Table includes latest matches - active teams
highlighted
| Home | Away | |||||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pt | ||
| 1 | Sligo Rovers | 43 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 51 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 14 | +48 | 91 |
| 2 | St Patrick's Ath | 44 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 18 | +34 | 85 |
| 3 | Drogheda United | 44 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 29 | +17 | 76 |
| 4 | Shamrock Rovers | 44 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 48 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 28 | +27 | 70 |
| 5 | Derry City | 44 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 30 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 26 | +16 | 68 |
| 6 | Cork City | 44 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 30 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 26 | -4 | 52 |
| 7 | Bohemians | 44 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 31 | -13 | 49 |
| 8 | Dundalk | 43 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 46 | -35 | 44 |
| 9 | UCD | 44 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 25 | 46 | -29 | 42 |
| 10 | Shelbourne | 44 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 35 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 33 | -27 | 41 |
| 11 | Bray Wanderers | 44 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 44 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 39 | -38 | 36 |
| 12 | Limerick | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | +4 | 18 |
Points based on points system that applied at the time
Goal difference then goals scored applies when teams are level on points
