NIFL Premiership

IFA Premiership
Sport	fotbal
Organizator	IFA
Înființat(ă) în	2008 a luat la locul Irish Premier League (2003) și Irish Football League (1890)
Alte nume	Danske Bank Premiership
Nivelul în piramidă	1
Periodicitate	anuală
Participanți	12 echipe
Campion	Linfield
Cele mai multe trofee	Linfield (56)
Retrogadare în	IFA Championship
Locul în sistemul fotbalistic	Locul 1
Calificări europene	Liga Campionilor Europa League
Cupe locale	Cupa Irlandei Cupa Ligii Irlandei
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NIFL Premiership, cunoscută mai ales sub numele de Danske Bank Premiership, este cea mai importantă competiție fotbalistică din Irlanda de Nord. Liga ocupă în acest moment poziția 49 în clasamentul UEFA, clasament bazat pe peformanțele cluburilor în competițiile europene. Campioana actuală este Linfield.

Clasamentul UEFA

Coeficientul UEFA în 2013

• 44 (45) Prima Ligă Malteză
• 45 (43) Cupa Liechtensteinului
• 46 (49) BGL Ligue
• 47 (48) IFA Premiership
• 48 (46) Prima Ligă (Țara Galilor)
• 49 (47) Meistriliiga
• 50 (50) Prima Ligă (Armenia)

Echipele sezonului 2012/2013

Club	Stadion	Locația	Capacitatea	Poziția finală în 2024-25
Ballymena United	Ballymena Showgrounds	Ballymena	3,600	09 9th
Bangor	Clandeboye Park	Bangor	1,895	01 1st (Promoted from NIFL Championship)
Carrick Rangers	Loughshore Hotel Arena	Carrickfergus	1,500	11 11th
Cliftonville	Solitude	Belfast	3,200	07 7th
Coleraine	The Showgrounds	Coleraine	2,496	06 6th
Crusaders	Seaview	Belfast	3,383	05 5th
Dungannon Swifts	Stangmore Park	Dungannon	1,500	4 4th
Glenavon	Mourneview Park	Lurgan	4,160	10 10th
Glentoran	The Oval	Belfast	6,050	04 3rd
Larne	Inver Park	Larne	3,250	02 2nd
Linfield	Windsor Park	Belfast	18,614	01 1st (League winners)
Portadown	Shamrock Park	Portadown	2,770	08 8th

Lista campionilor și vicecampionilor

• Bold indică că echipa a obținut o dublă – câștigătoare a ligii și a Cupa Irlandei

• Aldin italic indică o echipă a obținut un Treble – câștigători ai ligii, Cupa Irlandei și cel puțin un alt trofeu național

Liga Irlandeză de Fotbal (1890–1995)

#	Sezon	Campioane (titluri)	Vicecampioane	Locul 3	Golgheter	Goluri
1	1890–91	Linfield (1)	Ulster	Distillery	Robert Hill (Linfield)	20
2	1891–92	Linfield (2)	Ulster	Lancashire Fusiliers	Tim Morrison (Linfield)	21
3	1892–93	Linfield (3)	Cliftonville	Distillery	Robert Hill (Linfield) James Percy (Cliftonville)	9
4	1893–94	Glentoran (1)	Linfield	Cliftonville	Michael McErlean (Linfield)	9
5	1894–95	Linfield (4)	Distillery	Glentoran	George Gaukrodger (Linfield) Joe McAllen (Linfield)	4
6	1895–96	Distillery (1)	Cliftonville	Linfield
7	1896–97	Glentoran (2)	Cliftonville	Linfield	Johnny Darling (Linfield) Richard Peden (Linfield)	6
8	1897–98	Linfield (5)	Cliftonville	Glentoran
9	1898–99	Distillery (2)	Linfield	Cliftonville
10	1899–1900	Celtic (1)	Linfield	Distillery
11	1900–01	Distillery (3)	Glentoran	Belfast Celtic
12	1901–02	Linfield (6)	Glentoran	Distillery
13	1902–03	Distillery (4)	Linfield	Glentoran
14	1903–04	Linfield (7)	Distillery	Glentoran
15	1904–05	Glentoran (3)	Belfast Celtic	Linfield
16	1905–06	Cliftonville (1) / Distillery (5)		Linfield
17	1906–07	Linfield (8)	Shelbourne	Distillery
18	1907–08	Linfield (9)	Cliftonville	Glentoran
19	1908–09	Linfield (10)	Glentoran	Shelbourne
20	1909–10	Cliftonville (2)	Belfast Celtic	Linfield
21	1910–11	Linfield (11)	Glentoran	Belfast Celtic
22	1911–12	Glentoran (4)	Distillery	Belfast Celtic
23	1912–13	Glentoran (5)	Distillery	Linfield
24	1913–14	Linfield (12)	Glentoran	Belfast Celtic
25	1914–15	Belfast Celtic (2)	Glentoran	Linfield
1915–19		League suspended due to the First World War: Belfast & District League played instead
26	1919–20	Belfast Celtic (3)	Distillery	Glentoran
27	1920–21	Glentoran (6)	Glenavon	Linfield
28	1921–22	Linfield (13)	Glentoran	Distillery
29	1922–23	Linfield (14)	Queen's Island	Glentoran
30	1923–24	Queen's Island (1)	Distillery	Linfield
31	1924–25	Glentoran (7)	Queen's Island	Belfast Celtic
32	1925–26	Belfast Celtic (4)	Glentoran	Larne
33	1926–27	Belfast Celtic (5)	Queen's Island	Distillery	Joe Bambrick (Glentoran)	28
34	1927–28	Belfast Celtic (6)	Linfield	Newry Town
35	1928–29	Belfast Celtic (7)	Linfield	Glentoran	Joe Bambrick (Linfield)	43
36	1929–30	Linfield (15)	Glentoran	Coleraine	Joe Bambrick (Linfield)	50
37	1930–31	Glentoran (8)	Linfield	Belfast Celtic	Fred Roberts (Glentoran)	55
38	1931–32	Linfield (16)	Derry City	Belfast Celtic
39	1932–33	Belfast Celtic (8)	Distillery	Linfield	Joe Bambrick (Linfield)	40
40	1933–34	Linfield (17)	Belfast Celtic	Glentoran
41	1934–35	Linfield (18)	Derry City	Belfast Celtic
42	1935–36	Belfast Celtic (9)	Derry City	Linfield
43	1936–37	Belfast Celtic (10)	Derry City	Linfield
44	1937–38	Belfast Celtic (11)	Derry City	Portadown
45	1938–39	Belfast Celtic (12)	Ballymena United	Derry City
46	1939–40	Belfast Celtic (13)	Portadown	Glentoran
1940–47		League suspended due to the Second World War: Northern Regional League played instead
47	1947–48	Belfast Celtic (14)	Linfield	Ballymena United	Jimmy Jones (Belfast Celtic)	28
48	1948–49	Linfield (19)	Belfast Celtic	Glentoran	Billy Simpson (Linfield)	19
49	1949–50	Linfield (20)	Glentoran	Distillery	Sammy Hughes (Glentoran)	23
50	1950–51	Glentoran (9)	Linfield	Glenavon	Sammy Hughes (Glentoran) Walter Allen (Portadown)	23
51	1951–52	Glenavon (1)	Distillery	Coleraine	Jimmy Jones (Glenavon)	27
52	1952–53	Glentoran (10)	Linfield	Ballymena United	Sammy Hughes (Glentoran)	28
53	1953–54	Linfield (21)	Glentoran	Glenavon	Jimmy Jones (Glenavon)	32
54	1954–55	Linfield (22)	Glenavon	Cliftonville	Fay Coyle (Coleraine)	20
55	1955–56	Linfield (23)	Glenavon	Bangor	Jimmy Jones (Glenavon)	26
56	1956–57	Glenavon (2)	Linfield	Glentoran	Jimmy Jones (Glenavon)	33
57	1957–58	Ards (1)	Glenavon	Ballymena United	Jackie Milburn (Linfield)	29
58	1958–59	Linfield (24)	Glenavon	Glentoran	Jackie Milburn (Linfield)	26
59	1959–60	Glenavon (3)	Glentoran	Distillery	Jimmy Jones (Glenavon)	29
60	1960–61	Linfield (25)	Portadown	Ards	Trevor Thompson (Glentoran)	22
61	1961–62	Linfield (26)	Portadown	Ballymena United	Mick Lynch (Ards)	20
62	1962–63	Distillery (6)	Linfield	Portadown	Joe Meldrum (Distillery)	27
63	1963–64	Glentoran (11)	Coleraine	Derry City	Trevor Thompson (Linfield)	21
64	1964–65	Derry City (1)	Coleraine	Crusaders	Kenny Halliday (Coleraine) Dennis Guy (Glenavon)	19
65	1965–66	Linfield (27)	Derry City	Glentoran	Sammy Pavis (Linfield)	28
66	1966–67	Glentoran (12)	Linfield	Derry City	Sammy Pavis (Linfield)	25
67	1967–68	Glentoran (13)	Linfield	Coleraine	Sammy Pavis (Linfield)	30
68	1968–69	Linfield (28)	Derry City	Coleraine	Danny Hale (Derry City)	21
69	1969–70	Glentoran (14)	Coleraine	Ards	Des Dickson (Coleraine)	21
70	1970–71	Linfield (29)	Glentoran	Distillery	Bryan Hamilton (Linfield)	18
71	1971–72	Glentoran (15)	Portadown	Ards	Peter Watson (Distillery) Des Dickson (Coleraine)	15
72	1972–73	Crusaders (1)	Ards	Portadown	Des Dickson (Coleraine)	23
73	1973–74	Coleraine (1)	Portadown	Crusaders	Des Dickson (Coleraine)	24
74	1974–75	Linfield (30)	Coleraine	Glentoran	Martin Malone (Portadown)	15
75	1975–76	Crusaders (2)	Glentoran	Coleraine	Des Dickson (Coleraine)	23
76	1976–77	Glentoran (16)	Glenavon	Linfield	Ronnie McAteer (Crusaders)	20
77	1977–78	Linfield (31)	Glentoran	Glenavon	Warren Feeney (Glentoran)	17
78	1978–79	Linfield (32)	Glenavon	Ards	Tommy Armstrong (Ards)	21
79	1979–80	Linfield (33)	Ballymena United	Glentoran	Jimmy Martin (Glentoran)	17
80	1980–81	Glentoran (17)	Linfield	Ballymena United	Des Dickson (Coleraine) Paul Malone (Ballymena United)	18
81	1981–82	Linfield (34)	Glentoran	Coleraine	Gary Blackledge (Glentoran)	18
82	1982–83	Linfield (35)	Glentoran	Coleraine	Jim Campbell (Ards)	15
83	1983–84	Linfield (36)	Glentoran	Cliftonville	Martin McGaughey (Linfield) Trevor Anderson (Linfield)	15
84	1984–85	Linfield (37)	Coleraine	Glentoran	Martin McGaughey (Linfield)	34
85	1985–86	Linfield (38)	Coleraine	Ards	Trevor Anderson (Linfield)	14
86	1986–87	Linfield (39)	Coleraine	Ards	Ray McCoy (Coleraine) Gary Macartney (Glentoran)	14
87	1987–88	Glentoran (18)	Linfield	Coleraine	Martin McGaughey (Linfield)	18
88	1988–89	Linfield (40)	Glentoran	Coleraine	Stephen Baxter (Linfield)	17
89	1989–90	Portadown (1)	Glenavon	Glentoran	Martin McGaughey (Linfield)	19
90	1990–91	Portadown (2)	Bangor	Glentoran	Stephen McBride (Glenavon)	22
91	1991–92	Glentoran (19)	Portadown	Linfield	Harry McCourt (Omagh Town) Stephen McBride (Glenavon)	18
92	1992–93	Linfield (41)	Crusaders	Bangor	Steve Cowan (Portadown)	23
93	1993–94	Linfield (42)	Portadown	Glenavon	Darren Erskine (Ards) Stephen McBride (Glenavon)	22
94	1994–95	Crusaders (3)	Glenavon	Portadown	Glenn Ferguson (Glenavon)	27

Irish Football League Premier & First Division (1995–2003)

#	Sezon	Campioane (titluri)	Vicecampioane	Locul 3	Golgheter	Goluri		Campioane liga a doua (titluri)	Vicecampioane	Locul 3
95	1995–96	Portadown (3)	Crusaders	Glentoran	Garry Haylock (Portadown)	19		Coleraine (1)	Ballymena United	Omagh Town
96	1996–97	Crusaders (4)	Coleraine	Glentoran	Garry Haylock (Portadown)	16		Ballymena United (1)	Omagh Town	Bangor
97	1997–98	Cliftonville (3)	Linfield	Portadown	Vinny Arkins (Portadown)	22		Newry Town (1)	Bangor	Distillery
98	1998–99	Glentoran (20)	Linfield	Crusaders	Vinny Arkins (Portadown)	19		Distillery (1)	Ards	Bangor
99	1999–2000	Linfield (43)	Coleraine	Glenavon	Vinny Arkins (Portadown)	29		Omagh Town (1)	Ards	Limavady United
100	2000–01	Linfield (44)	Glenavon	Glentoran	Davy Larmour (Linfield)	17		Ards (1)	Lisburn Distillery	Armagh City
101	2001–02	Portadown (4)	Glentoran	Linfield	Vinny Arkins (Portadown)	30		Lisburn Distillery (2)	Institute	Dungannon Swifts
102	2002–03	Glentoran (21)	Portadown	Coleraine	Vinny Arkins (Portadown)	29		Dungannon Swifts (1)	Ballymena United	Limavady United

