| ROUND | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 
| Season archive | 
| Games | Goals | H | D | A | ||||
| 110 | 236 | 2.14 | 46 | 41.82% | 24 | 21.82% | 40 | 36.36% | 
| 2009 | Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Gdf | Pts | Form | P | W | D | L | F | A | P | W | D | L | F | A | ||||
| 1 | Bohemians | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 12 | +22 | 46 | XOWW | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | ||
| 2 | Shamrock Rovers | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 17 | +14 | 43 | WOWW | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 7 | ||
| 3 | Cork City | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 14 | +12 | 40 | WXWL | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | ||
| 4 | Derry City | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 17 | +10 | 35 | LXLL | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 8 | ||
| 5 | Dundalk | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 27 | -2 | 29 | LWWL | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | ||
| 6 | Galway United* | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 27 | -7 | 28 | WWLW | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | ||
| 7 | St. Patrick's | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 31 | -12 | 26 | WLLW | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 13 | ||
| 8 | Sligo Rovers | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 30 | -11 | 21 | LWLL | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | ||
| 9 | Drogheda United | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 28 | -11 | 20 | XLLW | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | ||
| 10 | Bray Wanderers | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 33 | -15 | 18 | LLWL | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | ||
| 16 | Jason BYRNE (Bohemians, 6p) | |
| Gary TWIGG (Shamrock Rovers) | ||
| 8 | Chris TURNER (Dundalk, 5p) | |
| 6 | Mark FARREN (Derry City) | |
| Raffael CRETARO (Sligo Rovers) | ||
| 5 | Dessie BAKER (Shamrock Rovers) | |
| Thomas STEWART (Derry City) | ||
| Dennis BEHAN (Cork City) | ||
| Vinny FAHERTY (Galway United*) | ||
| 4 | Shane BARRETT (Drogheda United, 2p) | |
| Killian BRENNAN (Bohemians) | ||
| Gary McCABE (Bray Wanderers, 2p) | ||
| Ciaran MARTYN (Derry City) | ||
| +1 | Fahrudin KUDUZOVIĆ (Cork City, 1p) | |
| Alex WILLIAMS (Dundalk) | ||
| Guntars SILAGAILIS (Cork City) | ||
| Jay O'SHEA (Galway United*, 1p) | ||
| 3 | Dan MURRAY (Cork City) | |
| Alan KEANE (Sligo Rovers, 1p) | ||
| David MULCAHY (Bray Wanderers) | ||
| Pádraig AMOND (Shamrock Rovers) | ||
| Brian KING (Drogheda United) | ||
| Garry BREEN (Galway United*) | ||
| Glenn CROWE (Bohemians) | ||
| Ryan GUY (St. Patrick's) | ||
| Darren MANSARAM (Dundalk) | ||
| Conor KENNA (Drogheda United) | ||
| Sam MORROW (Derry City, 1p) | ||
| Gareth McGLYNN (Derry City) | ||
| Billy DENNEHY (Cork City) | 
| Friday, 31 July 2009 | |||||
| 22 | Cork City | 1-0 | Bray Wanderers | ||
| 37(p) | Kuduzović | ||||
| 22 | Drogheda United | 1-1 | Bohemians | ||
| 33 | Chambers | 90 | Fenn | ||
| Saturday, 1 August 2009 | |||||
| 22 | Galway United* | 1-0 | Sligo Rovers | ||
| 17 | Russell | ||||
| Sunday, 2 August 2009 | |||||
| 22 | Shamrock Rovers | 2-1 | Derry City | ||
| 7 | O'Connor | 46 | McManus | ||
| 25 | Purcell | ||||
| 22 | St. Patrick's | 1-0 | Dundalk | ||
| 74 | O'Connor | ||||