The 2024 League of Ireland Premier Division, known as the SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division for sponsorship reasons, was the 40th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division, the top Irish league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1985.
The competition began on 16 February 2024 and concluded on 1 November 2024.
On 1 November, Shelbourne won the title for the first time since 2006 after a 1-0 win against Derry City at the Brandywell on the final day of the season. That match attracted a record TV audience for a League of Ireland game.
Teams
The league consisted of ten teams – the top eight teams from the previous season and two teams promoted from the First Division. The promoted teams were the 2023 League of Ireland First Division winners Galway United (after a top flight absence of six years) and play-off winners Waterford (after being absent from the top flight for two years). They replaced UCD (relegated after two consecutive seasons in the top flight) and Cork City (who spent just one season back in the top flight before being relegated following their loss to Waterford). Shamrock Rovers entered the season as defending champions after winning their twenty-first title during the previous season.
Stadiums and locations
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Managerial changes
League table
Standings
Results
Teams play each other four times (twice at home and twice away).
League of Ireland promotion/relegation play-off
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.
Bracket
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Athlone Town won 1–0 on aggregate.
Bray Wanderers won 2–1 on aggregate.
Final
Promotion/relegation play-off
Awards
League of Ireland Player of the Month
Attendances
Source: European Football Statistics
See also
- 2024 President of Ireland's Cup
- 2024 League of Ireland First Division
- 2024 FAI Cup
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