Northern Ireland football league system

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The Northern Ireland football league system is structured as a series of interconnected football leagues across Northern Ireland.

[edit] Structure

The league system is small. It contains only the Irish Premier League, and the two-division IFA Intermediate League. Other leagues do exist, but are not connected to this league system.

[edit] The current system

For each division, its official name, sponsorship name and number of clubs is given:

Level	League(s)/Division(s)
1	Irish Premier League (Carnegie Premier League) 16 clubs
2	Irish First Division (Carnegie First Division) 12 clubs
3	Irish Second Division (Carnegie Second Division) 11 clubs
4	Amateur Section A (Daily Mirror Amateur Section A) 16 clubs
6	Amateur Section B1 (Daily Mirror Amateur Section B1) 20 clubs			Amateur Section B2 (Daily Mirror Amateur Section B2) 20 clubs
7	County Antrim Amateur Leagues 24/20/15 clubs County Fermangh Leagues 20/16 clubs North-West Leagues 21/19 clubs Mid-Ulster Leagues 22/17 clubs

[edit] See also

• British Football League

Football in Northern Ireland v • d • e
The IFA National team List of venues List of clubs Women's team League system Champions History
Northern Irish League Competitions
Premier League First Division Second Division Amateur Section A
Northern Irish Cup Competitions
Irish Cup League Cup Setanta Cup County Antrim Shield Intermediate Cup Intermediate League Cup Mid-Ulster Cup North-West Cup Bob Radcliffe Cup Craig Memorial Cup Milk Cup Border Cup