Linfield Football Club is a Northern Irish professional football club located in the south of Belfast that plays in the NIFL Premiership - the highest level of the Northern Ireland Football League. The fourth oldest club on the Island of Ireland, Linfield was founded as Linfield Athletic Club in the month of March 1886 by employees of Ulster Spinning Co.'s Linfield Mill. In 1905 the team's main stadium was Windsor Park, which is also home to Northern Ireland's national team. Northern Ireland national team and is the largest stadium for football within Northern Ireland. The badge of the club displays Windsor Castle, in reference to the name of the stadium.
In the past, Linfield shared a fierce rivalry with Belfast Celtic until Celtic's withdrawal from the league due to reasons of political stance in 1949. Since that time, Linfield's principal adversaries have been Glentoran and Glentoran, the two teams often referred to by the name of Big Two. The rivalry is usually the league derby during Boxing Day each year, which typically attracts the highest attendance in Northern Ireland's domestic arena during the season, except for cup finals. The 2021-22 season saw Linfield's home attendance for league games was 2,900, the highest of the league and more than twice the league's average overall of about 1,400. The team, which is known as The Blues, is managed by the former Northern Ireland international and the most prolific goal scorer in the country, David Healy. Healy has been appointed the 14th of October, 2015 as the successor to Warren Feeney, following Feeney's resignation.
In the domestic arena, Linfield has been one of the most successful clubs in the world, and holds many world records and records domestically. Linfield has been awarded the equivalent of 110 League title, Irish Cups and League Cups all in one and many other cup competitions in the country which brings their total number of trophy wins to more than 200. Linfield was among the first eight members to join the Irish League in 1890, was awarded the first league title in 1890, and is among only three clubs that be able to participate throughout the entire season top division of the Irish League from then on; setting a with the world's record-holder for longest uninterrupted participation in a club's highest division. Linfield has won a all-time record of 56 League championships up to this point which is more than twice the number of awards as the club in the Northern Irish club. In the 1921-22 season Linfield had a remarkable sweep over all of the seven of the available awards - as of today it is the only documented occasion of a seven-trophy year being recorded in international football. In the present Linfield was able to win all four domestic trophy during 2006, completing a quadruple of domestic trophies and has also picked up three domestic triples. Linfield holds the record for the most domestic doubles with 25. 8. Linfield is among the three clubs that have played their Irish League campaign unbeaten, having achieved this feat in four instances. Linfield has won the Irish Cup 44 times, the second highest number of national cup victories in the world. Linfield has also been a winner of the League Cup a record ten times, and has also won four all-Ireland cup tournaments. Linfield has not been awarded an European trophy, and Linfield's most successful finish coming in an appearance in the semifinals at the time of 1966 and 1967's European Cup.
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