The 2025 National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz Football League, was the 94th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for county teams. Thirty-one county teams from Ireland, plus London, compete; New York do not participate in the National League, though they take part in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Kilkenny do not compete in senior football.
This was the first inter-county competition to feature the new Football Review Committee (FRC) rule changes adopted in 2024, including the two-point shot for scoring outside the 40-metre arc.
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The 2025 National Football League consists of four divisions of eight teams. Each team plays every other team in its division once. Two points are awarded for a win, one point is awarded for a draw and none are awarded for a loss.
In the top division, Division 1, teams compete to become the National Football League (NFL) champions. The top two teams qualify for the NFL Final, with the winners crowned NFL champions.
Teams compete for promotion and relegation to a higher or lower league. In Divisions 2, 3 and 4, the first and second-places teams are promoted and play in the respective divisional finals, while the bottom two teams of divisions 1, 2 and 3 are relegated.
As per the Official GAA Guide - Part 1 - Section 6.21:
If two teams in the same group are equal on points on completion of the league phase, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied:
If three or more teams in the same group are equal on points on completion of the league phase, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied:
In the event that two teams or more finish with equal points, but have been affected by a disqualification, loss of game on a proven objection, retirement or walkover, the tie shall be decided by the following means:
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Donegal's Round 1 trip to Kerry was one of several league fixtures postponed because of Storm ÃÂowyn.
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Laois's Round 1 trip to Leitrim was one of several league fixtures postponed because of Storm ÃÂowyn.
After a pitch inspection deeming the Markievicz Park pitch unplayable, Sligo's game against Clare was postponed to 9 March 2025.
On 15 March, one day before it was scheduled to be played in Ballinamore, Leitrim forfeited its Round 6 fixture against Fermanagh due to not having a full team available.
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Waterford's Round 1 trip to Wicklow was one of several league fixtures postponed because of Storm ÃÂowyn.
After a pitch inspection deeming Wexford Park unplayable, Wexford's game against Wicklow was postponed to 8 March 2025.
Live on television, in the National League meeting of Armagh and Donegal at MacCumhaill Park, Armagh's 2024 All-Ireland SFC-winning captain Aidan Forker headbutted Michael Murphy in the 44th minute. This was within moments of Murphy's reintroduction (as a substitute) to inter-county football, and referee Sean Hurson sent Forker off. Forker's headbutt of Michael Murphy was widely compared to Zinedine Zidane's headbutt during the 2006 FIFA World Cup final, though â unlike Zidane's opponent â Murphy stood firm and did not even move.