1993–94 Irish League

Football league season

Irish LeagueSeason| 1993–94

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Champions| Linfield
42nd Irish title
Matches played| 240
Goals scored| 736 (3.07 per match)
Top goalscorer| Darren Erskine
Stephen McBride
(22 goals each)

← 1992–93

1994–95 →

Belfast

Ards

Ballyclare

Ballymena United

Bangor

Carrick

Coleraine

Distillery

Glenavon

Larne

Newry Town

Omagh Town

Portadown

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1990–95

Cliftonville

Crusaders

Glentoran

Linfield

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Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1990–95

The 1993–94 Irish League was the 93rd edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league consisted of 16 teams, and Linfield won the championship.

## League standings[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | Linfield (C) | 30  | 21  | 7  | 2  | 63  | 22  | +41  | 70  | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
2  | Portadown | 30  | 20  | 8  | 2  | 76  | 21  | +55  | 68  | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
3  | Glenavon | 30  | 21  | 5  | 4  | 69  | 29  | +40  | 68  |
4  | Crusaders | 30  | 17  | 7  | 6  | 53  | 30  | +23  | 58
5  | Bangor | 30  | 14  | 3  | 13  | 45  | 49  | −4  | 45  | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
6  | Ards | 30  | 13  | 2  | 15  | 59  | 55  | +4  | 41  |
7  | Distillery | 30  | 11  | 8  | 11  | 41  | 40  | +1  | 41
8  | Cliftonville | 30  | 11  | 10  | 9  | 41  | 32  | +9  | 40[a]
9  | Glentoran | 30  | 10  | 7  | 13  | 46  | 43  | +3  | 37
10  | Coleraine | 30  | 10  | 7  | 13  | 41  | 50  | −9  | 37
11  | Ballymena United | 30  | 9  | 6  | 15  | 37  | 55  | −18  | 33
12  | Ballyclare Comrades | 30  | 9  | 6  | 15  | 35  | 57  | −22  | 33
13  | Carrick Rangers | 30  | 6  | 7  | 17  | 42  | 81  | −39  | 25
14  | Newry Town | 30  | 5  | 9  | 16  | 26  | 52  | −26  | 24
15  | Larne | 30  | 5  | 7  | 18  | 30  | 62  | −32  | 22
16  | Omagh Town | 30  | 6  | 5  | 19  | 32  | 58  | −26  | 14[b]

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. ^ 3 points deducted
2. ^ 9 points deducted

## Results[edit]

Home \ Away  | ARD | BAN | BLC | BLM | CRK | CLI | COL | CRU | DIS | GLV | GLT | LRN | LIN | NEW | OMA | POR

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Ards |  | 5–3  | 2–0  | 1–2  | 3–3  | 1–2  | 3–2  | 2–4  | 1–0  | 4–1  | 1–0  | 4–0  | 0–3  | 9–0  | 3–3  | 1–2
Bangor | 0–2  |  | 4–2  | 1–0  | 5–1  | 2–1  | 2–0  | 2–1  | 1–2  | 1–0  | 0–3  | 2–1  | 0–1  | 3–1  | 4–2  | 1–1
Ballyclare Comrades | 1–0  | 3–0  |  | 1–1  | 0–3  | 0–0  | 0–1  | 0–0  | 2–2  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 1–0  | 1–2  | 1–2  | 4–1  | 2–0
Ballymena United | 0–3  | 1–2  | 2–3  |  | 0–2  | 2–1  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 1–3  | 3–2  | 2–0  | 0–1  | 0–0  | 1–3  | 1–1
Carrick Rangers | 1–2  | 3–2  | 2–4  | 2–5  |  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 3–2  | 2–2  | 1–5  | 1–2  | 2–1  | 1–2  | 0–3  | 0–0  | 1–6
Cliftonville | 6–2  | 1–0  | 0–2  | 0–2  | 3–1  |  | 1–2  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 2–2  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 1–1
Coleraine | 4–0  | 3–1  | 3–2  | 5–2  | 3–2  | 0–0  |  | 0–2  | 0–2  | 0–2  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 2–2  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 0–1
Crusaders | 3–1  | 4–0  | 4–0  | 1–0  | 3–0  | 1–1  | 2–0  |  | 2–2  | 2–4  | 3–2  | 3–1  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 3–0  | 1–1
Distillery | 3–2  | 1–2  | 4–0  | 4–1  | 2–0  | 1–2  | 1–2  | 1–2  |  | 1–1  | 0–2  | 0–1  | 2–2  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 1–6
Glenavon | 1–0  | 3–1  | 5–2  | 3–2  | 8–0  | 0–1  | 2–1  | 2–0  | 1–0  |  | 2–1  | 6–1  | 3–2  | 5–0  | 1–0  | 2–2
Glentoran | 2–0  | 2–2  | 3–0  | 1–1  | 3–1  | 1–4  | 5–3  | 0–1  | 0–2  | 0–1  |  | 0–0  | 0–2  | 4–0  | 3–1  | 1–3
Larne | 4–1  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 5–1  | 1–1  | 0–3  | 3–3  | 1–1  | 1–2  | 0–2  | 2–2  |  | 0–2  | 0–3  | 4–2  | 0–5
Linfield | 2–1  | 1–0  | 5–0  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 3–1  | 5–0  | 0–1  | 3–0  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 3–0  |  | 1–0  | 4–1  | 2–2
Newry Town | 1–3  | 1–2  | 2–0  | 1–2  | 2–2  | 0–3  | 0–0  | 0–2  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 1–1  |  | 1–2  | 0–2
Omagh Town | 1–2  | 0–1  | 2–0  | 1–2  | 3–3  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 0–1  | 1–2  | 2–3  | 1–0  | 1–3  | 1–0  |  | 1–2
Portadown | 1–0  | 2–0  | 4–0  | 5–0  | 6–1  | 1–1  | 4–0  | 3–0  | 1–0  | 3–1  | 1–0  | 4–0  | 0–2  | 1–1  | 5–0  |

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

## References[edit]

* Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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