1982–83 Irish League

The 1982–83 Irish League was the 82nd edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league consisted of 12 teams, and Linfield won the championship.

Irish League

Season	1982–83
Champions	Linfield 35th Irish title
Matches played	132
Goals scored	399 (3.02 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jim Campbell (15)
← 1981–82 1983–84 →

Belfast

Ards

Ballymena United

Bangor

Coleraine

Distillery

Glenavon

Larne

Portadown

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1980–83

Cliftonville

Crusaders

Glentoran

Linfield

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Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1980–83

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Linfield (C)	22	15	5	2	43	13	+30	35	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Glentoran	22	14	2	6	49	21	+28	30	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Coleraine	22	11	6	5	44	25	+19	28	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Portadown	22	10	6	6	29	17	+12	26
5	Crusaders	22	11	3	8	35	26	+9	25
6	Cliftonville	22	10	4	8	30	24	+6	24
7	Ards	22	9	4	9	40	41	−1	22
8	Ballymena United	22	8	4	10	32	41	−9	20
9	Distillery	22	7	4	11	23	46	−23	18
10	Glenavon	22	6	4	12	26	37	−11	16
11	Larne	22	6	3	13	31	40	−9	15
12	Bangor	22	1	3	18	17	68	−51	5

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ARD	BAN	BLM	CLI	COL	CRU	DIS	GLV	GLT	LRN	LIN	POR
Ards		5–1	4–0	2–4	0–3	3–1	1–0	4–2	1–3	1–0	0–1	3–2
Bangor	1–2		0–3	0–3	1–3	0–3	0–1	0–0	0–3	1–1	3–6	0–6
Ballymena United	4–4	1–1		1–0	2–4	0–0	1–2	2–0	1–3	4–2	0–2	0–0
Cliftonville	0–0	5–0	1–0		1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	3–2	0–0	0–1
Coleraine	2–0	4–1	2–4	3–1		5–0	3–3	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–1
Crusaders	0–0	3–1	6–0	2–1	1–3		3–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–3	2–0
Distillery	3–2	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–6		1–0	1–3	1–4	0–4	0–0
Glenavon	5–3	3–1	1–3	1–2	0–0	0–3	5–0		1–3	0–1	0–3	1–0
Glentoran	4–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	4–0	4–1		5–0	3–0	0–1
Larne	2–3	5–2	1–2	0–1	3–2	0–1	2–2	2–1	2–0		0–1	2–2
Linfield	0–0	6–0	4–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–2	3–1		1–0
Portadown	3–1	2–1	1–2	4–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–0

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

References

• Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)