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Irish First Division

FM18 Update

Competition
41 / 200Reputation
—League games
8Clubs
£7,974,396Total squad value

Competition

Code
ID1
Nation
Republic of Ireland
Confederation
Europe
Type
Standard division
Level
1
Reputation
41 / 200
Status
Active
Season
— – —
Colours
—
Short name
First Division
Parent competition
—
Crowd tendencies
0
Reputation stars
Share of top division
43%
Continental rank
#166 among leagues
Reputation rankable
Yes

Format

Partial export
Teams
8
League games
—
Promoted in
—
Relegated
—
Champions League
—
Europa League
—
Conference League
—
Play-offs
—
Maximum games
0
Joined since 2016–17
None
Left since 2016–17
None

Squad rules

Partial export
Registered squad
—
Home-grown
—
Club-trained
—
Foreign players
—
Under-21
—
Loans
—

Most titles

33 recorded titlesFMDB calculation
4Drogheda United2002, 1999, 1991, 1989
3Waterford United2003, 1998, 1990
3Bray Wanderers2000, 1996, 1986
2Limerick F.C.2016, 2012
2Athlone Town2013, 1988
2Derry City2010, 1987
2University College Dublin2009, 1995
2Dundalk F.C.2008, 2001
2Sligo Rovers2005, 1994
1Waterford F.C.2017
1Wexford Youths2015
1Longford Town2014
1Cork City2011
1Cobh Ramblers2007
1Shamrock Rovers2006
1Finn Harps2004
1Dublin City F.C.2003
1Kilkenny City1997
1Galway United1993
1Limerick City1992

Counted over every recorded season of this competition, not the page of the roll of honour below. Placings point at teams rather than clubs, because international tournaments are won by national teams. Confirmed overall winners in every recorded season; abandoned, cancelled and no-data seasons are excluded and stage placings are counted separately.

Season table

In the export
Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Points
1 Waterford F.C. 28 17 8 3 47 17 30 59
2 Cobh Ramblers 28 16 3 9 37 28 9 51
3 University College Dublin 28 13 8 7 42 23 19 47
4 Shelbourne F.C. 28 11 7 10 37 32 5 40
5 Longford Town 28 10 8 10 34 26 8 38
6 Cabinteely F.C. 28 10 8 10 41 37 4 38
7 Wexford F.C. 28 4 7 17 16 41 -25 19
8 Athlone Town 28 4 5 19 29 79 -50 17

Points are shown as the database stores them, including deductions, so they will not always match a total derived from wins and draws — and wins, draws and losses need not add up to games played. A blank cell is a figure the source does not record; it is never a zero.

2016–17 — full season table. Showing 8 of 8 recorded rows. Points are shown as stored.

League strength

FMDB calculation
Columns

Columns
Athlone Town2900505065—£251,083£1,344£1,3375000150
Cabinteely F.C.1250525772—£1,075,967£2,477£20,5042000618
Cobh Ramblers2050515568—£515,867£1,863£8915980367
Longford Town3100596279—£884,928£2,515£4,4576850782
Shelbourne F.C.3250636676—£1,211,927£2,864£3,0319680611
University College Dublin2750505870—£504,573£2,066£1,3373000221
Waterford F.C.2400727793—£3,077,540£7,412£65,07880001400
Wexford F.C.900475060—£452,511£1,075£02500280

Every club naming this competition as its current division, with the squad of the team that shares the club uid. Average ability, CA16, PA16, average age, squad value and wage bill are the FMDB's own figures over each club's whole squad; hover one for the population it was computed from. CA16 and PA16 are the means of the sixteen highest abilities and potentials, a coded potential counted at its band midpoint as on the club page. Balance is the club's authored club_finance_detail.cash; reputation, capacity and attendance are stored club figures.

Best in the league

FMDB calculation
# Player Club Pos CA
1Ismahil AkinadeWaterford F.C.FC103
2Stanley Jr Opoku AborahWaterford F.C.DMC88
3Sander PuriWaterford F.C.AMR88
4Faysel KasmiWaterford F.C.AMC88
5Paul Anthony KeeganWaterford F.C.DMC87
6Bastien HéryWaterford F.C.DMC83
7Darren MeenanLongford TownAMR80
8Gavan HolohanWaterford F.C.AMC79
9Georgie KellyUniversity College DublinFC79
10David WebsterWaterford F.C.DC78

Roll of honour

Placings point at teams, not clubs
Season Winner Runner-up Third Top scorer No such award Player of the season See awards
2017Waterford F.C.Cobh RamblersUniversity College Dublin——
2016Limerick F.C.Drogheda UnitedCobh Ramblers——
2015Wexford YouthsFinn HarpsUniversity College Dublin——
2014Longford TownShelbourne F.C.Galway United——
2013Athlone TownLongford TownMervue United——
2012Limerick F.C.Waterford UnitedLongford Town——
2011Cork CityShelbourne F.C.Monaghan United——
2010Derry CityWaterford UnitedMonaghan United——
2009University College DublinShelbourne F.C.Sporting Fingal——
2008Dundalk F.C.Shelbourne F.C.Sporting Fingal——
2007Cobh RamblersFinn HarpsDundalk F.C.——
2006Shamrock RoversDundalk F.C.Galway United——
2005Sligo RoversDublin City F.C.Cobh Ramblers——
2004Finn HarpsUniversity College DublinBray Wanderers——
2003Waterford UnitedFinn HarpsGalway United——
2003Dublin City F.C.Bray WanderersFinn Harps——
2002Drogheda UnitedFinn HarpsDublin City F.C.——
2001Dundalk F.C.Monaghan UnitedAthlone Town——
2000Bray WanderersLongford TownKilkenny City——
1999Drogheda UnitedGalway UnitedCobh Ramblers——
1998Waterford UnitedBray WanderersLimerick F.C.——
1997Kilkenny CityDrogheda UnitedWaterford United——
1996Bray WanderersFinn HarpsHome Farm F.C.——
1995University College DublinDrogheda UnitedFinn Harps——
1994Sligo RoversAthlone TownFinn Harps——

A season links to its league table only where team_league_history records one. The top scorer is the rank-1 winner of the one award of type “Most goals scored” scoped to this competition, with the goals it records; no single award can be identified as the player of the season, so that column points to the Awards panel.

Across versions

Recorded
Irish First Division reputation across versions-5025100 CM0102 RFM06 RFM10 RFM13 RFM16 RFM19 RFM22 RFM26 UReputation, CM0102 Release: 3 Reputation, CM0203 Release: 3 Reputation, CM0304 Release: 3 Reputation, CM0304 Update: 3 Reputation, FM05 Release: 30 Reputation, FM05 Update: 30 Reputation, FM06 Release: 30 Reputation, FM07 Release: 70 Reputation, FM07 Update: 70 Reputation, FM08 Release: 70 Reputation, FM09 Release: 70 Reputation, FM09 Update: 70 Reputation, FM10 Release: -1 Reputation, FM10 Update: 45 Reputation, FM11 Release: -1 Reputation, FM11 Update: 40 Reputation, FM12 Release: -1 Reputation, FM12 Update: -1 Reputation, FM13 Release: 40 Reputation, FM14 Release: 40 Reputation, FM14 Update: 40 Reputation, FM15 Release: 36 Reputation, FM15 Update: 36 Reputation, FM16 Release: 38 Reputation, FM16 Update: 38 Reputation, FM17 Release: 38 Reputation, FM17 Update: 38 Reputation, FM18 Release: 41 Reputation, FM18 Update: 41 Reputation, FM19 Release: 41 Reputation, FM19 Update: 41 Reputation, FM20 Release: 31 Reputation, FM20 Update: 31 Reputation, FM21 Release: 31 Reputation, FM21 Update: 27 Reputation, FM22 Release: 31 Reputation, FM23 Release: 35 Reputation, FM24 Update: 38 Reputation, FM26 Release: 44 Reputation, FM26 Update: 44
Recorded reputation in each database where this uid resolves. Missing values remain gaps. Raw export scales may differ between versions.
Version Name as recorded
CM0102 ReleaseIrish First Division
CM0203 ReleaseIrish First Division
CM0304 ReleaseIrish First Division
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FM05 ReleaseIrish First Division
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Recorded competition names are shown for each version where the identity resolves.

Awards

10 scoped to this competitionRecorded
Award Type Editions Latest Latest winner Value
Irish First Division Goalkeeper of the YearBest manager12002Wayne Russell—
Irish First Division Player of the YearBest manager232013Philip GormanAthlone Town—
Irish League Bronze BootBest manager242008Robbie DoyleSporting Fingal17
Irish First Division Goal of the Month—0———
Irish First Division Goal of the SeasonBest manager0———
Irish First Division Manager of the Month—0———
Irish First Division Manager of the YearBest manager0———
Irish First Division Team of the WeekBest club0———
Irish First Division Team of the YearBest manager0———
Irish First Division Young Player of the YearBest manager0———

Awards whose award_scope names this competition. Editions flagged as having no data or not taking place are not counted. “Latest” is the award's stored season year; where that season has several editions — one per slot of a team of the year — the award page lists them.

Media prediction

Recorded
Predicted Club Last position
—No member club carries a recorded prediction.—

The predicted finish is the authored club_media_expectation.expected_league_finish. Last position is club_team.last_position as stored, in whatever competition the team last played, so for a club that has just joined it is not a place in this division.

