Competition: | League of Ireland Premier Division |
Season: | 2014 |
Winners: | Dundalk (10th title) |
Relegated: | Athlone Town UCD |
Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Dundalk |
Continentalcup2: | Europa League |
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Cork City St. Patrick's Athletic Shamrock Rovers UCD |
Matches: | 198 |
Attendance: | 295,384 |
Average Attendance: | 1,523[1] [2] |
Highest Attendance: | 6,219[3] Cork City 1–0 Bohemians F.C. |
Total Goals: | 528 |
League Topscorer: | Christy Fagan |
Prevseason: | 2013 |
Nextseason: | 2015 |
The 2014 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 30th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The division featured 12 teams. Dundalk were champions and Cork City finished as runners-up.[5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | |
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Athlone Town | Aidan Collins | Nike | Nitro Sports | ||
Bohemians | Owen Heary | Dave Mulcahy | Macron | Mr Green | |
Bray Wanderers | Alan Mathews | Danny O'Connor | Macron | Volkswagen | |
Cork City | John Caulfield | John Dunleavy | Umbro | Clonakilty Sausages | |
Derry City | Peter Hutton | Barry Molloy | Umbro | Diamond Corrugated | |
Drogheda United | Damien Richardson | Gavin Brennan | Nike | Scotch Hall Shopping Center | |
Dundalk | Stephen Kenny | Stephen O'Donnell | Umbro | Fyffes | |
Limerick | Martin Russell | Shane Duggan | Macron | Pacdog.ie | |
Shamrock Rovers | Pat Fenlon | Conor Kenna | Warrior | Pepper | |
Sligo Rovers | Gavin Dykes | Gavin Peers | Umbro | Volkswagen | |
St Patrick's Athletic | Liam Buckley | Ger O'Brien | Umbro | Clune Construction Company L.P. | |
UCD | Aaron Callaghan | Robbie Benson | O'Neills | O'Neills |
The 2014 Premier Division featured 12 teams. Each team played each other three times, for a total of 33 games each. The regular season began 7 March and concluded 24 October. Dundalk won the title on the final day of the season with a 2-0 win at home against Cork City.[6] It was the first time Dundalk had won the Premier Division since 1994–95.[7] [8] [9]
UCD, the eleventh placed team from the Premier Division played off against Galway, the winner of the 2014 First Division play off, to decide who would play in the 2015 Premier Division. Galway won 5–1 on aggregate and were promoted to the Premier Division. UCD are relegated to the First Division.
Rank | Player | Club | Goals | |
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1 | Christy Fagan | St Patrick's Athletic | 20 | |
1 | Patrick Hoban | Dundalk | 20 (1 pen.) | |
3 | Conan Byrne | St Patrick's Athletic | 18 (2 pen.) | |
4 | Rory Gaffney | Limerick | 14 | |
5 | Billy Dennehy | Cork City | 13 (5 pen.) | |
5 | Daniel Corcoran | Bohemians | 13 (3 pen.) |
Month | Player | Club | |
---|---|---|---|
March | Gary O'Neill | Drogheda United | |
April | Christopher Forrester | St Patrick's Athletic | |
May | Daryl Horgan | Dundalk | |
June | Mark O'Sullivan | Cork City | |
July | Richie Towell | Dundalk | |
August | Rory Gaffney | Limerick | |
September | Dane Massey | Dundalk | |
October | Patrick Hoban | Dundalk | |
November | Christy Fagan | St Patrick's Athletic |
The rights to 10 games was awarded to Setanta Sports while RTÉ Two will also show games during the season. MNS on RTÉ Two was the highlights programme between 2008 and 2013 but in 2014 it was replaced by a new programme called Soccer Republic which will show match highlights and analysis on each Monday night during the season and will also include UEFA Champions League highlights.[10]