Football records and statistics in Northern Ireland
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This page details football records in the Northern Ireland.
League
Team records
Titles
- Most top-flight league titles: 53 Linfield
- Most consecutive league titles: 6, joint record:
Top-flight Appearances
- Most seasons in the top flight: 119, joint record:
- Cliftonville (1890–present)
- Glentoran (1890–present)
- Linfield (1890–present)
Overall top flight League Table (since 2008)
The overall top flight League table is a cumulative record of all match results, points and goals of every team that has played in the top flight in its current format - namely the IFA/NIFL Premiership since its inception in 2008. Teams in bold are part of the 2019–20 season. Numbers in bold are the record numbers in each column.
- As of the end of the 2018–19 season.
| Rank | Club | Seasons completed |
Matches played |
Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals scored |
Goals conceded |
Goal difference |
Total points |
Titles | Runners-up | Avg Pts/season |
Best finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linfield | 11 | 418 | 260 | 81 | 77 | 850 | 394 | +456 | 861 | 5 | 4 | 78.27 | 1st |
| 2 | Crusaders | 11 | 418 | 246 | 87 | 85 | 839 | 486 | +353 | 825 | 3 | 3 | 75.00 | 1st |
| 3 | Cliftonville | 11 | 418 | 216 | 83 | 119 | 769 | 546 | +223 | 731 | 2 | 1 | 66.45 | 1st |
| 4 | Glentoran | 11 | 418 | 180 | 101 | 137 | 636 | 525 | +111 | 641 | 1 | 0 | 58.27 | 1st |
| 5 | Coleraine | 11 | 418 | 179 | 102 | 137 | 621 | 548 | +73 | 639 | 0 | 1 | 58.09 | 2nd |
| 6 | Glenavon | 11 | 418 | 162 | 92 | 160 | 723 | 659 | +64 | 582 | 0 | 0 | 52.91 | 3rd |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 11 | 418 | 154 | 87 | 177 | 631 | 708 | –77 | 549 | 0 | 1 | 49.91 | 2nd |
| 8 | Dungannon Swifts | 11 | 418 | 125 | 106 | 187 | 530 | 685 | –155 | 481 | 0 | 0 | 43.73 | 5th |
| 9 | Portadown | 8 | 304 | 120 | 58 | 126 | 459 | 466 | –7 | 406 | 0 | 1 | 50.75 | 2nd |
| 10 | Ballinamallard United | 6 | 228 | 59 | 46 | 123 | 246 | 404 | –158 | 223 | 0 | 0 | 37.17 | 5th |
| 11 | Lisburn Distillery | 5 | 190 | 52 | 38 | 100 | 233 | 357 | –124 | 194 | 0 | 0 | 38.80 | 4th |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 5 | 190 | 43 | 40 | 107 | 241 | 386 | –145 | 169 | 0 | 0 | 33.80 | 10th |
| 13 | Institute | 4 | 152 | 36 | 36 | 80 | 169 | 273 | –104 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 7th |
| 14 | Ards | 4 | 152 | 37 | 27 | 88 | 178 | 290 | –112 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 34.50 | 8th |
| 15 | Newry City | 3 | 114 | 27 | 31 | 56 | 122 | 185 | –63 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 37.33 | 8th |
| 16 | Carrick Rangers | 4 | 152 | 26 | 33 | 93 | 155 | 316 | –161 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 27.75 | 10th |
| 17 | Donegal Celtic | 3 | 114 | 26 | 22 | 66 | 131 | 249 | –118 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | 8th |
| 18 | Bangor | 1 | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 42 | 67 | –25 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 11th |
| 19 | Newry City A.F.C.[1] | 1 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 31 | 68 | -37 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 23.00 | 12th |
League or status:
| 2018–19 NIFL Premiership | |
| 2018–19 NIFL Championship | |
| 2018–19 NIFL Intermediate | |
| Non-League | |
| Dissolved |
Note[1] - Newry City A.F.C. were formed after Newry City's dissolution
Irish Cup
- Most wins: 43, Linfield
- Most consecutive wins: 4, Glentoran (1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87 & 1987–88)
- Most final appearances: 64, Linfield
- Most consecutive final appearances: 5, Linfield (1890–91, 1891–92, 1892–93, 1893–94 & 1894–95)
- Most final defeats: 21, Linfield
- Most consecutive final defeats: 3, Linfield (1974–75, 1975–76 & 1976–77)
- Biggest final winning margin: Linfield 10–1 Bohemians (1894–95)
- Longest gap between wins: 70 years, Cliftonville (1908–09 and 1978–79)
- Longest gap between final appearances: 55 years, Bangor (1937–38 and 1992–93)
- Most final appearances without winning: 5, Larne (1927–28, 1934–35, 1986–87, 1988–89 & 2004–05)
- Most common final: Glentoran v Linfield (15 times)
League Cup
- Most wins: 10, Linfield