Derbies in this division

0 between member clubs
Derby Clubs W–D–L National reputation
No derby in this version is between two of this competition's clubs.

Derbies between two clubs that both name this competition as their current division. derby.competition_uid is empty in every loaded export, so this is the only way a derby belongs to a league. W–D–L is the first-named club's record as stored.

All-time records

FMDB calculation

Most goals and appearances in this division, summed from the playing history of every person this database records.

It counts only the people the export carries, it can include seasons the source files under this competition from before it took its current form, and some players are listed by uid because their person record is missing. The page states each of these.

See the all-time records

Member teams

8 clubs name this as their division

Last position is club_team.last_position as stored. The manager is the current staff_history spell at the club — the one whose end date is absent or in the future, most recent join first — never club_team.manager_index, which is a raw internal index that joins to nothing.

Team Membership Last position Manager
Athlone TownPrevious season8Aaron Callaghan
Athlone TownNext season8Aaron Callaghan
Cobh RamblersPrevious season3Len Hackett
Cobh RamblersNext season3Len Hackett
Galway UnitedNext season9Shane Keegan
Shelbourne F.C.Previous season4Owen Heary
Shelbourne F.C.Next season4Owen Heary
Waterford UnitedPrevious season5Mike Flanagan
Limerick F.C.Previous season1Tommy Barrett
Finn HarpsNext season10Joe Boyle
University College DublinPrevious season4Colin O'Neill
University College DublinNext season4Colin O'Neill
Drogheda UnitedPrevious season2Tim Clancy
Drogheda UnitedNext season2Tim Clancy
Longford TownNext season12Neale Fenn
Cabinteely F.C.Previous season7John Paul Kelly
Cabinteely F.C.Next season7John Paul Kelly
Wexford F.C.Next season0Thomas O'Connor

Data wishlist for this page

13 data pointsWhole site
  • club_media_expectation, club_finance_detail Media prediction and club balances across the division Now liveThe predicted finish of every member club and each club's authored cash balance, where the version exports them.
  • player_history.division_uid All-time goals and appearances in the division Now liveAn FMDB sum over the people this database records, on its own page. Players with no person record are listed by uid; seasons the source files under this competition before it took its current form are included and dated.
  • derby, club.division_uid Derbies between member clubs Now livederby.competition_uid is empty in every export, so a derby belongs to a division when both its clubs name that division.
  • comps_competition, comps_stage and stage promotion, relegation and play-off tables Format, promotion, relegation, play-offs and qualification Needs source dataThe comps.dbc archive tables are empty in every loaded export. The format panel shows the clubs that joined and left since the latest recorded season table as an FMDB comparison, which is not a count of promotion places.
  • competition rules, nation_foreign_rule, nation_agreement Registration size, home-grown quotas, foreign-player limits and age rules Partial exportNation foreign/non-foreign definitions and agreements are exported, but do not supply the complete competition registration rules.
  • competition income and prize schedules Prize money, television distributions and sponsor Needs source dataThe current catalog does not provide these competition-level schedules and contracts.
  • competition.champions_club_uid, parent_division_uid, league_body_club_uid Current champions, parent division and organising body Needs source dataThe parent division is displayed. The champions and organising-body columns are empty in all 41 loaded databases.
  • team_league_history Recorded season tables Now liveSeason links are offered only where rows exist; stored points and missing results are preserved.
  • club.division_uid, stadium and primary-team squads League strength and leading players Now liveStrength and ability rankings use clubs naming this division, with a 100-club cap. League totals are withheld on overflow.
  • person.date_of_birth, export_meta.game_start_year Best young players in the league Now liveUnder-21s at 1 July of the exported game start year, ranked on recorded potential. Versions without a start year say so; coded potential bands are not ranked.
  • award_scope, award_type, award_history_winner Top scorer and player-of-season awards by season Now liveScoped awards are listed with their latest winner and the top scorer fills the roll of honour where exactly one most-goals award is scoped. No award type identifies a single player of the season, so that column stays empty. CSV-era exports have no award scope.
  • comp_history and Honours Titles per team over recorded history Now liveCounts use the bounded history query, not just the displayed page, and apply available edition and stage flags. Coverage is stated.
  • competition across versions, export_value_scale Recorded names and reputation across versions Now liveThese are real version records. Reputation is shown against its stated 1–200 scale where the export records one; the cross-version chart still plots raw values.

Reviewed 30 September 2026 against the current schema and page implementation. “Now live” means implemented where data is recorded; “Exported; UI pending” means the schema has data this page does not yet use. Tables and coverage vary by version. Missing values stay blank.