1983–84 League of Ireland

Statistics of League of Ireland in the 1983–1984 season.

League of Ireland

Season	1983–84
Champions	Shamrock Rovers (11th title)
← 1982–83 1984–85 →

Overview

It was contested by 14 teams, and Shamrock Rovers won the championship.^[1]

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Shamrock Rovers (C)	26	19	4	3	64	15	+49	42	Qualification to 1984–85 European Cup
2	Bohemians	26	13	10	3	39	20	+19	36	Qualification to 1984–85 UEFA Cup
3	Athlone Town	26	15	4	7	44	28	+16	34
4	Limerick City	26	13	7	6	38	26	+12	33
5	Shelbourne	26	9	10	7	41	34	+7	28
6	UCD	26	9	10	7	24	23	+1	28	Qualification to 1984–85 European Cup Winners' Cup[a]
7	Dundalk	26	9	9	8	38	31	+7	27
8	Waterford United	26	10	6	10	34	34	0	26
9	Finn Harps	26	8	8	10	36	46	−10	24
10	St Patrick's Athletic	26	8	7	11	36	37	−1	23
11	Drogheda United	26	10	2	14	37	54	−17	22
12	Galway United	26	6	9	11	26	33	−7	21
13	Home Farm	26	4	4	18	16	54	−38	12
14	Sligo Rovers	26	2	4	20	20	58	−38	8

Source: www.rsssf.com
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. UCD qualified for the 1984–85 European Cup Winners' Cup after winning the 1983–84 FAI Cup final.

Cork City and Longford Town were elected to the league for next season.

Results

Home \ Away	ATH	BOH	DRO	DUN	FHA	GAL	HOM	LIM	SHM	SHE	SLI	StP	UCD	WAT
Athlone Town	—	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	3–1	0–1	2–1
Bohemians	1–0	—	5–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	3–0	0–0	0–0	1–2
Drogheda United	1–4	0–1	—	0–3	2–1	2–1	3–1	0–1	0–7	2–2	1–3	3–1	1–0	3–1
Dundalk	0–2	1–1	3–0	—	1–2	1–0	3–1	2–2	0–1	5–3	4–0	1–2	0–2	3–2
Finn Harps	1–1	0–1	2–3	1–1	—	3–2	3–0	0–2	2–1	1–1	3–2	2–2	1–2	3–2
Galway United	0–0	0–1	2–2	2–1	3–3	—	1–2	3–0	0–3	0–2	1–0	1–3	0–0	2–0
Home Farm	2–3	0–3	0–4	1–1	0–0	1–1	—	1–2	0–5	0–5	2–1	0–4	0–2	1–3
Limerick City	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–2	0–2	1–0	2–0	—	0–1	1–1	4–1	3–2	2–0	1–0
Shamrock Rovers	4–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	5–1	4–1	1–0	1–1	—	3–1	5–0	1–0	2–1	2–0
Shelbourne	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–0	5–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	3–2	—	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1
Sligo Rovers	1–2	3–4	2–3	0–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–2	0–0	—	2–1	0–0	0–2
St Patrick's Athletic	3–2	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–4	3–3	2–0	—	1–1	0–2
UCD	2–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–2	1–0	2–1	3–2	—	0–1
Waterford United	1–0	1–3	2–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–2	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–2	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Alan Campbell	Shamrock Rovers	24
2	Brendan Bradley	Finn Harps	16
3	Liam Buckley	Shamrock Rovers	14
4	Jackie Jameson	Bohemians	13
4	Benny Laryea	Dundalk	13
6	Mick Bennett	Waterford	12
6	Des Kennedy	Limerick City	12
8	Roddy Collins	Athlone Town	11
9	John Delamere	Shelbourne	10
10	Eugene Davis	St Patrick's Athletic	9
10	Brian Duff	Galway United	9