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Football records and statistics in Northern Ireland

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This page details football records in the Northern Ireland.

League

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Team records

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Titles

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Top-flight Appearances

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Overall top flight League Table (since 2008)

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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 14 completed seasons of the top flight in its current format - namely the IFA/NIFL Premiership since its inception in the 2008–09 season. Teams in bold are part of the 2022–23 season. Numbers in bold are the record numbers in each column.

As of the end of the 2021–22 season. All seasons were played over 38 games, except the 2019–20 season which was played over 31 games due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland.
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 14 525 330 101 94 1,071 480 +591 1,091 8 4 77.93 1st
2 Crusaders 14 525 300 106 119 1,027 602 +425 1,006 3 3 71.86 1st
3 Cliftonville 14 525 275 107 143 937 639 +298 932 2 2 66.57 1st
4 Glentoran 14 525 238 127 160 829 634 +195 841 1 0 60.07 1st
5 Coleraine 14 525 233 129 163 797 652 +145 828 0 3 59.14 2nd
6 Glenavon 14 525 204 121 200 895 845 +50 733 0 0 52.36 3rd
7 Ballymena United 14 525 195 105 225 778 858 –80 690 0 1 49.29 2nd
8 Dungannon Swifts 14 525 148 119 258 634 930 –296 563 0 0 40.21 5th
9 Portadown 10 380 135 74 171 538 616 –78 479 0 1 47.90 2nd
10 Warrenpoint Town 8 297 63 55 179 340 624 –284 244 0 0 30.50 10th
11 Ballinamallard United 6 228 59 46 123 246 404 –158 223 0 0 37.17 5th
12 Carrick Rangers 7 259 50 50 159 265 522 –257 200 0 0 28.57 8th
13 Lisburn Distillery 5 190 52 38 100 233 357 –124 194 0 0 38.80 4th
14 Larne 3 107 51 29 27 184 109 +75 182 0 0 60.67 4th
15 Institute 5 183 38 45 100 192 345 –153 159 0 0 31.80 7th
16 Ards 4 152 37 27 88 178 290 –112 138 0 0 34.50 8th
17 Newry City 3 114 27 31 56 122 185 –63 112 0 0 37.33 8th
18 Donegal Celtic 3 114 26 22 66 131 249 –118 100 0 0 33.33 8th
19 Bangor 1 38 9 9 20 42 67 –25 36 0 0 36.00 11th
20 Newry City AFC 1 38 6 5 27 31 68 –37 23 0 0 23.00 12th

League or status:

2022–23 NIFL Premiership
2022–23 NIFL Championship
2022–23 NIFL Premier Intermediate League
Non-League
Dissolved

Irish Cup

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  • Most appearances in a final: 64, Linfield
  • Most consecutive appearances in a final: 5, Linfield (1891, 1892, 1893, 1894 & 1895)
  • Most consecutive defeats in a final: 3, Linfield (1975, 1976 & 1977)
  • Longest gap between appearances in a final: 55 years, Bangor (1938 and 1993)

League Cup

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Total titles won

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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 56 44 10 24 33 15 2 3012 44 4 26212
Glentoran 23 23 7 18 15 9 2 9 27 2 135
Glenavon 3 7 1 5 4 3 2 3 29 1 58
Belfast Celtic 14 8 - 11 6 - - 10 8 12 5712
Lisburn Distillery 512 12 1 5 5 2 - 412 14 12 4912
Cliftonville 412 8 6 - 3 - 1 13 11 - 4612
Coleraine 1 5 2 2 4 8 - 1 21 2 46
Portadown 4 3 2 - 6 2 - 4 21 1 43
Crusaders 7 5 2 - 2 3 - 1 8 1 29
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
Larne - - - - - 2 - - 2 - 4
Black Watch - - - - - - - 1 1 - 2
Carrick Rangers - 1 - - - - - - 1 - 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

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