2024–25 NIFL Premiership
The 2024–25 NIFL Premiership was the 17th season of the NIFL Premiership, the highest level of league football in Northern Ireland and the 124th season of Irish League football overall.
Linfield won the title for the 57th time.
Teams
The league consisted of twelve teams; the top eleven teams from the previous season, and one team promoted from the NIFL Championship. Larne entered the season as defending champions.The promoted team was the 2023–24 NIFL Championship champions Portadown. They replaced the 2023–24 NIFL Premiership bottom-placed team Newry City.
Stadia and locations
| Club | Stadium | Location | Capacity |
| Ballymena United | The Showgrounds | Ballymena | 3,824 |
| Carrick Rangers | Loughshore Hotel Arena | Carrickfergus | 2,100 |
| Cliftonville | Solitude | Belfast | 3,054 |
| Coleraine | The Showgrounds | Coleraine | 4,843 |
| Crusaders | Seaview | Belfast | 3,208 |
| Dungannon Swifts | Stangmore Park | Dungannon | 2,000 |
| Glenavon | Mourneview Park | Lurgan | 3,302 |
| Glentoran | The Oval | Belfast | 6,054 |
| Larne | Inver Park | Larne | 2,732 |
| Linfield | Windsor Park | Belfast | 18,434 |
| Loughgall | Lakeview Park | Loughgall | 3,000 |
| Portadown | Shamrock Park | Portadown | 3,940 |
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.Play-offs
Conference League play-off
Teams placed 3rd–7th qualified for one-off play-off matches, with the winners earning the second spot in the 2025–26 UEFA Conference League first qualifying round; the higher-placed team per game received home advantage. Teams finishing 4th-7th qualified for the quarter-finals; the 3rd-placed team qualified for the final.Since the 2024–25 Irish Cup winners finished in the top seven, the spot and the quarter-finals were vacated.
NIFL Premiership play-off
The eleventh-placed club faced the second-placed club from the 2024–25 NIFL Championship in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the 2025–26 NIFL Premiership.Attendances
| # | Club | Average |
| 1 | Linfield | 2,775 |
| 2 | Glentoran | 2,591 |
| 3 | Coleraine | 2,367 |
| 4 | Cliftonville | 1,696 |
| 5 | Larne | 1,599 |
| 6 | Ballymena | 1,544 |
| 7 | Crusaders | 1,523 |
| 8 | Portadown | 1,339 |
| 9 | Glenavon | 1,029 |
| 10 | Dungannon Swifts | 793 |
| 11 | Carrick Rangers | 592 |
| 12 | Loughgall | 584 |
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