1987–88_League_of_Ireland_Premier_Division

League of Ireland Premier Division
Season	1987–88
Champions	Dundalk F.C.
Relegated	Bray Wanderers; Sligo Rovers
European Cup	Dundalk F.C.
UEFA Cup	St Patrick's Athletic
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Derry City
Top goalscorer	Jonathan Speak:24 ; (Derry City)
	← 1986–87 1988–89 →

1987–88 League of Ireland Premier Division

Football league season

The 1987–88 League of Ireland Premier Division was the third season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The Premier Division was made up of 12 teams.

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[table_note_res_ECWC0.33815495359625-4] Derry City qualified for the 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup after reaching the 1987–88 FAI Cup final.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dundalk (C)	33	19	8	6	54	32	+22	46	Qualification to 1988–89 European Cup
2	St Patrick's Athletic	33	18	9	6	52	25	+27	45	Qualification to 1988–89 UEFA Cup
3	Bohemians	33	17	11	5	57	32	+25	45
4	Shamrock Rovers	33	16	9	8	53	30	+23	41
5	Galway United	33	15	10	8	48	34	+14	40
6	Waterford United	33	10	14	9	40	31	+9	34
7	Cork City	33	12	10	11	41	47	−6	34
8	Derry City	33	13	5	15	59	44	+15	31	Qualification to 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup^{[lower-alpha 1]}
9	Limerick City	33	9	7	17	33	60	−27	25
10	Shelbourne	33	8	8	17	27	65	−38	24
11	Bray Wanderers (R)	33	4	10	19	27	65	−38	18	Relegation to League of Ireland First Division
12	Sligo Rovers (R)	33	4	5	24	30	81	−51	13	Relegation to League of Ireland First Division

Home \ Away	BOH	BRW	COR	DER	DUN	GAL	LIM	SHM	SHE	SLI	StP	WAT
Bohemians	—	1–1	5–1	3–1	3–2	0–0	3–0	1–4	1–0	4–2	2–0	0–0
Bray Wanderers	0–4	—	1–3	0–1	2–3	1–3	0–0	1–3	0–1	3–3	1–3	0–0
Cork City	2–2	2–1	—	1–0	0–2	1–3	1–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	0–0	1–2
Derry City	3–2	0–0	7–2	—	3–0	3–0	5–0	0–1	0–0	4–0	0–3	1–2
Dundalk	0–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	—	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–2	1–0
Galway United	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	—	0–2	3–2	0–2	5–1	1–0	2–2
Limerick City	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–3	3–0	—	1–4	2–0	1–0	0–3	2–1
Shamrock Rovers	1–1	7–1	2–2	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	—	0–1	2–1	0–2	1–1
Shelbourne	1–3	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–2	1–1	4–1	1–2	—	1–1	1–0	0–2
Sligo Rovers	3–2	1–2	0–2	0–3	2–2	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	—	1–3	1–7
St Patrick's Athletic	2–2	0–1	3–0	3–0	2–2	0–0	4–1	2–0	2–1	4–2	—	1–1
Waterford United	0–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	3–0	0–1	—

Home \ Away	BOH	BRW	COR	DER	DUN	GAL	LIM	SHM	SHE	SLI	StP	WAT
Bohemians	—	1–0	—	—	—	0–1	2–0	1–1	—	3–2	—	—
Bray Wanderers	—	—	—	—	—	1–2	—	1–3	1–2	—	—	—
Cork City	0–1	1–1	—	—	1–1	—	0–0	—	—	—	0–1	3–0
Derry City	0–1	6–0	0–1	—	—	—	3–2	—	0–3	—	—	—
Dundalk	0–2	5–1	—	3–2	—	—	4–0	—	—	—	1–1	1–1
Galway United	—	—	3–1	1–1	2–0	—	—	—	1–0	3–1	2–2	—
Limerick City	—	3–0	—	—	—	1–5	—	0–4	5–0	2–0	—	—
Shamrock Rovers	—	—	2–0	1–3	0–1	0–0	—	—	2–0	2–0	—	—
Shelbourne	2–2	—	1–1	—	0–1	—	—	—	—	—	2–0	1–1
Sligo Rovers	—	0–3	0–3	2–7	0–0	—	—	—	1–1	—	0–1	0–2
St Patrick's Athletic	1–0	1–1	—	1–0	—	—	3–0	1–1	—	—	—	0–2
Waterford United	1–1	0–1	—	0–0	—	1–0	0–0	0–2	—	—	—	—

1987–88_League_of_Ireland_Premier_Division

1987–88 League of Ireland Premier Division

Overview

Final Table

Results

Matches 1–22

Matches 23–33

See also

References

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