2020 Women's Premiership (Northern Ireland)

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Women's Premiership (Northern Ireland)
Champions Glentoran
Women's Champions League Glentoran
Matches played30
Biggest home win Sion Swifts 8–0 Derry City (17 September 2020)
Biggest away win Derry City 0–7 Linfield (24 September 2020)
Highest scoring Cliftonville 4–6 Sion Swifts (24 September 2020)
Longest unbeaten run Glentoran (6 matches)
Longest winless run Derry City (10 matches)
Longest losing run Derry City (10 matches)
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The 2020 Northern Irish Women's Premiership was the 17th season of the top-tier women's football league in Northern Ireland. Linfield were the defending champions. [1]

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Glentoran won the league for the eighth time. [2]

Teams and locations

The following teams make up the 2020 season.

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Location of teams in the 2020 season

Teams are listed in alphabetical order.

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Cliftonville Belfast (Oldpark) Solitude 2,530
Crusaders Newtownabbey Strikers Belfast (Newtownabbey) Seaview 3,383
Derry City Drumahoe Brandywell Stadium 3,700
Glentoran Belfast (Sydenham) The Oval 26,556
Linfield Belfast (Boucher Road)New Midgley ParkNA
Sion Swifts Strabane 3G Melvin Complex

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Glentoran (C)10811255+2025Qualification for the Champions League first round
2 Linfield 107122612+1422
3 Sion Swifts 105323317+1618
4 Crusaders Newtownabbey Strikers 10514209+1116
5 Cliftonville Ladies F.C. 102081630146
6 Derry City 100010047470
Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2021. Source:
(C) Champion

Results

Home \ Away GLE LIN SIO CNS CLI DER
Glentoran 2–0 1–04–03–0
Linfield 1–4 4–22–02–04–0
Sion Swifts 4–32–21–13–18–0
Crusaders 0–20–12–12–13–0
Cliftonville 0–32–34–60–72–0
Derry City 0–30–70–60–50–6
Updated to match(es) played on 10 December 2020. Source: [ citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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References

  1. "Linfield hit 10 in Derry to retain title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  2. "GLENTORAN CROWNED DANSKE BANK WOMEN'S PREMIERSHIP CHAMPIONS!". NI Football League. Retrieved 2020-12-18.