Linfield FC

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Linfield FC
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Basic data
Surname Linfield Football Club
Seat Belfast
founding 1886
president Roy McGivern
Website linfieldfc.com
First soccer team
Head coach David Healy
Venue Windsor Park , Belfast
Places 20,332
league NIFL Premiership
2019/20 1st place, master
home
Away

The Linfield Football Club is an established in 1886 Northern Irish football club in Belfast . Linfield was the first champions of all of Ireland in 1890 and has since played continuously in the top division of the first all-Irish, but since 1921/22 purely Northern Irish NIFL Premiership (formerly Irish League). With 54 national championships, Linfield shares the record for the most national championships worldwide with the Glasgow Rangers (also 54 titles).

history

Logo from when the association was founded

The club was founded in March 1886 by workers at the Linfield Spinning Mill , a wool mill , as the Linfield Athletic Club . Even when it was founded, the club was Protestant and has remained so ever since.

In the first few years the club played on a meadow behind the factory. This (as well as the later alternative place) had to be abandoned as a venue soon, so that Linfield became homeless at the turn of the century and played all games on a foreign court and was only able to move into his present home, Windsor Park, in 1905. Nevertheless, the club was extremely successful in the first few years after its establishment, the first three championships in Ireland could be won, with only two lost games in three years. The club was soon considered the most successful club on the Irish island.

In the first half of the 20th century, even before the independence of the Republic of Ireland in 1921, the rivalry between Linfield and the Protestant Glentoran FC and the large Catholic club Belfast Celtic shaped the championships. With the separation of the two Irish associations, Linfield finally also managed to win all seven competitions held in Northern Ireland in which they could participate.

In particular, the duels with Belfast Celtic, whose home stadium was in the immediate vicinity of Windsor Park, shaped the Northern Irish championship from then on. After Celtic was mostly superior in the 1940s, there was a scandal at Linfielder's home game against Celtic in the 1948/49 season, which led to the dissolution of Belfast Celtic FC. In an otherwise inconspicuous draw (1-1), a Celtic defender seriously injured Linfield player Bob Bryson . After the final whistle, Linfield's supporters stormed the field and beat up the Celtic players.

The resulting withdrawal of Belfast Celtic from the Northern Irish League is blamed in part for the league's subsequent loss of quality.

After the elimination of Belfast Celtic, Linfield dominated the Northern Irish League at will, with the so-called "Team of the Century" being particularly emphasized, which was able to repeat the success of 1921 in 1961/62 with victories in all seven possible competitions.

former simple club logo

In the 1980s, however, fan riots became such a big problem that UEFA even condemned Linfield in 1988 to play all European Cup home games on neutral ground ( Wales ) for two years .

Linfield's dominance decreased noticeably after 1990, but the Blues remained the leading team in Northern Ireland. In the 2006/07 season, Linfield managed to become the first team in more than 80 years to defend the championship and cup double .

European Cup balance sheet

As dominant as Linfield may be in Northern Ireland, the club can hardly keep up on a European level. Once they made it into a European quarter-finals - in the European Cup of National Champions in 1966/67  - but mostly the club was eliminated from the respective competition in the first round or qualifying rounds.

