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 |
| Season archive |
| Games | Goals | H | D | A | ||||
| 165 | 436 | 2.64 | 63 | 38.18% | 48 | 29.09% | 54 | 32.73% |
| 2012 | 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 | Sligo Rovers | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 53 | 23 | +30 | 61 | LLWO | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 10 | ||
| 2 | Drogheda United | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 51 | 36 | +15 | 57 | WWLW | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 21 | ||
| 3 | St. Patrick's | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 44 | 22 | +22 | 55 | WLLW | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 14 | ||
| 4 | Shamrock Rovers | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 56 | 37 | +19 | 52 | WWLW | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 33 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 23 | ||
| 5 | Derry City | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 36 | 36 | +0 | 39 | WWWL | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19 | ||
| 6 | Cork City | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 36 | LWLO | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 18 | ||
| 7 | Bohemians | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 35 | 38 | -3 | 36 | LWXX | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 22 | ||
| 8 | Shelbourne | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 43 | -8 | 35 | XWLO | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | ||
| 9 | UCD | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 32 | 48 | -16 | 31 | XLWL | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 30 | ||
| 10 | Bray Wanderers | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 33 | 54 | -21 | 25 | LLLO | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 34 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | ||
| 11 | Dundalk | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 63 | -40 | 20 | WLXL | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 42 | ||
| 12 | Monaghan United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | LOWL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 22 | +2 | Gary TWIGG (Shamrock Rovers, 1p) |
| 15 | Danny NORTH (Sligo Rovers) | |
| 13 | +1 | Christy FAGAN (St. Patrick's) |
| Declan O'BRIEN (Drogheda United, 5p) | ||
| Jason BYRNE (Bray Wanderers, 3p) | ||
| 12 | Vinny SULLIVAN (Cork City) | |
| 11 | David McDAID (Derry City, 2p) | |
| Philip HUGHES (Shelbourne, 3p) | ||
| 10 | Stephen McLAUGHLIN (Derry City) | |
| Mark QUIGLEY (Sligo Rovers, 3p) | ||
| 9 | Davin O'NEILL (Cork City, 2p) | |
| 8 | +1 | Evan McMILLAN (Bohemians) |
| David McMILLAN (UCD, 3p) | ||
| Ronan FINN (Shamrock Rovers) | ||
| +1 | Kieran WATERS (Bray Wanderers) | |
| Gary McCABE (Shamrock Rovers, 3p) | ||
| 7 | Peter HYNES (Drogheda United, 1p) | |
| Graham RUSK (UCD, 6p) | ||
| Paddy KAVANAGH (Shelbourne) | ||
| 6 | Rory PATTERSON (Derry City, 2p) | |
| Raffael CRETARO (Sligo Rovers) | ||
| Sean O'CONNOR (St. Patrick's, 1p) | ||
| Philip GORMAN (Shelbourne) | ||
| +1 | Michael RAFTER (Dundalk) | |
| Chris FORRESTER (St. Patrick's) |
| Friday, 26 October 2012 | ||||||
| 33 | Monaghan United | - | Derry City | |||
| Match result not counted. | ||||||
| 33 | Dundalk | 2-1 | Bray Wanderers | |||
| 2 | Rafter | 72 | Waters | |||
| 80 | Leavy | |||||
| 33 | Bohemians | 1-4 | Drogheda United | |||
| 45 | McMillan | 24 | Mulvenna | |||
| 44 | Mulvenna | |||||
| 49 | McNally | |||||
| 69 | Mulvenna | |||||
| 33 | Sligo Rovers | 0-2 | Shamrock Rovers | |||
| 10 | Twigg | |||||
| 57 | Twigg | |||||
| 33 | St. Patrick's | 1-0 | Cork City | |||
| 57 | Fagan | |||||
| 33 | UCD | 1-1 | Shelbourne | |||
| 21 | Douglas | 2 | Cassidy | |||
| Play-offs | ||||||
| Tuesday, 30 October 2012 | ||||||
| l1 | Dundalk | 2-2 | Waterford | |||
| 22 | Shannon | 47 | Phelan | |||
| 75 | McDonnell | 60 | Ryan | |||
| Friday, 2 November 2012 | ||||||
| l2 | Waterford | 0-2 | Dundalk | 2-4 | ||
| 44 | Rafter | |||||
| 69 | Rafter | |||||
