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2013 League of Ireland Premier Division

Field	Value
competition	League of Ireland Premier Division
winners	St. Patrick's Athletic (8th title)
relegated	Shelbourne
continentalcup1	Champions League
continentalcup1 qualifiers	St. Patrick's Athletic
continentalcup2	Europa League
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Dundalk
Derry City
Sligo Rovers
matches	198
attendance	307,355
average attendance	1,552One attendance figure is missing from the 2013 season https://www.researchgate.net/figure/League-of-Ireland-Premier-Division-Attendance_tbl1_286919999
highest attendance	4,703 Shamrock Rovers 0–4 St. Patrick's Athletic
total goals	523
league topscorer	Rory Patterson: 18
(Derry City)
prevseason	2012
nextseason	2014
season	2013
continentalcup3	Setanta Cup
continentalcup3 qualifiers	St. Patrick's Athletic
Dundalk
Sligo Rovers
Shamrock Rovers

Derry City Sligo Rovers (Derry City) Dundalk Sligo Rovers Shamrock Rovers

The 2013 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 29th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The division featured 12 teams. St. Patrick's Athletic were champions, winning their eighth top level League of Ireland title. Dundalk finished as runners-up.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium
Bohemians	Phibsborough	Dalymount Park
Bray Wanderers	Bray	Carlisle Grounds
Cork City	Cork	Turners Cross
Derry City	Derry	Brandywell Stadium
Drogheda United	Drogheda	Hunky Dorys Park
Dundalk	Dundalk	Oriel Park
Limerick	Limerick	Thomond Park
Shamrock Rovers	Tallaght	Tallaght Stadium
Shelbourne	Drumcondra	Tolka Park
Sligo Rovers	Sligo	The Showgrounds
St Patrick's Athletic	Inchicore	Richmond Park
UCD	Belfield	UCD Bowl

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Bohemians	Owen Heary	Owen Heary	Macron	Volkswagen
Bray Wanderers	Pat Devlin	Danny O'Connor	Adidas	Volkswagen
Cork City		Tommy Dunne
Stuart Ashton/Paul O Brien	Kevin Murray	Umbro	Clonakilty Blackpudding
Derry City	Declan Devine	Kevin Deery	Umbro	Diamond Corrugated
Drogheda United	Mick Cooke	Derek Prendergast	Nike	Scotch Hall Shopping Center
Dundalk	Stephen Kenny	Stephen O'Donnell	Umbro	Fyffes
Limerick	Stuart Taylor	Joe Gamble	Macron	Greenheat Group
Shamrock Rovers	Trevor Croly	Patrick Sullivan	Umbro	SEAT
Shelbourne	John McDonnell	Ian Ryan	Macron	Volkswagen
Sligo Rovers	Ian Baraclough	Danny Ventre	Umbro	Volkswagen
St Patrick's Athletic	Liam Buckley	Conor Kenna	Umbro	Clune Construction LP
UCD	Martin Russell	Mick Leahy	O'Neills	O'Neills

Overview

The Premier Division featured 12 teams. Each team played each other three times, totalling 33 games. The regular season began on 8 March and concluded on 25 October. St. Patrick's Athletic clinched the title on 13 October 2013, with two games to go, after a 2–0 win against the holders, Sligo Rovers.

Final Table

Results

Matches 1–22

Matches 23–33

Promotion/relegation play-off

Bray Wanderers, the eleventh placed team from the Premier Division, played off against Longford Town, the winners of the 2013 First Division play off. The winner of this play off would play in the 2014 Premier Division.

David O'Sullivan Noel Haverty Kieran Waters
Kevin O'Connor
Shane O'Connor Bray Wanderers win 5–4 on aggregate and retained their place in the Premier Division.

Goal scorers

Top scorers

Player	Club	Goals
Rory Patterson	Derry City	url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iertops.html	title=Ireland - List of Topscorers	access-date=6 July 2016	url-status=live	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406093820/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/iertops.html	archive-date=6 April 2012	website=RSSSF	df=dmy }}
Declan O'Brien	Drogheda United	14 (3 pen.)
Ciarán Kilduff	Cork City	13
Patrick Hoban	Dundalk	13
David McMillan	Sligo Rovers	13 (6 pen.)

Hat-tricks

Player		For	Against	Result
Rory Patterson	Derry City	University College Dublin	6–0
Chris Forrester	St Patrick's Athletic	Shelbourne	4–0
Jason Byrne	Bray Wanderers	Drogheda United	3–2
Jason Byrne	Bray Wanderers	UCD	5–4
Patrick Hoban	Dundalk	Bohemians	3–0
Conan Byrne	St Patrick's Athletic	Shamrock Rovers	4–0
Danny Morrissey	Cork City	Derry City	4–1
Richie Towell	Dundalk	Derry City	3–0{{cite web	url=http://extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/11165/
Ciarán Kilduff	Cork City	Shelbourne	5–3{{cite web	url=http://extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/11219/
David McDaid	Derry City	Limerick	6–0

Awards

[[League of Ireland Premier Division Player of the Month|Player of the Month]]

Month	Player	Club
March	Anthony Elding	Sligo Rovers
April	Barry McNamee	Derry City
May	Killian Brennan	St Patrick's Athletic
June	Jason Byrne	Bray Wanderers
July	Patrick Hoban	Dundalk
August	Richie Towell	Dundalk
September	Anthony Flood	St Patrick's Athletic
October	Ciaran Kilduff	Cork City
November	Danny North	Sligo Rovers

[[PFAI Players' Player of the Year]]

Winner	Club
Killian Brennan	St. Patrick's Athletic

[[PFAI Young Player of the Year]]

Winner	Club
Richie Towell	Dundalk

Team of the Year

Television coverage

Live coverage of matches in Ireland were shown on RTÉ Two and Setanta Sports. MNS on RTÉ Two showed match highlights and analysis on each Monday night during the season.

Attendances

No.	Club	Average
1	Shamrock Rovers	2,787
2	Sligo Rovers	2,342
3	Dundalk	1,974
4	Cork City	1,965
5	St. Patrick's Athletic	1,661
6	Bohemian	1,609
7	Limerick	1,571
8	Derry City	1,491
9	Shelbourne	1,114
10	Bray Wanderers	860
11	Drogheda United	847
12	UCD	486

Source:

Notes

References

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"Ireland - List of Topscorers".
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(14 October 2013). "Bolger beauty gets title party going at Pat's". Irish Examiner.
(15 March 2013). "Derry hit inept UCD with six of the best". [[The Irish Times]].
(15 April 2013). "St Patrick's Athletic 4–0 Shelbourne". RTÉ News.
(24 May 2013). "Bray Wanderers 3 – 2 Drogheda United". Extra Time.
(9 June 2013). "UCD 4 – 5 Bray Wanderers".
(12 July 2013). "Dundalk FC 3 – 0 Bohemians FC".
"Shamrock Rovers 0 - 4 St Patrick's Athletic".
(31 August 2013). "Cork City 4 – 1 Derry City". Extra Time.
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(21 October 2013). "Anto Flood named Airtricity/SWAI Player of the Month for September". RTÉ News.
(31 October 2013). "Kilduff is player of the month for October". RTÉ News.
(17 October 2013). "Here's the Premier Division Team of the Year". The Score.
https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/irl/aveirl13.htm

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