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2017–18 NIFL Premiership

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Football league season
NIFL Premiership
Season2017–18
Dates11 August 2017 – 28 April 2018
ChampionsCrusaders
3rd Premiership title
7thIrish title
RelegatedBallinamallard United
Carrick Rangers(via play-off)
Champions LeagueCrusaders
Europa LeagueColeraine
Glenavon
Cliftonville(via play-offs)
Matches228
Goals717 (3.14 per match)
Top goalscorerJoe Gormley (22 goals)
Biggest home winCrusaders 7–1Carrick Rangers
(18 November 2017)[1]
Biggest away winBallinamallard United 0–6Linfield
(4 November 2017)[2]
Highest scoringBallinamallard United 6–4Cliftonville
(26 January 2018)[3]

The2017–18 NIFL Premiership (known as theDanske Bank Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the 10th season of theNIFL Premiership, the highest level of league football inNorthern Ireland, the 117th season ofIrish league football overall, and the 5th season of the league operating as part of theNorthern Ireland Football League.

Crusaders were champions, winning the league for the 7th time.

Summary

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The season began on 11 August 2017 and concluded on 28 April 2018, with the play-offs taking place in May 2018.

Linfield were the defending champions from theprevious season.[4] On 28 April 2018,Crusaders won the title on the final day of the regular season, defeatingBallymena United 2–1 at theBallymena Showgrounds to win the league title for the third time in four seasons.[5]

Crusaders qualified for the2018–19 UEFA Champions League. The runners-up (and2017–18 Irish Cup winners), Coleraine, along with third-placed Glenavon and the play-off winners, Cliftonville, all qualified for the2018–19 UEFA Europa League.

Teams

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Twelve teams competed in the 2017–18 NIFL Premiership.Portadown were relegated after finishing bottom of the2016–17 NIFL Premiership and were replaced byWarrenpoint Town as the winners of the2016–17 NIFL Championship.

Carrick Rangers finished second from bottom but retained their Premiership place after winning the promotion-relegation play-off against NIFL Championship promotion play-off winnersInstitute 5–2 on aggregate.

Stadia and locations

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Locations of the2017–18 NIFL Premiership teams
Locations of the Belfast-based2017–18 NIFL Premiership teams
ClubStadiumLocationCapacity‡[6][7]
ArdsClandeboye ParkBangor1,895 (500 seated)
Ballinamallard UnitedFerney ParkBallinamallard2,000 (250 seated)
Ballymena UnitedThe ShowgroundsBallymena3,050 (2,280 seated)
Carrick RangersTaylors AvenueCarrickfergus4,500 (250 seated)
CliftonvilleSolitudeBelfast2,530 (all seated)
ColeraineThe ShowgroundsColeraine2,496 (1,106 seated)
CrusadersSeaviewBelfast3,383 (all seated)
Dungannon SwiftsStangmore ParkDungannon5,000 (300 seated)
GlenavonMourneview ParkLurgan4,160 (4,000 seated)
GlentoranThe OvalBelfast6,054 (4,989 seated)
LinfieldWindsor ParkBelfast18,614 (all seated)
Warrenpoint TownMilltownWarrenpoint1,280 (150 seated)

League table

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation[a]
1Crusaders(C)38287310638+6891Qualification for theChampions League first qualifying round
2Coleraine38261117631+4589Qualification for theEuropa League first qualifying round[b]
3Glenavon38191278552+3369
4Linfield38207117245+2767Qualification for theEuropa League play-offs[c]
5Cliftonville(O)38205136845+2365
6Ballymena United38146185365−1248
7Glentoran38149155252051[d]Qualification for theEuropa League play-offs[c]
8Dungannon Swifts38136194262−2045
9Ards38124224274−3240
10Warrenpoint Town3886245286−3430
11Carrick Rangers(R)3865273178−4723Qualification for therelegation play-offs
12Ballinamallard United(R)3858253889−5123Relegation to theNIFL Championship
Source:RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Drawing of lots[8]
(C) Champions;(O) Play-off winners;(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
  2. ^As2017–18 Irish Cup winners,Coleraine, had already qualified for the Europa League as league runners-up, third-placedGlenavon were awarded the berth.
  3. ^abCliftonville qualified for theEuropa League first qualifying round by winning theEuropa League play-offs.
  4. ^After 33 games, clubs in the bottom half of the table at the split cannot climb into the top half, regardless of the results during matches 34–38.

Results

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Matches 1–22

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During matches 1–22 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).

Home \ AwayARDBMDBYMCRKCLFCOLCRUDUNGLVGLTLINWPT
Ards—2–11–01–00–10–32–40–10–20–10–22–1
Ballinamallard United0–2—1–32–01–10–21–50–10–31–20–61–1
Ballymena United6–32–1—3–11–00–21–42–11–61–32–13–3
Carrick Rangers0–12–01–1—1–21–30–32–10–21–10–10–2
Cliftonville6–35–01–03–0—1–21–22–11–11–03–22–0
Coleraine4–12–11–13–02–0—1–11–04–23–02–12–1
Crusaders0–02–02–17–12–01–2—1–12–31–02–15–0
Dungannon Swifts0–02–02–14–00–41–30–4—0–30–20–42–1
Glenavon3–06–24–02–03–12–23–41–1—2–20–11–0
Glentoran0–22–11–11–10–20–00–32–01–3—2–12–0
Linfield2–04–01–02–02–02–12–51–02–31–0—3–3
Warrenpoint Town1–02–11–32–21–30–22–31–22–32–31–4—
Source:RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Matches 23–33

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During matches 23–33 each team will play every other team for the third time (either at home, or away).

