National Football League (Ireland) - List of Finalists/champions

List of Finalists/champions

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. The NFL is in general a poor prediction 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 gone on to win the All–Ireland on five out of nine occasions: Tyrone (once) in 2003, Kerry (thrice) in 2004, 2006 and 2009, and Cork (once) in 2010.

• 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 – Cavan 2–8 Meath 1–6
• 1950–51 – Meath 0–6 Mayo 0–3
• 1951–52 – 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 0–9 Down 1–5
• 1963–64 – Dublin 2–9Down 0–7
• 1964–65 – AI Galway 1–07 Kerry 0–08
• 1965–66 – Longford 0–09 Galway 0–08
• 1966–67 – Galway 0–12 Dublin 1–07
• 1967–68 – AI Down 2–14 Kildare 2–11
• 1968–69 – AI Kerry 3–11 Offaly 0–08
• 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 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