The Northern Ireland Intermediate League was an amateur intermediate league based in the north-west region of

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ; ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It has been #Descriptions, variously described as a country, province or region. Northern Ireland shares Repub ...

. As one of the leagues in the 4th tier of Northern Irish football, the league champions could be promoted to the

NIFL Premier Intermediate League The NIFL Premier Intermediate League (Known as the Playr-Fit NIFL Premier Intermediate League for sponsorship reasons) is the third level of the Northern Ireland Football League, the national association football league in Northern Ireland, and t ...

, providing they met the admittance requirements. In 2023 the league announced that it would cease to exist due to a number of clubs deciding to join other regional leagues within the

Northern Ireland football league system The Northern Ireland football league system is categorised into three levels: senior, intermediate and junior. Clubs attain intermediate status by fulfilling certain criteria (e.g. owning or leasing its own enclosed ground). Senior status requires ...

Clubs in membership in final season

Ardstraw Ardstraw (from (hill or height of the holm or strath)) is a small village, townland and civil parish in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, three miles northwest of Newtownstewart. In the 2001 census, it had a population of 222 people (in 81 hous ...

* Dungiven Celtic * Maiden City * Newbuildings United * Newtowne * Strabane Athletic * Trojans

Cup competitions

*Intermediate Challenge Cup *Intermediate League Cup

List of champions

* 1978–79 Tobermore United * 1979–80 Derry City * 1980–81 Ballymoney United * 1981–82 Tobermore United * 1982–83 Ballymoney United * 1983–84 Derry City * 1984–85

Portstewart Portstewart () is a small seaside town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 7,854 people in the 2021 United Kingdom census. It is a seaside resort, neighbouring both Coleraine in County Londonderry and Portrush in Cou ...

* 1985–86 Shelbourne * 1986–87 Oxford United Stars * 1987–88 Roe Valley * 1988–89 Oxford United Stars * 1989–90 Donegal Celtic * 1990–91 Donegal Celtic * 1991–92 Park * 1992–93 Donegal Celtic * 1993–94 Donegal Celtic * 1994–95 Donegal Celtic * 1995–96 Oxford United Stars * 1996–97 Oxford United Stars * 1997–98 Oxford United Stars * 1998–99 Donegal Celtic * 1999–00 Donegal Celtic * 2000–01 Lurgan Celtic * 2001–02 Donegal Celtic * 2002–03 Dungiven Celtic * 2003–04 Dungiven Celtic * 2004–05 U.U.C. * 2005–06 Dungiven Celtic * 2006–07 U.U.C. * 2007–08 Draperstown Celtic * 2008–09 Dungiven Celtic * 2009–10 Oxford United Stars * 2010–11 Newbuildings United * 2011–12 Newbuildings United * 2012–13 Newbuildings United * 2013–14 Oxford United Stars * 2014–15 Trojans * 2015–16 Ballymoney United * 2016–17

* 2017–18 Magherafelt Sky Blues * 2018–19 Strabane Athletic * 2021–22 Maiden City * 2022–23 Newbuildings United

Performance by club

References

Sources

* Malcolm Brodie (ed.), Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbooks 1979/80 to 2008/09.

External links

Northern Ireland Intermediate League Archive at the Irish Football Club Project

- (For fixtures, results and tables of all Northern Ireland amateur football leagues) {{Football in Northern Ireland Defunct association football league competitions in Northern Ireland Defunct fourth-level football leagues in Europe