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: 52 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: 117, 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 2017–18 season. Numbers in bold are the record numbers in each column.

As of the end of the 2016–17 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	9	342	214	67	61	701	322	+379	709	4	4	78.78	1st
2	Crusaders	9	342	198	75	69	665	393	+272	669	2	3	74.33	1st
3	Cliftonville	9	342	177	74	91	631	435	+196	605	2	1	67.22	1st
4	Glentoran	9	342	153	82	107	526	420	+106	541	1	0	60.11	1st
5	Coleraine	9	342	138	80	124	486	462	+24	494	0	0	54.89	3rd
6	Glenavon	9	342	123	70	145	564	561	+3	443	0	0	49.22	3rd
7	Ballymena United	9	342	116	75	151	495	596	–101	423	0	0	47.00	4th
8	Portadown	8	304	120	58	126	459	466	–7	406	0	1	50.75	2nd
9	Dungannon Swifts	9	342	102	91	150	444	558	–114	394	0	0	43.78	5th
10	Ballinamallard United	5	190	54	38	98	208	315	–107	200	0	0	40.00	5th
11	Lisburn Distillery	5	190	52	38	100	233	357	–124	194	0	0	38.80	4th
12	Newry City	3	114	27	31	56	122	185	–63	112	0	0	37.33	8th
13	Institute	3	114	23	31	60	119	201	–82	100	0	0	33.33	7th
14	Donegal Celtic	3	114	26	22	66	131	249	–118	100	0	0	33.33	8th
15	Warrenpoint Town	3	114	25	25	64	138	221	–85	100	0	0	33.33	11th
16	Carrick Rangers	3	114	20	28	66	124	238	–114	88	0	0	29.33	10th
17	Ards	2	76	19	14	43	105	153	–48	71	0	0	35.50	8th
18	Bangor	1	38	9	9	20	42	67	–25	36	0	0	36.00	11th

League or status:

	2017–18 NIFL Premiership
	2017–18 NIFL Championship
	2017–18 NIFL Intermediate
	Non-League
	Dissolved

Irish Cup

• Most wins: 42, Linfield
• Most consecutive wins: 4, Glentoran (1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87 & 1987–88)
• Most final appearances: 61, Linfield
• Most consecutive final appearances: 5, Linfield (1890–91, 1891–92, 1892–93, 1893–94 & 1894–95)
• Most final defeats: 20, 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: 9, 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: 5, joint record:
  • Coleraine (1992–93, 1993–94, 1999–2000, 2009–10 & 2011–12)
  • Glentoran (1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2001–02 & 2005–06)
  • Crusaders (1986–87, 1995–96, 2007–08, 2012–13 & 2013–14)
• 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	Regional cups
Linfield	52	42	9	24	33	15	2	29½	43	4	252½
Glentoran	23	22	7	18	15	9	2	9	27	2	134
Belfast Celtic	14	8	-	11	6	-	-	10	8	½	57½
Glenavon	3	7	1	5	4	3	2	2	26	1	54
Lisburn Distillery	5½	12	1	5	5	2	-	4½	14	½	49½
Coleraine	1	5	1	2	4	8	-	1	21	2	45
Cliftonville	4½	8	5	-	3	-	1	13	10	-	44½
Portadown	4	3	2	-	6	2	-	4	21	1	43
Derry City	1	3	1	2	-	-	-	1	16	-	24
Crusaders	5	3	2	-	2	3	-	1	6	1	23
Ballymena United	-	5	-	1	1	3	-	-	6	-	16
Newry City	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	15
Ards	1	3	-	-	2	1	-	-	3	1	11
Bangor	-	1	1	2	-	2	-	1	4	-	11
Dungannon Swifts	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	8	-	9
Limavady United	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	9
Derry Celtic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	8
Institute	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6
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