1997–98 League of Ireland Premier Division explained

Competition:	League of Ireland Premier Division
Season:	1997–98
Relegated:	Kilkenny City Drogheda United
Continentalcup1:	UEFA Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	St Patrick's Athletic
Continentalcup2:	UEFA Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:	Shelbourne
Continentalcup3:	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Continentalcup4:	UEFA Intertoto Cup
Continentalcup4 Qualifiers:	Shamrock Rovers
Continentalcup5:	FAI Super Cup
Continentalcup6:	LFA President's Cup
Continentalcup6 Qualifiers:	St Patrick's Athletic Shelbourne Cork City Shamrock Rovers
League Topscorer:	Stephen Geoghegan 17 (Shelbourne) ^[1] ^[2]
Prevseason:	1996–97
Nextseason:	1998–99

The 1997–98 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 13th 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.

Regular season

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

UCD won 5–2 on aggregate and retained their place in the Premier Division. ^[2] ^[4]

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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 .
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