List of football clubs in Northern Ireland
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IFA PremiershipIFA PremiershipThe IFA Premiership – formerly the Irish Premier League, and before that the Irish Football League–and still known in popular parlance simply as the Irish League, is the national football league in Northern Ireland, and was historically the league for the whole of Ireland. Clubs in the league are...
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Finishing position in 2009-10 |
First season in top division |
First season of current spell in top division |
Total seasons in top division |
average home attendance 09/10 |
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| Ballymena United Ballymena United F.C. Ballymena United, is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Premiership. The club hails from the town of Ballymena, County Antrim and plays its home matches at Ballymena Showgrounds. Club colours are sky blue and white. Away Colours are Red and BlackThe club was... |
9th | 1928/29 | 1928/29 | 71 | 899 (17 games) |
| Cliftonville Cliftonville F.C. Cliftonville Football & Athletic Club is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Premiership. Founded on 20 September 1879 by John McCredy McAlery in the suburb of Cliftonville in north Belfast, it is the oldest football club in Ireland and celebrated its 130th... |
3rd | 1890/91 | 1890/91 | 109 | 853 (17 games) |
| Coleraine Coleraine F.C. Coleraine F.C. is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club, playing in the IFA Premiership. The club, founded in 1927, hails from Coleraine, County Londonderry and plays its home matches at the Showgrounds. Club colours are blue and white... |
7th | 1927/28 | 1996/97 | 75 | 1034 (17 games) |
| Crusaders Crusaders F.C. Crusaders Football Club is a semi-professional, Northern Irish association football club, playing in the IFA Premiership. The club, founded in 1898, hails from Belfast and plays its home matches at Seaview. Club colours are red and black. The current manager is Stephen Baxter, appointed in 2005... |
4th | 1949/50 | 2006/07 | 60 | 1027 (16 games) |
| Donegal Celtic | 2nd (IFA Championship 1) | 2006/07 | 2010/11 | 2 | |
| Dungannon Swifts Dungannon Swifts F.C. Dungannon Swifts F.C. is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Premiership. The club, founded in 1949, has risen from the Mid-Ulster league to the top tier in Northern Ireland since its election to the Irish League First Division in 1997... |
6th | 2003/04 | 2003/04 | 7 | 528 (16 games) |
| Glenavon Glenavon F.C. Glenavon F.C. is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Premiership. The club, founded in 1889, hails from Lurgan and plays its home matches at Mourneview Park... |
8th | 1911/12 | 2005/06 | 87 | 847 (18 games) |
| Glentoran Glentoran F.C. Glentoran F.C. is a semi-professional, football club in Northern Ireland. The club was founded in 1882 and plays its home games at the Oval in east Belfast. Club colours are green, red, and black.Glentoran's biggest rivals are Linfield... |
2nd | 1890/91 | 1890/91 | 109 | 1682 (14 games) |
| Linfield Linfield F.C. Linfield F.C. , is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club, whose home ground is Windsor Park in Belfast, which is also the home of the Northern Ireland international team.... |
1st | 1890/91 | 1890/91 | 109 | 1884 (18 games) |
| Lisburn Distillery Lisburn Distillery F.C. Lisburn Distillery is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Premiership. The club, founded in 1880, originated in west Belfast, where it was based at Grosvenor Park at Distillery Street off the Grosvenor Road until 1971... |
11th | 1890/91 | 2002/03 | 103 | 331 (17 games) |
| Newry City Newry City F.C. Newry City is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 1. The club, founded in 1923, is based in Newry, County Down and plays its home matches at The Showgrounds. Club colours are blue and white... |
10th | 1923/24 | 1998/99 | 41 | 341 (18 games) |
| Portadown Portadown F.C. Portadown F.C. is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club which plays in the IFA Premiership.The club was founded in the late 1880s and joined the Irish League in 1924. It is based in Portadown in County Armagh and plays its home games at Shamrock Park... |
5th | 1924/25 | 2009/10 | 78 | 896 (17 games) |
IFA Championship
Championship 1| Club |
Finishing position in 2009-10 2009–10 IFA Championship -League table:-Results:Each team played every other team twice for a total of 26 games.... |
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| Ards Ards F.C. Ards F.C. is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 1. The club, founded in 1900, is from Newtownards, but plays its home matches at Dixon Park in Ballyclare, which it shares with Ballyclare Comrades... |
4th |
| Ballinamallard United | 6th |
| Ballyclare Comrades Ballyclare Comrades F.C. Ballyclare Comrades is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 2. The club was founded in 1919 by veterans of the 1914–18 War, most of them from "C" Company of the 12th Royal Irish Rifles - a battalion made up entirely of East Antrim men, who fought at the Somme... |
12th |
| Ballymoney United Ballymoney United F.C. Ballymoney United is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 2. The club, founded in 1944, hails from Ballymoney, County Antrim and currently plays its home matches at the Riada Stadium in Ballymoney, which is shared with Glebe Rangers. Club colours are all blue... |
7th |
| Banbridge Town Banbridge Town F.C. Banbridge Town is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 1. The club, founded in 1947, hails from Banbridge, County Down and plays its home matches at Crystal Park. Club colours are red and black... |
9th |
| Bangor Bangor F.C. Bangor Football Club is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 1. The club, founded in 1918, hails from Bangor and plays its home matches at Clandeboye Park. Club colours are gold and royal blue... |
11th |
| Carrick Rangers | 5th |
| Dergview Dergview F.C. Dergview is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Championship 1. The club, founded in 1980, hails from Castlederg, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, and plays its matches at Darragh Park. Club colours are red, black, and white. The current manager is Adrian Forbes... |
2nd (Championship 2) |
| Glebe Rangers Glebe Rangers F.C. Glebe Rangers F.C. is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 1. They hail from Ballymoney, County Antrim.-Admission to the League:... |
10th |
| Harland & Wolff Welders Harland & Wolff Welders F.C. Harland & Wolff Welders FC are an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 1. The club, founded in 1965, hails from Belfast and plays its home matches at Tillysburn Park. The club was formed by the welders of the nearby Harland & Wolff shipyard.Harland & Wolff Welders... |
1st (Championship 2) |
| Institute Institute F.C. Institute F.C. is a Northern Irish intermediate football club who play in IFA Championship 1.The club, founded in 1905, are based in the Drumahoe area of Derry and play their home matches at the Riverside Stadium in the YMCA Grounds... |
12th (IFA Premiership IFA Premiership The IFA Premiership – formerly the Irish Premier League, and before that the Irish Football League–and still known in popular parlance simply as the Irish League, is the national football league in Northern Ireland, and was historically the league for the whole of Ireland. Clubs in the league are... ) |
| Larne Larne F.C. Larne F.C. is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 1. The club, founded in 1889, hails from Larne and plays its home matches at Inver Park. Club colours are red and white... |
8th |
| Limavady United | 3rd |
| Loughgall Loughgall F.C. Loughgall F.C. is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 1. The club, founded in 1967, is situated in the village of Loughgall, near Armagh in County Armagh... |
1st |
Championship 2
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Finishing position in 2009-10 2009–10 IFA Championship -League table:-Results:Each team played every other team twice for a total of 26 games.... |
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| Annagh United | 12th |
| Armagh City Armagh City F.C. Armagh City F.C. is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Championship 2. The club, founded in 1964 as Milford Everton, and originally hailed from the village of Milford, just outside Armagh city, but changed their name in 1988 on relocation to Armagh... |
14th (Championship 1) |
| Chimney Corner Chimney Corner F.C. Chimney Corner is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 2. The club, founded in 1952, hails from Antrim and plays its home matches at Allen Park. Club colours are red and white. The current manager is Stephen Hughes. They have a reserve team which was founded in... |
