2012–13 IFA Premiership

Annual soccer tournament IFA Premiership 2012–13 Cliftonville1st Premiership title4th Irish title Donegal CelticLisburn Distillery Champions League Cliftonville Europa League Glentoran (via Irish Cup)CrusadersLinfield Liam Boyce (29 goals) Glenavon 7–0 Ballymena UnitedGlenavon 7–0 Lisburn Distillery Ballymena United 0–8 Cliftonville Glentoran 4–5 Crusaders 228 684 5,458http://www.irishleaguesupporters.com/attendances.php?attseason=1213 Irish League Supporters Forum – Attendances Irish League Supporters Forum 8 February 2013Linfield 2–1 Glentoran(26 December 2012) 39Donegal Celtic 2–1Dungannon Swifts(16 April 2013) 828 2011–12 2013–14 The 2012–13 IFA Premiership (known as the Danske Bank Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the 5th season of the IFA Premiership, the highest level of league football in Northern Ireland, and the 112th season of Irish league football overall. Cliftonville were champions, winning the league for the 4th time. Summary The season began on 11 August 2012 and ended on 27 April 2013. This was the last season of the league under the control of the Irish Football Association. From the following season onwards, the league became part of the newly created Northern Ireland Football League.http://www.ifapremiership.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=870&catid=3&Itemid=12 NORTHERN IRELAND FOOTBALL LEAGUE NIFL Premiership Linfield were the defending champions after winning their third consecutive title – their 51st league title overall last season.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/17645550 Linfield beat Portadown to secure Premiership crown 7 April 2012 BBC Sport 5 May 2012 This season however, Cliftonville were the champions for the fourth time overall and the first time since the 1997–98 season.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22135270 Cliftonville beat Linfield to secure Irish Premiership title 13 April 2013 BBC Sport 13 April 2013 It was also the first time in eleven years that neither Linfield or Glentoran had won the title, with the previous occasion being 2001–02 when Portadown won their fourth title. Lisburn Distillery finished bottom of the table and were relegated to Championship 1 after a 2–0 defeat to Ballymena United on 16 April 2013. The club had participated in all 112 seasons of senior football so far, and at the time were one of only four clubs to have done so; the others being Cliftonville, Linfield and Glentoran. The club had not been outside the top division since winning the 2001–02 Irish League First Division title, which at the time was the second tier of senior football. However, the restructuring of the league system in 2003 consolidated senior football into one division, which meant that this was the first time in the club's history that they had been relegated to intermediate football. This brought an end to both their 123-year stay in senior football, and their 11-year stay in the top flight.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22174389 Tim McCann sacked as manager as Lisburn Distillery are relegated 16 April 2013 BBC Sport 16 April 2013 11th-placed Donegal Celtic joined them in Championship 1, after losing on the away goals rule to Warrenpoint Town in the Promotion/relegation play-off following a 2–2 draw on aggregate.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22469736 Warrenpoint Town overcome Donegal Celtic in Premiership play-off 10 May 2013 BBC Sport 10 May 2013 This was the first time since the 2005–06 season that two clubs had been promoted to, and relegated from the top flight. Teams 2011–12 Championship 1 winners Ballinamallard United were promoted to this season's Premiership after successfully gaining the required Championship Club Licence from the IFA.http://www.irishfa.com/domestic/item/7287/club-licensing-decisions-announced/ CLUB LICENSING DECISIONS ANNOUNCED 1 May 2012 Irish Football Association irishfa.com 15 December 2012 17 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120817175403/http://www.irishfa.com/domestic/item/7287/club-licensing-decisions-announced/ dead Last season's bottom-placed Premiership club Carrick Rangers replaced them in Championship 1 after only one season in the top flight.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/17574743 Ballinamallard win Championship title as Newry lose 31 March 2012 BBC Sport 5 May 2012https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/17877400 Donegal Celtic 3–5 Carrick Rangers 28 April 2012 BBC Sport 5 May 2012 Championship 1 runners-up Newry City lost out on promotion, as last season's 11th placed club Lisburn Distillery defeated them 3–2 on aggregate in the Promotion/relegation play-off.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/17936882 Newry City 2–3 Lisburn Distillery 4 May 2012 BBC Sport 5 May 2012 Stadia and locations UK Northern Ireland right 350 Location of teams in the 2012–13 IFA Premiership UK Northern Ireland 12 54.602945 -5.891278 Belfast top UK Northern Ireland 54.414427 -7.599786 bottom Ballinamallard United 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 54.53607 -6.003814 right Lisburn Distillery UK Northern Ireland 54.41306 -6.457686 bottom Portadown UK Northern Ireland 55.32 -8.2 TransparentPlaceholder.png Belfast teams : CliftonvilleCrusadersDonegal CelticGlentoranLinfield Greater Belfast 350 right Location of the Belfast-based teams in the 2012–13 IFA Premiership Greater Belfast 54.619250 -5.947383 left Cliftonville Greater Belfast 54.62428 -5.922017 top Crusaders Greater Belfast 54.573711 -6.023605 left Donegal Celtic Greater Belfast 54.60270 -5.893478 right Glentoran Greater Belfast 54.57083 -5.963302 bottom Linfield ClubStadiumLocationCapacityhttp://aims.niassembly.gov.uk/questions/printquestionsummary.aspx?docid=79814 AQW 1178/11 18 October 2010 niassembly.gov.uk 21 December 2011http://www.sportni.net/NR/rdonlyres/5854FC89-D9B6-4B17-9C60-34D977CEBEB0/0/AnnualReview200809.pdf Sport NI Annual review 2008/09 18 sportni.net 14 May 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130928175439/http://www.sportni.net/NR/rdonlyres/5854FC89-D9B6-4B17-9C60-34D977CEBEB0/0/AnnualReview200809.pdf 28 September 2013 http://www.sportni.net/NR/rdonlyres/88EBC640-5B2B-4D72-BE0E-DB9BED9905C8/0/AnnualReview0910.pdf Sport NI Annual review 2009/10 16 sportni.net 14 May 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131024222032/http://www.sportni.net/NR/rdonlyres/88EBC640-5B2B-4D72-BE0E-DB9BED9905C8/0/AnnualReview0910.pdf 24 October 2013 Ballinamallard United Ferney Park Ballinamallard 2,000 (250 seated) Ballymena United The Showgrounds Ballymena 3,050 (all seated) Cliftonville Solitude Belfast 2,530 (all seated) Coleraine The Showgrounds Coleraine 2,496 (1,106 seated) Crusaders Seaview Belfast 3,383 (all seated) Donegal Celtic Donegal Celtic Park Belfast 2,330 (650 seated) Dungannon Swifts Stangmore Park Dungannon 5,000 (600 seated) Glenavon Mourneview Park Lurgan 4,160 (4,000 seated) Glentoran The Oval Belfast 5,056 (3,991 seated) Linfield Windsor Park Belfast 12,342 (all seated) Lisburn Distillery New Grosvenor Stadium Ballyskeagh 7,000 (540 seated) Portadown Shamrock Park Portadown 3,940 (2,740 seated) League table main WDL QR CLI Cliftonville CRU Crusaders LIN Linfield GLT Glentoran BMD Ballinamallard United COL Coleraine POR Portadown BYM Ballymena United GLA Glenavon DUN Dungannon Swifts DGC Donegal Celtic LIS Lisburn Distillery y 29 4 5 95 38 C 26 5 7 82 41 17 11 10 69 48 15 12 11 63 44 15 8 15 49 43 13 14 11 50 57 15 10 13 55 55 11 13 14 54 68 12 6 20 64 62 9 13 16 42 58 6 9 23 32 80 R 4 7 27 29 90 R After 33 games, clubs in the bottom half of the table at the split cannot climb into the top half, regardless of the number of points earned during matches 34–38. green1 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round CL2Q blue1 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round Glentoran also qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2012–13 Irish Cup. EL1Q EL1Q EL1Q red2 Qualification to Promotion/relegation play-off RP red1 Relegation to NIFL Championship 1 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 Matches 1–22 During matches 1–22 each team played every other team twice (home and away). main FBR grey BMD BYM CLI COL CRU DGC DUN GLA GLT LIN LIS POR Ballinamallard United 0–0 1–3 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–4 1–3 2–0 2–0 Ballymena