The 2007/08 Irish Premier League was the 107th season of Northern Ireland's top football league . It started on September 22, 2007 and ended on April 26, 2008. Linfield FC became champions for the 47th time. In addition, for the third time in a row the team won the championship and cup double .
With the beginning of the 2008/09 season, the Northern Irish league system was reorganized. The previous Irish Premier League was renamed the IFA Premiership and reduced from 16 to 12 teams. The decision on the applications to participate in the IFA Premiership, which started playing in August 2008, was made on May 13, 2008 by the IFA Executive Committee on the basis of a points system that took into account several factors of the individual clubs (including sporting Success, finance, infrastructure). In addition to Armagh City (relegated) and Larne FC, who had waived a registration for the IFA Premiership, the previous Premier League clubs Portadown, Donegal Celtic and Limavady United were then not allowed to participate in the top division.
While Limavady United had already been denied eligibility to play in the IFA Premiership before the decision of the IFA Licensing Committee, Portadown's application for admission to the new League House was rejected due to late submission. Donegal Celtic FC, however, missed participation in the IFA Premiership due to the insufficient number of points according to the selection system mentioned above. The appeals of the clubs concerned against the decision of the IFA license committee were subsequently rejected by the IFA Appeals Chamber.
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The 16 teams played against each other twice on 30 match days. The five clubs that were not admitted for the following season were relegated to the IFA Championship .
