The 2024–25 NIFL Championship (known as the Playr-Fit Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth season of the NIFL Championship (the second-tier of the Irish League - the national football league in Northern Ireland) since gaining senior status.
Teams The league consisted of twelve teams; nine teams remaining from the previous season, two teams promoted from the NIFL Premier Intermediate League, and one team relegated from the NIFL Premiership.
The promoted teams were 2023–24 NIFL Premier Intermediate League champions Limavady United and 2023–24 NIFL Championship play-off winners Armagh City. They replaced the NIFL Championship play-off losers Dergview and bottom-placed team Knockbreda.
The relegated team was the 2023–24 NIFL Premiership bottom-placed team Newry City. They replaced the 2023–24 NIFL Championship champions Portadown.
Stadia and locations ClubStadiumLocationCapacityAnnagh UnitedBMG ArenaPortadown1,250 (100 seated)ArdsClandeboye ParkBangor1,895 (500 seated)Armagh CityHolm ParkArmagh2,000 (500 seated)Ballinamallard UnitedFerney ParkBallinamallard2,000 (250 seated)Ballyclare ComradesDixon ParkBallyclare2,398 (538 Seated)BangorClandeboye ParkBangor1,895 (500 seated)DundelaWilgar ParkBelfast2,500Harland & Wolff WeldersBlanchflower StadiumBelfast3,000 (2,000 seated)InstituteRyan McBride Brandywell StadiumDerry3,700Limavady UnitedThe ShowgroundsLimavady524 (274 seated)NewingtonInver ParkLarne3,000Newry CityThe ShowgroundsNewry2,275 (1,080 seated)
Regular season League table
Results For matches 1–22, each team plays every other team twice (home and away). For matches 23–33, each team plays every other team for the third time (either at home or away).
Matches 34–38 For the final five matches, the table splits into two halves, with the top six teams forming Section A and the bottom six teams forming Section B. Each team plays every other team in their respective section once. The fixtures are reversed from those played during rounds 23–33, ensuring that teams have played every other team in their respective section twice at home and twice away overall throughout the season.
Section A League table
Results Each team plays each other once (either at home or away).
Section B League table
Results Each team plays each other once (either at home or away).
NIFL Championship play-off The eleventh-placed club (Ballyclare Comrades) faced the second-placed club from the 2024–25 NIFL Premier Intermediate League (Queen's University) in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the 2025–26 NIFL Championship.
First leg
Second leg
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