2003–04 Irish Premier League

Irish Premier League 2003–04 Linfield45th Irish title Glenavon UEFA Champions League Linfield UEFA Cup PortadownGlentoran UEFA Intertoto Cup Ballymena United Glenn Ferguson (25 goals) 240 2002–03 2004–05 UK Northern Ireland right 350 Location of teams in the 2003–04 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 left Dungannon Swifts UK Northern Ireland 54.85013 -5.827303 top Larne UK Northern Ireland 55.051750 -6.936958 bottom Limavady United UK Northern Ireland 54.453889 -6.336389 top Glenavon 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 Town 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 2003–04 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 2003–04 Irish Premier League was the 103rd edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. For this season there was a change from the structure of previous seasons, with the First Division reverting to intermediate status and the new Premier Division being renamed as the Irish Premier League. The league consisted of 16 teams, and Linfield won the championship. League standings main WDL 5 QR LIN Linfield POR Portadown DIS Lisburn Distillery COL Coleraine GLT Glentoran BLM Ballymena United LIM Limavady United ARD Ards CRU Crusaders DUN Dungannon Swifts INS Institute NEW Newry Town OMA Omagh Town LAR Larne CLI Cliftonville GLV Glenavon 22 7 1 67 16 C 22 4 4 71 22 16 7 7 45 30 14 9 7 48 36 15 5 10 48 27 13 8 9 41 35 12 5 13 41 44 9 11 10 36 46 10 6 14 33 38 10 6 14 36 48 9 7 14 38 53 8 9 13 35 53 9 4 17 37 58 7 8 15 42 51 6 8 16 27 45 4 4 22 24 67 R green1 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round CL2 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round UC1 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round As Irish Cup winners UC1a #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 GLV GLT INS LRN LIM LIN LIS NEW OMA POR Linfield 0–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 4–1 3–2 2–2 1–0 2–0 6–0 5–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 Portadown 1–1 4–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 4–0 4–0 5–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 5–1 2–0 Lisburn Distillery 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–2 3–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 5–0 Coleraine 2–0 3–1 0–0 0–1 4–0 2–1 4–1 0–1 3–1 4–2 4–3 0–0 0–4 1–0 2–1 Glentoran 1–3 1–2 0–1 0–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 4–0 4–0 1–0 1–1 4–0 Ballymena United 0–0 1–4 1–4 3–1 0–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 4–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 4–0 Limavady United 0–2 0–6 0–3 3–3 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–3 3–1 2–1 1–0 3–2 0–0 3–1 2–0 Ards 0–4 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 2–2 4–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–4 Crusaders 1–3 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 2–2 4–1 3–2 0–0 0–4 Dungannon Swifts 0–4 1–2 2–0 3–2 1–4 0–0 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–5 2–2 3–1 Institute 0–0 0–3 0–2 2–2 3–1 0–4 0–4 0–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 1–0 Newry Town 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–3 3–1 4–0 Omagh Town 1–3 2–5 3–2 1–1 1–4 2–0 2–0 1–4 0–3 1–3 0–3 3–0 0–0 2–3 2–1 Larne 0–3 2–4 0–2 0–2 1–4 1–2 2–1 5–1 0–0 0–2 2–4 3–3 1–2 2–1 1–0 Cliftonville 1–4 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–3 3–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 Glenavon 0–2 0–3 2–2 0–0 1–2 0–3 2–3 1–2 2–1 2–2 0–2 0–2 0–3 0–4 1–1 The first three games of the season by Glentoran were subsequently rated 0–1 for the respective opponents. Glentoran had used an ineligible player. GLT_LIS GLT_LIS complete Irish League Archive Promotion/relegation play-off Cliftonville, the club that finished in the relegation play-off place, faced Armagh City, the runners-up of the 2003–04 Irish First Division in a two-legged tie for a place in next season's Irish Premier League. 4 May 2004 Armagh City 0 – 3 Cliftonville Holm Park, Armagh 7 May 2004 Cliftonville 1 – 1 Armagh City Solitude, Belfast Cliftonville won 4–1 on aggregate References Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF) Association football Northern Ireland Category:NIFL Premiership seasons 1 Northern