League of Ireland

Founded	1921; 105 years ago (1921)
Country	Ireland (34 teams)
Other club from	Northern Ireland (1 team)
Confederation	UEFA
Divisions	Premier Division First Division National League Women's Premier Division MU20 Division MU17 Division WU17 Division MU15 Division MU14 Division
Number of clubs	55
Level on pyramid	1–3
Domestic cup(s)	FAI Cup President's Cup
League cup	League of Ireland Cup
Current champions	Shamrock Rovers F.C. (22nd title) (2025)
Most championships	Shamrock Rovers (22 titles)
Most appearances	Al Finucane (612)
Top scorer	Brendan Bradley (235)
Broadcaster(s)	Virgin Media Television LOI TV
Website	leagueofireland.ie
Current:2025 League of Ireland

TheLeague of Ireland is a nationalassociation footballleague consisting of professional clubs in theRepublic of Ireland andDerry City F.C. inNorthern Ireland. It is governed by theFootball Association of Ireland. It was the name of the single division top-level football league in the Republic of Ireland from its foundation in1921 until the introduction of a second division in 1985, upon which it became the name of the league in its entirety.

There are three divisions in the league as of the end of the 2025 season – thePremier Division andFirst Division for men, and theWomen's Premier Division.^[1] From 2026, a third tier for men, theNational League is anticipated to begin play.

The men's league is divided into thePremier Division and theFirst Division with ten teams in each division, andpromotion and relegation between the highest-placed teams in the First Division and the lowest-placed teams in the Premier Division. From 2026, theNational League will consist of a further twenty teams in two parallel conferences of ten teams, North and South. Underage divisions include theU19 Division,U17 Division, U15 Division, and most recently the U14 Division.

Of the twenty teams currently in the Premier Division and First Division, nineteen teams are located in the Republic of Ireland, while one –Derry City – is located in Northern Ireland. League teams also participated in two knockout cup competitions: theFAI Cup, organised by the FAI, and until its suspension in 2020, theLeague of Ireland Cup.

The league has always worked closely with the FAI, with which it formally merged in 2006. The league is currently sponsored bySSE Airtricity, and as such is known as theSSE Airtricity League for sponsorship reasons. In 2007, it became one of the first leagues in Europe to introduce asalary cap.

The League of Ireland was founded in1921 as a single division known as theA Division.^{[citation needed]} The inaugural season featured eight teams fromCounty Dublin, all of whom had spent the 1920–21 season playing in theLeinster Senior League:Bohemians,Dublin United,Frankfort,Jacobs,Olympia,St James's Gate,Shelbourne andYMCA.^[2][3] Bohemians and Shelbourne had previously played in the1919–20 Irish League. St James's Gate were the inaugural champions, and also went on to complete atreble, having also won both theFAI Cup and theLeinster Senior Cup.^[4][5]

The League expanded to twelve teams in1922–23. Among the new members wereShamrock Rovers, who would win the title at the first attempt, andAthlone Town, who became the first team from outside County Dublin to compete in the League. Along with Bohemians and Shelbourne, Shamrock Rovers would go on to dominate the League during the 1920s and 1930s.^{[citation needed]}

Bray Unknowns andFordsons became the second and third teams from outside County Dublin to join the League in1924–25, the latter also becoming the first team fromMunster to play in the league. The League continued to expand both numerically and geographically during its first two decades, withDundalk being elected in1926–27 and subsequently becoming the first team from outside County Dublin to win the title in1932–33. Dundalk were subsequently joined byWaterford in1930–31,Cork Bohemians in1932–33,Sligo Rovers in1934–35 andLimerick in1937–38. Sligo Rovers became only the second team from outside County Dublin to win the title in1936–37.^[2][3]

Cork United emerged as the strongest team in the League during theEmergency, winning five titles between1940–41 and1945–46, three of which in succession. However, they subsequently resigned from the League in1948.^[6]

The 1950s was marked by the emergence ofSt Patrick's Athletic and the re-emergence of Shamrock Rovers, with the former winning the title at the first attempt in1951–52 and claiming two more in the middle of the decade, and the latter winning their first title in fifteen years in1953–54. WhileDrumcondra and Dundalk won two titles each during the 1960s, Waterford were the dominant team of the decade by winning four titles, including three in succession between1967–68 and1969–70. Six different teams won the title during the 1970s, with Bohemians, Dundalk and Waterford each winning two titles. While Athlone Town won two titles at the start of the 1980s, the decade was marked by the four successive titles won by Shamrock Rovers between1983–84 and1986–87.

