IFA Premiership 2011/12

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IFA Premiership 2011/12
master Linfield FC
Champions League Linfield FC
Europe League Cliftonville FC
Crusaders FC
Portadown FC
Cup winners Linfield FC
Relegation ↓ Lisburn Distillery
Relegated Carrick Rangers
Teams 12
Games 198 + 30 play-off games
Gates 743  (ø 3.26 per game)
Top scorer Gary McCutcheon
← IFA Premiership 2010/11
IFA Championship 2011/12 ↓

The 2011/12 IFA Premiership was the fourth season of Northern Ireland's top football league since the league was reorganized and the 111th season overall. The season started on August 6, 2011, and ended on April 28, 2012.

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.

The Linfield FC successfully defended the title successfully and won his 51st overall championship. At the other end of the table, Carrick Rangers had to relegate to the second division. Lisburn Distillery won the relegation games against Newry City 0-0 and 3-2 and therefore remained in the top division.

Teams

Clubs of the IFA Premiership 2011/12
society Stadion city capacity
Ballymena United The Showgrounds Ballymena 01,418
Carrick Rangers FC Taylor's Avenue Carrickfergus 06,000
Cliftonville FC Solitude Belfast 02,180
Coleraine FC The Showgrounds Coleraine 02,496
Crusaders FC Seaview Belfast 01,977
Donegal Celtic Donegal Celtic Park Belfast 02,254
Dungannon Swifts Stangmore Park Dungannon 05,000
Glenavon FC Mourneview Park Lurgan 09,000
Glentoran FC The oval Belfast 05,056
Linfield FC Windsor Park Belfast 12,342
Lisburn Distillery New Grosvenor Stadium Lisburn 07,000
Portadown FC Shamrock Park Portadown 02,227

Tables

Preliminary round

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Linfield FC (M, P)  33  25th  2  6th 074:240 +50 77
 2. Portadown FC  33  20th  5  8th 066:380 +28 65
 3. Cliftonville FC  33  20th  5  8th 076:550 +21 65
 4th Coleraine FC  33  16  10  7th 054:340 +20 58
 5. Crusaders FC  33  16  8th  9 055:430 +12 56
 6th Glentoran FC  33  14th  8th  11 063:440 +19 50
 7th Donegal Celtic  33  12  5  16 040:630 −23 41
 8th. Ballymena United  33  10  7th  16 051:650 −14 37
 9. Lisburn Distillery  33  7th  7th  19th 045:730 −28 28
10. Glenavon FC  33  7th  6th  20th 045:600 −15 27
11. Dungannon Swifts  33  6th  9  18th 033:620 −29 27
12. Carrick Rangers FC (N)  33  5  8th  20th 039:800 −41 23
  • Participation in the master playoff
  • Participation in the relegation playout
    • (M) reigning Northern Irish champion
    (P) reigning Northern Irish cup winner
    (N) Promoted from the IFA Championship 2010/11

    Crosstab

    Rounds 1–22

    2011/12

    		Rounds 23-33
    Ballymena United Carrick Rangers FC Cliftonville FC Coleraine FC Crusaders FC Donegal Celtic Glenavon FC Glentoran FC Lisburn Distillery Portadown FC society Ballymena United Carrick Rangers FC Cliftonville FC Coleraine FC Crusaders FC Donegal Celtic Glenavon FC Glentoran FC Lisburn Distillery Portadown FC
    0: 2 3: 7 1: 5 0: 3 2-0 1: 1 3: 3 0: 3 1: 2 1-0 2: 4 Ballymena United - 0: 1 - - 2: 2 1: 1 - - 1: 2 2: 2 1: 2
    0: 2 3: 3 0: 2 1: 2 1: 2 1: 1 2: 2 3: 3 0: 4 0-0 2: 2 Carrick Rangers FC 1: 3 - 0: 4 - 2: 3 0-0 - 2: 2 - - 3: 1
    3: 4 1-0 1: 2 2: 1 2: 3 4: 1 5: 3 2: 1 4: 2 3: 1 0: 2 Cliftonville FC - 2: 1 1: 1 - - 2: 1 4: 3 - 1: 3 - -
    1-0 4-0 1: 1 0-0 2-0 3: 2 1: 1 1: 1 1: 3 2: 3 4: 3 Coleraine FC 2-0 - - 1-0 0: 1 - 3: 1 - 1-0 - -
    3: 2 5: 1 2: 2 1: 1 1: 2 2-0 2-0 1: 2 0: 1 1: 1 0: 3 Crusaders FC 2: 2 3: 1 3: 2 - - - 1-0 2-0 - 2: 2 -
    2: 3 1: 2 1: 3 0: 1 0: 2 0: 2 2: 1 0: 4 1: 5 2: 2 1-0 Donegal Celtic - - 0: 2 - 1: 1 3: 1 1: 1 0: 1 - 2: 1 -
    1: 1 3: 1 1: 4 0-0 0: 2 2: 2 1: 1 0: 5 1: 4 0: 2 0: 3 Dungannon Swifts - - - 1: 2 1: 2 - 1: 5 2: 1 - - 2-0
    3-0 1: 2 1: 2 1-0 3: 2 0: 1 1: 1 1: 3 1: 2 5: 2 0: 2 Glenavon FC 0: 2 3: 2 - - - - - 1-0 - 2: 3 0: 2
    2: 4 6: 1 0: 1 1: 1 2: 2 1: 2 2: 1 2-0 2-0 3: 3 0: 2 Glentoran FC 1: 2 - 1-0 3: 3 - - - - 1-0 1: 3 2: 2
    1-0 3-0 4: 1 1-0 2-0 5-0 1-0 1-0 0: 1 1: 1 2-0 Linfield FC - 4: 1 - - 5-0 4-0 3-0 2-0 - - -
    1: 4 2: 3 1: 2 1: 3 1: 2 0: 2 1: 2 2: 1 0: 5 2: 3 0: 2 Lisburn Distillery - 3: 1 1: 3 3: 1 - - 0: 2 - - 0: 3 0: 2
    2: 1 3-0 1: 2 1: 1 1: 3 5: 2 2: 1 1-0 2: 1 2-0 5: 1 Portadown FC - - - 3: 3 2-0 1: 2 - - - 1: 1 -

