2024 League of Ireland First Division

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{{Location map~ |Ireland |label=Athlone Town |position=right|lat_deg=53.43 |lon_deg=-7.95}}

{{Location map~ |Ireland |lat_deg=53|lat_min=12|lat_sec=10|lat_dir=N |lon_dir=W |lon_deg=6 |lon_min=6|lon_sec=30|position=bottom|label=Bray Wanderers}}

{{Location map~ |Ireland |label=Cobh Ramblers |position=right |lat_deg=51.80 |lon_deg=-8.35}}

{{Location map~ |Ireland |lat_deg=51|lat_min=53|lat_sec=50|lat_dir=N |lon_dir=W |lon_deg=8 |lon_min=28|lon_sec=12|position=left|label=Cork City}}

{{Location map~ |Ireland |label=Finn Harps |position=top|background= |lat_deg=54.8 |lon_deg=-7.783}}

{{Location map~ |Ireland |lat_deg=52|lat_min=42|lat_sec=15|lat_dir=N|lon_dir=W |lon_deg=8 |lon_min=35|lon_sec=15|position=bottom|label=Treaty United}}

{{Location map~ |Ireland |label=UCD |position=left |lat_deg=53.310278 |lon_deg=-6.228056}}

{{Location map~ |Ireland |label=Wexford |position=right |lat_deg=52.365564 |lon_deg=-6.515549}}

{{Location map~ |Ireland |label=Longford Town |position=top|lat_deg=53.7242 |lon_deg=-7.8535}}

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{{Location map~ |Ireland |label=Kerry |position=bottom|lat_deg=52.2675 |lon_deg=-9.6962}}

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The teams relegated to the First Division were Cork City (losers of the 2023 League of Ireland Premier Division play-off) and UCD (the bottom-placed team of the 2023 League of Ireland Premier Division). They replaced the two teams promoted from the 2023 League of Ireland First Division (champions Galway United and Premier Division play-off winners Waterford).

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=football

|source=[https://www.sseairtricityleague.ie/competition/first-division/id-1386571#table SSE Airtricity League of Ireland First Division]

|team_order=COR, UCD, WEX, ATH, BRW, FIN, TRU, COB, LON, KER

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|win_BRW=14 |draw_BRW=9 |loss_BRW=13 |gf_BRW=54 |ga_BRW=47

|win_COB=12 |draw_COB=8 |loss_COB=16 |gf_COB=41 |ga_COB=56

|win_COR=22 |draw_COR=12 |loss_COR=2 |gf_COR=64 |ga_COR=23

|win_FIN=12 |draw_FIN=10 |loss_FIN=14 |gf_FIN=39 |ga_FIN=43

|win_KER=5 |draw_KER=12 |loss_KER=19 |gf_KER=34 |ga_KER=55

|win_LON=6 |draw_LON=11 |loss_LON=19 |gf_LON=41 |ga_LON=64

|win_TRU=11 |draw_TRU=11 |loss_TRU=14 |gf_TRU=41 |ga_TRU=43

|win_UCD=14 |draw_UCD=14 |loss_UCD=8 |gf_UCD=47 |ga_UCD=37

|win_WEX=15 |draw_WEX=11 |loss_WEX=10 |gf_WEX=61 |ga_WEX=56

|name_ATH=Athlone Town

|name_BRW=Bray Wanderers

|name_COB=Cobh Ramblers

|name_COR=Cork City

|name_FIN=Finn Harps

|name_KER=Kerry

|name_LON=Longford Town

|name_TRU=Treaty United

|name_UCD=UCD

|name_WEX=Wexford

|status_COR=CP

|show_limit=5

|class_rules=1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

|res_col_header=PQ

|col_PRO=green1 |text_PRO=Promotion to League of Ireland Premier Division

|col_PPO=yellow1 |text_PPO=Qualification for League of Ireland Premier Division play-off

