2020 Women's Premiership (Northern Ireland)

The 2020 Northern Irish Women's Premiership was the 17th season of the top-tier women's football league in Northern Ireland. Linfield were the defending champions.[1]

Women's Premiership (Northern Ireland)
ChampionsGlentoran
Women's Champions LeagueGlentoran
Matches played29
Biggest home winSion Swifts 8–0 Derry City (17 September 2020)
Biggest away winDerry City 0–7 Linfield (24 September 2020)
Highest scoringCliftonville 4–6 Sion Swifts (24 September 2020)
Longest unbeaten runGlentoran (6 matches)
Longest winless runDerry City (10 matches)
Longest losing runDerry City (10 matches)
← 2019
2021 →

Glentoran won the league for the eighth time.[2]

Teams

Teams are listed in alphabetical order.

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Cliftonville Belfast (Oldpark) Solitude 2,530
Crusaders Newtownabbey Strikers Belfast (Newtownabbey) Seaview 3,383
Derry City Drumahoe Brandywell Stadium 3,700
Glentoran Belfast (Sydenham) The Oval 26,556
Linfield Belfast (Boucher Road) New Midgley Park NA
Sion Swifts Strabane 3G Melvin Complex

League table

Note: The match between Glentoran and Sion Swifts has been postponed.[3]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Glentoran (C, Q) 9 8 0 1 25 5 +20 24 Qualification to Women's Champions League First Round
2 Linfield 10 7 1 2 26 12 +14 22
3 Sion Swifts 9 5 2 2 33 17 +16 17
4 Crusaders Newtownabbey Strikers 10 5 1 4 20 9 +11 16
5 Cliftonville Ladies F.C. 10 2 0 8 16 30 −14 6
6 Derry City 10 0 0 10 0 47 −47 0
Updated to match(es) played on 10 December 2020. Source:
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Results
Home \ Away GLE LIN SIO CNS CLI DER
Glentoran — 2–0 1–0 4–0 3–0
Linfield 1–4 — 4–2 2–0 2–0 4–0
Sion Swifts 4–3 2–2 — 1–1 3–1 8–0
Crusaders 0–2 0–1 2–1 — 2–1 3–0
Cliftonville 0–3 2–3 4–6 0–7 — 2–0
Derry City 0–3 0–7 0–6 0–5 0–6 —
Updated to match(es) played on 10 December 2020. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References
  1. "Linfield hit 10 in Derry to retain title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  2. "GLENTORAN CROWNED DANSKE BANK WOMEN'S PREMIERSHIP CHAMPIONS!". NI Football League. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  3. "Glentoran-Sion Swifts game called off". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
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