Football records and statistics in Northern Ireland

This page details football records in the Northern Ireland.

League

Team records

Titles

• Most top-flight league titles: 52 Linfield
• Most consecutive league titles: 6, joint record:
  • Belfast Celtic (1935–36 to 1947–48, league suspended from 1940–47)
  • Linfield (1981–82 to 1986–87)

Top-flight Appearances

• Most seasons in the top flight: 118, 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 2018–19 season. Numbers in bold are the record numbers in each column.

As of the end of the 2017–18 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	10	380	234	74	72	773	367	+406	776	4	4	77.60	1st
2	Crusaders	10	380	226	82	72	771	431	+340	760	3	3	76.00	1st
3	Cliftonville	10	380	197	79	104	699	480	+219	670	2	1	67.00	1st
4	Glentoran	10	380	167	91	122	578	472	+106	592	1	0	59.20	1st
5	Coleraine	10	380	164	91	125	562	493	+69	583	0	1	58.30	2nd
6	Glenavon	10	380	142	82	152	649	613	+36	512	0	0	51.20	3rd
7	Ballymena United	10	380	130	81	169	548	661	–113	471	0	0	47.10	4th
8	Dungannon Swifts	10	380	115	97	169	486	620	–134	439	0	0	43.90	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	4	152	33	31	88	190	307	–119	130	0	0	32.50	10th
13	Newry City	3	114	27	31	56	122	185	–63	112	0	0	37.33	8th
14	Ards	3	114	31	18	65	147	227	–80	111	0	0	37.00	8th
15	Carrick Rangers	4	152	26	33	93	155	316	–161	111	0	0	27.75	10th
16	Institute	3	114	23	31	60	119	201	–82	100	0	0	33.33	7th
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.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	N/A

League or status:

	2017–18 NIFL Premiership
	2017–18 NIFL Championship
	2017–18 NIFL Intermediate
	Non-League
	Dissolved

Note - 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: 62, Linfield
• Most consecutive final appearances: 5, Linfield (1890–91, 1891–92, 1892–93, 1893–94 & 1894–95)
• Most final defeats: 20, 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: 9, Linfield
• Most consecutive wins: 4, Cliftonville (2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 & 2015–16)
• Most final appearances: 12, joint record:
  • Glentoran
  • Linfield
• Most consecutive final appearances: 4, Cliftonville (2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 & 2015–16)
• Most final defeats: 5, joint record:
  • Coleraine (1992–93, 1993–94, 1999–2000, 2009–10 & 2011–12)
  • Glentoran (1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2001–02 & 2005–06)
  • Crusaders (1986–87, 1995–96, 2007–08, 2012–13 & 2013–14)
• Most consecutive final defeats: 3, Glentoran (1996–97, 1997–98 & 1998–99)
• Biggest final winning margin: 4–0, joint record:
  • Linfield 4–0 Coleraine (1999–2000)
  • Cliftonville 4–0 Crusaders (2012–13)
• 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:
  • Larne (1991–92 & 2003–04)
  • Newry City (1989–90 and 2008–09)
• 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	Regional cups
Linfield	52	43	9	24	33	15	2	30½	44	4	256½
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	27	1	56
Lisburn Distillery	5½	12	1	5	5	2	-	4½	14	½	49½
Coleraine	1	5	1	2	4	8	-	1	21	2	45
Cliftonville	4½	8	5	-	3	-	1	13	10	-	44½
Portadown	4	3	2	-	6	2	-	4	21	1	43
Crusaders	6	3	2	-	2	3	-	1	7	1	25
Derry City	1	3	1	2	-	-	-	1	16	-	24
Ballymena United	-	5	1	1	1	3	-	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	9
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