2025–26 NIFL Premier Intermediate League

NIFL Premier Intermediate League
Season2025–26
Dates24 August 2025 – 25 April 2026
2026–27 →

The 2025–26 NIFL Premier Intermediate League (known as the Playr-Fit Premier Intermediate League for sponsorship reasons) is the ninth season of the NIFL Premier Intermediate League (the third tier of the Northern Ireland Football League - the national football league in Northern Ireland).

Teams

The league consisted of fourteen teams; eleven teams remaining from the previous season, one team promoted from Level 4, and two teams relegated from the NIFL Championship.

The promoted team was the 2024–25 NIFL Premier Intermediate League play-off winners Strabane Athletic. They replaced the 2024–25 NIFL Premier Intermediate League bottom placed team Tobermore United.[1]

The relegated teams were the 2024–25 NIFL Championship play-off losers Ballyclare Comrades and bottom-placed team Newry City. They replaced the 2024–25 NIFL Championship champions Warrenpoint Town and play-off winners Queen's University.

With the NIFL Championship expanding to sixteen teams from the following season, this was the first season where the top four teams of the NIFL Premier Intermediate League were promoted to the NIFL Championship.

Locations of the 2025–26 NIFL Premier Intermediate teams
Club Stadium Location Capacity[2]
Ballyclare Comrades Dixon Park Ballyclare
 2398 (538 seated)
Ballymacash Rangers The Bluebell Stadium Lisburn 1,280
Banbridge Town Crystal Park Banbridge 1,500
Coagh United Hagan Park Coagh 1,000 (150 seated)
Dergview Darragh Park Castlederg 1,280
Dollingstown Planter's Park Dollingstown 1,000
Knockbreda Breda Park Belfast 1,000
Lisburn Distillery New Grosvenor Stadium Lisburn 1,500 (790 seated)
Moyola Park Fortwilliam Park Tobermore 2,000 (100 seated)
Newry City The Showgrounds Newry 2,275
Oxford Sunnyside Knockramer Park Lurgan 1,600
Portstewart Mullaghacall Portstewart 1,000
Rathfriland Rangers Iveagh Park Rathfriland 1,000
Strabane Athletic Melvin Sports Arena Strabane 1,000

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Moyola Park 12 8 3 1 35 10 +25 27 Promotion to the NIFL Championship
2 Ballyclare Comrades 14 8 3 3 26 14 +12 27
3 Newry City 13 7 3 3 22 16 +6 24
4 Dollingstown 11 6 2 3 38 23 +15 20
5 Oxford Sunnyside 14 6 0 8 26 24 +2 18
6 Portstewart 12 5 3 4 14 17 −3 18
7 Rathfriland Rangers 9 5 2 2 27 6 +21 17
8 Dergview 10 5 2 3 20 17 +3 17
9 Knockbreda 13 5 2 6 20 22 −2 17
10 Strabane Athletic 10 5 1 4 13 14 −1 16
11 Coagh United 14 4 3 7 18 33 −15 15
12 Ballymacash Rangers 11 4 1 6 18 20 −2 13
13 Lisburn Distillery 11 3 1 7 16 20 −4 10
14 Banbridge Town 14 0 0 14 5 62 −57 −12[a] Relegation to Level 4
Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 2026. 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[3][4][5]
Notes:
  1. ^ Banbridge Town were deducted twelve points for two rule breaches.


Results

Each team plays every other team twice (home and away).

Home \ Away BCC BAL BAN COA DER DOL KNO LIS MOY NEW OXF POR RAT STR
Ballyclare Comrades — 5–0 4–0 4–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1
Ballymacash Rangers 0–1 — 1–1 2–0 2–4 1–2 4–3
Banbridge Town 1–2 — 1–4 0–2 0–3 1–3 0–4
Coagh United — 2–1 3–3 0–1 0–3 0–1 2–1 4–1
Dergview 3–1 2–1 — 5–1
Dollingstown 3–1 10–0 1–3 — 4–0 2–1
Knockbreda 0–3 4–0 3–3 — 2–2 2–0 0–1
Lisburn Distillery 1–0 6–0 — 1–2 0–2 0–1
Moyola Park 3–1 10–1 4–0 4–2 3–0 — 0–0 2–0
Newry City 2–1 3–3 4–3 4–3 — 3–0 0–0
Oxford Sunnyside 0–1 5–0 2–3 3–2 5–0 — 2–1 1–2
Portstewart 4–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 — 0–4 2–0
Rathfriland Rangers 1–1 9–0 4–1 1–2 —
Strabane Athletic 2–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 0–1 0–3 —
Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 2026. 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.

NIFL Premier Intermediate League play-off

The 2025–26 Ballymena & Provincial Football League champions will face the 2025–26 Mid-Ulster Football League champions in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the 2026-27 NIFL Premier Intermediate League.

References

  1. ^ "Strabane secures an historic promotion". Donegal Live. 3 June 2025. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
  2. ^ "NIFL Premier Intermediate Venues 2025-2026". Retrieved 18 October 2025.
  3. ^ "Rules and Regulations". NIFL. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
  4. ^ "NIFL Premier Intermediate Venues 2025-2026". Retrieved 17 October 2025.
  5. ^ "Strabane Athletic Make History!". 3 June 2025. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
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