2017 League of Ireland Premier Division
| Season | 2017 |
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| Dates | 24 February – 27 October 2017 |
| Matches played | 59 |
| Goals scored | 172 (2.92 per match) |
| Biggest home win |
Limerick 5–1 Sligo Rovers Derry City 4–0 Drogheda United |
| Biggest away win | Sligo Rovers 0–4 Dundalk |
| Highest scoring | Bray Wanderers 5–3 Finn Harps |
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← 2016
2018 →
All statistics correct as of 25 April 2017.
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The 2017 League of Ireland Premier Division is the 33rd season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The league began on Friday 24 February 2017 and will conclude on 27 October 2017. Fixtures were announced on 9 December 2016.
The Premier Division consists of 12 teams. Each team plays each other three times for a total of 33 matches in the season.
Limerick, the 2016 First Division champion and Drogheda United, winners of the promotion/relegation playoffs, were promoted to the league, both bouncing straight back after having been relegated the previous season.
On 22 December 2016, the Football Association of Ireland announced that the league would be restructured into two 10-team divisions from the 2018 season onwards, one of the recommendations made in the 2015 Conroy Report. This meant the cancellation of the promotion/relegation playoff and relegation at the end of the 2017 season of 3 teams, with only the champions of the First Division promoted in return.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Teams played each other twice (once at home, once away).
Teams will play each other once.
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