2025–26 NIFL Premier Intermediate League
2025-26 NIFL Premier Intermediate League
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The 2025–26 NIFL Premier Intermediate League (known as the Playr-Fit Premier Intermediate League for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of the NIFL Premier Intermediate League (the third tier of the Northern Ireland Football League - the national football league in Northern Ireland).
| Season | 2025–26 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 24 August 2025 – 25 April 2026 |
| Champions | Moyola Park |
| Promoted | Moyola Park Newry City Rathfriland Rangers Strabane Athletic |
← 2024–25 2026–27 → | |
Teams
The league consisted of fourteen teams; eleven teams remaining from the previous season, one team promoted from Level 4, and two teams relegated from the NIFL Championship. The competition consists of a full double round robin of twenty-six matches.
The promoted team was the 2024–25 NIFL Premier Intermediate League play-off winners Strabane Athletic. They replaced the 2024–25 NIFL Premier Intermediate League bottom placed team Tobermore United.[1]
The relegated teams were the 2024–25 NIFL Championship play-off losers Ballyclare Comrades and bottom-placed team Newry City. They replaced the 2024–25 NIFL Championship champions Warrenpoint Town and play-off winners Queen's University.
With the NIFL Championship expanding to sixteen teams from the following season, this was the first season where the top four teams of the NIFL Premier Intermediate League were promoted to the NIFL Championship.
| Club | Stadium | Location | Capacity[2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyclare Comrades | Dixon Park | Ballyclare | 2398 (538 seated) |
| Ballymacash Rangers | The Bluebell Stadium | Lisburn | 1,280 |
| Banbridge Town | Crystal Park | Banbridge | 1,500 |
| Coagh United | Hagan Park | Coagh | 1,000 (150 seated) |
| Dergview | Darragh Park | Castlederg | 1,280 |
| Dollingstown | Planter's Park | Dollingstown | 1,000 |
| Knockbreda | Breda Park | Belfast | 1,000 |
| Lisburn Distillery | New Grosvenor Stadium | Lisburn | 1,500 (790 seated) |
| Moyola Park | Fortwilliam Park | Tobermore | 2,000 (100 seated) |
| Newry City | The Showgrounds | Newry | 2,275 |
| Oxford Sunnyside | Knockramer Park | Lurgan | 1,600 |
| Portstewart | Mullaghacall | Portstewart | 1,000 |
| Rathfriland Rangers | Iveagh Park | Rathfriland | 1,000 |
| Strabane Athletic | Melvin Sports Arena | Strabane | 1,000 |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moyola Park (C, P) | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 69 | 25 | +44 | 52 | Promotion to the NIFL Championship |
| 2 | Strabane Athletic (P) | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 49 | |
| 3 | Rathfriland Rangers (P) | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 60 | 29 | +31 | 48 | |
| 4 | Newry City (P) | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 30 | +10 | 47 | |
| 5 | Dollingstown | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 66 | 48 | +18 | 46 | |
| 6 | Ballymacash Rangers | 26 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 61 | 46 | +15 | 46 | |
| 7 | Portstewart | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 37 | |
| 8 | Oxford Sunnyside | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 52 | 46 | +6 | 36 | |
| 9 | Dergview | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 46 | 47 | −1 | 36 | |
| 10 | Ballyclare Comrades | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 36 | |
| 11 | Knockbreda | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 28 | |
| 12 | Coagh United | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 53 | −19 | 27 | |
| 13 | Lisburn Distillery | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 43 | 60 | −17 | 25 | |
| 14 | Banbridge Town | 26 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 16 | 103 | −87 | −8[a] |
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Drawing of lots[3][4][5]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
- Banbridge Town were deducted twelve points for two rule breaches.
Results
Each team plays every other team twice (home and away).