1956–57 Irish League

Belfast

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the 1949–71 Irish League

1956–57 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

Location of the Belfast-based teams in the Irish League 1949-71

The Irish League in season 1956–57 comprised 12 teams, and Glenavon won the championship.

League standings

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References

Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

v t e NIFL Premiership seasons
Irish League	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03
Irish Premier League	2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08
IFA Premiership	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13
NIFL Premiership	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Belfast & District League (wartime)	1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19
Northern Regional League (wartime)	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47

v t e 1956–57 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic leagues	Albania '56 '57 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '56 '57 Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '56 '57 Finland '56 '57 France East Germany '56 '57 West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary '56 '57 Iceland '56 '57 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '56 '57 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '56 '57 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '57 Belgium Bulgaria Denmark England Faroe Islands '56 '57 Finland '56 '57 France East Germany '56 '57 West Germany Greece Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '56 '57 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '57 Spain Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Group stage) Mitropa Cup