2005 National Football League (Ireland)

The 2005 National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz National Football League, was the 74th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

2005 National Football League

League details
Dates	4 February – 2 May 2005
Teams	32
League champions
Winners	Armagh (1st win)
Captain	Kieran McGeeney
Manager	Joe Kernan
League runners-up
Runners-up	Wexford
Manager	Pat Roe
Other division winners
Division 2	Monaghan
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Armagh beat Wexford in the final to win their first title after losing three previous finals.^[1][2][3]

Division 2 was won by Monaghan who beat Meath in the final.^[4]

Format

The top 16 teams are drawn into Divisions 1A and 1B. The other 16 teams are drawn into Divisions 2A and 2B. Each team plays all the other teams in its section once: either home or away. Teams earn 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw.

The top two teams in Divisions 2A and 2B progress to the Division 2 semi-finals and are promoted. The bottom two teams in Divisions 1A and 1B are relegated. The top two teams in Divisions 1A and 1B progress to the NFL semi-finals.

Results

Division 1

Division 1A Table

  Compete in Division 1 semi-finals   Automatic relegation to Division 2A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Tyrone	7	5	0	2	8-94	5-83	20	10
Mayo	7	5	0	2	8-98	8-81	17	10
Kerry	7	5	0	2	10-87	7-79	17	10
Dublin	7	4	0	3	7-74	6-84	-7	8
Cork	7	2	2	3	6-77	7-73	-1	6
Offaly	7	2	1	4	8-78	7-93	-12	5
Donegal	7	2	0	5	6-79	8-71	2	4
Westmeath	7	1	1	5	6-67	11-90	-38	3

Division 1B Table

  Compete in Division 1 semi-finals   Automatic relegation to Division 2B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Armagh	7	6	0	1	8-73	4-68	17	12
Wexford	7	5	0	2	12-88	7-82	21	10
Kildare	7	4	0	3	6-88	6-65	23	8
Down	7	4	0	3	7-73	3-84	1	8
Galway	7	3	0	4	8-81	5-71	19	6
Laois	7	3	0	4	2-94	9-76	-3	6
Limerick	7	2	0	5	5-64	5-83	-19	4
Sligo	7	1	0	6	3-70	12-102	-59	2

Final

1 May 2005

Armagh	1-21 – 1-14	Wexford

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee: Gerry Kinneavy

Division 2

Division 2A Table

  Compete in Division 2 semi-finals and automatic promotion to Division 1A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Fermanagh	7	6	0	1	7-90	3-66	36	12
Monaghan	7	4	2	1	6-114	10-59	43	10
Longford	7	3	3	1	9-77	2-78	20	9
Leitrim	7	3	1	3	2-88	4-77	5	7
Carlow	7	3	1	3	6-84	3-102	-9	7
Roscommon	7	2	2	3	2-97	8-75	4	6
Clare	7	1	3	3	7-62	2-75	2	5
London	7	0	0	7	1-39	8-119	-101	0

Division 2B Table

  Compete in Division 2 semi-finals and automatic promotion to Division 1B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Derry	7	6	1	0	6-114	5-49	68	13
Meath	7	6	1	0	6-103	3-72	40	13
Cavan	7	5	0	2	12-84	4-69	39	10
Antrim	7	4	0	3	7-95	7-79	16	8
Louth	7	2	1	4	4-74	5-82	-11	5
Wicklow	7	2	1	4	6-70	9-86	-25	5
Waterford	7	1	0	6	4-56	12-99	-67	2
Tipperary	7	0	0	7	4-40	4-100	-60	0

Final

1 May 2005

Monaghan	3-13 – 3-12	Meath

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee: Aidan Mangan