Northern Irish Championship

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Established
2008 (17 years old)

First Recorded Event
2019-08-03

Current Season
2025-2026

Current Round
19

Level Above
Northern Irish Premiership

Level Below
Northern Irish Premier Intermediate League

Sport
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Soccer

Location
Northern Ireland

Gender
Male

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Upcoming
06 Dec	Queens Un	2:00pm	Limavady
06 Dec	Ards	3:00pm	Loughgall
06 Dec	Ballinama	3:00pm	Institute
06 Dec	Dundela	3:00pm	Armagh Ci
06 Dec	H and W W	3:00pm	Annagh Un
13 Dec	Annagh Un	3:00pm	Dundela
13 Dec	Ards	3:00pm	Newington
13 Dec	Ballinama	3:00pm	Warrenpoi
13 Dec	Institute	3:00pm	H and W W
13 Dec	Limavady	3:00pm	Armagh Ci
Results
05 Dec	Warrenpoi	-	Newington
29 Nov	Warrenpoi	1 - 1	Queens Un
29 Nov	Newington	4 - 1	Institute
29 Nov	Loughgall	2 - 1	Dundela
29 Nov	Limavady	4 - 2	Ballinama
29 Nov	Armagh Ci	0 - 3	H and W W
29 Nov	Annagh Un	3 - 1	Ards
22 Nov	Limavady	1 - 0	Ards
22 Nov	H and W W	1 - 1	Queens Un
22 Nov	Dundela	3 - 2	Warrenpoi

Description

The Northern Ireland Football League Championship (known as the Bluefin Sport Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the second level of the Northern Ireland Football League, the national football league in Northern Ireland. Clubs in the Championship can be promoted to the highest national division - the NIFL Premiership, and relegated to the third level - the NIFL Premier Intermediate League.

It was founded in 2008 as the Premier Intermediate League for members of the previous IFA Intermediate League that met the new stricter membership criteria, though was marketed as the IFA Championship. In 2009, it was extended to two divisions: Championship 1 and Championship 2 with promotion and relegation between the two. In 2013, the Championship and IFA Premiership were replaced by a single Northern Ireland Football League, independent of the Irish Football Association (IFA).

Under reforms agreed by the NIFL clubs in 2014, from 2016–17, Championship 1 acquired senior status, continuing as the NIFL Championship, while Championship 2 continued as the Premier Intermediate League, retaining its intermediate status.

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