2004–05 Irish Premier League

Irish Premier League 2004–05 Glentoran22nd Irish title CrusadersOmagh Town UEFA Champions League Glentoran UEFA Cup LinfieldPortadown UEFA Intertoto Cup Lisburn Distillery Chris Morgan (19 goals) 240 2003–04 2005–06 UK Northern Ireland right 350 Location of teams in the 2004–05 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 54.87016 -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 54.85013 -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 bottom Lisburn Distillery UK Northern Ireland 54.16089 -6.332138 bottom Newry City UK Northern Ireland 54.61023 -7.291660 top Omagh Town UK Northern Ireland 54.41306 -6.457686 bottom Portadown UK Northern Ireland 55.32 -8.2 TransparentPlaceholder.png Belfast teams : CliftonvilleCrusadersGlentoranLinfield Greater Belfast 350 right Location of the Belfast-based teams in the 2004–05 Irish Premier League Greater Belfast 54.619250 -5.947383 left Cliftonville Greater Belfast 54.62428 -5.922017 top Crusaders Greater Belfast 54.60270 -5.893478 right Glentoran Greater Belfast 54.57083 -5.963302 bottom Linfield The 2004–05 Irish Premier League was the 104th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football, and the 2nd edition in its current format (as the Irish Premier League) since its inception in 2003. The league consisted of 16 teams, and Glentoran won the championship. Summary Omagh Town were relegated after finishing bottom of the table and subsequently dissolved on 7 June 2005 owing to financial problems. Crusaders were relegated after a 3-1 defeat on aggregate to Glenavon in the promotion play-off.Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF) Before the start of the season Newry Town changed name to Newry City following the change in official status of Newry in 2002.BBC report - Two NI towns awarded city status League standings main WDL 5 QR GLT Glentoran LIN Linfield POR Portadown DUN Dungannon Swifts LIM Limavady United COL Coleraine DIS Lisburn Distillery BLM Ballymena United INS Institute NEW Newry City CLI Cliftonville LOU Loughgall LAR Larne ARD Ards CRU Crusaders OMA Omagh Town 24 2 4 73 22 C 22 6 2 78 23 18 4 8 64 29 15 5 10 57 39 13 9 8 52 36 14 5 11 62 47 13 8 9 49 42 11 12 7 40 37 11 3 16 36 50 10 5 15 38 63 9 7 14 29 44 8 6 16 34 53 7 7 16 31 60 6 8 16 33 54 5 9 16 27 48 R 5 2 23 32 88 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 BYM CLI COL CRU DUN GLT INS LRN LIM LIN LIS LOU NEW OMA POR Glentoran 3–2 1–2 5–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 4–2 2–0 3–1 4–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 4–1 3–0 Linfield 1–1 0–0 2–1 4–1 4–1 5–2 0–1 3–1 2–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 6–1 Portadown 4–3 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 4–0 2–3 3–0 2–2 3–0 2–3 0–0 9–0 Dungannon Swifts 2–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 3–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 7–0 0–0 2–0 Limavady United 2–2 0–1 0–2 3–2 0–3 2–2 2–1 5–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 6–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 Coleraine 0–1 0–4 2–2 4–2 1–2 1–3 0–2 2–4 6–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 1–1 3–4 Lisburn Distillery 2–1 0–4 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–2 3–2 1–3 3–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 3–2 6–1 Ballymena United 0–3 3–4 2–0 1–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 Institute 0–1 0–1 2–1 3–2 0–3 3–1 1–3 1–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 Newry City 0–4 0–3 0–6 0–4 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 4–1 4–2 2–5 1–3 1–0 2–0 2–1 Cliftonville 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–4 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–3 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 Loughgall 1–3 0–4 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–5 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 3–1 2–0 1–3 Larne 0–5 0–2 2–3 3–2 0–4 1–5 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–3 2–2 5–2 2–0 Ards 0–3 2–2 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 5–1 3–0 0–0 0–3 2–2 2–0 Crusaders 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–3 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–3 1–0 0–1 0–2 3–2 1–1 0–2 3–1 Omagh Town 2–3 1–8 1–2 1–4 2–5 1–3 2–3 0–2 0–1 2–2 0–5 0–2 3–0 2–1 1–3 complete Irish League Archive Promotion/relegation play-off Crusaders, the club that finished in the relegation play-off place, faced Glenavon, the runners-up of the 2004–05 Irish First Division in a two-legged tie for a place in next season's Irish Premier League. 3 May 2005 Glenavon 1 – 1 Crusaders Mourneview Park, Lurgan 6 May 2005 Crusaders 1 – 2 Glenavon yes Seaview, Belfast Glenavon won 3–2 on aggregate and were promoted, Crusaders were relegated. References Association football Northern Ireland Category:NIFL Premiership seasons 1 Northern