2025 Down county football team season

Official fixtures for the 2025 National League were announced on 5 December 2024.^[2][3]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed/Cancelled

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Monaghan	7	5	0	2	193	161	+32	10	Advance to NFL Division 2 Final and promotion to 2026 NFL Division 1
2	Roscommon	7	4	1	2	161	142	+19	9
3	Meath	7	4	0	3	162	157	+5	8
4	Cavan	7	4	0	3	153	159	−6	8
5	Cork	7	4	0	3	151	158	−7	8
6	Louth[a]	7	3	0	4	143	157	−14	6
7	Down[a]	7	3	0	4	138	149	−11	6	Relegation to 2026 NFL Division 3
8	Westmeath	7	0	1	6	162	181	−19	1

26 January 2025

14:00

Round 1

Roscommon	3-21 - 1-20	Down
Diarmuid Murtagh (0-07), Ciaráin Murtagh (1-02), Enda Smith (1-01), Cian McKeon (1-01), Daire Cregg (0-04), Shane Cunnane (0-02), Ben O’Carroll (0-01), Donie Smith (0-01), Eddie Nolan (0-01), Shane Killoran (0-01)	Report	Pat Havern (0-11), Ryan McEvoy (1-02), James Guinness (0-02), Danny Magill (0-02), Gareth McKibben (0-01), Paddy McCarthy (0-01), Odhran Murdock (0-01)

Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon

Referee: Niall Cullen (Fermanagh)

2 February 2025

14:00

Round 2

Down	1-19 - 2-15	Cork
P Havern (0-08), D Magill (1-01), J Guinness (0-03), O Murdock (0-03), O Savage (0-02), C Doherty (0-01), R Burns (0-01)	Report	M Cronin (0-06), S McDonnell (1-02), C Og Jones (1-00), B O'Driscoll (0-02), R Maguire (0-02), E McSweeney (0-01), S Walsh (0-01), P Doyle (0-01)

Pairc Esler, Newry

Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry)

15 February 2025

18:00

Round 3

Down	1-18 - 0-24	Meath
P Havern (0-09), O Murdock (1-01), D Guinness (0-03), C Doherty (0-02), M Rooney (0-02), D Magill (0-01)	Report	J Morris (0-08), E Frayne (0-08), R Jones (0-02), B Menton (0-02), B Hogan (0-01), C Caulfield (0-01), S Walsh (0-01), J Flynn (0-01)

Pairc Esler, Newry

Referee: Sean Lonergan (Tipperary)

23 February 2025

14:00

Round 4

Louth	2-17 - 0-22	Down
Sam Mulroy (0-10), Ryan Burns (1-02), Kieran McArdle (1-00), Liam Jackson (0-01), Tommy Durnin (0-01), Andy McDonnell (0-01), Ciaran Keenan (0-01), Daire McConnon (0-01)	Report	Pat Havern (0-07), Daniel Guinness (0-04), Danny Magill (0-03), Ceilum Doherty (0-02), Oisín Savage (0-02), Conor McCrickard (0-02), Conor Francis (0-01), Odhran Murdock (0-01)

Gaelic Grounds, Drogheda

Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan)

1 March 2025

18:00

Round 5

Cavan	1-20 - 1-18	Down
O Brady (0-06), G McKiernan (0-05), P Faulkner (1-00), B Donnelly (0-02), O Kiernan (Castlerahan, 0-02), C Madden (0-02), Ciaran Brady (0-01), Cormac O’Reilly (0-01), G O’Rourke (0-01)	Report	P Havern (0-05), M Rooney (1-01), O Savage (0-03), D Guinness (0-02), D Magill (0-02), J Guinness (0-01), C Doherty (0-01), R McEvoy (0-01), O Murdock (0-01), R Burns (0-01)

Breffni Park, Cavan

Referee: James Molloy (Galway)

15 March 2025

18:00

Round 6

Down	1-26 - 0-28	Westmeath
P Havern 0-14, J McGeough 1-01, S Millar 0-03, A Crimmins 0-02, M Rooney 0-02, O Murdock 0-02, R McEvoy 0-01, D Guinness 0-01	Report	L Loughlin 0-09, R Forde 0-06, B Cooney 0-06, M Whittaker 0-02, R Wallace 0-02, D McCartan 0-02, S McCartan 0-01

Pairc Esler, Newry

Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare)

