With 22 teams involved this season, the league has been divided into two 11-team Northern and South divisions:
Northern Division:
Athlone Town
Bohemians
Derry City
Drogheda United
Dundalk
Finn Harps
Klub Kildare
Longford Town
Sligo Rovers
St Patrick's Athletic
UCD
Southern Division:
Bray Wanderers
CK United
Cobh Ramblers
Cork City
Galway United
Kerry FC
Shamrock Rovers
Shelbourne
Treaty United
Waterford
Wexford
Fixtures commence next Sunday, with teams playing each other once.
Inrerestingly, all the underage leagues have been rebranded as "Academy Development Programmes", the idea being to place the focus on youth development, and promotion of players to first-team squads, rather than trophies:
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