season competition round opponent total To Back
1959/60 European Champions Cup Preliminary round SwedenSweden IFK Gothenburg 3: 7 2: 1 (H) 1: 6 (A)
1961/62 European Champions Cup Preliminary round Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR ASK Forward Berlin 0: 3 0: 3 (A) 1
1962/63 European Champions Cup Preliminary round DenmarkDenmark Esbjerg fB 1: 2 1: 2 (H) 0: 0 (A)
1963/64 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1 round TurkeyTurkey Fenerbahçe Istanbul 3: 4 1: 4 (A) 2: 0 (H)
1966/67 European Champions Cup 1 round LuxembourgLuxembourg Aris Bonneweg 9: 4 3: 3 (A) 6: 1 (H)
2nd round NorwayNorway Vålerenga IF 5: 2 4: 1 (A) 1: 1 (H)
Quarter finals Bulgaria 1948Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 2: 3 2: 2 (H) 0: 1 (A)
1967/68 Exhibition cities cup 1 round Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 2: 5 1: 5 (A) 1: 0 (H)
1968/69 Exhibition cities cup 1 round PortugalPortugal Vitória Setúbal 1: 6 0: 3 (A) 1: 3 (H)
1969/70 European Champions Cup Preliminary round Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 02:12 0: 8 (A) 2: 4 (H)
1970/71 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1 round EnglandEngland Manchester City (a)2: 2 ( a ) 0: 1 (A) 2: 1 (H)
1971/72 European Champions Cup 1 round BelgiumBelgium Standard Liege 2: 5 0: 2 (A) 2: 3 (H)
1975/76 European Champions Cup 1 round NetherlandsNetherlands PSV Eindhoven 01:10 1: 2 (H) 0: 8 (A)
1978/79 European Champions Cup 1 round NorwayNorway Lillestrøm SK 0: 1 0: 0 (H) 0: 1 (A)
1979/80 European Champions Cup Preliminary round IrelandIreland Dundalk FC 1: 3 1: 1 (A) 0: 2 (H)
1980/81 European Champions Cup 1 round FranceFrance FC Nantes 0: 3 00: 1 (H) 2 0: 2 (A)
1981/82 Uefa cup 1 round BelgiumBelgium KSK Beveren 0: 8 0: 3 (A) 0: 5 (H)
1982/83 European Champions Cup 1 round Albania 1946People's Socialist Republic of Albania KS 17. Nëntori Tirana (a)2: 2 ( a ) 0: 1 (A) 2: 1 (H)
1983/84 European Champions Cup 1 round PortugalPortugal Benfica Lisbon 2: 6 0: 3 (A) 2: 3 (H)
1984/85 European Champions Cup 1 round IrelandIreland Shamrock Rovers ( a ) 1: 1(a) 0: 0 (H) 1: 1 (A)
2nd round GreeceGreece Panathinaikos Athens 4: 5 1: 2 (A) 3: 3 (H)
1985/86 European Champions Cup 1 round SwitzerlandSwitzerland Servette Geneva 3: 4 2: 2 (H) 1: 2 (A)
1986/87 European Champions Cup 1 round IrelandIreland Shamrock Rovers 1: 2 0: 1 (A) 1: 1 (H)
1987/88 European Champions Cup 1 round NorwayNorway Lillestrøm SK 3: 5 1: 1 (A) 2: 4 (H)
1988/89 Uefa cup 1 round FinlandFinland Turku PS (a)1: 1 ( a ) 0: 0 (A) 1: 1 (H)
1989/90 European Champions Cup 1 round Soviet UnionSoviet Union Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk 1: 3 1: 2 (H) 0: 1 (A)
1993/94 UEFA Champions League Preliminary round Georgia 1990Georgia Dinamo Tbilisi 02: 3 3 1: 2 (A) 1: 1 (H)
1 round DenmarkDenmark FC Copenhagen 3: 4 3: 0 (H) 0: 4 a.d. (A)
1994/95 Uefa cup Preliminary round IcelandIceland FH Hafnarfjörður 3: 2 0: 1 (A) 3: 1 (H)
1 round DenmarkDenmark Odense BK 1: 6 1: 1 (H) 0: 5 (A)
1995/96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Preliminary round UkraineUkraine Shakhtar Donetsk 1: 5 1: 4 (A) 0: 1 (H)
1998/99 Uefa cup 1st qualifying round Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Omonia Nicosia 6: 8 1: 5 (A) 5: 3 (H)
1999/2000 Uefa cup qualification Georgia 1990Georgia Locomotive Tbilisi 1: 2 0: 1 (A) 1: 1 (H)
2000/01 UEFA Champions League 1st qualifying round FinlandFinland Haka Valkeakoski (a)2: 2 ( a ) 0: 1 (A) 2: 1 (H)
2001/02 UEFA Champions League 1st qualifying round Georgia 1990Georgia Torpedo Kutaisi 0: 1 0: 0 (H) 0: 1 (A)
2002/03 Uefa cup qualification NorwayNorway Stabæk IF 1: 5 0: 4 (A) 1: 1 (H)
2004/05 UEFA Champions League 1st qualifying round FinlandFinland HJK Helsinki 0: 2 0: 1 (H) 0: 1 (A)
2005/06 Uefa cup 1st qualifying round LatviaLatvia FK Ventspils ( a ) 2: 2(a) 1: 0 (H) 1: 2 (A)
2nd qualifying round SwedenSweden Halmstads BK 3: 5 1: 1 (A) 2: 4 (H)
2006/07 UEFA Champions League 1st qualifying round SloveniaSlovenia ND Gorica 3: 5 1: 3 (H) 2: 2 (A)
2007/08 UEFA Champions League 1st qualifying round SwedenSweden IF Elfsborg 0: 1 0: 0 (H) 0: 1 (A)
2008/09 UEFA Champions League 1st qualifying round CroatiaCroatia Dinamo Zagreb 1: 3 0: 2 (H) 1: 1 (A)
2009/10 UEFA Europa League 1st qualifying round DenmarkDenmark Randers FC 0: 7 0: 4 (A) 0: 3 (H)
2010/11 UEFA Champions League 2nd qualifying round NorwayNorway Rosenborg Trondheim 0: 2 0: 0 (H) 0: 2 (A)
2011/12 UEFA Champions League 2nd qualifying round BelarusBelarus BATE Baryssau 1: 3 1: 1 (H) 0: 2 (A)
2012/13 UEFA Champions League 1st qualifying round FaroeseFaroe Islands B36 Tórshavn 0: 0
(4: 3 on  perk ) 		0: 0 (H) 0: 0 a.d. (A)
2nd qualifying round Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus AEL Limassol 0: 3 0: 3 (A) 0: 0 (H)
2013/14 UEFA Europa League 1st qualifying round FaroeseFaroe Islands ÍF Fuglafjørður 5-0 2: 0 (A) 3: 0 (H)
2nd qualifying round GreeceGreece Skoda Xanthi (a)2: 2 ( a ) 1: 0 (A) 1: 2 a.d. (H)
2014/15 UEFA Europa League 1st qualifying round FaroeseFaroe Islands B36 Tórshavn 3: 2 2: 1 (A) 1: 1 (H)
2nd qualifying round SwedenSweden AIK Solna 1: 2 1: 0 (H) 0: 2 (A)
2015/16 UEFA Europa League 1st qualifying round FaroeseFaroe Islands NSÍ Runavík 5: 4 2: 0 (H) 3: 4 (A)
2nd qualifying round SlovakiaSlovakia FC Spartak Trnava 2: 5 1: 2 (H) 1: 3 (A)
2016/17 UEFA Europa League 1st qualifying round IrelandIreland Cork City 1: 2 0: 1 (H) 1: 1 (A)
2017/18 UEFA Champions League 1st qualifying round San MarinoSan Marino SP La Fiorita 1-0 1: 0 (H) 0: 0 (A)
2nd qualifying round ScotlandScotland Celtic Glasgow 0: 6 0: 2 (H) 0: 4 (A)
2019/20 UEFA Champions League 1st qualifying round NorwayNorway Rosenborg Trondheim 0: 6 0: 2 (H) 0: 4 (A)
2019/20 UEFA Europa League 2nd qualifying round FaroeseFaroe Islands HB Tórshavn 3: 2 2: 2 (A) 1: 0 (H)
3rd qualifying round MontenegroMontenegro FK Sutjeska Nikšić 5: 3 2: 1 (A) 3: 2 (H)
Play-offs AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Qarabağ Agdam (a)4: 4 ( a ) 3: 2 (H) 1: 2 (A)
2020/21 UEFA Champions League Pre-qualification San MarinoSan Marino SP Tre Fiori 2-0 2: 0 (N)
1st qualifying round PolandPoland Legia Warsaw 0: 1 0: 1 (A)

