2006–07 Irish Premier League

Irish Premier League 2006–07 Linfield47th Irish title Loughgall UEFA Champions League Linfield UEFA Cup Dungannon SwiftsGlentoran UEFA Intertoto Cup Cliftonville Gary Hamilton (27 goals) 240 736 2005–06 2007–08 UK Northern Ireland right 350 Location of teams in the 2006–07 Irish Premier League UK Northern Ireland 12 54.602945 -5.891278 Belfast top 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 54.53607 -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 : CliftonvilleCrusadersDonegal CelticGlentoranLinfield Greater Belfast 350 right Location of the Belfast-based teams in the 2006–07 Irish Premier League Greater Belfast 54.619250 -5.947383 left Cliftonville Greater Belfast 54.62428 -5.922017 top Crusaders Greater Belfast 54.573711 -6.023605 top Donegal Celtic Greater Belfast 54.60270 -5.893478 right Glentoran Greater Belfast 54.57083 -5.963302 bottom Linfield The 2006–07 Irish Premier League was the 106th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football, and the 4th edition in its current format (as the Irish Premier League) since its inception in 2003. Linfield won the league for the 47th time and 2nd consecutive season. Summary The season began on 23 September 2006, and ended on 28 April 2007. Linfield was the defending champion, and successfully defended the title by 8 points to become champions for the 47th time. Loughgall was relegated after finishing bottom of the table, while Glenavon survived after beating Bangor 4–2 on penalties in the promotion play-off following a 1–1 draw on aggregate after extra time in the second leg. League table main WDL 5 QR LIN Linfield GLT Glentoran CLI Cliftonville POR Portadown LIS Lisburn Distillery CRU Crusaders COL Coleraine DUN Dungannon Swifts BYM Ballymena United LIM Limavady United ARM Armagh City NEW Newry City DGC Donegal Celtic LRN Larne GLA Glenavon LOU Loughgall 21 8 1 73 19 C 20 3 7 76 33 18 7 5 47 26 17 7 6 49 26 14 6 10 50 39 14 5 11 50 42 13 6 11 55 50 13 5 12 41 41 12 7 11 46 40 10 5 15 39 54 11 2 17 42 68 8 7 15 39 52 6 9 15 33 51 7 5 18 33 60 5 10 15 40 58 O 1 8 21 23 77 R green1 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round CL1 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round UC1 #CCCCFF Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round IC1 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round Since 2006–07 Irish Cup winners Linfield had qualified for the Champions League, Dungannon Swifts qualified for the 2007–08 UEFA Cup as Irish Cup runners-up. UC1b red2 Qualification to Promotion/relegation play-off QR red1 Relegation to Irish First Division R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete rsssf.com Results Each team played every other team twice (home and away) for a total of 30 games. main FBR grey ARM BYM CLI COL CRU DGC DUN GLA GLT LRN LIM LIN LIS LOU NEW POR Linfield 1–1 0–3 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 3–2 5–3 2–0 3–0 5–0 0–0 7–0 Glentoran 1–2 4–1 2–3 3–1 1–0 3–2 0–1 2–0 3–0 8–0 2–0 1–1 6–3 2–2 4–0 Cliftonville 0–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 4–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 Portadown 1–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 Lisburn Distillery 0–4 3–1 0–4 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 4–1 1–3 4–0 3–0 Crusaders 2–3 1–3 1–2 0–3 1–1 0–3 2–1 2–2 0–3 6–2 1–0 4–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 Coleraine 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 2–4 2–0 2–1 3–1 4–3 1–3 4–2 Dungannon Swifts 1–5 2–4 3–2 0–1 2–3 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 4–2 3–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 Ballymena United 0–0 3–2 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–3 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 4–2 4–1 Limavady United 0–4 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–5 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–3 2–3 1–1 2–1 3–2 4–1 Armagh City 0–2 0–3 1–3 2–3 1–2 1–3 4–3 0–1 0–3 4–2 1–3 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 Newry City 0–4 0–4 1–2 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–3 1–3 3–1 2–3 1–1 2–3 3–2 1–0 Donegal Celtic 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–4 2–1 0–2 1–3 0–0 3–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–3 1–1 Larne 0–0 0–4 1–3 0–1 1–5 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–3 0–1 0–4 2–1 3–0 3–0 Glenavon 2–4 0–3 0–1 1–4 1–1 0–1 3–3 1–2 3–1 0–1 2–3 1–2 3–3 1–1 2–0 Loughgall 0–6 1–3 1–2 0–3 1–2 0–5 1–3 1–1 3–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 complete Irish League Archive Promotion/relegation play-off Glenavon, the club that finished in the relegation play-off place, faced Bangor, the runners-up of the 2006–07 Irish First Division in a two-legged tie for a place in next season's Irish Premier League. Glenavon won the tie 4–2 on penalties after a 1-1 aggregate draw and retained their Premiership status. 11 May 2007 Bangor 0 – 1 Glenavon Clandeboye Park, Bangor 15 May 2007 Glenavon 0 – 1 yes Bangor Mourneview Park, Lurgan 4-2 1-1 on aggregate. Glenavon won 4–2 on penalties and remained in the Irish Premier League References External links Irish Football Club Project Soccerway rsssf Association football Northern Ireland Category:NIFL Premiership seasons 1 Northern