United 1–1 0–8 0–2 2–1 3–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 Cliftonville 0–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 4–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 4–0 3–2 Coleraine 1–5 4–1 1–5 3–1 2–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 3–2 2–1 1–1 Crusaders 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 5–1 2–0 2–2 3–1 2–0 Donegal Celtic 0–3 1–0 0–1 1–3 2–5 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–3 0–3 1–1 Dungannon Swifts 0–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 Glenavon 0–1 4–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 4–2 0–1 1–1 2–3 4–1 2–2 Glentoran 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–1 Linfield 1–3 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 4–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 Lisburn Distillery 0–5 0–4 1–2 1–1 1–3 3–3 2–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–5 Portadown 2–1 2–2 3–3 3–4 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–4 2–4 4–2 complete rsssf.com Matches 23–33 During matches 23–33 each team played every other team for the third time (either at home, or away). main FBR grey BMD BYM CLI COL CRU DGC DUN GLA GLT LIN LIS POR Ballinamallard United null 0–1 null 1–3 null 4–0 3–1 null 0–0 null 0–1 Ballymena United 3–0 null 0–1 null 2–2 null null 0–0 null 3–3 null Cliftonville null 5–0 5–0 null 2–1 2–0 null 4–1 null 4–0 null Coleraine 0–0 null null 1–3 0–0 null null 1–1 null 3–1 null Crusaders null 5–1 3–0 null null 1–1 null null 3–0 null 1–0 Donegal Celtic 1–0 null null null 0–3 null 1–0 null 1–4 0–3 Original 2–1 result overturned to 0–3 after Donegal Celtic fielded an ineligible player.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/21933782 DC back in automatic relegation picture after points deduction 25 March 2013 BBC Sport 25 March 2013 null Dungannon Swifts null 0–0 null 1–3 null 0–0 null null 1–4 1–0 2–0 Glenavon null 7–0 1–3 1–1 2–3 null 3–1 null 0–3 null null Glentoran 3–0 null null null 4–5 5–0 2–3 2–1 1–1 null null Linfield null 2–2 3–1 5–2 null null null null null 1–1 2–0 Lisburn Distillery 0–2 null null null 0–2 null null 2–1 0–3 null 1–1 Portadown null 0–0 1–3 2–0 null 1–0 null 3–1 0–1 null null complete rsssf.com Matches 34–38 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 in this round were chosen so that they played each other twice at home and twice away. Section A main FBR grey BMD CLI COL CRU GLT LIN Ballinamallard United null 1–1 null 0–0 null Cliftonville 2–1 null 3–1 null 3–2 Coleraine null 0–2 null null 1–1 Crusaders 3–1 null 2–1 3–2 null Glentoran null 3–0 1–1 null null Linfield 0–1 null null 1–2 1–0 complete rsssf.com Section B main FBR grey BYM DGC DUN GLA LIS POR Ballymena United null 1–2 0–2 null 6–1 Donegal Celtic 1–4 2–1 null null 1–2 Dungannon Swifts null null 2–3 null null Glenavon null 3–1 null 7–0 1–3 Lisburn Distillery 0–2 0–1 0–1 null null Portadown null null 1–1 null 1–0 complete rsssf.com Promotion/relegation play-off Donegal Celtic played Warrenpoint Town, the runners-up of the 2012–13 IFA Championship 1 in a two-legged tie for a place in next season's NIFL Premiership. Warrenpoint Town won the tie on the away goals rule to reach the top flight for the first time in the club's history. Donegal Celtic were relegated to next season's Championship 1. 7 May 2013 19:15 BST Warrenpoint Town 1 – 0 Report Donegal Celtic Hughes 77 Milltown, Warrenpoint 10 May 2013 19:45 BST Donegal Celtic 2 – 1 Report Warrenpoint Town McVeigh 45Miskimmin 83 McCabe 74 Donegal Celtic Park, Belfast 2–2 on aggregate. Warrenpoint Town won on away goals rule and were promoted. Donegal Celtic were relegated. Top scorers RankScorerClubGoalshttp://www.ifapremiership.com/index.php?option=com_jumi&fileid=12&Itemid=73 IFA PREMIERSHIP – TOP GOAL SCORERS 8 December 2012 ifapremiership.com 1NIR Liam BoyceCliftonville292NIR Andrew WaterworthGlentoran203NIR Darren MurrayPortadown184NIR Curtis AllenColeraine17NIR Joe GormleyCliftonville176NIR Jordan OwensCrusaders167NIR Timmy AdamsonCrusaders158SCO Gary McCutcheonCrusaders139NIR David CushleyBallymena United11NIR Brian McCaulLinfield11 References Association football Northern Ireland 2012-13 North 1