Ulster Senior Football Championship

The Ulster Senior Football Championship is an inter-county competition for Gaelic football teams in the province of Ulster. It is organised by the Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and begins in early May. The final is usually played on the third Sunday in July.

Ulster Senior Football Championship
Current season or competition: 2022 Ulster Senior Football Championship
The Anglo-Celt Cup, which is awarded to the Ulster champions
Code	Gaelic football
Founded	1888
Region	Ulster (GAA)
Trophy	Anglo-Celt Cup
No. of teams	9
Title holders	Derry (8th title)
Most titles	Cavan (40 titles)
Sponsors	Vodafone Ulster Bank Toyota

All nine Ulster counties participate. It is regarded as hardest to win of the four provincial football championships.^[1][2] At a referee conference in January 2015, David Coldrick said about officiating in the competition: "Ulster makes or breaks you. It can be a graveyard. The games are different. There is an extra dimension and intensity, and you must be at your best. If you aren't prepared physically and mentally, the chances are you will be caught out. But when you are appointed for your first Ulster championship match, that's making progress".^[3] Derry are the current champions after beating Donegal in 2022.

The winners receive the Anglo-Celt Cup, which was presented to the Ulster Council in 1925 by John F. O'Hanlon, who was editor of The Anglo-Celt newspaper based in Cavan.

Cavan are the most successful team in Ulster Championship history, having won the competition on 40 occasions.^[4] Cavan maintain the record for consecutive appearances in Ulster Finals. During the 1930s and 1940s, they appeared in and won seven consecutive Ulster titles. Fermanagh remain the only team not to have won an Ulster title. The Ulster Senior Football Championship celebrated its 125th year in 2013.^[5]

For many decades, winning the Ulster Senior Football Championship was considered as much as a team from Ulster could hope for, as the other provinces were usually much stronger and more competitive.

Before 1990, only Cavan in 1933, 1935, 1947, 1948 and 1952, and Down in 1960, 1961 and 1968, had won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship title. In the 1990s however, a significant sea change took place, as the Ulster Champions won the All-Ireland in four consecutive years from 1991 to 1994. Since then Ulster has produced more All-Ireland winning teams than any other province.^[6]

Currently the Ulster Senior Football Championship is considered one of the toughest provinces to compete in. Ulster teams have gained considerable dominance on the All-Ireland scene, having won three All-Irelands from four in the early 2000s, including in 2003 when for the first time ever, the All-Ireland football final was competed for by two teams from one province.^{[citation needed]}

The Ulster football final is normally played on the third Sunday in July, usually at St Tiernach's Park in Clones. From 2004 until 2006, it was staged at Croke Park in Dublin.^[7] The 2007 final—contested by Monaghan and Tyrone—marked a return to Clones, with Tyrone emerging victorious.^{[citation needed]} The Athletic Grounds in Armagh hosted the 2020 final, as the fixture was played behind closed doors due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games.^[8] The final was last played in Belfast in 1971.^[9]

In the 2000s, Armagh were a dominant force in Ulster, winning six titles in eight years between 1999 and 2006. Donegal won consecutive Ulster titles from the preliminary round in 2011 and 2012 (a feat achieved by no other county) and added the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in 2012.^{[citation needed]}

The 2019 final had the highest score for the winning team in the final (Donegal that year) since 1933 when Cavan won, and the second highest score ever. It also had the highest Ulster final score for the losing team ever (Cavan on this occasion).^[10]

Current team details

 

The province of Ulster is located in the north of Ireland.

The Ulster championship is contested by the nine traditional counties in the Irish province of Ulster. The province comprises the six counties of Northern Ireland plus the counties of Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland. It is the only provincial championship which is mostly composed of UK teams.

Team	Colours	Sponsor	Manager	Captain	Most recent success
					All-Ireland	Provincial
Antrim	Saffron and white	Creagh Concrete	Andy McEntee^[11]	Peter Healy^[12]^[13]		1951
Armagh	Orange and white	Simply Fruit	Kieran McGeeney	Aidan Nugent/Rian O'Neill^[14]	2002	2008
Cavan	Royal blue and white	Kingspan Group	Mickey Graham	Raymond Galligan	1952	2020
Derry	Red and white	Errigal Contracts	Rory Gallagher	Chrissy McKaigue	1993	2022
Donegal	Gold and green	KN Group	Paddy Carr	Vacant	2012	2019
Down	Red and black	EOS IT Solutions	Conor Laverty^[15]	Darren O'Hagan	1994	1994
Fermanagh	Green and white	Tracey Concrete	Kieran Donnelly	Eoin Donnelly
Monaghan	White and blue	Investec	Vinny Corey^[16]^[17]	Ryan Wylie		2015
Tyrone	White and Red	Tyrone Fabrications	Feargal Logan Brian Dooher	Pádraig Hampsey^[18]^[19]	2021	2021

