1982–83 Irish League

Irish League
Season1982–83
ChampionsLinfield
35th Irish title
Matches played132
Goals scored399 (3.02 per match)
Top goalscorerJim Campbell (15)
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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1980–83
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Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1980–83

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.

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.

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