2004–05 Irish Premier League

Irish Premier League
Season	2004–05
Champions	Glentoran; 22nd Irish title
Relegated	Crusaders; Omagh Town
UEFA Champions League	Glentoran
UEFA Cup	Linfield; Portadown
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Lisburn Distillery
Matches played	240
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

Belfast

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the 2004–05 Irish Premier League

2004–05 Irish Premier League is located in Greater Belfast

Location of the Belfast-based teams in the 2004–05 Irish Premier League

The 2004–05 Irish Premier League was the 104th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football, and the 2nd edition in its current format (as the Irish Premier League) since its inception in 2003. The league consisted of 16 teams, and Glentoran won the championship.

Summary

Omagh Town were relegated after finishing bottom of the table and subsequently dissolved on 7 June 2005 owing to financial problems. Crusaders were relegated after a 3-1 defeat on aggregate to Glenavon in the promotion play-off.^[1]

Before the start of the season Newry Town changed name to Newry City following the change in official status of Newry in 2002.^[2]

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Glentoran (C)	30	24	2	4	73	22	+51	74	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	Linfield	30	22	6	2	78	23	+55	72	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	Portadown	30	18	4	8	64	29	+35	58	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4	Dungannon Swifts	30	15	5	10	57	39	+18	50
5	Limavady United	30	13	9	8	52	36	+16	48
6	Coleraine	30	14	5	11	62	47	+15	47
7	Lisburn Distillery	30	13	8	9	49	42	+7	47	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
8	Ballymena United	30	11	12	7	40	37	+3	45
9	Institute	30	11	3	16	36	50	−14	36
10	Newry City	30	10	5	15	38	63	−25	35
11	Cliftonville	30	9	7	14	29	44	−15	34
12	Loughgall	30	8	6	16	34	53	−19	30
13	Larne	30	7	7	16	31	60	−29	28
14	Ards	30	6	8	16	33	54	−21	26
15	Crusaders (R)	30	5	9	16	27	48	−21	24	Qualification to Promotion/relegation play-off
16	Omagh Town (R)	30	5	2	23	32	88	−56	17	Relegation to Irish 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) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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

Home \ Away	ARD	BYM	CLI	COL	CRU	DUN	GLT	INS	LRN	LIM	LIN	LIS	LOU	NEW	OMA	POR
Ards		1–1	3–0	1–2	2–2	1–3	0–3	1–2	0–3	0–1	2–2	0–1	0–0	5–1	2–0	0–1
Ballymena United	2–2		1–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	0–3	1–1	0–0	2–1	3–4	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0
Cliftonville	3–1	0–0		1–4	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–3	0–1	2–1	0–2
Coleraine	3–0	0–2	3–1		1–1	4–2	0–1	2–4	3–0	1–2	0–4	1–3	2–0	6–1	3–4	2–2
Crusaders	0–2	2–3	0–2	1–1		0–3	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	3–2	0–1	3–1	0–1
Dungannon Swifts	7–0	1–2	3–1	0–1	0–0		2–0	3–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–3
Glentoran	2–0	4–2	4–0	1–0	4–1	5–0		2–0	3–0	2–0	3–2	1–0	2–0	3–1	3–0	1–2
Institute	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	2–0	3–2	0–1		3–0	0–3	0–1	1–3	3–0	2–1	0–1	2–1
Larne	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–5	5–2	3–2	0–5	2–0		0–4	0–2	0–0	2–3	0–1	2–0	2–3
Limavady United	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–3	1–1	3–2	2–2	5–1	6–0		0–1	2–2	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–2
Linfield	3–0	0–1	3–1	4–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	4–1		5–2	3–0	2–0	6–1	0–0
Lisburn Distillery	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–2	3–2	2–0	2–1	3–2	2–1	1–1	0–4		3–1	1–3	6–1	2–0
Loughgall	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–5	2–0	1–2	1–3	0–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	2–1		1–1	1–3	0–2
Newry City	1–0	1–1	4–2	0–1	2–0	0–4	0–4	4–1	1–3	2–2	0–3	0–0	2–5		2–1	0–6
Omagh Town	2–1	0–2	0–5	1–3	1–3	1–4	2–3	0–1	3–0	2–5	1–8	2–3	0–2	2–2		1–2
Portadown	2–3	3–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	4–3	4–0	3–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	2–2	2–3	9–0

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

Promotion/relegation play-off

Crusaders, the club that finished in the relegation play-off place, faced Glenavon, the runners-up of the 2004–05 Irish First Division in a two-legged tie for a place in next season's Irish Premier League.

3 May 2005

Glenavon	1 – 1	Crusaders

Mourneview Park, Lurgan

6 May 2005

Crusaders	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Glenavon

Seaview, Belfast

Glenavon won 3–2 on aggregate and were promoted, Crusaders were relegated.

References

[1] Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

[2] BBC report - Two NI towns awarded city status

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v t e 2004–05 in Northern Irish football
Domestic leagues	Irish Premier League Irish First Division
Domestic cups	Irish Cup Irish League Cup County Antrim Shield
All-Ireland competitions	Setanta Sports Cup
European competitions	UEFA Champions League UEFA Cup UEFA Intertoto Cup
Related to national team	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group 6)

v t e 2004–05 in European men's football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '04 '05 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '04 '05 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '04 '05 Faroe Islands '04 '05 Finland '04 '05 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '04 '05 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '04 '05 Latvia '04 '05 Lithuania '04 '05 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '04 '05 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '04 '05 Romania Russia '04 '05 San Marino Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '04 '05 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '04 '05 Finland '04 '05 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '04 '05 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '04 '05 Latvia '04 '05 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '04 '05 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '04 '05 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '04 '05 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Finland '04 '05 France Germany Iceland '04 '05 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland '04 '05 Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (qualifying rounds, group stage, knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (qualifying rounds, first round, group stage, final stage, Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup