Northern Ireland 2025/26


IFA Premiership
Cup Tournaments
Championship
Premier Intermediate League

IFA Premiership

Regular Stage | Playoff Stage

Regular Stage

Final Table:

 1.Larne                 33  22  7  4  60-22  73       Section A
 2.Glentoran             33  21  6  6  63-30  69       Section A
 3.Coleraine             33  20  5  8  62-31  65       Section A
 4.Linfield              33  18  8  7  56-24  62  [C]  Section A
 5.Cliftonville          33  13  8 12  49-48  47       Section A
 6.Dungannon Swifts      33  15  1 17  40-58  46       Section A
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 7.Carrick Rangers       33  12  7 14  49-51  43       Section B
 8.Bangor                33  10  6 17  38-57  36  [P]  Section B
 9.Portadown             33  11  3 19  36-57  36       Section B
10.Ballymena United      33   9  7 17  39-50  34       Section B
11.Crusaders             33   7  5 21  38-72  26       Section B
12.Glenavon              33   8  1 24  33-63  25       Section B

Playoff Stage

Section A | Section B

Section A

Final Table:

 1.Larne                 38  25  8  5  73-26  83       Champions
 2.Coleraine             38  25  5  8  83-37  80
 3.Glentoran             38  23  8  7  73-38  77
 4.Linfield              38  19  9 10  61-33  66  [C]  Conference League Playoff
 5.Cliftonville          38  15  8 15  55-59  53       Conference League Playoff
 6.Dungannon Swifts      38  15  1 22  42-77  46       Conference League Playoff

Conference League Playoff

Round 1 [May 6]
Dungannon Swifts      3-1 Carrick Rangers       

Round 2 [May 9]
Cliftonville          1-2 Dungannon Swifts      

Final [May 12]
Linfield              3-1 Dungannon Swifts      

Section B

Final Table:

 7.Carrick Rangers       38  15  8 15  64-58  53       Conference League Playoff
 8.Portadown             38  13  5 20  44-66  44
 9.Ballymena United      38  10  9 19  46-58  39
10.Bangor                38  10  9 19  41-65  39  [P]
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11.Crusaders             38  10  6 22  48-81  36       Relegation Playoff
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12.Glenavon              38   8  4 26  37-69  28       Relegated

Promotion/Relegation Playoff

First Leg [Apr 28]
Annagh United         2-3 Crusaders             

Second Leg [May 1]
Crusaders             1-2 Annagh United         [aet, 3-1 pen]

NB: both teams remain at former level

Cup Tournaments

Irish Cup | League Cup

Irish Cup

Round 5
[Jan 9]
Coleraine             4-0 Crusaders             
[Jan 10]
Comber Recreation     0-3 Ballymacash Rangers   
Dungannon Swifts      3-0 Ards                  
Carrick Rangers       5-1 Queens University     
Limavady United       4-1 Lisburn Rangers       
Armagh City           1-4 Drumaness Mills       
Moyola Park           2-4 H&W Welders           [aet]
Linfield              1-0 Bangor                
Cliftonville          3-0 Dundela               
[Jan 13]
Warrenpoint Town      4-3 Lisburn Distillery    [aet]
Portadown             4-2 Annagh United         
Ballinamallard United 0-3 Institute             
Glenavon              4-2 Newington             [aet]
[Jan 20]
Glentoran             4-0 Strabane Athletic     
[Feb 3]
Ballymena United      1-2 Larne                 
Loughgall             2-0 Knockbreda            

Round 6
[Feb 6]
Limavady United       1-0 Linfield              
[Feb 7]
Cliftonville          2-1 Glenavon              
Portadown             1-2 Dungannon Swifts      
Warrenpoint Town      0-2 Larne                 
Carrick Rangers       1-4 Coleraine             [aet]
H&W Welders           3-0 Ballymacash Rangers   
Loughgall             2-1 Institute             
[Feb 17]
Glentoran             5-0 Drumaness Mills       

Quarterfinals
[Mar 6]
Glentoran             1-1 Larne                 [aet, 0-3 pen]
[Mar 7]
Dungannon Swifts      3-0 H&W Welders           
Limavady United       0-2 Coleraine             
Loughgall             0-3 Cliftonville          

Semifinals
[Apr 3]
Cliftonville          1-1 Dungannon Swifts      [aet, 3-4 pen]
[Apr 4]
Coleraine             2-1 Larne                 [aet]

Final [May 2]
Dungannon Swifts      2-3 Coleraine             

League Cup

Round 2
[Nov 4]
Ballymena United      3-0 Newington             
Coleraine             7-1 Armagh City           
Dungannon Swifts      0-1 Moyola Park           
Glentoran             2-1 Crusaders             
Larne                 2-1 Bangor                
Newry City            1-0 Glenavon              
[Nov 5]
Cliftonville          5-2 Strabane Athletic     
H&W Welders           3-6 Linfield              [aet]

Quarterfinals [Dec 2]
Ballymena United      2-0 Larne                 
Glentoran             1-1 Cliftonville          [aet, 5-4 pen]
Moyola Park           0-2 Coleraine             
Newry City            2-3 Linfield              

Semifinals
[Jan 28]
Linfield              1-0 Ballymena United      
[Feb 3]
Glentoran             2-1 Coleraine             [aet]

Final [Mar 15]
Linfield              1-0 Glentoran             [aet]


Championship

Final Tables:

Promotion Group
 1.Limavady United       38  24  9  5  69-34  81       Promoted
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 2.Annagh United         38  22  6 10  55-39  72       Promotion Playoff
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 3.H&W Welders           38  19  9 10  87-48  66
 4.Newington Youth Club  38  18  6 14  77-62  60
 5.Queens University     38  15 12 11  51-46  57  [P]
 6.Loughgall             38  14 14 10  50-38  56  [R]

Relegation Group 
 7.Institute             38  17  8 13  59-46  59
 8.Ards                  38  15  7 16  56-51  52
 9.Warrenpoint Town      38  11  8 19  45-53  41  [P]
10.Ballinamallard United 38   9 11 18  44-60  38
11.Dundela               38   5 13 20  43-77  28
12.Armagh City           38   4  7 27  30-112 19

NB: no relegation as second level is extended to 16 clubs for 2026/27 season

Premier Intermediate League

Final Table:

 1.Moyola Park           26  16  4  6  69-25  52       Promoted
 2.Strabane Athletic     26  15  4  7  48-37  49  [P]  Promoted
 3.Rathfriland Rangers   26  15  3  8  60-29  48       Promoted
 4.Newry City            26  14  5  7  40-30  47  [R]  Promoted
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 5.Dollingstown          26  14  4  8  66-48  46
 6.Ballymacash Rangers   26  15  1 10  61-46  46
 7.Portstewart           26  10  7  9  39-36  37
 8.Oxford Sunnyside      26  11  3 12  52-46  36
 9.Dergview              26  10  6 10  46-47  36
10.Ballyclare Comrades   26  11  3 12  43-45  36  [R]
11.Knockbreda            26   7  7 12  31-43  28
12.Coagh United          26   7  6 13  34-53  27
13.Lisburn Distillery    26   7  4 15  43-60  25
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14.Banbridge Town        26   1  1 24  16-103 -8 [-12] Relegated


2024/25.

list of champions.

list of final tables.

list of cup finals.

list of league cup finals.

list of gold cup winners.

list of topscorers.


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Prepared and maintained by Karel Stokkermans the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 14 Jun 2026

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