2023 Women's Premiership (Northern Ireland)

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The 2023 Irish League Women's Premiership, currently branded as Sports Direct Women's Premiership [1] for sponsorship reasons, is the 20th season of the top-tier women's football league in Northern Ireland. Cliftonville Ladies are the defending champions. [2] The 2023 season saw an increase in the number of teams in the league to ten, with the addition of Ballymena United [3] and Larne. [4]

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Teams and locations

The following teams make up the 2023 season.

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Location of teams in the 2023 season

Teams are listed in alphabetical order.

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Ballymena United Ballymena Ballymena Showgrounds 3,600
Cliftonville Belfast (Oldpark) Solitude 2,530
Crusaders Strikers Belfast (Newtownabbey) Seaview 3,383
Derry City Derry Brandywell Stadium 3,700
Glentoran Belfast (Sydenham) The Oval 26,556
Larne Larne Inver Park 3,250
Linfield Belfast (Boucher Road)New Midgley Parkn/k
Lisburn Ladies Lisburn Bluebell Stadium 1,280
Mid-Ulster Ladies Cookstown Mid-Ulster Sports Arenan/k
Sion Swifts Strabane Melvin Sports Complexn/k

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Glentoran (C)1816201017+9450Qualification for the Champions League first round
2 Cliftonville Ladies 18142210410+9444
3 Crusaders Strikers 1813054221+2139
4 Sion Swifts 1812155824+3437
5 Linfield 1810265824+3432
6 Lisburn Ladies 1871102850−2222
7 Larne 1851122184−6316
8 Derry City 1830152280−589
9 Mid-Ulster Ladies 1814131374−617
10 Ballymena United (R)1813141184−736Relegation to NIWFA Championship
Updated to match(es) played on 13 October 2023. Source:

Results

Home \ Away BAL CLI CRS DER GLE LAR LIN LIS MID SIO
Ballymena United —0–61–62–40–92–20–21–32–20–6
Cliftonville 15–0—1–28–12–210–03–02–07–04–0
Crusaders 3–03–1—5–00–34–02–00–13–01–0
Derry City 2–30–90–2—0–62–31–82–54–10–4
Glentoran 11–01–15–011–0—10–02–08–15–04–1
Larne 1–00–120–11–20–7—0–42–54–11–5
Linfield 5–00–25–23–12–38–0—5–07–01–1
Lisburn Ladies 3–00–31–33–10–52–30–5—1–10–6
Mid-Ulster Ladies 0–00–140–52–00–62–42–20–2—0–3
Sion Swifts 4–01–43–04–20–37–05–13–15–2—
Updated to match(es) played on 13 October 2023. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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References

  1. ↑ "Nifl Announce Sports Direct Partnership". NI Football League. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. ↑ "DEFEAT DOESN'T SPOIL REDS TITLE PARTY". NI Football League. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Ballymena United promoted to Danske Bank Women's Premiership". Shekicks.net. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "Cliftonville Ladies begin title defence with home clash against Linfield Women". News Letter. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
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