Irish Premier League 2005/06

Irish Premier League 2005/06
master	Linfield FC
Champions League	Linfield FC
Uefa cup	Portadown FC , Glentoran FC
UI cup	Dungannon Swifts
Cup winners	Linfield FC
Relegation ↓	Institute FC
Relegated	Ards FC , Institute FC
Teams	16
Games	240
Gates	739  (ø 3.08 per game)
Top scorer	Peter Thompson (Linfield FC)
← Irish Premier League 2004/05 Irish Premier League 2006/07 →
IFA Intermediate League ↓

The Irish Premier League 2005/06 was the 105th season of the highest Northern Irish football league . It started on September 17, 2005 and ended on April 29, 2006. Linfield FC became champions for the 46th 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

Ballymena Larne Lisburn Derry Newtownards Lurgan Dungannon Loughgall Armagh Coleraine Limavady Portadown Newry Belfast Clubs in Belfast: Linfield FC Glentoran FC Cliftonville FC

Clubs of the Irish Premier League 2005/06

society	Stadion	city	capacity
Ards FC	Clandeboye Park	Newtownards	1,895
Armagh City	Kolm Park	Armagh	2,330
Ballymena United	Ballymena Showgrounds	Ballymena	5,200
Cliftonville FC	Solitude	Belfast	2,180
Coleraine FC	The Showgrounds	Coleraine	2,496
Dungannon Swifts	Stangmore Park	Dungannon	3,000
Loughgall FC	Lakeview Park	Loughgall	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
Portadown FC	Shamrock Park	Portadown	2,227

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Linfield FC	30th	23	6th	1	088:230	+65	75
2.	Glentoran FC (M)	30th	19th	6th	5	060:280	+32	63
3.	Portadown FC (P)	30th	16	6th	8th	056:360	+20	54
4th	Dungannon Swifts	30th	13	10	7th	061:410	+20	49
5.	Cliftonville FC	30th	13	8th	9	045:350	+10	47
6th	Newry City	30th	12	9	9	045:350	+10	45
7th	Ballymena United	30th	13	6th	11	042:480	−6	45
8th.	Lisburn Distillery	30th	12	8th	10	044:380	+6	44
9.	Coleraine FC	30th	11	4th	15th	040:570	−17	37
10.	Limavady United	30th	9	9	12	042:490	−7	36
11.	Laughgall FC	30th	9	7th	14th	033:380	−5	34
12.	Larne FC	30th	7th	9	14th	042:630	−21	30th
13.	Glenavon FC (N)	30th	7th	9	14th	035:590	−24	30th
14th	Armagh City (N)	30th	9	3	18th	038:690	−31	30th
15th	Institute FC	30th	6th	8th	16	037:580	−21	26th
16.	Ards FC	30th	6th	2	22nd	031:620	−31	20th

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

Northern Irish champion and participation in the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the first qualifying round of the 2006/07 UEFA Cup

Participation in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006

Participation in the relegation

Relegation to the IFA Intermediate League

(M)	reigning Northern Irish champion
(P)	reigning Northern Irish cup winner
(N)	Newcomers

Crosstab

2005/06

1.

Linfield FC

0-0

4-0

1: 1

1-0

3: 1

3: 2

1: 3

7: 2

2-0

2-0

8: 1

2: 1

5-0

2-0

2-0

2.

Glentoran FC

1: 4

5: 1

3: 1

0-0

3: 2

1: 2

0-0

3-0

0: 1

1-0

5: 1

1-0

2-0

3: 1

2: 1

3.

Portadown FC

0-0

0-0

2: 3

3: 1

5: 1

6: 1

1: 2

2-0

5: 1

2: 1

2: 2

4-0

1: 2

0: 1

3: 2

4th

Dungannon Swifts

2: 3

2: 1

0: 1

1-0

1: 1

2: 2

2: 2

6: 1

3: 2

3-0

3-0

6-0

2: 1

2: 1

4: 2

5.

Cliftonville FC

1: 1

1: 1

0: 2

0: 3

0-0

2: 2

2: 1

0: 1

0: 1

1-0

2: 2

2: 1

8: 1

2-0

0: 1

6th

Newry City

1: 1

1: 3

0: 2

2: 1

3: 1

2-0

0: 3

2-0

1-0

0-0

0-0

1: 2

1: 2

5-0

2: 1

7th

Ballymena United

0: 2

0: 4

2: 3

4: 3

0: 2

0-0

1-0

1-0

1: 3

3: 2

1-0

2: 3

3-0

1-0

1: 1

8th.

Lisburn Distillery

0: 6

1: 4

1-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

2: 1

1: 2

1: 2

2: 3

3: 1

1: 2

3: 1

4: 1

1-0

9.

Coleraine FC

0: 1

0-0

1: 1

2-0

0: 2

1: 3

0: 1

1-0

0: 2

1: 3

2: 1

0-0

4-0

2: 5

2: 4

10.

Limavady United

2: 2

0: 2

0: 2

1: 1

1: 2

1: 4

2: 2

1: 1

3: 3

0: 1

1-0

1: 1

3-0

3: 3

1-0

11.

Laughgall FC

1: 2

2: 3

0-0

0: 1

2: 3

0: 3

1-0

0-0

2: 3

2: 1

1: 1

1: 1

2: 1

2-0

2: 3

12.

Larne FC

2: 4

1: 3

2: 1

1-0

2: 4

1: 1

1: 2

3: 1

1: 4

2: 3

0-0

2: 2

2: 3

1: 1

3: 1

13.

Glenavon FC

0: 5

0: 3

0: 1

2: 2

2: 2

1: 4

2: 2

2: 2

1: 2

2: 1

0: 4

2: 3

1: 3

0-0

1-0

14th

Armagh City

0: 1

5: 2

2: 2

0-0

1: 3

2: 1

0: 1

1: 6

3-0

3: 3

0: 1

1: 2

0: 4

1: 2

3-0

15th

Institute FC

2: 9

1: 3

1: 2

3: 3

2: 3

0-0

0: 1

0: 2

0: 1

1: 1

0-0

1: 1

1: 2

4-0

2: 1

16.

Ards FC

0: 4

0: 1

1: 2

3: 3

0: 1

1: 3

1: 3

0: 1

2: 5

2: 1

1-0

1: 3

1: 0 1

0: 2

1: 4

¹ The game Ards FC against Glenavon FC (0: 3) was rated 1: 0 due to the use of an ineligible player.

Relegation

	total		First leg	Return leg
Donegal Celtic	3: 1	Institute FC	3: 1	0-0

Web links

• Northern Ireland - Final Tables pdf
• Season on eu football

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Northern Ireland 2005/06. In: rsssf.com. Retrieved March 3, 2019 .