2014–15 NIFL Premiership
Club Stadium Location Capacity
Ballinamallard United Ferney Park Ballinamallard 2,000 ( 250 seated )
Ballymena United The Showgrounds Ballymena 3,050 ( 2,200 seated )
Cliftonville Solitude Belfast 2,530 ( all seated )
Coleraine The Showgrounds Coleraine 2,496 ( 1,106 seated )
Crusaders Seaview Belfast 3,383 ( all seated )
Dungannon Swifts Stangmore Park Dungannon 5,000 ( 300 seated )
Glenavon Mourneview Park Lurgan 4,160 ( 4,000 seated )
Glentoran The Oval Belfast 6,054 ( 4,989 seated )
Institute Riverside Stadium Drumahoe 3,110 ( 1,540 seated )
Linfield Windsor Park Belfast 10,500 ( all seated )
Portadown Shamrock Park Portadown 3,940 ( 2,765 seated )
Warrenpoint Town Milltown Warrenpoint 2,000 ( 250 seated )
Teams -- Stadia and locations
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The 2014-15 NIFL Premiership (known as the Danske Bank Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the seventh season of Northern Ireland's highest national football league in this format since its inception in 2008, the 114th season of Irish league football overall, and the second season of the league operating as part of the Northern Ireland Football League. The season began on 9 August 2014, and concluded with the final round of fixtures on 25 April 2015. Cliftonville were the defending champions, after they won a second consecutive title the previous season, a first consecutive title win in the club's history - their fourth outright league title and fifth overall. Ten years after suffering relegation to the second tier in 2004-05 and just eight years after their return to the top flight in 2006-07, Crusaders were this season's champions. They lifted the title for the fifth time overall on 18 April 2015 - their first top flight title in the 18 years since their last win in the 1996-97 season. For the second successive season, the newly promoted club finished bottom of the table and suffered relegation. Institute were relegated back to the second tier after only one season in the top flight. This was confirmed after they lost 2-1 against Ballymena United on 11 April 2015, leaving them bottom of the table by nine points with only two fixtures remaining. Warrenpoint Town once again finished in 11th place - the Promotion/relegation play-off place - and faced Bangor over two legs for a place in next season's Premiership. After a 2-2 draw on aggregate, Warrenpoint Town won 3-1 on penalties to retain their Premiership status for next season.