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Aaron Doherty of Donegal in action against Diarmuid Baker of Derry during the Ulster GAA Football Senior Championship quarter-final in April
Donegal will welcome Derry in the preliminary round of the 2025 Ulster SFC.
Jim McGuinness's side are the current holders of the Anglo-Celt Cup having overcame the Oak Leafers in the provincial quarter-final this year, 4-11 to 0-17, before defeating Armagh to win the competition.
Derry were Ulster champions in both 2022 and 2023 and are currently without a manager having parted company with Mickey Harte having failed to get past the All-Ireland quarter-finals.
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Armagh won the All-Ireland SFC thereafter, having defeated Galway, the team who knocked Donegal out in the semi-final.
For the 2025 Ulster SFC, the winner of the Donegal against Derry will take on Monaghan, with Fermanagh and Down on the same side of the draw. Elsewhere, Armagh travel to Antrim while Cavan welcome Tyrone in the quarter-finals.
Under McGuinness, Donegal have won four Ulsters in five campaigns - 2011, 2012, 2014 and this year, with their only defeat in 17 being the 2023 provincial final against Monaghan.
Ulster SFC draw
Preliminary round: Donegal v Derry
Quarter-finals: Donegal/Derry v Monaghan; Antrim v Armagh; Tyrone v Cavan; Fermanagh v Down
Semi-finals: Tyrone/Cavan v Antrim/Armagh; Donegal/Derry/Monaghan v Fermanagh/Down
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