Connacht Senior Football Championship
Connacht Senior Football Championship | |
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Current season or competition: 2024 Connacht Senior Football Championship | |
Irish | Craobh Sinsir Peile Connachta |
Code | Gaelic football |
Founded | 1888 |
Region | Connacht (GAA) |
No. of teams | 7 |
Title holders | Galway (50th title) |
Most titles | Galway (50 titles) |
Sponsors | SuperValu, Eir, AIB |
TV partner(s) | RTÉ |
Motto | Be there. All the way. |
Official website | Official website |
The Connacht Senior Football Championship, known simply as the Connacht Championship and shortened to Connacht SFC, is an annual Gaelic football competition for the senior county teams of Connacht GAA. All of the county teams of Connacht participate in the championship, as well as London and New York. The winning team receives the Nestor Cup.[1]
The Connacht SFC is run on a knock-out basis through which teams are eliminated from the competition. A series of games are played during the summer months and the final is played in June or July. The winner and runner-up progresses directly to the All-Ireland SFC Group Stage. Before 2020, all losing teams progressed to the All-Ireland SFC Qualifiers, while, prior to 2001, the All-Ireland SFC was a straight knock-out format, which meant all losing teams were eliminated after a single defeat.
Galway are the three-time title holder, having defeated Mayo by 0–16 to 0–15 in the 2024 final.[2]
History
[edit]Galway are Connacht's most successful county, with 50 Connacht SFC titles and 9 All-Ireland SFC titles. Mayo are next, with 47 Connacht SFC titles and 3 All-Ireland SFC titles. Roscommon have won the Connacht SFC title 24 times, most recently in 2019, as well having won 2 All-Ireland SFC titles. Apart from those three, no other team competing in Connacht has won an All-Ireland SFC title.
Sligo have won the Nestor Cup three times, most recently in 2007. Leitrim have won the competition twice, most recently in 1994.
London have competed in the Connacht SFC since 1975, while New York joined in 1999. In this time London have managed three victories: one in 1977 and two in 2013, against Sligo and Leitrim.[3][4][5] New York recorded their first, and, so far, only, victory in the championship over Leitrim in 2023.[6]
The competing counties play for the JJ Nestor Cup, which is presented to the winning captain on Connacht Final Day.
Connacht SFC moments
[edit]- Leitrim 0–12 – 2–4 Mayo (24 July 1994):
- Sligo 1–10 – 0–12 Galway (8 July 2007):
- Mayo 5–11 – 0–10 London (21 July 2013):
- New York 0–15 pen – 0–15 Leitrim (8 April 2023):
Teams
[edit]2025 Championship
[edit]Seven counties will compete in the 2025 Connacht Senior Football Championship: the five counties in the Irish province of Connacht and the two foreign-based teams of London and New York.
County team | Location | Stadium | Province | Pos. 2024 |
Champ. titles |
Last champ. title |
All-Ire. titles |
Last All-Ire. title |
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Galway | Galway | Pearse Stadium | Connacht | Winner | 50 | 2024 | 9 | 2001 |
Leitrim | Carrick-on-Shannon | Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada | Connacht | Quarter-finalist | 2 | 1994 | 0 | — |
London | South Ruislip | McGovern Park | Britain | Quarter-finalist | 0 | — | 0 | — |
Mayo | Castlebar | MacHale Park | Connacht | Finalist | 48 | 2021 | 3 | 1951 |
New York | Bronx | Gaelic Park | North America | Quarter-finalist | 0 | — | 0 | — |
Roscommon | Roscommon | Dr Hyde Park | Connacht | Semi-finalist | 24 | 2019 | 2 | 1944 |
Sligo | Sligo | Markievicz Park | Connacht | Semi-finalist | 3 | 2007 | 0 | — |
List of teams
[edit]The following teams have competed in the Connacht SFC for at least one season.
