2000–01 Irish League

Irish First Division
Champions	Ards
Promoted	Ards
Matches played	180
Goals scored	527 (2.93 per match)

Irish Premier Division
Season	2000–01
Champions	Linfield; 44th Irish title
Relegated	Ballymena United
Matches played	180
Goals scored	507 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorer	Davy Larmour (17)
	← 1999-2000 2001–02 →

The Irish League in season 2000–01 comprised two divisions of 10 teams each, and Linfield won the championship.

Premier Division[]

Belfast

Ballymena United

Coleraine

Glenavon

Newry Town

Omagh Town

Portadown

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the 2000-01 Irish League Premier Division

2000–01 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

Cliftonville

Crusaders

Glentoran

Linfield

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Location of the Belfast-based teams in the Irish League Premier Division 2000-01

League standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or Relegation
1	Linfield (C)	36	22	9	5	75	31	2.419	75	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Glenavon	36	18	8	10	56	42	1.333	62	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Glentoran	36	15	12	9	52	37	1.405	57	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
4	Coleraine	36	14	11	11	48	44	1.091	53
5	Cliftonville	36	12	11	13	53	57	0.930	47	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
6	Newry Town	36	12	8	16	42	55	0.764	44
7	Omagh Town	36	11	10	15	48	54	0.889	43
8	Portadown	36	10	11	15	48	60	0.800	41
9	Crusaders	36	8	11	17	44	59	0.746	35	Qualification for the promotion/relegation play-off
10	Ballymena United (R)	36	9	7	20	41	68	0.603	34	Relegation to the First Division

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Results[]

Matches 1–18[]

Home \ Away	BLM	CLI	COL	CRU	GLV	GLT	LIN	NEW	OMA	POR
Ballymena United		2–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–3	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–1
Cliftonville	2–2		1–0	0–3	2–1	1–0	1–3	1–0	1–2	0–0
Coleraine	0–2	2–2		1–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–0
Crusaders	2–3	0–4	1–1		0–2	0–1	0–2	1–3	0–0	0–1
Glenavon	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0		0–0	0–1^[a]	0–1	3–0	1–2
Glentoran	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1		0–1	0–0	1–2	3–1
Linfield	2–2	3–0	0–3	0–0	3–0	1–1		1–3	1–1	0–0
Newry Town	0–2	0–3	0–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	0–0		0–2	0–0
Omagh Town	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–0	2–2		0–0
Portadown	1–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–3	0–3	2–0	1–2

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ The 1st round match between Glenavon and Linfield (originally finished 0–0) was rated 0–1. Glenavon had substituted an ineligible player.

Matches 19–36[]

Home \ Away	BLM	CLI	COL	CRU	GLV	GLT	LIN	NEW	OMA	POR
Ballymena United		2–2	0–1	2–1	1–2	1–3	1–5	1–0	2–1	3–3
Cliftonville	3–1		1–1	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–4	2–2	2–2	5–3
Coleraine	1–0	3–1		2–2	0–2	5–2	1–1	5–2	1–3	3–3
Crusaders	3–1	1–2	2–3		4–3	1–1	1–3	2–2	2–1	2–1
Glenavon	4–0	1–0	2–1	1–1		3–0	0–4	1–0	3–0	3–3
Glentoran	2–1	4–0	0–1	2–0	2–2		2–0	1–0	2–0	4–1
Linfield	4–1	4–2	3–1	3–1	4–2	2–0		2–0	3–2	4–1
Newry Town	5–2	2–1	2–0	3–2	1–4	1–3	0–2		1–0	4–3
Omagh Town	4–0	2–2	3–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	1–5	2–3		2–1
Portadown	3–2	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–2	4–1	1–0	4–0	1–4

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

First Division[]

Ards

Armagh City

Ballyclare Comrades

Bangor

Carrick

Dungannon Swifts

Institute

Larne

Limavady United

Lisburn Distillery

Newry Town

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Location of teams in the 2000–01 Irish League First Division

League standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or Promotion
1	Ards (C, P)	36	21	10	5	69	31	2.226	73	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Lisburn Distillery	36	20	11	5	66	37	1.784	71	Qualification for the promotion/relegation play-off
3	Armagh City	36	19	9	8	74	52	1.423	66
4	Bangor	36	18	9	9	56	42	1.333	63
5	Institute	36	16	7	13	58	48	1.208	55
6	Larne	36	12	9	15	53	62	0.855	45
7	Dungannon Swifts	36	10	11	15	45	48	0.938	41
8	Limavady United	36	9	10	17	37	51	0.725	37
9	Ballyclare Comrades	36	5	8	23	35	69	0.507	23
10	Carrick Rangers	36	6	4	26	34	87	0.391	22

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted

References[]

Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

[table_note_GLV_LIN0.10873064636659-1] The 1st round match between Glenavon and Linfield (originally finished 0–0) was rated 0–1. Glenavon had substituted an ineligible player.

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