Season | 2025 |
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Dates | 14 February 2025 – 1 November 2025 |
Matches played | 119 |
Goals scored | 297 (2.5 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Pádraig Amond Moses Dyer (10 goals each) |
Biggest home win | Derry City 7–2Waterford (4 July 2025) |
Biggest away win | Waterford 0–4Sligo Rovers (18 April 2025) |
Highest scoring | Derry City 7–2 Waterford (4 July 2025) |
Longest winning run | Shamrock Rovers (5 matches) |
Longest unbeaten run | Shamrock Rovers (11 matches) |
Longest winless run | Cork City (12 matches) |
Longest losing run | Waterford (7 matches) |
Highest attendance | 33,208 Bohemians 1–0 Shamrock Rovers (16 February 2025) |
Lowest attendance | 1,742 Galway United 2–1 Cork City (23 May 2025) |
Total attendance | 472,370 |
Average attendance | 3,969 |
←2024 2026 → All statistics correct as of 5 July 2025. |
The2025 League of Ireland Premier Division, known as theSSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division for sponsorship reasons,[1] is the 41st season of theLeague of Ireland Premier Division, the top Irish league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1985.
The competition began on 14 February 2025 and is set to conclude on 1 November 2025.[2] As part of the opening weekend of fixtures, the derby betweenarch-rivals Bohemians and Shamrock Rovers took place at theAviva Stadium, the national football stadium of theRepublic of Ireland where a record Premier Division crowd of 33,208 was present.[3] The 2025 season became the first year that the league is entirely made up of full-time professional clubs and players.[4][5]
On 27 January 2025, it was announced thatVirgin Media Television (Ireland) would become the "sole and exclusive free to air broadcaster of the SSE Airtricity Men’s Premier Division" for the next four years, pledging to show one live game from each round of the division.[6] A new radio deal for broadcasting onNewstalk was announced just before the season started.[7]
The league consists of ten teams – the top nine teams from theprevious season and one team promoted as champions from theFirst Division,Cork City.[8] They replacedDundalk, who were relegated after 16 consecutive seasons in the top flight.[9]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined underFIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Bohemians | ![]() | ![]() | O'Neills | Des Kelly Interiors |
Cork City | ![]() | ![]() | Rebel Army | Zeus Packaging |
Derry City | ![]() | ![]() | O'Neills | Diamond Corrugated |
Drogheda United | ![]() | ![]() | Macron | NoFo Brew Co |
Galway United | ![]() | ![]() | O'Neills | Comer Property Management |
Shamrock Rovers | ![]() | ![]() | Macron | MASCOT Workwear |
Shelbourne | ![]() | ![]() | O'Neills | Chadwicks |
Sligo Rovers | ![]() | ![]() | Umbro | Avant Money |
St Patrick's Athletic | ![]() | ![]() | Umbro | Manguard Plus |
Waterford | ![]() | ![]() | Puma | DG Foods |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in the table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Derry City | ![]() | Mutual consent | 15 November 2024[10] | Pre-season | ![]() | 18 November 2024[11] |
Waterford | ![]() | Sacked | 19 April 2025[12] | 8th | ![]() | 20 April 2025[13] |
![]() | End of interim spell | 6 May 2025[14] | ![]() | 3 May 2025[14] | ||
Cork City | ![]() | Resigned | 9 May 2025[15] | 9th | ![]() ![]() | 14 May 2025[16] |
![]() ![]() | End of interim spell | 15 May 2025[17] | ![]() | 15 May 2025[18] | ||
Shelbourne | ![]() | Resigned | 22 June 2025[19] | 6th | ![]() | 22 June 2025[19][20] |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Shamrock Rovers | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 44 | 23 | +21 | 49 | Qualification forChampions League first qualifying round |
2 | Derry City | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 24 | +11 | 40 | Qualification forConference League second qualifying round |
3 | Bohemians | 23 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 27 | 22 | +5 | 38 | Qualification forConference League first qualifying round |
4 | Drogheda United | 25 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 38 | |
5 | Shelbourne | 25 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 35 | |
6 | St Patrick's Athletic | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 32 | |
7 | Galway United | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 29 | |
8 | Waterford | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 42 | −16 | 27 | |
9 | Sligo Rovers | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 20 | Qualification forpromotion/relegation play-off |
10 | Cork City | 23 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 41 | −17 | 15 | Relegation toLeague of Ireland First Division |
Teams play each other four times (twice at home and twice away).
