NIFL Championship

NIFL Championship
Country	Northern Ireland
Founded	2008 (as IFA Championship)
Number of teams	12
Promotion to	NIFL Premiership
Relegation to	NIFL Premier Intermediate League
Levels on pyramid	2
Domestic cup(s)	Irish Cup
Current champions	Loughgall (1st title) (2022-23)
Most successful club	Dundela (10 times)
2023–24

The NIFL Championship is the second division of the Northern Ireland Football League, the national football league in Northern Ireland.

It was founded in 2008 as the Premier Intermediate League for members of the previous IFA Intermediate League that met the new stricter membership criteria, though was marketed as the IFA Championship. In 2009, it was extended to two divisions: Championship 1 and Championship 2 with promotion and relegation between the two. In 2013, the Championship and IFA Premiership were replaced by a single Northern Ireland Football League, independent of the Irish Football Association (IFA).

Current NIFL Championship clubs (2023–24)

Club	Stadium	Location	Capacity
Annagh United	BMG Arena	Portadown	1,250 (100 seated)
Ards	Bangor Fuels Arena	Bangor	1,895 (500 seated)
Ballinamallard United	Ferney Park	Ballinamallard	2,000 (250 seated)
Ballyclare Comrades	Dixon Park	Ballyclare	2,400
Bangor	Bangor Fuels Arena	Bangor	1,895
Dergview	Darragh Park	Castlederg	1,200
Dundela	Wilgar Park	Belfast	1,200
Harland & Wolff Welders	Blanchflower Stadium	Belfast	1,100
Institute	Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium	Derry	8,200
Knockbreda	Breda Park	Belfast	1,000
Newington	Inver Park	Larne	3,000
Portadown	Shamrock Park	Portadown	2,770

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Football in Northern Ireland

League competitions The IFA Cup competitions NIFL Premiership Northern Ireland (B) Irish Cup NIFL Championship (U-21) (U-20) (U-19) Irish League Cup Intermediate League (U-18) (U-17) (U-16) County Antrim Shield Ballymena & Provincial List of clubs Mid-Ulster Cup Northern Amateur Football League List of stadiums Mid-Ulster Football League (by capacity) List of competitions