IFA Premiership 2008/09

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IFA Premiership 2008/09
master Glentoran FC
Champions League Glentoran FC
Europe League Linfield FC , Crusaders FC , Lisburn Distillery
Cup winners Crusaders FC
Relegation ↓ Dungannon Swifts
Relegated Bangor FC
Teams 12
Games 198 + 30 play-off games
Gates 619  (ø 2.71 per game)
Top scorer Curtis Allen (Lisburn Distillery)
← Irish Premier League 2007/08

The Irish Premier League 2008/09 was the first season of the highest Northern Irish football league since the league was reorganized and the 108th season overall. It began on August 16, 2008 and ended on May 2, 2009 with the final games of the championship playoff and relegation playout. Glentoran FC became champions for the 23rd time.

mode

With the beginning of the 2008/09 season, the Northern Irish league system was reorganized. The previous Irish Premier League was renamed the IFA Premiership and reduced from 16 to 12 teams.

The teams initially played against each other three times. After 33 game days, the league divided into a master playoff and a relegation playout with six teams each, in which each team competed once against each team in the group. Since Bangor FC voluntarily relegated to the second division due to financial difficulties, the bottom of the table played in the relegation.

societies

Clubs of the IFA Premiership 2008/09
society Stadion city capacity
Ballymena United Ballymena Showgrounds Ballymena 5,200
Bangor FC Clandeboye Park Bangor 4,000
Cliftonville FC Solitude Belfast 2,180
Coleraine FC The Showgrounds Coleraine 2,496
Crusaders FC Seaview Belfast 1,977
Dungannon Swifts Stangmore Park Dungannon 3,000
Glenavon FC Mourneview Park Lurgan 9,000
Glentoran FC The oval Belfast 5,056
Institute FC Riverside Stadium Derry 1,570
Linfield FC Windsor Park Belfast 12,3420
Lisburn Distillery New Grosvenor Stadium Lisburn 8,000
Newry City The Showgrounds Newry 7,949

Preliminary round

table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Glentoran FC  33  21st  7th  5 053:300 +23 70
 2. Linfield FC (M, P)  33  21st  6th  6th 057:240 +33 69
 3. Crusaders FC  33  15th  12  6th 061:380 +23 57
 4th Lisburn Distillery  33  15th  8th  10 048:330 +15 53
 5. Coleraine FC  33  14th  5  14th 043:460  −3 47
 6th Cliftonville FC  33  12  10  11 048:420  +6 46
 7th Institute FC  33  11  8th  14th 040:500 −10 41
 8th. Ballymena United  33  10  7th  16 033:460 −13 37
 9. Bangor FC (N)  33  9  7th  17th 038:560 −18 34
10. Glenavon FC  33  9  6th  18th 041:570 −16 33
11. Newry City  33  7th  10  16 034:520 −18 31
12. Dungannon Swifts  33  6th  10  17th 039:610 −22 28

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

  • Participation in the master playoff
  • Participation in the relegation playout
    • (M) reigning Northern Irish champion
    (P) reigning Northern Irish cup winner
    (N) Newcomers

    Crosstab

    Match days 1–22 Glentoran FC Crusaders FC Lisburn Distillery Coleraine FC Cliftonville FC Institute FC Ballymena United Bangor FC Glenavon FC Newry City
    Glentoran FC 2-0 1: 1 0-0 2: 1 2: 1 1-0 4: 1 1-0 2: 1 2: 1 1: 1
    Linfield FC 3-0 1-0 0: 2 1-0 2: 1 7-0 1-0 0-0 2: 4 1-0 3: 1
    Crusaders FC 3-0 2: 3 0: 1 2: 1 3: 1 1-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 2: 1 3: 3
    Lisburn Distillery 1: 1 1: 2 1: 2 1: 2 3: 1 5: 2 1-0 1-0 6: 2 1: 1 0: 1
    Coleraine FC 1: 2 1: 4 2: 5 1: 1 2: 2 2: 1 1: 1 3: 1 3: 2 1-0 1-0
    Cliftonville FC 0: 2 0: 4 1: 1 0-0 3-0 1: 1 0-0 3: 2 4-0 0-0 2: 2
    Institute FC 0: 2 1: 2 1: 1 0: 2 2: 1 0: 1 1: 1 1-0 2: 1 4: 2 2-0
    Ballymena United 1: 1 2-0 1-0 1: 2 2-0 1: 5 0: 1 1: 2 0: 3 2: 3 0: 3
    Bangor FC 1: 2 0: 5 0: 5 1-0 4-0 1: 1 3: 2 0: 3 1: 2 1: 1 3: 1
    Glenavon FC 1: 2 1-0 1: 1 2: 2 0-0 1-0 0: 1 1: 3 0: 1 1: 2 2: 2
    Newry City 0-0 1: 1 3: 1 2: 3 0: 3 1-0 1: 1 2: 2 0-0 0: 2 3: 2
    Dungannon Swifts 1: 2 1: 1 3: 6 0: 1 0: 1 0: 3 1: 1 2: 1 0: 2 1-0 2: 2
    Match days 23–33 Glentoran FC Crusaders FC Lisburn Distillery Coleraine FC Cliftonville FC Institute FC Ballymena United Bangor FC Glenavon FC Newry City
    Glentoran FC - 1: 1 - 1: 3 - 4: 2 1: 2 3: 1 2-0 - -
    Linfield FC 1-0 0-0 - 0: 1 - 1-0 - - - 1: 1 -
    Crusaders FC - - - 2: 1 4: 2 - 0-0 - 2: 2 - 2: 2
    Lisburn Distillery 0: 3 0-0 2-0 2-0 - 1: 2 - - - 3: 1 -
    Coleraine FC - - - - 0-0 - 0: 1 3: 1 2: 1 - 2: 1
    Cliftonville FC 1: 3 1: 2 - 3: 1 - - - 2: 1 2: 1 - 1: 1
    Institute FC - - 2: 2 - 1-0 0: 2 0-0 - - - 3-0
    Ballymena United - 0: 3 - 1-0 - 1: 3 - 2-0 1: 2 - 1: 2
    Bangor FC - 0: 1 1: 4 0-0 - - 2: 2 - - 4: 2 -
    Glenavon FC - 1: 4 - 1-0 - - 1: 3 - 2: 3 2-0 -
    Newry City 0: 1 - 0: 1 - 0: 4 0: 1 2: 1 0: 1 - - -
    Dungannon Swifts 0: 2 0: 1 - 1: 4 - - - - 3: 2 1: 1 1: 2

