2022 Women's Premiership (Northern Ireland)

Women's Premiership (Northern Ireland)

Champions	Cliftonville
Matches played	56
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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.

Belfast

Derry City

Sion Swifts

Lisburn Ladies

Mid-Ulster Ladies

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders Strikers
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the 2022 season

Teams are listed in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Cliftonville	Belfast (Oldpark)	Solitude	2,530
Crusaders Strikers	Belfast (Shore Road)	Seaview	3,383
Derry City	Derry	Brandywell Stadium	3,700
Glentoran	Belfast (Sydenham)	The Oval	26,556
Linfield	Belfast (Boucher Road)	New Midgley Park	n/a
Lisburn Ladies	Lisburn	Bluebell Stadium	1,280
Mid-Ulster Ladies	Cookstown	Mid-Ulster Sports Arena	n/a
Sion Swifts	Strabane	Melvin Sports Complex	n/a

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cliftonville (C)	14	13	0	1	59	7	+52	39	Qualification for the Champions League first round
2	Glentoran	14	11	2	1	61	9	+52	35
3	Crusaders Strikers	14	9	2	3	38	19	+19	29
4	Linfield	14	7	2	5	32	25	+7	23
5	Sion Swifts	14	6	2	6	30	22	+8	20
6	Lisburn Ladies	14	2	2	10	13	43	−30	8
7	Mid-Ulster Ladies	14	1	1	12	11	57	−46	4
8	Derry City	14	0	3	11	2	64	−62	3

Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2022. Source: [1]

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

Results

Home \ Away	CLI	CRS	DER	GLE	LIN	LIS	MID	SIO
Cliftonville	—	4–1	6–0	3–0	4–0	4–1	8–0	2–0
Crusaders	1–2	—	3–0	0–0	1–1	5–2	4–1	2–1
Derry City	0–7	0–7	—	0–10	1–3	0–0	0–2	0–3
Glentoran	3–1	5–0	7–0	—	7–1	4–0	10–1	3–1
Linfield	1–3	0–1	7–0	0–4	—	2–1	6–0	1–1
Lisburn Ladies	0–5	0–5	0–0	0–4	1–4	—	2–0	1–5
Mid-Ulster Ladies	0–6	2–4	1–1	1–3	0–4	2–4	—	1–2
Sion Swifts	0–4	1–4	8–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	3–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2022. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

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

External links

• Womens Premiership NIFL Women's Premiership