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2016–17 NIFL Premiership

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Football league season
NIFL Premiership
Season2016–17
Dates6 August 2016 – 29 April 2017
ChampionsLinfield
4th Premiership title
52ndIrish title
RelegatedPortadown
Champions LeagueLinfield
Europa LeagueCrusaders
Coleraine
Ballymena United(via play-offs)
Matches228
Goals688 (3.02 per match)
Top goalscorerAndrew Mitchell (25 goals)
Biggest home winCrusaders 6–0Ballymena United
(6 August 2016)
Dungannon Swifts 6–0Portadown
(8 October 2016)
Biggest away winPortadown 0–5Linfield
(26 November 2016)
Portadown 0–5Glentoran
(3 January 2017)
Highest scoringBallymena United 3–4Ards
(20 August 2016)
Crusaders 4–3Cliftonville
(1 October 2016)
Ballymena United 3–4Glenavon
(3 January 2017)
Crusaders 6–1Glenavon
(29 April 2017)
Highest attendance7,504
Linfield 1–1Glentoran
(26 December 2016)[1]
Lowest attendance173
Carrick Rangers 0–3Dungannon Swifts
(24 September 2016)[2]
Total attendance243,738
Average attendance1,074

The2016–17 NIFL Premiership (known as theDanske Bank Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the 9th season of theNIFL Premiership, the highest level of league football inNorthern Ireland, the 116th season ofIrish league football overall, and the 4th season of the league operating as part of theNorthern Ireland Football League.

Linfield were champions, winning the league for the 52nd time.

Summary

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The fixtures were announced on 7 July 2016.[3] The season began on 6 August 2016 and ended on 29 April 2017, with the play-offs taking place in May 2017.

Crusaders were the two-time defending champions after winning the title for the previous two seasons. On 29 April 2017, Linfield beat Cliftonville 3–1 to win their 52nd league title on the final day of the season.[4]

It was an unlikely title win for Linfield, as after a 1–0 home defeat to Coleraine in January 2017, they sat seven points behind defending champions, Crusaders. A 1–1 draw at home against Portadown on 17 February 2017 meant the gap had grown to nine points with nine games left to play. However, Linfield won all nine of their remaining games, going unbeaten in their last 14 games of the season since the Coleraine defeat, winning 13 of them and drawing the other (the 1–1 draw against Portadown). They picked up 40 out of a possible 42 points to capitalise on Crusaders dropping points, and pipped them to the title on the final day of the season by two points.

Linfield qualified for the2017–18 UEFA Champions League. The runners-up, Crusaders, along with third-placed Coleraine and the play-off winners, Ballymena United, qualified for the2017–18 UEFA Europa League.

Teams

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Twelve teams competed in the 2016–17 NIFL Premiership.Warrenpoint Town were relegated after finishing bottom of the2015–16 NIFL Premiership and after a failed appeal against anIFA ruling not to deduct points fromCarrick Rangers after their manager incorrectly served a touchline ban.[5] Warrenpoint Town were replaced byArds as the winners of the 2015–16 NIFL Championship.[6]

Ballinamallard United finished second from bottom but retained their Premiership place after winning the promotion-relegation play-off against NIFL Championship runners-upInstitute 5–4 on aggregate.[7]Portadown started this season with a 12-point deduction, after the IFA found the club guilty of breaching the rules by paying Peter McMahon, despite the player being contracted to the club as an amateur.[8] The club appealed against the decision, but this was rejected in October 2016.[9]

Stadia and locations

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Locations of the2016–17 NIFL Premiership teams
Locations of the Belfast-based2016–17 NIFL Premiership teams
ClubStadiumLocationCapacity‡[10][11]
ArdsClandeboye ParkBangor1,895 (500 seated)
Ballinamallard UnitedFerney ParkBallinamallard2,000 (250 seated)
Ballymena UnitedThe ShowgroundsBallymena3,050 (2,200 seated)
Carrick RangersTaylors AvenueCarrickfergus4,500 (150 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)
PortadownShamrock ParkPortadown3,940 (2,765 seated)

