Cliftonville

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Manager

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Jim Magilton

League Position
1

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Established
1879 (147 years old)

Sport
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Soccer

Venue
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Solitude
(3,200 Capacity)

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Location
Belfast, Northern Ireland

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Competitions
Northern Irish Premiership

Last Edit
curswine: 27/Jul/26

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		Upcoming
21 Aug 26	LinfieldLinfield	6:45pm	CliftonviCliftonville
29 Aug 26	CliftonviCliftonville	2:00pm	DungannonDungannon Swifts
05 Sep 26	CliftonviCliftonville	2:00pm	PortadownPortadown
12 Sep 26	Carrick RCarrick Rangers	2:00pm	CliftonviCliftonville
15 Sep 26	LarneLarne	6:45pm	CliftonviCliftonville

		Results
15 Aug 26	BangorBangor	0 - 3	CliftonviCliftonville
07 Aug 26	CliftonviCliftonville	2 - 1	CrusadersCrusaders
25 Jul 26	CliftonviCliftonville	1 - 2	AlvechurcAlvechurch
21 Jul 26	CliftonviCliftonville	2 - 1	WarrenpoiWarrenpoint Town
18 Jul 26	CliftonviCliftonville	1 - 0	NewingtonNewington

Description

Cliftonville Football & Athletic Club is a Northern Irish, professional association football club playing in the NIFL Premiership – the top division of the Irish League. The club was founded in September 1879 by John McAlery in the suburb of Cliftonville in north Belfast. It is the oldest football club in Ireland and celebrated its 140th anniversary in 2019. Since 1890, the club has played home matches at Solitude. Cliftonville contests the North Belfast derby with nearby rivals Crusaders, and also has local rivalries with Linfield and Glentoran. The club has won the Irish League Premiership five times outright including one shared title, the Irish Cup nine times the latest coming against Coleraine on the 4th February 2023 in a penalty shootout and the Irish League Cup six times.