1999–2000 Irish League

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.

Irish League Premier Division

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

Premier Division

Belfast

Ballymena United

Coleraine

Glenavon

Lisburn Distillery

Newry Town

Portadown

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Glentoran
Linfield

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

Cliftonville

Crusaders

Glentoran

Linfield

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	180
Goals	536 (2.98 per match)
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

Ards

Armagh City

Ballyclare Comrades

Bangor

Carrick

Dungannon Swifts

Institute

Larne

Limavady United

Newry Town

Omagh Town

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

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4 May 2000

Cliftonville	1 – 0	Ards

Solitude, Belfast

Cliftonville won 3–0 on aggregate

References

• Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)