Season | 2023 |
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Dates | 17 February – 3 November 2023 |
Champions | Shamrock Rovers (21st title) |
Relegated | Cork City UCD |
Champions League | Shamrock Rovers |
Conference League | Derry City Shelbourne St Patrick's Athletic |
Matches played | 180 |
Goals scored | 469 (2.61 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Jonathan Afolabi Jack Moylan (15 goals each) |
Biggest home win | St Patrick's Athletic 7–0 UCD (30 June) |
Biggest away win | UCD 0–5 Derry City (6 September) |
Highest scoring | Shamrock Rovers 4-4 Cork City (6 March) |
Longest winning run | Shamrock Rovers (6 games) |
Longest unbeaten run | Shamrock Rovers (13 games) |
Longest winless run | UCD (10 games) |
Longest losing run | UCD (8 games) |
Highest attendance | 8,021 Shamrock Rovers 4–2 Sligo Rovers (3 November) |
Lowest attendance | 317 UCD 0–2 Cork City (22 October) |
Total attendance | 596,196 |
Average attendance | 3,294 |
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The 2023 League of Ireland Premier Division, known as the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division for sponsorship reasons, was the 39th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division, the top Irish league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1985.
The winners (Shamrock Rovers, their fourth consecutive title and twenty-first overall) qualified for the 2024–25 Champions League first qualifying round.[1][2] The 2023 FAI Cup winners (St Patrick's Athletic) qualified for the 2024–25 Conference League second qualifying round. The runners-up (Derry City) and fourth-placed team (Shelbourne) qualified for the 2024–25 Conference League first qualifying round. The ninth-placed team (Cork City) qualified for the League of Ireland Premier Division play-off, losing and being relegated to the 2024 League of Ireland First Division. They were joined by the bottom-placed team (UCD).