| League: | 1999-2000 National Football League |
| Dates: | 31 October 1999 - 20 May 2000 |
| Teams: | 33 |
| Team1: | Derry |
| Captain1: | Anthony Tohill |
| Manager1: | Eamonn Coleman |
| Titles: | 5th |
| Team2: | Meath |
| Captain2: | Graham Geraghty |
| Manager2: | Seán Boylan |
| Two: | Louth |
| Previous: | 1998-99 |
| Next: | 2000-01 |
The 1999-2000 National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Church & General National Football League, was the 69th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.Derry beat Meath in the final after a replay.[1]
The top 16 teams were drawn into Divisions 1A and 1B. The other 16 teams were drawn into Divisions 2A and 2B. Each team played all the other teams in its section once: either home or away. Teams earned 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw.
The top two teams in Divisions 2A and 2B progressed to the Division 2 semi-finals and were promoted to Division 1. The bottom two teams in Divisions 1A and 1B were relegated. The top two teams in Divisions 1A and 1B progressed to the NFL semi-finals.
If two or more teams are level on points, scoring average was used to rank the teams.
| width=165 | Team | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=45 | F | width=45 | A | width=20 | Diff | width=20 | Pts |
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| Kerry | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9-95 | 6-63 | 41 | 10 | |||||||||
| Roscommon | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6-71 | 6-61 | 10 | 10 | |||||||||
| Dublin | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6-73 | 3-80 | 2 | 10 | |||||||||
| Galway | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5-92 | 9-65 | 15 | 9 | |||||||||
| Donegal | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3-73 | 3-81 | -8 | 5 | |||||||||
| Tyrone | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5-73 | 4-86 | -10 | 5 | |||||||||
| Armagh | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4-58 | 6-75 | -23 | 4 | |||||||||
| Cork | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6-57 | 7-81 | -27 | 3 |
| width=165 | Team | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=45 | F | width=45 | A | width=20 | Diff | width=20 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derry | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5-77 | 2-56 | 30 | 12 | |||||||||
| Meath | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7-77 | 6-78 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||
| Sligo | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8-63 | 5-71 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||
| Fermanagh | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2-78 | 6-76 | -10 | 8 | |||||||||
| Mayo | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5-65 | 3-66 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||
| Clare | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4-64 | 3-68 | -1 | 6 | |||||||||
| Kildare | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4-70 | 7-72 | -11 | 4 | |||||||||
| Down | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5-64 | 8-71 | -16 | 4 |
| width=165 | Team | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=45 | F | width=45 | A | width=20 | Diff | width=20 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offaly | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9-76 | 4-58 | 33 | 14 | |||||||||
| Louth | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12-99 | 7-72 | 42 | 12 | |||||||||
| Wicklow | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8-74 | 2-68 | 24 | 10 | |||||||||
| Antrim | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6-72 | 2-70 | 14 | 8 | |||||||||
| Leitrim | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7-78 | 8-78 | -3 | 6 | |||||||||
| Westmeath | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5-74 | 8-66 | -1 | 4 | |||||||||
| Limerick | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4-65 | 11-86 | -42 | 2 | |||||||||
| London | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4-54 | 13-94 | -67 | 0 |
| width=165 | Team | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=45 | F | width=45 | A | width=20 | Diff | width=20 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laois | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6-87 | 2-57 | 42 | 14 | |||||||||
| Cavan | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10-86 | 8-68 | 24 | 8 | |||||||||
| Monaghan | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6-78 | 7-64 | 11 | 8 | |||||||||
| Longford | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8-74 | 4-87 | -1 | 8 | |||||||||
| Wexford | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8-76 | 12-68 | -4 | 6 | |||||||||
| Tipperary | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10-47 | 3-82 | -14 | 4 | |||||||||
| Waterford | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4-71 | 11-70 | -20 | 4 | |||||||||
| Carlow | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7-60 | 12-83 | -38 | 4 |