Football records and statistics in Northern Ireland

This page details football records in the Northern Ireland.

League

Team records

Titles

• Most top-flight league titles: 54, Linfield
• Most consecutive league titles: 6, joint record:
  • Belfast Celtic (1935–36 to 1947–48, league suspended from 1940–47)
  • Linfield (1981–82 to 1986–87)

Top-flight Appearances

• Most seasons in the top flight: 119, joint record:
  • Cliftonville (1890–present)
  • Glentoran (1890–present)
  • Linfield (1890–present)

Overall top flight League Table (since 2008)

The overall top flight League table is a cumulative record of all match results, points and goals of every team that has played in the top flight in its current format - namely the IFA/NIFL Premiership since its inception in 2008. Teams in bold are part of the 2019–20 season. Numbers in bold are the record numbers in each column.

As of the end of the 2018–19 season.

Rank	Club	Seasons completed	Matches played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals scored	Goals conceded	Goal difference	Total points	Titles	Runners-up	Avg Pts/season	Best finish
1	Linfield	11	418	260	81	77	850	394	+456	861	5	4	78.27	1st
2	Crusaders	11	418	246	87	85	839	486	+353	825	3	3	75.00	1st
3	Cliftonville	11	418	216	83	119	769	546	+223	731	2	1	66.45	1st
4	Glentoran	11	418	180	101	137	636	525	+111	641	1	0	58.27	1st
5	Coleraine	11	418	179	102	137	621	548	+73	639	0	1	58.09	2nd
6	Glenavon	11	418	162	92	160	723	659	+64	582	0	0	52.91	3rd
7	Ballymena United	11	418	154	87	177	631	708	–77	549	0	1	49.91	2nd
8	Dungannon Swifts	11	418	125	106	187	530	685	–155	481	0	0	43.73	5th
9	Portadown	8	304	120	58	126	459	466	–7	406	0	1	50.75	2nd
10	Ballinamallard United	6	228	59	46	123	246	404	–158	223	0	0	37.17	5th
11	Lisburn Distillery	5	190	52	38	100	233	357	–124	194	0	0	38.80	4th
12	Warrenpoint Town	5	190	43	40	107	241	386	–145	169	0	0	33.80	10th
13	Institute	4	152	36	36	80	169	273	–104	144	0	0	36.00	7th
14	Ards	4	152	37	27	88	178	290	–112	138	0	0	34.50	8th
15	Newry City	3	114	27	31	56	122	185	–63	112	0	0	37.33	8th
16	Carrick Rangers	4	152	26	33	93	155	316	–161	111	0	0	27.75	10th
17	Donegal Celtic	3	114	26	22	66	131	249	–118	100	0	0	33.33	8th
18	Bangor	1	38	9	9	20	42	67	–25	36	0	0	36.00	11th
19	Newry City A.F.C.[1]	1	38	6	5	27	31	68	-37	23	0	0	23.00	12th

League or status:

	2018–19 NIFL Premiership
	2018–19 NIFL Championship
	2018–19 NIFL Intermediate
	Non-League
	Dissolved

Note[1] - Newry City A.F.C. were formed after Newry City's dissolution

Irish Cup

• Most wins: 43, Linfield
• Most consecutive wins: 4, Glentoran (1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87 & 1987–88)
• Most final appearances: 64, Linfield
• Most consecutive final appearances: 5, Linfield (1890–91, 1891–92, 1892–93, 1893–94 & 1894–95)
• Most final defeats: 21, Linfield
• Most consecutive final defeats: 3, Linfield (1974–75, 1975–76 & 1976–77)
• Biggest final winning margin: Linfield 10–1 Bohemians (1894–95)
• Longest gap between wins: 70 years, Cliftonville (1908–09 and 1978–79)
• Longest gap between final appearances: 55 years, Bangor (1937–38 and 1992–93)
• Most final appearances without winning: 5, Larne (1927–28, 1934–35, 1986–87, 1988–89 & 2004–05)
• Most common final: Glentoran v Linfield (15 times)

League Cup

• Most wins: 10, Linfield
• Most consecutive wins: 4, Cliftonville (2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 & 2015–16)
• Most final appearances: 12, joint record:
  • Glentoran
  • Linfield
• Most consecutive final appearances: 4, Cliftonville (2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 & 2015–16)
• Most final defeats: 6,
  • Crusaders (1986–87, 1995–96, 2007–08, 2012–13, 2013–14 & 2019-20)
• Most consecutive final defeats: 3, Glentoran (1996–97, 1997–98 & 1998–99)
• Biggest final winning margin: 4–0, joint record:
  • Linfield 4–0 Coleraine (1999–2000)
  • Cliftonville 4–0 Crusaders (2012–13)
• Longest gap between wins: 15 years, Crusaders (1996–97 and 2011–12)
• Longest gap between final appearances: 21 years, Ards (1994–95 and 2015–16)
• Most final appearances without winning: 2, joint record:
  • Larne (1991–92 & 2003–04)
  • Newry City (1989–90 and 2008–09)
• Most common final: Glentoran v Linfield (7 times)

Total titles won

Team	Domestic									All Ireland	Total
	Irish League	Irish Cup	League Cup	City Cup	Gold Cup	Ulster Cup	Floodlit Cup	Others [note 1]	Regional cups [note 2]	[note 3]
Linfield	54	43	10	24	33	15	2	30​^1⁄2	44	4	259​^1⁄2
Glentoran	23	23	7	18	15	9	2	9	27	2	135
Belfast Celtic	14	8	-	11	6	-	-	10	8	​^1⁄2	57​^1⁄2
Glenavon	3	7	1	5	4	3	2	3	28	1	57
Lisburn Distillery	5​^1⁄2	12	1	5	5	2	-	4​^1⁄2	14	​^1⁄2	49​^1⁄2
Coleraine	1	5	2	2	4	8	-	1	21	2	46
Cliftonville	4​^1⁄2	8	5	-	3	-	1	13	11	-	45​^1⁄2
Portadown	4	3	2	-	6	2	-	4	21	1	43
Crusaders	7	4	2	-	2	3	-	1	8	1	28
Derry City	1	3	1	2	-	-	-	1	16	-	24
Ballymena United	-	5	1	1	1	3[note 4]	-	-	6	-	17
Newry City	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	15
Dungannon Swifts	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	10	-	12
Ards	1	3	-	-	2	1	-	-	3	1	11
Bangor	-	1	1	2	-	2	-	1	4	-	11
Limavady United	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	10
Derry Celtic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	8
Institute	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	8
Omagh Town	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6
Queen's Island [II]	1	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	1	-	6
Banbridge Town	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5
Shelbourne	-	3	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	5
Black Watch	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	2
Carrick Rangers	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2
Larne	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2
Loughgall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2
Tobermore United	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2
Armagh City	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
Ballyclare Comrades	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
Ballymena	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Bohemians	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Dundela	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Gordon Highlanders	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Moyola Park	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
North Staffordshire Regiment	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
Oldpark	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
Queen's Island [I]	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Ulster	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Willowfield	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Warrenpoint Town	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1

Notes

1. Charity Shield; Top Four Cup; Carlsberg Cup; Alhambra Cup; Belfast Charity Cup; Jubilee Cup
2. County Antrim Shield; North West Cup; Mid-Ulster Cup
3. Dublin and Belfast Intercity Cup; North-South Cup; Blaxnit Cup; Texaco Cup; Tyler Cup; Setanta Sports Cup
4. Includes 1 Festival of Britain Cup

1. "Rising from ruins - can Newry complete their remarkable comeback?". BBC Sport. 2018-05-03. Retrieved 2018-07-16.