1993–94 League of Ireland Premier Division

The 1993–94 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 9th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The division was made up of 12 teams. Shamrock Rovers won the title.

League of Ireland Premier Division

Season	1993–94
Champions	Shamrock Rovers (15th title)
Relegated	Limerick F.C. Drogheda United
UEFA Cup	Shamrock Rovers Cork City
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Sligo Rovers[note 1]
Top goalscorer	Stephen Geoghegan:23 (Shamrock Rovers) [1][2]
← 1992–93 1994–95 →

Regular season

The regular season initially saw the 12 teams use a traditional round-robin format with each team playing 22 games on a home and away basis. The division was then split into two groups, a top six and a bottom six. After the split, the six teams played the other teams in their group in a second series of 10 games again using a round-robin format.^[2][3]

Final Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shamrock Rovers (C)	32	21	3	8	62	30	+32	66	Qualification to UEFA Cup preliminary round
2	Cork City	32	17	8	7	60	36	+24	59
3	Galway United	32	14	8	10	47	42	+5	50
4	Derry City	32	12	10	10	37	35	+2	46
5	Shelbourne	32	11	10	11	42	42	0	43
6	Bohemians	32	11	8	13	34	35	−1	41
7	Monaghan United	32	13	8	11	41	38	+3	47
8	Dundalk	32	10	13	9	37	27	+10	43
9	St Patrick's Athletic	32	9	12	11	32	38	−6	39
10	Cobh Ramblers (O)	32	8	8	16	31	41	−10	32	Qualification to Relegation play-off
11	Limerick (R)	32	6	11	15	23	50	−27	29	Relegation to League of Ireland First Division
12	Drogheda United (R)	32	7	7	18	26	58	−32	28

Source: www.rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Matches 1–22

Home \ Away	BOH	COB	COR	DER	DRO	DUN	GAL	LIM	MON	SHM	SHE	StP
Bohemians	—	2–0	3–4	2–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–0
Cobh Ramblers	0–0	—	2–1	1–3	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–0	2–0	1–3	1–1	0–1
Cork City	2–0	2–0	—	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	3–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–1
Derry City	3–0	2–0	0–1	—	1–1	1–4	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–4	2–0
Drogheda United	0–4	1–3	0–5	0–1	—	0–3	1–4	0–2	1–4	2–1	2–2	1–1
Dundalk	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–2	0–1	—	0–0	0–0	1–3	1–2	5–1	0–2
Galway United	1–1	4–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	—	1–2	1–0	0–5	1–1	1–2
Limerick	0–0	1–5	1–7	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–3	—	2–3	0–2	0–0	2–1
Monaghan United	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	—	0–1	4–5	1–2
Shamrock Rovers	2–1	3–0	3–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	7–3	2–1	—	2–0	2–0
Shelbourne	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	—	1–0
St Patrick's Athletic	0–0	1–1	3–4	0–0	4–1	0–0	2–3	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	—

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

Matches 23–32

Top Six Home \ Away BOH COR DER GAL SHM SHE Bohemians — 1–1 1–3 0–1 1–2 2–0 Cork City 3–1 — 4–2 2–0 2–1 3–1 Derry City 4–0 3–2 — 1–1 1–0 0–0 Galway United 3–1 0–1 2–1 — 2–3 2–5 Shamrock Rovers 1–2 2–0 3–0 2–5 — 2–1 Shelbourne 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–3 — Source: [citation needed] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Bottom Six Home \ Away COB DRO DUN LIM MON StP Cobh Ramblers — 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 Drogheda United 2–1 — 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 Dundalk 0–0 4–0 — 2–0 1–1 0–2 Limerick 0–0 1–0 2–1 — 2–1 2–2 Monaghan United 2–1 3–2 1–1 2–1 — 0–0 St Patrick's Athletic 0–5 1–3 0–0 1–0 1–2 — Source: [citation needed] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion/relegation play-off

Cobh Ramblers F.C. who finished in tenth place played off against Finn Harps F.C., the third placed team from the 1993–94 League of Ireland First Division.^[2][4]

1st leg

Finn Harps F.C. v Cobh Ramblers F.C.

9 April 1994

Finn Harps F.C.

1–0

Cobh Ramblers F.C.

2nd leg

Cobh Ramblers F.C. v Finn Harps F.C.

16 April 1994

Cobh Ramblers F.C.

3–0

Finn Harps F.C.

Cobh Ramblers F.C. won 3–1 on aggregate and retain their place in the Premier Division ^[2]

See also

• 1993–94 League of Ireland First Division

Notes

1. Sligo Rovers who played in the First Division qualified for the 1994–95 European Cup Winners' Cup after winning the 1993–94 FAI Cup final.