The Cymru North is a regional

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league in

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, covering the northern half of the country. It initially had clubs with

semi-professional Semi-professional sports are sports in which athletes are not participating on a full-time basis, but still receive some payment. Semi-professionals are not amateur because they receive regular payment from their team, but generally at a cons ...

status. Together with the

Cymru South The Cymru South is a regional association football, football league in Wales, covering the southern half of the country. It initially had clubs with semi-professional status. Together with the Cymru North, it forms the second tier of the Welsh fo ...

, it forms the second tier of the

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. The first year of its operation was 2019–20 with the

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owning and administering the tier 2 leagues for the first time. These changes followed from a review of the Welsh Football Pyramid. Prior to 2019, the equivalent league was the

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, covering North and Central Wales.

Member clubs for the 2024-25 season

Champions

Promoted to Cymru Premier

* 2019-20: Flint Town ''(runners-up)'' * 2020-21: ''Competition cancelled'' * 2021-22: Airbus UK Broughton * 2022-23:

Colwyn Bay Colwyn Bay () is a town, Community (Wales), community and seaside resort in Conwy County Borough on the north coast of Wales overlooking the Irish Sea. It lies within the historic counties of Wales, historic county boundaries of Denbighshire (h ...

* 2023-24: Flint Town ''(runners-up)'' * 2024-25:

Relegated into Cymru North from Cymru Premier

* 2019-20: Airbus UK Broughton * 2020-21: ''Competition cancelled'' * 2021-22: Cefn Druids * 2022-23: Airbus UK Broughton & Flint Town United * 2023-24:

* 2024-25:

Relegated from Cymru North

* 2019-20:

Porthmadog Porthmadog (), originally Portmadoc until 1972 and known locally as "Port", is a coastal town and community (Wales), community in the Eifionydd area of Gwynedd, Wales, and the historic counties of Wales, historic county of Caernarfonshire. It li ...

Corwen Corwen is a town and community in the county of Denbighshire in Wales. Historically, Corwen was part of the county of Merionethshire. Corwen stands on the banks of the River Dee beneath the Berwyn mountains. The town is situated west of Llang ...

and Llanfair United * 2020-21: ''Competition cancelled'' * 2021-22: Llangefni Town, Llanrhaeadr and

Bangor City Bangor City Football Club () was a Welsh football club from the City of Bangor, Gwynedd. Founded in 1876, Bangor City have been founder members of the North Wales Coast League, the Welsh National League, the North Wales Combination, the W ...

* 2022-23: Conwy Borough,

Penrhyncoch Penrhyn-coch is a small village in the community of Trefeurig, Ceredigion, Wales, located between Afon Stewi and Nant Seilo rivers, close to where they merge into Afon Clarach. The village is approximately north-east of Aberystwyth. The vil ...

and Holyhead Hotspur * 2023-24:

, Chirk AAA and Llanidloes Town * 2024-25: Bangor 1876, Prestatyn Town and Llay Welfare

Promoted into Cymru North

* 2019-20: Llanidloes Town, Holyhead Hotspur and

Holywell Town Holywell Town Football Club () is a Welsh football club from Holywell, Flintshire. They are nicknamed 'The Wellmen', and play their home games at the Bartons North Wales Stadium (commonly known as 'Halkyn Road'), Holywell. They currently pla ...

* 2020-21: ''Competition cancelled'' * 2021-22:

Chirk Chirk () is a town and Community (Wales), community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, south of Wrexham, between it and Oswestry. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 4,468. Historically in the historic counties of Wales, traditional coun ...

, Mold Alexandra and

* 2022-23: Bangor 1876,

Caersws Caersws (; ) is a village and community (Wales), community on the River Severn, in the Wales, Welsh county of Powys; it was formerly in Montgomeryshire. It is located west of Newtown, Powys, Newtown, halfway between Aberystwyth and Shrewsbury. ...

and Denbigh Town * 2023–24: Flint Mountain, Penrhyncoch and Llay Welfare * 2024–25: Brickfield Rangers, Holyhead Hotspur and Rhyl 1879

References

External links

Official site of the JD Cymru NorthSOCCERWAY
(FAW Championship summary) {{UEFA second leagues 2 Sports leagues established in 2019 2019 establishments in Wales

Semi-professional sports leagues