1991–92 League of Ireland Premier Division

The 1991–92 League of Ireland Premier Division was the seventh season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The Premier Division was made up of 12 teams.

League of Ireland Premier Division

Season	1991–92
Champions	Shelbourne F.C. (8th title)
Relegated	Athlone Town Galway United
European Cup	Shelbourne F.C.
UEFA Cup	Derry City
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Bohemian F.C.
Top goalscorer	John Caulfield: 16 (Cork City)[1][2]
← 1990–91 1992–93 →

Overview

The Premier Division was contested by 12 teams and Shelbourne F.C. won the championship. ^[2][3]

Final Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shelbourne (C)	33	21	7	5	57	29	+28	49	Qualification to Champions League preliminary round
2	Derry City	33	17	10	6	49	21	+28	44	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Cork City	33	16	11	6	47	30	+17	43
4	Dundalk	33	14	12	7	44	31	+13	40
5	Bohemians	33	14	9	10	45	34	+11	37	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
6	Shamrock Rovers	33	9	15	9	33	30	+3	33
7	St Patrick's Athletic	33	9	11	13	38	46	−8	29
8	Bray Wanderers	33	8	10	15	17	37	−20	26
9	Sligo Rovers	33	7	11	15	33	42	−9	25
10	Drogheda United[b]	33	6	13	14	23	46	−23	24
11	Athlone Town (R)	33	6	11	16	31	50	−19	23	Relegation to League of Ireland First Division
12	Galway United (R)	33	7	8	18	37	58	−21	22

Source: www.rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Bohemians qualified for the 1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup after winning the 1991–92 FAI Cup final.
2. Drogheda United were docked 1 point for a player registration irregularity.

Results

Matches 1–22

Home \ Away	ATH	BOH	BRW	COR	DER	DRO	DUN	GAL	SHM	SHE	SLI	StP
Athlone Town	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	0–2	0–0	2–3
Bohemians	2–0	—	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1
Bray Wanderers	1–1	1–0	—	0–0	0–3	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–1
Cork City	1–1	1–1	2–0	—	0–0	0–0	4–0	2–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	3–1
Derry City	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	—	7–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–2	0–0	1–1
Drogheda United	2–1	0–3	0–1	1–3	0–2	—	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–1	0–0
Dundalk	4–1	0–1	4–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	—	2–1	0–0	0–2	1–0	1–0
Galway United	1–0	4–4	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–2	0–2	—	0–2	1–3	5–1	4–0
Shamrock Rovers	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–3	0–1	0–1	1–1	3–0	—	1–2	2–0	1–1
Shelbourne	2–0	1–2	3–0	3–3	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	—	1–0	1–0
Sligo Rovers	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–2	2–3	1–2	5–1	0–1	1–4	—	0–0
St Patrick's Athletic	1–1	3–2	2–1	2–4	0–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	—

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

Matches 23–33

Home \ Away	ATH	BOH	BRW	COR	DER	DRO	DUN	GAL	SHM	SHE	SLI	StP
Athlone Town	—	—	—	3–2	—	—	2–1	0–1	—	1–2	1–1	—
Bohemians	1–0	—	—	—	1–2	1–1	2–3	—	0–0	—	—	—
Bray Wanderers	0–1	1–0	—	2–1	—	—	—	0–2	—	0–2	—	0–0
Cork City	—	1–0	—	—	—	0–0	—	2–1	1–0	—	—	2–1
Derry City	2–2	—	0–0	0–1	—	—	0–2	—	3–1	—	3–1	—
Drogheda United	1–2	—	0–1	—	1–0	—	—	1–0	0–0	—	0–3	—
Dundalk	—	—	0–0	1–1	—	0–0	—	—	—	1–3	0–1	—
Galway United	—	3–2	—	—	1–1	—	2–2	—	2–2	0–5	—	1–0
Shamrock Rovers	2–1	—	1–1	—	—	—	1–1	—	—	—	1–2	2–1
Shelbourne	—	2–1	—	0–1	0–5	2–1	—	—	2–1	—	0–0	—
Sligo Rovers	—	1–2	0–1	0–2	—	—	—	3–0	—	—	—	0–0
St Patrick's Athletic	6–3	1–3	—	—	2–1	2–1	0–2	—	—	1–2	—	—

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

See also

• 1991–92 League of Ireland First Division