2025 Down county football team season
| 2025 season | |
|---|---|
| Manager | Conor Laverty[citation needed] |
| Stadium | Páirc Esler, Newry |
The following is a summary of Down county football team's 2025 season.
Competitions
[edit]Down are due to compete in the National Football League Division 2, the Ulster Championship the All Ireland Senior Football Championship during the 2025 season. On 7 September it was announced that the McKenna Cup would not take place in 2025. [1]
National Football League Division 2
[edit]Official fixtures for the 2025 National League are expected to be announced in late 2024 soon after counties receive their provisional fixtures. [2]
Table
[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Cavan
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to NFL Division 2 Final and promotion to 2026 NFL Division 1 |
| 2 |  Cork
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 |  Down
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Louth
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 |  Meath
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 |  Monaghan
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 |  Roscommon
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to 2026 NFL Division 3 |
| 8 |  Westmeath
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ulster Senior Football Championship
[edit]The draw for the 2025 Ulster Championship took place in October 2024.[3] [4]
Fixtures
[edit]Bracket
[edit]| Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | |||||||||||||||||
 Antrim
| |||||||||||||||||||
 Armagh
| 0-09 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Quarter-final winner | |||||||||||||||||||
| Quarter-final winner | |||||||||||||||||||
 Tyrone
| 0-09 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cavan
| |||||||||||||||||||
| Semi-final winner | |||||||||||||||||||
| Semi-final winner | |||||||||||||||||||
 Fermanagh
| |||||||||||||||||||
| Down
| |||||||||||||||||||
| Quarter-final winner | |||||||||||||||||||
| Donegal
| Quarter-final winner | ||||||||||||||||||
| Derry
| Monaghan
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Preliminary winner | |||||||||||||||||||
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
[edit]Having won the 2024 Tailteann Cup, Down are due to re-enter the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship for the first time in six years.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ulster GAA 'surprised' to see McKenna Cup suspended". GAA. 12 September 2024.
- ^ "All-Ireland repeat in Galway and Mayo face Dublin in Croke Park on first weekend of National Football League". Irish Independent. 6 November 2024.
- ^ "2025 Provincial Football Championships draw". GAA. 12 October 2024.
- ^ "Provincial SFC 2025 draws: Donegal to face rivals Derry in Ulster preliminary round". Irish Independent. 12 October 2024.
- ^ "Down survive late Laois rally to win Tailteann Cup". RTE. 13 July 2024.