}}

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

{{#invoke:sports results|main

|source=[https://www.sseairtricityleague.ie/competition/first-division/id-1386571#table SSE Airtricity League of Ireland First Division]

|update=complete

|a_note=yes

|matches_style=FBR

|legs=2

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|team_order=ATH, BRW, COB, COR, FIN, KER, LON, TRU, UCD, WEX

|name_ATH=Athlone Town

|name_BRW=Bray Wanderers

|name_COB=Cobh Ramblers

|name_COR=Cork City

|name_FIN=Finn Harps

|name_KER=Kerry

|name_LON=Longford Town

|name_TRU=Treaty United

|name_UCD=UCD

|name_WEX=Wexford

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|match1_ATH_COB=2–1

|match1_ATH_COR=1–0

|match1_ATH_FIN=1–0

|match1_ATH_KER=1–1

|match1_ATH_LON=3–3

|match1_ATH_TRU=1–0

|match1_ATH_UCD=2–2

|match1_ATH_WEX=3–0

|match1_BRW_ATH=3–0

|match1_BRW_COB=2–2

|match1_BRW_COR=1–3

|match1_BRW_FIN=1–0

|match1_BRW_KER=2–0

|match1_BRW_LON=1–1

|match1_BRW_TRU=2–1

|match1_BRW_UCD=1–2

|match1_BRW_WEX=3–4

|match1_COB_ATH=3–3

|match1_COB_BRW=2–1

|match1_COB_COR=0–3

|match1_COB_FIN=2–0

|match1_COB_KER=1–0

|match1_COB_LON=1–1

|match1_COB_TRU=1–1

|match1_COB_UCD=1–2

|match1_COB_WEX=2–4

|match1_COR_ATH=1–0

|match1_COR_BRW=2–0

|match1_COR_COB=3–0

|match1_COR_FIN=1–0

|match1_COR_KER=2–0

|match1_COR_LON=2–0

|match1_COR_TRU=1–1

|match1_COR_UCD=1–0

|match1_COR_WEX=1–1

|match1_FIN_ATH=2–0

|match1_FIN_BRW=2–0

|match1_FIN_COB=0–1

|match1_FIN_COR=1–1

|match1_FIN_KER=0–0

|match1_FIN_LON=3–2

|match1_FIN_TRU=1–0

|match1_FIN_UCD=1–1

|match1_FIN_WEX=1–0

|match1_KER_ATH=1–2

|match1_KER_BRW=2–3

|match1_KER_COB=1–1

|match1_KER_COR=0–1

|match1_KER_FIN=2–0

|match1_KER_LON=3–0

|match1_KER_TRU=0–1

|match1_KER_UCD=1–2

|match1_KER_WEX=1–1

|match1_LON_ATH=1–1

|match1_LON_BRW=0–3

|match1_LON_COB=0–0

|match1_LON_COR=1–4

|match1_LON_FIN=2–3

|match1_LON_KER=2–1

|match1_LON_TRU=2–1

|match1_LON_UCD=1–2

|match1_LON_WEX=1–2

|match1_TRU_ATH=0–1

|match1_TRU_BRW=2–2

|match1_TRU_COB=3–1

|match1_TRU_COR=0–0

|match1_TRU_FIN=0–1

|match1_TRU_KER=0–0

|match1_TRU_LON=1–0

|match1_TRU_UCD=0–2

|match1_TRU_WEX=2–2

|match1_UCD_ATH=3–0

|match1_UCD_BRW=0–0

|match1_UCD_COB=1–2

|match1_UCD_COR=0–0

|match1_UCD_FIN=3–3

|match1_UCD_KER=1–1

|match1_UCD_LON=1–0

|match1_UCD_TRU=0–1

|match1_UCD_WEX=1–2

|match1_WEX_ATH=2–2

|match1_WEX_BRW=1–2

|match1_WEX_COB=1–1

|match1_WEX_COR=1–1

|match1_WEX_FIN=1–2

|match1_WEX_KER=2–0

