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2006 National Football League (Ireland)

2006 National Football League
League details
Dates 4 February – 23 April 2006
Teams 32
League champions
Winners Kerry (18th win)
Captain Declan O'Sullivan
Manager Jack O'Connor
League runners-up
Runners-up Galway
Captain Pádraic Joyce
Manager Peter Ford
Other division winners
Division 2 Louth
2005
2007

The 2006 National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz National Football League, was the 75th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Kerry beat Galway in the final.

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.



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