2025 Women's Premiership (Northern Ireland)

Women's Premiership (Northern Ireland)
Season2025
Dates9 May 2025 – 17 October 2025
ChampionsGlentoran
Matches68
Goals277 (4.07 per match)
2024
2026
All statistics correct as of 17 October 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.

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 17 16 0 1 67 11 +56 48 Qualification for the Champions League first round
2 Cliftonville 17 14 1 2 45 8 +37 43
3 Linfield 17 10 1 6 60 27 +33 31
4 Lisburn Rangers 17 8 0 9 30 35 −5 24
5 Crusaders Strikers 17 8 0 9 30 43 −13 24
6 Derry City 17 6 0 11 22 38 −16 18
7 Lisburn Ladies 17 3 1 13 11 48 −37 10
8 Larne 17 1 1 15 12 67 −55 4

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 17 Oct 2025. Source: NIFootballLeague.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

After Split (Games 15-17)

Section A

Home \ Away CLI GLE LIN LIR
Cliftonville 2–1 1–0
Glentoran 1–0 8–1
Linfield 0–1
Lisburn Rangers 5–0
Updated to match(es) played on 17 Oct 2025. Source: NIFootballLeague.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Section B

Home \ Away CRS DER LAR LIS
Crusaders 0–3 3–2
Derry City 1–0 1–3
Larne 0–2
Lisburn Ladies 1–3
Updated to match(es) played on 17 Oct 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.