| League: | 2004 National Football League |
| Dates: | 1 February - 2 May 2004 |
| Teams: | 32 |
| Team1: | Kerry |
| Captain1: | Tomás Ó Sé |
| Manager1: | Jack O'Connor |
| Titles: | 17th |
| Team2: | Galway |
| Captain2: | Gary Fahey |
| Manager2: | John O'Mahony |
| Two: | Offaly |
| Previous: | 2003 |
| Next: | 2005 |
The 2004 National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz National Football League, was the 73rd 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.[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, points difference 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyrone | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11-71 | 3-55 | 40 | 11 | |||||||||
| Kerry | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8-83 | 4-60 | 35 | 10 | |||||||||
| Cork | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8-64 | 4-62 | 14 | 9 | |||||||||
| Dublin | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2-72 | 4-70 | -4 | 8 | |||||||||
| Mayo | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5-66 | 7-68 | -8 | 6 | |||||||||
| Westmeath | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5-72 | 10-75 | -18 | 4 | |||||||||
| Fermanagh | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1-66 | 7-76 | -28 | 4 | |||||||||
| Longford | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9-63 | 10-91 | -31 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limerick | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7-74 | 8-59 | 12 | 10 | |||||||||
| Galway | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10-79 | 12-74 | -1 | 8 | |||||||||
| Sligo | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7-73 | 8-74 | -4 | 8 | |||||||||
| Wexford | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11-75 | 7-66 | 21 | 7 | |||||||||
| Laois | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7-71 | 9-72 | -7 | 7 | |||||||||
| Armagh | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5-67 | 7-76 | -15 | 7 | |||||||||
| Meath | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12-62 | 7-75 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||
| Cavan | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7-71 | 8-76 | -8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donegal | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11-76 | 6-49 | 42 | 14 | |||||||||
| Offaly | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11-71 | 5-58 | 31 | 12 | |||||||||
| Roscommon | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3-80 | 5-56 | 18 | 10 | |||||||||
| Monaghan | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6-70 | 7-68 | -1 | 5 | |||||||||
| Leitrim | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4-47 | 6-68 | -27 | 5 | |||||||||
| Clare | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5-75 | 9-65 | -2 | 4 | |||||||||
| Carlow | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5-65 | 7-82 | -23 | 4 | |||||||||
| London | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7-54 | 7-92 | -38 | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kildare | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5-100 | 3-66 | 40 | 13 | |||||||||
| Down | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13-78 | 9-65 | 25 | 10 | |||||||||
| Wicklow | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5-68 | 2-60 | 17 | 9 | |||||||||
| Tipperary | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8-87 | 7-79 | 11 | 9 | |||||||||
| Antrim | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7-70 | 12-69 | -14 | 7 | |||||||||
| Derry | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11-90 | 9-62 | 34 | 6 | |||||||||
| Louth | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7-72 | 6-100 | -25 | 2 | |||||||||
| Waterford | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6-56 | 14-120 | -88 | 0 |