2006–07 Irish First Division

The 2006–07 Irish First Division was the twelfth season of second-tier football in Northern Ireland under the league system at the time. The 2006–07 First Division consisted of 12 clubs.

Irish First Division

Champions	Institute
Promoted	Institute
Relegated	Ballinamallard United Moyola Park
Matches played	132
Goals scored	425 (3.22 per match)
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

Ards & Bangor

Ballinamallard United

Banbridge Town

Carrick

Coagh

Dundela/Welders

Institute

Moyola Park

Portstewart

Tobermore United

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Location of teams in the 2006–07 Irish First Division

Institute were the champions and were promoted to the 2007–08 Irish Premier League. Bangor finished second and entered the promotion play-off, but lost 1–0 on aggregated to Glenavon who retained their place in the top tier. Ballinamallard United and Moyola Park were relegated to the Irish Second Division.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Institute (C, P)	22	17	3	2	50	14	+36	54	Promotion to Irish Premier League
2	Bangor	22	14	5	3	49	23	+26	47	Qualification to promotion play-off
3	Banbridge Town	22	13	4	5	45	31	+14	43
4	Carrick Rangers	22	12	6	4	38	27	+11	42
5	Ards	22	11	5	6	42	25	+17	38
6	Dundela	22	8	5	9	33	35	−2	29
7	Harland & Wolff Welders	22	8	3	11	30	36	−6	27
8	Coagh United	22	6	6	10	32	41	−9	24
9	Tobermore United	22	5	5	12	39	54	−15	20
10	Portstewart	22	6	2	14	29	44	−15	20
11	Ballinamallard United (R)	22	4	3	15	14	42	−28	15	Relegation to Irish Second Division
12	Moyola Park (R)	22	4	1	17	24	53	−29	13

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated