The 2026–27 NIFL Premiership (known as the Boyle Sports Premiership for sponsorship reasons) is the 19th season of the NIFL Premiership, the highest level of league football in Northern Ireland and the 126th season of Irish League football overall.
Teams The league consists of twelve teams: the top eleven teams from the previous season, with Limavady United being promoted from the NIFL Championship in the previous season. Larne entered the season as defending champions, their third championship. Limavady returned to the top flight for the first time since 2008. They replaced the 2025–26 NIFL Premiership bottom-placed team Glenavon, who went down after a 21-year spell in the top flight.
Stadia and locations
ClubStadiumLocationCapacity Ballymena United The Showgrounds Ballymena 3,824 (all seated) Bangor Clandeboye Park Bangor 1,895 (500 seated) Carrick Rangers Loughshore Hotel Arena Carrickfergus 2,100 (380 seated) Cliftonville Solitude Belfast 3,054 (all seated) Coleraine The Showgrounds Coleraine 4,843 (1,607 seated) Crusaders Seaview Belfast 3,208 (all seated) Dungannon Swifts Stangmore Park Dungannon 2,000 (300 seated) Limavady United The Showgrounds Limavady 1,500 (274 seated) Glentoran The Oval Belfast 6,054 (3,991 seated) Larne Inver Park Larne 2,732 (1,632 seated) Linfield Windsor Park Belfast 18,434 (all seated) Portadown Shamrock Park Portadown 3,940 (2,765 seated)
Personnel and sponsoring
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (front)Ballymena United Oran Kearney Matthew ClarkePlayr-FitWrightbusBangor Lee Feeney Lewis HarrisonMacronbailieproperty.comCarrick Rangers Stephen Baxter Luke McCulloughPumaHankookCliftonville Jim Magilton Rory HaleO'NeillsSean GrahamColeraine Mark Coyle Lyndon KaneMacronFibrusCrusaders Declan Caddell Adam BrooksAdidasBoyleSportsDungannon Swifts Rodney McAree Gaël BigirimanaUhlsportTen Square HotelGlentoran Declan Devine Marcus KaneMacronBet McLeanLarne Gary Haveron Tomás CosgroveNikePride & PinionLimavady Paul Owens Stephen LowryPlayr-FitRoe Valley Resort Linfield David Healy Chris ShieldsMacronReady ConstructionPortadown David Jeffrey Gary ThompsonAdidasDFDS
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.
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