Ulster Senior Football Championship

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Hiberno-English Template:Infobox GAA tournament The Ulster Senior Football Championship is an inter-county competition for Gaelic football teams in the Irish province of Ulster. It is organised by the Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and begins in April. The final is played in May, but, traditionally, was usually played on the third Sunday in July.

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]

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 have won the most championships (40). Donegal are the title holders, defeating Armagh on penalties in the 2024 final.

History

Following the founding of the GAA in 1884, the first Ulster Senior Football Championship was played in 1888, when Red Hand of Monaghan played Mocha Finn's of Cavan at Bryanstown. Monaghan were the first ever Ulster Champions following a 0-3 to 0-2 win after a replay.[4]

Cavan are the most successful team in Ulster SFC history, having won the competition on 40 occasions.[5] Cavan maintain the record for consecutive appearances in Ulster Finals. During the 1930s and 1940s, they appeared in and won seven consecutive Ulster SFC titles. Fermanagh remain the only team not to have won an Ulster SFC title. The Ulster Senior Football Championship celebrated its 125th year in 2013.[6]

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.[7]

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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

The Ulster SFC 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.[8] The 2007 final—contested by Monaghan and Tyrone—marked a return to Clones, with Tyrone emerging victorious.[9] 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.[10] The final was last played in Belfast in 1971.[11]

In the 2000s, Armagh were a dominant force in Ulster, winning six titles in eight years between 1999 and 2006. Donegal won consecutive Ulster SFC 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

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 SFC final score for the losing team ever (Cavan on this occasion).[12]

Format

Overview

The Ulster Senior Football Championship is a single elimination tournament. Each team is afforded only one defeat before being eliminated from the championship. Pairings for matches are drawn at random and there is currently no seeding. Each match is played as a single leg. If a match is drawn there is a period of extra time, however, if both sides are still level at the end of extra time a replay takes place and so on until a winner is found.

Qualification for subsequent competitions

  • The winner and runner-up of the championship qualify for the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship group stage. The remaining seven Ulster teams may also qualify for the All-Ireland SFC group stage via the National Football League. Those who fail to do so qualify for the Tailteann Cup.
  • Note: Before the introduction of the qualifiers in 2001, the winners of the Ulster SFC went straight to the semi-final stage of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, along with the winners of the Leinster, Munster and Connacht Championships.

Progression

Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round
Preliminary round (2 teams)
  • Two teams drawn at random
Quarter-finals

(8 teams)

  • Seven teams drawn at random
  • Winner from the preliminary-round
Semi-finals

(4 teams)

  • 4 winners from the quarter-finals
Final

(2 teams)

  • 2 winners from the semi-finals

Teams

File:Ulster locator map.svg
The province of Ulster is located in the north of Ireland.

The Ulster SFC 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 football championship with any participating teams from Northern Ireland.

2025 Championship

Nine counties will compete in the 2025 Ulster Senior Football Championship:

County team Location Stadium Position in 2025 Championship Ulster SFC titles Last Ulster SFC title All-Ireland SFC titles Last All-Ireland SFC title
File:Colours of Antrim.svg Template:GG Belfast Corrigan Park Quarter-finalist 10 1951 0 —
File:Colours of Armagh.svg Template:GG Armagh Athletic Grounds Runner-up 14 2008 2 2024
File:Colours of Cavan.svg Template:GG Cavan Breffni Park Quarter-finalist 40 2020 5 1952
File:Colours of Derry.svg Template:GG Derry Celtic Park Preliminary round exit 9 2023 1 1993
File:Colours of Donegal.svg Template:GG Ballybofey MacCumhaill Park Winner 12 2025 2 2012
File:Colours of Down.svg Template:GG Newry Páirc Esler Semi-finalist 12 1994 5 1994
File:Colours of Fermanagh.svg Template:GG Enniskillen Brewster Park Quarter-finalist 0 — 0 —
File:Colours of Monaghan.svg Template:GG Clones St Tiernach's Park Quarter-finalist 16 2015 0 —
File:Colours of Tyrone.svg Template:GG Omagh Healy Park Semi-finalist 16 2021 4 2021

Personnel and kits

County team Manager Captain(s) Sponsor(s)
File:Colours of Antrim.svg Template:GG Vacant Fibrus
File:Colours of Armagh.svg Template:GG Kieran McGeeney Aidan Forker[13] Simply Fruit
File:Colours of Cavan.svg Template:GG Raymond Galligan Padraig Faulkner & Ciarán Brady Kingspan Group
File:Colours of Derry.svg Template:GG Mickey Harte Conor Glass Errigal Contracts
File:Colours of Donegal.svg Template:GG Jim McGuinness Paddy McBrearty Circet
File:Colours of Down.svg Template:GG Conor Laverty[14] Pierce Laverty EOS IT Solutions
File:Colours of Fermanagh.svg Template:GG Kieran Donnelly Eoin Donnelly Tracey Concrete
File:Colours of Monaghan.svg Template:GG Vinny Corey[15][16] Ryan Wylie All Boro Floor Services
File:Colours of Tyrone.svg Template:GG Malachy O'Rourke Pádraig Hampsey[17][18] McAleer & Rushe Ltd

