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.
Key ChampionsRunners-up Relegated Promoted
Seasons SeasonChampionshipLeaguePositionTop scorerAll-Ireland SeriesProvincial ChampionshipDivisionTableOverallNameScore 1956 – – 1957 – – 1958 – – 1959 – – 1960 – – 1961 – – 1962 – – 1963 – – 1964 – – 1965 – – 1966 – – 1967 – – 1968 – – 1969 – – 1970 – – 1971 – – 1972 All-Ireland Semi-FinalUlster Champions – 1973 – – 1974 All-Ireland Semi-FinalUlster 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-FinalUlster Champions 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-FinalUlster Champions 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 1992All-Ireland ChampionsUlster Champions 1B 5 4 0 1 8 1st League Quarter-Final Manus Boyle 1–37 1993 – Ulster Final B 7 7 0 0 14 1stLeague 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 4thLeague Final Manus Boyle 2–64 1996 – Ulster Preliminary Round 7 3 3 1 9 1stLeague 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 1stDivision 2 Final Michael Doherty 5–59 2007 Qualifiers Round 3 Ulster Semi-Final 1A 7 6 1 0 13 1stDivision 1 Champions 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 57th – 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-FinalUlster Champions 7 4 2 1 101stDivision 2 Champions Colm McFadden 4–44 2012All-Ireland ChampionsUlster Champions 1 7 3 0 4 6 6th – Colm McFadden 4–45 2013 All-Ireland Quarter-FinalUlster Final 7 2 1 4 57th – Michael Murphy 1–50 2014All-Ireland FinalUlster Champions 2 7 5 1 1 111stDivision 2 Final Michael Murphy 5–63 2015 All-Ireland Quarter-FinalUlster Final 1 7 3 1 3 7 4th Division 1 Semi-Final Michael Murphy 2–55 2016 All-Ireland Quarter-FinalUlster 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 StageUlster Champions 7 1 1 5 37th – Paddy McBrearty 1–69 2019 Quarter-Finals Group StageUlster Champions 2 7 5 0 2 102ndDivision 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 41st 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 1stDivision 2 Champions Total – – – 0 0 0 0 0 – – – –
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