The Donegal county football team represents Donegal in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Donegal GAA, the County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Ulster Senior Football Championship and the National Football League.
Donegal was the third Ulster county to win an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC), following Cavan and Down. The team last won the Ulster Senior Championship in 2019, the All-Ireland Senior Championship in 2012 and the National League in 2007.
This list details the team's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for each season. Top scorers in bold were also the top scorers in the All-Ireland Championship that season. Records of competitions such as the Dr Lagan Cup and the Dr McKenna Cup are not (yet) included due to them being considered of less importance than the Ulster/All-Ireland Championship and the National League.
| Champions |
| Runners-up |
| Relegated |
| Promoted |
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| All-Ireland Series | Provincial Championship | Division | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Table | Overall | Name | Score | |||
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| 1967 | – | – | ||||||||||||
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| 1969 | – | – | ||||||||||||
| 1970 | – | – | ||||||||||||
| 1971 | – | – | ||||||||||||
| 1972 | All-Ireland Semi-Final | Ulster Champions | – | |||||||||||
| 1973 | – | – | ||||||||||||
| 1974 | All-Ireland Semi-Final | Ulster Champions | – | |||||||||||
| 1975 | – | – | ||||||||||||
| 1976 | – | – | ||||||||||||
| 1977 | – | – | ||||||||||||
| 1978 | – | – | ||||||||||||
| 1979 | – | – | ||||||||||||
| 1980 | – | – | ||||||||||||
| 1981 | – | Ulster Quarter-Final | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3rd | – | Martin McHugh | 0–37 | ||
| 1982 | – | Ulster Quarter-Final | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5th | – | Martin McHugh | 2–31 | |||
| 1983 | All-Ireland Semi-Final | Ulster Champions[1] | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5th | – | Martin McHugh | 0–38 | |||
| 1984 | – | Ulster Quarter-Final | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2nd | – | Martin McHugh | 1–37 | |||
| 1985 | – | Ulster Quarter-Final | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6th | – | Martin McHugh | 4–49 | ||
| 1986 | – | Ulster Preliminary Round | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3rd | – | Marty Carlin | 0–20 | |||
| 1987 | – | Ulster Quarter-Final | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3rd | – | Martin McHugh | 2–23 | |||
| 1988 | – | Ulster Quarter-Final | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2nd | League Quarter-Final | Martin McHugh | 1–35 | |||
| 1989 | – | Ulster Final | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6th | – | Martin McHugh | 3–42 | ||
| 1990 | All-Ireland Semi-Final | Ulster Champions[2] | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3rd | League Quarter-Final | Manus Boyle | 4–32 | |||
| 1991 | – | Ulster Final | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2nd | League Semi-Final | Declan Bonner | 4–37 | |||
| 1992 | All-Ireland Champions[3] | Ulster Champions | 1B | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1st | League Quarter-Final | Manus Boyle | 1–37 | ||
| 1993 | – | Ulster Final | B | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1st | League Final | Declan Bonner | 2–38 | ||
| 1994 | – | Ulster Semi-Final | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3rd | League Quarter-Final | Manus Boyle | 2–51 | ||
| 1995 | – | Ulster Quarter-Final | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4th | League Final | Manus Boyle | 2–64 | |||
| 1996 | – | Ulster Preliminary Round | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1st | League Final | Tony Boyle | 4–34 | |||
| 1997 | – | Ulster Semi-Final | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8th | – | Tony Boyle | 3–33 | |||
| 1998 | – | Ulster Final | B | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1st | League Semi-Final | Tony Boyle | 2–38 | ||
| 1999 | – | Ulster Quarter-Final | 1A | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6th | – | Tony Boyle | 2–21 | ||
| 2000 | – | Ulster Quarter-Final | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5th | – | Adrian Sweeney | 3–39 | |||
| 2001 | Qualifiers Round 2 | Ulster Preliminary Round | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6th | – | Adrian Sweeney | 1–32 | |||
| 2002 | All-Ireland Quarter-Final | Ulster Final | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5th | – | Adrian Sweeney | 4–52 | |||
| 2003 | All-Ireland Semi-Final | Ulster Quarter-Final | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8th | – | Adrian Sweeney | 2–58 | |||
| 2004 | Qualifiers Round 4 | Ulster Final | 2A | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1st | Division 2 Semi-Final | Brendan Devenney | 8–50 | ||
| 2005 | Qualifiers Round 2 | Ulster Quarter-Final | 1A | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7th | – | Colm McFadden | 4–49 | ||
| 2006 | All-Ireland Quarter-Final | Ulster Final | 2A | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1st | Division 2 Final | Michael Doherty | 5–59 | ||
| 2007 | Qualifiers Round 3 | Ulster Semi-Final | 1A | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1st | Division 1 Champions[4] | Brendan Devenney | 2–40 | ||
| 2008 | Qualifiers Round 2 | Ulster Quarter-Final | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4th | – | Colm McFadden | 1–60 | ||
| 2009 | All-Ireland Quarter-Final | Ulster Quarter-Final | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7th | – | Michael Murphy | 2–39 | |||
| 2010 | Qualifiers Round 1 | Ulster Quarter-Final | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3rd | – | Michael Murphy | 4–50 | ||
| 2011 | All-Ireland Semi-Final | Ulster Champions[5] | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1st | Division 2 Champions | Colm McFadden | 4–44 | |||
| 2012 | All-Ireland Champions[6] | Ulster Champions[7] | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6th | – | Colm McFadden | 4–45 | ||
| 2013 | All-Ireland Quarter-Final | Ulster Final | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7th | – | Michael Murphy | 1–50 | |||
| 2014 | All-Ireland Final | Ulster Champions | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1st | Division 2 Final | Michael Murphy | 5–63 | ||
| 2015 | All-Ireland Quarter-Final | Ulster Final | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4th | Division 1 Semi-Final | Michael Murphy | 2–55 | ||
| 2016 | All-Ireland Quarter-Final | Ulster Final | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4th | Division 1 Semi-Final | Paddy McBrearty | 1–59 | |||
| 2017 | Qualifiers Round 4 | Ulster Semi-Final | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3rd | – | Michael Murphy | 1–43 | |||
| 2018 | Quarter-Finals Group Stage | Ulster Champions[8] | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7th | – | Paddy McBrearty | 1–69 | |||
| 2019 | Quarter-Finals Group Stage | Ulster Champions[9] | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2nd | Division 2 Champions | Jamie Brennan | 6–37 | ||
| 2020 | – | Ulster Final | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5th | – | Michael Murphy | 2-25 | ||
| 2021 | – | Ulster Semi-Final | 1 North | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1st | Division 1 Semi-Final | Paddy McBrearty | 1-38 | ||
| 2022 | Qualifiers Round 2 | Ulster Final | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4th | – | Paddy McBrearty | 4-33 | ||
| 2023 | All-Ireland Preliminary Quarter-Final | Ulster Quarter-Final | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8th | – | Oisín Gallen | 1-33 | |||
| 2024 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1st | Division 2 Champions | ||||||
| Total | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | ||