Irish Premier League (2003–2008)

#	Season	Senior champions (number of senior titles)	Runners-up	Third	Leading goalscorer	Goals
103	2003–04	Linfield (45)	Portadown	Lisburn Distillery	Glenn Ferguson (Linfield)	25
104	2004–05	Glentoran (22)	Linfield	Portadown	Chris Morgan (Glentoran)	19
105	2005–06	Linfield (46)	Glentoran	Portadown	Peter Thompson (Linfield)	25
106	2006–07	Linfield (47)	Glentoran	Cliftonville	Gary Hamilton (Glentoran)	27
107	2007–08	Linfield (48)	Glentoran	Cliftonville	Peter Thompson (Linfield)	29

IFA Premiership (2008–2013)

#	Season	Senior champions (number of senior titles)	Runners-up	Third	Leading goalscorer	Goals
108	2008–09	Glentoran (23)	Linfield	Crusaders	Curtis Allen (Lisburn Distillery)	19
109	2009–10	Linfield (49)	Cliftonville	Glentoran	Rory Patterson (Coleraine)	30
110	2010–11	Linfield (50)	Crusaders	Glentoran	Peter Thompson (Linfield)	23
111	2011–12	Linfield (51)	Portadown	Cliftonville	Gary McCutcheon (Ballymena United)	27
112	2012–13	Cliftonville (4)	Crusaders	Linfield	Liam Boyce (Cliftonville)	29

NIFL Premiership (2013–2016)

#	Season	Senior champions (number of senior titles)	Runners-up	Third	Leading goalscorer	Goals
113	2013–14	Cliftonville (5)	Linfield	Crusaders	Joe Gormley (Cliftonville)	27
114	2014–15	Crusaders (5)	Linfield	Glenavon	Joe Gormley (Cliftonville)	31
115	2015–16	Crusaders (6)	Linfield	Glenavon	Paul Heatley (Crusaders) Andrew Waterworth (Linfield)	22

NIFL Premiership & Championship (2016–)

#	Season	Senior champions (number of senior titles)	Runners-up	Third	Leading goalscorer	Goals		Season	Second-level senior champions (number of second-level senior titles)	Runners-up	Third
116	2016–17	Linfield (52)	Crusaders	Coleraine	Andrew Mitchell (Dungannon Swifts)	25		2016–17	Warrenpoint Town (1)	Institute	Ballyclare Comrades
117	2017–18	Crusaders (7)	Coleraine	Glenavon	Joe Gormley (Cliftonville)	22		2017–18	Institute (1)	Newry City AFC	Harland & Wolff Welders
118	2018–19	Linfield (53)	Ballymena United	Glenavon	Joe Gormley (Cliftonville)	20		2018–19	Larne (1)	Carrick Rangers	Portadown
119	2019–20	Linfield (54)	Coleraine	Crusaders	Joe Gormley (Cliftonville)	18		2019–20	Portadown (1)	Ballinamallard United	Loughgall
120	2020–21	Linfield (55)	Coleraine	Glentoran	Shayne Lavery (Linfield)	23		2020–21	Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland
121	2021–22	Linfield (56)	Cliftonville	Glentoran	Jay Donnelly (Glentoran)	25		2021–22	Newry City AFC (1)	Annagh United	Loughgall
122	2022–23	Larne (1)	Linfield	Glentoran	Matthew Shevlin (Coleraine)	21		2022–23	Loughgall (1)	Warrenpoint Town	Annagh United
123	2023–24	Larne (2)	Linfield	Cliftonville	Andy Ryan (Larne)	24		2023–24	Portadown (2)	Institute	Bangor

Campioane all-time

Performanțe pe cluburi

Cluburile în italice fie nu mai există (Belfast Celtic, Queen's Island), fie nu mai concurează pentru titlu (Derry City).

Cluburi	Câștigătoare	Vicecampioane	Sezoanele câștigătoare
Linfield	57	24	1890–91, 1891–92, 1892–93, 1894–95, 1897–98, 1901–02, 1903–04, 1906–07, 1907–08, 1908–09, 1910–11, 1913–14, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1929–30, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1958–59, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1965–66, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2024–25
Glentoran	23	23	1893–94, 1896–97, 1904–05, 1911–12, 1912–13, 1920–21, 1924–25, 1930–31, 1950–51, 1952–53, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1976–77, 1980–81, 1987–88, 1991–92, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2008–09
Belfast Celtic	14	4	1899–1900, 1914–15, 1919–20, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1932–33, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1947–48
Crusaders	7	5	1972–73, 1975–76, 1994–95, 1996–97, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18
Distillery	6	8	1895–96, 1898–99, 1900–01, 1902–03, 1905–06, 1962–63
Cliftonville	5	7	1905–06, 1909–10, 1997–98, 2012–13, 2013–14
Portadown	4	10	1989–90, 1990–91, 1995–96, 2001–02
Glenavon	3	10	1951–52, 1956–57, 1959–60
Larne	2	0	2022–23, 2023–24
Coleraine	1	12	1973–74
Derry City	1	7	1964–65
Queen's Island	1	3	1923–24
Ards	1	1	1957–58

Titluri pe orașe

Ballyskeagh

Belfast

Coleraine

Derry City

Lurgan

Larne

Newtownards

Portadown

Cluburile din  Belfast
Linfield
Glentoran
Celtic
Crusaders
Cliftonville

Locațiile campioanelor din Irlanda
Albastru: peste 10 titluri; Verde: 6-10 titluri; Galben: 2-5 titluri; Roșu: un titlu.

Comitate	Orașul	Titluri	Cluburi
Antrim	Belfast	26	Linfield (57), Glentoran (23), Belfast Celtic (14), Crusaders (7), Cliftonville FC (5), Queen's Island (1)
Down	Ballyskeagh	6	Distillery (6)
Antrim	Portadown	4	Portadown FC (4)
Armagh	Lurgan	3	Glenavon (3)
Antrim	Larne	2	Larne (2)
Londonderry	Coleraine	1	Coleraine (1)
Londonderry	Derry	1	Derry City (1)
Down	Newtownards	1	Ards (1)

Recorduri

Primii campioni ai Ligii Irlandei au fost Linfield, iar primii vicecampioni au fost Ulster. Din cele 122 de campionate finalizate, titlul a fost scos din Belfast doar de unsprezece ocazii. Ultimul club care a făcut acest lucru a fost Larne în sezonul 2022–23. Primul titlu de ligă irlandez al cluburilor. 21 de ani de când Portadown a făcut acest lucru în sezonul 2001-02.

În 1921–22, Linfield a reușit să câștige șapte trofee; Liga Irlandei, Cupa Irlandei; City Cup, Gold Cup; Județul Antrim Shield; Belfast Charities Cup și Alhambra Cup. În 1961–62, clubul a realizat o performanță similară, câștigând șase trofee; Liga Irlandeză; Cupa Irlandei; City Cup, Gold Cup; Ulster Cup și County Antrim Shield. Ei au ridicat, de asemenea, Cupa Nord-Sud ca un al șaptelea trofeu, cu toate acestea, aceasta a fost de fapt încheierea competiției din 1960–61, deoarece aglomerația a însemnat că cupa nu a putut fi finalizată înainte de sfârșitul sezonului precedent.

Recordul de titluri consecutive de ligă este de șase, ceea ce a fost atins de două cluburi. Belfast Celtic a câștigat cinci titluri consecutive între 1935–36 și 1939–40, înainte de suspendarea ligii în 1940 din cauza Al Doilea Război Mondial. La reluarea ligii în 1947–48, au câștigat al șaselea titlu consecutiv, deși la opt ani după al cincilea. Linfield este singurul club care a obținut șase titluri consecutive fără pauză, din 1981–82 până în 1986–87. Cel mai lung decalaj dintre câștigurile titlului este cei 88 de ani care separă Cliftonville în 1909–10 și 1997–98. Un total de 12 cluburi diferite au câștigat campionatul, Linfield deținând recordul pentru cele mai multe victorii (56).

Legături externe

• Irish Premier League Website Arhivat în 9 mai 2008, la Wayback Machine.
• Irish Football Club Project Arhivat în 2 iunie 2009, la Wayback Machine.
• Irish FA Website
• Irish League Forums Arhivat în 16 februarie 2008, la Wayback Machine.
• BBC Irish Football