List of National Football League (Ireland) finals

This page is a list of final matches for the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament played by the GAA county teams of Ireland, and some teams from outside Ireland.

Below is a list of all NFL finals (or NFL champions for those seasons in which no final was played). The letters AI indicate the county went on to win the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship that year. In the past NFL has been a poor predictor of summer form: only 26% (20/78) of League winners have gone on to become All-Ireland champions. However, since the re–formatting of the competition in 2002, the winner of the national league has more regularly gone on to win the All–Ireland on seven out of fourteen occasions: Tyrone (once) in 2003, Kerry (thrice) in 2004, 2006 and 2009, Cork (once) in 2010 and Dublin in 2013 and 2015.

List of finals

• 1925–26 – Laois 2–1 Dublin 1–0
• 1926–27 – League not held
• 1927–28 – Kerry 2–4 Kildare 1–6
• 1928–29 – AI Kerry 1–7 Kildare 2–3
• 1929–30 – League not held
• 1930–31 – AI Kerry 1–3 Cavan 1–2
• 1931–32 – AI Kerry 5–2 Cork 3–3
• 1932–33 – Meath 0–10 Cavan 1–6
• 1933–34 – Mayo 2–4 Dublin 1–5
• 1934–35 – Mayo 5–8 Fermanagh 0–2
• 1935–36 – AI Mayo were champions with 12 points from eight games
• 1936–37 – Mayo 5–4 Meath 1–8
• 1937–38 – Mayo 3–9 Wexford 1–3
• 1938–39 – Mayo 5–9 Meath 0–6
• 1939–40 – Galway 2–5 Meath 1–5
• 1940–41 – Mayo 3–7 Dublin 0–7
• 1941–45 – League suspended for four seasons
• 1945–46 – Meath 2–2 Wexford 0–6
• 1946–47 – Derry 2–9 Clare 2–5
• 1947–48 – AI Cavan 5–9 Cork 2–8 (replay)
• 1948–49 – Mayo 1–8 Louth 1–6
• 1949–50 – New York 2–8 Cavan 0–12 (Home final: Cavan 2–8 Meath 1–6)
• 1950–51 – Meath 1–10 New York 0–10 (Home final: Meath 0–6 Mayo 0–3)
• 1951–52 – Cork 1–12 New York 0–3 (Home final: Cork 2–3 Dublin 1–5)
• 1952–53 – Dublin 4–6 Cavan 0–9
• 1953–54 – Mayo 2–10 Carlow 0–3
• 1954–55 – Dublin 2–12 Meath 1–3
• 1955–56 – Cork 0–8 Meath 0–7
• 1956–57 – Galway 1–8 Kerry 0–6
• 1957–58 – AI Dublin 3–13 Kildare 3–8
• 1958–59 – AI Kerry 2–8 Derry 1–8
• 1959–60 – AI Down 0–12 Cavan 0–9
• 1960–61 – Kerry 4–16 Derry 1–5
• 1961–62 – Down 2–5 Dublin 1–7
• 1962–63 – Kerry 1–18 New York 1–10 (Home final: Kerry 0–9 Down 1–5)
• 1963–64 – New York 2–12 Dublin 1–13 (Home final: Dublin 2–9 Down 0–7)
• 1964–65 – AI Galway 4–12 New York 0–17 (two-legged final; home final: Galway 1–7 Kerry 0–8)
• 1965–66 – Longford 1–18 New York 0–17 (two-legged final; home final: Longford 0–9 Galway 0–8)
• 1966–67 – New York 7–8 Galway 1–16 (two-legged final; home final: Galway 0–12 Dublin 1–7)
• 1967–68 – AI Down 2–14 Kildare 2–11
• 1968–69 – AI Kerry 2–33 New York 2–24 (two-legged final; home final: Kerry 3–11 Offaly 0–8)
• 1969–70 – Mayo 4–7 Down 0–10
• 1970–71 – Kerry 0–11 Mayo 0–8
• 1971–72 – Kerry 2–11 Mayo 1–9
• 1972–73 – Kerry 2–12 Offaly 0–14
• 1973–74 – Kerry 0–14 Roscommon 0–8 (replay)
• 1974–75 – Meath 0–16 Dublin 1–9
• 1975–76 – AI Dublin 2–10 Derry 0–15
• 1976–77 – Kerry 1–8 Dublin 1–6
• 1977–78 – Dublin 2–18 Mayo 2–13
• 1978–79 – Roscommon 0–15 Cork 1–3
• 1979–80 – Cork 0–11 Kerry 0–10
• 1980–81 – Galway 1–11 Roscommon 1–3
• 1981–82 – Kerry 1–9 Cork 0–5 (replay)
• 1982–83 – Down 1–8 Armagh 0–8
• 1983–84 – AI Kerry 1–11 Galway 0–11
• 1984–85 – Monaghan 1–11 Armagh 0–9
• 1985-86 – Laois 2–6 Monaghan 2–5
• 1986-87 – Dublin 1–11 Kerry 0–11
• 1987-88 – AI Meath 2–13 Dublin 0–11 (replay)
• 1988-89 – AI Cork 3-21 New York 2-14 (two-legged final; home final: Cork 0–15 Dublin 0–12)
• 1989-90 – Meath 2–7 Down 0–11
• 1990-91 – Dublin 1–9 Kildare 0–10
• 1991-92 – Derry 1–10 Tyrone 1–8
• 1992-93 – Dublin 0–10 Donegal 0–6 (replay)
• 1993-94 – Meath 2–11 Armagh 0–8
• 1994-95 – Derry 0–12 Donegal 0–8
• 1995-96 – Derry 1–16 Donegal 1–9
• 1996-97 – AI Kerry 3–7 Cork 1–8
• 1997-98 – Offaly 0–9 Derry 0–7
• 1998-99 – Cork 0–12 Dublin 1–7
• 1999–2000 – Derry 1–8 Meath 0–9
• 2000–01 – Mayo 0–13 Galway 0–12
• 2002 – Tyrone 0–15 Cavan 0–7
• 2003 – AI Tyrone 0–21 Laois 1–8
• 2004 – AI Kerry 3–11 Galway 1–16
• 2005 – Armagh 1–21 Wexford 1–14
• 2006 – AI Kerry 2–11 Galway 0–11
• 2007 – Donegal 0–13 Mayo 0–10
• 2008 – Derry 2–13 Kerry 2–9
• 2009 – AI Kerry 1–15 Derry 0–15
• 2010 – AI Cork 1–17 Mayo 0–12
• 2011 – Cork 0-21 Dublin 2-14
• 2012 – Cork 2-10 Mayo 0-11
• 2013 – AI Dublin 0-18 Tyrone 0-17
• 2014 – Dublin 3-19 Derry 1-10
• 2015 – AI Dublin 1-21 Cork 2-7
• 2016 – Dublin 2-18 Kerry 0-13

See also

• List of All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals