All-time FAI Premier Division table

This is The All-Time League Table in the top tier of League of Ireland football. In this table three points are awarded for a win although at the time two points may have been awarded. Please note that each team, when namechanges have occurred, are written with the name they used last. See the notes on namechanges for clarifications. After the 2002/03 season Ireland changed to spring-autumn system. An intermediate championship was played in the autumn of 2003. * indicate points deducted or awarded, see the notes below. Current Premier Division sides in bold

Table (1921/22-2007)

Correct as of 6 December 2007

Position	Team	Seasons	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Titles
1	Shamrock Rovers	85	2,071	1,002	495	574	3,951	2,630	+1,321	3,493*	15
2	Bohemians	87	2,120	909	505	706	3,483	2,917	+566	3,227*	9
3	Shelbourne	83	2,025	873	494	658	3,563	2,890	+673	3,113	13
4	Dundalk	74	1,763	763	428	572	3,028	2,518	+510	2,717	9
5	St Patrick's Athletic	57	1,565	629	422	514	2,310	2,143	+167	2,293*	7
6	Waterford	62	1,529	627	328	574	2,670	2,539	+131	2,209	6
7	Sligo Rovers	55	1,410	474	323	613	2,038	2,509	-470	1,745	2
8	Drumconda	44	894	347	205	342	1,574	1,633	-59	1,246	5
9	Limerick	56	1,318	458	302	558	1,929	2,192	-263	1,246	2
10	Cork City	24	769	341	216	212	1037	788	+249	1,236*	2
11	Drogheda United	35	996	295	284	417	1,212	1,489	-277	1,168*	1
12	Athlone Town	30	794	301	177	316	1,183	1,197	-14	1,080	2
13	Derry City	21	688	290	203	195	905	640	+265	1,073	2
14	Cork Celtic	28	660	259	149	252	1,156	1,079	+77	926	1
15	Finn Harps	22	638	255	145	238	1,014	941	+73	910
16	Cork United (folded 1948)	24	442	216	73	153	1,043	827	+216	721	5
17	Galway United	22	671	179	181	311	746	1,081	-335	718
18	U.C.D.	20	618	168	186	264	618	826	-208	690
19	Cork Hibernians	19	443	192	110	141	735	608	+127	686	1
20	St James Gate	23	440	175	69	196	905	894	+11	594	2
21	Dublin City	17	475	110	101	264	495	856	-361	431
22	Bray Wanderers	12	375	89	106	180	375	588	-213	373
23	Brideville	16	314	94	71	149	542	744	-202	353
24	Bray Unknowns F.C.	11	372	93	58	221	599	1,041	-442	337
25	Longford Town	9	291	85	83	123	296	383	-87	332*
26	Transport F.C.	14	296	78	63	155	433	661	-128	297
27	Cork Athletic	9	186	76	33	77	360	345	+15	261	2
28	Dolphin F.C.	7	142	68	25	49	314	265	+49	229	1
29	Cork United (folded 1982)	6	176	50	39	87	192	274	-82	189
30	Jacobs FC	11	206	47	41	118	301	545	-244	182
31	Thurles Town	5	150	29	32	89	167	340	-173	119
32	Cobh Ramblers	3	98	19	28	51	89	146	- 57	85
33	Monaghan United	3	98	20	18	60	82	198	-116	78
34	Shelbourne United	2	40	20	6	14	73	68	+5	66
35	Pioneers F.C.	4	76	13	5	58	95	271	-176	44
36	Reds United	1	22	12	1	9	45	47	-2	37
37	Olympia F.C.	2	36	8	10	18	33	78	-45	34
38	Dublin United F.C.	2	36	9	3	24	55	109	-54	30
39	Brooklyn F.C.	2	36	8	5	23	47	94	-47	29
40	Midland Athletic F.C.	2	40	9	2	29	43	130	-87	29
41	Cork Bohemians F.C.	2	36	6	10	20	48	79	-31	28
42	Kilkenny City	2	66	5	13	48	41	129	-88	28
43	Frankfort F.C.	1	14	3	5	6	22	32	-10	14
44	Rathmines Athletic F.C.	1	22	2	1	19	21	74	-53	7
45	YMCA Dublin F.C.	1	14	0	3	11	17	43	-26	3

Notes on Points Deductions and Such

Bohemians had two points deducted during the 1925/26 season which were given to Fordsons, which thus had points awarded to them. * The championship playoff during the 1970/71 season between Cork Hibernians and Shamrock Rovers which ended 3-1 is counted in the table. * 1981/82 Ireland had a pointsystem devised as such: 4 points for an awaywin, 3 points for a homewin, 2 points for an awaydraw, 1 point for a homedraw and of course 0 points for a defeat. Cork United (the Cork United from the late 1970's and early 1980's of course) & Thurles Town folded after that season. The Republic of Ireland adopted the 3 points for a win system before starting the 1982/83 season, then switched back to the two points for a win system, and then again introduced the three points for a win system from the 1993/94 season on. * Drogheda United had one point deducted during the 1991/92-season. * Cork City had three points deducted during the 1995/96-season. St. Patricks had fifteen points deducted during the 2001/02-season for on five different occasions fielding an ineligible player. * Shamrock Rovers had 8 points deducted during the 2005-season for financial irregularities in license application. * Bohemians had 3 points deducted for fielding a suspended player in a game during the 2006-season. * Dublin City withdrew after 17 games of the 2006-season because of financial difficulties. They had achieved the following when they withdrew: 17 4 3 10 11-24 15. * Longford Town had 6 points deducted during the 2007-season for failing to meet licensing requirements.

Notes on Name Changes

Fordsons joined the league in 1925, changed their name to Cork in 1930, to Cork City in 1938 and finally to Cork United 1939 which left the league in 1948. * Cork Bohemians joined in 1932 and left in 1934. * Cork Athletic joined in 1948 and left in 1957. * Evergreen United joined the league in 1951 and changed their name to Cork Celtic in 1959 which left the league in 1979. * Cork Hibernians existed 1957/58 - 1975/76 and folded in 1976. * Albert Rovers joined the league in 1976 and changed their name to Cork Albert and then to Cork Alberts in 1977. Two years later the club changed name to Cork United and finally folded in 1982. * The present day Cork City came into existence in 1984. * Drogheda have also played under the name Drogheda United. * Galway United have also played under the name Galway Rovers. * Waterford was renamed Waterford United in 1982. * Drumcondra merged with Home Farm in 1972 as Home Farm, later Home Farm Everton and Home Farm Fingal. From the 2001/02 season: Dublin City. * Limerick existed from 1937-1979, then they changed to Limerick United. In 1983 the club was rearranged as Limerick City, in 1992 name change to Limerick FC. * Where Olympia came from is unknown, it was probably Dublin. * Longford changed name to Longford Town in the 1990's. When the 2001/02-season started St. Patrick's Athletic and St. Francis had proposed merging. For a hort time they used St. Patrick's Athletic incorporating St. Francis. However, this amalgamation didn't happen so the results by that team are counted on St. Patrick's Athletic's.