2025 League of Ireland Premier Division


The 2025 League of Ireland Premier Division, known as the SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division for sponsorship reasons, was the 41st season of the League of Ireland Premier Division, the top Irish league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1985.
The competition began on 14 February 2025 and concluded on 1 November 2025. As part of the opening weekend of fixtures, the derby between arch-rivals Bohemians and Shamrock Rovers took place at the Aviva Stadium, the national football stadium of the Republic of Ireland where a record Premier Division crowd of 33,208 was present. The 2025 season became the first year that the league is entirely made up of full-time professional clubs and players.
On 27 January 2025, it was announced that Virgin Media Television (Ireland) would become the "sole and exclusive free to air broadcaster of the SSE Airtricity Men’s Premier Division" for the next four years, pledging to show one live game from each round of the division. A new radio deal for broadcasting on Newstalk was announced just before the season started.
On 13 October, Cork City's relegation, their third of the decade, was confirmed following a 1-2 home defeat to Shelbourne in front of the division's lowest crowd of the season.
On 29 October, Shamrock Rovers won the title after a 1-0 victory over Galway United. It was their 22nd Premier Division title and their fifth in the last six seasons.

Teams

The league consists of ten teams – the top nine teams from the previous season and one team promoted as champions from the First Division, Cork City. They replaced Dundalk, who were relegated after 16 consecutive seasons in the top flight.

Stadiums and locations

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
BohemiansDublin Dalymount Park4,500
Cork CityCorkTurners Cross7,485
Derry CityDerryRyan McBride Brandywell Stadium6,242
Drogheda UnitedDroghedaSullivan and Lambe Park3,500
Galway UnitedGalwayEamonn Deacy Park5,000
Shamrock RoversDublin Tallaght Stadium10,500
ShelbourneDublin Tolka Park5,750
Sligo RoversSligoThe Showgrounds3,873
St Patrick's AthleticDublin Richmond Park5,340
WaterfordWaterfordRSC5,160

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Bohemians

League table


Results

Teams play each other four times.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

The ninth-placed team from the 2025 League of Ireland Premier Division qualified for a play-off alongside the second, third, fourth, and fifth-placed teams from the 2025 League of Ireland First Division.
The First Division teams contest the semi-finals and final. The semi-finals will be held over two legs, with the second-placed team facing the fifth-placed team and the third-placed team facing the fourth-placed team. The semi-final winners then contest the First Division final, with the winners ultimately facing the ninth-placed League of Ireland Premier Division team for the final place in the 2026 League of Ireland Premier Division.

Bracket



Semi-finals

Bray Wanderers won 4–2 on aggregate
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Treaty United won 2–1 on aggregate

Final


Promotion/relegation play-off


Season statistics

Discipline

Player

  • Most yellow cards: 15
  • * Adam O'Reilly
  • Most red cards: 1
  • *''32 players''

Club

  • Most yellow cards: 114
  • *Derry City
  • Most red cards: 7
  • *Derry City

Attendances

No.ClubAverage attendanceChangeHighest
1Shamrock Rovers FC5,996-1,2%9,522
2Bohemian FC5,86038,2%33,208
3Shelbourne FC4,5566,7%5,633
4St. Patrick's Athletic FC4,342-1,4%5,374
5Derry City FC3,46620,7%4,327
6Cork City FC3,05315,8%5,034
7Sligo Rovers FC2,814-1,5%4,023
8Galway United FC2,785-7,6%4,323
9Waterford FC2,608-4,4%3,488
10Drogheda United FC2,29513,5%2,596