1982–83 League of Ireland

Statistics of League of Ireland in the 1982-83 season.

Overview

It was contested by 14 teams, and Athlone Town won the championship.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Athlone Town (C)	26	20	5	1	61	24	+37	65	Qualification to 1983–84 European Cup
2	Drogheda United	26	14	7	5	43	18	+25	49	Qualification to 1983–84 UEFA Cup
3	Dundalk	26	14	6	6	32	17	+15	48
4	Bohemians	26	13	7	6	42	26	+16	46
5	Shelbourne	26	13	5	8	50	45	+5	44
6	Shamrock Rovers	26	10	8	8	39	25	+14	38
7	St Patrick's Athletic	26	10	7	9	38	38	0	37
8	Limerick United^[a]	26	10	5	11	43	35	+8	35
9	Finn Harps	26	9	8	9	36	33	+3	35
10	Waterford United	26	8	8	10	31	44	−13	32
11	Galway United	26	6	8	12	33	44	−11	26
12	Sligo Rovers	26	4	9	13	27	48	−21	21	Qualification to 1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup^[b]
13	UCD	26	4	4	18	29	63	−34	16
14	Home Farm	26	2	3	21	24	68	−44	9

Source: www.rsssf.com
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Limerick United resigned from the league and were replaced by Limerick City for next season.
^ Sligo Rovers qualified for the 1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup after winning the 1982–83 FAI Cup final.

Home \ Away	ATH	BOH	DRO	DUN	FHA	GAL	HOM	LIM	SHM	SHE	SLI	StP	UCD	WAT
Athlone Town	—	3–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	4–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	4–1	3–1	5–2	4–0
Bohemians	0–1	—	0–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	4–2	2–2	1–2	2–0	2–1
Drogheda United	0–1	1–1	—	3–1	0–0	2–1	5–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	5–1	2–0	3–1
Dundalk	0–1	0–0	1–0	—	1–2	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–1
Finn Harps	3–3	0–0	2–3	0–1	—	2–4	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	5–1	0–1
Galway United	1–1	3–2	0–1	0–5	2–3	—	1–1	1–3	1–0	2–3	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–3
Home Farm	1–4	0–2	0–4	0–1	1–3	1–3	—	2–1	1–3	3–4	1–2	0–2	4–3	1–2
Limerick United	0–2	0–2	0–0	0–1	4–3	1–1	5–0	—	2–0	5–1	4–0	1–2	3–1	1–2
Shamrock Rovers	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–2	2–1	4–0	—	6–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	4–0
Shelbourne	4–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	4–3	2–2	—	4–3	1–0	1–0	5–2
Sligo Rovers	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–4	3–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	—	3–3	1–2	2–4
St Patrick's Athletic	1–2	0–3	1–3	1–2	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	3–1	—	1–0	1–1
UCD	0–2	1–4	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–1	5–2	0–3	2–2	2–5	2–0	2–5	—	1–3
Waterford United	1–1	0–5	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–3	1–0	2–2	2–0	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Noel Larkin	Athlone Town	18
2	Brendan Bradley	Finn Harps	17
2	Kieran McCabe	Shamrock Rovers	17
4	Kevin Cassidy	Galway United	13
4	Eugene Davis	St Patrick's Athletic	13
6	Brian Duff	Galway United	12
7	Liam Buckley	Shamrock Rovers	11
7	Tony Morris	Limerick United	11
7	Michael O'Connor	Athlone Town	11
10	Mick Fairclough	Dundalk	10
10	Jackie Jameson	Bohemians	10
10	Jim Mahon	St Patrick's Athletic	10
10	Joey Salmon	Athlone Town	10

1982–83 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '82 '83 Finland '82 '83 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '82 '83 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '82 '83 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '82 '83 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Spain
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup