1999–2000 Irish League

Irish League Premier Division
Season	1999–2000
Champions	Linfield 43rd Irish title
Relegated	Lisburn Distillery
Matches played	180
Goals scored	516 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorer	Vinny Arkins (29)
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The 1999–2000 Irish League was the 99th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league consisted of 10 teams, and Linfield won the championship.

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Premier Division

Belfast

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Glentoran
Linfield

Location of teams in the 1999–2000 Irish League Premier Division

1999–2000 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

Location of the Belfast-based teams in the 1999–2000 Irish League Premier Division

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or Relegation
1	Linfield (C)	36	24	7	5	67	30	+37	79	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Coleraine	36	18	7	11	64	42	+22	61	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Glenavon	36	17	10	9	55	34	+21	61	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
4	Glentoran	36	18	7	11	59	51	+8	61	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
5	Portadown	36	15	7	14	64	62	+2	52
6	Newry Town	36	11	7	18	44	58	−14	40
7	Crusaders	36	9	13	14	41	55	−14	40
8	Ballymena United	36	6	16	14	45	62	−17	34
9	Cliftonville	36	7	13	16	38	59	−21	34	Qualification for the promotion/relegation play-off
10	Lisburn Distillery (R)	36	9	5	22	39	63	−24	32	Relegation to the First Division

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

Results

Matches 1–18

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

Source: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 19–36

Home \ Away	BLM	CLI	COL	CRU	GLV	GLT	LIN	DIS	NEW	POR
Ballymena United		2–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–3	2–1	2–2	2–4
Cliftonville	3–2		1–4	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–3	0–2	3–2	2–0
Coleraine	1–1	1–1		4–2	2–0	1–2	2–1	3–0	4–1	4–1
Crusaders	3–0	1–1	1–3		3–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–4
Glenavon	2–0	4–0	0–1	2–1		3–3	3–0	2–0	3–0	3–1
Glentoran	3–2	3–0	3–2	2–0	2–1		1–1	3–1	2–1	5–3
Linfield	3–2	3–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	2–0		3–2	3–2	3–1
Lisburn Distillery	3–4	1–0	1–3	2–2	1–2	2–0	1–4		2–3	2–1
Newry Town	3–1	3–2	3–0	2–0	0–2	3–4	0–3	2–1		1–1
Portadown	2–2	3–0	3–6	4–2	2–0	4–0	1–1	4–1	5–0

Source: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

First Division

Irish League First Division
Champions	Omagh Town
Promoted	Omagh Town
Matches played	180
Goals scored	536 (2.98 per match)
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

Location of teams in the 1999–2000 Irish League First Division

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or Promotion
1	Omagh Town (C, P)	36	20	10	6	65	35	+30	70	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Ards	36	16	16	4	65	36	+29	64	Qualification for the promotion/relegation play-off
3	Limavady United	36	17	9	10	54	42	+12	60
4	Bangor	36	16	9	11	60	49	+11	57
5	Larne	36	15	9	12	56	53	+3	54
6	Institute	36	14	9	13	59	53	+6	51
7	Armagh City	36	10	10	16	50	61	−11	40
8	Dungannon Swifts	36	9	8	19	43	62	−19	35
9	Carrick Rangers	36	8	10	18	45	64	−19	34
10	Ballyclare Comrades	36	8	4	24	39	81	−42	28

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

Promotion/relegation play-off

Cliftonville, who finished in the relegation play-off place, faced Ards, the 2nd-placed team in the First Division, in a two-legged tie for a place in next season's Irish League Premier Division.

2 May 2000

Ards	0 – 2	Cliftonville

Castlereagh Park, Newtownards

4 May 2000

Cliftonville	1 – 0	Ards

Solitude, Belfast

Cliftonville won 3–0 on aggregate

References

Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

v t e NIFL Premiership seasons
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Irish Premier League	2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08
IFA Premiership	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13
NIFL Premiership	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
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Northern Regional League (wartime)	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47

v <abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr> e 1999–2000 in Northern Ireland association football
Domestic leagues	Irish League Premier Division Irish League First Division
Domestic cups	Irish Cup Irish League Cup Gold Cup County Antrim Shield
European competitions	UEFA Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying (Group 3)

v t e 1999–2000 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '99 '00 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '99 '00 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina (Herzeg-Bosnia, Republika Srpska) Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '99 '00 Faroe Islands '99 '00 Finland '99 '00 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '99 '00 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '99 '00 Latvia '99 '00 Lithuania '99 '00 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '99 '00 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '99 '00 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '99 '00 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '99 '00 Finland '99 '00 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '99 '00 Israel Italy Latvia '99 '00 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '99 '00 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '99 '00 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland '99 '00 France Germany Iceland '99 '00 Israel Northern Ireland Poland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, Group stage, 2nd group stage, knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

Association football in Northern Ireland

Irish Football Association - Northern Ireland Women's Football Association

National teams

Leagues

Men	NIFL Premiership NIFL Championship NIFL Premier Intermediate League Ballymena & Provincial Football League Mid-Ulster Football League Northern Amateur Football League NIFL Premiership Development League
Women	Women's Premiership Championship 1 Championship 2

Domestic cups

Men	Irish Cup NI Football League Cup Scottish Challenge Cup NIFL Charity Shield County Antrim Shield Mid-Ulster Cup North West Senior Cup Irish Intermediate Cup Steel & Sons Cup Bob Radcliffe Cup Craig Memorial Cup
Women	IFA Women's Challenge Cup NIFL Women's Premiership League Cup All-Island Cup

Defunct leagues

Defunct cups

Awards

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Premier Division

League standings

Results

Matches 1–18

Matches 19–36

First Division

League standings

Promotion/relegation play-off

References