1983–84 League of Ireland

Statistics of League of Ireland in the 1983–1984 season.

Overview

It was contested by 14 teams, and Shamrock Rovers won the championship.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Shamrock Rovers (C)	26	19	4	3	64	15	+49	42	Qualification to 1984–85 European Cup
2	Bohemians	26	13	10	3	39	20	+19	36	Qualification to 1984–85 UEFA Cup
3	Athlone Town	26	15	4	7	44	28	+16	34
4	Limerick City	26	13	7	6	38	26	+12	33
5	Shelbourne	26	9	10	7	41	34	+7	28
6	UCD	26	9	10	7	24	23	+1	28	Qualification to 1984–85 European Cup Winners' Cup^[a]
7	Dundalk	26	9	9	8	38	31	+7	27
8	Waterford United	26	10	6	10	34	34	0	26
9	Finn Harps	26	8	8	10	36	46	−10	24
10	St Patrick's Athletic	26	8	7	11	36	37	−1	23
11	Drogheda United	26	10	2	14	37	54	−17	22
12	Galway United	26	6	9	11	26	33	−7	21
13	Home Farm	26	4	4	18	16	54	−38	12
14	Sligo Rovers	26	2	4	20	20	58	−38	8

Source: www.rsssf.com
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ UCD qualified for the 1984–85 European Cup Winners' Cup after winning the 1983–84 FAI Cup final.

Cork City and Longford Town were elected to the league for next season.

Home \ Away	ATH	BOH	DRO	DUN	FHA	GAL	HOM	LIM	SHM	SHE	SLI	StP	UCD	WAT
Athlone Town	—	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	3–1	0–1	2–1
Bohemians	1–0	—	5–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	3–0	0–0	0–0	1–2
Drogheda United	1–4	0–1	—	0–3	2–1	2–1	3–1	0–1	0–7	2–2	1–3	3–1	1–0	3–1
Dundalk	0–2	1–1	3–0	—	1–2	1–0	3–1	2–2	0–1	5–3	4–0	1–2	0–2	3–2
Finn Harps	1–1	0–1	2–3	1–1	—	3–2	3–0	0–2	2–1	1–1	3–2	2–2	1–2	3–2
Galway United	0–0	0–1	2–2	2–1	3–3	—	1–2	3–0	0–3	0–2	1–0	1–3	0–0	2–0
Home Farm	2–3	0–3	0–4	1–1	0–0	1–1	—	1–2	0–5	0–5	2–1	0–4	0–2	1–3
Limerick City	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–2	0–2	1–0	2–0	—	0–1	1–1	4–1	3–2	2–0	1–0
Shamrock Rovers	4–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	5–1	4–1	1–0	1–1	—	3–1	5–0	1–0	2–1	2–0
Shelbourne	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–0	5–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	3–2	—	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1
Sligo Rovers	1–2	3–4	2–3	0–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–2	0–0	—	2–1	0–0	0–2
St Patrick's Athletic	3–2	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–4	3–3	2–0	—	1–1	0–2
UCD	2–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–2	1–0	2–1	3–2	—	0–1
Waterford United	1–0	1–3	2–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–2	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–2	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Alan Campbell	Shamrock Rovers	24
2	Brendan Bradley	Finn Harps	16
3	Liam Buckley	Shamrock Rovers	14
4	Jackie Jameson	Bohemians	13
4	Benny Laryea	Dundalk	13
6	Mick Bennett	Waterford	12
6	Des Kennedy	Limerick City	12
8	Roddy Collins	Athlone Town	11
9	John Delamere	Shelbourne	10
10	Eugene Davis	St Patrick's Athletic	9
10	Brian Duff	Galway United	9