Aug	24 Oct	26 Sep		8 Aug	27 Jun	12 Sep	20 Jun	25 Jul
Shamrock Rovers	21 Apr	28 Mar	9 May	23 Feb	30 May		25 Apr	5 May	7 Mar	11 Apr
26 Sep	1 Aug	29 Aug	20 Jun	3 Oct		22 Aug	1 Nov	19 May	27 Jun
Shelbourne	11 Apr	3–1	7 Mar	14 Mar	21 Apr	1–1		23 May	9 May	5 May
8 Aug	20 Jun	19 May	4 Jul	29 Aug	13 Jun		17 Oct	1 Nov	26 Sep
Sligo Rovers	10 May	15 Mar	2 May	26 Apr	12 Apr	2–1	28 Mar		30 May	2–3
30 Aug	12 Jul	20 Sep	25 Oct	23 Jun	5 Jul	2 Aug		27 Sep	14 Jun
St Patrick's Athletic	14 Mar	2–0	0–0	16 May	2 May	18 Apr	4 Apr	4–3		23 May
4 Jul	23 Jun	13 Jun	12 Sep	19 Sep	17 Oct	16 Jun	8 Aug		24 Oct
Waterford	7 Mar	25 Apr	30 May	2–1	9 May	16 May	0–1	18 Apr	28 Mar
20 Jun	17 Oct	3 Oct	11 Jul	1 Nov	12 Sep	23 Jun	22 Aug	1 Aug

Updated to match(es) played on 3 March 2025. Source: , Extratime.ie
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Waterford	2	4	2	1
Drogheda United	5	2	3	2
Shelbourne	1	1	1	3
St Patrick's Athletic	5	8	6	4
Galway United	4	3	4	5
Cork City	4	7	5	6
Bohemians	3	5	7	7
Sligo Rovers	8	10	10	8
Derry City	10	6	8	9
Shamrock Rovers	9	9	9	10

	Leader and qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
	Qualification for Conference League second qualifying round
	Qualification for Conference League first qualifying round
	Qualification for promotion/relegation play-off
	Relegation to League of Ireland First Division

Updated to match(es) played on 3 March 2025. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Season statistics

Top scorers As of 3 March 2025 Rank Player Club Goals 1 Aidan Keena St Patrick's Athletic 5 2 Patrick Hickey Galway United 3 3 Seán Boyd Shelbourne 2 Evan Caffrey Shelbourne Michael Duffy Derry City Cian Kavanagh Sligo Rovers Kyle White Waterford 8 30 players Various 1

Top assists As of 3 March 2025 Rank Player Club Assists 1 William Fitzgerald Sligo Rovers 3 2 Seán Boyd Shelbourne 2 Bobby Burns Galway United Jeannot Esua Galway United Brandon Kavanagh St Patrick's Athletic Rowan McDonald Waterford Rio Shipston Cork City 8 16 players Various 1 Clean sheets As of 3 March 2025 Rank Player Club Clean sheets 1 Luke Dennison Drogheda United 3 2 Joseph Anang St Patrick's Athletic 2 3 Conor Kearns Shelbourne 1 Brian Maher Derry City James Talbot Bohemians Discipline Player Most yellow cards: 3 Seán Boyd (Shelbourne) Shane Farrell (Drogheda United) Jad Hakiki (Sligo Rovers) Charlie Lyons (Cork City) Most red cards: 1 Freddie Anderson (Cork City) Barry Baggley (St Patrick's Athletic) Ryan Burke (Waterford) Robert Cornwall (Bohemians) Carl Winchester (Derry City) Club Most yellow cards: 16 Derry City Most red cards: 1 Bohemians Cork City Derry City St Patrick's Athletic Waterford See also 2025 League of Ireland First Division References "2025 League of Ireland fixtures released". League of Ireland. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2024. "Date agreed for release of 2025 League of Ireland fixtures". Irish Mirror. 20 November 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2024. "Bohemians to meet Shamrock Rovers at Aviva Stadium in league opener". leagueofireland.ie. 27 November 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2024. Doyle, Garry (6 January 2025). "League of Ireland set to break new frontier in 2025". Irish Mirror. "Bragging rights for Bohemians on historic day for the League of Ireland". RTE Sport. 16 February 2025. Retrieved 17 February 2025. "Virgin Media Television secures exclusive rights for SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division". 27 January 2025. "Off The Ball secures national radio deal with League of Ireland for Newstalk". RadioToday. 10 February 2025. Retrieved 15 February 2025. "Cork City secure First Division title with win over UCD". Irish Examiner. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2024. "Dundalk relegated as Derry City maintain title push with St Pat's test to come". Irish Independent. 18 October 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2025. "PREMIER DIVISION". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 12 February 2024. This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.