2024 Women's Premiership (Northern Ireland)

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]

Teams and locations

The following teams make up the 2024 season.

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Location of teams in the 2024 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 Lisburn Crewe Park n/a
Mid-Ulster Ladies Dungannon Stangmore Park 2,000

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Cliftonville (C) 15 15 0 0 75 8 +67 45 Qualification for the Champions League first round
2 Glentoran 15 13 0 2 79 14 +65 39
3 Linfield 15 10 1 4 67 22 +45 31
4 Lisburn Rangers 15 8 1 6 38 34 +4 25
5 Crusaders Strikers 15 5 3 7 24 29 −5 18
6 Derry City 15 4 3 8 22 41 −19 15
7 Lisburn Ladies 15 4 2 9 17 47 −30 14
8 Larne 16 2 3 11 17 63 −46 9
9 Mid-Ulster Ladies (R) 15 0 1 14 7 88 −81 1 Relegation to NIWFA Championship
Updated to match(es) played on 6 October 2024. Source: NIFootballLeague.com

Results

Home \ Away CLI CRS DER GLE LAR LIN LIS LIR MID
Cliftonville — 2–0 5–0 6–0 8–1 5–2 6–0 3–2 5–0
Crusaders — 0–1 0–6 7–0 1–1 6–1 1–2 5–1
Derry City 0–3 3–1 — 1–6 0–0 1–3 1–2 4–0
Glentoran 1–2 6–0 7–1 — 3–0 4–1 3–0 20–0
Larne 0–6 0–0 1–1 0–5 — 0–10 1–2 0–4 7–0
Linfield 0–4 5–0 5–1 1–2 7–1 — 6–0 2–5 7–1
Lisburn Ladies 1–7 0–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 0–7 — 0–1 2–0
Lisburn Rangers 1–8 1–2 6–1 1–7 6–1 0–3 2–2 — 5–0
Mid-Ulster Ladies 0–5 0–0 1–6 0–6 2–4 1–8 1–4 —
Updated to match(es) played on 6 October 2024. 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. ^ "DEFEAT DOESN'T SPOIL REDS TITLE PARTY". NI Football League. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  3. ^ "NIFL STATEMENT: 12 FEBRUARY 2024". NIFL. Retrieved 1 March 2024.