NIFL Premiership Development League


The NIFL Development League is an Northern Ireland [football league system|intermediate] Association football league in Northern Ireland consisting of the reserve teams of the twelve NIFL Premiership clubs.

Current members (2022–23)

History

The NIFL Development League is the successor to the NIFL Reserve League, which in turn was the successor to the Irish League B Division Section 2 which was formed in 1977, when the B Division split into two sections: Section 1 for intermediate clubs and the other for the reserve teams of senior clubs. Since the foundation of the B Division in 1951, these two categories of teams had competed together. In 1999, Section 1 of the B Division was renamed the Irish League Second Division and Section 2 became the Irish League Reserve League. In 2003, on the formation of the Irish Premier League, the IFA took direct control and the league was renamed the IFA Reserve League. In 2013, the Northern Ireland Football League took over, and the league was again renamed, to the NIFL Reserve League. In 2016, it became the NIFL Development League, with an age restriction imposed on players.

Summary of champions

TeamWinsWinning years
Linfield Swifts211977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2014–15, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19
Glentoran II81985–86, 1986–87, 1989–90, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2002–03
Cliftonville Olympic61980–81, 2000–01, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2019-20
Crusaders Reserves31996–97, 2021–22, 2022–23
Bangor Reserves21993–94, 1994–95
Ballinamallard United II12012–13
Ballymena United Reserves12006–07
Coleraine Reserves12023–24
Donegal Celtic Reserves12007–08
12005–06
Larne Olympic11981–82