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1995–96 National Football League (Ireland)

1995–96 National Football League
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League details
Dates 12 November 1995 – 5 May 1996
Teams 33
League champions
Winners Derry (4th win)
Captain Tony Scullion
Manager Mickey Moran
League runners-up
Runners-up Donegal
Manager Brian McEniff
Other division winners
Division 2 Cork
Division 3 Mayo
Division 4 Wicklow

The 1995–96 National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Church & General National Football League, was the 65th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Derry defeated Donegal in the final for the second year in a row.

The teams are in four divisions, three of 8 teams and one of 9. Each team plays all the other teams in its division once: either home or away. Teams earn 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The top two teams in Divisions 2, 3 and 4 are promoted, while the bottom two teams in Divisions 1, 2 and 3 are relegated.

Eight teams contest the NFL quarter-finals:




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