2015–16 NIFL Premiership
| Season | 2015–16 |
|---|---|
| Champions |
Crusaders 6th Irish title |
| Relegated | Warrenpoint Town |
| Champions League | Crusaders |
| Europa League |
Linfield Glenavon Cliftonville |
| Matches played | 222 |
| Goals scored | 659 (2.97 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |
Paul Heatley Andrew Waterworth (22 goals each) |
| Biggest home win | Linfield 6–0 Dungannon Swifts (2 February 2016) |
| Biggest away win | Ballymena United 1–7 Glenavon (12 August 2015) |
| Highest scoring |
Ballymena United 1–7 Glenavon (12 August 2015) Portadown 5–3 Glentoran (14 December 2015) Warrenpoint Town 2–6 Linfield (29 March 2016) |
| Highest attendance | 6,000 Glentoran 1–2 Linfield (26 December 2015) |
| Lowest attendance | 61 Warrenpoint Town 0–2 Dungannon Swifts (12 September 2015) |
| Total attendance | 209,590 |
| Average attendance | 984 |
|
← 2014–15
2016–17 →
All statistics correct as of 23 April 2016.
|
|
The 2015–16 NIFL Premiership (known as the Danske Bank Premiership for sponsorship reasons) is the 115th season of Irish league football overall, and the third season of the league as part of the Northern Ireland Football League. The season began on 8 August 2015, and will conclude with the final round of fixtures on 23 April 2016.
Crusaders are the defending champions, after securing last season's title for the fifth time in the club's history on 18 April 2015 – their first title since the 1996–97 season.
After finishing bottom of the table on their return to the top flight in the 2014–15 season following a four–year absence, Institute suffered relegation back to Championship 1 after only one season.Carrick Rangers replaced them for this season's Premiership, after winning the 2014–15 Championship 1 title to secure a return to the top flight for the first time in the three years since they were relegated in the 2011–12 season.
Warrenpoint Town finished in 11th place – the Promotion/relegation play-off place – and faced Championship 1 runners-up Bangor over two legs for the last remaining place in this season's Premiership. Following a 2–2 draw on aggregate after extra time in the second leg, Warrenpoint Town eventually won 3–1 on penalties to avoid relegation and retain their Premiership status for this season.
*^‡ Capacity numbers are approximate estimates, as no official figures have been released since 2010.
*^† Carrick Rangers played some 'home' games at Seaview as a result of ongoing issues with their own playing surface at Taylors Avenue.
During matches 1–22 each team will play every other team twice (home and away).
Source: NIFL Premiership
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
...
Wikipedia