NIFL Premiership 2017/18
NIFL Premiership 2017/18 | |
master | Crusaders FC |
Champions League qualification |
Crusaders FC |
Europa League qualification |
Coleraine FC Glenavon FC Cliftonville FC |
Cup winners | Coleraine FC |
Relegation ↓ | Carrick Rangers FC |
Relegated | Carrick Rangers FC Ballinamallard United |
Teams | 12 |
Games | 198 + 30 play-off games + 5 relegation games |
Gates | 742 (ø 3.25 per game) |
Top scorer | Joe Gormley (24 goals) |
← NIFL Premiership 2016/17 | |
The NIFL Premiership 2017/18 (also Danske Bank Premiership after the league sponsor Danske Bank ) was the 10th season of the highest Northern Irish football league since the reorganization of the league and the 117th season overall. The season started on August 11, 2017 and ended on May 12, 2018.
The defending champion was Linfield FC .
Teams
Clubs of the NIFL Premiership 2017/18
|
society | Stadion | city | capacity |
---|---|---|---|
Ards FC | Clandeboye Park (in Bangor ) | Newtownards | 1,895 |
Ballinamallard United | Ferney Park | Ballinamallard | 2,000 |
Ballymena United | The Showgrounds | Ballymena | 3,050 |
Carrick Rangers FC | Taylor's Avenue | Carrickfergus | 4,500 |
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 | 6,054 |
Linfield FC | Windsor Park | Belfast | 18,167 |
Warrenpoint Town | Milltown Stadium | Warrenpoint | 1,280 |
Preliminary round
table
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Crusaders FC (M, P) | 33 | 26th | 4th | 3 | 99:34 | +65 | 82 |
2. | Coleraine FC | 33 | 24 | 8th | 1 | 70:27 | +43 | 80 |
3. | Glenavon FC | 33 | 18th | 9 | 6th | 79:47 | +32 | 63 |
4th | Linfield FC | 33 | 18th | 6th | 9 | 64:37 | +27 | 60 |
5. | Cliftonville FC | 33 | 18th | 4th | 11 | 60:38 | +22 | 58 |
6th | Ballymena United | 33 | 14th | 5 | 14th | 52:57 | −5 | 47 |
7th | Glentoran FC | 33 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 42:43 | −1 | 45 |
8th. | Dungannon Swifts | 33 | 10 | 5 | 18th | 28:51 | −23 | 35 |
9. | Ards FC | 33 | 10 | 3 | 20th | 32:63 | −31 | 33 |
10. | Warrenpoint Town (N) | 33 | 7th | 6th | 20th | 45:73 | −28 | 27 |
11. | Carrick Rangers FC | 33 | 4th | 5 | 24 | 25:70 | −45 | 17th |
12. | Ballinamallard United | 33 | 2 | 6th | 25th | 28:84 | −56 | 12 |
Status: end of the preliminary round |
(M) | reigning Northern Irish champion |
(P) | reigning Northern Irish cup winner |
(N) | Newcomer from the NIFL Championship 2016/17 |
Final rounds
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.
table
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Crusaders FC (M, P) | 38 | 28 | 7th | 3 | 106: 38 | +68 | 91 |
2. | Coleraine FC | 38 | 26th | 11 | 1 | 76:31 | +45 | 89 |
3. | Glenavon FC | 38 | 19th | 12 | 7th | 85:52 | +33 | 69 |
4th | Linfield FC | 38 | 20th | 7th | 11 | 72:45 | +27 | 67 |
5. | Cliftonville FC | 38 | 20th | 5 | 13 | 68:45 | +23 | 65 |
6th | Ballymena United | 38 | 14th | 6th | 18th | 53:65 | −12 | 48 |
(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.
table
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7th | Glentoran FC | 38 | 14th | 9 | 15th | 52:52 | ± 0 | 51 |
8th. | Dungannon Swifts | 38 | 13 | 6th | 19th | 42:62 | −20 | 45 |
9. | Ards FC | 38 | 12 | 4th | 22nd | 42:74 | −32 | 40 |
10. | Warrenpoint Town (N) | 38 | 8th | 6th | 24 | 52:86 | −34 | 30th |
11. | Carrick Rangers FC | 38 | 6th | 5 | 27 | 31:78 | −47 | 23 |
12. | Ballinamallard United | 38 | 5 | 8th | 25th | 38:89 | −51 | 23 |
(N) | Newcomer from the NIFL Championship 2016/17 |
Europa League playoffs
The teams in places 4-6 of the master playoffs and the winner of the relegation playouts reached the playoffs. In the knockout system , a participant was determined for the 1st qualifying round for the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League .
- Round 1
The games were played on May 9, 2018.
Result | ||
---|---|---|
Linfield FC | 3: 4 | Glentoran FC |
Cliftonville FC | 4-0 | Ballymena United |
- round 2
The game was played on May 12, 2018 at Solitude ( Belfast ).
Result | ||
---|---|---|
Cliftonville FC | 3: 2 | Glentoran FC |
Relegation
Eleventh place, Carrick Rangers FC , would face the winner of the play-off between the runner-up and third place in the 2017/18 NIFL Championship . Since the runner-up in the second division, the Harland & Wolff Welders , had not applied for a professional license, the relegation will be carried out in just one round. The games were played on May 4th and 9th, 2018.
total | First leg | Return leg | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Newry City | 6: 3 | Carrick Rangers FC | 3: 2 | 3: 1 |