Legend: (H) - home game, (A) - away game, (N) - neutral place, (a) - away goal rule , (i. E.) - on penalties , (n. V.) - after extra time

1 Linfield FC withdrew after the first leg, so Vorwärts Berlin continued without a fight.
2 The first leg took place in Haarlem, the Netherlands.
3 Dinamo Tbilisi has been disqualified for attempted referee bribery.

As of August 21, 2020

successes

  • Irish or Northern Irish champion * : (54); 1890/91, 1891/92, 1892/93, 1894/95, 1897/98, 1901/02, 1903/04, 1906/07, 1907/08, 1908/09, 1910/11, 1913/14, 1921 / 22, 1922/23, 1929/30, 1931/32, 1933/34, 1934/35, 1948/49, 1953/54, 1954/55, 1955/56, 1958/59, 1959/60, 1960/61, 1961/62, 1965/66, 1968/69, 1970/71, 1974/75, 1977/78, 1978/79, 1979/80, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1984/85, 1985 / 86, 1986/87, 1988/89, 1992/93, 1993/94, 1999/00, 2000/01, 2003/04, 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2016/17, 2018/19, 2019/20
  • Irish or Northern Irish Cup Winner * : (43); 1890/91, 1891/92, 1892/93, 1894/95, 1897/98, 1898/99, 1901/02, 1903/04, 1911/12, 1912/13, 1914/15, 1915/16, 1918 / 19, 1921/22, 1922/23, 1929/30, 1930/31, 1933/34, 1935/36, 1938/39, 1941/42, 1944/45, 1945/46, 1947/48, 1949/50, 1952/53, 1959/60, 1961/62, 1962/63, 1969/70, 1977/78, 1979/80 , 1981/82, 1993/94, 1994/95, 2001/02, 2005/06, 2006 / 07, 2007/08, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2016/17
  • Northern Irish League Cup Winner: (10); 1986/87, 1991/92, 1993/94, 1997/98, 1998/99, 1999/00, 2001/02, 2005/06, 2007/08, 2018/19
  • All Irish Cup Winner ** : (3); 1960/61, 1980, 2005
  • City Cup: (20)
  • Gold Cup: (31)
  • Ulster Cup: (15)
  • County Antrim Shield: (43)
  • Budweiser Cup: (1)
  • Coca-Cola Cup: (3)

* Titles up to the independence of the Republic of Ireland are all Irish. ** Post- independence contests for the Republic of Ireland.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b "Linfield FC - The Title Hamsterers"; The December 12, 2001 standard ( [1] )
  2. ↑ "Belfast Celtic - Paradise Is Closed"; The December 12, 2001 standard ( [2] )