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2018–19 NIFL Premiership

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Football league season
NIFL Premiership
Season2018–19
Dates4 August 2018 – 27 April 2019
ChampionsLinfield
5th Premiership title
53rdIrish title
RelegatedNewry City
Ards(via play-off)
Champions LeagueLinfield
Europa LeagueCrusaders(via Irish Cup)
Ballymena United
Cliftonville(via play-offs)
Matches228
Goals696 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorerJoe Gormley (20 goals)
Biggest home winBallymena United 6–1Institute
(19 March 2019)
Biggest away winWarrenpoint Town 1–6Ballymena United
(1 September 2018)
Warrenpoint Town 0–5Linfield
(7 September 2018)
Warrenpoint Town 0–5Glentoran
(9 February 2019)
Dungannon Swifts 0–5Linfield
(22 March 2019)
Highest scoringInstitute 6–4Cliftonville
(22 December 2018)

The2018–19 NIFL Premiership (known as theDanske Bank Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the 11th season of theNIFL Premiership, the highest level of league football inNorthern Ireland, the 118th season ofIrish league football overall, and the 6th season of the league operating as part of theNorthern Ireland Football League.

Linfield were champions, winning the league for the 53rd time.

Summary

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The season began on 4 August 2018 and concluded on 27 April 2019, with the play-offs for promotion/relegation and the Europa League then taking place in May 2019.

Crusaders were the defending champions from theprevious season.[1] However, they were unable to defend their title, finishing in fourth place.Linfield were the eventual champions, lifting the league title for the second time in three seasons, and stretching their record tally of title wins to 53 overall. The Blues were confirmed as the champions on 13 April 2019, following a 0–0 draw at home against the outgoing champions,Crusaders, which left Linfield 12 points clear at the top of the table, with only three games remaining and nine points left to play for.[2]

For the second successive season, two clubs suffered relegation to the NIFL Championship.Newry City finished bottom of the table, and were relegated to the2019–20 NIFL Championship after only one season in the top flight. Eleventh-placedArds faced2018–19 NIFL Championship runners-up,Carrick Rangers, in a two-legged promotion/relegation play-off. Carrick Rangers won the tie 3–1 on aggregate to secure promotion and relegate Ards. This brought an end to Ards' three-season stay in the top flight, and meant an immediate return to the Premiership for Carrick Rangers after only one season in the Championship.[3]

Premiership champions Linfield entered the2019–20 UEFA Champions League, with the runners-up (Ballymena United) and the play-off winners (Cliftonville) entering the2019–20 UEFA Europa League along with the2018–19 Irish Cup winners,Crusaders. Linfield also qualified to take part in the newly introducedChampions Cup against the2019 League of Ireland Premier Division champions,Dundalk.

Teams

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Twelve teams competed in the 2018–19 NIFL Premiership, ten of which retained their Premiership status from the previous season.Ballinamallard United were relegated to the2018–19 NIFL Championship after finishing bottom of the2017–18 NIFL Premiership, and were replaced byInstitute as winners of the2017–18 NIFL Championship.

Carrick Rangers finished in the promotion-relegation play-off place, and lost their Premiership place after losing the play-off 6–3 on aggregate against Championship runners-upNewry City.

Stadia and locations

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Locations of the2018–19 NIFL Premiership teams
Locations of the Belfast-based2018–19 NIFL Premiership teams
ClubStadiumLocationCapacity‡[4][5]
ArdsBangor Fuels ArenaBangor1,895 (500 seated)
Ballymena UnitedThe ShowgroundsBallymena3,050 (2,280 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)
InstituteBrandywell StadiumDerry7,700 (2,900 seated)
LinfieldWindsor ParkBelfast18,614 (all seated)
Newry CityThe ShowgroundsNewry2,275 (1,080 seated)
Warrenpoint TownMilltownWarrenpoint1,280 (150 seated)

