NIFL Premiership 2014/15
NIFL Premiership 2014/15 | |
master | Crusaders FC |
Champions League qualification |
Crusaders FC |
Europa League qualification |
Linfield FC Glenavon FC Glentoran FC |
Cup winners | Glentoran FC |
Relegated | Institute FC |
Teams | 12 |
Games | 198 + 30 play-off games + 2 relegation games (1 of which is criminally verified) |
Gates | 719 (ø 3.17 per game) (excluding criminally verified games) |
spectator | 214,577 (ø 945 per game) (excluding criminally verified games) |
Top scorer | Joe Gormley ( Cliftonville FC ) |
← NIFL Premiership 2013/14 | |
The NIFL Premiership 2014/15 (also Danske Bank Premiership after the league sponsor Danske Bank ) was the seventh season of the highest Northern Irish football league since the reorganization of the league and the 114th season overall. The season began on August 9, 2014 and ended with the relegation games on May 1, 2015.
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.
Teams
Clubs of the NIFL Premiership 2014/15
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society | Stadion | city | capacity |
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Ballinamallard United | Ferney Park | Ballinamallard | 2,000 |
Ballymena United | The Showgrounds | Ballymena | 3,050 |
Cliftonville FC | Solitude | Belfast | 2,530 |
Coleraine FC | The Showgrounds | Coleraine | 2,496 |
Crusaders FC | Seaview | Belfast | 3,383 |
Dungannon Swifts | Stangmore Park | Dungannon | 5,000 |
Glenavon FC | Mourneview Park | Lurgan | 4,160 |
Glentoran FC | The oval | Belfast | 5,056 |
Institute FC | Riverside Stadium | Drumahoe | 3.110 |
Linfield FC | Windsor Park | Belfast | 12,342 |
Portadown FC | Shamrock Park | Portadown | 3,940 |
Warrenpoint Town | Milltown Stadium | Warrenpoint | 2,000 |
Preliminary round
Closing table
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Crusaders FC | 33 | 22nd | 7th | 4th | 85:39 | +46 | 73 |
2. | Linfield FC | 33 | 19th | 7th | 7th | 59:39 | +20 | 64 |
3. | Cliftonville FC (M) | 33 | 15th | 12 | 6th | 65:38 | +27 | 57 |
4th | Portadown FC | 33 | 16 | 9 | 8th | 61:48 | +13 | 57 |
5. | Glentoran FC | 33 | 15th | 9 | 9 | 65:43 | +22 | 54 |
6th | Glenavon FC (P) | 33 | 16 | 6th | 11 | 68:59 | +9 | 54 |
7th | Coleraine FC 1 | 33 | 11 | 7th | 15th | 42:49 | −7 | 40 |
8th. | Ballymena United | 33 | 10 | 6th | 17th | 54:72 | −18 | 36 |
9. | Dungannon Swifts | 33 | 7th | 11 | 15th | 35:52 | −17 | 32 |
10. | Ballinamallard United | 33 | 7th | 8th | 18th | 31:65 | −34 | 29 |
11. | Warrenpoint Town | 33 | 5 | 10 | 18th | 39:67 | −28 | 25th |
12. | Institute FC 1 (N) | 33 | 4th | 8th | 21st | 32:71 | −39 | 20th |
(M) | reigning Northern Irish champion |
(P) | reigning Northern Irish cup winner |
(N) | Newcomer from the IFA Championship 2013/14 |
Crosstab
Rounds 1–22 |
2014/15 |
Rounds 23-33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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3-0 | 0: 4 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 3 | 1: 3 | 0: 2 | 3: 1 | Ballinamallard United | - | 1: 3 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | - | - | 1: 3 | - | - | 1: 1 | 0-0 | ||
3-0 | 2: 2 | 0: 2 | 0: 2 | 2: 2 | 1: 4 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 3 | 3: 2 | 2-0 | Ballymena United | - | - | 4: 3 | 1: 3 | - | 2: 4 | 1: 3 | 3-0 | - | - | - | ||
3: 2 | 7-0 | 2: 3 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 3 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | Cliftonville FC | - | 1-0 | - | - | - | 2: 3 | 1: 1 | 5: 1 | - | - | 2: 2 | ||
1: 1 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 2: 6 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | -: - 1 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | Coleraine FC | - | - | 0-0 | 1: 5 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | - | - | 0: 1 | - | ||
3: 1 | 2: 2 | 0: 1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 1: 4 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | 2: 2 | 2: 3 | 3-0 | Crusaders FC | 3-0 | - | 4: 1 | - | - | - | - | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 6-0 | 4: 1 | ||
1: 1 | 0: 3 | 1: 3 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 3 | 2: 2 | 0: 1 | 2: 3 | 0: 2 | Dungannon Swifts | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | - | 1: 1 | - | - | - | 0: 3 | - | - | ||
1-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 3 | 2: 3 | 2: 2 | 0: 2 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 4 | 3: 2 | Glenavon FC | - | - | - | - | 3: 7 | 2: 1 | - | 2: 1 | 1-0 | - | 2: 2 | ||
3: 1 | 4-0 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 3 | 1-0 | 2: 4 | 2: 1 | 2: 3 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | Glentoran FC | 4-0 | - | - | - | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 4: 1 | - | - | - | ||
0: 2 | 1: 2 | 2: 3 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 4 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 4 | 1-0 | Institute FC | 1: 1 | - | - | 0: 2 | - | 1: 2 | - | - | 0: 1 | - | 1: 1 | ||
3-0 | 3: 2 | 1: 3 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 4-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 3: 1 | 3: 2 | 1-0 | Linfield FC | - | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | - | - | - | 2: 1 | - | 1: 2 | 3-0 | ||
3-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 2 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | 3: 1 | 4: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 2 | Portadown FC | - | 5: 5 | 0: 2 | - | - | 1: 1 | 3: 3 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | - | - | ||
2-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 3 | 0: 3 | 3: 3 | 0: 2 | 2: 5 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | Warrenpoint Town | 7-0 | 2-0 | - | 0: 5 | - | 1: 1 | 0: 5 | - | - | 0-0 | - |
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 |
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1. | Crusaders FC | 38 | 25th | 7th | 6th | 93:43 | +50 | 82 |
2. | Linfield FC | 38 | 21st | 9 | 8th | 67:46 | +21 | 72 |
3. | Glenavon FC (C) | 38 | 20th | 6th | 12 | 82:65 | +17 | 66 |
4th | Portadown FC | 38 | 17th | 11 | 10 | 65:56 | +9 | 62 |
5. | Cliftonville FC (M) | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 71:47 | +24 | 61 |
6th | Glentoran FC | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 67:51 | +16 | 58 |
(M) | reigning Northern Irish champion |
(P) | reigning Northern Irish cup winner |
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 |
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7th | Ballymena United | 38 | 15th | 6th | 17th | 62:75 | −13 | 51 |
8th. | Coleraine FC | 38 | 13 | 7th | 18th | 48:55 | −7 | 46 |
9. | Ballinamallard United | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19th | 40:71 | −31 | 39 |
10. | Dungannon Swifts | 38 | 8th | 13 | 17th | 38:56 | −18 | 37 |
11. | Warrenpoint Town | 38 | 6th | 12 | 20th | 50:76 | −26 | 30th |
12. | Institute FC (N) | 38 | 4th | 9 | 25th | 36:84 | −48 | 21st |
(N) | Newcomer from the IFA Championship 2013/14 |
Crosstabs
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Relegation
The eleventh-placed Warrenpoint Town competed against the runner-up in the second division Bangor FC to remain in the NIFL Premiership.
total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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Bangor FC | 2: 2 (1: 3 i.E.) |
Warrenpoint Town | 2-0 | 0: 2 a.d. |
List of goalscorers
Pl. | Surname | team | Gates |
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1. | Joe Gormley | Cliftonville FC | 31 |
2. | Paul Heatley | Crusaders FC | 27 |
3. | Jordan Owens | Crusaders FC | 26th |
4th | Aaron Burns | Linfield FC | 17th |
Daniel Hughes | Warrenpoint Town | ||
6th | Curtis Allen | Glenavon FC | 15th |
Kevin Braniff | Glenavon FC | ||
Andrew Waterworth | Linfield FC | ||
9. | Eoin Bradley | Glenavon FC | 13 |
Darren Murray | Portadown FC | ||
Jordan Stewart | Glentoran FC | ||
Gary Twigg | Portadown FC |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ AIMS Portal AQW 1178/11. Retrieved November 23, 2012 .
- ^ Coleraine vs. Institute. In: nifootballleague.com. November 1, 2014, accessed December 6, 2016 .
- ↑ Goal scorers. In: soccerway.com. Retrieved December 6, 2016 .