Season | 2022 |
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Dates | 18 February – 4 November 2022 |
Champions | Shamrock Rovers (20th title) |
Relegated | Finn Harps |
Matches played | 180 |
Goals scored | 472 (2.62 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Aidan Keena (18 goals) |
Biggest home win | Derry City 7–1 UCD (22nd April 2022) Shelbourne 6-0 Drogheda United (28th October 2022) |
Biggest away win | St Patrick's Athletic 0–4 Derry City (29 April 2022) Drogheda United 0–4 St Patrick's Athletic (6 May 2022) |
Highest scoring | Derry City 7–1 UCD (22nd April 2022) Shelbourne 4–4 St Patrick's Athletic (3 October 2022) |
Longest winning run | Derry City (6 games) |
Longest unbeaten run | Derry City (16 games) |
Longest winless run | UCD (14 games) |
Longest losing run | Finn Harps (4 games) UCD (4 games) Drogheda United (4 games) |
Highest attendance | 7,726 Shamrock Rovers 1–0 Derry City (30 October 2022)[1] |
Lowest attendance | 473 UCD 0–2 Derry City (4 April 2022) |
Total attendance | 486,365 |
Average attendance | 2,687[2] |
← 2021 2023 →
All statistics correct as of 7 November 2022. |
The 2022 League of Ireland Premier Division, known as the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division for sponsorship reasons, was the 38th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division, the top Irish league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1985. Shamrock Rovers were the defending champions, having won their nineteenth Premier Division title the previous season.[3] They retained the title on 24 October as a result of Derry City drawing 0-0 away to Sligo Rovers.[4][5]