2021 League of Ireland First Division

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League of Ireland First Division
Season 2021
Champions Shelbourne (2nd title)
Promoted Shelbourne, UCD
Matches played 180
Goals scored 366 (2.03 per match)
Top goalscorer Colm Whelan (19 goals)
Biggest home win UCD 6-0 Galway United
(13 August 2021)
Biggest away win Wexford 0–6 UCD
(30 April 2021)
Highest scoring Wexford 4-4 Athlone
(21 July 2021)
← 2020
2022 →
All statistics correct as of 30 October 2021.

The 2021 League of Ireland First Division season was the 37th season of the League of Ireland First Division, the second tier of Ireland's association football league. The fixture list was released on 8 February 2021 and the competition commenced on 26 March 2021.[1] Shelbourne were confirmed Champions and promoted to the League of Ireland Premier Division on 1 October 2021.[2]

Overview

The First Division has 10 teams. Each team plays each other three times for a total of 27 matches in the season.

Teams

Locations of the First Division teams

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Team changes

Shelbourne and Cork City joined following their relegation from the Premier League at the end of the 2020 season.[3][4] Drogheda United and Longford Town departed following their promotion from the 2020 First Division.[5][4]

Additional teams

On 10 November 2020 a newly formed Limerick based club Treaty United announced that they would apply for a 2021 League of Ireland licence. [6] Former Dublin based League of Ireland club St Francis FC and Wexford based Yola FC also both expressed interest in joining for 2021 by the deadline for expressions of interest which was 10 November 2020. An application was made by a brand new entity under the name Dublin County F.C. but did not ultimately materialise. [7] Bray Wanderers and Cabinteely F.C. merged at the end of the season, keeping the name Bray Wanderers.[8]

Stadia and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Athlone Town Athlone Athlone Town Stadium 5,000
Bray Wanderers Bray Carlisle Grounds 4,000
Cabinteely Dublin (Cabinteely) Stradbrook Road 1,620
Cobh Ramblers Cobh St. Colman's Park 3,000
Cork City Cork Turners Cross 7,845
Galway United Galway Eamonn Deacy Park 5,000
Shelbourne Dublin (Drumcondra) Tolka Park 3,700
Treaty United Limerick Markets Field 5,000
UCD Dublin (Belfield) UCD Bowl 3,000
Wexford Crossabeg Ferrycarrig Park 2,500

Personnel and kits

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
Athlone Town Republic of Ireland Paul Doolin Republic of Ireland Kurtis Byrne United States Nike Republic of Ireland Hayden & Co. Solicitors
Bray Wanderers Republic of Ireland Gary Cronin Republic of Ireland Aaron Barry England Umbro Republic of Ireland Matt Britton Carpets
Cabinteely Republic of Ireland Pat Devlin Republic of Ireland Daniel Blackbyrne United States Nike Republic of Ireland Edufit
Cobh Ramblers Republic of Ireland Darren Murphy (interim) Republic of Ireland John Kavanagh Spain Joma Republic of Ireland Metropole Hotel
Cork City Republic of Ireland Colin Healy Republic of Ireland Gearoid Morrissey Germany Adidas Republic of Ireland University College Cork
Galway United Republic of Ireland John Caulfield Republic of Ireland Conor McCormack Republic of Ireland O'Neill's Republic of Ireland Comer Property Management
Shelbourne Republic of Ireland Ian Morris Republic of Ireland Luke Byrne England Umbro Republic of Ireland Hamptons Homes
Treaty United Republic of Ireland Tommy Barrett Republic of Ireland Jack Lynch England Umbro United States UPMC
UCD Republic of Ireland Andy Myler Republic of Ireland Jack Keaney Republic of Ireland O'Neill's Republic of Ireland O'Neill's
Wexford Republic of Ireland Ian Ryan Republic of Ireland Karl Manahan Republic of Ireland Bodibro Republic of Ireland Wallace's Asti

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure		 Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of
appointment
Wexford Republic of Ireland Brian O'Sullivan Mutual Consent 10 May 2021[9] 10th Republic of Ireland Ian Ryan 15 May 2021[10]
Cobh Ramblers Republic of Ireland Stuart Ashton Sacked 22 July 2021[11] 9th Republic of Ireland Darren Murphy (interim) 23 July 2021[12]
Athlone Town Republic of Ireland Adrian Carberry Sacked 17 August 2021[13] 6th Republic of Ireland Paul Doolin 18 August 2021[14]
Shelbourne Republic of Ireland Ian Morris Mutual Consent 29 October 2021[15] 1st Republic of Ireland Damien Duff 3 November 2021[16]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Shelbourne (C, P) 27 16 9 2 49 23 +26 57 Promotion to League of Ireland Premier Division
2 Galway United 27 15 6 6 39 25 +14 51 Qualification to Promotion play-offs
3 UCD (P) 27 13 7 7 55 38 +17 46
4 Treaty United 27 11 9 7 36 27 +9 42
5 Bray Wanderers 27 9 10 8 36 31 +5 37
6 Cork City 27 8 9 10 37 28 +9 33
7 Athlone Town 27 9 6 12 32 43 −11 33
8 Cobh Ramblers 27 8 4 15 25 46 −21 28
9 Cabinteely 27 8 1 18 26 47 −21 25
10 Wexford 27 6 3 18 29 56 −27 21
Updated to match(es) played on 29 October 2021. Source: sseairtricityleague, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

Results

Matches 1–18

Teams play each other twice (once at home, once away).

Home \ Away ATH BRW CAB COB COR GAL SHE TRU UCD WEX
Athlone Town — 0-0 1-2 2-1 0-2 3-1 1-3 1-4 2-3 3-0
Bray Wanderers 1-2 — 3-0 2-1 0-0 0-0 1-4 0–0 4-0 3-1
Cabinteely 0-1 0-3 — 1-0 1-0 0-3* 1-3 2-1 1-2 0-2
Cobh Ramblers 0-0 1-1 1-0 — 1-0 0-4 1-2 0-2 0-4 3-2
Cork City 0-1 2-2 0-2 2–1 — 1-1 1-3 2-3 1-1 5-0
Galway United 2-1 1-2 1-0 2-0 2-3 — 0–0 1-1 2-2 1-0
Shelbourne 1-0 3-3 1-0 2-2 2-1 4-0 — 2-2 3-1 1-0
Treaty United 1-0 2-0 1-4 1-1 2-1 0-1 1-1 — 2-1 1-0
UCD 2–2 0-0 4-1 1-2 0-0 0-2 0-0 3-2 — 2-1
Wexford 4-4 0-1 2–3 1-2 0-0 1-3 0-1 1-2 0-6 —
Updated to match(es) played on 7 August 2021. Source: SSE Airtricity League

*Note Cabinteely v Galway Utd postponed on 9 April 2021 (Galway awarded a 3-0 victory by FAI[17]).

Matches 19-27

Home \ Away ATH BRW CAB COB COR GAL SHE TRU UCD WEX
Athlone Town — — 2-1 1-2 — 1-0 — — — 0-2
Bray Wanderers 0-1 — 1-2 — 0-0 — — 1-0 — —
Cabinteely — — — 1-2 2-2 0-1 0-2 0-2 — —
Cobh Ramblers — 1-2 — — — 0-1 2-0 — 0-2 —
Cork City 3-1 — — 4-0 — 3-0 0-2 — — 4-0
Galway United — 1-0 — — — — 3-1 0-0 4-1 2-1
Shelbourne 1-1 1-1 — — — — — 1-0 1-1 4-0
Treaty United 1-1 — — 3-0 0-0 — — — — 1-1
UCD 6-0 4-3 5-2 — 1-0 — — 2-1 — —
Wexford — 4-2 2-1 3-1 — — — — 2-1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 29 October 2021. Source: SSE Airtricity League

Season statistics

Top scorers

Source: https://www.sseairtricityleague.ie

As of matches played 29 October 2021.
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Republic of Ireland Colm Whelan UCD 19
2 Republic of Ireland Ryan Brennan Shelbourne 14
3 Republic of Ireland Liam Kerrigan UCD 12
4 Republic of Ireland Cian Murphy Cork City 11
5 Republic of Ireland Kyle Robinson Wexford 9
Republic of Ireland Ruairi Keating Galway United

Play-offs

First Division play-off Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

First Division play-off Final

Promotion/relegation play-off

See also

References

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