2005–06 Irish Premier League

{{Infobox football league season

|competition = Irish Premier League

|season = 2005–06

|winners = Linfield
46th Irish title

|relegated = Institute
Ards

|continentalcup1 = UEFA Champions League

|continentalcup1 qualifiers = Linfield

|continentalcup2 = UEFA Cup

|continentalcup2 qualifiers = Glentoran
Portadown

|continentalcup3 = UEFA Intertoto Cup

|continentalcup3 qualifiers = Dungannon Swifts

|league topscorer = {{nowrap|Peter Thompson (25 goals)}}

|biggest home win =

|biggest away win =

|highest scoring =

|matches = 240

|total goals =

|prevseason = 2004–05

|nextseason = 2006–07

}}

The 2005–06 Irish Premier League was the 105th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football, and the 3rd edition in its current format (as the Irish Premier League) since its inception in 2003. The league consisted of 16 teams, and Linfield won the championship.

Summary

Ards were relegated after finishing bottom of the table, and Institute were relegated after a 3-1 defeat on aggregate to Donegal Celtic in the promotion play-off.

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{{Location map~ |UK Northern Ireland |marksize=12 |lat=54.602945 |long=-5.891278 |label=Belfast |position=top}}

{{Location map~ |UK Northern Ireland |lat=54.65179 |long=-5.684674 |position=right|label=Ards }}

{{Location map~ |UK Northern Ireland |lat=54.34349 |long=-6.628479 |position=bottom|label=Armagh City }}

{{Location map~ |UK Northern Ireland |lat=54.87016 |long=-6.265211 |position=top|label=Ballymena United }}

{{Location map~ |UK Northern Ireland |lat=55.13287 |long=-6.659904 |position=bottom|label=Coleraine }}

{{Location map~ |UK Northern Ireland |lat=54.489581 |long=-6.745935 |position=top|label=Dungannon Swifts }}

{{Location map~ |UK Northern Ireland |lat=54.453889 |long=-6.336389 |position=top|label=Glenavon }}

{{Location map~ |UK Northern Ireland |lat=54.85013 |long=-5.827303 |position=top|label=Larne }}

{{Location map~ |UK Northern Ireland |lat=55.051750 |long=-6.936958 |position=bottom|label=Limavady United }}

{{Location map~ |UK Northern Ireland |lat=54.407050 |long=-6.611546 |position=left|label=Loughgall }}

{{Location map~ |UK Northern Ireland |lat=54.97574 |long=-7.277176 |position=left|label=Institute }}

{{Location map~ |UK Northern Ireland |lat=54.53607 |long=-6.003814|position=right|label=Lisburn Distillery}}

{{Location map~ |UK Northern Ireland |lat=54.16089 |long=-6.332138 |position=bottom|label=Newry City }}

{{Location map~ |UK Northern Ireland |lat=54.41306 |long=-6.457686 |position=right|label=Portadown }}

{{Location map~ |UK Northern Ireland |lat=55.32 |long=-8.2 |mark=TransparentPlaceholder.png |label=Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Glentoran
Linfield}}

}}

{{Location map+ |Greater Belfast |width=350 |float=right |caption=Location of the Belfast-based teams in the 2005–06 Irish Premier League |places=

{{Location map~ |Greater Belfast |lat=54.619250 |long=-5.947383 |position=left|label=Cliftonville}}

{{Location map~ |Greater Belfast |lat=54.60270 |long=-5.893478 |position=right|label=Glentoran}}

{{Location map~ |Greater Belfast |lat=54.57083 |long=-5.963302 |position=bottom|label=Linfield}}

}}

League table

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|team1=LIN|name_LIN=Linfield

|team2=GLT|name_GLT=Glentoran

|team3=POR|name_POR=Portadown

|team4=DUN|name_DUN=Dungannon Swifts

|team5=CLI|name_CLI=Cliftonville

|team6=NEW|name_NEW=Newry City

|team7=BYM|name_BYM=Ballymena United

|team8=LIS|name_LIS=Lisburn Distillery

|team9=COL|name_COL=Coleraine

|team10=LIM|name_LIM=Limavady United

|team11=LOU|name_LOU=Loughgall

|team12=LRN|name_LRN=Larne

|team13=GLA|name_GLA=Glenavon

|team14=ARM|name_ARM=Armagh City

|team15=INS|name_INS=Institute

|team16=ARD|name_ARD=Ards

|col_CL2=green1|text_CL2=Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round

|result1=CL2

|col_UC1=blue1|text_UC1=Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round

|result2=UC1|result3=UC1

|col_IC1=#CCCCFF|text_IC1=Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round

|result4=IC1

|col_QR=red2|text_QR=Qualification to Promotion/relegation play-off

|result15=QR

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to Irish First Division

|result16=R

|class_rules= 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference

|update=complete

|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nil06.html rsssf.com]

}}

Results

Each team played every other team twice (home and away) for a total of 30 games.

{{#invoke:sports results|main

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|match_CLI_ARD=0–1

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|match_GLA_LIM=2–1

|match_GLA_LOU=0–4

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|match_INS_BYM=0–1

|match_INS_LIS=0–2

|match_INS_COL=0–1

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|match_INS_LOU=0–0

|match_INS_LRN=1–1

|match_INS_GLA=1–2

|match_INS_ARM=4–0

|match_INS_ARD=2–1

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|match_ARD_CLI=0–1

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|match_ARD_BYM=1–3

|match_ARD_LIS=0–1

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|match_ARD_LIM=2–1

|match_ARD_LOU=1–0

|match_ARD_LRN=1–3

|match_ARD_GLA=1–0

|match_ARD_ARM=0–2

|match_ARD_INS=1–4

|match_ARD_GLA_note=The match between Ards and Glenavon (originally finished 0–3) was rated 1–0 due to the use of a player who was not eligible to play.

|update=complete|source=[https://www.irishleaguearchive.org/irish-league Irish League Archive]

}}

Promotion/relegation play-off

Institute, the club that finished in the relegation play-off place, faced Donegal Celtic, the runners-up of the 2005–06 Irish First Division in a two-legged tie for a place in next season's Irish Premier League.

{{football box

|date=5 May 2006

|time=

|team1=Donegal Celtic

|score=3 – 1

|report=

|team2=Institute

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Solitude, Belfast

|attendance=

|referee=