Football records and statistics in Northern Ireland
This page details football records in the Northern Ireland.
League
Titles
Top-flight Appearances
- Most seasons in the top flight: 120, 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 13 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 2021–22 season. Numbers in bold are the record numbers in each column.
- As of the end of the 2020–21 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 | 13 | 487 | 306 | 90 | 91 | 1,004 | 456 | +548 | 1,008 | 7 | 4 | 77.54 | 1st |
| 2 | Crusaders | 13 | 487 | 279 | 101 | 107 | 967 | 566 | +401 | 938 | 3 | 3 | 72.15 | 1st |
| 3 | Cliftonville | 13 | 487 | 251 | 97 | 139 | 876 | 610 | +266 | 850 | 2 | 1 | 65.38 | 1st |
| 4 | Coleraine | 13 | 487 | 219 | 120 | 148 | 742 | 607 | +135 | 777 | 0 | 3 | 59.77 | 2nd |
| 5 | Glentoran | 13 | 487 | 217 | 119 | 151 | 761 | 590 | +171 | 770 | 1 | 0 | 59.23 | 1st |
| 6 | Glenavon | 13 | 487 | 189 | 112 | 186 | 841 | 795 | +46 | 679 | 0 | 0 | 52.23 | 3rd |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 13 | 487 | 179 | 100 | 208 | 732 | 806 | –74 | 637 | 0 | 1 | 49.00 | 2nd |
| 8 | Dungannon Swifts | 13 | 487 | 137 | 117 | 233 | 588 | 844 | –256 | 528 | 0 | 0 | 40.62 | 5th |
| 9 | Portadown | 9 | 342 | 130 | 64 | 148 | 509 | 544 | –35 | 454 | 0 | 1 | 50.44 | 2nd |
| 10 | Ballinamallard United | 6 | 228 | 59 | 46 | 123 | 246 | 404 | –158 | 223 | 0 | 0 | 37.17 | 5th |
| 11 | Warrenpoint Town | 7 | 259 | 57 | 52 | 150 | 305 | 545 | –240 | 223 | 0 | 0 | 31.86 | 10th |
| 12 | Lisburn Distillery | 5 | 190 | 52 | 38 | 100 | 233 | 357 | –124 | 194 | 0 | 0 | 38.80 | 4th |
| 13 | Carrick Rangers | 6 | 221 | 41 | 43 | 137 | 224 | 455 | –231 | 166 | 0 | 0 | 27.67 | 8th |
| 14 | Institute | 5 | 183 | 38 | 45 | 100 | 192 | 345 | –153 | 159 | 0 | 0 | 31.80 | 7th |
| 15 | Ards | 4 | 152 | 37 | 27 | 88 | 178 | 290 | –112 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 34.50 | 8th |
| 16 | Larne | 2 | 69 | 34 | 18 | 17 | 123 | 70 | +53 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 | 4th |
| 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] | 1 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 31 | 68 | -37 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 23.00 | 12th |
League or status:
| 2021–22 NIFL Premiership | |
| 2021–22 NIFL Championship | |
| 2021–22 NIFL Premier Intermediate League | |
| Non-League | |
| Dissolved |
Note[1] - Newry City AFC were formed after Newry City's dissolution due to financial problems
Irish Cup
- Most wins: 44, Linfield
- Most appearances in a final: 64, Linfield
- Most consecutive appearances in a final: 5, Linfield (1891, 1892, 1893, 1894 & 1895)
- Most defeats in a final: 21, Linfield
- Most consecutive defeats in a final: 3, Linfield (1975, 1976 & 1977)
- Longest gap between wins in a final: 70 years, Cliftonville (1909 and 1979)
- Most common pair of finalists: Glentoran v Linfield – 15 times (1899, 1913, 1914, 1916, 1919, 1923, 1932, 1942, 1945, 1966, 1973, 1983, 1985, 2001 & 2006)
League Cup
- Most wins: 10, Linfield
- Most consecutive wins: 4, Cliftonville (2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 & 2015–16)
- Most consecutive final appearances: 4, Cliftonville (2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 & 2015–16)
- Biggest final winning margin: 4–0, joint record:
- 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 | 55 | 44 | 10 | 24 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 301⁄2 | 44 | 4 | 2611⁄2 |
| 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 | 1⁄2 | 571⁄2 |
| Lisburn Distillery | 51⁄2 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | - | 41⁄2 | 14 | 1⁄2 | 491⁄2 |
| Coleraine | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | - | 1 | 21 | 2 | 46 |
| Cliftonville | 41⁄2 | 8 | 5 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 13 | 11 | - | 451⁄2 |
| 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 |
| 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
- 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
- "Rising from ruins - can Newry complete their remarkable comeback?". BBC Sport. 2018-05-03. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
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