1993–94 League of Ireland Premier Division explained

Competition:	League of Ireland Premier Division
Season:	1993–94
Relegated:	Limerick F.C. Drogheda United
Continentalcup1:	UEFA Cup
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	Shamrock Rovers Cork City
Continentalcup2:	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:	Sligo Rovers^[1]
League Topscorer:	Stephen Geoghegan 23 (Shamrock Rovers) ^[2] ^[3]
Prevseason:	1992–93
Nextseason:	1994–95

The 1993–94 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 9th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The division was made up of 12 teams. Shamrock Rovers won the title.

Regular season

The regular season initially saw the 12 teams use a traditional round-robin format with each team playing 22 games on a home and away basis. The division was then split into two groups, a top six and a bottom six. After the split, the six teams played the other teams in their group in a second series of 10 games again using a round-robin format.^[3] ^[4]

Results

Matches 23–32

Bottom Six

Promotion/relegation play-off

Cobh Ramblers F.C. who finished in tenth place played off against Finn Harps F.C., the third placed team from the 1993–94 League of Ireland First Division.^[5]

2nd leg

Cobh Ramblers F.C. won 3–1 on aggregate and retain their place in the Premier Division ^[3]

Notes and References

[Sligo Rovers F.C.|Sligo Rovers]
Web site: Ireland - List of Topscorers . 6 July 2016 . live . . https://web.archive.org/web/20120406093820/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/iertops.html . 6 April 2012 .
Book: Graham, Alex. Football in the Republic of Ireland a Statistical Record 1921–2005. Soccer Books Limited. 1-86223-135-4.
Web site: (Republic of) Ireland League Tables . 6 July 2016 . live . . https://web.archive.org/web/20080221000146/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/ierhist.html . 21 February 2008 .
Web site: (Republic of) Ireland League Tables - Second Level . 10 July 2016 . live . . https://web.archive.org/web/20090603033056/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/ier2hist.html . 3 June 2009 .