Allianz Football League Division 1 champions Cork will face Dublin on the opening night of next year's competition, following the release of the draft fixtures list today.
The floodlit encounter on Saturday, February 2 will be Jim Gavin's first league game as manager of the Dubs and an ideal marker of their early season form.
Cork's own boss Conor Counihan, who guided them to their third league title in as many years last April, has just accepted another two-year managerial term.
Newly-crowned All-Ireland champions Donegal have a trip to Kildare the following day for their Division 1 opener, while Eamonn Fitzmaurice's league bow as Kerry boss sees them travelling to 2012 runners-up Mayo.
The opening round in the top flight is completed by an Ulster derby between Down and a Tyrone side that topped the Division 2 table with seven straight wins last season.
Meanwhile, in Division 2, Laois and Armagh will clash in a Saturday night opener next February having both suffered relegation in 2012.
Longford and Wexford, the promoted sides from Division 3, will meet each other the following afternoon, as will Monaghan and Meath in the third tier - two of the counties with new managers on board, in this case Malachy O'Rourke and Mick O'Dowd.
The league phase will be run off over seven weekends, concluding on Sunday, April 7 when Mayo take on Cork in a repeat of last season's Division 1 decider.
The games are only provisionally in place at present and dates, venues and throw-in times are subject to change.
2013 ALLIANZ FOOTBALL LEAGUE PROVISIONAL FIXTURES:SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2 (7pm unless stated)
Div 1: Dublin v Cork
Div 2: Laois v Armagh
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3 (2pm unless stated)
Div 1: Kildare v Donegal, Down v Tyrone, Mayo v Kerry
Div 2: Galway v Derry, Wexford v Longford, Westmeath v Louth
Div 3: Antrim v Cavan, Monaghan v Meath, Wicklow v Fermanagh, Roscommon v Sligo
Div 4: London v Offaly, Clare v Waterford, Limerick v Leitrim, Tipperary v Carlow
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9 (7pm unless stated)
Div 1: Cork v Kildare, Kerry v Dublin
Div 3: Cavan v Monaghan, Fermanagh v Roscommon
Div 4: Waterford v Tipperary
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10 (2pm unless stated)
Div 1: Mayo v Tyrone, Donegal v Down
Div 2: Longford v Westmeath, Armagh v Wexford, Derry v Laois, Louth v Galway
Div 3: Sligo v Antrim, Wicklow v Meath
Div 4: Leitrim v Clare, Carlow v London, Offaly v Limerick
SATURDAY, MARCH 2 (7pm unless stated)
Div 1: Dublin v Mayo
Div 2: Armagh v Longford, Laois v Louth
Div 3: Meath v Cavan, Antrim v Fermanagh
Div 4: Waterford v Limerick
SUNDAY, MARCH 3
(2pm unless stated)
Div 1: Tyrone v Donegal, Kildare v Kerry, Down v Cork
Div 2: Wexford v Derry, Galway v Westmeath
Div 3: Roscommon v Wicklow, Monaghan v Sligo
Div 4: Offaly v Clare, Carlow v Leitrim, Tipperary v London
SATURDAY, MARCH 9 (7pm unless stated)
Div 1: Down v Mayo
Div 2: Derry v Armagh
Div 3: Fermanagh v Monaghan
SUNDAY, MARCH 10 (2pm unless stated)
Div 1: Donegal v Kerry, Kildare v Dublin, Tyrone v Cork, 2.30pm
Div 2: Longford v Galway, Louth v Wexford, 2.30pm, Westmeath v Laois, 2.30pm
Div 3: Sligo v Cavan, Wicklow v Antrim, 2.30pm, Roscommon v Meath, 2.30pm
Div 4: Clare v Tipperary, 1pm, Limerick v Carlow, 1pm, London v Waterford, Leitrim v Offaly, 2.30pm
SATURDAY, MARCH 16 (7pm unless stated)
Div 1: Mayo v Kildare, Cork v Donegal, Dublin v Tyrone, Kerry v Down
Div 2: Derry v Longford, Armagh v Louth, Laois v Galway
Div 3: Monaghan v Wicklow, 2pm, Antrim v Roscommon, Cavan v Fermanagh, Meath v Sligo
Div 4: Leitrim v Waterford, 2pm, Clare v London, 2pm, Offaly v Carlow, 2pm, Limerick v Tipperary
MONDAY, MARCH 18 (2pm unless stated)
Div 2: Wexford v Westmeath
SUNDAY, MARCH 24
Div 1: Dublin v Down, Kerry v Cork, Mayo v Donegal, 2.30pm, Kildare v Tyrone, 2.30pm
Div 2: Galway v Wexford, 1pm, Louth v Derry, Westmeath v Armagh, Longford v Laois, 2.30pm
Div 3: Antrim v Meath, Fermanagh v Sligo, Wicklow v Cavan, 2.30pm, Roscommon v Monaghan, 2.30pm
Div 4: Waterford v Offaly, 1pm, London v Limerick, Tipperary v Leitrim, Carlow v Clare, 2.30pm
SUNDAY, APRIL 7 (3pm unless stated)
Div 1: Down v Kildare, Cork v Mayo, Tyrone v Kerry, Donegal v Dublin
Div 2: Derry v Westmeath, Louth v Longford, Wexford v Laois, Armagh v Galway
Div 3: Monaghan v Antrim, Sligo v Wicklow, Meath v Fermanagh, Cavan v Roscommon
Div 4: Leitrim v London, Clare v Limerick, Carlow v Waterford, Offaly v Tipperary