    Master playoff

    Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
     1. Linfield FC (M, P)  38  27  4th  7th 079:290 +50 85
     2. Portadown FC  38  22nd  5  11 072:470 +25 71
     3. Cliftonville FC  38  21st  6th  11 083:620 +21 69
     4th Coleraine FC  38  18th  12  8th 061:380 +23 66
     5. Crusaders FC 1  38  18th  10  10 063:470 +16 64
     6th Glentoran FC  38  16  9  13 067:520 +15 57
    1 The Crusaders FC is as a finalist of the Northern Irish Cup qualify for the Europa League, as the final opponent and cup winners Linfield FC is entitled competes as a master in the Champions League.
  • Northern Irish champion and participation in the second qualifying round for the 2012/13 UEFA Champions League
  • Participation in the 1st qualifying round for the 2012/13 UEFA Europa League
    • (M) reigning Northern Irish champion
    (P) reigning Northern Irish cup winner

    Relegation playout

    Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
     7th Ballymena United  38  14th  8th  16 066:710  −5 50
     8th. Donegal Celtic  38  12  5  21st 044:800 −36 41
     9. Dungannon Swifts  38  8th  11  19th 042:710 −29 35
    10. Glenavon FC  38  8th  10  20th 060:710 −11 34
    11. Lisburn Distillery  38  8th  8th  22nd 056:840 −28 32
    12. Carrick Rangers FC (N)  38  7th  10  21st 050:910 −41 31
  • Relegation games against runners-up in the second division
  • Relegation to the IFA Championship 2012/13
    • (N) Promoted from the IFA Championship 2010/11

    Crosstabs

    Master playoff Cliftonville FC Coleraine FC Crusaders FC Glentoran FC Portadown FC
    Cliftonville FC - 1: 1 3-0 - 2: 3
    Coleraine FC 1-0 - 1: 1 - 4: 1
    Crusaders FC - 2: 1 - 1: 1 0: 1
    Glentoran FC - - 0: 4 - -
    Linfield FC 2: 1 0-0 - 0: 2 2: 1
    Portadown FC - - - 0: 1 -
    Relegation playout Ballymena United Carrick Rangers FC Donegal Celtic Glenavon FC Lisburn Distillery
    Ballymena United 3-0 - - 2: 2 -
    Carrick Rangers FC - - - 4: 4 2: 1
    Donegal Celtic 0: 3 3: 5 - - -
    Dungannon Swifts 2: 4 0-0 2: 1 - 3: 2
    Glenavon FC - - 4-0 2: 2 -
    Lisburn Distillery 2: 3 - 3-0 - 3: 3

    Relegation

    The eleventh-placed Lisburn Distillery played two relegation games against the runner-up of the IFA Championship , Newry City , after the end of the regular season . After a 0-0 draw in the first leg, Lisburn won the second leg in Newry 3-2 and remains in the top division of Northern Ireland. The games took place on May 1st and 4th, 2012.

    total First leg Return leg
    Lisburn Distillery 3: 2 Newry City 0-0 3: 2

    List of goalscorers

    Pl. Surname team Gates
    01. ScotlandScotland Gary McCutcheon Ballymena United 27
    02. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Matthew Tipton Portadown FC 24
    03. Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Gary Liggett Lisburn Distillery 22nd
    04th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Curtis Allen Coleraine FC 20th
    05. Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Kevin Braniff Portadown FC 17th
    Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Chris Scannell Cliftonville FC
    07th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Rory Donelly Cliftonville FC 13
    08th. Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Darren Murray Donegal Celtic 12
    Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland David Rainey Crusaders FC
    10. Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Mark McAllister Linfield FC 10

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ Northern Irish Premier League - top scorers ( German ). Accessed April 30, 2012.
    2. ↑ AIMS Portal AQW 1178/11 ( English ) Retrieved on April 25, 2012.
    3. ↑ JJB Sports Premiership table. Retrieved April 25, 2012 .
    4. ^ NIR playoff . Retrieved April 30, 2012.
    5. ↑ NIR playout. Retrieved April 30, 2012 .
    6. ↑ Goal scorers. In: soccerway.com. Retrieved December 4, 2016 .