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2018 League of Ireland First Division

Season
23 February – 22 September 2018
UCD
UCDFinn Harps
135
397 (2.94 per match)
David O'Sullivan (Shelbourne, 15 goals)
Shelbourne 7–0 Athlone Town (6 April 2018); Wexford 7–0 Athlone Town (20 April 2018)
Wexford 0–8 UCD (7 May 2018)
Wexford 1–8 Drogheda United (16 March 2018)
59,946
422
← 2017 2019 →
All statistics correct as of 2 November 2018.

The 2018 League of Ireland First Division season was the 34th season of the League of Ireland First Division. The league began on 23 February 2018 and concluded on 22 September 2018. Contrary to the previous editions, this tournament had 10 teams, which was the largest number since the 2011 season, and saw the return of the promotion/relegation playoffs.

The First Division has 10 teams. Each team plays each other three times for a total of 27 matches in the season.

On 22 December 2016, the FAI 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.

Team	Location	Stadium
Athlone Town	Athlone	Athlone Town Stadium
Cabinteely	Cabinteely	Stradbrook Road
Cobh Ramblers	Cobh	St. Colman's Park
Drogheda United	Drogheda	United Park
Finn Harps	Ballybofey	Finn Park
Galway United	Galway	Eamonn Deacy Park
Longford Town	Longford	City Calling Stadium
Shelbourne	Drumcondra	Tolka Park
UCD	Belfield	UCD Bowl
Wexford	Crossabeg	Ferrycarrig Park

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

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Athlone Town	Aaron Callaghan	Niall Scullion	Nike	Nitro Sports
Cabinteely	Pat Devlin	Daire Doyle	Uhlsport	Geoghegan Home Extensions
Cobh Ramblers	Stephen Henderson	Paul Hunt	Legea	Tony & William O'Shea Fuels Rushbrooke
Drogheda United	Tim Clancy	Sean Thornton	CX+ Sport	Scotch Hall Shopping Center
Finn Harps	Ollie Horgan	Ciaran Coll	Joma	McGettigan Group
Galway United	Shane Keegan	Colm Horgan	Uhlsport	Comer Property Management
Longford Town	Neale Fenn	Kevin O'Connor	Legea	City Calling
Shelbourne	Owen Heary	Dean Delaney	Macron	Dublin City University
UCD	Collie O'Neill	Gary O'Neill	O'Neills	O'Neills
Wexford	Damian Locke	Craig McCabe	Bodibro	Premier Tickets

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner ofdeparture	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date ofappointment
Galway United	Shane Keegan	Sacked	18 June 2018	6th	Alan Murphy	3 July 2018

As of 22 September 2018

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	David O'Sullivan	Shelbourne	15
2	Georgie Kelly	UCD	14
3	Dylan McGlade	Longford Town	13
4	Sean Brennan	Drogheda United	11
James English	Shelbourne
6	Conor Barry	Galway United	10
7	Eoin McCormack	Galway United	9
Gary O'Neill	UCD
Mikey Place	Finn Harps
Sam Verdon	Longford Town

The second, third and fourth placed First Division teams played off to decide who would play Limerick, the ninth placed team from the Premier Division. The winner of this play off would play in the 2019 Premier Division.

Semi-finals

2–2 on aggregate. Drogheda United win on penalties.

Finals

Finn Harps win 3–1 on aggregate.

Relegation-promotion match

Finn Harps won 3–0 on aggregate and were promoted to 2019 Premier Division. Limerick were relegated to the 2019 First Division.

2018 League of Ireland Premier Division
2018 League of Ireland Cup

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