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2025 Down county football team season

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Down county football team
2025 season
ManagerConor Laverty[citation needed]
StadiumPáirc Esler, Newry
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2026 →

The following is a summary of Down county football team's 2025 season.

Competitions

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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

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Official fixtures for the 2025 National League are expected to be announced in late 2024 soon after counties receive their provisional fixtures. [2]

Table

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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
First match(es) will be played: January 2025. Source: GAA.ie
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Ulster Senior Football Championship

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The draw for the 2025 Ulster Championship took place in October 2024.[3] [4]

Fixtures

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Quarter Final
Fermanagh vDown Down

Bracket

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "Ulster GAA 'surprised' to see McKenna Cup suspended". bbc.co.uk. 12 September 2024.
  2. ^ "All-Ireland repeat in Galway and Mayo face Dublin in Croke Park on first weekend of National Football League". Irish Independent. 6 November 2024.
  3. ^ "2025 Provincial Football Championships draw". GAA. 12 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Provincial SFC 2025 draws: Donegal to face rivals Derry in Ulster preliminary round". Irish Independent. 12 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Down survive late Laois rally to win Tailteann Cup". RTE. 13 July 2024.