Northern Irish Championship

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Established
2008 (17 years old)

First Recorded Event
2019-08-03

Current Season
2024-2025

Level Below
Northern Irish Premier Intermediate League

Sport
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Soccer

Location
Northern Ireland

Gender
Male

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Results
26 Apr	Annagh Uni	1 - 0	Ards
26 Apr	Newry City	0 - 3	Institute
26 Apr	H and W We	2 - 3	Limavady Uni
26 Apr	Bangor	3 - 1	Dundela
26 Apr	Ballyclare	2 - 4	Newington
26 Apr	Armagh Cit	0 - 1	Ballinamalla
19 Apr	Institute	4 - 3	Armagh City
19 Apr	H and W We	0 - 1	Bangor
19 Apr	Dundela	1 - 0	Ards
19 Apr	Limavady U	0 - 2	Annagh Unite

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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