2024 Women's Premiership (Northern Ireland)

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Women's Premiership (Northern Ireland)
Season2024
Dates5 May 2024 – 11 October 2024
Matches played54
Goals scored271 (5.02 per match)
2023
2025
All statistics correct as of 16 September 2024.

The 2024 Northern Irish Women's Premiership, currently branded as Sports Direct Women's Premiership [1] for sponsorship reasons, is the 21st season of the top-tier women's football league in Northern Ireland. Glentoran are the defending champions. [2] The 2024 season will see a decrease in the number of teams in the league to nine, with the loss of Sion Swifts. [3]

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Teams and locations

The following teams make up the 2024 season.

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Lisburn Rangers
Location of teams in the 2024 season

Teams are listed in alphabetical order.

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Cliftonville Belfast (Oldpark) Solitude 2,530
Crusaders Strikers Belfast (Shore Road) Seaview 3,383
Derry City Derry Brandywell Stadium 3,700
Glentoran Belfast (Sydenham)Blanchflower Stadium1,100
Larne Larne Inver Park 3,250
Linfield Belfast (Boucher Road)New Midgley Parkn/a
Lisburn Ladies Lisburn Bluebell Stadium 1,280
Lisburn Rangers Lisburn Crewe Parkn/a
Mid-Ulster Ladies Dungannon Stangmore Park 2,000

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Cliftonville 111100546+4833Qualification for the Champions League first round
2 Glentoran 111001657+5830
3Lisburn Rangers128133526+925
4 Linfield 127144620+2622
5 Derry City 1242619311214
6 Crusaders Strikers 1333716271112
7 Lisburn Ladies 1232714352111
8 Larne 122281641258
9 Mid-Ulster Ladies 130112678721Relegation to NIWFA Championship
Updated to match(es) played on 16 September 2024. Source: NIFootballLeague.com

Results

Home \ Away CLI CRS DER GLE LAR LIN LIS LIR MID
Cliftonville 2–05–08–15–25–0
Crusaders 0–10–67–01–11–25–1
Derry City 0–33–10–01–24–0
Glentoran 1–26–07–13–04–120–0
Larne 0–01–20–47–0
Linfield 0–45–05–11–27–16–02–57–1
Lisburn Ladies 1–70–11–11–32–10–70–1
Lisburn Rangers1–86–11–76–10–32–25–0
Mid-Ulster Ladies 0–50–01–60–62–41–4
Updated to match(es) played on 16 September 2024. Source: NIFootballLeague.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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