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.
Teams Team Location Stadium Bohemians Phibsborough Dalymount Park Bray Wanderers Bray Carlisle Grounds Derry City Derry Brandywell Stadium Drogheda United Drogheda United Park Dundalk Dundalk Oriel Park Galway United Galway Terryland Park Shamrock Rovers Tallaght Tallaght Stadium Sligo Rovers Sligo The Showgrounds St Patrick's Athletic Inchicore Richmond Park UCDBelfieldUCD Bowl
Overview 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.
Final table
Results
Matches 1–18
Matches 19–36
Awards
Top goalscorers RankScorerClubGoals1 Éamon ZayedDerry City 222 Eoin DoyleSligo Rovers203 Danny NorthSt. Patrick's Athletic15 Gary TwiggShamrock Rovers155 Mark QuigleyDundalk13
PFAI Players' Player of the Year WinnerClub Éamon ZayedDerry City
PFAI Young Player of the Year WinnerClub Enda StevensShamrock Rovers
PFAI Team of the Year
Player of the Month Month Player Club March Mark Quigley Dundalk April Gary Dempsey Bray Wanderers May Eoin Doyle Sligo Rovers June Danny North St. Patrick's Athletic July Conor McCormack Shamrock Rovers August Patrick Sullivan Shamrock Rovers September Joseph Ndo Sligo Rovers October Karl Sheppard Shamrock Rovers November Stephen PaisleyStephen Paisley was playing in First Division. Shelbourne
Notes
Promotion/relegation play-off 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.
See also
2011 Dundalk F.C. season 2011 Shamrock Rovers F.C. season 2011 League of Ireland First Division 2011 A Championship 2011 League of Ireland Cup
References