Following the conclusion of the1984–85 season, the League was restructured and the A Division was replaced by thePremier Division.^[2][3]

In 2002, the league was branded as the Eircom League after sponsors,Eircom.^[7]

A second division known as theB Division was introduced in 1964–65, featuringreserve teams andemerging senior teams. While there was no formalpromotion and relegation to and from the A Division, a number of B Division teams, including Athlone Town, Bray Wanderers,Home Farm,Longford Town,Monaghan United andUCD, were subsequently elected to the A Division.^[8][9]

The B Division was replaced as the second-level division by theFirst Division in1985, featuring first teams and promotion and relegation to and from the newPremier Division.^[2][10][11]

A third division known as theA Championship was introduced in2008, and like the former B Division featuredreserve teams andemerging senior teams. However, unlike the B Division, there waspromotion and relegation between thePremier Division,First Division and A Championship.^[12][13]

The A Championship was disbanded following the conclusion of the2011 season.

The FAI announced a new third tier, the National League, on 12 December 2024. The National League will be integrated into the existing football pyramid in Ireland, offering a clear route for promotion and relegation to and from the League of Ireland. The FAI aims to recruit 20 clubs in total for the new league, split into north and south divisions.^[14]

A number of youth leagues have also been introduced since the 2000–01 season.

• The original men's youth league was an under-21 division, and later became an under-20 division before becoming anunder-19 division, the winners of which are awarded the Dr Tony O'Neill Cup.^[15][16] In February 2024, the league returned to under-20 status.^[17]
• A women's under-19 youth league was introduced in 2021.^[18] In September 2025, this was replaced by an expanded under-23 development league, funded byUEFA.^[19][20]
• A men'sunder-17 division was introduced in 2015.^[21][22][23] A women'sunder-17 division followed in July 2018.^[24]
• An under-15 division for boys was introduced with a truncated season in 2017, before fully aligning with the league calendar in 2018.^[25][26][27] A limited number of overage players are allowed to play in this division.^[28]
• An Under-13 division for boys was introduced in March 2019.^[29][30][31] The 20 League of Ireland teams were joined by four non-league entities in entering a team; the four entities were Kildare & District Underage League,Kerry League,Mayo League and Monaghan/Cavan FP. The 24 teams were divided into four leagues of six teams each, with the top two teams from each league, along with two best-placed third-placed teams, set to qualify for a finals stage.^[32][33] TheCoronavirus pandemic sports shutdown forced this to become an Under-14 division, to accommodate players who had lost a year, and this change later became permanent.^[34][35][28]

There are 20 teams in the League, organised into two divisions: thePremier Division (formerly the A Division) and theFirst Division (formerly theB Division), which were renamed in 1985. There are ten teams in each division, and in a given season each team plays the other nine four times: twice at home and twice away, resulting in a total of 36 games per season.

Teams gain three points for a win, one for a draw, and zero for a loss. At the end of the season, the last-placed team in the Premier Division is relegated, with the winner of the First Division being promoted in their place. The second- to fourth-placed teams in the First Division compete in a playoff series, the winner of which plays the ninth-placed team in the Premier Division to determine the final place in the Premier Division for the following season.

Player transfers may only take place within predeterminedtransfer windows. The winter transfer window for the League of Ireland is open from 1 December to February 22, making it one of the longest in the men’s professional game.^[36] Player registrations cannot be exchanged outside these windows.

Derry City

Drogheda United

Dundalk

Dublin

Galway United

Sligo Rovers

Waterford

Dublin teams
Bohemians
St Patrick's Athletic
Shamrock Rovers
Shelbourne

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Locations of Premier Division teams

Bohemians

St Patrick's Athletic

Shamrock Rovers

Shelbourne

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Locations of Dublin Premier Division teams

Athlone Town

Bray Wanderers

Cobh Ramblers

Cork City

Finn Harps

Kerry

Longford Town

Treaty United

Wexford

UCD

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Locations of the First Division teams

Apart from the current twenty members, at least 38 other clubs have competed in the League of Ireland at one time or another. Some of these clubs are still active, playing in intermediate and junior leagues. The list below only includes teams that played in the A Division, thePremier Division and theFirst Division.

Source:^[2][3]

County	Titles	Most successful club
Dublin	60	Shamrock Rovers F.C. (22)
Louth	15	Dundalk (14)
Cork	12	Cork United (5)
Waterford	6	Waterford (6)
Sligo	3	Sligo Rovers (3)
Londonderry	2	Derry City (2)
Limerick	2	Limerick (2)
Westmeath	2	Athlone Town (2)

For each season, the number of teams competing (in brackets) are shown.

