2025 Women's Premiership (Northern Ireland)

Women's Premiership (Northern Ireland)

Season	2025
Dates	9 May 2025 – 10 October 2025
← 2024 2026 → All statistics correct as of 21 March 2025.

The 2025 Northern Irish Women's Premiership, currently branded as Sports Direct Women's Premiership ^[1] for sponsorship reasons, is the 22nd season of the top-tier women's football league in Northern Ireland. Cliftonville are the defending champions. ^[2] The 2025 season will see a decrease in the number of teams in the league to eight, with the loss of Mid-Ulster Ladies F.C.. ^[3]

Teams and locations

The following teams make up the 2025 season.

Belfast

Derry City

Larne

Lisburn Ladies

Lisburn Rangers

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders Strikers
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the 2025 season

Teams are listed in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
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 Stadium	1,100
Larne	Larne	Inver Park	3,250
Linfield	Belfast (Boucher Road)	New Midgley Park	n/a
Lisburn Ladies	Lisburn	Bluebell Stadium	1,280
Lisburn Rangers	Glenavy	Crewe Park	n/a

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Glentoran	14	13	0	1	57	10	+47	39	Qualification for the Champions League first round
2	Cliftonville	14	12	1	1	42	6	+36	37
3	Linfield	14	10	1	3	59	19	+40	31
4	Lisburn Rangers	14	7	0	7	24	26	−2	21
5	Crusaders Strikers	14	6	0	8	24	37	−13	18
6	Derry City	14	4	0	10	17	35	−18	12
7	Lisburn Ladies	14	1	1	12	5	44	−39	4
8	Larne	14	1	1	12	19	61	−42	4	Relegation to NIWFA Championship

Source: NIFootballLeague.com

Results

Home \ Away	CLI	CRS	DER	GLE	LAR	LIN	LIS	LIR
Cliftonville	—	2–1	3–0	0–2	8–0	1–1	6–0	3–1
Crusaders	0–3	—	4–2	0–8	4–1	0–6	2–1	0–2
Derry City	1–3	3–1	—	2–4	1–4	0–4	1–0	0–1
Glentoran	0–2	5–0	4–0	—	1–0	3–0	8–0	4–1
Larne	0–5	2–4	0–4	1–4	—	1–9	0–2	1–3
Linfield	0–2	2–1	5–1	2–6	11–0	—	5–0	5–2
Lisburn Ladies	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–6	0–0	0–6	—	1–3
Lisburn Rangers	0–2	0–5	2–0	1–2	5–0	2–3	1–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 14 Sept 2025. Source: NIFootballLeague.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

1. "Nifl Announce Sports Direct Partnership". NI Football League. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
2. "CLIFTONVILLE LADIES CROWNED CHAMPIONS!". NI Football League. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
3. "Mid Ulster Ladies vs Linfield". NIFL. Retrieved 31 March 2025.

External links

• Women's Premiership NIFL Women's Premiership