The 2024–25 NIFL Championship (known as the Playr-Fit Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth season of the

NIFL Championship The Northern Ireland Football League Championship (known as the Playr-Fit Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the second level of the Northern Ireland Football League, the national football league in Northern Ireland. Clubs in the Championsh ...

(the second-tier of the Irish League - the national football league in

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) since gaining senior status.

Teams

The league consisted of twelve teams; nine teams remaining from the previous season, two teams promoted from the

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 ...

, and one team relegated from the

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. The promoted teams were

2023–24 NIFL Premier Intermediate League The 2023–24 NIFL Premier Intermediate League (known as the Playr-Fit Premier Intermediate League for sponsorship reasons) was the seventh season of the NIFL Premier Intermediate League (the third tier of the Northern Ireland Football League - t ...

champions Limavady United and 2023–24 NIFL Championship play-off winners Armagh City. They replaced the NIFL Championship play-off losers Dergview and bottom-placed team Knockbreda. The relegated team was the

2023–24 NIFL Premiership The 2023–24 NIFL Premiership (known as the Sports Direct Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the 16th season of the NIFL Premiership (the highest level of league football in Northern Ireland), the 123rd season of Irish League football over ...

bottom-placed team Newry City. They replaced the 2023–24 NIFL Championship champions

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Stadia and locations

Regular season

League table

Results

For matches 1–22, each team plays every other team twice (home and away). For matches 23–33, each team plays every other team for the third time (either at home or away).

Matches 34–38

For the final five matches, the table splits into two halves, with the top six teams forming Section A and the bottom six teams forming Section B. Each team plays every other team in their respective section once. The fixtures are reversed from those played during rounds 23–33, ensuring that teams have played every other team in their respective section twice at home and twice away overall throughout the season.

Section A

League table

Results

Each team plays each other once (either at home or away).

Section B

League table

Results

Each team plays each other once (either at home or away).

NIFL Championship play-off

The eleventh-placed club ( Ballyclare Comrades) faced the second-placed club from the

2024–25 NIFL Premier Intermediate League The 2024–25 NIFL Premier Intermediate League (known as the Playr-Fit Premier Intermediate League for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth season of the NIFL Premier Intermediate League (the third tier of the Northern Ireland Football League - th ...

( Queen's University) in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the 2025–26 NIFL Championship.

First leg

Second leg

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2024-25 NIFL Championship NIFL Championship seasons

2024–25 in Northern Ireland association football Current association football seasons