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 )
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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

Cliftonville FC Crusaders FC Glentoran FC Linfield FC Ballymena United Coleraine FC Ballinamallard United Portadown FC Dungannon Swifts Glenavon FC Warrenpoint Town Institute FC

Clubs of the NIFL Premiership 2014/15

society	Stadion	city	capacity
Ballinamallard United	Ferney Park	Ballinamallard	02,000
Ballymena United	The Showgrounds	Ballymena	03,050
Cliftonville FC	Solitude	Belfast	02,530
Coleraine FC	The Showgrounds	Coleraine	02,496
Crusaders FC	Seaview	Belfast	03,383
Dungannon Swifts	Stangmore Park	Dungannon	05,000
Glenavon FC	Mourneview Park	Lurgan	04,160
Glentoran FC	The oval	Belfast	05,056
Institute FC	Riverside Stadium	Drumahoe	03.110
Linfield FC	Windsor Park	Belfast	12,342
Portadown FC	Shamrock Park	Portadown	03,940
Warrenpoint Town	Milltown Stadium	Warrenpoint	02,000

Preliminary round

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Crusaders FC	33	22nd	7th	4th	085:390	+46	73
2.	Linfield FC	33	19th	7th	7th	059:390	+20	64
3.	Cliftonville FC (M)	33	15th	12	6th	065:380	+27	57
4th	Portadown FC	33	16	9	8th	061:480	+13	57
5.	Glentoran FC	33	15th	9	9	065:430	+22	54
6th	Glenavon FC (P)	33	16	6th	11	068:590	+9	54
7th	Coleraine FC 1	33	11	7th	15th	042:490	−7	40
8th.	Ballymena United	33	10	6th	17th	054:720	−18	36
9.	Dungannon Swifts	33	7th	11	15th	035:520	−17	32
10.	Ballinamallard United	33	7th	8th	18th	031:650	−34	29
11.	Warrenpoint Town	33	5	10	18th	039:670	−28	25th
12.	Institute FC 1 (N)	33	4th	8th	21st	032:710	−39	20th

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												2014/15	Rounds 23-33
												society
	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	-

¹The game Coleraine FC - Institute FC (4: 0) on the 15th matchday was rated 0: 3 for both teams as lost. Coleraine had used an ineligible player.

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.	Crusaders FC	38	25th	7th	6th	093:430	+50	82
2.	Linfield FC	38	21st	9	8th	067:460	+21	72
3.	Glenavon FC (C)	38	20th	6th	12	082:650	+17	66
4th	Portadown FC	38	17th	11	10	065:560	+9	62
5.	Cliftonville FC (M)	38	16	13	9	071:470	+24	61
6th	Glentoran FC	38	16	10	12	067:510	+16	58

Northern Irish champions and participation in the 2nd qualifying round for the 2015/16 UEFA Champions League

Northern Irish Cup winner and participation in the 1st qualifying round for the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League

Participation in the 1st qualifying round for the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League

(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
7th	Ballymena United	38	15th	6th	17th	062:750	−13	51
8th.	Coleraine FC	38	13	7th	18th	048:550	−7	46
9.	Ballinamallard United	38	10	9	19th	040:710	−31	39
10.	Dungannon Swifts	38	8th	13	17th	038:560	−18	37
11.	Warrenpoint Town	38	6th	12	20th	050:760	−26	30th
12.	Institute FC (N)	38	4th	9	25th	036:840	−48	21st

Participation in the relegation

Relegation to the NIFL Championship 2015/16

(N)	Newcomer from the IFA Championship 2013/14

Crosstabs

Master playoff Cliftonville FC - 0: 1 - 2: 2 4-0 Crusaders FC - 4-0 2-0 - - Glenavon FC 5-0 - 4-0 - 3: 2 Glentoran FC 1-0 - - 1: 2 0-0 Linfield FC - 3: 1 0: 2 - - Portadown FC - 1-0 - 1: 1 -

Relegation playout Ballinamallard United - - 1-0 2-0 3: 3 Ballymena United 2: 1 - 1-0 - 2: 1 Coleraine FC 1: 2 0: 1 - 3: 1 2: 1 Dungannon Swifts - - 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 Institute FC - 1: 2 - - - Warrenpoint Town - - - 5: 1 -

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
Bangor FC	2: 2 (1: 3 i.E.)	Warrenpoint Town	2-0	0: 2 a.d.

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
01.	Joe Gormley	Cliftonville FC	31
02.	Paul Heatley	Crusaders FC	27
03.	Jordan Owens	Crusaders FC	26th
04th	Aaron Burns	Linfield FC	17th
	Daniel Hughes	Warrenpoint Town
06th	Curtis Allen	Glenavon FC	15th
	Kevin Braniff	Glenavon FC
	Andrew Waterworth	Linfield FC
09.	Eoin Bradley	Glenavon FC	13
	Darren Murray	Portadown FC
	Jordan Stewart	Glentoran FC
	Gary Twigg	Portadown FC

Web links

• Table and results on kicker.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ AIMS Portal AQW 1178/11. Retrieved November 23, 2012 . 
2. ^ Coleraine vs. Institute. In: nifootballleague.com. November 1, 2014, accessed December 6, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Goal scorers. In: soccerway.com. Retrieved December 6, 2016 .