League of Ireland games are broadcastfree-to-air onVirgin Media Television and available on LOI TV, the league's official streaming site, via subscription.^[37]

TV3 owned the rights to a long-running weekly League of Ireland highlights programme until 2007. In 2008, an agreement was reached between RTÉ and theFootball Association of Ireland (FAI) on broadcasting rights for the League of Ireland up to 2013.^[38] As a part of the deal,RTÉ would broadcast a weekly show called 'Monday Night Soccer' and show live matches on its 'Airtricty League Live' programme. The first edition was broadcast on Monday, 10 March 2008, and presented by Tony O'Donoghue.

It was announced in August 2014 that RTÉ would show 78 livePremier Division andFAI Cup games as part of a new agreement with the FAI. The agreement was set to run until November 2018.^[39] From March 2014, RTÉ also broadcast a highlights show,Soccer Republic, throughout the season.^[40][41][42]

In 2015 the FAI agreed a deal with TrackChamp to stream all Premier Division andFirst Division games outside Ireland, but the deal was criticised by customers as the streaming service required registration for a betting platform.^[43]

On 27 January 2025, it was announced thatVirgin Media Television 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.^[44] A new radio deal for broadcasting onNewstalk was announced just before the season started.^[45]

In 2024 attendances across the League of Ireland broke the million mark for the first time ever; a total of 1,001,630 fans went to games in the SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division, First Division, SSE Airtricity Women’s Premier Division, men's and women's FAI Cups, the All-Island Cup and European matches.^[46] The following year 1,127,155 spectators attended games involving League of Ireland teams.^[47]

