List of Donegal county football team seasons

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The Donegal county football team represents Donegal in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Donegal GAA, the County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Ulster Senior Football Championship and the National Football League.

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Donegal was the third Ulster county to win an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC), following Cavan and Down. The team last won the Ulster Senior Championship in 2019, the All-Ireland Senior Championship in 2012 and the National League in 2007.

This list details the team's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for each season. Top scorers in bold were also the top scorers in the All-Ireland Championship that season. Records of competitions such as the Dr Lagan Cup and the Dr McKenna Cup are not (yet) included due to them being considered of less importance than the Ulster/All-Ireland Championship and the National League.

Key

Champions
Runners-up
Relegated
Promoted

Seasons

Season Championship League PositionTop scorer
All-Ireland Series Provincial Championship DivisionPldWDLPtsTableOverallNameScore
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972All-Ireland Semi-FinalUlster Champions
1973
1974All-Ireland Semi-FinalUlster Champions
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981Ulster Quarter-Final3732283rd Martin McHugh 0–37
1982Ulster Quarter-Final730465th Martin McHugh 2–31
1983All-Ireland Semi-FinalUlster Champions [1] 731375th Martin McHugh 0–38
1984Ulster Quarter-Final7502102nd Martin McHugh 1–37
1985Ulster Quarter-Final2721456th Martin McHugh 4–49
1986Ulster Preliminary Round741293rd Marty Carlin 0–20
1987Ulster Quarter-Final732283rd Martin McHugh 2–23
1988Ulster Quarter-Final7511112ndLeague Quarter-Final Martin McHugh 1–35
1989Ulster Final1730466th Martin McHugh 3–42
1990All-Ireland Semi-FinalUlster Champions [2] 7502103rdLeague Quarter-Final Manus Boyle 4–32
1991Ulster Final741292ndLeague Semi-Final Declan Bonner 4–37
1992 All-Ireland Champions [3] Ulster Champions1B540181stLeague Quarter-Final Manus Boyle 1–37
1993Ulster FinalB7700141stLeague Final Declan Bonner 2–38
1994Ulster Semi-Final1740383rdLeague Quarter-Final Manus Boyle 2–51
1995Ulster Quarter-Final740384thLeague Final Manus Boyle 2–64
1996Ulster Preliminary Round733191stLeague Final Tony Boyle 4–34
1997Ulster Semi-Final712448th Tony Boyle 3–33
1998Ulster FinalB7610131stLeague Semi-Final Tony Boyle 2–38
1999Ulster Quarter-Final1A730466th Tony Boyle 2–21
2000Ulster Quarter-Final721455th Adrian Sweeney 3–39
2001Qualifiers Round 2Ulster Preliminary Round721456th Adrian Sweeney 1–32
2002All-Ireland Quarter-FinalUlster Final740385th Adrian Sweeney 4–52
2003All-Ireland Semi-FinalUlster Quarter-Final710628th Adrian Sweeney 2–58
2004Qualifiers Round 4Ulster Final2A7700141stDivision 2 Semi-Final Brendan Devenney 8–50
2005Qualifiers Round 2Ulster Quarter-Final1A720547th Colm McFadden 4–49
2006All-Ireland Quarter-FinalUlster Final2A7610131stDivision 2 FinalMichael Doherty5–59
2007Qualifiers Round 3Ulster Semi-Final1A7610131st Division 1 Champions [4] Brendan Devenney 2–40
2008Qualifiers Round 2Ulster Quarter-Final1740384th Colm McFadden 1–60
2009All-Ireland Quarter-FinalUlster Quarter-Final721457th Michael Murphy 2–39
2010Qualifiers Round 1Ulster Quarter-Final2740383rd Michael Murphy 4–50
2011 All-Ireland Semi-FinalUlster Champions [5] 7421101stDivision 2 Champions Colm McFadden 4–44
2012 All-Ireland Champions [6] Ulster Champions [7] 1730466th Colm McFadden 4–45
2013 All-Ireland Quarter-FinalUlster Final721457th Michael Murphy 1–50
2014 All-Ireland Final Ulster Champions27511111stDivision 2 Final Michael Murphy 5–63
2015 All-Ireland Quarter-FinalUlster Final1731374thDivision 1 Semi-Final Michael Murphy 2–55
2016 All-Ireland Quarter-FinalUlster Final730464thDivision 1 Semi-Final Paddy McBrearty 1–59
2017 Qualifiers Round 4Ulster Semi-Final732283rd Michael Murphy 1–43
2018 Quarter-Finals Group StageUlster Champions [8] 711537th Paddy McBrearty 1–69
2019 Quarter-Finals Group StageUlster Champions [9] 27502102ndDivision 2 Champions Jamie Brennan 6–37
2020 Ulster Final1731375th
2021 Ulster Semi-Final1 North312041stDivision 1 Semi-Final
2022 Qualifiers Round 2Ulster Final1731374th
2023 All-Ireland Preliminary Quarter-FinalUlster Quarter-Final711538th
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