The 2018–19 NIFL Championship was the third season of the

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since gaining senior status. It is the second-tier of the

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- the national football league in

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Teams

The 2018–19 NIFL Championship was contested by 12 teams.

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were champions in the previous season, and were promoted to the

2018–19 NIFL Premiership The 2018–19 NIFL Premiership (known as the Danske Bank Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the 11th season of the NIFL Premiership, the highest level of league football in Northern Ireland, the 118th season of Irish league football overall ...

. They were replaced by the bottom team in last season's Premiership,

Ballinamallard United Ballinamallard United Football Club is a semi-professional Northern Irish football club playing in the NIFL Championship. The club, re-formed in 1975 after being dormant since the 1960s, hails from Ballinamallard, near Enniskillen, County Ferman ...

. Runners-up Newry City won 6–3 on aggregate in the

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against

Carrick Rangers Carrick Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional Northern Irish football club playing in NIFL Premiership. The club, founded in 1939, hails from Carrickfergus, County Antrim and plays its home matches at Taylors Avenue which is known as th ...

, also achieving promotion to the Premiership for this season and relegating Carrick Rangers to the Championship. The bottom team from the previous season,

Lurgan Celtic Lurgan Celtic Football Club is a Northern Irish intermediate football club based in Lurgan, County Armagh, that currently plays in the Mid-Ulster Football League Junior Division 1. The club was founded 1903 and reformed in 1970, and plays in a s ...

, were relegated to the third-tier

NIFL Premier Intermediate League The NIFL Premier Intermediate League (Known as the Playr-Fit NIFL Premier Intermediate League for sponsorship reasons) is the third level of the Northern Ireland Football League, the national association football league in Northern Ireland, and t ...

. They were replaced by Dundela, winners of the Premier Intermediate League. The eleventh-placed team from the previous season, Dergview, remained in the Championship this season, after defeating the NIFL Premier Intermediate League runners-up Queen's University 4–1 on aggregate in the relegation play-off.

Stadia and locations

League table

Results

Matches 1–22

During matches 1–22 each team played every other team twice (home and away).

Matches 23–32

During matches 23–32 each team plays every other team in their half of the table twice (home and away).

Top six

Bottom six

Play-offs

NIFL Premiership play-offs

''See:

NIFL Championship play-off

The eleventh-placed team from the Championship,

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, faced

Annagh United Annagh United Football Club (The name 'Annagh' ) is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the NIFL Championship. The club, founded in 1963, hails from Portadown and plays its home matches at the BMG Arena. The club home c ...

, the runners-up from the 2018–19 Premier Intermediate League over two legs for one spot in the

2019–20 NIFL Championship The 2019–20 NIFL Championship was the fourth season of the NIFL Championship since gaining senior status. It is the second-tier of the Northern Ireland Football League - the national football league in Northern Ireland. The season began on 3 Augu ...

. PSNI won 5–3 on aggregate to retain their place in the Championship for next season. Annagh United remained in the Premier Intermediate League. ---- ''PSNI won 5–3 on aggregate and retained their Championship status for the 2019–20 season.''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2018-19 NIFL Championship NIFL Championship seasons

2018–19 in Northern Ireland association football