# 2017 League of Ireland First Division > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2017_League_of_Ireland_First_Division > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2017_League_of_Ireland_First_Division.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_League_of_Ireland_First_Division > Source revision: 1351550034 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Football league season League of Ireland First Division Season 2017 Dates 24 February – 7 October 2017 Champions Waterford Promoted Waterford Matches 112 Goals 283 (2.53 per match) Top goalscorer Georgie Kelly (UCD) Biggest home win Longford Town 7-1 Athlone Town (19 August 2017)[1] Biggest away win Athlone Town 1-6 Waterford (2 June 2017)[2] Highest scoring Longford Town 7-1 Athlone Town (19 August 2017)[1] Total attendance 53,342 Average attendance 476[3] ← 2016 2018 → All statistics correct as of 8 April 2017. The **2017 League of Ireland First Division** season is the 33rd season of the [League of Ireland First Division](/source/League_of_Ireland_First_Division). The league began on 24 February 2017 and concludes on 7 October 2017. The 2017 season had no promotion/relegation play-off system like the previous years, only one team would be eligible for promotion whilst three teams would be relegated from the [League of Ireland Premier Division](/source/League_of_Ireland_Premier_Division) in a revamp of the leagues by the FAI. And returning to the [League of Ireland Premier Division](/source/League_of_Ireland_Premier_Division) for the first time in 10 years was [Waterford](/source/Waterford_F.C.) who won promotion with two games to spare as their 3–0 win over south east rivals [Wexford](/source/Wexford_F.C.) coupled with nearest rivals [Cobh Ramblers](/source/Cobh_Ramblers_F.C.) 3–0 defeat to [Cabinteely](/source/Cabinteely_F.C.) secured the league title.[4] ## Overview The First Division has 8 teams. Each team played each other four times, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 28 matches in the season. On 22 December 2016, the [FAI](/source/Football_Association_of_Ireland) 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.[5] This meant the cancellation of the promotion/relegation playoff and relegation at the end of the 2017 season of 3 teams from the Premier Division, with only the champions of the First Division promoted in return.[5] ## Teams [Athlone Town](/source/Athlone_Town_A.F.C.) [Cobh Ramblers](/source/Cobh_Ramblers_F.C.) [Longford Town](/source/Longford_Town_F.C.) [Waterford](/source/Waterford_F.C.) [Wexford](/source/Wexford_F.C.) **Dublin** **Dublin teams** [Cabinteely](/source/Cabinteely_F.C.) [Shelbourne](/source/Shelbourne_F.C.) [UCD](/source/University_College_Dublin_A.F.C.) Locations of the First Division teams [Shelbourne](/source/Shelbourne_F.C.) [UCD](/source/University_College_Dublin_A.F.C.) [Cabinteely](/source/Cabinteely_F.C.) Locations of Dublin First Division teams ### Stadia and locations Team Location Stadium Athlone Town Athlone Athlone Town Stadium Cabinteely Cabinteely Stradbrook Road Cobh Ramblers Cobh St. Colman's Park Longford Town Longford City Calling Stadium Shelbourne Drumcondra Tolka Park UCD Belfield UCD Bowl Waterford Waterford Waterford RSC Wexford Crossabeg Ferrycarrig Park ### Personnel and kits Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under [FIFA](/source/FIFA) eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Athlone Town Roddy Collins Niall Scullion Nike Nitro Sports Cabinteely Pat Devlin Daire Doyle Umbro Dublin School of Grinds Cobh Ramblers Stephen Henderson Paul Hunt Legea Tony & William O'Shea Fuels Rushbrooke Longford Town Neale Fenn Kevin O'Connor Legea City Calling Shelbourne Owen Heary Dean Delaney Macron abbeyseals.ie UCD Collie O'Neill Gary O'Neill O'Neills O'Neills Waterford Alan Reynolds Kenny Browne Umbro 21 Bet Wexford Damian Locke Craig McCabe Bodibro Premier Tickets ## League table Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion 1 Waterford (C, P) 28 17 8 3 47 17 +30 59 Promotion to League of Ireland Premier Division 2 Cobh Ramblers 28 16 3 9 37 28 +9 51 3 UCD 28 13 8 7 42 23 +19 47 4 Shelbourne 28 11 7 10 37 32 +5 40 5 Longford Town 28 10 8 10 34 26 +8 38 6 Cabinteely 28 10 8 10 41 37 +4 38 7 Wexford 28 4 7 17 16 41 −25 19 8 Athlone Town 28 4 5 19 29 79 −50 17 Source: [SSE Airtricity League](http://www.sseairtricityleague.ie/competition/first-division/id-01UNBSJKMC000000VUM100GLVSCQPIVT-G#table), [Soccerway](https://int.soccerway.com/national/ireland-republic/first-division/2017/regular-season/r39232), [extratime.ie](http://www.extratime.ie/leagues/2022/101/first-division/) Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[6] (C) Champions; (P) Promoted ## Results Matches 1–14 Teams play each other twice (once at home, once away). Home \ Away ATH CAB COB LON SHE UCD WAT WEX Athlone Town — 3–3 2–1 0–3 1–4 0–2 1–0 1–0 Cabinteely 2–0 — 4–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 Cobh Ramblers 5–1 2–0 — 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 Longford Town 3–1[n 1] 0–2 1–3 — 3–1 0–1 0–0 5–0 Shelbourne 2–1 1–4 0–1 0–0 — 0–1 2–2 2–0 UCD 4–1 2–2 0–1 2–0 4–0 — 0–2 2–0 Waterford 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 — 2–0 Wexford 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 — Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2017. Source: SSE Airtricity League Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. Matches 15–28 Teams play each other twice (once at home, once away). Home \ Away ATH CAB COB LON SHE UCD WAT WEX Athlone Town — 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–3 0–4 1–6 1–1 Cabinteely 6–2 — 2–1 0–2 1–0 3–3 1–1 0–1 Cobh Ramblers 3–1 0–3 — 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 Longford Town 7–1 1–0 2–1 — 1–3 1–1 0–1 1–0 Shelbourne 4–1 3–1 0–1 0–0 — 1–1 1–1 1–2 UCD 4–0 2–3 1–0 0–0 1–2 — 3–2 1–0 Waterford 3–1 3–0 4–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 — 2–1 Wexford 2–2 2–0 0–2 1–2 0–3 0–0 0–3 — Updated to match(es) played on 7 October 2017. Source: SSE Airtricity League Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** In September 2017 the FAI banned two Athlone players for 12 months after a UEFA investigation found "clear and overwhelming betting evidence" of [fixing](/source/Match_fixing) of their 29 April match against Longford.