2001–02 Irish League

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→

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

The2001–02 Irish Leaguewas the 101st edition of theIrish League,the highest level of league competition inNorthern Irish football.The league consisted of 10 teams, andPortadownwon the championship.

Premier Division

Belfast

Belfast teams:Cliftonville
Crusaders
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the2001–02 Irish League Premier Division

2001–02 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

Location of the Belfast-based teams in the2001–02 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 theChampions League first qualifying round
2	Glentoran	36	21	11	4	63	23	+40	74	Qualification for theUEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Linfield	36	17	11	8	64	35	+29	62	Qualification for theUEFA Cup qualifying round
4	Coleraine	36	19	2	15	64	58	+6	59	Qualification for theIntertoto 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

Location of teams in the2001–02 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 thePremier Division
2	Institute(P)	36	22	8	6	76	35	+41	74	Promotion to thePremier Division
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)

v t e NIFL Premiershipseasons
Irish League	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03
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 2024–25
Belfast & District League (wartime)	1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19
Northern Regional League (wartime)	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47

v t e 2001–02 in Northern Irish football
Domestic leagues	Irish League Premier Division Irish League First Division
Domestic cups	Irish Cup Irish League Cup County Antrim Shield
European competitions	UEFA Champions League UEFA Cup UEFA Intertoto Cup
Related tonational team	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification(Group 3)

v t e 2001–02in European men's football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia'01 '02 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus'01 '02 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina(Republika Srpska) Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia'01 '02 Faroe Islands'01 '02 Finland'01 '02 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland'01 '02 Israel Italy Kazakhstan'01 '02 Latvia'01 '02 Lithuania'01 '02 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway'01 '02 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia'01 '02 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden'01 '02 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'01 '02 Finland'01 '02 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland'01 '02 Israel Italy Kazakhstan Latvia'01 '02 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway'01 '02 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden'02 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland'01 '02 France Germany Iceland'01 '02 Israel Northern Ireland Poland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League(Qualifying,Group stage,Second group stage,Knockout stage,Final) UEFA Cup(qualifying,1st round,2nd round,final phase,final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup