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 | ||||
| 198 | 511 | 2.58 | 93 | 46.97% | 42 | 21.21% | 63 | 31.82% |
| 2016 | 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 | Dundalk | 33 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 73 | 28 | +45 | 77 | WLWW | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 42 | 12 | ||
| 2 | Cork City | 33 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 65 | 23 | +42 | 70 | LWWL | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 12 | ||
| 3 | Derry City | 33 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 48 | 29 | +19 | 62 | WWWW | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 14 | ||
| 4 | Shamrock Rovers | 33 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 55 | WOLL | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 20 | ||
| 5 | Sligo Rovers | 33 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 35 | +7 | 49 | WLWW | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 26 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Bray Wanderers | 33 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 40 | -1 | 46 | WOWL | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 21 | |
| 7 | 1 | St. Patrick's | 33 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 45 | LWLW | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 18 | |
| 8 | Bohemians | 33 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 30 | 37 | -7 | 41 | LLLW | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 20 | ||
| 9 | Galway United | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 44 | 54 | -10 | 38 | LOLL | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 33 | ||
| 10 | Finn Harps | 33 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 49 | -26 | 32 | WOLX | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 26 | ||
| 11 | Wexford | 33 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 31 | 70 | -39 | 23 | LLOW | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 45 | ||
| 12 | Longford Town | 33 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 71 | -46 | 14 | LOLL | 16 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 35 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 36 | ||
| 18 | Seán MAGUIRE (Cork City, 5p) | |
| 17 | +2 | Rory PATTERSON (Derry City, 2p) |
| 16 | David McMILLAN (Dundalk) | |
| 12 | Vinny FAHERTY (Galway United) | |
| 11 | Conan BYRNE (St. Patrick's, 1p) | |
| 10 | Christy FAGAN (St. Patrick's) | |
| +1 | Gary McCABE (Shamrock Rovers, 5p) | |
| Raffael CRETARO (Sligo Rovers) | ||
| Kurtis BYRNE (Bohemians, 1p) | ||
| 9 | +2 | Brandon MIELE (Shamrock Rovers) |
| Daryl HORGAN (Dundalk) | ||
| 8 | +1 | Ger PENDER (Bray Wanderers) |
| +2 | Kieran SADLIER (Sligo Rovers) | |
| 7 | Sean HOUSTON (Finn Harps) | |
| Mark TIMLIN (St. Patrick's) | ||
| Kevin DEVANEY (Galway United) | ||
| Ronan FINN (Dundalk, 2p) | ||
| +1 | Ryan CURRAN (Finn Harps, 2p) | |
| Brian GARTLAND (Dundalk) | ||
| +1 | Karl SHEPPARD (Cork City) | |
| +1 | David O'SULLIVAN (Longford Town, 2p) |
| Friday, 28 October 2016 | ||||||
| 33 | Dundalk | 4-1 | Galway United | |||
| 13 | Shiels | 56 | Connolly | |||
| 21 | Barrett | |||||
| 37 | Shiels | |||||
| 90 | Kilduff | |||||
| 33 | Sligo Rovers | 5-0 | Wexford | |||
| 17 | Sadlier | |||||
| 24 | Sadlier | |||||
| 51 | Kearns | |||||
| 57 | Keohane | |||||
| 90 | Place | |||||
| 33 | St. Patrick's | 0-2 | Derry City | |||
| 26 | Patterson | |||||
| 90(p) | Patterson | |||||
| 33 | Finn Harps | 1-0 | Bohemians | |||
| 44 | Curran | |||||
| 33 | Bray Wanderers | 4-1 | Cork City | |||
| 33 | Marks | 84 | Sheppard | |||
| 35 | Connolly | |||||
| 82 | Sullivan | |||||
| 88 | Pender | |||||
| 33 | Longford Town | 2-4 | Shamrock Rovers | |||
| 9 | Hughes | 38(p) | McCabe | |||
| 57 | O'Sullivan | 49 | Dobbs | |||
| 50 | Miele | |||||
| 64 | Miele | |||||
| Play-offs | ||||||
| Monday, 31 October 2016 | ||||||
| l1 | Wexford | 2-0 | Drogheda United | |||
| 66 | Furlong | |||||
| 90 | Chin | |||||
| Friday, 4 November 2016 | ||||||
| l2 | Drogheda United | 3-0 | Wexford | 3-2 | ||
| 45 | Brennan | |||||
| 58 | Farragher | |||||
| 78(p) | Thornton | |||||
