2024–25 NIFL Championship


The 2024–25 NIFL Championship was the eighth season of the NIFL Championship 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.

Regular season

League table



Results

For matches 1–22, each team plays every other team twice. For matches 23–33, each team plays every other team for the third time.

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.

Section B

League table


Results

Each team plays each other once.

NIFL Championship play-off

The eleventh-placed club faced the second-placed club from the 2024–25 NIFL Premier Intermediate League in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the 2025–26 NIFL Championship.