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NIFL Premiership
2020–21
Season information
Dates 16 October 2020 – 29 May 2021
Winners Linfield (7th title)
Relegated No relegation due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League Linfield
Conference League Coleraine
Glentoran
Larne
Season statistics
Matches played 228
Goals scored 674
Average 2.96 per match
Top goalscorer Flag of Northern Ireland Shayne Lavery
(Linfield, 23)
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The 2020–21 NIFL Premiership season (known as the Danske Bank Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the 13th season of the NIFL Premiership, the top-flight of football in Northern Ireland in its current format, and the 120th season of top-flight football in the country as a whole. Linfield were the defending champions.

The title was once again won by Linfield, their 7th Premiership title and 55th title overall, who subsequently qualified for the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League qualifiers with Coleraine, Glentoran and Larne qualifying for the 2021–22 UEFA Conference League qualifiers. The club who finished bottom of the league was Dungannon Swifts, however, they were reprieved from relegation due to the majority of clubs in the NIFL Championship voted to end the season early due to the COVID-19 pandemic, meaning no teams would be promoted to the top-flight.





Teams[]

Stadia and locations[]

Club Location Stadium Capacity
Ballymena United Ballymena Ballymena Showgrounds 4,390
Carrick Rangers Carrickfergus Taylors Avenue 6,001
Cliftonville Belfast Solitude 3,200
Coleraine Coleraine The Showgrounds 2,496
Crusaders Belfast Seaview 3,383
Dungannon Swifts Dungannon Stangmore Park 5,000
Glenavon Lurgan Mourneview Park 4,160
Glentoran Belfast The Oval 6,050
Larne Larne Inver Park 2,500
Linfield Belfast Windsor Park 18,614
Portadown Portadown Shamrock Park 3,940
Warrenpoint Town Warrenpoint Milltown 1,450

External links[]

NIFL Premiership 2024–25

Ballymena United · Carrick Rangers · Cliftonville · Coleraine · Crusaders · Dungannon Swifts · Glenavon · Glentoran · Larne · Linfield · Loughgall · Portadown

NIFL Premiership seasons

2014–15 · 2015–16 · 2016–17 · 2017–18 · 2018–19 · 2019–20 · 2020–21 · 2021–22 · 2022–23 · 2023–24 · 2024–25 ·

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202021 in European football (UEFA)
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League cups
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Supercups
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UEFA competitions
Champions League (qualifying phase and play-off round, group stage, knockout phase, Final) · Europa League (qualifying phase and play-off round, Champions Path, Main Path, group stage, knockout phase, Final) · Super Cup
International competitions
UEFA Euro 2021 (qualification) · 2022 FIFA World Cup (qualification) · 2020–21 UEFA Nations League (League A · League B · League C · League D · Finals · Final)
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