The 2015–16 NIFL Championship (known as the Belfast Telegraph Championship for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the eighth and final season of the competition in this format since its establishment after a major overhaul of the league system in Northern Ireland, and the third season of the league as part of the Northern Ireland Football League (NIFL), which took over from the Irish Football Association (IFA) for the 2013–14 season onwards.
League restructure proposals to be introduced over a three-season period were approved by the NIFL on 25 June 2014.
[3] In the bottom two, Dundela and PSNI were relegated to this season's Championship 2, while Lurgan Celtic and Annagh United went in the opposite direction after finishing first and second in Championship 2.
For the second successive season, a club was relegated to regional football.
Ballymoney United finished bottom of Championship 2 and were relegated to a regional division for the following season.