2005–06 Irish Premier League

Irish Premier League 2005–06 Linfield46th Irish title InstituteArds UEFA Champions League Linfield UEFA Cup GlentoranPortadown UEFA Intertoto Cup Dungannon Swifts Peter Thompson (25 goals) 240 2004–05 2006–07 The 2005–06 Irish Premier League was the 105th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football, and the 3rd edition in its current format (as the Irish Premier League) since its inception in 2003. The league consisted of 16 teams, and Linfield won the championship. Summary Ards were relegated after finishing bottom of the table, and Institute were relegated after a 3–1 defeat on aggregate to Donegal Celtic in the promotion play-off. UK Northern Ireland right 350 Location of teams in the 2005–06 Irish Premier League UK Northern Ireland 12 54.602945 -5.891278 Belfast top UK Northern Ireland 54.65179 -5.684674 right Ards UK Northern Ireland 54.34349 -6.628479 bottom Armagh City UK Northern Ireland 54.87016 -6.265211 top Ballymena United UK Northern Ireland 55.13287 -6.659904 bottom Coleraine UK Northern Ireland 54.489581 -6.745935 top Dungannon Swifts UK Northern Ireland 54.453889 -6.336389 top Glenavon UK Northern Ireland 54.85013 -5.827303 top Larne UK Northern Ireland 55.051750 -6.936958 bottom Limavady United UK Northern Ireland 54.407050 -6.611546 left Loughgall UK Northern Ireland 54.97574 -7.277176 left Institute UK Northern Ireland 54.53607 -6.003814 right Lisburn Distillery UK Northern Ireland 54.16089 -6.332138 bottom Newry City UK Northern Ireland 54.41306 -6.457686 right Portadown UK Northern Ireland 55.32 -8.2 TransparentPlaceholder.png Belfast teams : CliftonvilleGlentoranLinfield Greater Belfast 350 right Location of the Belfast-based teams in the 2005–06 Irish Premier League Greater Belfast 54.619250 -5.947383 left Cliftonville Greater Belfast 54.60270 -5.893478 right Glentoran Greater Belfast 54.57083 -5.963302 bottom Linfield League table main WDL 5 QR LIN Linfield GLT Glentoran POR Portadown DUN Dungannon Swifts CLI Cliftonville NEW Newry City BYM Ballymena United LIS Lisburn Distillery COL Coleraine LIM Limavady United LOU Loughgall LRN Larne GLA Glenavon ARM Armagh City INS Institute ARD Ards 23 6 1 88 23 C 19 6 5 60 28 16 6 8 56 36 13 10 7 61 41 13 8 9 45 35 12 9 9 45 35 13 6 11 42 48 12 8 10 44 38 11 4 15 40 57 9 9 12 42 49 9 7 14 33 38 7 9 14 42 63 7 9 14 35 59 9 3 18 38 69 6 8 16 37 58 R 6 2 22 31 62 R green1 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round CL2 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round UC1 UC1 #CCCCFF Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round IC1 red2 Qualification to Promotion/relegation play-off QR red1 Relegation to Irish First Division R 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference complete rsssf.com Results Each team played every other team twice (home and away) for a total of 30 games. main FBR grey ARD ARM BYM CLI COL DUN GLA GLT INS LRN LIM LIN LIS LOU NEW POR Linfield 0–0 4–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 3–2 1–3 7–2 2–0 2–0 8–1 2–1 5–0 2–0 2–0 Glentoran 1–4 5–1 3–1 0–0 3–2 1–2 0–0 3–0 0–1 1–0 5–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 Portadown 0–0 0–0 2–3 3–1 5–1 6–1 1–2 2–0 5–1 2–1 2–2 4–0 1–2 0–1 3–2 Dungannon Swifts 2–3 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 6–1 3–2 3–0 3–0 6–0 2–1 2–1 4–2 Cliftonville 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–3 0–0 2–2 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 8–1 2–0 0–1 Newry City 1–1 1–3 0–2 2–1 3–1 2–0 0–3 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 5–0 2–1 Ballymena United 0–2 0–4 2–3 4–3 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 3–2 1–0 2–3 3–0 1–0 1–1 Lisburn Distillery 0–6 1–4 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–3 3–1 1–2 3–1 4–1 1–0 Coleraine 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–3 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–3 2–1 0–0 4–0 2–5 2–4 Limavady United 2–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–4 2–2 1–1 3–3 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–3 1–0 Loughgall 1–2 2–3 0–0 0–1 2–3 0–3 1–0 0–0 2–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–3 Larne 2–4 1–3 2–1 1–0 2–4 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–4 2–3 0–0 2–2 2–3 1–1 3–1 Glenavon 0–5 0–3 0–1 2–2 2–2 1–4 2–2 2–2 1–2 2–1 0–4 2–3 1–3 0–0 1–0 Armagh City 0–1 5–2 2–2 0–0 1–3 2–1 0–1 1–6 3–0 3–3 0–1 1–2 0–4 1–2 3–0 Institute 2–9 1–3 1–2 3–3 2–3 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 4–0 2–1 Ards 0–4 0–1 1–2 3–3 0–1 1–3 1–3 0–1 2–5 2–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 0–2 1–4 The match between Ards and Glenavon (originally finished 0–3) was rated 1–0 due to the use of a player who was not eligible to play. complete Irish League Archive Promotion/relegation play-off Institute, the club that finished in the relegation play-off place, faced Donegal Celtic, the runners-up of the 2005–06 Irish First Division in a two-legged tie for a place in next season's Irish Premier League. 5 May 2006 Donegal Celtic 3 – 1 Institute Solitude, Belfast 10 May 2006 Institute 0 – 0 Donegal Celtic Riverside Stadium, Drumahoe Donegal Celtic won 3–1 on aggregate and were promoted, Institute were relegated. References Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF) Association football Northern Ireland Category:NIFL Premiership seasons 1 Northern