Format

The Ulster Senior Football Championship is a straight knock-out competition. Seven of the nine teams are drawn in the quarter-finals, while the other two teams contest a preliminary match to determine the final quarter-final place. The winners of the championship enter the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship at the quarter-final group stage, while the other eight teams compete in the All-Ireland qualifiers.

Before the introduction of the qualifiers in 2001, the winners of the Ulster Championship went straight to the semi-final stage of the All-Ireland Championship, along with the winners of the Leinster, Munster and Connacht Championships.

List of winners by county

A golden background denotes years in which the Ulster champions also won the All-Ireland Championship.

	Team	Wins	Years won	Runners-up	Years runners-up
1	Cavan^[20]	40	1891, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1915, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1922,^[note 1] 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1969, 1997, 2020	23	1888, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1916, 1922, 1929, 1930, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1968, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1995, 2001, 2019
2	Monaghan^[21]	16	1888, 1906, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1921, 1922,^[note 2] 1927, 1929, 1930, 1938, 1979, 1985, 1988, 2013, 2015	12	1905, 1913, 1923, 1924, 1936, 1943, 1944, 1952, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2021
	Tyrone^[22]		1956, 1957, 1973, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2021	7	1890, 1941, 1972, 1980, 1988, 1994, 2005
4	Armagh^[23]	14	1890, 1902, 1950, 1953, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008	20	1891, 1901–02, 1904, 1912, 1917, 1920, 1927, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1938, 1939, 1949, 1954, 1961, 1981, 1984, 1987, 1990
5	Down^[24]	12	1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1978, 1981, 1991, 1994	15	1940, 1942, 1958, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1986, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2012, 2017
6	Donegal^[25]	10	1972, 1974, 1983, 1990, 1992, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2019	14	1963, 1966, 1979, 1991, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2022
	Antrim^[26]		1900, 1901, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1946, 1951	9	1903, 1906, 1918, 1919, 1925, 1926, 1947, 1948, 2009
8	Derry^[27]	8	1958, 1970, 1975, 1976, 1987, 1993, 1998, 2022	10	1921, 1955, 1957, 1971, 1977, 1985, 1992, 1997, 2000, 2011
9	Fermanagh^[28]	0		6	1914, 1935, 1945, 1982, 2008, 2018

List of finals by year

Year	Winner	Score	Opponent	Score
2022	Derry	1-16	Donegal	1-14
2021	Tyrone	0-16	Monaghan	0-15
2020	Cavan	1-13	Donegal	0-12
2019	Donegal	1-24	Cavan	2-16
2018	Donegal	2-18	Fermanagh	0-12
2017	Tyrone	2-17	Down	0-15
2016	Tyrone	0-13	Donegal	0-11
2015	Monaghan	0-11	Donegal	0-10
2014^[29]	Donegal	0-15	Monaghan	1-09
2013^[30]	Monaghan	0-13	Donegal	0-07
2012	Donegal	2-18	Down	0-13
2011	Donegal	1-11	Derry	0-08
2010	Tyrone	1-14	Monaghan	0-07
2009	Tyrone	1-18	Antrim	0-15
2008	Armagh	2-08, 1-11 (R)	Fermanagh	1-11, 0-08 (R)
2007	Tyrone	1-15	Monaghan	1-13
2006	Armagh	1-09	Donegal	0-09
2005	Armagh	2-08, 0-13 (R)	Tyrone	0-14, 0-11 (R)
2004	Armagh	3-15	Donegal	0-11
2003	Tyrone	1-17, 0-23 (R)	Down	4-08, 1-05 (R)
2002	Armagh	1-14	Donegal	1-10
2001	Tyrone	1-13	Cavan	1-11
2000	Armagh	1-12	Derry	1-11
1999	Armagh	3-12	Down	0-10
1998	Derry	1-07	Donegal	0-08
1997	Cavan	1-14	Derry	0-16
1996	Tyrone	1-09	Down	0-09
1995	Tyrone	2-13	Cavan	0-10
1994	Down	1-17	Tyrone	1-11
1993	Derry	0-08	Donegal	0-06
1992	Donegal	0-14	Derry	1-09
1991	Down	1-15	Donegal	0-10
1990	Donegal	0-15	Armagh	0-14
1989	Tyrone	0-11, 2-13 (R)	Donegal 0-11,	0-07 (R)
1988	Monaghan	1-10	Tyrone	0-11
1987	Derry	0-11	Armagh	0-09
1986	Tyrone	1-11	Down	0-10
1985	Monaghan	2-09	Derry	0-08
1984	Tyrone	0-15	Armagh	1-07
1983	Donegal	1-14	Cavan	1-11
1982	Armagh	0-10	Fermanagh	1-04
1981	Down	3-12	Armagh	1-10
1980	Armagh	4-10	Tyrone	4-07
1979	Monaghan	1-15	Donegal	0-11
1978	Down	2-19	Cavan	2-12
1977	Armagh	3-10	Derry	1-05
1976	Derry	1-08, 0-22 (R)	Cavan	1-08, 1-16 (R)
1975	Derry	1-16	Down	2-06
1974	Donegal	1-14, 3-09 (R)	Down	2-11, 1-12 (R)
1973	Tyrone	3-13	Down	1-11
1972	Donegal	2-13	Tyrone	1-11
1971	Down	4-15	Derry	4-11
1970	Derry	2-13	Antrim	1-12
1969	Cavan	2-13	Down	2-06
1968	Down	0-16	Cavan	1-08
1967	Cavan	2-12	Down	0-08
1966	Down	1-07	Donegal	0-08
1965	Down	3-05	Cavan	1-08
1964	Cavan	2-10	Down	1-10
1963	Down	2-11	Donegal	1-04
1962	Cavan	3-06	Down	0-05
1961	Down	2-10	Armagh	1-10
1960	Down	3-07	Cavan	1-08
1959	Down	2-16	Cavan	0-07
1958	Derry	1-11	Down	2-04
1957	Tyrone	1-09	Derry	0-10
1956	Tyrone	3-05	Cavan	0-04
1955	Cavan	0-11	Derry	0-08
1954	Cavan	2-10	Armagh	2-05
1953	Armagh	1-06	Cavan	0-05
1952	Cavan	1-08	Monaghan	0-08
1951	Antrim	1-07	Cavan	2-03
1950	Armagh	1-11	Cavan	1-07
1949	Cavan	1-07	Armagh	1-06
1948	Cavan	2-12	Antrim	2-04
1947	Cavan	3-04	Antrim	1-06
1946	Antrim	2-08	Cavan	1-07
1945	Cavan	4-10	Fermanagh	1-04
1944	Cavan	1-09	Monaghan	1-06
1943	Cavan	2-03	Monaghan	0-05
1942	Cavan	5-11	Down	1-03
1941	Cavan	3-09	Tyrone	0-05
1940	Cavan	4-10	Down	1-05
1939	Cavan	2-03, 2-03 (R)*	Armagh	1-03, 1-04 (R)
1938	Monaghan	2-05	Armagh	2-02
1937	Cavan	0-13	Armagh	0-03
1936	Cavan	1-07	Monaghan	0-07
1935	Cavan	2-06	Fermanagh	2-01
1934	Cavan	3-08	Armagh	0-02
1933	Cavan	6-13	Tyrone	1-02
1932	Cavan	2-04	Armagh	0-02
1931	Cavan	0-08	Armagh	2-01
1930	Monaghan	4-03	Cavan	1-05
1929	Monaghan	1-04, 1-10 (R)	Cavan	1-04, 0-07 (R)
1928	Cavan	2-06	Armagh	1-04
1927	Monaghan	3-05	Armagh	2-05
1926	Cavan	5-03	Antrim	0-06
1925	Cavan	2-03, 3-06 (R)	Antrim	3-00, 0-01 (R)
1924	Cavan	1-03, 2-03 (R)	Monaghan	0-06, 1-03 (R)
1923	Cavan	5-10	Monaghan	1-01
1922^[note 3]	Monaghan	2-03, 3-04 (R)	Cavan	2-03, 3-03 (R)
1921	Monaghan	2-02	Derry	1-01
1920	Cavan	4-06	Armagh	1-04
1919	Cavan	5-06	Antrim	0-02
1918	Cavan	3-02	Antrim	0-00
1917	Monaghan	4-02	Armagh	0-04
1916	Monaghan	2-03	Cavan	0-02
1915	Cavan	3-02, 0-04 (R)	Monaghan	2-05, 0-03 (R)
1914	Monaghan	2-04	Fermanagh	0-02
1913	Antrim	2-01	Monaghan	1-02
1912	Antrim	2-02	Armagh	0-01
1911	Antrim	2-08	Cavan	0-04
1910	Antrim	3-04	Cavan	0-01
1909	Antrim	1-09	Cavan	0-05
1908	Antrim	1-08	Cavan	0-04
1907	No championship
1906	Monaghan	2-10	Antrim	1-02
1905	Cavan	0-07	Monaghan	0-03
1904	Cavan	0-05, 0-05 (R1), 0-08 (R2)	Armagh	0-05, 0-05 (R1), 0-04 (R2)
1903	Armagh	2-02	Antrim	1-04
1901–02 *	Antrim	3-05	Armagh	2-05
1900	No championship
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891	Cavan	1-11	Armagh	0-00
1890	Armagh	2-08	Tyrone	1-02
1889	No championship
1888	Monaghan	0-02, 0-03 (R)	Cavan	0-02, 0-01 (R)
1887	No championship

