2016 National Football League (Ireland)

2016 National Football League
League details
Dates30 January – 24 April 2016
Teams32
League champions
WinnersDublin (12th win)
CaptainStephen Cluxton
ManagerJim Gavin
League runners-up
Runners-upKerry
CaptainBryan Sheehan
ManagerÉamonn Fitzmaurice
Other division winners
Division 2Tyrone
Division 3Clare
Division 4Louth
2015
2017

The 2016 National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz National Football League, was the 85th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams. Thirty-one Gaelic football county teams from the island of Ireland, plus London, competed. Kilkenny did not participate.

Setanta and TG4 provided live coverage of the league on Saturday nights and Sunday afternoons, respectively. RTÉ Two broadcast a highlights programme, League Sunday, on Sunday evenings.

Dublin won their 12th title in total and their 4th in a row, defeating Kerry in the final on a score of 2–18 to 0–13.[1][2]

  1. ^ "FL1 final: historic four in a row for dazzling Dubs". Hoganstand.com. 24 April 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Dublin step on the gas to blow 14-man Kerry away". RTÉ Sport. 24 April 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2016.