The Northern Ireland Football League (commonly abbreviated to NIFL) is the national football league of Northern Ireland. It was formed in 2013 to assume independent collective management of the top three levels of the Northern Ireland football league system; namely the Premiership, Championship 1 and Championship 2, which had been under the administration of the Irish Football Association. From 2016-17, the second-tier will attain senior status and will be called the Championship and the third tier will remain at intermediate level and be renamed the Premier Intermediate League.