2025 Ladies' National Football League

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2025 Ladies' National Football League
League details
DatesJanuary – April, 2025
Teams32
League champions
2024
2026

The 2025 Ladies' National Football League , known for sponsorship reasons as the Lidl Ladies' National Football League, is a ladies' Gaelic football competition taking place in early 2025. [1] [2] [3]

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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
ProvinceDivision 1Division 2Division 3Division 4Total
Connacht 1/21/2025
Leinster 315312
Munster 1/23/4106
Ulster 22239
Totals888832

Tiebreakers for league ranking

If two teams are level on points, the tie-break is:

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

Island of Ireland location map.svg
Locations of the 2025 LNFL Division 1 teams.

Table

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh 00000000Advance to LNFL final
2 Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry 00000000
3 Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 00000000
4 Colours of Meath.svg Meath 00000000
5 Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 00000000
6 Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford or Colours of Galway.svg Galway 00000000
7 Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 00000000Relegated to Division 2
8 Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 00000000
First match(es) will be played: January 2025. Source: ladiesgaelic.ie
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Division 1 Final

April 2025
LNFL Final
1st place Division 1v2nd place Division 1

Division 2

Table

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Colours of Galway.svg Galway or Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford 00000000Advance to Division 2 final and promoted to Division 1
2 Colours of Cork.svg Cork 00000000
3 Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal 00000000
4 Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath 00000000
5 Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary 00000000
6 Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan 00000000
7 Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 00000000Relegated to Division 3
8 Colours of Clare.svg Clare 00000000
First match(es) will be played: January 2025. Source: ladiesgaelic.ie
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Division 2 Final

April 2025
Final
1st place Division 2v2nd place Division 2

Division 3

Table

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Colours of Cavan.svg Cavan 00000000Advance to Division 3 final and promoted to Division 2
2 Colours of Laois.svg Laois 00000000
3 Colours of Down.svg Down 00000000
4 Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly 00000000
5 Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford 00000000
6 Colours of Louth.svg Louth 00000000
7 Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick 00000000Relegated to Division 4
8 Colours of Carlow.svg Carlow 00000000
First match(es) will be played: January 2025. Source: ladiesgaelic.ie
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Division 3 Final

April 2025
Final
1st place Division 3v2nd place Division 3

Division 4

Table

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim 00000000Advance to Division 4 semi-finals; division finalists are promoted to Division 3
2 Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 00000000
3 Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh 00000000
4 Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim 00000000
5 Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow 00000000
6 Colours of Longford.svg Longford 00000000
7 Colours of Derry.svg Derry 00000000
8 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny 00000000
First match(es) will be played: January 2025. Source: ladiesgaelic.ie
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Division 4 Finals

March/April 2025
Semi-Final
1st place Division 4v4th place Division 4
March/April 2025
Semi-Final
2nd place Division 4v3rd place Division 4
April 2025
Division 4 Final
v

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