2001–02 Irish League

The 2001–02 Irish League was the 101st edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league consisted of 10 teams, and Portadown won the championship.

Irish League Premier Division

Season	2001–02
Champions	Portadown 4th Irish title
Matches played	180
Goals scored	506 (2.81 per match)
Top goalscorer	Vinny Arkins (30 goals)
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

Premier Division

Belfast

Ards

Coleraine

Glenavon

Newry Town

Omagh Town

Portadown

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Glentoran
Linfield

Location of teams in the 2001–02 Irish League Premier Division

Cliftonville

Crusaders

Glentoran

Linfield

Location of the Belfast-based teams in the 2001–02 Irish League Premier Division

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portadown (C)	36	22	9	5	75	34	+41	75	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Glentoran	36	21	11	4	63	23	+40	74	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Linfield	36	17	11	8	64	35	+29	62
4	Coleraine	36	19	2	15	64	58	+6	59	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
5	Omagh Town	36	15	9	12	55	55	0	54
6	Cliftonville	36	9	11	16	37	46	−9	38
7	Glenavon	36	9	9	18	37	57	−20	36
8	Newry Town	36	8	12	16	40	62	−22	36
9	Crusaders	36	9	7	20	41	65	−24	34
10	Ards	36	6	9	21	30	71	−41	27

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Matches 1–18 Home \ Away ARD CLI COL CRU GLV GLT LIN NEW OMA POR Ards 2–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–4 2–4 1–4 1–3 1–4 Cliftonville 1–0 2–4 3–0 1–0 0–4 1–2 2–2 0–2 1–1 Coleraine 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–4 Crusaders 3–0 0–2 0–2 3–4 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 Glenavon 0–1 1–3 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–2 0–0 5–1 1–4 Glentoran 4–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 4–1 2–2 Linfield 4–0 2–2 3–1 4–0 1–3 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 Newry Town 0–1 1–0 3–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 Omagh Town 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 4–2 3–0 Portadown 2–1 3–1 3–4 4–1 4–0 0–1 1–2 4–0 2–0 Source: Irish League Archive Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 19–36 Home \ Away ARD CLI COL CRU GLV GLT LIN NEW OMA POR Ards 0–2 1–4 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 4–2 0–2 0–2 Cliftonville 0–0 2–3 1–1 0–1 1–2 3–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 Coleraine 5–0 3–2 1–2 4–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–3 Crusaders 1–1 1–3 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–3 4–3 7–2 1–2 Glenavon 0–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 3–4 2–3 Glentoran 1–1 0–0 2–1 6–0 5–1 3–3 2–2 2–0 1–0 Linfield 2–1 2–0 7–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 4–0 3–2 1–1 Newry Town 1–1 1–0 1–4 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 Omagh Town 1–1 1–1 3–2 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 Portadown 3–1 0–0 3–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 6–1 3–1 Source: Irish League Archive Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

First Division

Irish League First Division

Champions	Lisburn Distillery
Promoted	Lisburn Distillery Institute
Matches played	180
Goals scored	509 (2.83 per match)
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

Armagh City

Ballyclare Comrades

Ballymena United

Bangor

Carrick

Dungannon Swifts

Institute

Larne

Limavady United

Lisburn Distillery

Location of teams in the 2001–02 Irish League First Division

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Lisburn Distillery (C, P)	36	24	4	8	64	26	+38	76	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Institute (P)	36	22	8	6	76	35	+41	74
3	Dungannon Swifts	36	17	8	11	55	42	+13	59
4	Larne	36	14	11	11	52	42	+10	53
5	Ballymena United	36	14	11	11	59	56	+3	53
6	Bangor	36	10	12	14	40	45	−5	42
7	Limavady United	36	10	7	19	49	68	−19	37
8	Carrick Rangers	36	9	9	18	34	55	−21	36
9	Ballyclare Comrades	36	7	12	17	40	73	−33	33
10	Armagh City	36	8	8	20	40	67	−27	32

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

References

• Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)