2022–23 NIFL Premier Intermediate League

NIFL Premier Intermediate League
Season2022–23
Dates20 Aug 2022 – 2 May 2023
ChampionsBangor
PromotedBangor
Matches played162
Goals scored525 (3.24 per match)

The 2022–23 NIFL Premier Intermediate League (known as the Lough 41 Premier Intermediate League for sponsorship reasons) was the sixth season of the NIFL Premier Intermediate League, the third tier of the Northern Ireland Football League - the national football league in Northern Ireland. The season began on 20 August 2022.

Newington were the champions of the previous season and promoted to the 2022–23 NIFL Championship. They were replaced by Queen's University, who were relegated from the 2021–22 NIFL Championship. 2021–22 Mid-Ulster Football League champions Ballymacash Rangers defeated 2021–22 Ballymena & Provincial Football League champions St James' Swifts in a promotion playoff to earn promotion to the NIFL Premier Intermediate League, increasing the number of teams by one.

Teams

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Locations of the 2022–23 NIFL Premier Intermediate teams
Club Stadium Location Capacity[1]
Armagh City Holm Park Armagh 2,000
Ballymacash Rangers The Bluebell Stadium Lisburn 1,280
Banbridge Town Crystal Park Banbridge 1,500
Bangor Clandeboye Park Bangor 1,895 (500 seated)
Dollingstown Planter's Park Dollingstown 1,000
Limavady United The Showgrounds Limavady 1,500 (274 seated)
Lisburn Distillery New Grosvenor Stadium Ballyskeagh 7,000 (540 seated)
Moyola Park Mill Meadow Castledawson 1,000
Portstewart Mullaghacall Portstewart 1,000
PSNI The Dub Belfast 1,000 (330 seated)
Queen's University Upper Malone Belfast 1,000 (330 seated)
Tobermore United Fortwilliam Park Tobermore 2,000 (100 seated)

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation[a]
1 Bangor (C, P) 27 22 4 1 67 14 +53 70 Promotion to the NIFL Championship
2 Ballymacash Rangers 27 18 6 3 67 24 +43 60 Qualification for the NIFL Championship play-off
3 Queen's University 27 16 3 8 60 47 +13 51
4 Limavady United 27 13 7 7 47 29 +18 46
5 Moyola Park 27 9 7 11 37 36 +1 34
6 Tobermore United 27 9 5 13 39 45 −6 32
7 Lisburn Distillery 27 10 4 13 34 53 −19 34
8 Portstewart 27 9 5 13 35 44 −9 32
9 Armagh City 27 7 7 13 38 58 −20 28
10 Dollingstown 27 7 3 17 36 50 −14 24
11 Banbridge Town 27 7 3 17 31 52 −21 24
12 PSNI[b] 27 6 4 17 34 73 −39 22
Source: NIFL Premier Intermediate
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Drawing of lots[2]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other twice (22 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
  2. ^ PSNI were reprieved from relegation after Warrenpoint Town were expelled from the NIFL Championship and relegated to the NIFL Premier Intermediate League.

Results

Matches 1–22

During matches 1–22 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).

Home \ Away ARM BAL BAB BAG DOL LIM LIS MOY POR PSN QUE TOB
Armagh City — 0–3 2–0 0–3 1–1 0–3 1–2 2–2 2–1 2–3 2–4 0–4
Ballymacash Rangers 2–2 — 6–1 1–1 4–2 3–0 2–2 1–0 1–2 5–0 2–3 2–1
Banbridge Town 1–2 1–3 — 0–2 1–4 0–2 3–2 1–3 3–1 0–0 2–1 2–3
Bangor 5–0 2–0 4–0 — 3–0 1–0 5–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 1–1 3–0
Dollingstown 4–0 1–1 1–0 1–4 — 1–2 4–0 0–0 2–0 6–0 1–2 2–3
Limavady United 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 — 3–0 2–1 3–1 3–1 2–3 1–2
Lisburn Distillery 1–4 0–2 0–3 0–5 2–0 1–1 — 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–2
Moyola Park 3–0 0–3 2–1 0–2 3–0 2–2 1–0 — 2–1 5–0 0–2 1–1
Portstewart 2–2 0–3 0–2 1–2 1–2 0–2 1–2 0–0 — 2–0 2–3 2–0
PSNI 2–2 0–8 3–2 1–2 4–1 1–2 2–5 2–6 1–2 — 0–3 2–2
Queen's University 2–1 0–3 3–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–4 3–2 — 2–1
Tobermore United 3–3 0–2 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–5 0–1 1–2 2–3 4–0 1–1 —
Source: NIFL Premier Intermediate
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Matches 23–27

For the final five matches, the table splits into two halves, with the top six teams forming Section A and the bottom six teams forming Section B. Each team plays every other team in their respective section once.

References

  1. ^ "NIFL Premier Intermediate Venues 2021-2022". Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Rules and Regulations". NIFL. Retrieved 14 September 2021.