2004 League of Ireland First Division

The 2004 League of Ireland First Division season was the 20th season of the League of Ireland First Division.

League of Ireland First Division

Season	2004
Champions	Finn Harps
Promoted	UCD Bray Wanderers
Top goalscorer	Kevin McHugh: 22 (2) (Finn Harps)[1][2]
← 2003 2005 →

Overview

The First Division was contested by 12 teams and Finn Harps won the division. Each team played the other teams three times, totalling 33 games. The 2005 season would see the League of Ireland Premier Division revert to 12 twelve teams. To facilitate this expansion there was no promotion/relegation play-off this season and the second and third placed teams, UCD and Bray Wanderers, were automatically promoted.^[3][4][2]

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Finn Harps	33	23	7	3	60	19	+41	76	Promoted to Premier Division
2	UCD	33	22	9	2	63	21	+42	75	Promoted to Premier Division
3	Bray Wanderers	33	19	8	6	62	29	+33	65
4	Kildare County	33	18	8	7	54	32	+22	62
5	Galway United	33	14	10	9	55	49	+6	52
6	Dundalk	33	14	4	15	46	57	−11	46
7	Sligo Rovers	33	11	5	17	46	50	−4	38
8	Cobh Ramblers	33	7	11	15	47	53	−6	32
9	Kilkenny City	33	6	9	18	28	53	−25	27
10	Athlone Town	33	9	2	22	42	68	−26	26[a]
11	Monaghan United	33	8	5	20	28	63	−35	26[b]
12	Limerick	33	4	8	21	18	55	−37	20

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Athlone Town deducted 3 points for fielding an unregistered player.
2. Monaghan United deducted 3 points for fielding an unregistered player.

Top scorers

Player	Club	Goals
Kevin McHugh	Finn Harps	22
Éamon Zayed	Bray Wanderers	17
Martin Reilly	Kildare County	16
Willie Doyle	UCD	16
Trevor Vaughan	Dundalk	14

Source:^[1][2]

Gallery

• 
  The locations of the clubs that competed in the 2004 League of Ireland season

See also

• 2004 League of Ireland Premier Division
• 2004 League of Ireland Cup