Nifl Championship League Structure

13. League Competitions a) The League shall, each Season, conduct and in every respect control a football competition to be called the NIFL Championship. b) The NIFL Championship shall consist of 12 teams who shall play each other on three occasions (either 2 at ‘home’ and 1’away’ or vice versa) as determined by the fixture schedule. c) When all teams have completed 33 matches, or when standings permit, the league shall be split into two sections. Teams ranked in positions 1 to 6 shall comprise Section A and teams ranked in positions 7 to 12 shall comprise Section B. Points achieved during the first phase of 33 matches are carried forward to the second phase. Teams shall then compete in a further 5 matches (i.e. one match against all other teams in their respective sections). NIFL Championship Rules & Regulations – Season 2021/22 d) The venues for these final matches shall be determined by the previous meetings in the initial 33 matches to provide, where possible, a balance of fixtures which ensures all teams complete two matches at ‘home’ and two matches ‘away’ against the teams in their respective sections.

 

NIFL Championship Rules-21-22

It looks like they tried to fix this, the problem is that now in the game, they play each other twice in the second phase instead of just once. 

This is a ton of games and the schedule is packed. 

 

We've been aware of this and hoping to rectify it shortly. Thank you for flagging it.  

I'm in season 21/22, after the split fixtures appear to be extremely tightly scheduled with Sat, Tues, Thurs and Sat which I doubt is the real one.

This has not been fixed. Some games are Tues, Wed, Fri, Sat. 

It should be play each other 3 times then once after split.

Hi All,

I will aim to get this resolved for FM23