2005–06 Irish Premier League

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Irish Premier League
Season2005–06
ChampionsLinfield
46th Irish title
RelegatedInstitute
Ards
UEFA Champions LeagueLinfield
UEFA CupGlentoran
Portadown
UEFA Intertoto CupDungannon Swifts
Matches played240

The Irish Premier League in season 2005–06 comprised 16 teams, and Linfield won the championship. Ards were relegated after finishing bottom of the table, and Institute were relegated after a 3-1 defeat on aggregate to Donegal Celtic in the promotion play-off.

2005–06 Irish Premier League is located in Northern Ireland
Belfast
Belfast
Ards
Ards
Coleraine
Coleraine
Dungannon Swifts
Dungannon Swifts
Glenavon
Glenavon
Larne
Larne
Lisburn Distillery
Lisburn Distillery
Belfast teams : Cliftonville Glentoran Linfield
Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Glentoran
Linfield
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Location of teams in the 2005-06 Irish Premier League
2005–06 Irish Premier League is located in Greater Belfast
Glentoran
Glentoran
Linfield
Linfield
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Location of the Belfast-based teams in the Irish Premier League 2005-06

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Linfield (C) 30 23 6 1 88 23 +65 75 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 Glentoran 30 19 6 5 60 28 +32 63 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Portadown 30 16 6 8 56 36 +20 54
4 Dungannon Swifts 30 13 10 7 61 41 +20 49 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
5 Cliftonville 30 13 8 9 45 35 +10 47
6 Newry City 30 12 9 9 45 35 +10 45
7 Ballymena United 30 13 6 11 42 48 −6 45
8 Lisburn Distillery 30 12 8 10 44 38 +6 44
9 Coleraine 30 11 4 15 40 57 −17 37
10 Limavady United 30 9 9 12 42 49 −7 36
11 Loughgall 30 9 7 14 33 38 −5 34
12 Larne 30 7 9 14 42 63 −21 30
13 Glenavon 30 7 9 14 35 59 −24 30
14 Armagh City 30 9 3 18 38 69 −31 30
15 Institute (R) 30 6 8 16 37 58 −21 26 Qualification to Promotion/relegation play-off
16 Ards (R) 30 6 2 22 31 62 −31 20 Relegation to Intermediate League First Division
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Results[]

Each team played every other team twice (home and away) for a total of 30 games.

Home \ Away ARD ARM BYM CLI COL DUN GLA GLT INS LRN LIM LIN LIS LOU NEW POR
Ards 0–2 1–3 0–1 2–5 3–3 1–0[a] 0–1 1–4 1–3 2–1 0–4 0–1 1–0 1–3 1–2
Armagh City 3–0 0–1 1–3 3–0 0–0 0–4 5–2 1–2 1–2 3–3 0–1 1–6 0–1 2–1 2–2
Ballymena United 1–1 3–0 0–2 1–0 4–3 2–3 0–4 1–0 1–0 1–3 0–2 1–0 3–2 0–0 2–3
Cliftonville 0–1 8–1 2–2 0–1 0–3 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–2
Coleraine 2–4 4–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–5 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–3 1–3 1–1
Dungannon Swifts 4–2 2–1 2–2 1–0 6–1 6–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–2 2–3 2–2 3–0 1–1 0–1
Glenavon 1–0 1–3 2–2 2–2 1–2 2–2 0–3 0–0 2–3 2–1 0–5 2–2 0–4 1–4 0–1
Glentoran 2–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 3–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 5–1 0–1 1–4 0–0 1–0 3–2 5–1
Institute 2–1 4–0 0–1 2–3 0–1 3–3 1–2 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–9 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–2
Larne 3–1 2–3 1–2 2–4 1–4 1–0 2–2 1–3 1–1 2–3 2–4 3–1 0–0 1–1 2–1
Limavady United 1–0 3–0 2–2 1–2 3–3 1–1 1–1 0–2 3–3 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–4 0–2
Linfield 2–0 5–0 3–2 1–0 7–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 8–1 2–0 1–3 2–0 3–1 4–0
Lisburn Distillery 1–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–4 4–1 3–1 1–2 0–6 2–3 0–0 1–0
Loughgall 2–3 2–1 1–0 2–3 2–3 0–1 1–1 2–3 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 0–3 0–0
Newry City 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–3 5–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–3 0–0 0–2
Portadown 3–2 1–2 6–1 3–1 2–0 2–3 4–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 5–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 5–1
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The match between Ards and Glenavon (originally finished 0–3) was rated 1–0 due to the use of a player who was not eligible to play.

Promotion/relegation play-off[]

Institute, the club that finished in the relegation play-off place, faced Donegal Celtic, the runners-up of the 2005-06 Intermediate League First Division in a two-legged tie for a place in next season's Irish Premier League.

Donegal Celtic3 – 1Institute
Solitude, Belfast

Institute0 – 0Donegal Celtic
Riverside Stadium, Derry

Donegal Celtic won 3–1 on aggregate and were promoted, Institute were relegated.

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