Season	Club	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg
1957–58	Shamrock Rovers	PR	Manchester United	0–6	2–3	2–9
1958–59	Drumcondra	PR	Atlético Madrid	1–5	0–8	1–13
1959–60	Shamrock Rovers	PR	Nice	1–1	2–3	3–4
1960–61	Limerick	PR	Young Boys	0–5	2–4	2–9
1961–62	Drumcondra	PR	1. FC Nürnberg	1–4	0–5	1–9
1962–63	Shelbourne	PR	Sporting CP	0–2	1–5	1–7
1963–64	Dundalk	PR	Zürich	0–3	2–1	2–4
1964–65	Shamrock Rovers	PR	Rapid Wien	0–2	0–3	0–5
1965–66	Drumcondra	PR	Vorwärts Berlin	1–0	0–3	1–3
1966–67	Waterford	PR	Vorwärts Berlin	1–6	0–6	1–12
1967–68	Dundalk	R1	Vasas	0–1	1–8	1–9
1968–69	Waterford	R1	Manchester United	1–3	1–7	2–10
1969–70		R1	Galatasaray	2–3	0–2	2–5
1970–71		R1	Glentoran	1–0	3–1	4–1
		R2	Celtic	0–7	2–3	2–10
1971–72	Cork Hibernians	R1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–5	1–2	1–7
1972–73	Waterford	R1	Omonia	2–1	0–2	2–3
1973–74		R1	Újpest	2–3	0–3	2–6
1974–75	Cork Celtic	R1	Omonia	w/o[a]
		R2	Ararat Yerevan	1–2	0–5	1–7
1975–76	Bohemians	R1	Rangers	1–1	1–4	2–5
1976–77	Dundalk	R1	PSV Eindhoven	1–1	0–6	1–7
1977–78	Sligo Rovers	R1	Red Star Belgrade	0–3	0–3	0–6
1978–79	Bohemians	R1	Omonia	1–0	1–2	2–2 (a)
		R2	Dynamo Dresden	0–0	0–6	0–6
1979–80	Dundalk	PR	Linfield	1–1	2–0	3–1
		R1	Hibernians	2–0	0–1	2–1
		R2	Celtic	0–0	2–3	2–3
1980–81	Limerick	R1	Real Madrid	1–2	1–5	2–7
1981–82	Athlone Town	R1	KB	1–1	2–2	3–3 (a)
1982–83	Dundalk	R1	Liverpool	1–4	0–1	1–5
1983–84	Athlone Town	R1	Standard Liège	2–3	2–8	4–11
1984–85	Shamrock Rovers	R1	Linfield	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
1985–86		R1	Budapest Honvéd	1–3	0–2	1–5
1986–87		R1	Celtic	0–1	0–2	0–3
1987–88		R1	Omonia	0–1	0–0	0–1
1988–89	Dundalk	R1	Red Star Belgrade	0–5	0–3	0–8
1989–90	Derry City	R1	Benfica	1–2	0–4	1–6
1990–91	St Patrick's Athletic	R1	Dinamo București	1–1	0–4	1–5
1991–92	Dundalk	R1	Kispest Honvéd	2–0	1–1	1–3
1992–93	Shelbourne	PR	Tavriya Simferopol	0–0	1–2	1–2
1993–94	Cork City	PR	Galatasaray	0–1	1–2	1–3
1997–98	Derry City	1QR	Maribor	0–2	0–1	0–3
1998–99	St Patrick's Athletic	1QR	Celtic	0–2	0–0	0–2
1999–00		1QR	Zimbru Chișinău	0–5	0–5	0–10
2000–01	Shelbourne	1QR	Sloga Jugomagnat	1–1	1–0	2–1
		2QR	Rosenborg	1–3	1–1	2–4
2001–02	Bohemians	1QR	Levadia Maardu	3–0	0–0	3–0
		2QR	Halmstads BK	1–2	0–2	1–4
2002–03	Shelbourne	1QR	Hibernians	0–1	2–2	2–3
2003–04	Bohemians	1QR	BATE Borisov	3–0	0–1	3–1
		2QR	Rosenborg	0–1	0–4	0–5
2004–05	Shelbourne	1QR	KR	0–0	2–2	2–2 (a)
		2QR	Hajduk Split	2–0	2–3	4–3
		3QR	Deportivo La Coruña	0–0	0–3	0–3
2005–06		1QR	Glentoran	4–1	2–1	6–2
		2QR	Steaua București	0–0	1–4	1–4
2006–07	Cork City	1QR	Apollon Limassol	1–0	1–1	2–1
		2QR	Red Star Belgrade	0–1	0–3	0–4
2007–08	Derry City[b]	1QR	Pyunik	0–0	0–2	0–2
2008–09	Drogheda United	1QR	Levadia Tallinn	2–1	1–0	3–1
		2QR	Dynamo Kyiv	1–2	2–2	3–4
2009–10	Bohemians	2QR	Red Bull Salzburg	0–1	1–1	1–2
2010–11			The New Saints	1–0	0–4	1–4
2011–12	Shamrock Rovers	2QR	FC Flora Tallinn	1–0	0–0	1–0
		3QR	F.C. Copenhagen	0–1	0–2	0–3
2012–13		2QR	FK Ekranas	0–0	1–2	1–2
2013–14	Sligo Rovers	2QR	Molde FK	0–1	0–2	0–3
2014–15	St Patrick's Athletic	2QR	Legia Warsaw	0–5	1–1	1–6
2015–16	Dundalk	2QR	BATE Borisov	0–0	1–2	1–2
2016–17	Dundalk	2QR	FH	1–1	2–2	3–3 (a)
		3QR	BATE Borisov	3–0	0–1	3–1
		PO	Legia Warsaw	0–2	1–1	1–3
2017–18		2QR	Rosenborg BK	1–1	1–2	2–3 (a.e.t.)
2018–19	Cork City	1QR	Legia Warsaw	0–1	0–3	0–4
2019–20	Dundalk	1QR	Riga FC	0–0	0–0	0–0 (5–4 (p))
		2QR	Qarabag	1–1	0–3	1–4
2020–21		1QR	NK Celje	0–3[c]		0–3
2021–22	Shamrock Rovers	1QR	Slovan Bratislava	2–1	0–2	2–3
2022–23			Hibernians	3–0	0–0	3–0
		2QR	Ludogorets Razgrad	0–3	2–1	2–4
2023–24		1QR	Breiðablik	0–1	1–2	1–3
2024–25			Víkingur Reykjavík	2–1	0–0	2–1
		2QR	Sparta Prague	0–2	2–4	2–6
2025–26	Shelbourne	1QR	Linfield	1–0	1-1	2-1
		2QR	Qarabağ	0-3	0-1	0-4
2026–27	Shamrock Rovers	1QR

PR = Preliminary round; R1/R2 = Round 1/2; 1QR/2QR/3QR = First/Second/Third qualifying round; PO = Playoff