- Most consecutive wins: 4, Cliftonville (2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 & 2015–16)
- Most final appearances: 12, joint record:
- Most consecutive final appearances: 4, Cliftonville (2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 & 2015–16)
- Most final defeats: 6,
- Most consecutive final defeats: 3, Glentoran (1996–97, 1997–98 & 1998–99)
- Biggest final winning margin: 4–0, joint record:
- Longest gap between wins: 15 years, Crusaders (1996–97 and 2011–12)
- Longest gap between final appearances: 21 years, Ards (1994–95 and 2015–16)
- Most final appearances without winning: 2, joint record:
- Most common final: Glentoran v Linfield (7 times)
Total titles won
| Team | Domestic | All Ireland | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish League | Irish Cup | League Cup | City Cup | Gold Cup | Ulster Cup | Floodlit Cup | Others [note 1] | Regional cups [note 2] | [note 3] | ||
| Linfield | 53 | 43 | 10 | 24 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 30½ | 44 | 4 | 258½ |
| Glentoran | 23 | 22 | 7 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 27 | 2 | 134 |
| Belfast Celtic | 14 | 8 | - | 11 | 6 | - | - | 10 | 8 | ½ | 57½ |
| Glenavon | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 57 |
| Lisburn Distillery | 5½ | 12 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | - | 4½ | 14 | ½ | 49½ |
| Coleraine | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | - | 1 | 21 | 2 | 46 |
| Cliftonville | 4½ | 8 | 5 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 13 | 11 | - | 45½ |
| Portadown | 4 | 3 | 2 | - | 6 | 2 | - | 4 | 21 | 1 | 43 |
| Crusaders | 7 | 4 | 2 | - | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 8 | 1 | 28 |
| Derry City | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 16 | - | 24 |
| Ballymena United | - | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3[note 4] | - | - | 6 | - | 17 |
| Newry City | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | 15 |
| Dungannon Swifts | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 10 | - | 12 |
| Ards | 1 | 3 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| Bangor | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 4 | - | 11 |
| Limavady United | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | 10 |
| Derry Celtic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | 8 |
| Institute | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | 8 |
| Omagh Town | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 6 |
| Queen's Island [II] | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 6 |
| Banbridge Town | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 5 |
| Shelbourne | - | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Black Watch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Carrick Rangers | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Larne | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Loughgall | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Tobermore United | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Armagh City | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Ballyclare Comrades | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Ballymena | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Bohemians | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Dundela | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Gordon Highlanders | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Moyola Park | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| North Staffordshire Regiment | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Oldpark | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Queen's Island [I] | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Ulster | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Willowfield | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Warrenpoint Town | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Notes
- ^ Charity Shield; Top Four Cup; Carlsberg Cup; Alhambra Cup; Belfast Charity Cup; Jubilee Cup
- ^ County Antrim Shield; North West Cup; Mid-Ulster Cup
- ^ Dublin and Belfast Intercity Cup; North-South Cup; Blaxnit Cup; Texaco Cup; Tyler Cup; Setanta Sports Cup
- ^ Includes 1 Festival of Britain Cup
- ^ a b "Rising from ruins - can Newry complete their remarkable comeback?". BBC Sport. 2018-05-03. Retrieved 2018-07-16.