    Master playoff

    The results from the preliminary round were included

    Closing table
    Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
     1. Glentoran FC  38  24  9  5 063:360 +27 81
     2. Linfield FC (M, P)  38  24  8th  6th 069:280 +41 80
     3. Crusaders FC  38  16  14th  8th 063:450 +18 62
     4th Lisburn Distillery  38  15th  11  12 053:410 +12 56
     5. Coleraine FC  38  15th  6th  17th 046:510  −5 51
     6th Cliftonville FC  38  12  14th  12 052:480  +4 50
    Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored
  • Northern Irish champion and participation in the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League
  • Participation in the first qualifying round of the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League
  • Participation in the 2nd qualifying round of the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League
    • (M) reigning Northern Irish champion
    (P) reigning Northern Irish cup winner
    Crosstab
    Glentoran FC Crusaders FC Lisburn Distillery Coleraine FC Cliftonville FC
    Glentoran FC 1: 1 - 3: 3 - 3: 1
    Linfield FC - - 2-0 - 2: 2
    Crusaders FC 0: 1 0: 5 1: 1 - -
    Lisburn Distillery - - - - 1: 1
    Coleraine FC 1: 2 1: 2 0: 1 1-0 -
    Cliftonville FC - - 0-0 - 0-0

    Relegation playout

    The results from the preliminary round were included

    Closing table
    Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
     7th Institute FC  38  13  9  16 047:550  −8 48
     8th. Newry City  38  11  11  16 047:570 −10 44
     9. Glenavon FC  38  11  8th  19th 049:630 −14 41
    10. Ballymena United  38  11  8th  19th 039:570 −18 41
    11. Bangor FC (N) 1  38  9  9  20th 042:670 −25 36
    12. Dungannon Swifts  38  8th  11  19th 049:710 −22 35
    Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored
    1 Bangor FC withdrew for financial reasons and played in the second division the following season.
  • Relegation to the IFA Championship
  • Participation in the relegation
    • (N) Newcomers
    Crosstab
    Institute FC Newry City Glenavon FC Ballymena United Bangor FC
    Institute FC 1: 3 1: 1 - 4-0 -
    Newry City - 2: 1 - 2: 1 2: 2
    Glenavon FC - - 2: 1 - 3: 1
    Ballymena United 1-0 0: 4 - - -
    Bangor FC - - 1: 1 1: 1 1: 3
    Dungannon Swifts 0: 1 - - 4: 3 -

    Relegation

    total First leg Return leg
    Donegal Celtic (a)2: 2 ( a ) Dungannon Swifts 2: 1 0: 1

    List of goalscorers

    Pl. Surname team Gates
    01. Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Curtis Allen Lisburn Distillery 19th
    02. Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Chris Scannell Cliftonville FC 18th
    03. Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark Dickson Crusaders FC 17th
    04th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Timmy Adamson Dungannon Swifts 14th
    Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Glenn Ferguson Linfield FC
    06th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Gary Hamilton Glentoran FC 14th
    07th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Paul Munster Linfield FC 13
    Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Jordan Owens Crusaders FC
    09. Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Paul Brown Institute FC 12
    10. Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland David Rainey Crusaders FC 11

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ^ Northern Ireland 2008/09. In: rsssf.com. Retrieved March 3, 2019 .
    2. ↑ Goal scorers. In: soccerway.com. Retrieved March 3, 2019 .