Season	Club	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg
1971–72	Shelbourne	R1	Vasas	1–1	0–1	1–2
1972–73	Bohemians	R1	Köln	0–3	1–2	1–5
1973–74	Finn Harps	R1	Aberdeen	1–3	1–4	2–7
1974–75	Bohemians	R1	Hamburg	0–1	0–3	0–4
1975–76	Athlone Town	R1	Vålerengen	3–1	1–1	4–2
		R2	Milan	0–0	0–3	0–3
1976–77	Finn Harps	R1	Derby County	1–4	0–12	1–16
1977–78	Bohemians	R1	Newcastle United	0–0	0–4	0–4
1978–79	Finn Harps	R1	Everton	0–5	0–5	0–10
1979–80	Bohemians	R1	Sporting CP	0–0	0–2	0–2
1980–81	Dundalk	R1	Porto	0–0	0–1	0–1
1981–82	Limerick United	R1	Southampton	0–3	1–1	1–4
1982–83	Shamrcok Rovers	R1	Fram	4–0	3–0	7–0
		R2	Universitatea Craiova	0–2	0–3	0–5
1983–84	Drogheda United	R1	Tottenham	0–6	0–8	0–14
1984–85	Bohemians	R1	Rangers	3–2	0–2	3–4
1985–86		R1	Dundee United	2–5	2–2	4–7
1986–87	Galway United	R1	Groningen	1–3	1–5	2–8
1987–88	Bohemians	R1	Aberdeen	0–0	0–1	0–1
1988–89	St Patrick's Athletic	R1	Hearts	0–2	0–2	0–4
1989–90	Dundalk	R1	Wettingen	0–2	0–3	0–5
1990–91	Derry City	R1	Vitesse	0–1	0–0	0–1
1991–92	Cork City	R1	Bayern Munich	1–1	0–2	1–3
1992–93	Derry City	R1	Vitesse	1–2	0–3	1–5
1993–94	Bohemians	R1	Bordeaux	0–1	0–5	0–6
1994–95	Shamrock Rovers	PR	Górnik Zabrze	0–1	0–7	0–8
	Cork City	PR	Slavia Prague	0–4	0–2	0–6
1995–96	Dundalk	PR	Malmö	0–2	0–2	0–4
	Shelbourne	PR	ÍA	0–3	0–3	0–6
1996–97	St Patricks Athletic	PR	Slovan Bratislava	3–4	0–1	3–5
	Bohemians	PR	Dinamo Minsk	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
1997–98		1QR	Ferencváros	0–1	0–5	0–6
1998–99	Shelbourne	1QR	Rangers	3–5	0–2	3–7
1999–00	Bray Wanderers	1QR	Grasshopper	0–4	0–4	0–8
	Cork City	1QR	IFK Göteborg	1–0	0–3	1–3
2000–01		1QR	Lausanne-Sport	0–1	0–1	0–2
	Bohemians	1QR	Aberdeen	0–1	2–1	2–2 (a)
		R1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–3	1–0	2–3
2001–02	Shelbourne	1QR	Brøndby	0–3	0–2	0–5
	Longford Town	1QR	Litex Lovech	1–1	0–2	2–3
2002–03	Shamrock Rovers	1QR	Djurgården	1–3	0–2	1–5
	Dundalk	1QR	NK Varteks	0–4	0–5	0–9
2003–04	Shelbourne	1QR	Olimpija Ljubljana	2–3	0–1	2–4
	Derry City	1QR	APOEL	0–3	1–2	1–5
2004–05	Longford Town	1QR	Vaduz	2–3	0–1	2–4
	Bohemians	1QR	Levadia Tallinn	0–0	1–3	1–5
	Shelbourne	R1	Lille	2–2	0–2	2–4
2005–06	Longford Town	1QR	Carmarthen Town	2–0	1–5	3–5
	Cork City	1QR	Ekranas	0–1	2–0	2–1
		2QR	Djurgården	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
		R1	Slavia Prague	0–2	1–2	1–4
2006–07	Derry City	1QR	IFK Göteborg	1–0	1–0	2–0
		2QR	Gretna	0–1	2–0	2–1
		R1	PSG	0–0	0–2	0–2
	Drogheda United	1QR	HJK	3–1	1–1	4–2 (a.e.t.)
		2QR	Start	1–0	0–1	1–1 (10–11 (p))
2007–08		1QR	Libertas	3–0	1–1	4–1
		2QR	Helsingborgs IF	1–1	0–3	1–4
	St Patricks Athletic	1QR	Odense	0–0	0–5	0–5
2008–00		1QR	Olimps/ASK	2–0	1–0	3–0
		2QR	IF Elfsborg	2–1	2–2	4–3
		R1	Hertha BSC	0–0	0–2	0–2
	Cork City	1QR	Haka	2–2	0–4	2–6
2009–10	Sligo Rovers	1QR	Vllaznia Shkodër	1–2	1–1	1–3
	Derry City	2QR	Skonto	1–0	1–1	2–1
		3QR	CSKA Sofia	1–1	0–1	1–2
	St Patrick's Athletic	2QR	Valletta	1–1	1–0	2–1
		3QR	Krylia Sovetov	1–0	2–3	3–3 (a)
		PO	Steaua București	1–2	0–3	1–5