15th |
| Coagh United | 13th (Championship 1) |
| Dundela Dundela F.C. Dundela F.C. is an intermediate, Northern Irish football team from Belfast. It currently plays in IFA Championship 2, and plays its home matches at Wilgar Park, nicknamed "the Hen Run". The club's colours are green and white. The home kit has green shirts, white shorts and green or white socks,... |
3rd |
| Killymoon Rangers Killymoon Rangers F.C. Killymoon Rangers F.C. is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 2. It hails from Cookstown, County Tyrone.-Club history:... |
13th |
| Knockbreda Parish | 5th |
| Lurgan Celtic Lurgan Celtic F.C. Lurgan Celtic is an intermediate, Northern Irish football team based in Lurgan, County Armagh, and plays in IFA Championship 2. Its home ground is Knockrammer Park... |
10th |
| Moyola Park Moyola Park F.C. Moyola Park Association Football Club is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 2. The club, founded in 1880, hails from Castledawson, near Magherafelt, County Londonderry, and plays its home matches at the Mill Meadow, which has an artificial "3G" surface... |
9th |
| Portstewart Portstewart F.C. Portstewart F.C. is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 2. The club, founded in 1968, hails from Portstewart, County Londonderry and plays its home matches at Seahaven, near the centre of the town.... |
7th |
| PSNI PSNI F.C. PSNI is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club, associated with the Police Service of Northern Ireland. Its home ground is Newforge Lane in Belfast.... |
4th |
| Queen's University Belfast | 8th |
| Sport & Leisure Swifts Sport & Leisure Swifts F.C. Sport & Leisure Swifts F.C. is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 2. The club hails from Belfast. It was founded in 1978 and played in the County Down Premier League and the Dunmurry League, before joining the Northern Amateur League in 1990.The club joined... |
11th |
| Tobermore United Tobermore United F.C. Tobermore United is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 1. The club, founded in 1965, is based in Tobermore, near Magherafelt, County Londonderry and currently plays its home matches at Fortwilliam Park. Club colours are red and black... |
6th |
| Wakehurst Wakehurst F.C. Wakehurst is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 2. The club, founded in 1969, hails from Ballymena, although plays its home matches at Moyola Park's ground at Mill Meadow... |
14th |
| Warrenpoint Town Warrenpoint Town F.C. Warrenpoint Town is a Northern Irish intermediate-level football club playing in IFA Championship 1.They have many youth teams going from U-9 right up to U-17. There are U-12s,U13s,U14S AND U15s playing in the national league with U-11 , U12s playing in the Mid Ulster league... |
1st (Mid-Ulster Intermediate A) |
Mid-Ulster Football LeagueMid-Ulster Football LeagueThe Daily Mirror Mid-Ulster Football League, or simply referred to as the Mid-Ulster League, is an association football league in Northern Ireland. It contains 9 divisions...
Intermediate A
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Intermediate B
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Division 1
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Ballymena & Provincial Intermediate LeagueBallymena & Provincial Intermediate LeagueThe Ballymena and Provincial Intermediate League is a regional intermediate league in Northern Ireland. The league is split into four divisions: the Premier Division and three junior divisions: Junior Divisions 1, 2 and 3.- Clubs in membership :...
Premier Division
- Ballycastle UnitedBallycastle United F.C.Ballycastle United Football Club currently compete in the Coleraine and District morning league, having formerly played in intermediate-level the Premier division of the Ballymena & Provincial Intermediate League in Northern Ireland.-External links:*...
- Ballynure Old BoysBallynure Old Boys F.C.Ballynure Old Boys Football Club, also known as Ballynure O.B., is an intermediate-level football club playing in the Premier division of the Ballymena & Provincial Intermediate League in Northern Ireland. The club was founded in 1969...
- Brantwood F.C.Brantwood F.C.Brantwood is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in the Ballymena & Provincial Intermediate League. The club, founded in 1901, hails from Belfast and plays its home matches at Skegoneill Avenue. Club colours are royal blue...
