List of Donegal county football team seasons

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.

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.

Champions
Runners-up
Relegated
Promoted

Seasons

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Season Championship League Position Top scorer
All-Ireland Series Provincial Championship Division Pld W D L Pts Table Overall Name Score
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972 All-Ireland Semi-Final Ulster Champions
1973
1974 All-Ireland Semi-Final Ulster Champions
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981 Ulster Quarter-Final 3 7 3 2 2 8 3rd Martin McHugh 0–37
1982 Ulster Quarter-Final 7 3 0 4 6 5th Martin McHugh 2–31
1983 All-Ireland Semi-Final Ulster Champions[1] 7 3 1 3 7 5th Martin McHugh 0–38
1984 Ulster Quarter-Final 7 5 0 2 10 2nd Martin McHugh 1–37
1985 Ulster Quarter-Final 2 7 2 1 4 5 6th Martin McHugh 4–49
1986 Ulster Preliminary Round 7 4 1 2 9 3rd Marty Carlin 0–20
1987 Ulster Quarter-Final 7 3 2 2 8 3rd Martin McHugh 2–23
1988 Ulster Quarter-Final 7 5 1 1 11 2nd League Quarter-Final Martin McHugh 1–35
1989 Ulster Final 1 7 3 0 4 6 6th Martin McHugh 3–42
1990 All-Ireland Semi-Final Ulster Champions[2] 7 5 0 2 10 3rd League Quarter-Final Manus Boyle 4–32
1991 Ulster Final 7 4 1 2 9 2nd League Semi-Final Declan Bonner 4–37
1992 All-Ireland Champions[3] Ulster Champions 1B 5 4 0 1 8 1st League Quarter-Final Manus Boyle 1–37
1993 Ulster Final B 7 7 0 0 14 1st League Final Declan Bonner 2–38
1994 Ulster Semi-Final 1 7 4 0 3 8 3rd League Quarter-Final Manus Boyle 2–51
1995 Ulster Quarter-Final 7 4 0 3 8 4th League Final Manus Boyle 2–64
1996 Ulster Preliminary Round 7 3 3 1 9 1st League Final Tony Boyle 4–34
1997 Ulster Semi-Final 7 1 2 4 4 8th Tony Boyle 3–33
1998 Ulster Final B 7 6 1 0 13 1st League Semi-Final Tony Boyle 2–38
1999 Ulster Quarter-Final 1A 7 3 0 4 6 6th Tony Boyle 2–21
2000 Ulster Quarter-Final 7 2 1 4 5 5th Adrian Sweeney 3–39
2001 Qualifiers Round 2 Ulster Preliminary Round 7 2 1 4 5 6th Adrian Sweeney 1–32
2002 All-Ireland Quarter-Final Ulster Final 7 4 0 3 8 5th Adrian Sweeney 4–52
2003 All-Ireland Semi-Final Ulster Quarter-Final 7 1 0 6 2 8th Adrian Sweeney 2–58
2004 Qualifiers Round 4 Ulster Final 2A 7 7 0 0 14 1st Division 2 Semi-Final Brendan Devenney 8–50
2005 Qualifiers Round 2 Ulster Quarter-Final 1A 7 2 0 5 4 7th Colm McFadden 4–49
2006 All-Ireland Quarter-Final Ulster Final 2A 7 6 1 0 13 1st Division 2 Final Michael Doherty 5–59
2007 Qualifiers Round 3 Ulster Semi-Final 1A 7 6 1 0 13 1st Division 1 Champions[4] Brendan Devenney 2–40
2008 Qualifiers Round 2 Ulster Quarter-Final 1 7 4 0 3 8 4th Colm McFadden 1–60
2009 All-Ireland Quarter-Final Ulster Quarter-Final 7 2 1 4 5 7th Michael Murphy 2–39
2010 Qualifiers Round 1 Ulster Quarter-Final 2 7 4 0 3 8 3rd Michael Murphy 4–50
2011 All-Ireland Semi-Final Ulster Champions[5] 7 4 2 1 10 1st Division 2 Champions Colm McFadden 4–44
2012 All-Ireland Champions[6] Ulster Champions[7] 1 7 3 0 4 6 6th Colm McFadden 4–45
2013 All-Ireland Quarter-Final Ulster Final 7 2 1 4 5 7th Michael Murphy 1–50
2014 All-Ireland Final Ulster Champions 2 7 5 1 1 11 1st Division 2 Final Michael Murphy 5–63
2015 All-Ireland Quarter-Final Ulster Final 1 7 3 1 3 7 4th Division 1 Semi-Final Michael Murphy 2–55
2016 All-Ireland Quarter-Final Ulster Final 7 3 0 4 6 4th Division 1 Semi-Final Paddy McBrearty 1–59
2017 Qualifiers Round 4 Ulster Semi-Final 7 3 2 2 8 3rd Michael Murphy 1–43
2018 Quarter-Finals Group Stage Ulster Champions[8] 7 1 1 5 3 7th Paddy McBrearty 1–69
2019 Quarter-Finals Group Stage Ulster Champions[9] 2 7 5 0 2 10 2nd Division 2 Champions Jamie Brennan 6–37
2020 Ulster Final 1 7 3 1 3 7 5th Michael Murphy 2-25
2021 Ulster Semi-Final 1 North 3 1 2 0 4 1st Division 1 Semi-Final Paddy McBrearty 1-38
2022 Qualifiers Round 2 Ulster Final 1 7 3 1 3 7 4th Paddy McBrearty 4-33
2023 All-Ireland Preliminary Quarter-Final Ulster Quarter-Final 7 1 1 5 3 8th Oisín Gallen 1-33
2024 2 7 6 1 0 13 1st Division 2 Champions
Total 0 0 0 0 0

References

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  2. ^ McNulty, Chris (18 July 2015). "Donegal's 1990 Ulster winners will be honoured tomorrow — here is their story". Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  3. ^ Foley, Alan (8 January 2009). "The heroes of '92 — Where are they now?". Donegal Democrat. Archived from the original on 18 December 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
  4. ^ "Donegal win National League title". BBC Sport. 22 April 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Donegal 1–11 Derry 0–08". RTÉ Sport. 17 July 2011. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  6. ^ "Donegal 2–11 Mayo 0–13". RTÉ Sport. 23 September 2012. Archived from the original on 29 March 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  7. ^ "Ulster Senior Football Final: Donegal 2–18 0–13 Down". BBC Sport. 22 July 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  8. ^ Mooney, Francis (24 June 2018). "Energetic Donegal end Fermanagh's Ulster title dream". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  9. ^ Sweeney, Peter (23 June 2019). "Donegal power past Cavan to claim Ulster title". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 23 June 2019.