Team | App. | Debut | Most recent | Connacht SFC titles | Last Connacht SFC title | Best Connacht SFC result |
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Galway | — | 1900 | 2024 | 49 | 2022 | Winner |
Leitrim | — | 1906 | 2024 | 2 | 1994 | Winner |
London | — | 1975 | 2024 | 0 | — | Runner-up |
Mayo | — | 1901 | 2024 | 48 | 2021 | Winner |
New York | 24 | 1999 | 2024 | 0 | — | Semi-finalist |
Roscommon | — | 1901 | 2024 | 24 | 2019 | Winner |
Sligo | — | 1905 | 2024 | 3 | 2007 | Winner |
Personnel and kits
[edit]County team | Manager | Captain(s) | Sponsors |
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Galway | Pádraic Joyce | Seán Kelly | Supermac's |
Leitrim | Micheal Grahame[7] | Donal Wrynn | J. P. Clarke's Saloon, New York |
London | Michael Maher | Liam Gavaghan | Clayton Hotel |
Mayo | Kevin McStay | Paddy Durcan | Intersport Elverys |
New York | Johnny McGeeney | Johnny Glynn | Navillus |
Roscommon | Davy Burke | Brian Stack | Ballymore |
Sligo | Tony McEntee | AbbVie |
List of finals
[edit]Legend
[edit]All-Ireland SFC winner | |
All-Ireland SFC runner-up |
List of Connacht SFC finals
[edit]Year | Date | Winner | Runner-up | Venue | Winning captain | Winning margin | Referee | Attendance | ||
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County team | Score | County team | Score | |||||||
1900 | Galway | |||||||||
1901 | Mayo | 2-4 | Galway | 0-3 | ||||||
1902 | Galway | |||||||||
1903 | Roscommon | 1-2 | Mayo | 0-4 | ||||||
1904 | Mayo | 3-6 | Roscommon | 0-1 | ||||||
1905 | Roscommon | 0-7 | Mayo | 0-5 | ||||||
1906 | Mayo | 2-13 | Roscommon | 0-5 | ||||||
1907 | Mayo | 3-9 | Galway | 0-1 | ||||||
1908 | Mayo | 2-5 | Galway | 0-4 | ||||||
1909 | Mayo | 1-4 | Galway | 0-3 | ||||||
1910 | Galway | 1-3 | Roscommon | 1-2 | ||||||
1911 | Galway | won | Mayo | scr | ||||||
1912 | Roscommon | 0-2 | Galway | 0-0 | ||||||
1913 | Galway | 1-2 | Mayo | 0-3 | ||||||
1914 | Roscommon | 1-2 | Leitrim | 0-1 | ||||||
1915 | Mayo | 3-1 | Roscommon | 1-3 | ||||||
1916 | Mayo | 1-5 | Roscommon | 0-3 | ||||||
1917 | Galway | 1-4 | Mayo | 1-1 | ||||||
1918 | Mayo | 0-4 | Galway | 0-1 | ||||||
1919 | Galway | 1-6 | Roscommon | 0-5 | ||||||
1920 | Mayo | 2-3 | Sligo | 1-4 | ||||||
1921 | 25 March 1923 | Mayo | 1-4 | Roscommon | 0-1 | Castlerea | 7 | |||
1922 | 30 September 1923 | Galway | 1-7 2-4 * |
Sligo | 3-2 2-2 |
Croke Park | 2 | |||
1923 | 4 May 1924 | Mayo | 0-3 | Galway | 0-2 | Tuam | 1 | |||
1924 | 9 November | Mayo | 0-1 2-6 (R) |
Galway | 0-1 0-5 (R) |
Tuam | 7 | |||
1925 | 18 October | Galway | 1-5 | Mayo | 1-3 | Tuam | 2 | |||
1926 | 11 July | Galway | 3-2 | Mayo | 1-2 | Roscommon | 6 | |||
1927 | 7 August | Leitrim | 2-4 | Galway | 0-3 | Roscommon | 7 | |||
1928 | 5 August | Sligo | 1-4 | Mayo | 0-6 | Tuam | 1 | |||
1929 | 21 July | Mayo | 1-6 | Galway | 0-4 | Roscommon | 5 | |||
1930 | 10 August | Mayo | 1-7 | Sligo | 1-2 | Tuam | 5 | |||
1931 | 9 August | Mayo | 2-10 | Roscommon | 3-2 | Sligo | 8 | |||
