The 2024 League of Ireland Premier Division, known as the SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division for sponsorship reasons, is the 40th season of the

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, the top Irish league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1985. The competition began on 16 February 2024 and will conclude on 1 November 2024.

Teams

The league consisted of ten teams – the top eight teams from the previous season and two teams promoted from the First Division. The promoted teams were the

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winners

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(after a top flight absence of six years) and play-off winners

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(after being absent from the top flight for two years). They replaced UCD (relegated after two consecutive seasons in the top flight) and Cork City (who spent just one season back in the top flight before being relegated following their loss to Waterford).

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entered the season as defending champions after winning their twenty-first title during the previous season.

Stadiums 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.

Managerial changes

League table

Standings

Results

Teams play each other four times (twice at home and twice away).

League of Ireland Premier Division play-off

The ninth-placed team qualify for a play-off alongside the second, third, fourth, and fifth-placed teams from the 2024 League of Ireland First Division. The First Division teams contest the quarter and semi-finals. The quarter-finals will be held over two legs, with the second-placed team facing the fifth-placed team and the third-placed team facing the fourth-placed team. The quarter-final winners then contest the semi-finals, with the winners ultimately facing the ninth-placed League of Ireland Premier Division team for the final place in the 2025 League of Ireland Premier Division.

References

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