2004 League of Ireland First Division

The 2004 League of Ireland First Division season was the 20th season of the League of Ireland First Division.

League of Ireland First Division
Season2004
ChampionsFinn Harps
PromotedUCD
Bray Wanderers
Top goalscorerKevin McHugh: 22 (2)
(Finn Harps)[1][2]
← 2003
2005 →

Overview

The First Division was contested by 12 teams and Finn Harps won the division. Each team played the other teams three times, totalling 33 games. The 2005 season would see the League of Ireland Premier Division revert to 12 twelve teams. To facilitate this expansion there was no promotion/relegation play-off this season and the second and third placed teams, UCD and Bray Wanderers, were automatically promoted.[3][4][2]

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Finn Harps 33 23 7 3 60 19 +41 76 Promoted to Premier Division
2 UCD 33 22 9 2 63 21 +42 75 Promoted to Premier Division
3 Bray Wanderers 33 19 8 6 62 29 +33 65
4 Kildare County 33 18 8 7 54 32 +22 62
5 Galway United 33 14 10 9 55 49 +6 52
6 Dundalk 33 14 4 15 46 57 −11 46
7 Sligo Rovers 33 11 5 17 46 50 −4 38
8 Cobh Ramblers 33 7 11 15 47 53 −6 32
9 Kilkenny City 33 6 9 18 28 53 −25 27
10 Athlone Town 33 9 2 22 42 68 −26 26[lower-alpha 1]
11 Monaghan United 33 8 5 20 28 63 −35 26[lower-alpha 2]
12 Limerick 33 4 8 21 18 55 −37 20
Source:
Notes:
  1. Athlone Town deducted 3 points for fielding an unregistered player.
  2. Monaghan United deducted 3 points for fielding an unregistered player.

Top scorers
Player Club Goals
Kevin McHugh Finn Harps 22 (2)
Éamon Zayed Bray Wanderers 17 (3)
Martin Reilly Kildare County 16
Willie Doyle UCD 16
Trevor Vaughan Dundalk 14 (4)

Source:[1][2]

  • The locations of the clubs that competed in the 2004 League of Ireland season

See also

References
  1. "Ireland - List of Topscorers". www.rsssf.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  2. "Ireland 2004". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  3. Graham, Alex. Football in the Republic of Ireland a Statistical Record 1921–2005. Soccer Books Limited. ISBN 1-86223-135-4.
  4. "(Republic of) Ireland League Tables - Second Level". www.rsssf.com. Archived from the original on 3 June 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
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