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:
  • 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: 114, 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 2014–15 Premiership season. Numbers in bold are the record numbers in each column.

As of the end of the 2013–14 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	6	228	140	45	43	456	217	+239	465	3	2	77.50	1st
2	Cliftonville	6	228	126	44	58	447	285	+162	422	2	1	70.33	1st
3	Crusaders	6	228	118	55	55	410	286	+124	409	0	2	68.17	2nd
4	Glentoran	6	228	110	55	63	368	261	+107	385	1	0	64.17	1st
5	Coleraine	6	228	89	58	81	335	319	+16	325	0	0	54.17	4th
6	Portadown	5	190	85	38	67	323	268	+55	293	0	1	58.60	2nd
7	Ballymena United	6	228	72	57	99	301	367	–66	273	0	0	45.50	7th
8	Dungannon Swifts	6	228	67	61	100	288	377	–89	262	0	0	43.67	5th
9	Glenavon	6	228	70	46	112	355	401	–46	256	0	0	42.67	6th
10	Lisburn Distillery	5	190	52	38	100	233	357	–124	194	0	0	38.80	4th
11	Newry City	3	114	27	31	56	122	185	–63	112	0	0	37.33	8th
12	Donegal Celtic	3	114	26	22	66	131	249	–118	100	0	0	33.33	8th
13	Ballinamallard United	2	76	25	17	34	84	113	–29	92	0	0	46.00	5th
14	Institute	2	76	19	22	35	83	117	–34	79	0	0	39.50	7th
15	Bangor	1	38	9	9	20	42	67	–25	36	0	0	36.00	11th
16	Warrenpoint Town	1	38	10	6	22	43	72	–29	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:

	2014–15 NIFL Premiership
	2014–15 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: 3, Linfield (1997–98, 1998–99 & 1999–2000)

• Most final appearances: 12, joint record:
  • Glentoran
  • Linfield

• Most consecutive final appearances: 3, joint record:
  • Glentoran (three times) (1996–97 to 1998–99, 2000–01 to 2002–03 & 2004–05 to 2006–07)
  • Linfield (1997–98, 1998–99 & 1999–2000)
  • Crusaders (2011–12, 2012–13 & 2013–14)

• 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: 19 years, Newry City (1989–90 and 2008–09)

• 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 [note 1]	Regional cups [note 2]	[note 3]
Linfield	51	42	9	24	33	15	2	29½	43	4	252½
Glentoran	23	21	7	18	15	9	2	8	27	2	132
Belfast Celtic	14	8	-	11	6	-	-	10	8	½	57½
Glenavon	3	6	1	5	4	3	2	2	26	1	53
Lisburn Distillery	5½	12	1	5	5	2	-	4½	14	½	49½
Coleraine	1	5	1	2	4	8	-	1	21	2	45
Portadown	4	3	2	-	6	2	-	4	21	1	43
Cliftonville	4½	8	3	-	3	-	1	12	9	-	40½
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]	-	-	5	-	15
Newry City	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	15
Ards	1	3	-	-	2	1	-	-	3	1	11
Bangor	-	1	1	2	-	2	-	1	4	-	11
Derry Celtic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	8
Dungannon Swifts	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	7	-	8
Limavady United	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	8
Omagh Town	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6
Queen's Island [II]	1	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	1	-	6
Banbridge Town	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5
Institute	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	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

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