1953–54 League of Ireland

Football league season

League of Ireland
Season	1953–54
Champions	Shamrock Rovers (7th title)
Matches played	132
Goals scored	462 (3.5 per match)
Top goalscorer	Daniel Jordan (14 goals)
Biggest home win	Shamrock Rovers 10–2 Cork Athletic
Biggest away win	St Patrick's Athletic 1–4 Bohemians St Patrick's Athletic 2–5 Waterford Waterford 1–4 Bohemians
Highest scoring	Shamrock Rovers 10–2 Cork Athletic
← 1952–53 1954–55 →

The 1953–54 League of Ireland was the 33rd season of senior football in the Republic of Ireland.

Shelbourne were the defending champions.

Changes from 1952–53 season

No new teams were elected to the League.

Dublin

Bray

Cork

Dundalk

Sligo

Limerick

Waterford

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Locations of the 1953–54 League of Ireland teams

Shamrock Rovers won their seventh title.

Source: RSSSF, foot.dk

Home \ Away	BOH	CAT	DRU	DUN	EVE	LIM	SHM	SHE	SLI	StP	TRA	WAT
Bohemians	—	3–1	0–2	4–1	2–2	4–1	0–2	2–2	4–1	1–2	1–1	1–2
Cork Athletic	2–1	—	2–0	2–1	2–1	4–1	3–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	3–2	0–2
Drumcondra	1–2	1–1	—	4–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	7–2	0–2	1–0
Dundalk	3–2	1–2	1–3	—	2–2	3–1	1–3	1–2	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–2
Evergreen United	2–0	3–0	2–1	4–1	—	4–4	1–1	1–0	3–1	3–1	2–1	3–1
Limerick	0–1	3–2	2–2	5–2	0–3	—	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	4–4	2–2
Shamrock Rovers	1–0	10–2	2–3	1–0	1–0	1–1	—	4–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	7–1
Shelbourne	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–3	1–1	—	2–0	2–1	3–2	3–1
Sligo Rovers	2–2	2–0	2–2	3–2	2–1	3–2	1–0	2–3	—	2–1	3–0	3–0
St Patrick's Athletic	1–4	0–2	1–1	6–1	0–2	2–2	0–1	2–1	0–0	—	2–0	2–5
Transport	5–3	3–4	1–2	3–2	3–2	1–2	1–1	5–2	3–1	0–0	—	5–3
Waterford	1–4	5–2	0–0	2–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	4–2	2–0	4–1	4–0	—

Source: extratime.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Daniel Jordan	Bohemians	14
2	Paddy Ambrose	Shamrock Rovers	13
3	Christy Bergin	Waterford	12
3	Eddie Doran	Evergreen United	12
5	Joey Dunne	Bohemians	11
	Paddy Gilbert	Limerick
	Joe Martin	Dundalk
	Brendan Treacy	Transport
9	Dessie Glynn	Drumcondra	10
	Stephen McDonagh	Sligo Rovers	10
	Johnny Vaughan	Cork Athletic	10

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Awards

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Domestic leagues	Albania '53 '54 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '53 '54 Cyprus Czechoslovakia '53 '54 Denmark England Faroe Islands '53 '54 Finland '53 '54 France East Germany West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary '53 '54 Iceland '53 '54 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '53 '54 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '53 '54 Scotland Soviet Union '53 '54 Spain Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '53 '54 Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus England France East Germany West Germany Greece Israel Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Northern Ireland Norway '53 '54 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '53 '54 San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '53 '54 Spain Sweden '53 Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia '53 '54
League cups	Scotland