1999–2000 League of Ireland Premier Division explained

Competition:	League of Ireland Premier Division
Season:	1999–2000
Winners:	Shelbourne (9th title)
Relegated:	Waterford United Sligo Rovers Drogheda United
Continentalcup1:	UEFA Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	Shelbourne
Continentalcup2:	UEFA Cup
Continentalcup3:	UEFA Intertoto Cup
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers:	UCD
Continentalcup4:	FAI Super Cup
Continentalcup4 Qualifiers:	Shelbourne Cork City Bohemians UCD
League Topscorer:	Pat Morley 20 (Cork City) ^[1] ^[2]
Prevseason:	1998–99
Nextseason:	2000–01

The 1999–2000 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 15th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The division was made up of 12 teams. Shelbourne 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]}

Results

Matches 23–33

Promotion/relegation play-off

Waterford United who finished in tenth place played off against Kilkenny City, the third placed team from the 1999–2000 League of Ireland First Division.

2nd leg

Kilkenny City won 2–0 on aggregate and were promoted to the Premier Division. ^{[2] [4]}

See also

• 1999–2000 League of Ireland First Division

Notes and References

1. 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 .
2. Book: Graham, Alex. Football in the Republic of Ireland a Statistical Record 1921–2005. Soccer Books Limited. 1-86223-135-4.
3. 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 .
4. 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 .