|match1_WEX_LON=2–2

|match1_WEX_TRU=3–2

|match1_WEX_UCD=2–3

|match2_ATH_BRW=0–1

|match2_ATH_COB=1-2

|match2_ATH_COR=4-1

|match2_ATH_FIN=1–4

|match2_ATH_KER=3–3

|match2_ATH_LON=4–1

|match2_ATH_TRU=1–0

|match2_ATH_UCD=1-0

|match2_ATH_WEX=2-3

|match2_BRW_ATH=1–0

|match2_BRW_COB=3–1

|match2_BRW_COR=3-3

|match2_BRW_FIN=2-2

|match2_BRW_KER=2-0

|match2_BRW_LON=0–1

|match2_BRW_TRU=5–0

|match2_BRW_UCD=0–1

|match2_BRW_WEX=3–1

|match2_COB_ATH=1–2

|match2_COB_BRW=3–0

|match2_COB_COR=0–1

|match2_COB_FIN=2–0

|match2_COB_KER=2-1

|match2_COB_LON=1–0

|match2_COB_TRU=0-3

|match2_COB_UCD=2–2

|match2_COB_WEX=1–2

|match2_COR_ATH=0–0

|match2_COR_BRW=1–0

|match2_COR_COB=4–1

|match2_COR_FIN=2–2

|match2_COR_KER=2–0

|match2_COR_LON=3–2

|match2_COR_TRU=1-1

|match2_COR_UCD=0–0

|match2_COR_WEX=6–0

|match2_FIN_ATH=1–1

|match2_FIN_BRW=1–2

|match2_FIN_COB=2–0

|match2_FIN_COR=0–2

|match2_FIN_KER=1–0

|match2_FIN_LON=1-0

|match2_FIN_TRU=1–2

|match2_FIN_UCD=1–1

|match2_FIN_WEX=1-3

|match2_KER_ATH=2–0

|match2_KER_BRW=3–3

|match2_KER_COB=0–2

|match2_KER_COR=1-4

|match2_KER_FIN=1-1

|match2_KER_LON=2–1

|match2_KER_TRU=2–1

|match2_KER_UCD=0–1

|match2_KER_WEX=1–1

|match2_LON_ATH=1-1

|match2_LON_BRW=1–0

|match2_LON_COB=2-0

|match2_LON_COR=1–4

|match2_LON_FIN=1–1

|match2_LON_KER=2–2

|match2_LON_TRU=1-4

|match2_LON_UCD=1–2

|match2_LON_WEX=3-0

|match2_TRU_ATH=1-2

|match2_TRU_BRW=2–0

|match2_TRU_COB=0–1

|match2_TRU_COR=1–1

|match2_TRU_FIN=1–0

|match2_TRU_KER=1–1

|match2_TRU_LON=3-1

|match2_TRU_UCD=2-2

|match2_TRU_WEX=1–3

|match2_UCD_ATH=1–2

|match2_UCD_BRW=1-1

|match2_UCD_COB=2-0

|match2_UCD_COR=0–1

|match2_UCD_FIN=2–0

|match2_UCD_KER=2–1

|match2_UCD_LON=2–2

|match2_UCD_TRU=1–1

|match2_UCD_WEX=1–1

|match2_WEX_ATH=2–1

|match2_WEX_BRW=0-0

|match2_WEX_COB=3–0

|match2_WEX_COR=1–3

|match2_WEX_FIN=2–0

|match2_WEX_KER=4-0

|match2_WEX_LON=2–2

|match2_WEX_TRU=0–1

|match2_WEX_UCD=2-0

}}

The ninth-placed team (Drogheda United) from the 2024 League of Ireland Premier Division qualified for a play-off alongside the second, third, fourth, and fifth-placed teams from the 2024 League of Ireland First Division (Athlone Town, Bray Wanderers, UCD, and Wexford).

The First Division teams contest the semi-finals and final. The semi-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 semi-final winners then contest the First Division final, 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.

