2022 Women's Premiership (Northern Ireland)

{{Short description|Football league season}}

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = Women's Premiership (Northern Ireland)

| winners = Cliftonville

| continentalcup1 = Cliftonville

| continentalcup1 qualifiers =

| matches = 56

| biggest home win =

| biggest away win =

| highest scoring =

| longest unbeaten =

| longest winless =

| longest losses =

| prevseason = 2021

| nextseason = 2023

}}

The 2022 Northern Irish Women's Premiership, known as the Danske Bank Women's Premiership for sponsorship reasons{{cite web |title=Northern Ireland Football League confirm Danske Bank partnership to end after 11 years |url=https://www.newsletter.co.uk/sport/football/northern-ireland/northern-ireland-football-league-confirm-danske-bank-partnership-to-end-after-11-years-4085641 |website=News Letter |access-date=12 May 2023 |date=30 Mar 2023}} was the 19th season of the top-tier women's football league in Northern Ireland. Glentoran were the defending champions.{{cite web |url=https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/gallery/glentoran-win-danske-bank-womens-21720470 |title=belfastlive.co.uk |access-date=27 April 2023}}

Cliftonville won their first league title.{{cite web |title=Cliftonville Ladies seal their place in history books with first ever Women's Premiership title success |url=https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/irish-league/cliftonville-ladies-seal-their-place-in-history-books-with-first-ever-womens-premiership-title-success/42098147.html |website=Belfast Telegraph |access-date=27 April 2023}}

Teams and locations

The following teams made up the 2022 season.

{{Location map+ |UK Northern Ireland|width=350|float=right |caption=Location of teams in the 2022 season |places=

{{Location map~ |UK Northern Ireland|lat=54.602945|long=-5.891278 |label=Belfast |position=left}}

{{Location map~ |UK Northern Ireland|lat=54.9975|long=-7.32|label=Derry City|position=right}}

{{Location map~ |UK Northern Ireland|lat=54.83|long=-7.47|label=Sion Swifts|position=right}}

{{Location map~ |UK Northern Ireland|lat=54.512|long=-6.031|label=Lisburn Ladies|position=bottom}}

{{Location map~ |UK Northern Ireland|lat=54.647|long=-6.745|label=Mid-Ulster Ladies|position=left}}

{{Location map~ |UK Northern Ireland |lat=55.32 |long=-8.2 |mark=TransparentPlaceholder.png |label=Belfast teams : Cliftonville
{{nowrap|Crusaders Strikers}}
Glentoran
Linfield}}

}}

Teams are listed in alphabetical order.

class="wikitable sortable"

!Team

!Location

!Stadium

!Capacity

Cliftonville

|Belfast {{Small|(Oldpark)}}

|Solitude

| style="text-align:center" |2,530

Crusaders Strikers

|Belfast {{Small|(Shore Road)}}

|Seaview

| style="text-align:center" |3,383

Derry City

|Derry

|Brandywell Stadium

| style="text-align:center" |3,700

Glentoran

|Belfast {{Small|(Sydenham)}}

|The Oval

| style="text-align:center" |26,556

Linfield

|Belfast {{Small|(Boucher Road)}}

|New Midgley Park

| style="text-align:center" |n/a

Lisburn Ladies

|Lisburn

|Bluebell Stadium

|style="text-align:center" |1,280

Mid-Ulster Ladies

|Cookstown

|Mid-Ulster Sports Arena

|style="text-align:center" |n/a

Sion Swifts

|Strabane

|Melvin Sports Complex

|style="text-align:center" |n/a

League table

{{#invoke:Sports table|main

|win_GLE=11|draw_GLE=2|loss_GLE=1 |gf_GLE=61|ga_GLE=9 |status_GLE=

|win_LIN=7|draw_LIN=2|loss_LIN=5 |gf_LIN=32|ga_LIN=25|status_LIN=

|win_SIO=6|draw_SIO=2|loss_SIO=6 |gf_SIO=30|ga_SIO=22|status_SIO=

|win_CLI=13|draw_CLI=0|loss_CLI=1 |gf_CLI=59|ga_CLI=7|status_CLI=

|win_CRS=9|draw_CRS=2|loss_CRS=3 |gf_CRS=38|ga_CRS=19 |status_CRS=

|win_DER=0|draw_DER=3|loss_DER=11|gf_DER=2 |ga_DER=64|status_DER=

|win_MID=1|draw_MID=1|loss_MID=12|gf_MID=11 |ga_MID=57|status_MID=

|win_LIS=2|draw_LIS=2|loss_LIS=10|gf_LIS=13 |ga_LIS=43|status_LIS=

|name_CLI=Cliftonville (C)

