North Region Junior Football League

North Region Junior Football League

Founded	2001 (23 years ago) (2001)
Country	Scotland
Number of teams	30
Level on pyramid	6–7
Promotion to	Highland League
Domestic cup(s)	Scottish Cup (licensed clubs and league winners) Scottish Junior Cup
Current champions	Culter (9th title) (2023–24)
Most championships	Culter (9 titles)
Website	SJFA North Region
Current: 2023–24 North Region Junior Football League

The North Region Junior Football League is a football league based in the north east of Scotland. The league sits at levels 6–7 on the Scottish football league system, acting as a feeder to the Highland Football League.

Geographically, the league covers Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and Moray.

The winners take part in an end of season promotion play-off with the Midlands Football League and North Caledonian Football League champions, subject to clubs meeting the required licensing criteria.

From 2018 to 2022, the league consisted of three divisions at Tiers 6 to 8. The 2018 league was essentially a continuation of a two division system which operated from 2003. It was split into two geographical sections at Tier 7 from 2011, with the lower (Tier 8) Division Two disbanded two years later. After five seasons of that setup, a three-division model was restored.

Member clubs for the 2023–24 season

The current system sees two clubs automatically relegated from the Premier League, who are replaced by two clubs from the Championship. The third-bottom club in the Premier League enters a play-off with the clubs who finish between third and fifth in the Championship. In the semi-finals, the Premier League side plays the fifth-placed Championship side, and the fourth and fifth-placed teams play each other, both games over two legs. The winners then progress to a single-leg final.

Premier League

Championship

Champions and season summaries

References