2007 League of Ireland First Division

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| competition = League of Ireland First Division

| season = 2007

| winners = Cobh Ramblers

| promoted = Finn Harps

| continentalcup1 = Setanta Sports Cup

| continentalcup1 qualifiers = Cobh Ramblers

| league topscorer = Conor Gethins: 15
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| prevseason = 2006

| nextseason = 2008

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The 2007 League of Ireland First Division season was the 23rd season of the League of Ireland First Division. The First Division was contested by 10 teams and Cobh Ramblers won the division. Finn Harps were also promoted to the Premier Division after a play-off and Wexford Youths made their League of Ireland debut.

Club information

Team ! Base ! Manager ! Main sponsor ! Kit supplier ! Stadium ! Capacity
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Athlone Town	Athlone	{{flagicon\|Ireland}} Michael O'Connor	Ganly's Hardware	O'Neills	Athlone Town Stadium	align="center" \| 6,000
Cobh Ramblers	Cobh	{{flagicon\|Ireland}} Stephen Henderson	Goodyear	Uhlsport	St. Colman's Park	align="center" \| 5,000
Dundalk	Dundalk	{{flagicon\|Ireland}} John Gill	IJM Timber Frame Company	Umbro	Oriel Park	align="center" \| 6,000
Finn Harps	Ballybofey	{{flagicon\|Ireland}} Paul Hegarty	Crawford Furnishings	PF Sports	Finn Park	align="center" \| 7,900
Kildare County	Newbridge	{{flagicon\|Ireland}} John Ryan	Swifts	Umbro	Station Road	align="center" \| 2,500
Kilkenny City	Kilkenny	{{flagicon\|Ireland}} Brendan Rea	The Kilkenny Voice	Umbro	Buckley Park	align="center" \| 6,500
Limerick 37	Limerick	{{flagicon\|Ireland}} Paul McGee	Limerick's Live 95FM	Errea	Jackman Park	align="center" \| 2,500
Monaghan United	Monaghan	{{flagicon\|Ireland}} Mick Cooke	The Squeeling Pig	Diadora	Century Homes Park	align="center" \| 3,000
Shelbourne	Drumcondra	{{flagicon\|Ireland}} Dermot Keely	JW Hire	Umbro	Tolka Park	align="center" \| 12,000
Wexford Youths	Crossabeg	{{flagicon\|Ireland}} Mick Wallace	Wallace Construction	O'Neills	Ferrycarrig Park	align="center" \|2,500

Overview

The regular season began on 8 March and concluded on 10 November. Each team played the other teams four times, totalling 36 games.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ier07.html|title=Ireland 2007|accessdate=21 July 2016|website=RSSSF|date= }}

Final table

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|team2=FIN|name_FIN=Finn Harps

|team3=DUN|name_DUN=Dundalk

|team4=L37|name_L37=Limerick 37

|team5=SHE|name_SHE=Shelbourne

|team6=ATH|name_ATH=Athlone Town

|team7=KIL|name_KIL=Kildare County

|team8=MON|name_MON=Monaghan United

|team9=WEX|name_WEX=Wexford Youths

|team10=KC |name_KC =Kilkenny City

|note_L37=Limerick 37 replaced Limerick F.C. as members of League of Ireland.

|note_WEX=Wexford Youths replaced Dublin City as members of League of Ireland.

|col_PDSCP=green1|text_PDSCP=Premier Division / Setanta Cup play-off

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|col_PDPO=green1|text_PDPO=Premier Division after play-off

|result2=PDPO

|col_LPRPO=green3|text_LPRPO=Lost promotion/relegation play-off

|result3=LPRPO

|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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Play-offs

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Finn Harps and Dundalk who finished second and third in the First Division played off against Waterford United who finished eleventh in the Premier Division.

;First Round

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Finn Harps qualified for second round.

;Second Round

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Finn Harps win 6–3 on aggregate and are promoted to Premier Division.

=Setanta Sports Cup=

After winning the First Division, Cobh Ramblers also qualified for the new Setanta Sports Cup play-off. Their opponents were Derry City, the winners of the 2007 League of Ireland Cup.

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|goals1 = McCourt {{goal|16}}
Hargan {{goal|23}}

|goals2 = O'Neill {{goal|62}}

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Derry City qualify for 2008 Setanta Sports Cup.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/7102860.stm|title=Derry City 2-1 Cobh Ramblers|date=19 November 2007|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=18 December 2013}}

Top scorers

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!Goalscorers

!Goals

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{{flagicon|IRL}} Conor Gethins

|align=center|15

|Finn Harps{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/iertops.html |title=Ireland - List of Topscorers |accessdate=6 July 2016 |url-status=live |website=RSSSF |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406093820/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/iertops.html |archivedate=6 April 2012 }}

{{flagicon|IRL}} Davin O'Neill

|align=center|14

|Cobh Ramblers

{{flagicon|IRL}} Anthony Flood

|align=center|13

|Shelbourne/Dundalk

{{flagicon|IRL}} Philip Gorman

|align=center|13

|Kildare County

{{flagicon|IRL}} Mark Leech

|align=center|12

|Shelbourne