2021 Women's Premiership (Northern Ireland) Explained

Competition:Women's Premiership (Northern Ireland)
Continentalcup1:Women's Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Glentoran
Matches:60
Prevseason:2020
Nextseason:2022

The 2021 Northern Irish Women's Premiership, was the 18th season of the top-tier women's football league in Northern Ireland. Glentoran were the defending champions.[1]

Glentoran won their ninth league title, and second consecutive title, after a 3–2 home victory over Cliftonville in the penultimate round of fixtures on 21 September 2021.[2]

For the 2021 season, no team was relegated as the league was to increase to eight teams for the 2022 season with a view to making the league professional in the 2023 season.[3]

Teams and locations

The following teams made up the 2021 season.

Teams are listed in alphabetical order.

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
CliftonvilleSolitude2,530
Crusaders StrikersSeaview3,383
Derry CityDerryBrandywell Stadium3,700
GlentoranThe Oval26,556
LinfieldNew Midgley Parkn/a
Sion SwiftsStrabaneMelvin Sports Complex n/a

League table

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: STANDINGS . NI Football League . 28 April 2023.
  2. Web site: Women's Premiership: Glentoran retain title with home win over Cliftonville in thriller . BBC Sport . 28 April 2023.
  3. News: Growing women's game 'left to NIFL' . en-GB . BBC Sport . 2023-10-24.