|name_CRS=Crusaders Strikers

|name_DER=Derry City

|name_GLE=Glentoran

|name_LIN=Linfield

|name_SIO=Sion Swifts

|name_MID=Mid-Ulster Ladies

|name_LIS=Lisburn Ladies

|res_col_header=Q

|col_CL3=green3 |text_CL3=Qualification for the Champions League first round

|update=22 October 2022|source=[https://int.women.soccerway.com/national/northern-ireland/premier-league/2022/regular-season/]

|team1=CLI|team3=CRS|team8=DER|team2=GLE|team4=LIN|team6=LIS|team7=MID|team5=SIO

|result1=CL3

}}

For the 2022 season, no team was relegated as the league was to increase to ten teams from the 2023 season onwards.{{cite web |title=NIFL Women's Premiership prize money more than trebled |url=https://shekicks.net/nifl-womens-premiership-prize-money-more-than-trebled/ |website=Shekicks.net |access-date=11 May 2023}}

Results

{{#invoke:Sports results|main

|source =

|update=22 October 2022

|matches_style = FBR

|team1=CLI|team2=CRS|team3=DER|team4=GLE|team5=LIN|team6=LIS|team7=MID|team8=SIO

|name_GLE=Glentoran|short_GLE=GLE

|name_LIN=Linfield |short_LIN=LIN

|name_SIO=Sion Swifts|short_SIO=SIO

|name_CRS=Crusaders |short_CRS=CRS

|name_CLI=Cliftonville |short_CLI=CLI

|name_DER=Derry City |short_DER=DER

|name_MID=Mid-Ulster Ladies |short_MID=MID

|name_LIS=Lisburn Ladies |short_LIS=LIS

|match_GLE_LIN=7-1

|match_GLE_SIO=3-1

|match_GLE_CRS=5-0

|match_GLE_CLI=3-1

|match_GLE_DER=7-0

|match_GLE_MID=10-1

|match_GLE_LIS=4-0

|match_LIN_GLE=0-4

|match_LIN_SIO=1-1

|match_LIN_CRS=0-1

|match_LIN_CLI=1-3

|match_LIN_DER=7-0

|match_LIN_MID=6-0

|match_LIN_LIS=2-1

|match_SIO_GLE=1-1

|match_SIO_LIN=1-2

|match_SIO_CRS=1-4

|match_SIO_CLI=0-4

|match_SIO_DER=8-0

|match_SIO_MID=3-0

|match_SIO_LIS=3-1

|match_CRS_GLE=0-0

|match_CRS_LIN=1-1

|match_CRS_SIO=2-1

|match_CRS_CLI=1-2

|match_CRS_DER=3-0

|match_CRS_MID=4-1

|match_CRS_LIS=5-2

|match_CLI_GLE=3-0

|match_CLI_LIN=4-0

|match_CLI_SIO=2-0

|match_CLI_CRS=4-1

|match_CLI_DER=6-0

|match_CLI_MID=8-0

|match_CLI_LIS=4-1

|match_DER_GLE=0-10

|match_DER_LIN=1-3

|match_DER_SIO=0-3

|match_DER_CRS=0-7

|match_DER_CLI=0-7

|match_DER_MID=0-2

|match_DER_LIS=0-0

|match_MID_GLE=1-3

|match_MID_LIN=0-4

|match_MID_SIO=1-2

|match_MID_CRS=2-4

|match_MID_CLI=0-6

|match_MID_DER=1-1

|match_MID_LIS=2-4

|match_LIS_GLE=0-4

|match_LIS_LIN=1-4

|match_LIS_SIO=1-5

|match_LIS_CRS=0-5

|match_LIS_CLI=0-5

|match_LIS_MID=2-0

|match_LIS_DER=0-0

}}

References

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