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: 56, Linfield
- Most consecutive league titles: 6, joint record:
- Belfast Celtic (1935–36 to 1947–48, league suspended from 1940 to 1947)
- Linfield (1981–82 to 1986–87)
Top-flight Appearances
- Most seasons in the top flight: 121, 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 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 |
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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
- 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 | ||||||||
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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 | 301⁄2 | 44 | 4 | 2621⁄2 |
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 |
Cliftonville | 41⁄2 | 8 | 6 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 13 | 11 | - | 461⁄2 |
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
- ^ 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
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