1957–58 League of Ireland

League of Ireland
Season	1957–58
Champions	Drumcondra (3rd title)
European Cup	Drumcondra
Matches played	132
Goals scored	492 (3.73 per match)
Top goalscorer	Donal Leahy (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Dundalk 8–2 Cork Hibernians; Shamrock Rovers 8–2 Transport
Biggest away win	Sligo Rovers 0–6 Transport
Highest scoring	Bohemians 3–7 Drumcondra; Dundalk 8–2 Cork Hibernians; Shamrock Rovers 8–2 Transport
	← 1956–57 1958–59 →

The 1957–58 League of Ireland was the 37th season of senior football in the Republic of Ireland.

Shamrock Rovers were the defending champions.

Changes from 1956–57 season

Cork Athletic resigned from the League, and were replaced by Cork Hibernians.

Locations of the 1957–58 League of Ireland teams

Drumcondra won their third title and qualified for the following season's European Cup.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Drumcondra	22	15	3	4	51	23	+28	33	Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2	Shamrock Rovers	22	15	1	6	55	26	+29	31
3	Evergreen United	22	13	3	6	53	30	+23	29
4	St Patrick's Athletic	22	10	6	6	45	32	+13	26
5	Shelbourne	22	11	3	8	41	29	+12	25
6	Waterford	22	10	3	9	43	37	+6	23
7	Limerick	22	7	5	10	31	40	−9	19
8	Dundalk	22	7	3	12	38	46	−8	17
9	Bohemians	22	6	4	12	36	52	−16	16
10	Transport	22	6	4	12	30	50	−20	16
11	Sligo Rovers	22	5	5	12	32	61	−29	15
12	Cork Hibernians	22	6	2	14	37	66	−29	14

Home \ Away	BOH	CHB	DRU	DUN	EVE	LIM	SHM	SHE	SLI	STP	TRA	WAT
Bohemians	—	3–1	3–7	2–2	2–1	2–0	2–4	0–3	6–1	0–2	2–2	1–1
Cork Hibernians	3–3	—	3–2	4–2	2–7	2–0	2–1	2–4	3–1	3–5	0–1	1–3
Drumcondra	3–2	5–0	—	3–0	1–1	4–0	1–2	2–1	5–0	2–1	0–1	1–0
Dundalk	3–2	8–2	0–1	—	0–1	1–3	1–0	0–2	3–1	3–3	1–0	1–2
Evergreen United	4–2	2–1	1–2	4–2	—	1–0	1–2	3–0	5–1	4–1	4–1	3–0
Limerick	2–0	5–2	1–1	3–2	2–2	—	2–4	3–3	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–2
Shamrock Rovers	6–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	6–2	2–0	—	1–0	5–1	1–2	8–2	3–2
Shelbourne	0–1	3–0	0–1	5–2	2–0	4–1	2–1	—	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–3
Sligo Rovers	3–0	3–0	2–3	4–2	2–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	—	2–2	0–6	1–5
St Patrick's Athletic	1–0	1–2	2–2	0–2	0–3	3–0	3–0	4–0	2–2	—	5–0	4–1
Transport	2–1	2–0	0–3	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–1	2–5	3–4	2–2	—	3–2
Waterford	1–2	4–3	0–2	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	0–1	2–2	3–1	4–0	—

Source: Extratime.ie
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Donal Leahy	Evergreen United	16
2	Johnny McGeehan	Transport	15
2	Austin Noonan	Evergreen United	15
4	Ronnie Whelan	St Patrick's Athletic	14
5	Jack Fitzgerald	Waterford	12
6	Christy Doyle	Shelbourne	11
6	Vic Meldrum	Sligo Rovers	11
8	Dermot Cross	Drumcondra	10
9	Willie Coleman	Drumcondra	9
	Maxie McCann	Shamrock Rovers
	Donal O'Leary	Evergreen United