2025 Ladies' National Football League
| League details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 25 January – 13 April, 2025 |
| Teams | 32 |
| League champions | |
| Winners | Kerry (13th win) |
| Captain | Cáit Lynch |
| Manager | Mark Bourke |
| League runners-up | |
| Runners-up | Armagh |
| Captain | Clodagh McCambridge |
| Manager | Darnell Parkinson |
| Other division winners | |
| Division 2 | Galway |
| Division 3 | Cavan |
| Division 4 | Antrim |
← 2024 2026 → | |
The 2025 Ladies' National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Lidl Ladies' National Football League, was a ladies' Gaelic football competition taking place in early 2025.[1][2][3][4]
Kerry were the winners, defeating Armagh in the final.[5]
League structure
The 2025 Ladies' National Football League consists of four divisions of eight teams. Each team plays every other team in its division once, either home or away. 3 points are awarded for a win and 1 for a draw.
| Teams by Province | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Province | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 | Total |
| Connacht | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Leinster | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| Munster | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Ulster | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| Totals | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 32 |
Tiebreakers for league ranking
If two teams are level on points, the tie-break is:
- winners of the head-to-head game are ranked ahead
- if the head-to-head match was a draw, then whichever team scored more points in the game is ranked ahead (e.g. 1-15 beats 2–12)
- if the head-to-head match was an exact draw, ranking is determined by the points difference (i.e. total scored minus total conceded in all games)
- if the points difference is equal, ranking is determined by the total scored
If three or more teams are level on league points, rankings are determined solely by points difference.
Finals, promotion and relegation
The top two teams in Division 1 contest the Ladies' National Football League final.
The top two teams in each of Divisions 2 and 3 are promoted and contest the respective division finals.
The bottom two teams in each of divisions 1, 2 and 3 are relegated.
The top four teams in Division 4 contest the division semi-finals and final; the two division finalists are promoted.
Division 1
Table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerry | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 104 | 79 | +25 | 15 | Advance to LNFL final |
| 2 | Armagh | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 120 | 97 | +23 | 15 | |
| 3 | Waterford | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 131 | 85 | +46 | 13 | |
| 4 | Dublin | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 101 | 83 | +18 | 13 | |
| 5 | Meath | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 100 | 98 | +2 | 12 | |
| 6 | Kildare | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 88 | 96 | −8 | 9 | |
| 7 | Mayo | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 78 | 117 | −39 | 3 | Relegated to Division 2 |
| 8 | Tyrone | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 68 | 135 | −67 | 3 |
Division 1 Final
Division 2
Table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galway | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 167 | 51 | +116 | 21 | Advance to Division 2 final and promoted to Division 1 |
| 2 | Cork | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 121 | 64 | +57 | 18 | |
| 3 | Tipperary | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 82 | 85 | −3 | 9 | |
| 4 | Donegal | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 60 | 75 | −15 | 9 | |
| 5 | Monaghan | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 71 | 110 | −39 | 9 | |
| 6 | Westmeath | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 70 | 119 | −49 | 7 | |
| 7 | Roscommon | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 90 | 106 | −16 | 4 | Relegated to Division 3 |
| 8 | Clare | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 69 | 120 | −51 | 4 |
Division 2 Final
| Cork | 1-05 (8) – (14) 2-08 | Galway |
|---|---|---|
| (HT: 1-3 – 0-3) | ||
| Gls: K Quirke 1 Pts: K Quirke 3fs, E Cleary 1, L O’Mahony 1 |
Gls: R Leonard 1, L Noone 1 Pts: R Leonard 5fs, A Davoren 1, O Divilly 1, H Noone 1 | |
Division 3
Table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cavan | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 137 | 67 | +70 | 18 | Advance to Division 3 final and promoted to Division 2 |
| 2 | Wexford | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 107 | 62 | +45 | 16 | |
| 3 | Louth | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 127 | 77 | +50 | 15 | |
| 4 | Down[a] | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 82 | 82 | 0 | 13 | |
| 5 | Laois | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 119 | 121 | −2 | 10 | |
| 6 | Limerick | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 100 | 84 | +16 | 7 | |
| 7 | Carlow[a] | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 66 | 137 | −71 | 3 | Relegated to Division 4 |
| 8 | Offaly | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 58 | 166 | −108 | 0 |
Division 3 Final
Division 4
Table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antrim (P) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 171 | 84 | +87 | 21 | Advance to Division 4 semi-finals; division finalists are promoted to Division 3 |
| 2 | Fermanagh (P) | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 164 | 81 | +83 | 18 | |
| 3 | Sligo | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 110 | 77 | +33 | 15 | |
| 4 | Leitrim | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 131 | 95 | +36 | 10 | |
| 5 | Wicklow | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 116 | 99 | +17 | 9 | |
| 6 | Longford | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 134 | 113 | +21 | 7 | |
| 7 | Derry | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 81 | 145 | −64 | 3 | |
| 8 | Kilkenny | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 240 | −213 | 0 |
Division 4 Finals
References
- ^ "Ladies National Football League". RTE.ie.
- ^ "Lidl National Football League: All you need to know". March 1, 2024 – via www.rte.ie.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Third win secures Tipp's Division 2 status". Nenagh Guardian. March 18, 2024.
- ^ Cahill, Jackie (November 20, 2024). "2025 Lidl Ladies National Football League fixtures revealed".
- ^ "Kerry lay down marker with league drubbing of Armagh". www.independent.ie. April 12, 2025.
- ^ https://x.com/DownLGFA/status/1906349259269587420