2008 League of Ireland Premier Division

The regular season began on 7 March and concluded on 14 November. Each team played the other teams three times, totaling 33 games. Bohemians 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ier08.html|title=Ireland 2008|website=RSSSF|access-date=25 July 2016}}

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 Monday Night Soccer. This show was presented by Con Murphy. This replaced eircom League Weekly which had run on TV3 on Monday nights from 2002 to 2007. The final season of live weekly radio coverage was provided by national broadcaster RTÉ with live reports and commentary on match nights, which was dropped from the end of 2008. Live games were shown by RTÉ, Setanta Sports and TG4's Sacar Beo.

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=QR

|team1=BOH|name_BOH=Bohemians

|team2=StP|name_StP=St Patrick's Athletic

|team3=DER|name_DER=Derry City

|team4=SLI|name_SLI=Sligo Rovers

|team5=COR|name_COR=Cork City

|team6=BRW|name_BRW=Bray Wanderers

|team7=SHM|name_SHM=Shamrock Rovers

|team8=DRO|name_DRO=Drogheda United

|team9=GAL|name_GAL=Galway United

|team10=FHA|name_FHA=Finn Harps

|team11=COB|name_COB=Cobh Ramblers

|team12=UCD|name_UCD=UCD

|win_BOH=27|draw_BOH=4|loss_BOH=2|gf_BOH=55|ga_BOH=13|status_BOH=C

|win_StP=20|draw_StP=6|loss_StP=7|gf_StP=48|ga_StP=24

|win_DER=16|draw_DER=10|loss_DER=7|gf_DER=46|ga_DER=25

|win_SLI=12|draw_SLI=12|loss_SLI=9|gf_SLI=41|ga_SLI=28

|win_COR=15|draw_COR=11|loss_COR=7|gf_COR=45|ga_COR=28|adjust_points_COR=-10

|win_BRW=11|draw_BRW=6|loss_BRW=16|gf_BRW=28|ga_BRW=52

|win_SHM=8|draw_SHM=13|loss_SHM=12|gf_SHM=33|ga_SHM=35

|win_DRO=12|draw_DRO=9|loss_DRO=12|gf_DRO=38|ga_DRO=32|adjust_points_DRO=-10

|win_GAL=8|draw_GAL=8|loss_GAL=17|gf_GAL=34|ga_GAL=49

|win_FHA=9|draw_FHA=4|loss_FHA=20|gf_FHA=26|ga_FHA=53|status_FHA=R

|win_COB=6|draw_COB=8|loss_COB=19|gf_COB=27|ga_COB=55|status_COB=R

|win_UCD=4|draw_UCD=9|loss_UCD=20|gf_UCD=19|ga_UCD=46|status_UCD=R

|note_COR=Cork City were deducted ten points after going into administration.

|note_DRO=Drogheda United were deducted ten points after going into administration.

|col_CL2Q=green1|text_CL2Q=Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round

|result1=CL2Q

|col_EL2Q=blue1|text_EL2Q=Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round

|result2=EL2Q|result3=EL2Q

|col_EL1Q=blue2|text_EL1Q=Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round

|result4=EL1Q

|col_RFD=red1|text_RFD=Relegation to League of Ireland First Division

|result10=RFD|result12=RFD

|col_RAC=red1|text_RAC=Relegation to A Championship

|result11=RAC

|note_res_RAC=Cobh Ramblers were relegated directly from the Premier Division to the A Championship after being refused a First Division licence.

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

|update=complete

|source={{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ier08.html|title=Ireland 2008|website=RSSSF|access-date=25 July 2016}}

|show_limit=5

}}

{{#invoke:sports results|main

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|team6=DRO|team7=FHA|team8=GAL|team9=SHM|team10=SLI

|team11=StP|team12=UCD

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|match_BOH_GAL=2–1

|match_BOH_SHM=2–1

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|match_BOH_StP=0–1

|match_BOH_UCD=2–0

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|match_COB_UCD=0–0

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|match_SHM_StP=0–1

|match_SHM_UCD=1–1

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|match_SLI_BRW=3–0

|match_SLI_COB=3–1

|match_SLI_COR=0–1

|match_SLI_DER=0–0

|match_SLI_DRO=0–0

|match_SLI_FHA=4–1

|match_SLI_GAL=3–0

|match_SLI_SHM=3–2

|match_SLI_StP=1–2

|match_SLI_UCD=0–0

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|match_StP_DRO=0–1

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|match_StP_SHM=1–1

|match_StP_SLI=3–1

|match_StP_UCD=0–0

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|match_UCD_COB=1–1

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|match_UCD_DRO=1–3

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|match_UCD_GAL=0–1

|match_UCD_SHM=0–2

|match_UCD_SLI=0–0

|match_UCD_StP=0–3

|update=complete

|source=[https://int.soccerway.com/national/ireland-republic/premier-league/2008/regular-season/ soccerway.com]

}}

{{#invoke:sports results|main

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|team6=DRO|team7=FHA|team8=GAL|team9=SHM|team10=SLI

|team11=StP|team12=UCD

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|match_BOH_COB=null

|match_BOH_COR=3–1

|match_BOH_DER=0–1

|match_BOH_DRO=null

|match_BOH_FHA=3–0

|match_BOH_GAL=null

|match_BOH_SHM=null

|match_BOH_SLI=null

|match_BOH_StP=3–0

|match_BOH_UCD=null

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|match_BRW_COR=null

|match_BRW_DER=2–1

|match_BRW_DRO=4–3

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|match_BRW_SHM=null

|match_BRW_SLI=null

|match_BRW_StP=0–1

|match_BRW_UCD=2–1

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|match_COB_BRW=null

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|match_COB_DER=null

|match_COB_DRO=null

|match_COB_FHA=null

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|match_COB_SHM=1–0

|match_COB_SLI=null

|match_COB_StP=null

|match_COB_UCD=2–0

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|match_COR_BRW=3–0

|match_COR_COB=null

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|match_COR_SHM=null

|match_COR_SLI=0–0

|match_COR_StP=null

|match_COR_UCD=2–0

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|match_DRO_UCD=null

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|match_FHA_DER=null

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|match_SLI_UCD=null

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|match_StP_SHM=null

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|match_UCD_BRW=null

|match_UCD_COB=null

|match_UCD_COR=null

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|match_UCD_FHA=null

|match_UCD_GAL=0–1

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|match_UCD_SLI=0–1

|match_UCD_StP=null

|update=complete

|source=[https://int.soccerway.com/national/ireland-republic/premier-league/2008/regular-season/ soccerway.com]

}}

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

• 2008 League of Ireland First Division
• 2008 League of Ireland Cup
• 2008 A Championship

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Category:League of Ireland Premier Division seasons

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