The 2008 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 24th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The division was made up of 12 teams.

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were champions while St Patrick's Athletic finished as runners-up.

Club information

Overview

The regular season began on 7 March and concluded on 14 November. Each team played the other teams three times, totaling 33 games.

finished the season as champions, winning by a margin of nineteen points. There was no promotion/relegation play-off between Premier Division and First Division teams. This was because the 2009 Premier Division would be reduced to 10 clubs. This saw three clubs relegated out of the Premier Division. For the first time in the history of the league the national broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann started showing highlights of every Premier Division game played on its new show ''

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Final table

Results

Matches 1–22

Matches 23–33

Top scorers

Gallery

Image:Football league of ireland season 08.png, The clubs competing in the 2008 FAI eircom League of Ireland

References

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