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1998–99 League of Ireland Premier Division

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The 1998–99 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 14th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The division was made up of 12 teams. St Patrick's Athletic F.C. won the title. For sponsorship purposes, it was known as the FAI Harp Lager National League.

Season1998–99
ChampionsSt Patrick's Athletic (7th title)
RelegatedBray Wanderers
Dundalk F.C.
UEFA Champions LeagueSt Patrick's Athletic
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League of Ireland Premier Division
Season1998–99
ChampionsSt Patrick's Athletic (7th title)
RelegatedBray Wanderers
Dundalk F.C.
UEFA Champions LeagueSt Patrick's Athletic
UEFA CupCork City
Bray Wanderers
UEFA Intertoto CupShelbourne
FAI Super CupSt Patrick's Athletic
Shelbourne
Cork City
Bray Wanderers
Top goalscorerTrevor Molloy: 15
(St. Patrick's Athletic) [1][2]
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Regular season

The season saw each team playing three rounds of games, playing every other team three times, totalling 33 games.[2][3]

Final Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 St Patrick's Athletic (C) 33 22 7 4 58 21 +37 73 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 Cork City 33 21 7 5 62 25 +37 70 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Shelbourne 33 13 8 12 37 35 +2 47 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
4 Finn Harps 33 12 10 11 39 40 −1 46
5 Derry City 33 12 9 12 34 32 +2 45
6 UCD 33 10 12 11 31 32 −1 42
7 Waterford United 33 11 9 13 21 37 −16 42
8 Shamrock Rovers 33 9 13 11 34 40 −6 40
9 Sligo Rovers 33 9 11 13 37 50 −13 38
10 Bohemians (O) 33 10 7 16 28 37 −9 37 Qualification to Relegation play-off
11 Bray Wanderers (R) 33 8 8 17 30 45 −15 32 Relegation to League of Ireland First Division and
qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round[a]
12 Dundalk (R) 33 6 9 18 23 40 −17 27 Relegation to League of Ireland First Division
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(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Bray Wanderers qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying round after winning the 1999 FAI Cup Final.

Results

Matches 1–22

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Home \ Away BOH BRW COR DER DUN FHA SHM SHE SLI StP UCD WAT
Bohemians — 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–0 2–3 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 0–1
Bray Wanderers 0–1 — 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 3–4 1–0 1–1 1–4 0–0 6–0
Cork City 0–0 3–0 — 2–1 4–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 5–0
Derry City 0–2 5–1 1–1 — 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–0
Dundalk 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 — 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–0
Finn Harps 1–0 6–2 1–1 2–2 0–0 — 2–1 3–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–2
Shamrock Rovers 3–0 0–1 0–3 0–0 1–1 2–0 — 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0
Shelbourne 2–1 1–0 3–3 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–2 — 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0
Sligo Rovers 2–2 0–0 0–2 3–3 2–0 1–1 2–3 1–3 — 1–4 0–1 1–1
St Patrick's Athletic 3–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 3–0 2–1 4–1 — 1–0 2–0
UCD 2–0 3–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 3–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–2 — 1–1
Waterford United 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–0 0–3 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 —
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Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23–33

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Home \ Away BOH BRW COR DER DUN FHA SHM SHE SLI StP UCD WAT
Bohemians — 0–0 0–2 — 2–1 0–1 — — — — — 0–1
Bray Wanderers — — 1–3 — 1–0 — — 0–1 1–2 — — 0–1
Cork City — — — 0–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 — — — 0–0
Derry City 0–1 1–1 — — — 1–0 — 1–0 — 0–0 — —
Dundalk — — — 0–1 — — 1–1 1–2 3–2 — 0–2 —
Finn Harps — 0–3 — — 1–0 — 4–1 — — 0–3 1–0 2–0
Shamrock Rovers 1–1 0–0 — 1–0 — — — — — 0–1 0–0 —
Shelbourne 1–2 — — — — 2–0 1–0 — 1–0 1–1 — 0–2
Sligo Rovers 2–1 — 2–5 2–0 — 2–0 1–0 — — — — 2–1
St Patrick's Athletic 1–3 1–0 1–0 — 1–0 — — — 4–0 — 0–0 —
UCD 2–0 1–3 2–2 2–1 — — — 0–1 0–0 — — —
Waterford United — — — 1–0 2–0 — 1–0 — — 0–0 1–2 —
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Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.


Promotion/relegation play-off

Bohemians who finished in tenth place played off against Cobh Ramblers, the third placed team from the 1998–99 League of Ireland First Division.

1st Leg
5 May 1999 Cobh Ramblers 0–5 Bohemians
2nd Leg
8 May 1999 Bohemians 2–0 Cobh Ramblers

Bohemians won 7–0 on aggregate and retained their place in the Premier Division. [2][4]

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