| Season |
Champions |
Runners-up |
Third Place |
Top goalscorer |
Player of the Year |
Teams Relegated |
UEFA coefficient
Ranking |
| 1921–85 |
League of Ireland |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1985-86 |
Shamrock Rovers
(13th title) |
Galway United |
Dundalk |
Tommy Gaynor (Limerick F.C.) (15) |
Paul Doolin (Shamrock Rovers) |
Shelbourne
UCD |
24 (6.332) |
| 1986-87 |
Shamrock Rovers
(14th title) |
Dundalk |
Bohemians |
Mick Byrne (Shamrock Rovers) (12) |
Mick Byrne (Shamrock Rovers) |
Home Farm
Athlone Town |
29 (5.665) −5 |
| 1987-88 |
Dundalk
(7th title) |
St. Patrick's Athletic |
Bohemians |
Jonathan Speak (Derry City) (24) |
Paddy Dillon (St. Patrick's Athletic) |
Bray Wanderers
Sligo Rovers |
30 (3.665) −1 |
| 1988-89 |
Derry City
(1st title) |
Dundalk |
Limerick City |
Billy Hamilton (Limerick F.C.) (21) |
Paul Doolin (Derry City) |
Cobh Ramblers
Waterford United |
31 (2.665) −1 |
| 1989-90 |
St. Patrick's Athletic
(4th title) |
Derry City |
Dundalk |
Mark Ennis (St. Patrick's Athletic) (19) |
Mark Ennis (St. Patrick's Athletic) |
Drogheda United
UCD |
31 (2.998) |
| 1990-91 |
Dundalk
(8th title) |
Cork City |
St. Patrick's Athletic |
Peter Hanrahan (Dundalk) (18) |
Pat Morley (Cork City) |
Waterford United
Limerick City |
32 (1.332) −1 |
| 1991-92 |
Shelbourne
(8th title) |
Derry City |
Cork City |
John Caulfield (Cork City) (16) |
Pat Fenlon (Bohemians) |
Athlone Town
Galway United |
31 (1.999) +1 |
| 1992-93 |
Cork City
(2nd title) |
Bohemians |
Shelbourne |
Pat Morley (Cork City) (20) |
Donal O'Brien (Derry City) |
Waterford United
Sligo Rovers
Bray Wanderers |
31 (2.665) |
| 1993-94 |
Shamrock Rovers
(15th title) |
Cork City |
Galway United |
Stephen Geoghegan (Shamrock Rovers) (23) |
Stephen Geoghegan (Shamrock Rovers) |
Limerick F.C.
Drogheda United |
32 (2.665) −1 |
| 1994-95 |
Dundalk
(9th title) |
Derry City |
Shelbourne |
John Caulfield (Cork City) (16) |
Liam Coyle (Derry City) |
Cobh Ramblers
Monaghan United |
33 (3.665) −1 |
| 1995-96 |
St. Patrick's Athletic
(5th title) |
Bohemians |
Sligo Rovers |
Stephen Geoghegan (Shelbourne) (19) |
Eddie Gormley (St. Patrick's Athletic) |
Athlone Town
Drogheda United
Galway United |
35 (4.665) −2 |
| 1996-97 |
Derry City
(2nd title) |
Bohemians |
Shelbourne |
Tony Cousins (Shamrock Rovers) (16)
Stephen Geoghegan (Shelbourne) (16) |
Peter Hutton (Derry City) |
Bray Wanderers
Home Farm Everton |
37 (4.331) −2 |
| 1997-98 |
St. Patrick's Athletic
(6th title) |
Shelbourne |
Cork City |
Stephen Geoghegan (Shelbourne) (17) |
Pat Scully (Shelbourne) |
Kilkenny City
Drogheda United |
43 (4.331) −6 |
| 1998-99 |
St. Patrick's Athletic
(7th title) |
Cork City |
Shelbourne |
Trevor Molloy (St. Patrick's Athletic) (15) |
Paul Osam (St. Patrick's Athletic) |
Bray Wanderers
Dundalk |
44 (3.998) −1 |
| 1999-00 |
Shelbourne
(9th title) |
Cork City |
Bohemians |
Pat Morley (Cork City) (20) |
Pat Fenlon (Shelbourne) |
Waterford United
Sligo Rovers
Drogheda United |
41 (1.832) +3 |
| 2000-01 |
Bohemians
(8th title) |
Shelbourne |
Cork City |
Glen Crowe (Bohemians) (25) |
Glen Crowe (Bohemians) |
Finn Harps
Kilkenny City |
41 (1.665) |
| 2001-02 |
Shelbourne
(10th title) |
Shamrock Rovers |
St. Patrick's Athletic |
Glen Crowe (Bohemians) (21) |
Owen Heary (Shelbourne) |
Dundalk
Galway United
Monaghan United |
38 (2.998) +3 |
| 2002-03 |
Bohemians
(9th title) |
Shelbourne |
Shamrock Rovers |
Glen Crowe (Bohemians) (18) |
Glen Crowe (Bohemians) |
Bray Wanderers |
37 (3.331) +1 |
| 2003 |
Shelbourne
(11th title) |
Bohemians |
Cork City |
Jason Byrne (Shelbourne) (21) |
Jason Byrne (Shelbourne) |
UCD |
39 (3.331) −2 |
| 2004 |
Shelbourne
(12th title) |
Cork City |
Bohemians |
Jason Byrne (Shelbourne) (25) |
Jason Byrne (Shelbourne) |
Dublin City |
40 (3.164) −1 |
| 2005 |
Cork City
(2nd title) |
Derry City |
Shelbourne |
Jason Byrne (Shelbourne) (22) |
Mark Farren (Derry City) |
Shamrock Rovers
Finn Harps |
38 (4.164) +2 |
| 2006 |
Shelbourne
(13th title) |
Derry City |
Drogheda United |
Jason Byrne (Shelbourne) (15) |
Joseph Ndo (Shelbourne) |
Shelbournea |
40 (4.331) −2 |
| 2007 |
Drogheda United
(1st title) |
St Patrick's Athletic |
Bohemians |
David Mooney (Longford Town) (19) |
Brian Shelley (Drogheda United) |
Waterford United
Longford Town |
35 (6.498) +5 |
| 2008 |
Bohemians
(10th title) |
St Patrick's Athletic |
Derry City |
Mark Farren (Derry City) (16) |
Keith Fahey (St. Patrick's Athletic) |
Finn Harps
Cobh Ramblers
UCD |
35 (7.332) |
| 2009 |
Bohemians
(11th title) |
Shamrock Rovers |
Cork City |
Gary Twigg (Shamrock Rovers) (24) |
Gary Twigg (Shamrock Rovers) |
Cork City
Derry Cityb |
30 (9.499) +5 |
| 2010 |
Shamrock Rovers
(16th title) |
Bohemians |
Sligo Rovers |
Gary Twigg (Shamrock Rovers) (20) |
Richie Ryan (Sligo Rovers) |
Sporting Fingalc |
29 (9.541) +1 |
| 2011 |
Shamrock Rovers
(17th title) |
Sligo Rovers |
Derry City |
Éamon Zayed (Derry City) (22) |
Éamon Zayed (Derry City) |
Galway United |
31 (8.708) −2 |
| 2012 |
Sligo Rovers
(3rd title) |
Drogheda United |
St Patrick's Athletic |
Gary Twigg (Shamrock Rovers) (22) |
Mark Quigley (Sligo Rovers) |
Monaghan Unitedd |
33 (7.375) -2 |
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