League table

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation[a]
1Linfield(C)3827838724+6389Qualification for theChampions League first qualifying round
2Crusaders3827658336+4787Qualification for theEuropa League first qualifying round[b]
3Coleraine38181195642+1465
4Ballymena United(O)38185157573+259Qualification for theEuropa League play-offs[c]
5Cliftonville38177145550+558
6Glenavon381313125555052
7Dungannon Swifts381410146759+852[d]Qualification for theEuropa League play-offs[c]
8Ards38138176170−947
9Glentoran381210164553−846
10Ballinamallard United38105234572−2735
11Carrick Rangers(O)3857263179−4822Qualification for therelegation play-offs
12Portadown(R)3874272875−4713[e]Relegation 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[13]
(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. ^2016–17 Irish Cup winners,Linfield, had already qualified for the Champions League as league champions. As a result, a Europa League berth was passed down to third-placedColeraine.
  3. ^abBallymena United 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.
  5. ^Portadown were deducted 12 points for a player registration breach.[12]

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 \ AwayARDBMDBYMCRKCLFCOLCRUDUNGLVGLTLINPOR
Ards—3–32–43–12–21–20–13–30–12–00–21–0
Ballinamallard United2–1—0–11–31–20–30–12–01–12–11–21–2
Ballymena United3–44–0—2–03–22–02–11–43–34–11–42–0
Carrick Rangers1–13–31–4—0–32–01–40–30–01–20–21–1
Cliftonville2–01–02–01–0—1–00–41–23–02–02–11–0
Coleraine1–13–12–22–00–1—1–12–22–24–11–13–0[a]
Crusaders1–05–16–03–14–31–0—3–13–12–20–02–1
Dungannon Swifts1–23–22–23–11–14–00–1—1–10–10–46–0
Glenavon1–00–15–04–03–21–03–30–1—1–12–21–0
Glentoran1–01–12–30–12–10–11–31–02–2—1–20–0
Linfield4–04–02–13–01–21–10–01–14–01–1—4–1
Portadown0–3[b]2–10–24–00–30–10–12–03–0[c]0–10–5—
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.
  1. ^Match awarded 3–0 to Coleraine due to Portadown forfeiting the game after they were suspended from all football activity for non-payment of a £5,000 fine.[9]
  2. ^Match awarded 3–0 to Ards due to Portadown fielding a suspended player; original result was Portadown 3–1 Ards.[14]
  3. ^Match awarded 3–0 to Portadown due to Glenavon fielding a suspended player; original result was 2–2 draw.[15]

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 \ AwayARDBMDBYMCRKCLFCOLCRUDUNGLVGLTLINPOR
Ards—2–04–20–4——2–4—1–01–3——
Ballinamallard United——1–2—1–01–2————1–21–0
Ballymena United———3–1—1–1—3–23–42–4—3–0
Carrick Rangers—1–2—————0–10–0—0–23–2
Cliftonville2–1—2–10–0—0–0———1–1—3–0
Coleraine3–1——2–0——1–02–1—2–0—4–2
Crusaders—3–12–13–01–0—————1–2—
Dungannon Swifts3–32–2——2–2—1–2———1–4—
Glenavon—3–0——2–21–20–12–0——1–2—
Glentoran—0–1—1–0——0–32–20–0—0–1—
Linfield5–1—2–0—2–00–1—————1–1
Portadown0–3—————1–10–11–20–5——
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 played every other team in their half of the table once. As this was the fourth time that teams played each other this season, home sides were 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—4–1—3–0—0–2
Cliftonville———2–31–31–3
Coleraine1–12–0——1–11–5
Crusaders——3–2—6–1—
Glenavon3–0—————
Linfield———1–03–0—
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.

Section B

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Home \ AwayARDBMDCRKDUNGLTPOR
Ards———4–1—3–2
Ballinamallard United2–3—4–11–43–0—
Carrick Rangers2–2———1–2—
Dungannon Swifts——4–0—2–12–0
Glentoran1–1————3–0
Portadown—1–02–1———
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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Teams finishing fourth to seventh took part in Europa League play-offs to decide which team would qualify for next season'sEuropa League first qualifying round.