Home \ AwayARDBMDBYMCRKCLFCOLCRUDUNGLVGLTLINWPT
Ards——1–00–4—1–3——1–6—0–3—
Ballinamallard United0–4———6–42–50–3——2–22–2—
Ballymena United—2–0—3–0—0–2——3–1—2–21–3
Carrick Rangers—2–2——0–1——1–01–21–2—1–2
Cliftonville3–0—1–2——0–03–13–0——1–2—
Coleraine———3–2——3–3—1–1—2–21–0
Crusaders1–0—3–16–0———3–0—4–2——
Dungannon Swifts1–02–02–3——0–1——3–20–0——
Glenavon—0–0——1–1—1–6——2–2—3–3
Glentoran1–2—1–2—1–00–2—————5–0
Linfield———2–0——1–20–00–21–1——
Warrenpoint Town3–31–0——1–3—1–43–0——1–3—
Source:RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Matches 34–38

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During matches 34–38 each team will play every other team in their half of the table once. As this is the fourth time that teams play each other this season, home sides are chosen so that they will have played each other twice at home and twice away.

Section A

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Home \ AwayBYMCLFCOLCRUGLVLIN
Ballymena United—0–3—1–2——
Cliftonville————1–3—
Coleraine1–02–1————
Crusaders—1–11–1—1–12–0
Glenavon0–0—0–0——2–3
Linfield2–01–22–2———
Source:RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Section B

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Home \ AwayARDBMDCRKDUNGLTWPT
Ards—1–1—3–41–44–2
Ballinamallard United——2–12–2—2–0
Carrick Rangers0–1—————
Dungannon Swifts——2–0——4–2
Glentoran—1–31–24–2——
Warrenpoint Town——2–3—1–0—
Source:RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

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UEFA Europa League play-offs

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As2017–18 Irish Cup winners, Coleraine, finished as league runners-up, their original runners-up berth in the Europa League was redistributed to third-placed Glenavon. As a result, the four teams finishing 4th–7th took part in Europa League play-offs to decide which one team would qualify for the2018–19 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round.

Semi-finals

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Linfield(4th)3 – 4Glentoran(7th)
Byrne 26'
Waterworth 51'
Fallon 90'		BBC Sport
Soccerway		Davidson 63' (pen.)
McGuigan 66'
Garrett 79'
Allen 84'
Referee:I. McNabb
Cliftonville(5th)4 – 0Ballymena United(6th)
Donnelly 67',81'
Gormley 86',88'		BBC Sport
Soccerway
Referee:R. Crangle

Final

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Cliftonville(5th)3 – 2Glentoran(7th)
Donnelly 24',64'
Gormley 86'		BBC Sport
Soccerway		McDaid 79'
Allen 83' (pen.)
Referee:K. Kennedy

Cliftonville were the UEFA Europa League play-off winners, and qualified for the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round.

NIFL Premiership play-offs

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Pre-play-off

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The runners-up and third-placed teams from theChampionship were set to take part in a promotion pre-play-off match to decide which team would face the eleventh-placed Premiership team,Carrick Rangers, in the play-off for a place in next season's Premiership.[9] However, as the third-placed Championship team,Harland and Wolff Welders did not apply for a Premiership licence, the second-placed team,Newry City advanced directly to the play-off.

Play-off

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The eleventh-placed team from the Premiership,Carrick Rangers, played Championship runners-up,Newry City, over two legs for a place in the2018–19 NIFL Premiership.

1st Leg
Newry City3 – 2Carrick Rangers
McCabe 19'
Hughes 24'
Carville 35' (pen.)		BBC Sport
NIFL		Henderson 4'
McNally 10'
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Lee Tavinder
2nd Leg
Carrick Rangers1 – 3Newry City
McNally 29'NIFLS. Hughes 36' (pen.)
McCabe 56'
M. Hughes 74'
Attendance: 1,058
Referee: Evan Boyce

Newry City won 6–3 on aggregate and were promoted to the NIFL Premiership with Carrick Rangers dropping down into the NIFL Championship.

Top goalscorers

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As of 11 May 2018[10]
RankScorerClubGoals
1Northern IrelandJoe GormleyCliftonville24
2Northern IrelandGavin WhyteCrusaders22
3Northern Ireland Curtis AllenGlentoran20
4Northern IrelandPaul HeatleyCrusaders19
Northern Ireland Jay DonnellyCliftonville
6Northern Ireland Andrew MitchellGlenavon18
Northern IrelandJordan OwensCrusaders
8Republic of Ireland Darren McAuleyColeraine17
9Northern IrelandJamie McGonigleColeraine16
10Northern Ireland Ryan CurranBallinamallard United14

References

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  1. ^"Crusaders vs. Carrick Rangers".Soccerway. 18 November 2017. Retrieved19 November 2017.
  2. ^"Ballinamallard United vs. Linfield".Soccerway. 4 November 2017. Retrieved17 November 2017.
  3. ^"Ballinamallard United vs. Cliftonville".Soccerway. 26 January 2018. Retrieved28 February 2018.
  4. ^Mills, Alex (29 April 2017)."Cliftonville 1–3 Linfield: Blues win Irish Premiership league title".Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved11 August 2017.
  5. ^"Irish Premiership:Crusaders are crowned champions".BBC Sport. Retrieved28 April 2018.
  6. ^"AQW 1178/11". niassembly.gov.uk. 18 October 2010. Retrieved21 December 2011.
  7. ^"Sport NI Annual review 2008/09"(PDF). sportni.net. p. 18. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 28 September 2013. Retrieved14 May 2013.
  8. ^"NIFL Premiership Rules 2017–18"(PDF).NIFL. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 27 March 2019. Retrieved27 March 2019.
  9. ^"NIFL Championship Rules - 2017–18"(PDF). Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 27 March 2019. Retrieved27 March 2019.
  10. ^"Irish Premiership Top Scorers".

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