Football records in Northern Ireland
This page details football records in the Northern Ireland.
League
Team records
Titles
- Most top-flight league titles: 51, Linfield
- Most consecutive league titles: 6, joint record:
Top-flight Appearances
- Most seasons in the top flight: 115, 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 2015–16 Premiership season. Numbers in bold are the record numbers in each column.
- As of the end of the 2014–15 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 | 7 | 266 | 161 | 54 | 51 | 523 | 263 | +260 | 537 | 3 | 3 | 76.71 | 1st |
| 2 | Crusaders | 7 | 266 | 143 | 62 | 61 | 503 | 329 | +174 | 491 | 1 | 2 | 70.14 | 1st |
| 3 | Cliftonville | 7 | 266 | 142 | 57 | 67 | 518 | 332 | +186 | 483 | 2 | 1 | 69.00 | 1st |
| 4 | Glentoran | 7 | 266 | 126 | 65 | 75 | 435 | 312 | +123 | 443 | 1 | 0 | 63.29 | 1st |
| 5 | Coleraine | 7 | 266 | 102 | 65 | 99 | 383 | 374 | +9 | 371 | 0 | 0 | 53.00 | 4th |
| 6 | Portadown | 6 | 228 | 102 | 49 | 77 | 388 | 324 | +64 | 355 | 0 | 1 | 59.17 | 2nd |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 7 | 266 | 87 | 63 | 116 | 363 | 442 | –79 | 324 | 0 | 0 | 46.29 | 7th |
| 8 | Glenavon | 7 | 266 | 90 | 52 | 124 | 437 | 466 | –29 | 322 | 0 | 0 | 46.00 | 3rd |
| 9 | Dungannon Swifts | 7 | 266 | 75 | 74 | 117 | 326 | 433 | –107 | 299 | 0 | 0 | 42.71 | 5th |
| 10 | Lisburn Distillery | 5 | 190 | 52 | 38 | 100 | 233 | 357 | –124 | 194 | 0 | 0 | 38.80 | 4th |
| 11 | Ballinamallard United | 3 | 114 | 35 | 26 | 53 | 124 | 184 | –60 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 43.67 | 5th |
| 12 | Newry City | 3 | 114 | 27 | 31 | 56 | 122 | 185 | –63 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 37.33 | 8th |
| 13 | Institute | 3 | 114 | 23 | 31 | 60 | 119 | 201 | –82 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | 7th |
| 14 | Donegal Celtic | 3 | 114 | 26 | 22 | 66 | 131 | 249 | –118 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | 8th |
| 15 | Warrenpoint Town | 2 | 76 | 16 | 18 | 42 | 93 | 148 | –55 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 33.00 | 11th |
| 16 | Bangor | 1 | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 42 | 67 | –25 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 11th |
| 17 | Carrick Rangers | 1 | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 50 | 91 | –41 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 31.00 | 12th |
| 18 | Ards | 1 | 38 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 44 | 83 | –39 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 24.00 | 12th |
League or status:
| 2015–16 NIFL Premiership | |
| 2015–16 NIFL Championship | |
| Dissolved |
Irish Cup
- Most wins: 42, Linfield
- Most consecutive wins: 4, Glentoran (1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87 & 1987–88)
- Most final appearances: 61, 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:
- Most consecutive final appearances: 4, Cliftonville (2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 & 2015–16)
- Most final defeats: 5, joint record:
- 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 | 51 | 42 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 29½ | 43 | 4 | 252½ |
| 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 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 54 |
| 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 |
| Derry City | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 16 | - | 24 |
| Crusaders | 5 | 3 | 2 | - | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 6 | 1 | 23 |
| Ballymena United | - | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | 3[note 4] | - | - | 6 | - | 16 |
| Newry City | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | 15 |
| Ards | 1 | 3 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| Bangor | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 4 | - | 11 |
| Dungannon Swifts | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 8 | - | 9 |
| Limavady United | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | 9 |
| Derry Celtic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | 8 |
| Institute | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 6 |
| 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 |
Notes
- ↑ Charity Shield; Top Four Cup; Carlsberg Cup; Alhambra Cup; Belfast Charities 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
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