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href="/wiki/Irish_Football_Association" title="Irish Football Association">Irish Football Association</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">National team(s)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_national_football_team" title="Northern Ireland national football team">Northern Ireland national football team</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><div style="border-bottom:1px solid lightgray;">National competitions</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Irish_Cup" title="Irish Cup">Irish Cup</a></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><div style="border-bottom:1px solid lightgray;">Club competitions</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Football_League" title="Northern Ireland Football League">Northern Ireland Football League</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ballymena_%26_Provincial_Football_League" title="Ballymena & Provincial Football League">Ballymena & Provincial League</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mid-Ulster_Football_League" title="Mid-Ulster Football League">Mid-Ulster Football League</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Northern_Amateur_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Amateur League">Northern Amateur League</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Intermediate_League" title="Northern Ireland Intermediate League">Northern Ireland Intermediate League</a></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><div style="border-bottom:1px solid lightgray;">International competitions</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League" title="UEFA Champions League">Champions League</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League" title="UEFA Europa League">Europa League</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Super_Cup" title="UEFA Super Cup">Super Cup</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/FIFA_Club_World_Cup" title="FIFA Club World Cup">FIFA Club World Cup</a><br /><a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup">FIFA World Cup</a> (national team)<br /> <a href="/wiki/UEFA_European_Championship" title="UEFA European Championship">UEFA European Championship</a> (national team)<br /> <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Nations_League" title="UEFA Nations League">UEFA Nations League</a> (national team)</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Association football</a> in Northern Ireland</b>, widely known as <b><a href="/wiki/Football" title="Football">football</a></b> or sometimes as <b>soccer</b> (to avoid confusion with <a href="/wiki/Gaelic_football" title="Gaelic football">Gaelic football</a>), is one of the most popular sports in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>. The governing body in Northern Ireland is the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Football_Association" title="Irish Football Association">Irish Football Association</a> (IFA) (not to be confused with the <a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Ireland" title="Football Association of Ireland">Football Association of Ireland</a> [FAI] in the Republic of Ireland). Gaelic football, rugby union and association football are the most popular sports in Northern Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governing_body">Governing body</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Association_football_in_Northern_Ireland&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Governing body"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Irish_Football_Association" title="Irish Football Association">Irish Football Association</a> is the organising body for <a href="/wiki/Football_(soccer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Football (soccer)">football</a> in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>, and was historically the governing body for the whole of <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a> until the FAI split away.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The IFA has a permanent seat on the <a href="/wiki/International_Football_Association_Board" title="International Football Association Board">International Football Association Board</a>, which is responsible for the laws of the game.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <b>Northern Ireland Women's Football Association</b> (NIWFA) is the IFA's <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_football_(soccer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Women's football (soccer)">women's football</a> arm. It runs a Women's Cup, Women's League and the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Northern Ireland women's national football team">Northern Ireland women's national football team</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Competitions">Competitions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Association_football_in_Northern_Ireland&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Competitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The domestic league is the <a href="/wiki/NIFL_Premiership" title="NIFL Premiership">NIFL Premiership</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of the major teams include <a href="/wiki/Linfield_F.C." title="Linfield F.C.">Linfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crusaders_F.C." title="Crusaders F.C.">Crusaders</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cliftonville_F.C." title="Cliftonville F.C.">Cliftonville</a> and <a href="/wiki/Glentoran_F.C." title="Glentoran F.C.">Glentoran</a>. A notable historic club was <a href="/wiki/Belfast_Celtic" class="mw-redirect" title="Belfast Celtic">Belfast Celtic</a>, which won nineteen championships before resigning from the league in 1949 and disbanding after a sectarian riot at its Boxing Day match against Linfield. <a href="/wiki/Derry_City_F.C." title="Derry City F.C.">Derry City</a> also left the league in 1972 following security issues arising from the <a href="/wiki/The_Troubles" title="The Troubles">Troubles</a>, eventually to play in the FAI's <a href="/wiki/League_of_Ireland" title="League of Ireland">League of Ireland</a>. Linfield has won 56 league championships to date, more than twice as many titles as any other Northern Irish club and the highest tally of national top-flight titles won by any club worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Milk_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Milk Cup">Milk Cup</a> is a successful international youth tournament held annually in Northern Ireland, in which clubs and national teams from anywhere in the world may compete.