2020 League of Ireland First Division

League of Ireland First Division
Season2020
Dates21 February 2020 – 27 October 2020
ChampionsDrogheda United (5th title)
PromotedDrogheda United, Longford Town
Matches played90
Goals scored265 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorerYousef Mahdy (15 league goals + 1 playoff goal)
Biggest home winUCD 8-0 Wexford
(4 September 2020)
Biggest away winCobh Ramblers 0-6 UCD
(12 September 2020)
Highest scoringUCD 8-0 Wexford
(4 September 2020) Longford Town 2-6 Galway United
(3 October 2020)
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The 2020 League of Ireland First Division season was the 36th season of the League of Ireland First Division. The league began on 21 February 2020 and concluded on 27 October 2020. Drogheda United won the league title for a record 5th time, winning promotion to the League of Ireland Premier Division for 2021.[1][2] [3] The Coronavirus pandemic in Ireland halted the season in mid-March as per directive of the Irish Government and the Football Association of Ireland.[4][5] On 13 July 2020, the league announced the season restart with a reduced fixture list of two rounds only (18 games in total, per team for the regular season) and the play-off series as announced pre-season.[6]

  1. ^ "Drogheda seal promotion as play-off places are decided". RTE Sport. 27 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Drogheda seal promotion to Premier Division". The 42. 27 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  3. ^ "SSE Airtricity League Fixtures". sseairtricityleague.ie. League of Ireland. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  4. ^ "FAI postpones all football activity with immediate effect". FAI. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Irish sports events cancelled". irishmirror.ie. 13 March 2020. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  6. ^ "2020 SSE Airtricity League - Fixture List". SSE Airtricity League. League of Ireland. Retrieved 26 September 2020.