1999–2000 Irish League

Irish 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 Irish League in season 1999–2000 comprised two divisions of 10 teams each, and Linfield won the championship.

Premier Division

Belfast

Ballymena United

Coleraine

Glenavon

Lisburn Distillery

Newry Town

Portadown

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Glentoran
Linfield

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

Cliftonville

Crusaders

Glentoran

Linfield

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

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or Relegation
1	Linfield (C)	36	24	7	5	67	30	2.233	79	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Coleraine	36	18	7	11	64	42	1.524	61	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Glenavon	36	17	10	9	55	34	1.618	61	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
4	Glentoran	36	18	7	11	59	51	1.157	61	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
5	Portadown	36	15	7	14	64	62	1.032	52
6	Newry Town	36	11	7	18	44	58	0.759	40
7	Crusaders	36	9	13	14	41	55	0.745	40
8	Ballymena United	36	6	16	14	45	62	0.726	34
9	Cliftonville	36	7	13	16	38	59	0.644	34	Qualification for the promotion/relegation play-off
10	Lisburn Distillery (R)	36	9	5	22	39	63	0.619	32	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	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:
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:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

First Division

Irish First Division

Champions	Omagh Town
Promoted	Omagh Town
Matches played	180
Goals scored	536 (2.98 per match)

Ards

Armagh City

Ballyclare Comrades

Bangor

Carrick

Dungannon Swifts

Institute

Larne

Limavady United

Newry Town

Omagh Town

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

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or Promotion
1	Omagh Town (C, P)	36	20	10	6	65	35	1.857	70	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Ards	36	16	16	4	65	36	1.806	64	Qualification for the promotion/relegation play-off
3	Limavady United	36	17	9	10	54	42	1.286	60
4	Bangor	36	16	9	11	60	49	1.224	57
5	Larne	36	15	9	12	56	53	1.057	54
6	Institute	36	14	9	13	59	53	1.113	51
7	Armagh City	36	10	10	16	50	61	0.820	40
8	Dungannon Swifts	36	9	8	19	43	62	0.694	35
9	Carrick Rangers	36	8	10	18	45	64	0.703	34
10	Ballyclare Comrades	36	8	4	24	39	81	0.481	28

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

References

• Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)