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Donegal county football team
2024 season
ManagerJim McGuinness
StadiumMacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey
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2025 →

The following is a summary of Donegal county football team's 2024 season.

Personnel changes

Reports in August 2023 suggested that Jim McGuinness would be returning for a second spell as manager, with RTÉ Sport stating on 17 August that McGuinness had already met with county board officials.[1] On 20 August, the Donegal County Board brought forward its monthly meeting to the following evening.[2] At that meeting, held on the evening of Monday 21 August, the return of McGuinness as manager was announced, with Colm McFadden, Neil McGee and Luke Barrett all confirmed as being on McGuinness's backroom team.[3]

The appointment made McGuinness the first holder of a UEFA Pro Licence to manage an inter-county team.[4] He took charge for his second term as Donegal manager at the age of 50.[5]

In November 2023, it was announced that James Gallagher had succeeded Declan McIntyre as goalkeeping coach, making this Gallagher's third spell in that role.[6][7][8]

A new jersey was launched at the Abbey Hotel ahead of the season commencing.[9]

Competitions

2024 National Football League Division 2

Main article: 2024 National Football League (Ireland)

Donegal begin with a Saturday night home fixture against Cork.[10]

Table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Donegal 7 6 1 0 128 83 +45 13 Advance to NFL Division 2 Final and
promotion to 2025 NFL Division 1
2 Armagh 7 5 2 0 132 86 +46 12
3 Cavan[a] 7 3 1 3 103 117 −14 7
4 Cork[a] 7 3 1 3 119 125 −6 7
5 Meath[b] 7 2 2 3 86 105 −19 6
6 Louth[b] 7 3 0 4 121 101 +20 6
7 Fermanagh 7 2 1 4 94 129 −35 5 Relegation to 2025 NFL Division 3
8 Kildare 7 0 0 7 82 119 −37 0
Source: GAA.ie
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Cavan are ranked ahead of Cork because they won the head-to-head game between the teams
  2. ^ a b Meath are ranked ahead of Louth because they won the head-to-head game between the teams

Fixtures

Round 1 Donegal v Cork  


Round 2 v  


Round 3 v  


Round 4 v  


Round 5 v  


Round 6 v  


Round 7 v  


Ulster Senior Football Championship

Main article: 2024 Ulster Senior Football Championship

The draw for the 2024 Ulster Championship was made on 21 October 2023.[11][12]

Bracket

Preliminary round
Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
Down 0-13
Antrim 0-09
Down 2-06
Armagh 0-13
Fermanagh 0-09
Armagh 3-11
Armagh 0-20 (5)
Donegal 0-20 (6)
Derry 0-17
Donegal 4-11
Donegal 0-18
Monaghan 1-12 Tyrone 0-16
Cavan 3-12 Cavan 3-16
Tyrone 1-23*

Fixtures

Quarter-final
Derry v Donegal

References

  1. ^ McCoy, Niall (17 August 2023). "McGuinness in mix for sensational Donegal return". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Donegal hastily arrange meeting for manager update". RTÉ Sport. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023. In an update this afternoon, Donegal asked delegates to attend the hastily arranged meeting on Monday at 7.30pm to discuss 'an update on the deliberations of the Senior Football Manager's Selection Committee'.
  3. ^ "Donegal confirm return of Jim McGuinness as manager". RTÉ Sport. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  4. ^ Haughey, John (22 August 2023). "Can McGuinness' second coming rejuvenate Donegal?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Donegal confirm stunning return of Jim McGuinness as manager". The42.ie. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  6. ^ Ferry, Ryan (9 November 2023). "Gallagher to return as goalkeeping coach". Donegal News. p. 72. James Gallagher is set for a third stint as the goalkeeping coach with the Donegal senior football team. The Meenlaragh native was not involved in 2023 with Declan McIntyre taking on the role.
  7. ^ Craig, Frank (9 November 2023). "James Gallagher set to return as Donegal goalkeeping coach: Gallagher previously served under both Rory Gallagher and Declan Bonner and the Meenlaragh man looks set for another stint working with the Donegal senior goalkeepers". DonegalLive.ie. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  8. ^ "James Gallagher returns to Donegal as goalkeeping coach". Highland Radio. 9 November 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  9. ^ "New Donegal jersey launched at the Abbey Hotel". Donegal News. 2 November 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  10. ^ Keys, Colm (27 October 2023). "Allianz League openers revealed as Dublin to take on Monaghan at Croke Park". Irish Independent. Retrieved 27 October 2023. In Division 2, Jim McGuinness will have a home game against Cork on Saturday night as his first competitive fixture since returning to the fold earlier this year…
  11. ^ Diallo, Raf (21 October 2023). "2024 Provincial football championships draw — recap". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  12. ^ "Ulster SFC draw pairs Jim McGuinness against Mickey Harte". RTÉ Sport. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
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