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Cork City landed the Premier Division title for the first time after a three-way tie with Shelbourne and Bohemians, and an extended play-off series to decide the Championship. A 3:2 win over Shelbourne at the RDS in the sixth play-off game finally earned the club its day of glory.
It was a momentous season on other fronts also with City moving to a new stadium in Bishopstown as ambition continued to grow.
There were early exits in the League and FAI Cups, however, though the Munster Cup was kept for another year following a 3:1 win over Fermoy.
Note 1: The regular season initially saw the 12 teams use a traditional round-robin format with each team playing 22 games on a home and away basis. The division was then split into two groups, a top six and a bottom six. After the split, the six teams played the other teams in their group in a second series of 10 games again using a round-robin format.
Note 2: Shelbourne qualified for the 1993–94 European Cup Winners’ Cup after winning the 1992–93 FAI Cup final.
Note 3: Bohemians actually finished the season with the best goal difference, but at the time League of Ireland rules stated that the title could not be won on goal difference and a play-off would be required. Cork City landed the Premier Division title for the first time after a three-way tie with Shelbourne and Bohemians, and an extended play-off series to decide the league winners. A 3-2 win over Shelbourne at the RDS in the sixth play-off game finally earned the club its day of glory.
Premier Division Table
Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
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1 | Bohemians | 32 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 46 | 19 | 27 | 40 |
2 | Shelbourne | 32 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 53 | 29 | 24 | 40 |
3 | Cork City (C) | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 47 | 34 | 13 | 40 |
4 | Dundalk | 32 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 35 | 28 | 7 | 39 |
5 | Derry City | 32 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 37 |
6 | St. Patrick's Athletic | 32 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 30 |
7 | Shamrock Rovers | 32 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 39 | 35 | 4 | 28 |
8 | Limerick | 32 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 27 | 31 | -4 | 27 |
9 | Drogheda United | 32 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 29 | 41 | -12 | 27 |
10 | Waterford (R) | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 34 | 59 | -25 | 27 |
11 | Sligo Rovers (R) | 32 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 32 | -16 | 26 |
12 | Bray Wanderers (R) | 32 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 40 | -21 | 23 |