1956–57 League of Ireland

League of Ireland
Season	1956–57
Champions	Shamrock Rovers (8th title)
European Cup	Shamrock Rovers
Matches played	132
Goals scored	484 (3.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tommy Hamilton Donal Leahy (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Waterford 10–2 Limerick
Biggest away win	Limerick 1–6 Shelbourne F.C. Shelbourne 0–5 Evergreen United
Highest scoring	Waterford 10–2 Limerick
← 1955–56 1957–58 →

The 1956–57 League of Ireland was the 36th season of senior football in the Republic of Ireland.

St Patrick's Athletic were the defending champions.

Changes from 1955–56 season

No new teams were elected to the League.

Locations of the 1954–55 League of Ireland teams

Shamrock Rovers won their eighth title and qualified for the following season's European Cup.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Shamrock Rovers	22	15	6	1	68	24	+44	36	Qualification for European Cup preliminary round
2	Drumcondra	22	11	9	2	49	28	+21	31
3	Sligo Rovers	22	11	7	4	42	29	+13	29
4	Evergreen United	22	11	5	6	48	31	+17	27
5	Transport	22	8	10	4	42	36	+6	26
6	Shelbourne	22	10	6	6	47	39	+8	24^[a]
7	Waterford	22	9	4	9	49	41	+8	22
8	Cork Athletic	22	5	8	9	32	46	−14	18	Resigned
9	St Patrick's Athletic	22	6	5	11	33	55	−22	17
10	Dundalk	22	4	8	10	33	40	−7	16
11	Bohemians	22	2	5	15	20	56	−36	9
12	Limerick	22	2	3	17	21	59	−38	7

Source: RSSSF, foot.dk
Notes:

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

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

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Tommy Hamilton	Shamrock Rovers	15
1	Donal Leahy	Evergreen United	15
3	Austin Noonan	Evergreen United	13
4	Jack Fitzgerald	Waterford	12
4	Dessie Glynn	Shelbourne	12
6	Willie Coleman	Drumcondra	11
	Tommy Collins	Cork Athletic
	Vincent Morrison	Sligo Rovers
9	Jackie McCourt	Drumcondra	10
9	Jack Walsh	Sligo Rovers	10

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Domestic leagues	Albania '56 '57 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '56 '57 Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '56 '57 Finland '56 '57 France East Germany '56 '57 West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary '56 '57 Iceland '56 '57 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '56 '57 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '56 '57 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '57 Belgium Bulgaria Denmark England Faroe Islands '56 '57 Finland '56 '57 France East Germany '56 '57 West Germany Greece Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '56 '57 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '57 Spain Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Group stage) Mitropa Cup

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