2022 Women's Premiership (Northern Ireland) Explained

Competition:Women's Premiership (Northern Ireland)
Winners:Cliftonville
Continentalcup1:Cliftonville
Matches:56
Prevseason:2021
Nextseason:2023

The 2022 Northern Irish Women's Premiership, known as the Danske Bank Women's Premiership for sponsorship reasons[1] was the 19th season of the top-tier women's football league in Northern Ireland. Glentoran were the defending champions.[2] Cliftonville won their first league title.[3]

Teams and locations

The following teams made up the 2022 season.

Teams are listed in alphabetical order.

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
CliftonvilleSolitude2,530
Crusaders StrikersSeaview3,383
Derry CityDerryBrandywell Stadium3,700
GlentoranThe Oval26,556
LinfieldNew Midgley Parkn/a
Lisburn LadiesLisburnBluebell Stadium1,280
Mid-Ulster LadiesCookstownMid-Ulster Sports Arenan/a
Sion SwiftsStrabaneMelvin Sports Complex n/a

League table

For the 2022 season, no team was relegated as the league was to increase to ten teams from the 2023 season onwards.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Northern Ireland Football League confirm Danske Bank partnership to end after 11 years . News Letter . 12 May 2023 . 30 Mar 2023.
  2. Web site: belfastlive.co.uk . 27 April 2023.
  3. Web site: Cliftonville Ladies seal their place in history books with first ever Women's Premiership title success . Belfast Telegraph . 27 April 2023.
  4. Web site: NIFL Women's Premiership prize money more than trebled . Shekicks.net . 11 May 2023.