[7] ## Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals[8] 1 Georgie Kelly UCD 17 2 Kieran Marty Waters Cabinteely 15 3 Mark O'Sullivan Waterford 12 4 David McDaid Waterford 11 5 Joe Doyle Cabinteely 10 6 David O'Sullivan Longford Town 9 7 James English Shelbourne 8 8 Adam Evans Shelbourne 8 9 Enda Curran Longford Town/Athlone Town 7 10 Jason McClelland UCD 7 ## Awards The PFAI First Division player of the year nominees were [Waterford](/source/Waterford_F.C.) striker [David McDaid](/source/David_McDaid), [Cabinteely](/source/Cabinteely_F.C.) midfielder Kieran Marty Waters and [UCD](/source/University_College_Dublin_A.F.C.) striker [Georgie Kelly](/source/Georgie_Kelly). ## PFAI First Division Team of Year Corbett O'Reilly McCarthy Browne Osam Sloggett Waters Comerford Daly McDaid Kelly The PFAI First Division Team of the Year was: - **Goalkeeper**: Niall Corbett (UCD) - **Defence**: [Daniel O'Reilly](/source/Daniel_O'Reilly_(footballer)) (Longford Town), Kenny Browne (Waterford), Chris McCarthy (Cobh Ramblers), Evan Osam (UCD) - **Midfield**: Garry Comerford (Waterford), [Greg Sloggett](/source/Greg_Sloggett) (UCD), Kirean Marty Waters (Cabinteely), [Derek Daly](/source/Derek_Daly_(footballer)) (Waterford) - **Attack**: [David McDaid](/source/David_McDaid) (Waterford), [Georgie Kelly](/source/Georgie_Kelly) (UCD) ## See also - [2017 League of Ireland Premier Division](/source/2017_League_of_Ireland_Premier_Division) - [2017 League of Ireland Cup](/source/2017_League_of_Ireland_Cup) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ltfc.ie_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ltfc.ie_1-1) ["Longford Town in Seventh Heaven defeating Athlone 7-1 – Longford Town FC • Official Website"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170917081846/http://ltfc.ie/longfordtown7-athlone1/). Archived from [the original](http://ltfc.ie/longfordtown7-athlone1/) on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Waterford FC Athlone Town 1 (Invernizzi 90') Waterford FC 6 (Martin 8', 18', 62' PEN, O'Sullivan 37', McDaid 49', Walsh 90+4') - Waterford FC"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170917080202/http://www.waterfordfc.ie/fixture_and_result/athlone020617/). Archived from [the original](http://www.waterfordfc.ie/fixture_and_result/athlone020617/) on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["From the Archives - extratime.ie League of Ireland Attendance Report 2019"](https://www.extratime.com/articles/24005/extratimeie-league-of-ireland-attendance-report-2019/). *extratime*. Retrieved 30 August 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Waterford promoted to the top flight as champions"](https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2017/0916/905342-waterford-promoted-to-the-top-flight-as-champions/). *RTE Sport*. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-reform_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-reform_5-1) Mackey, Liam (23 December 2016). ["It's three down, one up for LOI season"](http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/its-three-down-one-up-for-loi-season-436479.html). *The Irish Examiner*. Retrieved 6 January 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["First Division 2017 - Season rules"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170424203405/http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=competition&id=77&view=rules). Scoresway. Archived from [the original](http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=competition&id=77&view=rules) on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Athlone players banned for 12 months by FAI"](https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2017/0907/902965-athlone-players-banned-for-a-year-by-fai/). *[RTÉ.ie](/source/RT%C3%89.ie)*. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Top Scorers - 2017 League of Ireland First Division"](https://www.extratime.com/topscorers/2026/101/first-division/). *extratime.com*. v t e League of Ireland First Division 2026 clubs Athlone Town Bray Wanderers Cobh Ramblers Cork City Finn Harps Kerry Longford Town Treaty United UCD Wexford Seasons 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 See also Shield v t e 2017 in Republic of Ireland football Leagues Premier Division First Division Women's National League Cup competitions FAI Cup (Final) League of Ireland Cup (Final) President's Cup Leinster Senior Cup (2016–17) (2017–18) FAI Intermediate Cup (2016–17) (2017–18) National teams Men Women Club seasons Bohemians St Patrick's Athletic --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [2017 League of Ireland First Division](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_League_of_Ireland_First_Division) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_League_of_Ireland_First_Division?action=history)). 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