Irland - Leinster Senior League

Irland - Leinster Senior League

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The Leinster Senior League is an association football league organised by the Leinster Football Association. In 2015–16 the Leinster Senior League operated twenty divisions. It also organises various cup competitions. Its Senior Division is a third level division in the Republic of Ireland football league system. Leinster Senior League teams also compete in the Leinster Senior Cup, the FAI Cup, the FAI Intermediate Cup and the FAI Junior Cup. In recent seasons the winners of the Senior Division have also qualified to play in the League of Ireland Cup. The vast majority of its member clubs are based in the Greater Dublin Area.

History

Foundation

Within a few seasons of the Leinster Football Association having been formed in 1892, the Leinster Senior League was established. Ciarán Priestley highlights a printed notice in the 4 September 2010 edition of The Irish Times. Under the headline "Leinster Football League" there is a report of "a general meeting of the league... held the other evening at 27 D'Olier Street". Priestley also lists Bohemians, Britannia, Dublin University, Leinster Nomads, Phoenix and Montpelier as participants in the first season. The Leinster Senior League website states it was established in 1896. However other sources suggest the league started a little later and was first played for in 1897–98 and that an unidentified British Army regimental team were the inaugural winners while Shelbourne were runners up.

**Irland - Leinster Senior League**

Irland - Leinster Senior League är en fotbollsturnering som spelas i Irlands Leinsterprovins. Den är den högsta nivån av fotboll för klubbar i provinsen och består av 12 lag. Ligan grundades 1910 och vinnaren av ligan kvalificerar sig för att spela i Irlands fotbollspremiär.

**Format:**

Ligan spelas i ett dubbelmöte, där varje lag möter alla andra lag två gånger, en gång hemma och en gång borta. De tre bästa lagen i ligan kvalificerar sig för uppflyttning till Irlands fotbollspremiär, medan de tre sämsta lagen i ligan flyttas ner till Leinster Senior Division 1.

**Lag:**

Lagen som deltar i Leinster Senior League 2023 är:

* Athlone Town
* Cabinteely
* Cobh Ramblers
* Drogheda United
* Galway United
* Longford Town
* Shelbourne
* St Patrick's Athletic
* Treaty United
* UCD
* Waterford
* Wexford

**Historia:**

Leinster Senior League har en lång och anrik historia. Den första turneringen spelades 1910 och vinnaren var Bohemians. Sedan dess har många stora klubbar, inklusive Shamrock Rovers och Shelbourne, vunnit ligan.

**Betydelse:**

Leinster Senior League är en viktig del av det irländska fotbollssystemet. Den ger klubbar i Leinsterprovinsen en chans att tävla på en hög nivå och att eventuellt kvalificera sig för Irlands fotbollspremiär.