# 2017–18 NIFL Premier Intermediate League

The 2017–18 NIFL Premier Intermediate League was the second season of the NIFL Premier Intermediate League, the third tier of the Northern Ireland Football League - the national football league in Northern Ireland. It ran from 12 August 2017 to 4 May 2018 and Dundela were crowned as champions, winning promotion to the 2018–19 NIFL Championship.

## Teams

Twelve teams competed in the league. Armagh City and Annagh United from were relegated the 2016–17 NIFL Championship and Portstewart were promoted as the winners of the 2016–17 Northern Ireland Intermediate League.

### Stadia and locations

| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Annagh United | Portadown | Tandragee Road | 1,250 |
| Armagh City | Armagh | Holm Park | 3,000 |
| Banbridge Town | Banbridge | Crystal Park | 1,500 |
| Donegal Celtic | Belfast | Donegal Celtic Park | 4,200 |
| Dundela | Belfast | Wilgar Park | 2,500 |
| Lisburn Distillery | Lisburn | New Grosvenor Stadium | 2,200 |
| Moyola Park | Castledawson | Mill Meadow | 2,000 |
| Newington YC | Belfast | Seaview | 3,383 |
| Portstewart | Portstewart | Seahaven | 1,500 |
| Queen's University Belfast | Belfast | Upper Malone | 1,000 |
| Sport & Leisure Swifts | Belfast | Glen Road Heights | 1,000 |
| Tobermore United | Tobermore | Fortwilliam Park | 1,500 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dundela (C) | 27 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 78 | 33 | +45 | 60 | |
| 2 | Queen's University | 27 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 62 | 39 | +23 | 53 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Banbridge Town | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 55 | 36 | +19 | 50 | |
| 4 | Lisburn Distillery | 27 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 46 | 35 | +11 | 48 | |
| 5 | Moyola Park | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 35 | |
| 6 | Tobermore United | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 47 | 60 | −13 | 31 | |
| 7 | Portstewart | 27 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 36 | 51 | −15 | 34 | |
| 8 | Sport & Leisure Swifts | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 44 | 62 | −18 | 32 | |
| 9 | Armagh City | 27 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 31 | |
| 10 | Annagh United | 27 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 41 | 63 | −22 | 31 | |
| 11 | Newington | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 56 | −16 | 28 | |
| 12 | Donegal Celtic (R) | 27 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 25 | Relegation to the Ballymena & Provincial Football League |
* ↑ Teams played each other twice (22 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last ten matches.

## Results
### Matches 1–22

During matches 1–22 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).
| Home \ Away | ANN | ARM | BAN | DON | DUN | LIS | MOY | NEW | POR | QUB | SLS | TOB |
| Annagh United | — | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–5 | 2–4 |
| Armagh City | 4–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Banbridge Town | 3–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–3 |
| Donegal Celtic | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–4 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 6–2 |
| Dundela | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 4–0 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–4 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–2 |
| Lisburn Distillery | 5–1 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 3–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Moyola Park | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | — | 5–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Newington | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 0–3 | — | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Portstewart | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 0–2 | — | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Queen's University | 7–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 7–0 | — | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| Sport & Leisure Swifts | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–6 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | — | 2–1 |
| Tobermore United | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | — |

### Matches 23–27

During matches 23–27 each team will play every other team in their half of the table once.

## Play-offs
### NIFL Championship play-off

The eleventh-placed team from the Championship, Dergview, played the runners-up from the 2017–18 Premier Intermediate League, Queen's University, over two legs for one spot in the NIFL Championship.
Dergiew won 4-1 on aggregate and retained their position in the NIFL Championship with Queen's University remaining in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League.