Division One: 12 teams. Split into two regional groups of 6 (North and South) Division Two: 20 teams. Split into two 10 team regional sub-divisions of North and South, which were divided into five teams each. Teams in both divisions competed for the National Football League title.
There was also a separate National Football League Division Two title.
Knockout stage qualifiers edit Division One (North): top 3 teams[5] Division One (South): top 3 teams Division Two (North): winners Division Two (South): winners This was the last season of the present league format. For the 1980–81 season, the 32 counties were divided into four divisions of eight teams. The teams were not placed into the new structure entirely in line with their placings in the 1979–80 league.[6]
Division One (North) edit Division One (North) Play-offs edit [8]
Division One (South) edit [9]
Division Two (North) edit Division Two (North) Final edit Division Two (South) edit Division Two (South) Final edit ^ GAA Final Teams ^ Terrace Talk 1980 ^ "059 Dubs 1978 | a whole new world" . Archived from the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2015 .^ GAA Archive 1980 [permanent dead link ] ^ "How They Stand", Irish Press, 04/02/1980, p. 11 ^ "New line-up for National League", Ulster Herald, 17 May 1980, p. 3 ^ "Toner miss boost for Armagh", Irish Independent, 11/02/1980, p. 11 ^ "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 04/02/1980, p. 10 ^ "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 04/02/1980, p. 10 ^ "Cool Fermanagh surprise Antrim", Irish Independent, 25/02/1980, p. 11 ^ "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 04/02/1980, p. 10 ^ "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 04/02/1980, p. 10 ^ "Wexford make it third time lucky", Irish Independent, 03/03/1980, p. 11 ^ "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 04/02/1980, p. 10 ^ "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 04/02/1980, p. 10 ^ "Magee to the rescue", Irish Press, 24/03/1980, p. 16 ^ "Armagh always in control but waste chances", Irish Independent, 31/03/1980, p. 13 ^ "Galway Masters", Irish Press, 24/03/1980, p. 16 ^ "Goalkeeper turns poacher!", Irish Press, 24/03/1980, p. 16 ^ "Down fall to Cork", Irish Press, 24/03/1980, p. 16 ^ "Terrace Talk :: Kerry Football :: 1980 League" .^ "Cork canter into decider", Irish Press, 14/04/1980, p. 16 ^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151 ^ "Furlong hits four goals", Irish Press, 6 July 1980, p. 10 ^ "Wexford take Div 2 title", Irish Independent, 31 August 1980, p. 8