2011 League of Ireland

League of Ireland Premier Division
Season	2011
Champions	Shamrock Rovers
Relegated	Galway United
UEFA Champions League	Shamrock Rovers
UEFA Europa League	Sligo Rovers St. Patrick's Athletic Bohemians
Setanta Cup	Shamrock Rovers Bohemians Sligo Rovers St. Patrick's Athletic Derry City Bray Wanderers
Matches played	180
Goals scored	503 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorer	Éamon Zayed: 22 (Derry City)
Biggest home win	Derry City 7–0 UCD
Biggest away win	Galway United 0–8 Sligo Rovers
Highest scoring	UCD 5–4 Drogheda United
Longest winning run	Shamrock Rovers, Sligo Rovers (5 games each)
Longest unbeaten run	Derry City (18 games)
Longest winless run	Galway United (32 games)
Longest losing run	Galway United (22 games)
← 2010 2012 →

The 2011 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 27th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The league was also known as the Airtricity League for sponsorship reasons. The division featured 10 teams. Shamrock Rovers were champions while Sligo Rovers finished as runners-up.

The Premier Division consists of ten teams. Each team played every other team four times, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 36 matches. The league began on 4 March and ended on 29 October. Defending champions Shamrock Rovers retained the league title with victory over UCD on 25 October 2011.

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1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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Galway United, the tenth-placed team in the 2011 Premier Division, and Monaghan United, the third-placed team from the 2011 First Division, played off to see who would play in the 2012 Premier Division. The playoff was contested in a two-legged format.

Monaghan United won 5–1 on aggregate and were promoted to the Premier Division. Galway United were relegated to the First Division.

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