Teams: | 30 |
Promotion: | Highland League |
Level: | 6–7 |
Domest Cup: | Scottish Cup (SFA licensed clubs and Premier League winners) Scottish Junior Cup |
Champions: | Culter (9th title) |
Season: | 2023–24 |
Most Champs: | Culter (9 titles) |
Current: | 2024–25 North Region Junior Football League |
Website: | SJFA North Region |
The North Region Junior Football League is a football league based in the north east of Scotland. The league sits at levels 6–7 on the Scottish football league system, acting as a feeder to the Highland Football League.
Geographically, the league covers Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and Moray.
The winners take part in an end of season promotion play-off with the Midlands Football League and North Caledonian Football League champions, subject to clubs meeting the required licensing criteria.
From 2018 to 2022, the league consisted of three divisions at Tiers 6 to 8. The 2018 league was essentially a continuation of a two division system which operated from 2003. It was split into two geographical sections at Tier 7 from 2011, with the lower (Tier 8) Division Two disbanded two years later. After five seasons of that setup, a three-division model was restored. The league currently consists of two divisions, a Premier League and a Championship.
The current system sees two clubs automatically relegated from the Premier League, who are replaced by two clubs from the Championship. The third-bottom club in the Premier League enters a play-off with the clubs who finish between third and fifth in the Championship. In the semi-finals, the Premier League side plays the fifth-placed Championship side, and the fourth and fifth-placed teams play each other, both games over two legs. The winners then progress to a single-leg final.
Club | Location | Ground | Finishing position 2022–23 | |
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Aberdeen Sports Village | 5th | |||
Buchanhaven Hearts | Raemoss Park | 4th in Championship | ||
Colony Park | Colony Park | 11th | ||
Culter | Crombie Park | 1st | ||
Dyce | Ian Mair Park | 3rd | ||
East End | New Advocates Park | 7th | ||
Ellon United | The Meadows | 8th | ||
Fraserburgh United | College Park | 2nd in Championship | ||
Hermes | Lochside Park | 2nd | ||
Maud | Maud Pleasure Park | 10th | ||
Nairn St Ninian | Showfield Park | 12th | ||
Newmachar United | Charles Gordon Park | 5th in Championship | ||
Stoneywood Parkvale | Clark Commercial Park | 6th | ||
Sunnybank | Heathryfold Park | 1st in Championship | ||
Stonehaven | Glenury Park | 4th | ||
Rothie Rovers | Forgue Road | 3rd in Championship |
Club | Location | Ground | Finishing position 2022–23 | |
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Banchory St Ternan | Milton Park | 13th in Premier League | ||
Banks o' Dee Juniors | Spain Park | 7th | ||
Burghead Thistle | Forest Park | 10th | ||
Cruden Bay | Watson Park | 14th | ||
Deveronside | Myrus Centre | 12th | ||
Dufftown | Westburn Park | 14th in Premier League | ||
Forres Thistle | Logie Park | 6th | ||
Glentanar | Woodside Sports Complex | 11th | ||
Hall Russell United | Denmore Park | In abeyance | ||
Islavale | Simpson Park | 8th | ||
Longside | Davidson Park | 9th | ||
Lossiemouth United | Phoenix Park | 15th | ||
New Elgin | Nicol-Togneri Park | 16th | ||
Whitehills | Daniel Morgan Arena | In abeyance |