Home \ Away | BOH | DER | DRO | COR | GAL | SHM | SHE | SLI | STP | WAT |
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Bohemians | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | |
12 Sep | 1 Aug | 22 Aug | 11 Jul | 2–0 | 24 Oct | 1–1 | 3 Oct | 19 Sep | ||
Derry City | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
25 Jul | 0–0 | 8 Aug | 1–1 | 24 Oct | 19 Sep | 3 Oct | 29 Aug | 7–2 | ||
Drogheda United | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
1 Nov | 26 Sep | 17 Oct | 1–0 | 1–2 | 12 Sep | 1–0 | 22 Aug | 8 Aug | ||
Cork City | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | |
0–2 | 1 Nov | 1–1 | 1 Aug | 19 Sep | 3 Oct | 25 Jul | 3–0 | 29 Aug | ||
Galway United | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
17 Oct | 22 Aug | 24 Oct | 26 Sep | 8 Aug | 1–1 | 12 Sep | 3–1 | 25 Jul | ||
Shamrock Rovers | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
26 Sep | 1 Aug | 29 Aug | 4–1 | 3 Oct | 22 Aug | 1 Nov | 4–0 | 1–0 | ||
Shelbourne | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
8 Aug | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 29 Aug | 1–2 | 17 Oct | 1 Nov | 26 Sep | ||
Sligo Rovers | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | |
30 Aug | 12 Jul | 20 Sep | 25 Oct | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2 Aug | 27 Sep | 1–0 | ||
St Patrick's Athletic | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 2–2 | |
0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 12 Sep | 19 Sep | 17 Oct | 0–1 | 8 Aug | 24 Oct | ||
Waterford | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | |
2–1 | 17 Oct | 3 Oct | 11 Jul | 1 Nov | 12 Sep | 2–2 | 22 Aug | 1 Aug |
To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8.
Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
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Shamrock Rovers | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Derry City | 10 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
Bohemians | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||
Drogheda United | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||
Shelbourne | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||
St Patrick's Athletic | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||
Galway United | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||
Waterford | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |||||||||||||
Sligo Rovers | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||
Cork City | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Leader and qualification forChampions League first qualifying round | |
Qualification forConference League second qualifying round | |
Qualification forConference League first qualifying round | |
Qualification forpromotion/relegation play-off | |
Relegation toLeague of Ireland First Division |
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() | Waterford | 10 |
![]() | Galway United | ||
3 | ![]() | Derry City | 8 |
![]() | Derry City | ||
![]() | Sligo Rovers | ||
6 | ![]() | Shamrock Rovers | 7 |
![]() | Drogheda United | ||
8 | ![]() | Shamrock Rovers | 6 |
![]() | Shamrock Rovers | ||
![]() | St Patrick's Athletic | ||
![]() | St Patrick's Athletic | ||
![]() | Derry City | ||
![]() | Shamrock Rovers | ||
![]() | Shelbourne |
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref. |
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![]() | Bohemians | Waterford | 3–0 (A) | 7 March 2025 | [22] |
![]() | Shelbourne | Sligo Rovers | 3–2 (H) | 23 May 2025 | [23] |
![]() | Derry City | Waterford | 7–2 (H) | 4 July 2025 | [24] |
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
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1 | ![]() | St Patrick's Athletic | 11 |
![]() | Drogheda United | ||
3 | ![]() | Derry City | 9 |
4 | ![]() | Bohemians | 7 |
![]() | Shamrock Rovers | ||
6 | ![]() | Shelbourne | 4 |
7 | ![]() | Sligo Rovers | 3 |
![]() | Galway United | ||
9 | ![]() | Waterford | 2 |
![]() | Bohemians |