League table

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation[a]
1Linfield(C)3826757727+5085Qualification for theChampions League first qualifying round
2Ballymena United3824688347+3678Qualification for theEuropa League preliminary round
3Glenavon38201087446+2870Qualification for theEuropa League play-offs[b]
4Crusaders38205136855+1365Qualification for theEuropa League first qualifying round[c]
5Cliftonville(O)38194157066+461Qualification for theEuropa League play-offs[b]
6Coleraine381511125955+456
7Glentoran381310155853+549Qualification for theEuropa League play-offs[b]
8Institute38135205072−2244
9Dungannon Swifts38119184465−2142
10Warrenpoint Town38109195179−2839
11Ards(R)3869233163−3227Qualification for therelegation play-offs
12Newry City(R)3865273168−3723Relegation to theNIFL Championship
Source:NIFL Premiership,Soccerway
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[6]
(C) Champions;(O) Play-off winners;(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^Teams play 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. ^abcCliftonville qualified for theEuropa League preliminary round asEuropa League play-off winners.
  3. ^Crusaders qualified for theEuropa League first qualifying round as2018–19 Irish Cup winners.

Results

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Matches 1–22

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

Home \ AwayARDBYMCLFCOLCRUDUNGLAGLTINSLINNEWWPT
Ards—1–21–30–00–12–20–20–20–12–14–01–1
Ballymena United2–0—2–13–33–01–12–12–16–12–13–01–2
Cliftonville3–13–2—1–21–55–14–21–03–01–13–13–1
Coleraine1–02–21–2—1–02–11–41–12–20–00–13–0
Crusaders4–22–23–20–3—1–03–03–03–20–21–03–1
Dungannon Swifts0–00–21–10–23–2—1–11–02–11–21–10–2
Glenavon3–14–00–24–03–22–1—1–13–30–12–01–1
Glentoran4–00–11–22–22–22–11–2—2–10–14–13–1
Institute1–01–26–41–21–40–01–43–3—1–41–02–0
Linfield0–02–14–21–24–13–00–04–03–0—3–11–1
Newry City2–01–21–01–10–32–11–21–10–20–2—1–1
Warrenpoint Town1–01–62–12–11–21–12–41–10–10–52–2—
Source:NIFL Premiership
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 played every other team for the third time (either at home, or away).

Home \ AwayARDBYMCLFCOLCRUDUNGLAGLTINSLINNEWWPT
Ards———1–22–2———0–30–23–10–1
Ballymena United4–1—2–1——2–2—0–2——3–1—
Cliftonville4–1—————1–12–11–00–21–0—
Coleraine—0–44–1——1–21–12–0————
Crusaders—3–22–04–2——1–1——0–1——
Dungannon Swifts0–3—3–1—1–0————0–52–14–3
Glenavon2–00–2———1–0——3–32–0—1–3
Glentoran1–1———0–12–41–2———2–1—
Institute—1–2—1–01–32–0—0–2————
Linfield—1–0—3–2———4–22–0——4–0
Newry City———1–40–1—0–1—1–20–1—0–2
Warrenpoint Town—2–40–20–11–3——0–54–0———
Source:NIFL Premiership
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 \ AwayBYMCLFCOLCRUGLALIN
Ballymena United——1–03–0[‡]4–30–1
Cliftonville1–1—4–22–0——
Coleraine———4–2—1–1
Crusaders——————
Glenavon—4–01–12–1——
Linfield—5–1—0–00–4—
Source:NIFL Premiership
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  1. ^
    Original 0–3 result overturned to 3–0 by NIFL, after Crusaders fielded a player not listed on the official teamsheet.[7]

Section B

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Home \ AwayARDDUNGLTINSNEWWPT
Ards—1–01–1———
Dungannon Swifts——1–22–1——
Glentoran———2–0—2–2
Institute0–1———2–12–1
Newry City3–00–10–2———
Warrenpoint Town1–15–3——2–4—
Source:NIFL Premiership
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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Four of the teams (Crusaders qualified for the Europa League directly as2018–19 Irish Cup winners) that finished in the play-off places (3rd–7th position) participated in the Europa League play-offs to decide which team would qualify for the2019–20 UEFA Europa League preliminary round. After victories over Coleraine and Glenavon in the semi-finals respectively, Cliftonville and Glentoran once again contested the final, with Cliftonville securing the last remaining place in next season's Europa League after a 2–0 win. This was a repeat of the2016 and2018 play-off finals, with Cliftonville winning 3–2 on both previous occasions.