1932 | 7 August | Mayo | 2-6 | Sligo | 0-7 | Tuam | 5 | |||
1933 | 23 July | Galway | 1-7 | Mayo | 1-5 | Castlerea | 2 | |||
1934 | 22 July | Galway | 2-4 | Mayo | 0-5 | Castlerea | 5 | |||
1935 | 21 July | Mayo | 0-12 | Galway | 0-5 | Roscommon | 7 | |||
1936 | 2 August | Mayo | 2-4 2-7 (R) |
Galway | 1-7 1-4 (R) |
St. Coman's Park | 6 | |||
1937 | 18 July | Mayo | 3-5 | Galway | 0-8 | St. Coman's Park | 6 | |||
1938 | 17 July | Galway | 0-8 | Mayo | 0-5 | St. Coman's Park | 3 | |||
1939 | 16 July | Mayo | 2-6 * | Galway | 0-3 | St. Coman's Park | 9 | |||
1940 | 21 July | Galway | 1-7 | Mayo | 0-5 | St. Coman's Park | 5 | |||
1941 | 20 July | Galway | 0-8 | Roscommon | 1-4 | St. Coman's Park | 1 | |||
1942 | 19 July | Galway | 2-6 | Roscommon | 3-2 | Ballinasloe | 4 | |||
1943 | 18 July | Roscommon | 2-6 | Galway | 0-8 | St. Coman's Park | 6 |
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1944 | 6 August | Roscommon | 2-11 | Mayo | 1-6 | Tuam | 8 | |||
1945 | 22 July | Galway | 2-6 | Mayo | 1-7 | St. Coman's Park | 2 | |||
1946 | 11 August | Roscommon | 1-4 1-9* |
Mayo | 0-6 1-2 |
St. Coman's Park | 7 | |||
1947 | 20 July | Roscommon | 2-12 | Sligo | 1-8 | Ballina | 7 | |||
1948 | 25 July | Mayo | 2-4 2-10 (R) |
Galway | 1-7 2-7 (R) |
St. Coman's Park | 3 | |||
1949 | 31 July | Mayo | 4-6 | Leitrim | 0-3 | St. Coman's Park | 15 | |||
1950 | 16 July | Mayo | 1-7 | Roscommon | 0-4 | St Jarlath's Park | 6 | |||
1951 | 15 July | Mayo | 4-13 | Galway | 2-3 | St Jarlath's Park | 14 | |||
1952 | 13 July | Roscommon | 3-5 | Mayo | 0-6 | MacHale Park | 8 | |||
1953 | 19 July | Roscommon | 1-6 | Mayo | 0-6 | St. Coman's Park | 3 | |||
1954 | 18 July | Galway | 2-10 | Sligo | 3-4 | St Jarlath's Park | 3 | |||
1955 | 17 July | Mayo | 3-11 | Roscommon | 1-3 | St Jarlath's Park | 14 | |||
1956 | 15 July | Galway | 3-12 | Sligo | 1-5 | Markievicz Park | 14 | |||
1957 | 14 July | Galway | 4-8 | Leitrim | 0-4 | Pearse Stadium | 20 | |||
1958 | 13 July | Galway | 2-10 | Leitrim | 1-11 | St. Coman's Park | 2 | |||
1959 | 9 August | Galway | 5-8 | Leitrim | 0-12 | Markievicz Park | 9 | |||
1960 | 10 July | Galway | 2-5 | Leitrim | 0-5 | Markievicz Park | 6 | |||
1961 | 9 July | Roscommon | 1-11 | Galway | 2-7 | MacHale Park | 1 | |||
1962 | 22 July | Roscommon | 3-7 | Galway | 2-9 | MacHale Park | 1 | |||
1963 | 14 July | Galway | 4-11 | Leitrim | 1-8 | MacHale Park | 12 | |||
1964 | 19 July | Galway | 2-12 | Mayo | 1-5 | St Jarlath's Park | 10 | |||
1965 | 1 August | Galway | 1-12 | Sligo | 2-6 | St Jarlath's Park | 3 | |||
1966 | 17 July | Galway | 0-12 | Mayo | 1-8 | MacHale Park | 1 | |||
1967 | 16 July | Mayo | 4-15 | Leitrim | 0-7 | St Jarlath's Park | 20 | |||
1968 | 21 July | Galway | 2-10 | Mayo | 2-9 | MacHale Park | 1 | |||
1969 | 3 August | Mayo | 0–11 1-11 (14) |
Galway | 1-8 1-8 (11) |
MacHale Park | 3 | |||
1970 | 12 July | Galway | 2-15 (21) | Roscommon | 1-8 (11) | Pearse Stadium | 10 | |||
1971 | 25 July | Galway | 2–15 1-17 (R) |
Sligo | 2–15 3-10 (R) |
MacHale Park | 1 | |||
1972 | 16 July | Roscommon | 5-8 | Mayo | 3-10 | MacHale Park | 4 | |||
1973 | 8 July | Galway | 1-17 | Mayo | 2-12 | MacHale Park | Liam Sammon | 2 | ||
1974 | 14 July | Galway | 2-14 | Roscommon | 0-8 | Pearse Stadium | Gay Mitchell | 12 | ||
1975 | 20 July | Sligo | 2–10 2-10 (R) |
Mayo | 1–13 0-15 (R) |
MacHale Park | Barnes Murphy | 1 | ||
1976 | 18 July | Galway | 1-8 1-14 (R) |
Roscommon | 1-8 0-9 (R) |
St Jarlath's Park | 5 | |||
1977 | 10 July | Roscommon | 1-12 | Galway | 2-8 | Dr Hyde Park | 14 | |||
1978 | 9 July | Roscommon | 2-7 | Galway | 0-9 | Pearse Stadium | 4 | |||
1979 | 15 July | Roscommon | 3-15 | Mayo | 2-10 | MacHale Park | 9 | |||
1980 | 13 July | Roscommon | 3-13 | Mayo | 0-8 | Dr Hyde Park | Danny Murray | 14 | ||
1981 | 12 July | Mayo | 0-12 | Sligo | 0-4 | MacHale Park | 8 | |||
1982 | 11 July | Galway | 3-17 | Mayo | 0-10 | St Jarlath's Park | Gay McManus | 16 | ||
1983 | 17 July | Galway | 1-13 | Mayo | 1-10 | MacHale Park | Séamus McHugh | 3 | ||
1984 | 8 July | Galway | 2-13 | Mayo | 2-9 | Pearse Stadium | Séamus McHugh | 4 | ||
1985 | 14 July | Mayo | 2-11 | Roscommon | 0-8 | Dr Hyde Park | 9 | |||
1986 | 13 July | Galway | 1-8 | Roscommon | 1-5 | Dr Hyde Park | Tomás Tierney | 3 | ||
1987 | 12 July | Galway | 0-8 | Mayo | 0-7 | MacHale Park | Val Daly | 1 | ||
1988 | 24 July | Mayo | 1-12 | Roscommon | 0-8 | Dr Hyde Park | Dermot Flanagan | 7 | ||
1989 | 30 July | Mayo | 0–12 3-14 (R) |
Roscommon | 1-9 2-13 (R) |
Dr Hyde Park | Jimmy Browne | 4 | ||
1990 | 22 July | Roscommon | 0-16 | Galway | 1-11 | Dr Hyde Park | Paul Earley | 2 | 18,000 | |
1991 | 28 July | Roscommon | 0–14 0-13 (R) |
Mayo | 0–14 1-9 (R) |
Dr Hyde Park | John Newton | 1 | 25,000 24,000 (R) | |
1992 | 26 July | Mayo | 1-14 | Roscommon | 0-10 | MacHale Park | Peter Ford | 7 | 30,000 | |
1993 | 25 July | Mayo | 1-5 | Roscommon | 0-7 | Dr Hyde Park | Kevin Beirne | 1 | 26,000 | |
1994 | 24 July | Leitrim | 0-12 | Mayo | 2-4 | Dr Hyde Park | Declan Darcy | 2 | 18,271 | |
1995 | 23 July | Galway | 0-17 | Mayo | 1-7 | St Jarlath's Park | Jarlath Fallon | 7 | 17,000 | |
1996 | 21 July | Mayo | 3-9 | Galway | 1-11 | MacHale Park | Noel Connelly | 4 | ||
1997 | 3 August | Mayo | 0-11 | Sligo | 1-7 | Dr Hyde Park | Noel Connelly | 1 | 22,000 | |
1998 | 1 August | Galway | 0–11 1-17 (R) |
Roscommon | 0–11 0-17 (R) |
Dr Hyde Park | Ray Silke | 3 | 25,000 30,000 (R) | |
1999 | 18 July | Mayo | 1-14 | Galway | 1-10 | St Jarlath's Park | Kenneth Mortimer | 4 | 31,000 | |
2000 | 30 July | Galway | 1-13 | Leitrim | 0-8 | Dr Hyde Park | Pádraic Joyce | 8 | 28,000 | |
2001 | 1 July | Roscommon | 2-10 | Mayo | 1-12 | Dr Hyde Park | Fergal O'Donnell | 1 | 28,000 | |
2002 | 30 June | Galway | 1-11 | Sligo | 0-11 | MacHale Park | Pádraic Joyce | 3 | 14,000 | |
2003 | 6 July | Galway | 1-14 | Mayo | 0-13 | Pearse Stadium | Kevin Walsh | 4 | ||
2004 | 18 July | Mayo | 2-13 | Roscommon | 0-9 | MacHale Park | Fergal Costello | 10 | 34,790 | |
2005 | 10 July | Galway | 0-10 | Mayo | 0-8 | Pearse Stadium | Pádraic Joyce | 2 | 29,711 | |
2006 | 16 July | Mayo | 0-12 | Galway | 1-8 | MacHale Park | David Heaney | 1 | 34,613 | |
2007 | 8 July | Sligo | 1-10 | Galway | 0-12 | Dr Hyde Park | Noel McGuire | 1 | 11,317 | |
2008 | 13 July | Galway | 2-12 | Mayo | 1-14 | MacHale Park | Pádraic Joyce | 1 | 31,789 | |
2009 | 19 July | Mayo | 2-12 | Galway | 1-14 | Pearse Stadium | Trevor Mortimer | 1 | 25,627 | |
2010 | 18 July | Roscommon | 0-14 | Sligo | 0-13 | MacHale Park | Peter Domican | 1 | Jimmy White (Donegal) | 25,300 |
2011 | 17 July | Mayo | 0-13 | Roscommon | 0-11 | Dr Hyde Park | Alan Dillon | 2 | Michael Collins (Cork) | 25,609 |
2012[8] | 15 July | Mayo | 0-12 | Sligo | 0-10 | Dr Hyde Park | Andy Moran | 2 | Cormac Reilly (Meath) | 23,257 |
2013[9] | 21 July | Mayo | 5-11 | London | 0-10 | MacHale Park | Andy Moran | 16 | Conor Lane (Cork) | 21,274 |
2014[10] | 13 July | Mayo | 3-14 | Galway | 0-16 | MacHale Park | Andy Moran | 7 | Rory Hickey (Clare) | 26,738 |
2015[11] | 19 July | Mayo | 6-25 | Sligo | 2-11 | Dr Hyde Park | Keith Higgins | 26 | Padraig O'Sullivan (Kerry) | 23,196 |
2016[citation needed] | 17 July | Galway | 0–13 3-16 (R) |
Roscommon | 1–10 0-14(R) |
MacHale Park | Gary O'Donnell | 11 (R) | Ciaran Branagan (Down) | 24,324 15,960 (R) |
2017[12] | 9 July | Roscommon | 2-15 | Galway | 0-12 | Pearse Stadium | Ciarán Murtagh | 9 | David Gough (Meath) | 18,287 |
2018[13] | 17 June | Galway | 0-16 | Roscommon | 2-6 | Dr Hyde Park | Damien Comer | 4 | David Coldrick (Meath) | 18,864 |
2019[14] | 16 June | Roscommon | 1-13 | Galway | 0-12 | Pearse Stadium | Enda Smith | 4 | Barry Cassidy (Derry) | 17,639 |
2020[15] | 15 November | Mayo | 0-14 | Galway | 0-13 | Pearse Stadium | Aidan O'Shea | 1 | Sean Hurson (Tyrone) | 0 |
2021[16] | 25 July | Mayo | 2-14 | Galway | 2-8 | Croke Park | Aidan O'Shea | 6 | Conor Lane (Cork) | 18,000 |
2022[17] | 29 May | Galway | 2-19 | Roscommon | 2-16 | Pearse Stadium | Seán Kelly | 3 | Joe McQuillan (Cavan) | 21,419 |
2023[18] | 7 May | Galway | 2-20 | Sligo | 0-12 | MacHale Park | Seán Kelly | 14 | Brendan Cawley (Kildare) | 11,867 |
2024[2] | 5 May | Galway | 0-16 | Mayo | 0-15 | Pearse Stadium | Seán Kelly | 1 | David Gough (Meath) | 19,193
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Notes
[edit]- 1888–1891: No Connacht representative in All-Ireland series
- 1892: Roscommon represented the province
- 1893–1899: No Connacht representative in All-Ireland series
- 1900: Galway unopposed
- 1902: Galway unopposed
- 1946: Objection and counter-objection – replay ordered
- 1939: Game unfinished – awarded to Mayo
- 1922: Objection – refixed
Team records and statistics
[edit]Roll of honour
[edit]Legend
[edit]- Golden background – Connacht SFC winner or runner-up also won the All-Ireland SFC that year.
Performance by team
[edit]County team | Title(s) | Runner-up | Winning years | Losing years |
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Galway | 50 | 34 | 1900, 1902, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024 | 1901, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1918, 1923, 1924, 1927, 1929, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1943, 1948, 1951, 1961, 1962, 1969, 1977, 1978, 1990, 1996, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021 |
Mayo | 47 | 35 | 1901, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1967, 1969, 1981, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021 | 1903, 1905, 1913, 1917, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1940, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1952, 1953, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2024 |
Roscommon | 24 | 25 | 1892, 1903, 1905, 1912, 1914, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1961, 1962, 1972, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1990, 1991, 2001, 2010, 2017, 2019 | 1906, 1911, 1915, 1916, 1919, 1925, 1931, 1941, 1942, 1950, 1955, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2011, 2016, 2018, 2022 |
Sligo | 3 | 16 | 1928, 1975, 2007 | 1920, 1922, 1930, 1932, 1947, 1954, 1956, 1965, 1971, 1981, 1997, 2002, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2023 |
Leitrim | 2 | 9 | 1927, 1994 | 1914, 1949, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1967, 2000 |
London | 0 | 1 | — | 2013 |
Performance by province
[edit]Province | Titles | Runner-up | Total |
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Connacht | 125 | 118 | 243 |
Britain | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Team results
[edit]Legend
- 1st – Winner
- 2nd – Runner-up
- SF/QF/PR – Semi-finalist / Quarter-finalist / Preliminary round exit
For each year, the number of competing teams is shown (in brackets).
Team | 2013 (7) | 2014 (7) | 2015 (7) | 2016 (7) | 2017 (7) | 2018 (7) | 2019 (7) | 2020 (4) | 2021 (5) | 2022 (7) | 2023 (7) | 2024 (7) | Years |
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Galway | QF | 2nd | SF | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 12 |
Leitrim | SF | QF | QF | QF | SF | SF | QF | QF | SF | SF | QF | QF | 12 |
London | 2nd | QF | QF | QF | QF | QF | QF | — | — | QF | QF | QF | 10 |
Mayo | 1st | 1st | 1st | SF | SF | QF | SF | 1st | 1st | QF | QF | 2nd | 12 |
New York | QF | QF | PR | PR | PR | QF | QF | — | — | QF | SF | QF | 10 |
Roscommon | SF | SF | SF | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | SF | SF | 2nd | SF | SF | 12 |
Sligo | QF | SF | 2nd | SF | QF | SF | SF | — | QF | SF | 2nd | SF | 11 |
Winning teams
[edit]Most recent championship meetings
[edit]Gal | Lei | Lon | May | New | Ros | Sli | |
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Galway | — | 2022 | 2024 | 2024 | 2015* | 2023 | 2024 |
Leitrim | — | 2022 | 2021 | 2023 | 2019 | 2024 | |
London | — | 2016+ | 2015* | 2023 | |||
Mayo | — | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 | |||
New York | — | 2016+ | 2023 | ||||
Roscommon | — | 2022 | |||||
Sligo | — |
* = Rescheduled for 2025, after being postponed in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games are Roscommon v London and Galway v New York, for their first fixtures since 2015.
+ = Rescheduled for 2026, after being absent in 2021 for the same reason are Mayo v London and Roscommon v New York, for their first fixtures since 2016 (in rotation).
In 2027, Sligo v New York, Leitrim v London are lined up. In 2028, Sligo v London, Leitrim v New York if London and New York don't win before that in 2029 Galway v London and Mayo v New York like in 2024.
Consecutive titles
[edit]Quintuple
[edit]- Mayo (1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910)
- Galway (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960)
- Mayo (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
Quadruple
[edit]- Mayo (1929, 1930, 1931, 1932)
- Mayo (1948, 1949, 1950, 1951)
- Galway (1963, 1964, 1965, 1966)
- Roscommon (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980)
Treble
[edit]- Mayo (1935, 1936, 1937)
- Galway (1940, 1941, 1942)
- Galway (1982, 1983, 1984)
- Galway (2022, 2023, 2024)
Double
[edit]- Mayo (1915, 1916)
- Mayo (1920, 1921)
- Mayo (1923, 1924)
- Galway (1925, 1926)
- Galway (1933, 1934)
- Roscommon (1943, 1944)
- Roscommon (1946, 1947)
- Roscommon (1952, 1953)
- Roscommon (1961, 1962)
- Galway (1970, 1971)
- Galway (1973, 1974)
- Galway (1986, 1987)
- Mayo (1988, 1989)
- Roscommon (1990, 1991)
- Mayo (1992, 1993)
- Mayo (1996, 1997)
- Galway (2002, 2003)
- Mayo (2020, 2021)
Single
[edit]- Galway (1900, 1902, 1911, 1913, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1938, 1945, 1954, 1968, 1976, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2016, 2018)
- Mayo (1901, 1904, 1918, 1939, 1955, 1967, 1969, 1981, 1985, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2009)
- Roscommon (1892, 1903, 1905, 1912, 1914, 1972, 2001, 2010, 2017, 2019)
- Sligo (1928, 1975, 2007)
- Leitrim (1927, 1994)
Titles by decade
[edit]The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Connacht SFC titles, is as follows:
- 1900s: 6 for Mayo (1901, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909)
- 1910s: 4 each for Mayo (1910, 1915, 1916, 1918) and Galway (1911, 1913, 1917, 1919)
- 1920s: 5 for Mayo (1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1929)
- 1930s: 7 for Mayo (1930, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939)
- 1940s: 4 each for Mayo (1940, 1941, 1942, 1945) and Roscommon (1943, 1944, 1946, 1947)
- 1950s: 5 for Galway (1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959)
- 1960s: 6 for Galway (1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968)
- 1970s: 5 for Galway (1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976)
- 1980s: 5 for Galway (1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987)
- 1990s: 5 for Mayo (1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999)
- 2000s: 5 for Galway (2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008)
- 2010s: 5 for Mayo (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
- 2020s: 3 for Galway (2022, 2023, 2024)
Team debuts
[edit]Year | Debutants | Total |
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1900 | Galway | 1 |
1901 | Mayo, Roscommon | 2 |
1902–04 | None | 0 |
1905 | Sligo | 1 |
1906 | Leitrim | 1 |
1907–74 | None | 0 |
1975 | London | 1 |
1976–98 | None | 0 |
1999 | New York | 1 |
2000– | None | 0 |
Total | 7 |
Other records
[edit]Final success rate
[edit]No county teamss have appeared in the final, being victorious on all occasions.
