2021 Women's Premiership (Northern Ireland)
Appearance
Champions | Glentoran (9th title) |
---|---|
Women's Champions League | Glentoran |
Matches played | 60 |
Highest scoring | Cliftonville 12–0 Derry City (18 August 2021) |
← 2020 2022 → |
The 2021 Northern Irish Women's Premiership, was the 18th season of the top-tier women's football league in Northern Ireland. Glentoran were the defending champions.[1]
Glentoran won their ninth league title, and second consecutive title, after a 3–2 home victory over Cliftonville in the penultimate round of fixtures on 21 September 2021.[2]
For the 2021 season, no team was relegated as the league was to increase to eight teams for the 2022 season with a view to making the league professional in the 2023 season.[3]
Teams and locations
[edit]The following teams made up the 2021 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 |
Sion Swifts | Strabane | Melvin Sports Complex | n/a |
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Glentoran (C) | 20 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 81 | 16 | +65 | 52 | Qualification for the Champions League first round |
2 | Cliftonville | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 73 | 27 | +46 | 49 | |
3 | Crusaders Strikers | 20 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 32 | 30 | +2 | 28 | |
4 | Sion Swifts | 20 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 22 | |
5 | Linfield | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 35 | 61 | −26 | 20 | |
6 | Derry City | 20 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 91 | −78 | 6 |
Updated to match(es) played on 06 October 2021. Source: [1]
Results
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "STANDINGS". NI Football League. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ "Women's Premiership: Glentoran retain title with home win over Cliftonville in thriller". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ "Growing women's game 'left to NIFL'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ^ "PREMIERSHIP WOMEN". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
External links
[edit]- Womens Premiership NIFL Women's Premiership