Semi-finals

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Ballymena United(4th)5–2Dungannon Swifts(7th)
Kane 3',40'
McKinney 36'
McMurray 70'
Owens 82'		BBC Sport
Soccerway		Lowe 64'
Glackin 74'
Referee: Ian McNabb
Cliftonville(5th)3–5Glenavon(6th)
Winchester 7'
Curran 33'
J. Donnelly 42'		BBC Sport
Soccerway		Marshall 3'
Moorhouse 40'
Singleton 49'
Gray 69'
McGrory 72' (pen.)
Referee: Tim Marshall

Final

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Ballymena United(4th)2–1Glenavon(6th)
Friel 53'
Braniff 80'		BBC Sport
Soccerway		Marshall 67'

NIFL Premiership play-offs

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Pre-play-off

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The runners-up and third-placed teams from theChampionship,Institute andBallyclare Comrades respectively, took part (over two legs) in a pre-play-off.

Ballyclare Comrades1–0Institute
McMullan 81'Report
Institute3–1Ballyclare Comrades
Report

Institute won 3–2 on aggregate.

Play-off

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The eleventh-placed team from the Premiership,Carrick Rangers, played the winners of the pre-play-off,Institute, over two legs for one spot in the2017–18 NIFL Premiership.

Institute1–1Carrick Rangers
McCrudden 41'BBC Sport
Soccerway		Murray 43' (pen.)
Referee: Lee Tavinder
Carrick Rangers4–1Institute
McVey 11'
McCullough 25'
O'Brien 71',80' (pen.)		BBC Sport
Soccerway		Morrow 12'

Carrick Rangers won 5–2 on aggregate and retained their spot in the NIFL Premiership for the2017–18 season; Institute remained in the NIFL Championship.

Top goalscorers

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As of 18 April 2017
RankScorerClubGoals[16]
1Northern Ireland Andrew MitchellDungannon Swifts25
2Northern IrelandPaul HeatleyCrusaders21
3Northern Ireland Andrew WaterworthLinfield20
Northern IrelandJordan OwensCrusaders20
5Northern Ireland Cathair FrielBallymena United17
6Northern Ireland Curtis AllenGlentoran16
7Northern IrelandTony KaneBallymena United14
Northern Ireland Aaron BurnsLinfield14
Northern IrelandJamie McGonigleColeraine14
10Northern Ireland Johnny McMurrayBallymena United12
11Northern Ireland Adam LeckyBallinamallard United11
Northern Ireland Michael RuddyArds11
13Republic of Ireland Greg MoorhouseGlenavon10
Northern IrelandGavin WhyteCrusaders10
Northern Ireland James MclaughlinColeraine10

References

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  4. ^"Irish Premiership: Linfield clinch title by beating Cliftonville".BBC Sport. 29 April 2017. Retrieved30 November 2017.
  5. ^"Warrenpoint Town relegated after appeal dismissed".BBC Online. 20 June 2016. Retrieved9 April 2017.
  6. ^"IRISH LEAGUE: Ards promoted to Danske Bank Premiership".News Letter. 30 April 2016. Retrieved23 June 2016.
  7. ^"Irish Premiership play-off: Late Mallards goal secures aggregate win".BBC Online. 22 June 2016. Retrieved9 April 2017.
  8. ^"Portadown down 12 points in Danske Bank Premiership season following IFA fine".Belfast Telegraph. 14 June 2016. Retrieved23 June 2016.
  9. ^ab"Portadown lose 12-point deduction appeal as Coleraine are awarded 3-0 win".BBC Sport. 11 October 2016. Retrieved27 March 2019.
  10. ^"AQW 1178/11". niassembly.gov.uk. 18 October 2010. Retrieved21 December 2011.
  11. ^"Sport NI Annual review 2008/09"(PDF). sportni.net. p. 18. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 28 September 2013. Retrieved14 May 2013.
  12. ^"Portadown handed 12-point deduction for next season over Peter McMahon case - BBC Sport".BBC Online. BBC Sport. Retrieved5 August 2016.
  13. ^"Premiership 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived fromthe original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved5 August 2016.
  14. ^"Portadown forfeit match against Ards after playing suspended Robert Garrett".BBC Sport. 3 November 2016. Retrieved9 April 2017.
  15. ^"Glenavon to appeal IFA ruling on David Elebert".BelfastLive. 6 January 2017. Retrieved13 January 2017.
  16. ^"FIFA NI Premiership top scorers". Archived fromthe original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved11 August 2016.

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