Semi-finals

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Semi-final
Glenavon(3rd)2 – 4Glentoran(7th)
Marron 45'
Mitchell 54'		BBC Sport
NIFL		Murray 27',76'
Allen 48'
McDaid 55'
Referee: Lee Tavinder
Semi-final
Cliftonville(5th)5 – 3 (a.e.t.)Coleraine(6th)
Gormley 34'
McMenamin 76',113'
Curran 90+7' (pen.)
Ives 92'		BBC Sport
NIFL		McLaughlin 9',28',72'
Referee: Steven Gregg

Final

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Final
Cliftonville(5th)2 – 0 (a.e.t.)Glentoran(7th)
Gormley 105+1'
McMenamin 119'		BBC Sport
NIFL
Referee: Andrew Davey

Cliftonville won the Europa League play-offs, and qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League preliminary round.

NIFL Premiership play-offs

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Pre play-off

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The2018–19 NIFL Championship runners-up,Carrick Rangers, took part in a Championship promotion pre play-off match against the 3rd-placed team,Portadown, with Carrick Rangers given home advantage as the higher-ranked of the two clubs. Carrick Rangers won the match 2–0 and advanced to the two-legged play-off against the 11th-placed NIFL Premiership team,Ards, for the last remaining place in the2019–20 NIFL Premiership. The pre play-off match was played on 30 April 2019.

Pre play-off
Carrick Rangers(Ch. 2nd)2 – 0Portadown(Ch. 3rd)
McCallum 74' (o.g.)
Nixon 90+2'		BBC Sport
NIFL
Referee: Declan Hassan

Play-off

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The 11th-placed Premiership team,Ards, played a two-legged tie against the pre play-off winners,Carrick Rangers, with Ards given the advantage of playing the second leg at home as the Premiership club. Carrick Rangers won the tie 3–1 on aggregate to secure promotion to the2019–20 NIFL Premiership, with Ards being relegated to the Championship. The matches took place on 3 May and 6 May 2019.

First leg
Carrick Rangers(Ch. 2nd)1 – 0Ards(Pr. 11th)
Smith 11'BBC Sport
NIFL
Referee: Tony Clarke
Second leg
Ards(Pr. 11th)1 – 2Carrick Rangers(Ch. 2nd)
Taylor 37'BBC Sport
NIFL		Surgenor 4'
Strain 29'
Referee: Evan Boyce

Carrick Rangers won 3–1 on aggregate, and were promoted to the 2019–20 NIFL Premiership. Ards were relegated to the 2019–20 NIFL Championship.

Top goalscorers

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RankScorerClubGoals[8]
1Northern IrelandJoe GormleyCliftonville20
2Northern Ireland Michael McCruddenInstitute19
3Northern IrelandAndrew WaterworthLinfield17
4Northern Ireland Cathair FrielBallymena United16
5Northern Ireland Stephen MurrayGlenavon15
6Northern IrelandPaul HeatleyCrusaders14
7Northern Ireland Ryan CurranCliftonville13
Northern Ireland Robbie McDaidGlentoran13
9Northern IrelandRory DonnellyCliftonville12
Northern Ireland Paul McElroyDungannon Swifts12
Northern Ireland Andrew MitchellGlenavon12

References

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  1. ^"Irish Premiership:Crusaders are crowned champions". BBC. Retrieved28 April 2018.
  2. ^"Irish Premiership: Linfield secure title with draw against Crusaders". BBC. Retrieved13 April 2019.
  3. ^"Ards 1-2 Carrick Rangers (1-3 agg): Niall Currie's side promoted after play-off win over Ards". BBC. Retrieved8 May 2019.
  4. ^"AQW 1178/11". niassembly.gov.uk. 18 October 2010. Retrieved21 December 2011.
  5. ^"Sport NI Annual review 2008/09"(PDF). sportni.net. p. 18. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 28 September 2013. Retrieved14 May 2013.
  6. ^"NIFL Premiership Rules 2018–19"(PDF).NIFL. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 25 March 2019. Retrieved25 March 2019.
  7. ^"Ballymena awarded 3-0 win over Crues after David Cushley teamsheet error". BBC. Retrieved2 May 2019.
  8. ^"Archived: Irish Premiership Top Scorers (28 April 2019)". Wayback Machine. Archived fromthe original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved28 April 2019.

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