Season | 2015 |
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Champions | Dundalk |
Relegated |
Limerick Drogheda United |
Champions League | Dundalk |
Europa League |
Cork City St. Patrick's Athletic Shamrock Rovers |
Matches played | 198 |
Goals scored | 546 (2.76 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Richie Towell: 25 (Dundalk) |
Biggest home win |
Dundalk 8-1 Bray Wanderers (4 May 2015) |
Biggest away win |
Bray Wanderers 0-5 Galway United (25 April 2015) |
Highest scoring |
Dundalk 8-1 Bray Wanderers (4 May 2015) |
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The 2015 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 31st season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. Dundalk were champions and Cork City finished as runners-up.
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The 2015 Premier Division consisted of 12 teams. Each team played each other three times for a total of 33 games. The season began on 6 March and concluded on 30 October. On 9 October, with three games still remaining, Dundalk retained the title after a 1–1 draw with Shamrock Rovers.
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Limerick, the eleventh placed team from the Premier Division played off against Finn Harps, the winner of the 2015 First Division play off, to decide who would play in the 2016 Premier Division.
Finn Harps won 2–1 on aggregate and were promoted to 2016 Premier Division. Limerick are relegated to the 2016 First Division.