23 March 2025

14:00

Round 7

Monaghan	2-17 - 0-24	Down
Mícheál Bannigan (1-04), Dessie Ward (0-05), Rory Beggan (0-04), David Garland (1-0), Stephen Mooney (0-2), Stephen O’Hanlon (0-01), Conor McCarthy (0-01)	Report	Pat Havern (0-06), Ryan Magill (0-04), Odhrán Murdock (0-03), Danny Magill (0-02), Eugene Branagan (0-2), Ryan McEvoy (0-02), James Guinness (0-01), John McGeough (0-01), Shay Millar (0-01), Caolán Mooney (0-01), Patrick Brooks (0-01)

St Tiernach's Park, Clones

Referee: Barry Tiernan (Dublin)

Having won the 2024 Tailteann Cup, Down re-entered the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship for the first time in six years.^[14] The draw for the 2025 competition was made on 30 April with Down being drawn into Group 3 with Louth, Clare and Monaghan.^[15]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Monaghan	3	3	0	0	87	68	+19	6	Advance to quarter-final
2	Down	3	2	0	1	90	76	+14	4	Advance to home preliminary quarter-final
3	Louth	3	1	0	2	67	71	−4	2	Advance to preliminary quarter-final
4	Clare	3	0	0	3	58	87	−29	0

18 May 2025

14:00

Group Stage

Clare	1-16 - 3-27	Down
Mark McInerney (0-06), Emmet McMahon (0-05), Aaron Griffin (1-01), Dermot Coughlan (0-02), Eoin Cleary (0-01), Jamie Stack (0-01)	Report	Pat Havern (0-09), Danny Magill (0-07), Daniel Guinness (1-01), John McGeough (1-01), Caolan Mooney (1-00), Adam Crimmins (0-03), James Guinness (0-02), Odhran Murdock (0-02), Ryan McEvoy (0-01), Miceal Rooney (0-01)

Cusack Park, Ennis

Attendance: 1,556

Referee: Paddy Neilan (Roscommon)

31 May 2025

17:30

Group Stage

Down	0-25 - 0-24	Louth
P Havern (0-06), D Magill (0-06), O Murdock (0-05), A Crimmins (0-02), C Doherty (0-01); R Magill (0-01), M Rooney (0-01), J McGeough (0-01), C Mooney (0-01), S Millar (0-01)	Report	S Mulroy (0-12), R Burns (0-03), C Lennon (0-03), T Durnin (0-02), C Downey (0-02), C McKeever (0-01), C Grimes (0-01)

Pairc Esler, Newry

Attendance: 10,240

Referee: David Gough (Meath) Sub: N Mooney (Cavan) (20)

15 June 2025

14:00

Group Stage

Monaghan	2-27 - 1-26	Down
R Beggan (0-06), J McCarron (1-03), M Bannigan (1-02), S O'Hanlon (0-03), R O'Toole (0-02), D Ward (0-02), C McCarthy (0-02), A Woods (0-02), M McCarville (0-02), A Carey (0-01), D Garland (0-01), L Kelly (0-01)	Report	P Havern (0-12), D Magill (0-04), J McGeough (1-00), O Murdock (0-02), A Crimmins (0-02), D Guinness (0-02), C McCrickard (0-02), E Brannigan (0-01), C Doherty (0-01)

Athletic Grounds, Armagh

Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)

22 June 2025

13:45

Preliminary Quarter-final

Down	3-21 - 2-26	Galway
O Murdock (1-02), D Guinness (0-04), J McGeough (1-01), R Magill (1-00), M Rooney (0-02), C Mooney (0-02), D Magill (0-02), R McEvoy (0-02), P Havern (0-02), C Doherty (0-01), E Brannigan (0-01), J Guinness (0-01), A Crimmins (0-01)	Report	S Walsh (1-07), R Finnerty (0-06), M Thompson (0-05), T Culhane (1-00), M Tierney (0-02), C McDaid (0-02), D O'Flaherty (0-02), P Cooke (0-01), C D'Arcy (0-01)

Pairc Esler, Newry

Attendance: 14,435

Referee: Derek O'Mahoney (Tipperary)

	Preliminary Quarter-Finals					Quarter-Finals					Semi-Finals					Final
						Monaghan		1-20
	Donegal		2-22			Donegal		1-26
	Louth		0-12								Donegal		3-26
											Meath		0-15
						Meath		2-16
	Down		3-21			Galway		2-15
	Galway		2-26													Donegal		0-19
																Kerry		1-26
						Armagh		1-21
	Kerry		3-20			Kerry		0-32
	Cavan		1-17								Kerry		1-20
											Tyrone		0-17
						Tyrone		0-23
	Dublin		1-19			Dublin		0-16
	Cork		1-16

On New Year's Eve Down competed in the 2025 against Louth. Down won the game by six points to pick up the McGeough Cup trophy.^[16][17]

31 December 2025

14:00

Final

Louth	0-13 v 1-16	Down
	Report

MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey