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2017 National Football League (Ireland)

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Dates
  
4 February to 9 April, 2017

The 2017 National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz Football League, is the 86th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for Gaelic Athletic Association county teams. Thirty-one county teams from the island of Ireland, plus London, compete. Kilkenny do not participate.

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Dublin are the reigning champions and are bidding for their fifth successive title.

Eir Sport (formerly Setanta) and TG4 provide live coverage of the league on Saturday nights and Sunday afternoons respectively. RTÉ2 broadcasts highlights programme League Sunday on Sunday evenings.

League structure

The 2017 National Football League consists of four divisions of eight teams. Each team plays every other team in its division once, usually four home and three away or three home and four away. Two points are awarded for a win and one point for a draw.

Tie-breaker

If only two teams are level on league points -

  • The team that won the head-to-head match is ranked first
  • If this game was a draw, score difference (total scored minus total conceded in all games) is used to rank the teams
  • If score difference is identical, total scored is used to rank the teams
  • If still identical, a play-off is required

    • If three or more teams are level on league points, score difference is used to rank the teams.

    Division 1

    Following the decision to abolish the National Football League semi finals for 2017, the top two teams in Division 1 contest the National Football League final. The bottom two teams are relegated to Division 2.

    Division 2, Division 3 & Division 4

    The top two teams in Divisions 2, 3 and 4 are promoted and contest the finals of their respective divisions. The bottom two teams in Divisions 2 and 3 are relegated.

    Division 1 Table

      Qualify for Division 1 final   Automatic relegation to Division 2

    Division 2 Table

      Qualify for Division 2 final and automatic promotion to Division 1   Automatic relegation to Division 3

    Division 3 Table

      Qualify for Division 3 final and automatic promotion to Division 2   Automatic relegation to Division 4

    Division 4 Table

      Qualify for Division 4 final and automatic promotion to Division 3

    Statistics

  • All scores correct as of 27 February 2017

    • Scoring

  • Widest winning margin: 15
  • Meath 3-15 – 0-09 Derry (Division 2)
  • Most goals in a match: 6
  • Longford 3-09 – 3-11 Armagh (Division 3)
  • Most points in a match: 35
  • Derry 1-18 – 1-17 Kildare (Division 2)
  • Most goals by one team in a match: 3
  • Galway 3-13 – 1-11 Clare (Division 2)
  • Meath 3-15 – 0-09 Derry (Division 2)
  • Longford 3-09 – 3-11 Armagh (Division 3)
  • Meath 0-16 – 3-17 Kildare (Division 2)
  • Highest aggregate score: 43 points
  • Donegal 1-17 – 2-17 Kerry (Division 1)
  • Lowest aggregate score: 14 points
  • Monaghan 0-07 – 0-07 Cavan (Division 1)

    • References

    2017 National Football League (Ireland) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA