NIFL Championship 2

NIFL Championship 2
Country Northern Ireland
Founded 2013
2009–2013 (as IFA Championship 2)
2004–2008 (as IFA Intermediate League Second Division)
2003–2004 (as Irish League Second Division)
Number of teams 14
Level on pyramid 3
Promotion to NIFL Championship 1
Relegation to Ballymena & Provincial League
Mid-Ulster Football League
Northern Amateur League
Northern Ireland Intermediate League
Domestic cup(s) Irish Cup
IFA Intermediate Cup
League cup(s) Northern Ireland Football League Cup
Current champions Lurgan Celtic
(2014–15)
2015–16 NIFL Championship

NIFL Championship 2 is the third division of the Northern Ireland Football League, the national association football league in Northern Ireland, occupying level three in the Northern Ireland football league system – below NIFL Championship 1. Clubs in Championship 2 have intermediate status.

2016 restructuring

Under reforms agreed by the NIFL clubs in 2014, from 2016, the current Championship 1 will acquire senior status, continuing as the NIFL Championship, while Championship 2 will continue as the Premier Intermediate League, retaining its intermediate status and will thus become the top intermediate league in Northern Ireland.[1][2] 2017 restructuring. The Championship 2 will have 16 teams along with the newly named NIFL Premier League and NIFL Championship to help boost Northern Ireland Football League get 2 automatic places in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.

Current members (2015–16)

Championship 2

See also

References

  1. ↑ "NI Football League - Restructure Proposal". Northern Ireland Football League. nifootballleague.com. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Northern Ireland Football League (2014). NI Football League Restructure Proposal.

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