Northern Irish Championship

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Established
2008 (18 years old)

First Recorded Event
2019-08-03

Current Season
2025-2026

Current Round
38

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
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Results
25 Apr	Armagh CArmagh City	1 - 4	InstitutInstitute
25 Apr	WarrenpoWarrenpoint Town	0 - 1	ArdsArds
25 Apr	BallinamBallinamallard United	2 - 2	DundelaDundela
24 Apr	NewingtoNewington	2 - 1	LoughgalLoughgall
24 Apr	LimavadyLimavady United	0 - 1	Queens UQueens University
24 Apr	H and W H and W Welders	4 - 0	Annagh UAnnagh United
21 Apr	BallinamBallinamallard United	6 - 0	Armagh CArmagh City
18 Apr	Annagh UAnnagh United	0 - 2	LimavadyLimavady United
18 Apr	NewingtoNewington	2 - 4	H and W H and W Welders
18 Apr	InstitutInstitute	3 - 1	ArdsArds

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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