2010–11	Dundalk	1QR	Grevenmacher	2–1	3–3	5–4
		2QR	Levski Sofia	0–2	0–6	0–8
	Sporting Fingal	2QR	Marítimo	2–3	2–3	4–6
	Shamrock Rovers	2QR	Bnei Yehuda	1–1	1–0	2–1
		3QR	Juventus	0–2	0–1	0–3
2011–12	St Patrick's Athletic	1QR	ÍBV	2–0	0–1	2–1
		2QR	Shakhter Karagandy	2–0	1–2	3–2
		3QR	Karpaty Lviv	1–3	0–2	1–5
	Bohemians	2QR	Olimpija Ljubljana	1–1	0–2	1–3
	Sligo Rovers	3QR	Vorskla Poltava	0–2	0–0	0–2
	Shamrock Rovers	PO	Partizan	1–1	2–1	3–2 (a.e.t.)
		Group A	Rubin Kazan	0–3	1–4	4th
			Tottenham Hotspur	0–4	1–3
			PAOK	1–3	1–2
2012–13	Bohemians	1QR	Þór Akureyri	0–0	1–5	1–5
	St Patrick's Athletic	1QR	ÍBV	1–0	1–2	2–2 (a) (a.e.t.)
		2QR	Široki Brijeg	2–1	1–1	3–2 (a.e.t.)
		3QR	Hannover 96	0–3	0–2	0–5
	Sligo Rovers	2QR	Spartak Trnava	1–1	1–3	2–4
2013–14	Drogheda United	1QR	Malmö FF	0–0	0–2	0–2
	St Patrick's Athletic	1QR	Žalgiris Vilnius	1–2	2–2	3–4
	Derry City	2QR	Trabzonspor	0–3	2–4	2–7
2014–15	Dundalk	1QR	Jeunesse Esch	3–1	2–0	5–1
		2QR	Hajduk Split	0–2	2–1	2–3
	Derry City	1QR	Aberystwyth Town	4–0	5–0	9–0
		2QR	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	0–1	1–5	1–6
	Sligo Rovers	1QR	Banga Gargždai	4–0	0–0	4–0
		2QR	Rosenborg BK	1–3	2–1	3–4
2015–16	UCD	1QR	F91 Dudelange	1–0	1–2	2–2 (a)
		2QR	Slovan Bratislava	1–5	0–1	1–6
	Cork City	1QR	KR	1–1	1–2	2–3 (a.e.t.)
	St Patrick's Athletic	1QR	Skonto	0–2	1–2	1–4
	Shamrock Rovers	1QR	Progrès Niederkorn	3–0	0–0	3–0
		2QR	Odds BK	0–2	1–2	1–4
2016–17	Cork City	1QR	Linfield	1–1	1–0	2–1
		2QR	BK Häcken	1–0	1–1	2–1
		3QR	Genk	1–2	0–1	1–3
	Shamrock Rovers	1QR	RoPS	0–2	1–1	1–3
	St Patrick's Athletic	1QR	Jeunesse Esch	1–0	1–2	2–2 (a)
		2QR	Dinamo Minsk	0–1	1–1	1–2
	Dundalk	Group D	AZ	0–1	1–1	4th
			Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–0	1–2
			Zenit	1–2	1–2
2017–18	Cork City	1QR	FCI Levadia Tallinn	4–2	2–0	6–2
		2QR	AEK Larnaca	0–1	0–1	0–2
	Derry City	1QR	Midtjylland	1–4	1–6	2–10
	Shamrock Rovers		Stjarnan	1–0	1–0	2–0
		2QR	Mladá Boleslav	2–3	0–2	2–5
2018–19	Dundalk	1QR	FCI Levadia Tallinn	2–1	1–0	3–1
		2QR	AEK Larnaca	0–0	0–4	0–4
	Derry City	1QR	Dinamo Minsk	0–2	2–1	2–3
	Cork City	3QR	Rosenborg BK	0–2	0–3	0–5
	Shamrock Rovers	1QR	AIK	0–1	1–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)
2019–20	Cork City	1QR	Progrès Niederkorn	0–2	2–1	2–3
	Dundalk	3QR	Slovan Bratislava	1–3	0–1	1–4
	Shamrock Rovers	1QR	SK Brann	2–1	2–2	4–3
		2QR	Apollon Limassol	2–1	1–3	3–4 (a.e.t.)
	St Patrick's Athletic	1QR	IFK Norrköping	0–2	1–2	1–4
2020–21	Shamrock Rovers	1QR	Ilves	2–2	—N/a	2–2 (12–11 (p))
		2QR	A.C. Milan	0–2	—N/a	0–2
	Bohemians	1QR	Fehérvár	—N/a	1–1	1–1 (2–4 (p))
	Derry City		FK Riteriai	—N/a	2–3	2–3 (a.e.t.)
	Dundalk	2QR	Inter Club d'Escaldes	—N/a	1–0	1–0
		3QR	Sheriff Tiraspol	—N/a	1–1	1–1 (3–5 (p))
		PO	KÍ	3–1	—N/a	3–1
		Group B	Molde FK	1–2	1–3	4th
			Arsenal	2–4	0–3
			Rapid Wien	1–3	3–4
2022–23	Shamrock Rovers	3QR	Shkupi	3–1	2–1	5–2
		PO	Ferencvaros	1–0	0–4	1–4
2024–25		3QR	Celje	3–1 (a.e.t)	0–1	3–2
		PO	PAOK	0–2	0–4	0–6
2025–26	Shelbourne	3QR	Rijeka	1–3	2–1	3–4
2026–27	Derry City	1QR

