2010–11 IFA Premiership
| Season | 2010–11 |
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| Champions |
Linfield 50th Irish title |
| Relegated | Newry City |
| UEFA Champions League | Linfield |
| UEFA Europa League |
Crusaders Glentoran Cliftonville |
| Matches played | 228 |
| Goals scored | 681 (2.99 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Peter Thompson (23 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Linfield 8–1 Crusaders |
| Biggest away win | Lisburn Dist. 1–6 Glentoran |
| Highest scoring |
Linfield 8–1 Crusaders Crusaders 5–4 Glenavon Crusaders 4–5 Donegal Celtic |
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The 2010–11 IFA Premiership (known as the Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the third season since its establishment after a major overhaul of the league system in Northern Ireland, and the 110th season of Irish league football overall. The season began on 7 August 2010, and concluded on 30 April 2011.
Linfield were crowned champions for the second successive season, after a 4–0 win over Lisburn Distillery on 26 April 2011. This was Linfield's 50th Irish League title.
The same day, Newry City were relegated to IFA Championship 1 after a 4–0 loss to Glenavon.
After a two-legged play-off against 2009–10 Championship 1 runners-up Donegal Celtic, Institute were relegated to the 2010–11 IFA Championship after an aggregate 1–0 loss, with Donegal Celtic taking their place for this season's IFA Premiership.
2009–10 IFA Championship 1 winners Loughgall were not eligible for promotion as they were not awarded the required domestic licence by the IFA.
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
1Crusaders qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League as they were the highest-placed Europa League qualifier, and 2010–11 Irish Cup winners Linfield had already qualified for the Champions League.
2After 33 games, clubs in the bottom half of the table at the split cannot climb into the top half, regardless of the number of points earned during matches 34–38.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
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