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(Top) 1 Teams 1.1 Stadia and locations 1.2 Personnel and kits 2 Overview 3 Final Table 4 Results 4.1 Matches 1–22 4.2 Matches 23–33 5 Promotion/relegation play-off 6 Goal scorers 6.1 Top scorers 6.2 Hat-tricks 7 Awards 7.1 Player of the Month 7.2 PFAI Players' Player of the Year 7.3 PFAI Young Player of the Year 7.4 Team of the Year 8 Television coverage 9 See also 10 Notes 11 References

2013 League of Ireland Premier Division

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League of Ireland Premier Division
Season	2013
Champions	St. Patrick's Athletic (8th title)
Relegated	Shelbourne
Champions League	St. Patrick's Athletic
Europa League	Dundalk Derry City Sligo Rovers
Setanta Cup	St. Patrick's Athletic Dundalk Sligo Rovers Shamrock Rovers
Matches played	198
Goals scored	523 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rory Patterson: 18 (Derry City)^[1]
Highest attendance	4,703 Shamrock Rovers 0–4 St. Patrick's Athletic
Total attendance	307,355
Average attendance	1,552^[2]^{[note 1]}
← 2012 2014 →

The 2013 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 29th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The division featured 12 teams. St. Patrick's Athletic were champions, winning their eighth top level League of Ireland title. Dundalk finished as runners-up.

Teams

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Stadia and locations

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Dublin

Dublin teams
Bohemians FC
Shamrock Rovers
Shelbourne
St Patrick's Athletic
UCD

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Locations of Premier Division teams

Bohemians

St Patrick's Athletic

Locations of Dublin Premier Division teams

Team	Location	Stadium
Bohemians	Phibsborough	Dalymount Park
Bray Wanderers	Bray	Carlisle Grounds
Cork City	Cork	Turners Cross
Derry City	Derry	Brandywell Stadium
Drogheda United	Drogheda	Hunky Dorys Park
Dundalk	Dundalk	Oriel Park
Limerick	Limerick	Thomond Park
Shamrock Rovers	Tallaght	Tallaght Stadium
Shelbourne	Drumcondra	Tolka Park
Sligo Rovers	Sligo	The Showgrounds
St Patrick's Athletic	Inchicore	Richmond Park
UCD	Belfield	UCD Bowl

Personnel and kits

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Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Bohemians	Owen Heary	Owen Heary	Macron	Volkswagen
Bray Wanderers	Pat Devlin	Danny O'Connor	Adidas	Volkswagen
Cork City	Tommy Dunne Stuart Ashton/Paul O Brien	Kevin Murray	Umbro	Clonakilty Blackpudding
Derry City	Declan Devine	Kevin Deery	Umbro	Diamond Corrugated
Drogheda United	Mick Cooke	Derek Prendergast	Nike	Scotch Hall Shopping Center
Dundalk	Stephen Kenny	Stephen O'Donnell	Umbro	Fyffes
Limerick	Stuart Taylor	Joe Gamble	Macron	Greenheat Group
Shamrock Rovers	Trevor Croly	Patrick Sullivan	Umbro	SEAT
Shelbourne	John McDonnell	Ian Ryan	Macron	Volkswagen
Sligo Rovers	Ian Baraclough	Danny Ventre	Umbro	Volkswagen
St Patrick's Athletic	Liam Buckley	Conor Kenna	Umbro	Clune Construction LP
UCD	Martin Russell	Mick Leahy	O'Neills	O'Neills

Overview

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The Premier Division featured 12 teams. Each team played each other three times, totalling 33 games. The regular season began on 8 March and concluded on 25 October.^[3] St. Patrick's Athletic clinched the title on 13 October 2013, with two games to go, after a 2–0 win against the holders, Sligo Rovers.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Final Table

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	St Patrick's Athletic (C)	33	21	8	4	56	20	+36	71	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Dundalk	33	21	5	7	55	30	+25	68	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	Sligo Rovers	33	19	9	5	53	22	+31	66
4	Derry City	33	17	5	11	57	39	+18	56
5	Shamrock Rovers	33	13	13	7	43	28	+15	52
6	Cork City	33	13	7	13	47	50	−3	46
7	Limerick	33	11	9	13	38	46	−8	42
8	Drogheda United	33	8	14	11	44	46	−2	38
9	UCD	33	8	6	19	45	73	−28	30
10	Bohemians	33	7	8	18	27	47	−20	29
11	Bray Wanderers (O)	33	7	6	20	33	66	−33	27	Qualification to Relegation play-off
12	Shelbourne (R)	33	5	6	22	25	56	−31	21	Relegation to League of Ireland First Division

Source: ^[7]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

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Matches 1–22

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Home \ Away	BOH	BRW	COR	DER	DRO	DUN	LIM	SHM	SHE	SLI	StP	UCD
Bohemians	—	3–2	1–2	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–0	0–3	0–3	0–2	2–1
Bray Wanderers	1–3	—	1–2	2–3	3–2	0–1	0–4	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–2
Cork City	2–1	1–3	—	0–1	1–0	2–2	2–3	1–2	1–1	3–1	0–2	2–1
Derry City	2–1	2–0	1–1	—	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	4–0	0–1	0–1	2–4
Drogheda United	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–3	—	0–1	2–2	0–3	0–0	1–1	1–2	3–2
Dundalk	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	—	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–3	2–1	2–3
Limerick	2–1	4–4	0–0	0–1	0–1	3–2	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–1
Shamrock Rovers	1–1	7–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	—	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–1
Shelbourne	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–3	1–3	2–1	0–0	—	0–2	0–3	2–0
Sligo Rovers	0–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	—	1–1	5–2
St Patrick's Athletic	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	3–0	0–0	4–0	2–0	—	5–0
UCD	1–0	4–5	3–0	0–6	2–2	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	0–3	0–1	—

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

Matches 23–33

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Home \ Away	BOH	BRW	COR	DER	DRO	DUN	LIM	SHM	SHE	SLI	StP	UCD
Bohemians	—	0–1	—	2–0	—	1–1	—	1–0	—	0–2	—	1–3
Bray Wanderers	—	—	1–2	—	—	0–2	1–0	—	1–1	—	1–3	1–1
Cork City	1–0	—	—	4–1	—	—	—	—	5–3	—	4–2	2–0
Derry City	—	2–0	—	—	0–2	—	6–0	0–0	3–1	1–2	—	—
Drogheda United	1–0	2–0	2–3	—	—	—	3–0	—	—	—	—	1–0
Dundalk	—	—	4–0	3–0	1–0	—	1–2	3–1	—	2–0	—	—
Limerick	1–0	—	2–1	—	—	—	—	2–0	1–0	—	0–0	1–3
Shamrock Rovers	—	3–0	2–1	—	3–1	—	—	—	—	1–2	0–4	—
Shelbourne	0–3	—	—	—	2–2	1–2	—	1–2	—	—	—	1–2
Sligo Rovers	—	2–0	0–0	—	3–1	—	2–0	—	2–0	—	—	—
St Patrick's Athletic	1–1	—	—	1–1	0–0	2–0	—	—	1–0	2–0	—	—
UCD	—	—	—	1–3	—	0–2	—	1–4	—	0–3	1–3	—

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

Promotion/relegation play-off

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Bray Wanderers, the eleventh placed team from the Premier Division, played off against Longford Town, the winners of the 2013 First Division play off. The winner of this play off would play in the 2014 Premier Division.^[3]

28 October 2013	Bray Wanderers	2–2	Longford Town	Carlisle Grounds
19.45	Jason Byrne 8', 31'	Report	Dean Ebbe 61' David O'Sullivan 83'	Attendance: 900 (estimated) Referee: Graham Kelly

1 November 2013	Longford Town	2–3	Bray Wanderers	City Calling Stadium
19.45	Daniel Purdy 58', 79' Noel Haverty 90+2'	Report	Gary Dempsey 3' Kieran Waters 73' Kevin O'Connor 86' Shane O'Connor 90+2'	Attendance: unknown Referee: Derek Tomney (Dublin)

Bray Wanderers win 5–4 on aggregate and retained their place in the Premier Division.

Goal scorers

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Top scorers

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Player	Club	Goals
Rory Patterson	Derry City	18 (3 pen.)^[1]
Declan O'Brien	Drogheda United	14 (3 pen.)
Ciarán Kilduff	Cork City	13
Patrick Hoban	Dundalk	13
David McMillan	Sligo Rovers	13 (6 pen.)

Hat-tricks

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Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Goals
Rory Patterson	Derry City	University College Dublin	6–0^[8]	15 March 2013	3
Chris Forrester	St Patrick's Athletic	Shelbourne	4–0^[9]	15 April 2013	3
Jason Byrne	Bray Wanderers	Drogheda United	3–2^[10]	24 May 2013	3
Jason Byrne	Bray Wanderers	UCD	5–4^[11]	8 June 2013	4
Patrick Hoban	Dundalk	Bohemians	3–0^[12]	12 July 2013	3
Conan Byrne	St Patrick's Athletic	Shamrock Rovers	4–0^[13]	10 August 2013	4
Danny Morrissey	Cork City	Derry City	4–1^[14]	30 August 2013	3
Richie Towell	Dundalk	Derry City	3–0^[15]	30 September 2013	3
Ciarán Kilduff	Cork City	Shelbourne	5–3^[16]	10 October 2013	4
David McDaid	Derry City	Limerick	6–0^[17]	25 October 2013	3

Awards

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Player of the Month

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Month	Player	Club
March	Anthony Elding	Sligo Rovers^[18]
April	Barry McNamee	Derry City^[19]
May	Killian Brennan	St Patrick's Athletic^[20]
June	Jason Byrne	Bray Wanderers^[21]
July	Patrick Hoban	Dundalk^[22]
August	Richie Towell	Dundalk^[23]
September	Anthony Flood	St Patrick's Athletic^[24]
October	Ciaran Kilduff	Cork City^[25]
November	Danny North	Sligo Rovers

PFAI Players' Player of the Year

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Winner	Club
Killian Brennan	St. Patrick's Athletic

PFAI Young Player of the Year

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Winner	Club
Richie Towell	Dundalk

Team of the Year

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No.	Pos.	Player	Club
1	1GK	Brendan Clarke	St Patrick's Athletic
2	2DF	Ger O'Brien	St Patrick's Athletic
3	2DF	Kenny Browne	St Patrick's Athletic
4	2DF	Andy Boyle	Dundalk
5	2DF	Ian Bermingham	St Patrick's Athletic
6	3MF	Killian Brennan	St Patrick's Athletic
7	3MF	Greg Bolger	St Patrick's Athletic
8	3MF	Daryl Horgan	Cork City
9	3MF	Richie Towell	Dundalk
10	4FW	Patrick Hoban	Dundalk
11	4FW	Rory Patterson	Derry City

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Television coverage

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Live coverage of matches in Ireland were shown on RTÉ Two and Setanta Sports. MNS on RTÉ Two showed match highlights and analysis on each Monday night during the season.

Notes

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^ One attendance figure is missing from the 2013 season https://www.researchgate.net/figure/League-of-Ireland-Premier-Division-Attendance_tbl1_286919999

References

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^ ^a ^b "Ireland - List of Topscorers". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2016.

^ "The Demand for League of Ireland Football". research gate. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

^ ^a ^b "Ireland 2013". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 August 2016.

^ "Super St Patrick's Athletic jumping for joy with league title". Irish Independent. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.

^ "St Patrick's Athletic 2–0 Sligo Rovers". RTÉ Sport. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.

^ "Bolger beauty gets title party going at Pat's". Irish Examiner. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.

^ "Ireland 2013". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 9 August 2016.

^ "Derry hit inept UCD with six of the best". The Irish Times. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2013.

^ Leahy, Ed (15 April 2013). "St Patrick's Athletic 4–0 Shelbourne". RTÉ News. Retrieved 16 April 2013.

^ "Bray Wanderers 3 – 2 Drogheda United". Extra Time. 24 May 2013. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.

^ Pollard, Stephen (9 June 2013). "UCD 4 – 5 Bray Wanderers". www.extratime.ie. Retrieved 9 June 2013.

^ Crawley, Darren (12 July 2013). "Dundalk FC 3 – 0 Bohemians FC". Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2013.

^ "Shamrock Rovers 0 - 4 St Patrick's Athletic".

^ "Cork City 4 – 1 Derry City". Extra Time. 31 August 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.

^ "Dundalk 3 – 0 Derry City". Extra Time. 30 September 2013. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.

^ "Cork City 5 – 3 Shelbourne". Extra Time. 11 October 2013. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.

^ "Derry City 6 - 0 Limerick FC".

^ "Anthony Elding named SWAI". SWAI.ie. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.

^ "Barry McNamee named SWAI". SWAI.ie. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.

^ "Killian Brennan named SWAI". SWAI.ie. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.

^ "Jason Byrne named SWAI". SWAI.ie. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.

^ "Patrick Hoban named SWAI". SWAI.ie. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

^ "Dundalk's Richie Towell picks up player of the month award". rte.ie. 19 September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.

^ "Anto Flood named Airtricity/SWAI Player of the Month for September". RTÉ News. 21 October 2013.

^ "Kilduff is player of the month for October". RTÉ News. 31 October 2013.

^ "Here's the Premier Division Team of the Year". The Score. 17 October 2013. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2013.

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