- Clough Rangers Athletic
- Cookstown Olympic
- Desertmatin
- DunloyDunloy FCDunloy Fc is a football club associated with Dunloy, a village in northern County Antrim, Northern Ireland situated between Ballymena and Ballymoney....
- FC Ballynure
- Kilbride Swifts
- Portglenone
- Raceview
- Rasharkin United
Northern Ireland Intermediate LeagueNorthern Ireland Intermediate LeagueThe Northern Ireland Intermediate League is an amateur intermediate league based in the north-west region of Northern Ireland.- Clubs in membership :* Ardstraw* Churchill United* Draperstown Celtic* Dungiven Celtic* Magherafelt Sky Blues...
- Ardstraw
- Churchill United
- Draperstown CelticDraperstown Celtic FCDraperstown Celtic is a football club from the village of Draperstown, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club, founded in 1968, plays its home matches at Cahore Playing Fields. Club colours are green and white. The current manager is Martin McGuigan....
- Dungiven
- Magherafelt Sky Blues F.C.Magherafelt Sky Blues F.C.Magherafelt Sky Blues is a football club from Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club, founded in 1970, plays its home matches at Spires Park. Club colours are sky blue and navy...
- Mountjoy
- Newbuildings
- NFC Kesh
- Oxford United StarsOxford United Stars F.C.Oxford United Stars F.C. is a Northern Ireland football club, founded in 1937, based in Derry. It currently competes in the Northern Ireland Intermediate League. They are known as the U2's in reference to Oxford United's nickname 'The U's'...
- Roe Valley
- Strabane
- U.U.C.
Northern Amateur Football LeagueNorthern Amateur Football LeagueThe Northern Amateur Football League, also known as the Northern Amateur League and often simply as the Amateur League, is an association football league in Northern Ireland. It contains 13 divisions...
Premier Division
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Division 1A
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Division 1B
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Division 1C
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Northwest Saturday Morning League
Premier Division
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First Division
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Senior Sunday Morning League
Premier Division
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First Division
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Coleraine and District League
Premier League
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Morning League
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Defunct clubs
- Alton United F.C.Alton United F.C.Alton United F.C. is a defunct Irish football club who were based in Belfast, Northern Ireland and played in the Falls District League.During their time in the Falls District League, Alton United played their home matches in the Falls Road area of Belfast at Shauns Park and also at Celtic Park, the...
- Belfast Celtic F.C.
- Derry Celtic F.C.Derry Celtic F.C.Derry Celtic Football Club was a football club from Derry, Ireland. The club, formed as St Columb's Hall in 1890, changing to St Columb's Hall Celtic in 1893 after amalgamating with other Derry clubs Rosemount, Clooney Park and Ivy, and Derry Celtic in 1900, was once the primary team in the city,...
- Derry Olympic F.C.Derry Olympic F.C.Derry Olympic Football Club was a football club from Derry, Ireland that was formed in 1891, but became defunct in 1893. The club was the primary team in the city when it competed in the Belfast and District League 1892-1893 season, even though it finished bottom without a single victory. It had...
- Omagh Town F.C.Omagh Town F.C.Omagh Town Football and Athletic Club was a Northern Irish association football club that was based in Omagh, County Tyrone. Founded in 1962, the club played in the Irish Football League from 1990 up until its closure in 2005. They won the North West Senior Cup on six occasions and competed in the...
- Queen's Island F.C.
- Ulster F.C.Ulster F.C.Ulster Football Club is a former Irish football club based in Ballynafeigh, Belfast. It was initially founded in 1877 as a rugby club, but later switched codes to association football. It was subsequently a founding member of the Irish Football League in 1890...
- Willowfield F.C.Willowfield F.C.Willowfield is a defunct intermediate football club which existed in Northern Ireland during the inter-war years.In the 1927/28 season, it became the first team from outside the Irish League to win the Irish Cup since the League's formation in 1890. They defeated Larne 1-0 in the final at Windsor...
See also
- List of association football clubs in the Republic of Ireland