Premier Division| 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 | ||||
| 161 | 363 | 2.25 | 69 | 42.86% | 34 | 21.12% | 58 | 36.02% |
| 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 | Shamrock Rovers | 32 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 45 | 21 | +24 | 69 | WWWW | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 8 | ||
| 2 | Bohemians | 32 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 53 | 18 | +35 | 67 | WWLW | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 12 | ||
| 3 | Cork City | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 36 | 24 | +12 | 52 | LLWO | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 14 | ||
| 4 | Derry City | 32 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 41 | 28 | +13 | 50 | LLLL | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 14 | ||
| 5 | Dundalk | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 41 | 42 | -1 | 43 | XOXW | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 29 | ||
| 6 | Galway United* | 32 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 33 | 48 | -15 | 40 | WLWL | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 27 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Sligo Rovers | 33 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 35 | 46 | -11 | 37 | XWWW | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 21 | |
| 8 | 1 | St. Patrick's | 32 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 25 | 40 | -15 | 37 | WOLW | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 17 | |
| 9 | Drogheda United | 32 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 45 | -19 | 28 | LLXW | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 24 | ||
| 10 | Bray Wanderers | 33 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 51 | -23 | 26 | LLWL | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 27 | ||
| 22 | Gary TWIGG (Shamrock Rovers, 2p) | |
| 19 | Jason BYRNE (Bohemians, 6p) | |
| 14 | +1 | Raffael CRETARO (Sligo Rovers) |
| 11 | +1 | Chris TURNER (Dundalk, 7p) |
| 10 | Mark FARREN (Derry City) | |
| 7 | +1 | Dessie BAKER (Shamrock Rovers) |
| 6 | Glenn CROWE (Bohemians) | |
| Killian BRENNAN (Bohemians, 1p) | ||
| Thomas STEWART (Derry City) | ||
| Gary McCABE (Bray Wanderers, 4p) | ||
| James CHAMBERS (Drogheda United, 1p) | ||
| Fahrudin KUDUZOVIĆ (Cork City, 3p) | ||
| Alex WILLIAMS (Dundalk) | ||
| 5 | +1 | Ken OMAN (Bohemians) |
| +1 | Alan KEANE (Sligo Rovers, 3p) | |
| David MULCAHY (Bray Wanderers) | ||
| Darren MANSARAM (Dundalk) | ||
| Ciaran MARTYN (Derry City) | ||
| +1 | Gareth McGLYNN (Derry City) | |
| Dennis BEHAN (Cork City) | ||
| Billy DENNEHY (Cork City) | ||
| Vinny FAHERTY (Galway United*) |
| Tuesday, 13 October 2009 | |||||
| 34 | Sligo Rovers | 1-0 | Bray Wanderers | ||
| 72 | Doyle | ||||
| Friday, 16 October 2009 | |||||
| 32 | Cork City | 0-2 | Bohemians | ||
| 38 | Oman | ||||
| 58(og) | Long | ||||
| 32 | Dundalk | 2-2 | Sligo Rovers | ||
| 33 | McGowan | 28 | Cretaro | ||
| 48(p) | Turner | 59(p) | Keane | ||
| 32 | St. Patrick's | 2-0 | Bray Wanderers | ||
| 31 | Guy | ||||
| 69 | Lynch | ||||
| 32 | Galway United* | 3-1 | Derry City | ||
| 38 | McBrien | 26 | McGlynn | ||
| 41 | Greene | ||||
| 90 | Molloy | ||||
| Saturday, 17 October 2009 | |||||
| 32 | Shamrock Rovers | 2-0 | Drogheda United | ||
| 6 | Baker | ||||
| 44 | Barrett | ||||
