2024 National Football League (Ireland)

League details
Dates	27 January – 31 March 2024
Teams	32
League champions
Winners	Derry (7th win)
Captain	Conor Glass
Manager	Mickey Harte
League runners-up
Runners-up	Dublin
Captain	James McCarthy
Manager	Dessie Farrell
Other division winners
Division 2	Donegal
Division 3	Westmeath
Division 4	Laois
← 2023 2025 →

The 2024 National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz Football League, was the 93rd staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for county teams. Thirty-one county teams from Ireland, plus London, compete; Kilkenny did not participate.

Format

File:National Football League 2024 map.png

Map showing the leagues in which each county will participate.

League structure

Teams by Province and Division
Province	Division 1	Division 2	Division 3	Division 4	Total
Connacht	3	0	1	1	5
Leinster	1	3	3	4	11
Munster	1	1	2	2	6
Ulster	3	4	2	0	9
England	0	0	0	1	1
Total	8	8	8	8	32

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.

The 2024 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.

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, while the bottom two teams of divisions 1, 2 and 3 are relegated.

Tiebreakers for league ranking

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:

1. Where two teams only are involved - the outcome of the meeting of the two teams in the previous game in the Competition;

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:

1. Scoring Difference (subtracting the total scores against from total scores for);
2. Highest Total Score For;
3. A Play-Off.

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:

1. Score Difference from the games in which only the teams involved, (teams tied on points), have played each other. (subtracting the total Scores Against from total Scores For)
2. Highest Total Score For, in which only the teams involved, have played each other, and have finished equal in (i)
3. A Play-Off

Division 1

Kerry

Mayo

Roscommon

Galway

Tyrone

Dublin

Monaghan

Derry

Locations of the 2024 NFL Division 1 teams

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	20px Derry	7	6	0	1	138	100	+38	12	Advance to NFL Final
2	20px Dublin	7	5	0	2	154	105	+49	10
3	20px Kerry	7	5	0	2	124	113	+11	10
4	Mayo	7	4	0	3	115	108	+7	8
5	Tyrone	7	3	0	4	104	126	−22	6
6	Galway	7	2	1	4	94	109	−15	5
7	Roscommon	7	1	1	5	92	115	−23	3	Relegation to 2025 NFL Division 2
8	Monaghan	7	1	0	6	103	148	−45	2

Division 2

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	20px Donegal	7	6	1	0	128	83	+45	13	Advance to NFL Division 2 Final and promotion to 2025 NFL Division 1
2	20px Armagh	7	5	2	0	132	86	+46	12
3	20px Cavan	7	3	1	3	103	117	−14	7
4	Cork	7	3	1	3	119	125	−6	7
5	20px Meath	7	2	2	3	86	105	−19	6
6	20px Louth	7	3	0	4	121	101	+20	6
7	20px Fermanagh	7	2	1	4	94	129	−35	5	Relegation to 2025 NFL Division 3
8	Kildare	7	0	0	7	82	119	−37	0

Division 3

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	20px Down	7	6	1	0	145	88	+57	13	Advance to NFL Division 3 Final and promotion to 2025 NFL Division 2
2	20px Westmeath	7	5	1	1	95	83	+12	11
3	20px Clare	7	5	0	2	106	95	+11	10
4	Sligo	7	4	1	2	103	96	+7	9
5	20px Antrim	7	3	0	4	94	106	−12	6
6	Offaly	7	2	1	4	111	100	+11	5
7	20px Wicklow	7	1	0	6	78	126	−48	2	Relegation to 2025 NFL Division 4
8	20px Limerick	7	0	0	7	77	115	−38	0

Division 4

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Laois	7	6	0	1	136	79	+57	12	Advance to NFL Division 4 Final and promotion to 2025 NFL Division 3
2	Leitrim	7	5	0	2	114	93	+21	10
3	Wexford	7	5	0	2	127	90	+37	10
4	20px Longford	7	4	0	3	112	102	+10	8
5	20px Carlow	7	4	0	3	103	109	−6	8
6	20px Tipperary	7	1	2	4	87	108	−21	4
7	20px London	7	1	1	5	80	108	−28	3
8	20px Waterford	7	0	1	6	76	146	−70	1