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Women's Premiership (Northern Ireland)
ChampionsGlentoran
RelegatedBallymena United
Biggest home winCliftonville 15–0 Ballymena United
Biggest away winMid-Ulster 0–14 Cliftonville
Highest scoringCliftonville 15–0 Ballymena United
Longest unbeaten run18 matches
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The 2023 Northern Irish Women's Premiership, currently branded as Sports Direct Women's Premiership[1] for sponsorship reasons, is the 20th season of the top-tier women's football league in Northern Ireland.

Cliftonville were the defending champions.[2] The 2023 season saw an increase in the number of teams in the league to ten, with the addition of Ballymena United[3] and Larne.[4]

Teams and locations

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The following teams make up the 2023 season.

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Location of teams in the 2023 season

Teams are listed in alphabetical order.

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Ballymena United Ballymena Ballymena Showgrounds 3,600
Cliftonville Belfast (Oldpark) Solitude 2,530
Crusaders Strikers Belfast (Shore Road) Seaview 3,383
Derry City Derry Brandywell Stadium 3,700
Glentoran Belfast (Sydenham) The Oval 26,556
Larne Larne Inver Park 3,250
Linfield Belfast (Boucher Road) New Midgley Park n/a
Lisburn Ladies Lisburn Bluebell Stadium 1,280
Mid-Ulster Ladies Cookstown Mid-Ulster Sports Arena n/a
Sion Swifts Strabane Melvin Sports Complex n/a

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Glentoran (C) 18 16 2 0 101 7 +94 50 Qualification for the Champions League first round
2 Cliftonville 18 14 2 2 104 10 +94 44
3 Crusaders Strikers 18 13 0 5 42 21 +21 39
4 Sion Swifts 18 12 1 5 58 24 +34 37
5 Linfield 18 10 2 6 58 24 +34 32
6 Lisburn Ladies 18 7 1 10 28 50 −22 22
7 Larne 18 5 1 12 21 84 −63 16
8 Derry City 18 3 0 15 22 80 −58 9
9 Mid-Ulster Ladies 18 1 4 13 13 74 −61 7
10 Ballymena United (R) 18 1 3 14 11 84 −73 6 Relegation to NIWFA Championship
Updated to match(es) played on 13 October 2023. Source: [1]

Results

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Home \ Away BAL CLI CRS DER GLE LAR LIN LIS MID SIO
Ballymena United — 0–6 1–6 2–4 0–9 2–2 0–2 1–3 2–2 0–6
Cliftonville 15–0 — 1–2 8–1 2–2 10–0 3–0 2–0 7–0 4–0
Crusaders 3–0 3–1 — 5–0 0–3 4–0 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–0
Derry City 2–3 0–9 0–2 — 0–6 2–3 1–8 2–5 4–1 0–4
Glentoran 11–0 1–1 5–0 11–0 — 10–0 2–0 8–1 5–0 4–1
Larne 1–0 0–12 0–1 1–2 0–7 — 0–4 2–5 4–1 1–5
Linfield 5–0 0–2 5–2 3–1 2–3 8–0 — 5–0 7–0 1–1
Lisburn Ladies 3–0 0–3 1–3 3–1 0–5 2–3 0–5 — 1–1 0–6
Mid-Ulster Ladies 0–0 0–14 0–5 2–0 0–6 2–4 2–2 0–2 — 0–3
Sion Swifts 4–0 1–4 3–0 4–2 0–3 7–0 5–1 3–1 5–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 13 October 2023. Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

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  1. ^ "Nifl Announce Sports Direct Partnership". NI Football League. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. ^ "DEFEAT DOESN'T SPOIL REDS TITLE PARTY". NI Football League. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Ballymena United promoted to Danske Bank Women's Premiership". Shekicks.net. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Cliftonville Ladies begin title defence with home clash against Linfield Women". News Letter. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
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