NIFL Premiership Development League

The NIFL Development League (prior to 2016, the NIFL Reserve League) is an intermediate Association football league in Northern Ireland consisting of the reserve teams of the twelve NIFL Premiership clubs.

NIFL Premiership Development League
Founded2016
2013–2016 (as NIFL Reserve League)
2003–2013 (as IFA Reserve League)
1999–2003 (as Irish League Reserve League)
1977–1999 (as Irish League B Division Section 2)
CountryNorthern Ireland
Divisions1
Number of teams12
Domestic cup(s)IFA Intermediate Cup
George Wilson Cup
Current championsCrusaders Reserves (2022–23)
Most championshipsLinfield Swifts (17)

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.[1] In 2016, it became the NIFL Development League, with an age restriction imposed on players.

List of champions

Irish League B Division Section 2
Season Champions
1977–78Linfield Swifts
1978–79Linfield Swifts
1979–80Linfield Swifts
1980–81Cliftonville Olympic
1981–82Larne Olympic
1982–83Linfield Swifts
1983–84Linfield Swifts
1984–85Linfield Swifts
1985–86Glentoran II
1986–87Glentoran II
1987–88Linfield Swifts
1988–89Linfield Swifts
1989–90Glentoran II
1990–91Linfield Swifts
1991–92Linfield Swifts
1992–93Glentoran II
1993–94Bangor Reserves
1994–95Bangor Reserves
1995–96Glentoran II
1996–97Crusaders Reserves
1997–98Glentoran II
1998–99Linfield Swifts

Irish League Reserve League
Season Champions
1999–00Linfield Swifts
2000–01Cliftonville Olympic
2001–02Glentoran II
2002–03Glentoran II

IFA Reserve League
Season Champions
2003–04Linfield Swifts
2004–05Linfield Swifts
2005–06Dungannon Swifts Reserves
2006–07Ballymena United Reserves
2007–08Donegal Celtic Reserves
2008–09Linfield Swifts
2009–10Linfield Swifts
2010–11Linfield Swifts
2011–12Cliftonville Olympic[2]
2012–13Ballinamallard United II

NIFL Reserve League
Season Champions
2013–14Cliftonville Olympic[3]
2014–15Linfield Swifts[4]
2015–16Cliftonville Olympic[5]

NIFL Premiership Development League
Season Champions
2016–17Linfield Swifts[6]
2017–18Linfield Swifts[7]
2018–19Linfield Swifts[8]
2019–20Cliftonville Olympic[9]
2020–21cancelled
2021–22Crusaders Reserves[10]
2022–23Crusaders Reserves

Summary of champions
Team Wins Winning 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
Donegal Celtic Reserves12007–08
Dungannon Swifts Reserves12005–06
Larne Olympic11981–82

See also

References
  1. "NORTHERN IRELAND FOOTBALL LEAGUE". NIFL Premiership.
  2. CLIFTONVILLE OLYMPIC SECURE IFA RESERVE LEAGUE TITLE
  3. CLIFTONVILLE OLYMPIC - RESERVE LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 2013/14
  4. Reserve League table
  5. Olympic's Silver Lining
  6. Linfield Swifts receive League Champions trophy at Windsor Park
  7. NI Football League
  8. NI Football League
  9. NI Football League
  10. NI Football League
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