The North Region Junior Football League is a football league based in the north east of Scotland. The league sits at levels 6–7 on the
Scottish football league system
The Scottish football league system is a series of generally connected leagues for Scottish football clubs.
The Scottish system is more complicated than many other national league systems, consisting of several completely separate systems or 'gr ...
, acting as a feeder to the
Highland Football League
The Scottish Highland Football League (SHFL, commonly known as the Highland League) is a senior football league based in the north of Scotland. The league sits at level 5 on the Scottish football league system, acting as a feeder to the Scott ...
.
Geographically, the league covers
Aberdeen City
Aberdeen ( ; ; ) is a port city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous Scottish city. Historically, Aberdeen was within the historic county of Aberdeenshire, but is now separate from the council area of Aberdeenshire. Aberd ...
,
Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire (; ) is one of the 32 Subdivisions of Scotland#council areas of Scotland, council areas of Scotland.
It takes its name from the Shires of Scotland, historic county of Aberdeenshire (historic), Aberdeenshire, which had substantial ...
and
Moray
Moray ( ; or ) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with a coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland. Its council is based in Elgin, the area' ...
.
The winners take part in an end of season promotion play-off with the
Midlands Football League
The Midlands Football League is a Scottish Junior Football Association, junior Association football, football league based in the Tayside area of Scotland. The league sits at level 6 on the Scottish football league system, acting as a feeder to ...
and
North Caledonian Football League
The North Caledonian Football Association is a senior football association operating throughout the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and is a recognised body of the Scottish Football Association (SFA) and as such has its senior football competit ...
champions, subject to clubs meeting the required licensing criteria.
From 2018 to 2022, the league consisted of three divisions at Tiers 6 to 8. The 2018 league was essentially a continuation of a two division system which operated from 2003. It was split into two geographical sections at Tier 7 from 2011, with the lower (Tier 8) Division Two disbanded two years later. After five seasons of that setup, a three-division model was restored. The league currently consists of two divisions, a Premier League and a Championship.
Member clubs for the 2024–25 season
The current system sees two clubs automatically relegated from the Premier League, who are replaced by two clubs from the Championship. The third-bottom club in the Premier League enters a play-off with the clubs who finish between third and fifth in the Championship. In the semi-finals, the Premier League side plays the fifth-placed Championship side, and the third and fourth-placed teams play each other, both games over two legs. The winners then progress to a single-leg final.
Premier League
Championship
Champions and season summaries
References
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Football in Aberdeen
Football in Aberdeenshire
Football in Highland (council area)
Football in Moray
Sports leagues established in 2001
2001 establishments in Scotland
Sixth-level football leagues in Europe
2018 establishments in Scotland
Sports leagues established in 2018
Seventh-level football leagues in Europe