| League: | 2021 Ladies' National Football League |
| Dates: | 22 May – 27 June 2021 |
| Teams: | 31 |
| Team1: | Dublin |
| Captain1: | Sinéad Aherne |
| Manager1: | Mick Bohan |
| Titles: | 2nd |
| Team2: | Cork |
| Captain2: | Martina O'Brien |
| Manager2: | Ephie Fitzgerald |
| Two: | Meath |
| Three: | Laois |
| Four: | Louth |
| Previous: | 2020 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The 2021 Ladies' National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Lidl Ladies' National Football League,[1] is a ladies' Gaelic football competition taking place in summer 2021. Division placings were the same as for the 2020 competition, which was unfinished due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] [3] [4] [5]
Revised fixtures were announced on 6 April 2021, with the tournament taking place in late May and June.[6] Dublin were the winners.[7]
The 2021 Ladies' National Football League consists of three divisions of eight teams and one of seven. Each division is divided into a North and South section with four teams in each section, except that there are three teams in 4 South. Each team plays every other team in its section once. 3 points are awarded for a win and 1 for a draw.
| Teams by Province | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Province | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 | |
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
If two teams are level on points, the tie-break is:
If three or more teams are level on league points, rankings are determined solely by points difference.
The top two teams in each section in Division 1 contest the Ladies' National Football League semi-finals.
The top two teams in each section in divisions 2, 3 and 4 contest the semi-finals of their respective divisions. The division champions are promoted.
The last-placed teams in each section in divisions 1, 2 and 3 play a relegation playoff against each other, with the losers relegated.