Notes

• 2020 No crowd attendance due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games
• 1939 Game abandoned – replay ordered
• 1907 No official final result in records
• 1901-1902 championship was played over two seasons and only counts as one Ulster Title
• 1900 Antrim were to have represented Ulster but gave walkover to Galway.
• 1892–1900 No championship. Cavan played in Leinster Senior Football Championship in 1895.
• 1891 Cavan Slashers, (Cavan) v Armagh Harps, (Armagh) game Abandoned Smithboro Co Monaghan game replayed Cavan 1-11 Armagh 0-00
• 1890 Armagh Harps, (Armagh) v Owen Roe O'Neill's (Tyrone)
• 1889 No Ulster championship
• 1888 Ulster Senior Football Championship Inniskeen Grattans of (Monaghan) v Maghera MacFinns of (Cavan) game went to a Replay
• 1887 No Ulster championship

Managers

See also: List of Gaelic football managers

Managers in the Ulster Championship 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–present)

Manager	Team	Wins	Winning years
Mickey Harte	Tyrone	6	2003, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2017
Joe Kernan	Armagh	4	2002, 2004, 2005, 2006
Brian McEniff	Donegal	3	1983, 1990, 1992
Jim McGuinness	Donegal	3	2011, 2012, 2014
Art McRory	Tyrone	4	1984, 1995, 1996, 2001
Eugene McKenna	Tyrone	3	1995, 1996, 2001
Seán McCague	Monaghan	2	1985, 1989
Pete McGrath	Down	2	1991, 1994
Brian McAlinden   Brian Canavan	Armagh	2	1999, 2000
Malachy O'Rourke	Monaghan	2	2013, 2015
Declan Bonner	Donegal	2	2018, 2019
John Donnelly	Tyrone	1	1986
Eamonn Coleman	Derry	1	1993
Martin McHugh	Cavan	1	1997
Brian Mullins	Derry	1	1998
Peter McDonnell	Armagh	1	2008
Mickey Graham	Cavan	1	2020

Scoring records

On 9 July 2006, Oisín McConville became the record point scorer in the history of the Ulster Senior Football Championship in that year's final at Croke Park.^[31]

All-time top Ulster scorers

As of 3 June 2008 according to the BBC.^[32] Updated list (2012)

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total score	Championship years
1	Paddy Bradley	Derry	17–201	252	2000–2012
2	Oisín McConville	Armagh	11–197	230	1997–2008
3	Peter Canavan	Tyrone	9–191	218	1989–2005
4	Paddy Doherty	Down	15–159	204	1954–1971
5	Peter Donohoe	Cavan	17–133	184	1945–1955
6	Seán O'Neill	Down	17–125	176	1959–1975
7	Charlie Gallagher	Cavan	10–142	172	1955–1969
8	Steven McDonnell	Armagh	15–111	156	2000–2011
9	Seán O'Connell	Derry	11–118	151	1957–1975
10	Ronan Carolan	Cavan	2–138	144	1987–1998

Notes:

• Includes Ulster Championship, All-Ireland Championship and Qualifiers.

All-time top Ulster goalscorers

As of 15 June 2008, according to the Sunday Tribune.^[33]

Rank	Player	County	Number of goals	Championship years
1=	Steven McDonnell	Armagh	17	1999–2011
1=	Peter Donohoe	Cavan	17	1945–1955
1=	Seán O'Neill	Down	17	1959–1975
4	Paddy Doherty	Down	15	1954–1971
5=	Paddy Bradley**	Derry	13	2000–2012
5=	Ger Houlahan	Armagh	13	1984–2000
5=	James McCartan Snr	Down	13	1958–1967
5=	Brendan Coulter *	Down	13	2000–2014
9=	Joe Stafford	Cavan	12	1943–1949
9=	Enda Muldoon	Derry	12	1997–2011
9=	Jason Reilly	Cavan	12	1997–2008
12=	Seán O'Connell	Derry	11	1957–1975
12=	PT Treacy	Fermanagh	11	1960–1973
12=	Oisín McConville	Armagh	11	1997–2008

Notes:

• Includes Ulster Championship, All-Ireland Championship and Qualifiers.
• Since the records have been done Brendan Coulter has become the top goal scorer with 18.
  • Paddy Bradley scored 4 more goals and finished on 17.

Ulster top scorers by year

• 2019 Rian O'Neill (Armagh) 0-18
• 2018 Paddy McBrearty (Donegal) 0-19
• 2017 Conor McManus (Monaghan) 2-13
• 2016 Conor McManus (Monaghan) 1-20
• 2015 Conor McManus (Monaghan) 1-19
• 2014 Conor McManus (Monaghan) 1-14
• 2013 Colm McFadden (Donegal) 2-12
• 2012 Colm McFadden (Donegal) 2-15
• 2011 Martin Clarke (Down) & Seán Cavanagh (Tyrone) 2-16
• 2010 Martin Clarke (Down) 1-30
• 2009 Paddy Bradley (Derry) 3–12
• 2008 Steven McDonnell (Armagh) 1-17^[34]
• 2007 Tommy Freeman (Monaghan) 1-15^[35]
• 2006 Oisín McConville (Armagh) 3–25
• 2005 Stephen O'Neill (Tyrone) 1–26
• 2004 Colm McFadden (Donegal) & Oisín McConville (Armagh) 1–13
• 2003 Peter Canavan (Tyrone) 1–38
• 2002 Rory Gallagher (Fermanagh) 4–12
• 2001 Rory Gallagher (Fermanagh) 0–16
• 2000 Rory Gallagher (Fermanagh) 1–19
• 1999 Oisín McConville (Armagh) 3–18
• 1998 Joe Brolly (Derry) & Tony Boyle (Donegal) 0–13
• 1997 Joe Brolly (Derry) 3–15
• 1996 Peter Canavan (Tyrone) 3–13
• 1995 Peter Canavan (Tyrone) 0–20
• 1994 Peter Canavan (Tyrone) 1–17
• 1993 John Toner (Armagh) 0–23
• 1992 Enda Gormley (Derry) 0–25
• 1991 Ross Carr (Down) 0–21
• 1990 Manus Boyle (Donegal) 1–16
• 1989 Martin McHugh (Donegal) 2–16
• 1988 Stephen Conway (Tyrone) 0–17
• 1987 Enda Gormley (Derry) 0–20
• 1986 Brendan Mason (Down) 3–17
• 1985 Eamonn McEneaney (Monaghan) 3–16
• 1984 Frank McGuigan (Tyrone) 0–19
• 1983 Derek McDonnell (Cavan) 4–11
• 1982 John Corvan (Armagh) & Peter McGinnity (Fermanagh) 1–9
• 1981 Eamonn McEneaney (Monaghan) & Brendan McGovern (Down) 1–17
• 1980 Patsy Hetherington (Tyrone) & Patsy Kerlin (Tyrone) 4–3
• 1979 Kieran Finlay (Monaghan) 1–18
• 1978 Donal Donohoe (Cavan) 0–12
• 1977 Brendan Kelly (Derry) 2–10
• 1976 Steve Duggan (Cavan) 1–22
• 1975 Willie Walsh (Down) 3–8
• 1974 Seamus Bonner (Donegal) 6–4
• 1973 Patsy Hetherington (Tyrone) 0–17
• 1972 Joe Winston (Donegal) 0–26
• 1971 Sean O'Connell (Derry) 1–18
• 1970 Andy McCallin (Antrim) 3–15
• 1969 Sean Woods (Monaghan) & Gene Cusack (Cavan) 3–7
• 1968 Paddy Doherty (Down) 1–17
• 1967 Charlie Gallagher (Cavan) 0-*19
• 1966 PT Treacy (Fermanagh) 4–13
• 1965 Charlie Gallagher (Cavan) 2–29
• 1964 Charlie Gallagher (Cavan) 0-*19
• 1963 Harry Laverty (Donegal) 2–10
• 1962 Seamus McMahon (Cavan) & Frankie Donnelly (Tyrone) 0–11
• 1961 Paddy Doherty (Down) 1–16
• 1960 Con Smith (Cavan) 1–17
• 1959 Paddy Doherty (Down) 1–17
• 1958 Paddy Doherty (Down) 3–14
• 1957 Frankie Donnelly (Tyrone) 1–14
• 1956 Frankie Donnelly (Tyrone) & Victor Sherlock (Cavan) 2–7
• 1955 Peter Donohoe (Cavan) 0–14
• 1954 Brian Gallagher (Cavan) 0–14
• 1953 Art O'Hagan (Armagh) 3-04
• 1952 John Joe Cassidy (Cavan) 1-07
• 1951 Joe McCallin (Antrim) 3–14
• 1950 Peter Donohoe (Cavan) 3–18
• 1949 Peter Donohoe (Cavan) 4–10
• 1948 Peter Donohoe (Cavan) 3–12