{{5TeamBracket-ByeToFinal

|RD1-legs=2

|aggregate=y

|team-width=200

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|RD2=Final

|RD3=Promotion/Relegation Playoff

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|RD1-team1=UCD

|RD1-score1-1=0

|RD1-score1-2=1

|RD1-score1-agg=1

|RD1-seed2=5

|RD1-team2=Bray Wanderers

|RD1-score2-1=2

|RD1-score2-2=0

|RD1-score2-agg=2

|RD1-seed3=3

|RD1-team3=Wexford

|RD1-score3-1=0

|RD1-score3-2= 0

|RD1-score3-agg=0

|RD1-seed4=4

|RD1-team4=Athlone Town

|RD1-score4-1=1

|RD1-score4-2=0

|RD1-score4-agg=1

|RD2-seed1=5

|RD2-team1= Bray Wanderers

|RD2-score1=2 (4p)

|RD2-seed2=4

|RD2-team2=Athlone Town

|RD2-score2=2 (2p)

|RD3-team1=Drogheda United

|RD3-score1=3

|RD3-team2=Bray Wanderers

|RD3-score2=1

}}

{{football box collapsible

|date=24 October 2024

|time=19:45 IST

|team1=Bray Wanderers

|score=2–0

|report=https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/league-of-ireland/bray-wanderers-teach-students-lesson-to-take-control-of-play-off-semi-final/a1177846674.html

|team2=UCD

|goals1=Guillermo Almirall {{goal|17}}
Cristian Măgerușan {{goal|70}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Carlisle Grounds

|location=Bray

|attendance=1,205

|referee=Mark Houlihan

}}

{{football box collapsible

|date=24 October 2024

|time=19:45 IST

|team1=Athlone Town

|score=1–0

|report=https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2024/1024/1477192-ebbe-spot-on-to-give-athlone-narrow-play-off-advantage/

|team2=Wexford

|goals1=Dean Ebbe {{goal|53|pen.}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Athlone Town Stadium

|location=Athlone

|attendance=572

|referee=Oliver Moran

}}

{{football box collapsible

|date=28 October 2024

|time=17:00 IST

|team1=UCD

|score=1–0

|aggregatescore=1–2

|report=

|team2=Bray Wanderers

|goals1=Ronan Finn {{goal|88|pen}}

|goals2=Paul Murphy {{sent off|0|58}}

|stadium=UCD Bowl

|location=Dublin

|attendance=1,112

|referee=Declan Toland

}}

{{football box collapsible

|date=28 October 2024

|time=15:00 IST

|team1=Wexford

|score=0–0

|aggregatescore=0–1

|report=https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2024/1028/1477813-athlone-progress-in-play-offs-after-wexford-stalemate/

|team2=Athlone Town

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Ferrycarrig Park

|location=Wexford

|attendance=1,251

|referee=Alan Patchell

}}

{{football box collapsible

|date=2 November 2024

|time=16:00 IST

|team1=Bray Wanderers

|score=2–2

|aet=yes

|penaltyscore=4–2

|report=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/arid-41508857.html

|team2=Athlone Town

|goals1=Hand {{goal|63|o.g.}}
Omorehiomwan {{goal|90+2}}

|penalties1=Griffin {{pengoal}}
Craven {{pengoal}}
Măgerușan {{pengoal}}
O'Sullivan {{pengoal}}

|goals2=Ebbe {{goal|11}}
Fuentes {{goal|24}}

|penalties2=Connolly {{penmiss}}
Torre {{pengoal}}
McKenna {{pengoal}}
Oakley {{penmiss}}

|stadium=Dalymount Park

|location=Dublin

|attendance=1,782

|referee=Marc Lynch

}}

{{football box collapsible

|date=16 November 2024

|time=14:00 IST

|team1=Bray Wanderers

|score= 1–3

|report=https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2024/1116/1481279-drogs-ease-past-bray-to-secure-top-flight-survival/

|team2=Drogheda United

|goals1= Groome {{goal|63}}

|goals2=Bolger {{goal|33}}
Pierrot {{goal|36||52}}

|stadium=Tallaght Stadium

|location=Dublin

|attendance= 5,573

|referee=

|note =

}}

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