NIFL Premiership 2013/14

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NIFL Premiership 2013/14
master Cliftonville FC
Champions League
qualification		 Cliftonville FC
Europa League
qualification		 Linfield FC
Crusaders FC
Glenavon FC
Cup winners Glenavon FC
Relegated Ards FC
Teams 12
Games 198 + 30 play-off games
 + 2 relegation games
Gates 712  (ø 3.12 per game)
Top scorer Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Gormley (27 goals)
(Cliftonville FC)
← IFA Premiership 2012/13

The NIFL Premiership 2013/14 (also Danske Bank Premiership after the league sponsor Danske Bank ) was the sixth season of the highest Northern Irish football league since the reorganization of the league and the 113th season overall. The season started on August 10, 2013 and ended on April 26, 2014. From this season this league, as well as the next two divisions (Championship 1 and 2), will be administered by the newly founded Northern Ireland Football League .

After 33 game days, the league was 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.

Cliftonville FC was able to successfully defend the title and won its fifth championship. At the other end of the table, Ards FC had to relegate to the IFA Championship.

Teams

Clubs of the NIFL Premiership 2013/14
society Stadion city capacity
Ards FC Clandeboye Park 1 Bangor 02,850
Ballinamallard United Ferney Park Ballinamallard 02,000
Ballymena United The Showgrounds Ballymena 01,418
Cliftonville FC Solitude Belfast 02,883
Coleraine FC The Showgrounds Coleraine 02,496
Crusaders FC Seaview Belfast 01,977
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
Portadown FC Shamrock Park Portadown 02,227
Warrenpoint Town Stangmore Park 2 Dungannon 05,000
1Ards nominated Clandeboye Park as their home ground, which they have to share with Bangor FC because they haven't had a home since 2002.
2 Warrenpoint Town have nominated Stangmore Park as their home stadium, which they have to share with Dungannon Swifts because their stadium does not qualify for the NIFL Premiership.

Preliminary round

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Linfield FC  33  22nd  6th  5 071:360 +35 72
 2. Cliftonville FC (M)  33  21st  7th  5 073:360 +37 70
 3. Crusaders FC  33  16  12  5 057:310 +26 60
 4th Portadown FC  33  17th  7th  9 071:450 +26 58
 5. Glentoran FC (P)  33  13  11  9 047:350 +12 50
 6th Glenavon FC  33  14th  6th  13 068:630  +5 48
 7th Ballymena United  33  13  5  15th 045:540  −9 44
 8th. Dungannon Swifts  33  10  6th  17th 043:590 −16 36
 9. Coleraine FC  33  8th  10  15th 047:580 −11 34
10. Ballinamallard United  33  8th  6th  19th 028:670 −39 30th
11. Warrenpoint Town (N)  33  8th  5  20th 037:660 −29 29
12. Ards FC (N)  33  6th  3  24 041:770 −36 21st
  • Participation in the master playoff
  • Participation in the relegation playout
    • (M) reigning Northern Irish champion
    (P) reigning Northern Irish cup winner
    (N) Newcomer from the IFA Championship 2013/14

    Crosstab

    Rounds 1–22

    2013/14

    		Rounds 23-33
    Ards FC Ballinamallard United Ballymena United Cliftonville FC Coleraine FC Crusaders FC Glenavon FC Glentoran FC Portadown FC Warrenpoint Town society Ards FC Ballinamallard United Ballymena United Cliftonville FC Coleraine FC Crusaders FC Glenavon FC Glentoran FC Portadown FC Warrenpoint Town
    4: 1 2-0 0: 4 3: 1 1: 4 2: 3 1: 2 0-0 1: 3 3: 1 1: 2 Ards FC - 0-0 2: 3 - - 1: 3 - 2: 1 - 1: 2 -
    1-0 1-0 0: 2 1: 1 1-0 1: 1 0: 2 1: 4 1: 2 2: 1 3-0 Ballinamallard United 1-0 - - - 1: 2 - 1: 2 0: 3 - - 2: 3
    4: 2 2-0 0: 1 2: 2 1-0 2: 1 3: 6 3: 4 1: 4 2: 1 0: 1 Ballymena United - 1-0 1: 3 2: 2 - - 2: 1 - 1: 2 - 3: 2
    4: 2 1-0 2: 1 1: 3 0: 2 2: 2 2: 1 4: 1 3-0 1: 2 1: 1 Cliftonville FC - 5-0 - 2-0 4-0 - - - 1-0 0: 1 -
    2: 1 1: 2 2: 3 3: 4 2: 2 0: 2 3: 2 1: 3 2: 3 2: 2 3: 2 Coleraine FC 2-0 1: 1 - - 1-0 - - - 0-0 2: 3 3-0
    4: 2 2: 1 1: 2 1: 1 4-0 1: 1 3-0 0-0 2-0 2: 2 2-0 Crusaders FC 4: 1 - 1-0 - - 5: 1 2: 2 2: 1 - 0: 3 -
    1-0 1-0 2: 3 1: 1 1-0 0: 1 3: 3 1: 2 1-0 0: 5 1: 2 Dungannon Swifts - 1: 1 2: 3 1: 2 0: 2 - - 0: 1 - - -
    4: 1 2: 3 0-0 1-0 2: 2 2: 2 1: 3 1: 2 1: 3 3: 2 3: 1 Glenavon FC 3: 1 - - 2: 5 3: 1 - 3: 2 2: 3 - 4: 2 -
    5-0 0-0 0-0 1: 1 1: 1 0: 3 2: 1 0-0 1: 2 0: 2 3-0 Glentoran FC - - 3-0 0-0 1: 1 - - - 0: 1 2: 2 1: 2
    5: 2 3-0 4: 1 2: 4 1-0 0-0 2-0 3: 2 0-0 3: 2 5: 1 Linfield FC 3: 3 6-0 - - - 1: 1 3-0 2: 1 - - -
    2-0 11: 0 1-0 3: 3 2-0 0: 1 2: 1 2: 4 2: 1 1: 1 2-0 Portadown FC - 1-0 1-0 - - 1: 1 4: 2 - - 1: 2 3-0
    2-0 2: 2 0: 2 2: 4 2: 1 1: 1 2: 3 1: 2 0: 1 0: 2 2: 2 Warrenpoint Town 0: 2 - - 0: 2 - 1: 1 0: 1 2: 1 - 2: 3 -

    Master playoff

    The six best-placed teams in the regular season each competed against each other once to play off the champions and the international starting positions. The points from the basic round were taken along.

    Closing table

    Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
     1. Cliftonville FC (M)  38  26th  7th  5 088:390 +49 85
     2. Linfield FC  38  24  7th  7th 081:460 +35 79
     3. Crusaders FC  38  18th  12  8th 067:420 +25 66
     4th Portadown FC  38  18th  8th  12 077:530 +24 62
     5. Glentoran FC (P)  38  16  11  11 054:420 +12 59
     6th Glenavon FC  38  15th  6th  17th 075:790  −4 51
  • Northern Irish champions and participation in the second qualifying round for the 2014/15 UEFA Champions League
  • Northern Irish Cup winner and participation in the 1st qualifying round for the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League
  • Participation in the 1st qualifying round for the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League
    • (M) reigning Northern Irish champion
    (P) reigning Northern Irish cup winner
    (N) Newcomer from the IFA Championship 2013/14

    Relegation playout

    The six worse teams in the regular season each competed against each other once to determine who was relegated and who was relegated. The points from the basic round were taken along.

    Closing table

    Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
     7th Ballymena United  38  13  8th  17th 048:590 −11 47
     8th. Dungannon Swifts  38  12  8th  18th 049:660 −17 44
     9. Coleraine FC  38  10  12  16 051:610 −10 42
    10. Ballinamallard United  38  10  9  19th 035:700 −35 39
    11. Warrenpoint Town (N)  38  10  6th  22nd 043:720 −29 36
    12. Ards FC (N)  38  6th  6th  26th 044:830 −39 24
  • Relegated to the NIFL Championship
    • (N) Newcomer from the IFA Championship 2013/14

    Crosstabs

    Master playoff Cliftonville FC Crusaders FC Glenavon FC Glentoran FC Portadown FC
    Cliftonville FC - 5-0 2-0 - -
    Crusaders FC 2: 3 - - 2: 3 3: 1
    Glenavon FC - 1: 3 - 2: 5 -
    Glentoran FC - 3-0 0: 4 - -
    Linfield FC 1: 3 - - 0: 2 1: 1
    Portadown FC 0: 2 - 3-0 1: 2 -
    Relegation playout Ards FC Ballinamallard United Ballymena United Coleraine FC Warrenpoint Town
    Ards FC 0-0 - 0: 1 - 2: 2
    Ballinamallard United - 0-0 2: 1 2: 2 -
    Ballymena United 1: 1 - - 1: 2 -
    Coleraine FC - - 1: 1 0-0 -
    Dungannon Swifts 2-0 - - - 0: 4
    Warrenpoint Town - 0: 3 1-0 0: 1 -

    List of goalscorers

    Pl. Surname team Gates
    01. Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Joe Gormley Cliftonville FC 27
    02. Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Darren Murray Portadown FC 23
    03. Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Andrew Waterworth Linfield FC 22nd
    04th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Liam Boyce Cliftonville FC 21st
    05. ScotlandScotland Gary Twigg Portadown FC 20th
    06th Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Darren Boyce Dungannon Swifts 16
    Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Jordan Owens Crusaders FC
    08th. EnglandEngland Guy Bates Glenavon FC 14th
    Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Paul Heatley Crusaders FC
    10. Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Eoin Bradley Coleraine FC 12

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ AIMS Portal AQW 1178/11. Retrieved November 23, 2012 .