Irish Premier League 2003/04

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Irish Premier League 2003/04
master Linfield FC
Champions League Linfield FC
Uefa cup Glentoran FC , Portadown FC
UI cup Ballymena United
Cup winners Glentoran FC
Relegation ↓ Cliftonville FC
Relegated Glenavon FC
Teams 16
Games 240
Gates 669  (ø 2.79 per game)
Top scorer Glenn Ferguson (Linfield FC)
← Irish League 2002/03

The Irish Premier League 2003/04 was the 103rd season of the top Northern Irish football league . It started on August 19, 2003 and ended on April 24, 2004. Linfield FC became champions for the 45th time.

mode

The 16 teams played against each other twice on 30 match days. The bottom of the table was relegated directly, the penultimate had to be relegated.

societies

Irish Premier League clubs 2003/04
society Stadion city capacity
Ards FC Clandeboye Park Newtownards 1,895
Ballymena United Ballymena Showgrounds Ballymena 5,200
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
Larne FC Inver Park Larne 6,000
Limavady United The Showgrounds Limavady 2,500
Linfield FC Windsor Park Belfast 12,3420
Lisburn Distillery New Grosvenor Stadium Lisburn 8,000
Newry City The Showgrounds Newry 7,949
Omagh Town FC St. Julian's Road Omagh 5,000
Portadown FC Shamrock Park Portadown 2,227

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Linfield FC  30th  22nd  7th  1 067:160 +51 73
 2. Portadown FC  30th  22nd  4th  4th 071:220 +49 70
 3. Lisburn Distillery  30th  16  7th  7th 045:300 +15 55
 4th Coleraine FC (P)  30th  14th  9  7th 048:360 +12 51
 5. Glentoran FC (M)  30th  15th  5  10 048:270 +21 50
 6th Ballymena United (N)  30th  13  8th  9 041:350  +6 47
 7th Limavady United (N)  30th  12  5  13 041:440  −3 41
 8th. Ards FC  30th  9  11  10 036:460 −10 38
 9. Crusaders FC  30th  10  6th  14th 033:380  −5 36
10. Dungannon Swifts (N)  30th  10  6th  14th 036:480 −12 36
11. Institute FC  30th  9  7th  14th 038:530 −15 34
12. Newry Town  30th  8th  9  13 035:530 −18 33
13. Omagh Town FC  30th  9  4th  17th 037:580 −21 31
14th Larne FC (N)  30th  7th  8th  15th 042:510  −9 29
15th Cliftonville FC  30th  6th  8th  16 027:450 −18 26th
16. Glenavon FC  30th  4th  4th  22nd 024:670 −43 16

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

  • Northern Irish champion and participation in the 2004/05 UEFA Champions League
  • Participation in the qualifying round of the 2004/05 UEFA Cup
  • Participation in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2004
  • Participation in the relegation
  • Relegation to the First Division
    • (M) reigning Northern Irish champion
    (P) reigning Northern Irish cup winner
    (N) Newcomers

    Crosstab

    2003/04 Portadown FC Lisburn Distillery Coleraine FC Glentoran FC Ballymena United Limavady United Ards FC Crusaders FC Institute FC Newry Town Omagh Town FC Larne FC Cliftonville FC Glenavon FC
    1. Linfield FC 0-0 3-0 0-0 2: 1 4: 1 3: 2 2: 2 1-0 2-0 6-0 5-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 3: 1
    2. Portadown FC 1: 1 4: 1 2: 1 2: 1 0: 1 0-0 4-0 4-0 5-0 0-0 2-0 1-0 3: 1 5: 1 2-0
    3. Lisburn Distillery 1: 1 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1 0: 1 1-0 2: 1 2-0 3: 2 3: 2 1: 2 1-0 2: 1 5-0
    4th Coleraine FC 2-0 3: 1 0-0 0: 1 4-0 2: 1 4: 1 0: 1 3: 1 4: 2 4: 3 0-0 0: 4 1-0 2: 1
    5. Glentoran FC 1: 3 1: 2 0: 1 1 0: 1 3: 1 2: 1 3-0 0: 1 1 1-0 1-0 4-0 4-0 1-0 1: 1 4-0
    6th Ballymena United 0-0 1: 4 1: 4 3: 1 0-0 0: 3 1-0 1: 1 1-0 2: 1 4-0 3: 1 1: 1 0: 1 4-0
    7th Limavady United 0: 2 0: 6 0: 3 3: 3 1: 0 1 0: 1 0: 1 2: 3 3: 1 2: 1 1-0 3: 2 0-0 3: 1 2-0
    8th. Ards FC 0: 4 2: 1 1: 1 2: 2 2: 1 1: 1 0-0 2-0 0: 2 2: 2 4-0 2: 1 1: 1 0-0 2: 4
    9. Crusaders FC 1: 3 1: 2 0: 1 0: 1 0: 1 0-0 2-0 0-0 0: 1 3: 1 2: 2 4: 1 3: 2 0-0 0: 4
    10. Dungannon Swifts 0: 4 1: 2 2-0 3: 2 1: 4 0-0 1: 2 2: 2 2: 1 1: 1 3-0 1-0 2: 5 2: 2 3: 1
    11. Institute FC 0-0 0: 3 0: 2 2: 2 3: 1 0: 4 0: 4 0: 1 1: 3 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 4: 1 2: 1 1-0
    12. Newry Town 1: 2 1: 2 1-0 0: 1 0-0 1: 1 1: 1 0-0 2: 1 0-0 2: 1 1-0 3: 3 3: 1 4-0
    13. Omagh Town FC 1: 3 2: 5 3: 2 1: 1 1: 4 2-0 2-0 1: 4 0: 3 1: 3 0: 3 3-0 0-0 2: 3 2: 1
    14th Larne FC 0: 3 2: 4 0: 2 0: 2 1: 4 1: 2 2: 1 5: 1 0-0 0: 2 2: 4 3: 3 1: 2 2: 1 1-0
    15th Cliftonville FC 1: 4 0: 1 0-0 2-0 1: 1 0: 3 3: 2 2: 1 0: 1 1-0 1: 2 1: 2 1: 2 0-0 0: 1
    16. Glenavon FC 0: 2 0: 3 2: 2 0-0 1: 2 0: 3 2: 3 1: 2 2: 1 2: 2 0: 2 0: 2 0: 3 0: 4 1: 1
    1 The first three games of the season by Glentoran FC were subsequently rated 0: 1 for the respective opponents. Glentoran had used an ineligible player.

    Relegation

    total First leg Return leg
    Armagh City 1: 4 Cliftonville FC 0: 3 1: 1

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ Northern Ireland 2003/04. In: rsssf.com. Retrieved March 3, 2019 .