The 2014 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 30th season of the

League of Ireland Premier Division The League of Ireland Premier Division ( ga, Príomhroinn Sraith na hÉireann), also known as the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division for sponsorship reasons, is the top level division in both the League of Ireland and the Republic of Ireland f ...

. The division featured 12 teams.

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were champions and

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finished as runners-up.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under

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eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Overview

The 2014 Premier Division featured 12 teams. Each team played each other three times, for a total of 33 games each. The regular season began 7 March and concluded 24 October.

won the title on the final day of the season with a 2-0 win at home against

. It was the first time Dundalk had won the Premier Division since 1994–95.

Final Table

Results

Matches 1–22

Matches 23–33

Promotion/relegation playoff

UCD, the eleventh placed team from the Premier Division played off against

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, the winner of the 2014 First Division play off, to decide who would play in the 2015 Premier Division. ''Galway won 5–1 on aggregate and were promoted to the Premier Division. UCD are relegated to the First Division.''

Top scorers

Awards

Player of the Month

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Team of the Year

Television coverage

The rights to 10 games was awarded to

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while

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will also show games during the season. ''MNS'' on RTÉ Two was the highlights programme between 2008 and 2013 but in 2014 it was replaced by a new programme called ''

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'' which will show match highlights and analysis on each Monday night during the season and will also include

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highlights.

Notes

References

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