* Scores only include Ulster Championship. All-Ireland Championship and Qualifiers are not included.

Gallery

Belfast, County Antrim	Derry, County Londonderry	Clones, County Monaghan	Omagh, County Tyrone	Enniskillen, County Fermanagh
Casement Park	Celtic Park	St. Tiernach's Park	Healy Park	Brewster Park
Capacity: 0	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 37,000	Capacity: 18,500	Capacity: 16,000

Broadcasters

In the late 1990s, matches were broadcast in Northern Ireland by UTV before moving to BBC Northern Ireland.

Team progress since 2001

Below is a record of each county's performance since the introduction of the qualifier system to the All-Ireland series in 2001. Qualifiers did not occur from 2020 onwards due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games.

Key

Winner

Final

Semi Final

Quarter Final / Super 8s

Qualifier Rounds 1-4 / Tommy Murphy Cup

Championship	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Antrim	Q2	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q1	Q1	TM	TM	Q4	Q1	Q3	Q3	Q1	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q1	Q1	Q2
Armagh	Q3	W	F	QF	SF	QF	Q1	QF	Q1	Q3	Q3	Q1	Q3	QF	Q2	Q1	QF	Q4	Q3
Cavan	Q4	Q1	Q2	Q2	Q4	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q2	Q2	Q1	Q2	QF	Q2	Q2	Q3	Q2	Q3	Q4
Derry	SF	Q3	Q2	SF	Q3	Q3	QF	Q1	Q3	Q3	Q4	Q1	Q3	Q1	Q3	Q4	Q2	Q1	Q2
Donegal	Q2	QF	SF	Q4	Q2	QF	Q3	Q2	QF	Q1	SF	W	QF	F	QF	QF	Q4	S8s	S8s
Down	Q1	Q1	Q4	Q2	Q2	Q1	Q1	Q3	Q3	F	Q4	QF	Q2	Q3	Q1	Q1	Q4	Q2	Q2
Fermanagh	Q1	Q3	QF	SF	Q1	Q4	Q2	Q3	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q1	Q2	Q1	QF	Q2	Q1	Q4	Q1
Monaghan	Q2	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q4	Q2	QF	Q4	Q2	Q4	Q1	Q2	QF	QF	QF	Q2	QF	SF	Q2
Tyrone	QF	Q4	W	QF	W	Q2	QF	W	SF	QF	QF	Q3	SF	Q2	SF	QF	SF	F	SF

By Semi-Final Appearances (Since 2020)

Bold indicates years reached to final.

Team	No.	Years in Semi-finals
Donegal	3	2020, 2021, 2022
Armagh	2	2020, 2021
Cavan	2	2020, 2022
Monaghan	2	2021, 2022
Derry	1	2022
Down	1	2020
Tyrone	1	2021
Fermanagh
Antrim

See also

• All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
• Leinster Senior Football Championship
• Munster Senior Football Championship
• Connacht Senior Football Championship

Notes

1. Ulster GAA gives the 1922 title to both Cavan and Monaghan. If removed from Cavan it would leave the county with 39 titles. But 2020 is given as the county's 40th win.
2. Ulster GAA gives the 1922 title to both Cavan and Monaghan.
3. Ulster GAA gives the 1922 title to both Cavan and Monaghan.

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