1992–93 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1992–93
Champions	Linfield; 41st Irish title
Matches played	240
Goals scored	755 (3.15 per match)
Top goalscorer	Steve Cowan (23)
	← 1991–92 1993–94 →

Belfast

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1990–95

1992–93 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

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

The 1992–93 Irish League was the 92nd 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Linfield (C)	30	20	6	4	49	15	+34	66	Qualification for the Champions League preliminary round
2	Crusaders	30	21	3	6	53	27	+26	66	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Bangor	30	20	4	6	61	32	+29	64	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
4	Portadown	30	18	9	3	70	26	+44	63
5	Distillery	30	20	2	8	61	36	+25	62
6	Glenavon	30	14	6	10	48	36	+12	48
7	Glentoran	30	13	8	9	70	40	+30	47
8	Ards	30	12	9	9	45	45	0	45
9	Carrick Rangers	30	12	2	16	50	73	−23	38
10	Ballymena United	30	10	6	14	41	51	−10	36
11	Cliftonville	30	10	3	17	42	48	−6	33
12	Omagh Town	30	9	5	16	38	57	−19	32
13	Larne	30	9	3	18	41	59	−18	30
14	Newry Town	30	5	5	20	30	72	−42	20
15	Coleraine	30	5	3	22	28	63	−35	18
16	Ballyclare Comrades	30	2	6	22	28	75	−47	12

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ARD	BAN	BLC	BLM	CRK	CLI	COL	CRU	DIS	GLV	GLT	LRN	LIN	NEW	OMA	POR
Ards		1–4	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–3	0–0	0–2	1–0	2–2	2–2
Bangor	4–3		4–1	3–2	4–0	3–1	3–1	2–1	1–3	1–3	2–1	5–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–2
Ballyclare Comrades	0–1	0–2		2–3	0–1	1–1	3–4	1–3	0–2	0–2	2–5	3–2	1–3	2–4	2–2	0–0
Ballymena United	3–4	0–1	2–2		2–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	4–1	0–5	2–8	2–1	1–2	3–2	0–1	0–2
Carrick Rangers	3–2	2–4	4–1	3–3		1–2	3–0	0–3	1–5	3–1	1–1	3–1	0–4	0–2	3–1	1–6
Cliftonville	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–3		4–0	1–2	1–2	0–2	2–3	3–1	0–4	5–1	3–1	2–0
Coleraine	1–3	0–2	3–0	1–3	1–2	1–1		1–4	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–4	0–1	1–2	1–2	0–3
Crusaders	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	3–1		2–0	3–2	2–1	3–2	1–0	3–0	2–0	0–3
Distillery	2–1	3–2	4–0	1–0	3–2	2–1	2–0	0–2		1–2	0–3	2–1	1–0	5–0	2–0	3–0
Glenavon	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	4–1	2–0	0–1	0–2	2–1		2–2	1–0	1–2	4–0	3–2	0–3
Glentoran	1–1	0–2	5–0	1–4	1–2	3–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	0–0		4–0	1–2	6–1	3–0	3–2
Larne	1–3	0–1	3–1	1–0	4–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–4	1–3	2–4		0–0	4–2	4–2	0–1
Linfield	1–0	0–0	4–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	5–2		0–0	1–0	0–3
Newry Town	2–3	2–1	0–2	0–1	2–4	1–5	2–0	1–3	2–5	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–2		0–1	1–1
Omagh Town	1–4	0–4	2–1	2–0	1–3	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–2	3–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	4–0		2–2
Portadown	6–0	3–0	4–0	2–0	6–2	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	3–1	3–1

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

References

Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

v t e NIFL Premiership seasons
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 1992–93 in Northern Irish football
Domestic leagues	Irish League
Domestic cups	Irish Cup Irish League Cup Gold Cup Ulster Cup Floodlit Cup County Antrim Shield Charity Shield
European competitions	UEFA Champions League UEFA Cup European Cup Winners' Cup
Related to national team	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group 3)

v t e 1992–93 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Armenia '92 '93 Austria Azerbaijan '92 '93 Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '92 '93 Finland '92 '93 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '92 '93 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '92 '93 Latvia '92 '93 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '92 '93 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '92 '93 San Marino Scotland Slovenia Soviet Union Spain Sweden '92 '93 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Armenia Austria Azerbaijan '92 '93 Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '92 '93 Finland '92 '93 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '92 '93 Israel Italy Latvia '92 '93 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '92 '93 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
Supercups	England Germany
UEFA competitions	Champions League (preliminary round, first round, second round, group stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup