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League of Ireland Premier Division
Season	1989–90
Champions	St Patrick's Athletic (4th title)
Relegated	Drogheda United; UCD
European Cup	St Patrick's Athletic
UEFA Cup	Derry City
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Bray Wanderers
Top goalscorer	Mark Ennis: 19 ; (St. Patrick's Athletic)
	← 1988–89 1990–91 →

The 1989–90 League of Ireland Premier Division was the fifth season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The Premier Division was made up of 12 teams.

Overview

The Premier Division was contested by 12 teams and St Patrick's Athletic F.C. won the championship.^[2]^[3]

Final Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	St Patrick's Athletic (C)	33	22	8	3	51	22	+29	52	Qualification to 1990–91 European Cup
2	Derry City	33	20	9	4	72	18	+54	49	Qualification to 1990–91 UEFA Cup
3	Dundalk	33	17	8	8	50	26	+24	42
4	Shamrock Rovers	33	16	8	9	45	37	+8	40
5	Cork City	33	14	9	10	35	24	+11	37
6	Bohemians	33	14	7	12	35	32	+3	35
7	Shelbourne	33	10	13	10	39	39	0	33
8	Galway United	33	10	9	14	39	61	−22	29
9	Limerick City	33	7	8	18	28	50	−22	22
10	Athlone Town	33	5	12	16	28	53	−25	22
11	Drogheda United (R)	33	5	8	20	20	44	−24	18	Relegation to League of Ireland First Division
12	UCD (R)	33	6	5	22	25	61	−36	17	Relegation to League of Ireland First Division

Source: www.rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Matches 1–22

Home \ Away	ATH	BOH	COR	DER	DRO	DUN	GAL	LIM	SHM	SHE	StP	UCD
Athlone Town	—	1–1	0–0	0–3	1–1	0–1	3–3	3–2	0–3	1–1	1–0	1–1
Bohemians	2–1	—	0–0	1–3	4–0	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–2	3–0
Cork City	2–0	0–2	—	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–3	2–0
Derry City	6–1	1–0	2–0	—	2–0	0–0	9–1	2–0	5–0	1–0	0–1	2–0
Drogheda United	0–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	—	0–1	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–0
Dundalk	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–0	—	3–0	4–0	1–0	4–3	2–1	5–0
Galway United	2–1	2–3	2–1	0–6	2–0	1–0	—	3–0	1–2	1–4	2–2	2–0
Limerick City	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	4–0	—	0–1	0–0	0–1	3–1
Shamrock Rovers	2–0	3–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	—	1–4	1–1	2–1
Shelbourne	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–3	—	1–1	1–1
St Patrick's Athletic	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–2	2–1	0–3	1–0	—	1–0
UCD	0–2	3–1	2–1	0–3	1–0	3–3	0–1	1–2	1–3	1–2	1–2	—

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

Matches 23–33

Home \ Away	ATH	BOH	COR	DER	DRO	DUN	GAL	LIM	SHM	SHE	StP	UCD
Athlone Town	—	—	0–4	0–1	—	—	—	0–0	0–1	—	—	2–1
Bohemians	1–0	—	—	0–0	—	1–0	—	0–0	—	—	—	1–2
Cork City	—	1–0	—	2–0	2–0	—	—	—	—	4–0	0–1	—
Derry City	—	—	—	—	2–2	—	3–0	7–0	1–1	1–1	—	3–0
Drogheda United	0–1	1–2	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–0	2–2	0–2	—
Dundalk	3–2	—	0–0	1–3	3–1	—	—	0–1	1–2	—	—	—
Galway United	3–1	1–2	1–1	—	2–1	1–1	—	—	—	—	1–1	—
Limerick City	—	—	1–3	—	1–1	—	1–1	—	—	2–0	0–3	—
Shamrock Rovers	—	2–1	0–0	—	—	—	1–1	2–1	—	2–3	—	1–0
Shelbourne	1–1	0–2	—	—	—	0–4	4–0	—	—	—	0–3	—
St Patrick's Athletic	1–1	0–0	—	1–1	—	0–0	—	—	3–1	—	—	4–0
UCD	—	—	1–2	—	1–0	0–3	1–0	1–1	—	1–1	—	—

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

Notes

^ Bray Wanderers A.F.C. who played in the First Division qualified for the 1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup after winning the 1989–90 FAI Cup final.

References

^ "Ireland - List of Topscorers". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
^ ^a ^b Graham, Alex. Football in the Republic of Ireland a Statistical Record 1921–2005. Soccer Books Limited. ISBN 1-86223-135-4.
^ "(Republic of) Ireland League Tables". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 21 February 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2016.