2022 Women's Premiership (Northern Ireland)

Women's Premiership (Northern Ireland)
ChampionsCliftonville
Matches played56
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The 2022 Northern Irish Women's Premiership, known as the Danske Bank Women's Premiership for sponsorship reasons[1] was the 19th season of the top-tier women's football league in Northern Ireland. Glentoran were the defending champions.[2] Cliftonville won their first league title.[3]

Teams and locations

The following teams made up the 2022 season.

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Location of teams in the 2022 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
Lisburn Ladies Lisburn Bluebell Stadium 1,280
Mid-Ulster Ladies Cookstown Mid-Ulster Sports Arena n/a
Sion Swifts Strabane Melvin Sports Complex n/a

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cliftonville (C) 14 13 0 1 59 7 +52 39 Qualification for the Champions League first round
2 Glentoran 14 11 2 1 61 9 +52 35
3 Crusaders Strikers 14 9 2 3 38 19 +19 29
4 Linfield 14 7 2 5 32 25 +7 23
5 Sion Swifts 14 6 2 6 30 22 +8 20
6 Lisburn Ladies 14 2 2 10 13 43 −30 8
7 Mid-Ulster Ladies 14 1 1 12 11 57 −46 4
8 Derry City 14 0 3 11 2 64 −62 3
Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2022. Source: [1]

For the 2022 season, no team was relegated as the league was to increase to ten teams from the 2023 season onwards.[4]

Results

Home \ Away CLI CRS DER GLE LIN LIS MID SIO
Cliftonville — 4–1 6–0 3–0 4–0 4–1 8–0 2–0
Crusaders 1–2 — 3–0 0–0 1–1 5–2 4–1 2–1
Derry City 0–7 0–7 — 0–10 1–3 0–0 0–2 0–3
Glentoran 3–1 5–0 7–0 — 7–1 4–0 10–1 3–1
Linfield 1–3 0–1 7–0 0–4 — 2–1 6–0 1–1
Lisburn Ladies 0–5 0–5 0–0 0–4 1–4 — 2–0 1–5
Mid-Ulster Ladies 0–6 2–4 1–1 1–3 0–4 2–4 — 1–2
Sion Swifts 0–4 1–4 8–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 3–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2022. Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

  1. ^ "Northern Ireland Football League confirm Danske Bank partnership to end after 11 years". News Letter. 30 Mar 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  2. ^ "belfastlive.co.uk". Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Cliftonville Ladies seal their place in history books with first ever Women's Premiership title success". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  4. ^ "NIFL Women's Premiership prize money more than trebled". Shekicks.net. Retrieved 11 May 2023.