On the opposite end of the scale, one team has appeared in the final, losing on each occasion:
- London (2013)
Gaps
[edit]- Longest gaps between successive Connacht SFC titles:
- Longest gaps between successive Connacht SFC finals:
Active gaps
[edit]- Longest active gaps since a Connacht SFC title:
- Longest active gap since a Connacht SFC final appearance:
Player records
[edit]Each team's most recent winning captain
[edit]- Galway: Seán Kelly (2023)
- Leitrim: TBD (1994)
- Mayo: Aidan O'Shea (2021)
- Roscommon: Enda Smith (2019)
- Sligo: TBD (2007)
Managers
[edit]Managers in the Connacht SFC are involved in the day-to-day running of the team, including the training, team selection, and sourcing of players from the club championships. Their influence varies from county-to-county and is related to the individual county boards. From 2018, all inter-county head coaches must be Award 2 qualified. The manager is assisted by a team of two or three selectors and an extensive backroom team consisting of various coaches. Prior to the development of the concept of a manager in the 1970s, teams were usually managed by a team of selectors with one member acting as chairman.
Winning managers (1983–2024)
[edit]# | Manager(s) | Winning team(s) | Titles(s) | Winning years |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | John O'Mahony | Mayo Leitrim Galway |
8 | 1988, 1989, 2009 1994 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003 |
2 | James Horan | Mayo | 6 | 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2020, 2021 |
3 | John Maughan | Mayo | 4 | 1996, 1997, 1999, 2004 |
4 | Pádraic Joyce | Galway | 3 | 2022, 2023, 2024 |
5 | Mattie McDonagh | Galway | 2 | 1982, 1983 |
Martin McDermott | Roscommon | 2 | 1990, 1991 | |
Jack O'Shea | Mayo | 2 | 1992, 1993 | |
Kevin Walsh | Galway | 2 | 2016, 2018 | |
9 | Brian McEniff | Sligo | 1 | 1975 |
Tony Regan | Galway | 1 | 1984 | |
Liam O'Neill | Mayo | 1 | 1985 | |
Cyril Dunne | Galway | 1 | 1986 | |
Willie Joyce | Galway | 1 | 1987 | |
Bosco McDermott | Galway | 1 | 1995 | |
John Tobin | Roscommon | 1 | 2001 | |
Peter Ford | Galway | 1 | 2005 | |
Mickey Moran | Mayo | 1 | 2006 | |
Tommy Breheny | Sligo | 1 | 2007 | |
Liam Sammon | Galway | 1 | 2008 | |
Fergal O'Donnell | Roscommon | 1 | 2010 | |
Noel Connelly | Mayo | 1 | 2015 | |
Pat Holmes | ||||
Kevin McStay | Roscommon | 1 | 2017 | |
Anthony Cunningham | Roscommon | 1 | 2019 |
Venues
[edit]Stadia and locations
[edit]County team | Location | Province | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|---|
Galway | Galway | Connacht | Pearse Stadium | 26,197 |
Leitrim | Carrick-on-Shannon | Connacht | Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada | 9,331 |
London | South Ruislip | Britain | McGovern Park | 3,000 |
Mayo | Castlebar | Connacht | MacHale Park | 25,369 |
New York | Bronx | North America | Gaelic Park | 2,000 |
Roscommon | Roscommon | Connacht | Dr Hyde Park | 25,000 |
Sligo | Sligo | Connacht | Markievicz Park | 18,558 |
See also
[edit]- Connacht Senior Club Football Championship
- Connacht Senior Hurling Championship
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
References
[edit]- ^ "Galway 1–14 Mayo 2–12". RTÉ. 19 July 2009. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Connor Gleeson's late free wins Galway third Connacht title in a row". The Irish Times. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ "London shock Sligo to secure first Connacht SFC victory since 1977". The Score. 26 May 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
- ^ "London dump Sligo out of Connacht". RTÉ. 26 May 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ "London end 36-year wait for Connacht championship glory". The Irish Times. 26 May 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
- ^ "Connacht SFC: New York earn historic win". 9 April 2023.
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- ^ "Three goal Mayo make it four-in-a-row". Irish Independent. 13 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ^ "Connacht SFC final: Mayo maul Sligo to complete five-in-a-row". www.hoganstand.com. 19 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ "Connacht SFC final: rampant Rossies stun terrible Tribe". www.hoganstand.com. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ^ "Connacht SFC final: Tribesmen overpower Rossies after the break". www.hoganstand.com. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
- ^ "Connacht SFC final: remarkable Rossies battle back to slay terrible Tribesmen". www.hoganstand.com. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
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- ^ "Mayo Galway Report". Retrieved 10 January 2022.
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