Football records in Northern Ireland
This page details football records in the Northern Ireland.
League
Team records
Titles
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.[1] | 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[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: 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:
- 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 | 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[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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 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 |
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
- 1 2 "Rising from ruins - can Newry complete their remarkable comeback?". BBC Sport. 2018-05-03. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
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