2020 National Football League (Ireland)


The 2020 National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz National Football League, is the 89th staging of the National Football League, an annual Gaelic football tournament for Gaelic Athletic Association county teams. Thirty-one county teams from the island of Ireland, plus London, compete. Kilkenny do not participate.
The league was originally scheduled to end in March 2020, but the public health measures introduced to combat the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the final two league rounds being delayed to October. In June 2020 the GAA announced that the league finals would not be played with the division winners being determined by table position at the end of the league rounds. This was only the second NFL season to be decided without a final.
The GAA announced a new broadcast agreement on 10 January 2019 that runs from 2019 until 2022. Eir Sport and RTÉ provide live TV coverage of the league on Saturday nights. TG4 broadcast Sunday afternoon games. The highlights programmes are RTÉ2's League Sunday on Sunday evenings, TG4's GAA 2019 on Monday evenings and Eir Sport's Allianz Leagues Reloaded on Wednesday evenings.

Format

League structure

The 2020 National Football League consists of four divisions of eight teams. Each team plays every other team in its division once, usually four home and three away or three home and four away. Two points are awarded for a win and one point for a draw.

Tie-breaker

If only two teams are level on league points
If three or more teams are level on league points –

Division 1

The first-placed team is the winner of the NFL. The bottom two teams are relegated to Division 2.

Division 2, Division 3 & Division 4

The top two teams in Divisions 2, 3 and 4 are promoted. The bottom two teams in Divisions 2 and 3 are relegated.

Division 1

Table

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Division 2

Table

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Division 3

Table

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Division 4

Table

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

League Statistics

Top Scorer: Overall

RankPlayerCountyTallyTotal
1Shane Walsh Galway2-2935
2Shane McGuigan Derry2-2834
3Keith Beirne Leitrim1-2932
4Ben Brosnan Wexford3-2231
5Dean Rock Dublin2-2329
6David Clifford Kerry2-2127
7Darren McCurry Tyrone1-2326
8Paddy Cunningham Antrim0-2525
8John Heslin Westmeath1-2225
10Sean O'Shea Kerry1-2124
10Michael Murphy Donegal2-1824
10Evan O'Carroll Laois1-2124

Top Scorer: Single game

Scoring Events