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Northern Ireland also played host to the 2005 <a href="/wiki/2005_UEFA_European_Under-19_Championship" title="2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship">UEFA Under-19 European Championships</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Setanta_Sports_Cup" title="Setanta Sports Cup">Setanta Sports Cup</a> was set up by its sponsors, television channel <a href="/wiki/Setanta_Sports#Setanta_Sport_Ireland" title="Setanta Sports">Setanta Ireland</a>. It was an all-island tournament (two groups of four, then semis and final) featuring eight teams, four being from the League of Ireland and four from the Irish League. Despite fairly low turnouts for each jurisdiction's leagues, the Setanta Cup drew relatively successful gate receipts and in its three-year existence has had one winner from the North (<a href="/wiki/Linfield_F.C." title="Linfield F.C.">Linfield</a> in 2005).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="National_team">National team</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Association_football_in_Northern_Ireland&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: National team"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_national_football_team" title="Northern Ireland national football team">Northern Ireland national football team</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_men%27s_Olympic_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Britain men's Olympic football team">Great Britain men's Olympic football team</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_national_football_team" title="Northern Ireland national football team">Northern Ireland national football team</a> is one of the oldest international teams in the world, it was founded in 1880.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It originally played as the <a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_football_team_(1882-1950)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ireland national football team (1882-1950)">Ireland national team</a> until 1950 with players selected from both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, and competed in the <a href="/wiki/British_Home_Championship" title="British Home Championship">British Home Championship</a> which it won eight times. Northern Ireland joined <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> in 1911, and <a href="/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a> in 1954.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The team enjoyed a period of success in the early and mid-80s in which it qualified for two World Cups, most notably in the 1982 tournament in which it topped Group 5 above Spain, Yugoslavia and Honduras to proceed to the second round.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a poor run of form in the late 1990s and first few years of the 21st century, and a corresponding slump in the <a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Rankings" class="mw-redirect" title="FIFA World Rankings">FIFA World Rankings</a>, there was a subsequent revival in the team's fortunes with home wins over <a href="/wiki/Spain_national_football_team" title="Spain national football team">Spain</a> and <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a>. The team came close to qualifying for the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2008" title="UEFA Euro 2008">2008 European Championships</a>, and took part in the <a href="/wiki/Celtic_Cup_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Celtic Cup (football)">Nations Cup</a> competition in 2011 along with <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_football_team" title="Scotland national football team">Scotland</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland_national_football_team" title="Republic of Ireland national football team">Republic of Ireland</a>. Northern Ireland qualified for <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2016" title="UEFA Euro 2016">UEFA Euro 2016</a>, progressing through the group stage and reaching the <a href="/wiki/Single-elimination_tournament" title="Single-elimination tournament">round of 16</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018, the national team began their <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Nations_League" title="UEFA Nations League">UEFA Nations League</a> debut, in league B.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Men's team home matches draw significantly higher attendances than those of the NIFL Premiership. Attendances at <a href="/wiki/Windsor_Park" title="Windsor Park">Windsor Park</a> home matches have consistently been in the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_national_football_team_results_(2020%E2%80%93present)" title="Northern Ireland national football team results (2020–present)">14,000-18,000</a> range in the time period between <a href="/wiki/COVID-19" title="COVID-19">COVID-19</a> restrictions were lifted and November 2023. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Problems">Problems</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Association_football_in_Northern_Ireland&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Problems"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Sectarianism" title="Sectarianism">Sectarian tensions</a> have long been a cause of conflict at football matches in Northern Ireland,<sup id="cite_ref-2003SectarianismConference_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2003SectarianismConference-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and crowd trouble marred games throughout the twentieth century.<sup id="cite_ref-48WindsorRiot_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48WindsorRiot-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1949, Belfast Celtic withdrew from the Irish League after years of sectarian crowd problems culminated in a Boxing Day match against <a href="/wiki/Linfield_F.C." title="Linfield F.C.">Linfield</a> at <a href="/wiki/Windsor_Park" title="Windsor Park">Windsor Park</a> which ended in a pitch invasion and riot in which <a href="/wiki/Belfast_Celtic" class="mw-redirect" title="Belfast Celtic">Belfast Celtic</a>'s Protestant centre forward, <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Jones_(footballer,_born_1928)" title="Jimmy Jones (footballer, born 1928)">Jimmy Jones</a>, suffered a broken leg.<sup id="cite_ref-48WindsorRiot_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48WindsorRiot-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 1968, Cronin argues that the sport has failed to include the Catholic community with Catholic clubs being either forced out of existence or transferring their allegiance to the FAI.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Football_hooliganism#Northern_Ireland" title="Football hooliganism">Hooliganism</a> and sectarianism have remained problems throughout <a href="/wiki/The_Troubles" title="The Troubles">the Troubles</a> and up to the present day. Northern Ireland football grounds have been described as "useful sites of public displays of political affiliation", and internal divisions between groups involved in political violence in the mid-1990s was reflected in the supporters of various clubs.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Incidents of violence include trouble after Linfield player Conor Hagan was struck by a rocket fired from the crowd, and disturbances between Linfield and Glentoran fans at the 2008 Boxing Day match between the two clubs.<sup id="cite_ref-2008BoxingDayRiot_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2008BoxingDayRiot-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to problems in domestic football, the Northern Ireland international team has also suffered from sectarian problems. In 2002 <a href="/wiki/Celtic_F.C." title="Celtic F.C.">Celtic</a> player <a href="/wiki/Neil_Lennon" title="Neil Lennon">Neil Lennon</a> announced that he would no longer play for Northern Ireland because he received a death threat,<sup id="cite_ref-2003SectarianismConference_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2003SectarianismConference-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and death threats appeared on the walls of loyalist areas including in his home town of <a href="/wiki/Lurgan" title="Lurgan">Lurgan</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Armagh" title="County Armagh">County Armagh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Association_football_in_Northern_Ireland&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Roberts, Benjamin. <i>Gunshots & Goalposts: The Story of Northern Irish Football</i>.</li> <li>Marshall, Evan. <i>Spirit of '58: The Incredible Untold Story of Northern Ireland's Greatest Football Team</i>.</li> <li>Marshall, Evan. <i>Fields of Wonder: The Incredible Story of Northern Ireland’s Journey to the 1982 World Cup</i>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Association_football_in_Northern_Ireland&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/northern-ireland">"Northern Ireland"</a>. <i>BBC Sport</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190123203916/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/northern-ireland">Archived</a> from the original on 2019-01-23<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_national_under-19_football_team" title="Northern Ireland national under-19 football team">U-19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_national_under-18_schoolboys_football_team" title="Northern Ireland national under-18 schoolboys football team">U-18 Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_national_under-17_football_team" title="Northern Ireland national under-17 football team">U-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_national_under-16_football_team" title="Northern Ireland national under-16 football team">U-16 Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_national_Junior_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Ireland national Junior football team">Juniors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Northern Ireland women's national football team">Women's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_women%27s_national_under-19_football_team" title="Northern Ireland women's national under-19 football team">Women's U-19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_women%27s_national_under-17_football_team" title="Northern Ireland women's national under-17 football team">Women's U-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_League_representative_team" title="Irish League representative team">Irish League XI</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_football_league_system" title="Northern Ireland football league system">Leagues</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Men</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NIFL_Premiership" title="NIFL Premiership">NIFL Premiership</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NIFL_Championship" title="NIFL Championship">NIFL Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NIFL_Premier_Intermediate_League" title="NIFL Premier Intermediate League">NIFL Premier Intermediate League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballymena_%26_Provincial_Football_League" title="Ballymena & Provincial Football League">Ballymena & Provincial Football League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid-Ulster_Football_League" title="Mid-Ulster Football League">Mid-Ulster Football League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Amateur_Football_League" title="Northern Amateur Football League">Northern Amateur Football League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NIFL_Premiership_Development_League" title="NIFL Premiership Development League">NIFL Premiership Development League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Premiership_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Women's Premiership (Northern Ireland)">Women's Premiership</a></li> <li>Championship 1</li> <li>Championship 2</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Domestic cups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Men</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Cup" title="Irish Cup">Irish Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Football_League_Cup" title="Northern Ireland Football League Cup">NI Football League Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NIFL_Charity_Shield" title="NIFL Charity Shield">NIFL Charity Shield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Antrim_Shield" title="County Antrim Shield">County Antrim Shield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid-Ulster_Cup" title="Mid-Ulster Cup">Mid-Ulster Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_West_Senior_Cup_(football)" title="North West Senior Cup (football)">North West Senior Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Intermediate_Cup" title="Irish Intermediate Cup">Irish Intermediate Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steel_%26_Sons_Cup" title="Steel & Sons Cup">Steel & Sons Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Radcliffe_Cup" title="Bob Radcliffe Cup">Bob Radcliffe Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Memorial_Cup" title="Craig Memorial Cup">Craig Memorial Cup</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/IFA_Women%27s_Challenge_Cup" title="IFA Women's Challenge Cup">IFA 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href="/wiki/Fermanagh_%26_Western_Intermediate_Cup" title="Fermanagh & Western Intermediate Cup">Fermanagh & Western Intermediate Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Intermediate_League#List_of_McElroy_Cup_finals" title="Irish Intermediate League">McElroy Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Setanta_Sports_Cup" title="Setanta Sports Cup">Setanta Sports Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dublin_and_Belfast_Inter-City_Cup" title="Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup">Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North-South_Cup" title="North-South Cup">North-South Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blaxnit_Cup" title="Blaxnit Cup">Blaxnit Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texaco_(All-Ireland)_Cup" title="Texaco (All-Ireland) Cup">Texaco Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyler_Cup" title="Tyler Cup">Tyler Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_News_Cup" title="Irish News Cup">Irish News Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champions_Cup_(All-Ireland)" title="Champions Cup 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