2024–25 NIFL Championship
| Season | 2024–25 |
|---|---|
← 2023–24 2025–26 → | |
The 2024–25 NIFL Championship (known as the Playr-Fit Championship for sponsorship reasons) will be the eighth season of the NIFL Championship (the second-tier of the Irish League - the national football league in Northern Ireland) since gaining senior status.[1]
Teams[edit]
The league will consist of twelve teams; nine teams remaining from the previous season, two teams promoted from the NIFL Premier Intermediate League, and one team relegated from the NIFL Premiership.
Limavady United were promoted as champions of the 2023–24 NIFL Premier Intermediate League (replacing the bottom-placed 2023–24 NIFL Championship team Knockbreda). Intermediate League runners-up Armagh City were also promoted after defeating second-bottom Championship team Dergview in the NIFL Championship play-off to take their place in the league. Newry City were relegated as the bottom-placed team of the 2023–24 NIFL Premiership (replacing the 2023–24 NIFL Championship promoted team Portadown).[2][3]
Stadia and locations[edit]
| Club | Stadium | Location | Capacity[4] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annagh United | Tandragee Road | Portadown | 1,250 (100 seated) |
| Ards | Bangor Fuels Arena | Bangor | 1,895 (500 seated) |
| Armagh City | Holm Park | Armagh | 3,000 (500 seated) |
| Ballinamallard United | Ferney Park | Ballinamallard | 2,000 (250 seated) |
| Ballyclare Comrades | Dixon Park | Ballyclare | 5,333 |
| Bangor | Clandeboye Park | Bangor | 1,895 (500 seated) |
| Dundela | Wilgar Park | Belfast | 2,500 |
| Harland & Wolff Welders | Tillysburn Park | Belfast | 3,000 |
| Institute | Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium | Derry | 8,200 |
| Limavady United | The Showgrounds | Limavady | 524 (274 seated) |
| Newington | Solitude | Belfast | 8,000 (3,000 seated) |
| Newry City | The Showgrounds | Newry | 2,275 (1,080 seated) |
References[edit]
- ^ "Summary - Championship - Northern Ireland". Soccerway.
- ^ "Limavady United secure PIL title and promotion to the Championship". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ "Newry City relegated as Portadown win Championship". BBC. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "NIFL Championship Venues 2021-2022". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 September 2021.