2023 Women's Premiership (Northern Ireland)
Football league season
Football league season
Champions | Glentoran |
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The 2023 Northern Irish 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 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]
Teams and locations
The following teams make up the 2023 season.
![2023 Women's Premiership (Northern Ireland) is located in Northern Ireland](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/United_Kingdom_Northern_Ireland_adm_location_map.svg/350px-United_Kingdom_Northern_Ireland_adm_location_map.svg.png)
![Belfast](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
Belfast
![Larne](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
Larne
![Lisburn Ladies](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
Lisburn Ladies
![Belfast teams : Cliftonville Crusaders Strikers Glentoran Linfield](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/TransparentPlaceholder.png/8px-TransparentPlaceholder.png)
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Location of teams in the 2023 seasonTeams are listed in alphabetical order.
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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Ballymena United | Ballymena | Ballymena Showgrounds | 3,600 |
Cliftonville | Belfast (Oldpark) | Solitude | 2,530 |
Crusaders Strikers | Belfast (Shore Road) | 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 Park | n/a |
Lisburn Ladies | Lisburn | Bluebell Stadium | 1,280 |
Mid-Ulster Ladies | Cookstown | Mid-Ulster Sports Arena | n/a |
Sion Swifts | Strabane | Melvin Sports Complex | n/a |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Glentoran (C) | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 101 | 7 | +94 | 50 | Qualification for the Champions League first round |
2 | Cliftonville | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 104 | 10 | +94 | 44 | |
3 | Crusaders Strikers | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 42 | 21 | +21 | 39 | |
4 | Sion Swifts | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 58 | 24 | +34 | 37 | |
5 | Linfield | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 58 | 24 | +34 | 32 | |
6 | Lisburn Ladies | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 28 | 50 | −22 | 22 | |
7 | Larne | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 21 | 84 | −63 | 16 | |
8 | Derry City | 18 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 22 | 80 | −58 | 9 | |
9 | Mid-Ulster Ladies | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 74 | −61 | 7 | |
10 | Ballymena United (R) | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 84 | −73 | 6 | Relegation to NIWFA Championship |
Updated to match(es) played on 13 October 2023. Source: [1]
Results
Home \ Away | BAL | CLI | CRS | DER | GLE | LAR | LIN | LIS | MID | SIO |
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Ballymena United | — | 0–6 | 1–6 | 2–4 | 0–9 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–6 |
Cliftonville | 15–0 | — | 1–2 | 8–1 | 2–2 | 10–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 7–0 | 4–0 |
Crusaders | 3–0 | 3–1 | — | 5–0 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
Derry City | 2–3 | 0–9 | 0–2 | — | 0–6 | 2–3 | 1–8 | 2–5 | 4–1 | 0–4 |
Glentoran | 11–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 11–0 | — | 10–0 | 2–0 | 8–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 |
Larne | 1–0 | 0–12 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–7 | — | 0–4 | 2–5 | 4–1 | 1–5 |
Linfield | 5–0 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 8–0 | — | 5–0 | 7–0 | 1–1 |
Lisburn Ladies | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–5 | 2–3 | 0–5 | — | 1–1 | 0–6 |
Mid-Ulster Ladies | 0–0 | 0–14 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 0–6 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 | — | 0–3 |
Sion Swifts | 4–0 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 7–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | — |
Updated to match(es) played on 13 October 2023. Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
References
- ^ "Nifl Announce Sports Direct Partnership". NI Football League. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "DEFEAT DOESN'T SPOIL REDS TITLE PARTY". NI Football League. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
- ^ "Ballymena United promoted to Danske Bank Women's Premiership". Shekicks.net. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ "Cliftonville Ladies begin title defence with home clash against Linfield Women". News Letter. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
External links
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