PR = Preliminary round; R1/R2 = Round 1/2; 1QR/2QR/3QR = First/Second/Third qualifying round; PO = Playoff; Group = Group stage

Season	Club	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg
2021–22	Bohemians	1QR	Stjarnan	3–0	1–1	4–1
		2QR	F91 Dudelange	1–0	3–0	4–0
		3QR	PAOK	2–1	0–2	2–3
	Dundalk	1QR	Newtown	4–0	1–0	5–0
		2QR	FCI Levadia Tallinn	2–2	2–1	4–3
		3QR	Vitesse	1–2	2–2	3–4
	Sligo Rovers	1QR	FH	0–1	1–2	1–3
	Shamrock Rovers	3QR	Teuta	1–0	2–0	3–0
		PO	FC Flora Tallinn	0–1	2–4	2–5
2022–23	Sligo Rovers	1QR	Bala Town	2–1	0–1	2–2 (4–3 (p))
		2QR	Motherwell	1–0	2–0	3–0
		3QR	Viking	1–5	1–0	2–5
	Derry City	1QR	Riga	0–2	0–2	0–4
	St Patrick's Athletic	2QR	Mura	1–1	0–0	1–1 (6–5 (p))
		3QR	CSKA Sofia	1–0	0–2	1–2
	Shamrock Rovers	Group F	Djurgården	0–0	0–1	4th
			Gent	1–1	0–3
			Molde	0–2	0–3
2023–24	Dundalk	1QR	Bruno’s Magpies	0–0	3–1	3–1
		2QR	KA	2–2	1–3	3–5
	Derry City	1QR	HB	1–0	0–0	1–0
		2QR	KuPS	2–1	3–3	5–4
		3QR	Tobol	1–0	0–1	1–1 (5–6 (p))
	St Patrick's Athletic	1QR	F91 Dudelange	1–2	2–3	3–5
	Shamrock Rovers	2QR	Ferencvaros	0–2	0–4	0–6
2024–25	Derry City	1QR	Bruno's Magpies	2−1	0–2	2−3 (a.e.t.)
	Shelbourne	1QR	St Joseph's	2–1	1–1	3–2
		2QR	Zürich	0–0	0–3	0–3
	St Patrick's Athletic	2QR	Vaduz	3–1	2–2	5–3
		3QR	Sabah	1–0	1–0	2–0
		PO	İstanbul Başakşehir	0–0	0–2	0–2
	Shamrock Rovers	League Phase	APOEL	1–1	—N/a	10th
			Larne	—N/a	4–1
			The New Saints	2–1	—N/a
			Rapid Vienna	—N/a	1–1
			Borac Banja Luka	3–0	—N/a
			Chelsea	—N/a	1–5
		KPPO	Molde	0–1 (a.e.t)	1–0	1–1 (4–5 (p))
2025–26	St Patrick's Athletic	1QR	Hegelmann	1–0	2–0	3–0
		2QR	Nõmme Kalju	1–0	2–2 (a.e.t)	3–2
		3QR	Beşiktaş J.K.	1–4	2–3	3–7
	Shamrock Rovers	2QR[a]	St Joseph's	0–0	4–0	4–0
		3QR	Ballkani	4–0	0–1	4–1
		PO	Santa Clara	0–0	2–1	2–1
		League Phase	Sparta Prague	—N/a	1–4
			Celje	0–2	—N/a
			AEK Athens	—N/a	1–1
			Shakhtar Donetsk	1–2	—N/a
			Breiðablik	—N/a	1–3
			Hamrun Spartans		—N/a
	Shelbourne
		PO	Linfield	3–1	2–0	5–1
		League Phase	Häcken	0–0	—N/a
			Shkëndija	—N/a	0–1
			Drita	0–1	—N/a
			AZ	—N/a	0–2
			Crystal Palace	0–3	—N/a
			Celje	—N/a
2026–27	Bohemians	1QR
	Shelbourne	2QR

1QR/2QR/3QR = First/Second/Third qualifying round; PO = Playoff; KPPO = Knockout Phase Play-off round

Season	Club	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Agg
1961–62	St Patrick's Athletic	PR	Dunfermline Athletic	0–4	1–4	1–8
1962–63	Shamrock Rovers	R1	Botev Plovdiv	0–4	0–1	0–5
1963–64	Shelbourne	R1	Barcelona	0–2	1–3	1–5
1964–65	Cork Celtic	R1	Slavia Sofia	0–2	1–1	1–3
1965–66	Limerick	R1	CSKA Cherveno Zname	1–2	0–2	1–4
1966–67	Shamrock Rovers	R1	Spora Luxembourg	4–1	4–1	8–2
		R2	Bayern Munich	1–1	2–3	3–4
1967–68		R1	Cardiff City	1–1	0–2	1–3
1968–69		R1	Randers	1–2	0–1	1–3
1969–70		R1	Schalke	2–1	0–3	2–4
1970–71	Bohemians	PR	TJ Gottwaldov	1–2	2–2	3–4
1971–72	Limerick	R1	Torino	0–1	0–4	0–5
1972–73	Cork Hibernians	R1	Pezoporikos Larnaca	4–1	2–1	6–2[a]
		R2	Schalke	0–0	0–3	0–3
1973–74		R1	Baník Ostrava	1–2	0–1	1–3
1974–75	Finn Harps	R1	Bursaspor	0–0	2–4	2–4
1975–76	Home Farm	R1	Lens	1–1	0–6	1–7
1976–77	Bohemians	R1	Esbjerg	2–1	1–0	3–1
		R2	Śląsk Wrocław	0–3	0–1	0–4
1977–78	Dundalk	R1	Hajduk Split	1–0	0–4	1–4
1978–79	Shamrock Rovers	R1	APOEL	2–0	1–0	3–0
		R2	Baník Ostrava	1–3	0–3	1–6
1979–80	Watreford	R1	Göteborg	1–1	0–1	1–2
1980–81		R1	Hibernians	4–0	0–1	4–1
		R2	Dinamo Tbilisi	0–1	0–4	0–5
1981–82	Dundalk	R1	Fram	4–0	1–2	5–2
		R2	Tottenham	1–1	0–1	1–2
1982–83	Limerick	R1	AZ	1–1	0–1	1–2
1983–84	Sligo Rovers	R1	Haka	0–1	0–3	0–4
1984–85	UCD	R1	Everton	0–0	0–1	0–1
1985–86	Galway United	R1	Lyngby	2–3	0–1	2–4
1986–87	Waterford United	R1	Bordeaux	1–2	0–4	1–6
1987–88	Dundalk	R1	Ajax	0–2	0–4	0–6
1988–89	Derry City	R1	Cardiff City	0–0	0–4	0–4
1989–90	Cork City	R1	Torpedo Moscow	0–1	0–5	0–6
1990–91	Bray Wanderers	QR	Trabzonspor	1–1	0–2	1–3
1991–92	Galway United	QR	Odense	0–3	0–4	0–7
1992–93	Bohemians	R1	Steaua București	0–0	0–4	0–4
1993–94	Shelbourne	QR	Karpaty Lviv	3–1	0–1	3–2
		R1	Panathinaikos	1–2	0–3	1–5
1994–95	Sligo Rovers	QR	Floriana	1–0	2–2	3–2
		R1	Club Brugge	1–2	1–3	2–5
1995–96	Derry City	QR	Lokomotiv Sofia	1–0	0–2	1–2
1996–97	Shelbourne	QR	Brann	1–3	1–2	2–5
1997–98		QR	Kilmarnock	1–1	1–2	2–3
1998–99	Cork City	QR	CSKA Kyiv	2–1	0–2	2–3