1994–95 League of Ireland Premier Division

The 1994–95 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 10th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The division was made up of 12 teams. Dundalk F.C. won the title.

League of Ireland Premier Division

Season	1994–95
Champions	Dundalk F.C. (9th title)
Relegated	Cobh Ramblers Monaghan United
UEFA Cup	Dundalk F.C. Shelbourne
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Derry City
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Bohemians
Top goalscorer	John Caulfield: 16 (Cork City) [1][2]
← 1993–94 1995–96 →

Regular season

This season saw the league revert to the format of each team playing three rounds of games, playing every other team three times.^[2][3]

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dundalk (C)	33	17	8	8	41	25	+16	59	Qualification to UEFA Cup preliminary round
2	Derry City	33	16	10	7	45	30	+15	58	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
3	Shelbourne	33	16	9	8	45	32	+13	57	Qualification to UEFA Cup preliminary round
4	Bohemians	33	14	11	8	48	30	+18	53	Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
5	St Patrick's Athletic	33	13	14	6	53	36	+17	53
6	Shamrock Rovers	33	14	9	10	45	36	+9	51
7	Cork City	33	15	4	14	55	42	+13	49
8	Sligo Rovers	33	12	7	14	43	42	+1	43
9	Galway United	33	10	9	14	39	53	−14	39
10	Athlone Town (O)	33	6	14	13	31	44	−13	32	Qualification to Relegation play-off
11	Cobh Ramblers (R)	33	5	11	17	29	51	−22	26	Relegation to League of Ireland First Division
12	Monaghan United (R)	33	5	4	24	22	75	−53	19

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

Results

Matches 1–22

Home \ Away	ATH	BOH	COB	COR	DER	DUN	GAL	MON	SHM	SHE	SLI	StP
Athlone Town	—	0–0	0–2	2–3	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–2	0–0	0–0	2–2
Bohemians	3–1	—	4–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	2–4	3–3	0–1	1–1
Cobh Ramblers	0–0	0–1	—	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–2	0–2	0–3	0–0	1–1	1–0
Cork City	4–2	2–1	3–0	—	2–4	2–0	0–0	4–0	1–1	0–1	3–2	3–1
Derry City	2–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	—	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–2	4–3	0–3
Dundalk	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–3	1–1	—	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0
Galway United	1–2	2–2	0–5	2–1	1–4	0–0	—	5–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–0
Monaghan United	1–0	0–1	3–1	0–5	0–1	0–4	2–3	—	0–1	1–1	0–6	0–0
Shamrock Rovers	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	4–0	3–0	1–2	3–0	—	0–0	1–0	1–1
Shelbourne	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–3	0–2	3–1	—	1–3	0–2
Sligo Rovers	0–0	1–0	3–1	3–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–2	—	4–1
St Patrick's Athletic	1–1	0–0	5–0	3–4	1–1	1–0	4–2	2–0	3–3	1–0	5–0	—

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

Matches 23–33

Home \ Away	ATH	BOH	COB	COR	DER	DUN	GAL	MON	SHM	SHE	SLI	StP
Athlone Town	—	—	1–0	1–4	1–1	—	—	1–0	1–0	—	1–0	—
Bohemians	2–2	—	3–0	—	—	0–0	2–0	—	—	1–2	—	—
Cobh Ramblers	—	—	—	1–0	1–1	—	—	5–0	0–2	—	—	0–1
Cork City	—	1–2	—	—	0–2	0–1	—	1–3	0–1	—	2–0	—
Derry City	—	1–1	—	—	—	—	2–0	—	1–0	2–0	—	2–0
Dundalk	1–0	—	1–0	—	2–0	—	2–0	6–0	—	1–1	—	—
Galway United	0–1	—	1–0	0–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–2	2–4
Monaghan United	—	1–2	—	—	0–5	—	1–2	—	1–2	—	—	0–1
Shamrock Rovers	—	0–2	—	—	—	2–1	1–1	—	—	0–3	0–2	1–1
Shelbourne	3–1	—	3–0	1–0	—	—	2–1	3–1	—	—	—	1–1
Sligo Rovers	—	0–2	2–2	—	1–0	0–1	—	2–0	—	0–1	—	—
St Patrick's Athletic	1–1	1–1	—	2–1	—	1–1	—	—	—	—	3–1	—

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

Promotion/relegation play-off

Athlone Town who finished in tenth place played off against Finn Harps F.C., the third placed team from the 1994–95 League of Ireland First Division.^[2][4]

1st leg

Finn Harps F.C. v Athlone Town

Finn Harps F.C.

0–0

Athlone Town

2nd leg

Athlone Town v Finn Harps F.C.

Athlone Town

0–0

Finn Harps F.C.

Athlone Town won 5–3 on penalties and retain their place in the Premier Division ^[2]

See also

• 1994–95 League of Ireland First Division