List of finals

Year Date Winner Runner-up Venue Winning captain Winning margin
County team Score County team Score
1887 No championship
1888 Template:GG 0-2, 0-3 (R) Template:GG 0-2, 0-1 (R) 2
1889 No championship
1890 Template:GG 2-8 Template:GG 1-2 9
1891 Template:GG 1-11 Template:GG 0-0 14
1892–1900 No championship
1901–02 * Template:GG 3-5 Template:GG 2-5 3
1902 Template:GG 2-2 Template:GG 1-4 1
1904 Template:GG 0-5, 0-5 (R1), 0-8 (R2) Template:GG 0-5, 0-5 (R1), 0-4 (R2) 4
1905 Template:GG 0-7 Template:GG 0-3 4
1906 Template:GG 2-10 Template:GG 1-2 11
1907 13 September 1908 Template:GG 1-8 Template:GG 0-4 Clones 7
1908 Template:GG 1-8 Template:GG 0-4 7
1909 Template:GG 1-9 Template:GG 0-5 7
1910 Template:GG 3-4 Template:GG 0-1 12
1911 Template:GG 2-8 Template:GG 0-4 H Sheehan 10
1912 Template:GG 2-2 Template:GG 0-1 John Coburn 7
1913 Template:GG 2-1 Template:GG 1-2 2
1914 Template:GG 2-4 Template:GG 0-2 10
1915 Template:GG 3-2, 0-4 (R) Template:GG 2-5, 0-3 (R) 1
1916 Template:GG 2-3 Template:GG 0-2 7
1917 Template:GG 4-2 Template:GG 0-4 14
1918 Template:GG 3-2 Template:GG 0-0 11
1919 Template:GG 5-6 Template:GG 0-2 19
1920 Template:GG 4-6 Template:GG 1-4 11
1921 Template:GG 2-2 Template:GG 1-1 4
1922[note 1] Template:GG 2-3, 3-4 (R) Template:GG 2-3, 3-3 (R) 1
1923 Template:GG 5-10 Template:GG 1-1 18
1924 Template:GG 1-3, 2-3 (R) Template:GG 0-6, 1-3 (R) 3
1925 Template:GG 2-3, 3-6 (R) Template:GG 3-0, 0-1 (R) 14
1926 Template:GG 5-3 Template:GG 0-6 9
1927 Template:GG 3-5 Template:GG 2-5 3
1928 Template:GG 2-6 Template:GG 1-4 Jim Smith 2
1929 Template:GG 1-4, 1-10 (R) Template:GG 1-4, 0-7 (R) 6
1930 Template:GG 4-3 Template:GG 1-5 Paddy Kilroy 4
1931 Template:GG 0-8 Template:GG 2-1 Athletic Grounds, Dundalk [19] 4
1932 Template:GG 2-4 Template:GG 0-2 8
1933 Template:GG 6-13 Template:GG 1-2 Jim Smith 14
1934 Template:GG 3-8 Template:GG 0-2 15
1935 28 July Template:GG 2-6 Template:GG 2-1 Belturbet Hughie O'Reilly 5
1936 9 August Template:GG 1-7 Template:GG 0-7 St. Mary's Park 3
1937 25 July Template:GG 0-13 Template:GG 0-3 St. Mary's Park Tom O'Reilly 10
1938 31 July Template:GG 2-5 Template:GG 2-2 Athletic Grounds 3
1939 6 August
15 August 		Template:GG 2-3, 2-3 (R)* Template:GG 1-3, 1-4 (R) St. Mary's Park
Croke Park 		3
1940 28 July Template:GG 4-10 Template:GG 1-5 Breffni Park 14
1941 3 August Template:GG 3-9 Template:GG 0-5 Athletic Grounds 9
1942 19 July Template:GG 5-11 Template:GG 1-3 Athletic Grounds, Dundalk 20
1943 25 July Template:GG 2-3 Template:GG 0-5 St Tiernach's Park Tom O'Reilly 4
1944 30 July Template:GG 1-9 Template:GG 1-6 St Tiernach's Park 3
1945 29 July Template:GG 4-10 Template:GG 1-4 St Tiernach's Park Tom O'Reilly 18
1946 21 July Template:GG 2-8 Template:GG 1-7 St Tiernach's Park 4
1947 20 July Template:GG 3-4 Template:GG 1-6 St Tiernach's Park John Joe O’Reilly 4
1948 25 July Template:GG 2-12 Template:GG 2-4 St Tiernach's Park John Joe O’Reilly 8
1949 31 July Template:GG 1-7 Template:GG 1-6 St Tiernach's Park John Joe O’Reilly 1
1950 23 July Template:GG 1-11 Template:GG 1-7 St Tiernach's Park 4
1951 29 July Template:GG 1-7 Template:GG 2-3 St Tiernach's Park 1
1952 27 July Template:GG 1-8 Template:GG 0-8 Breffni Park Mick Higgins 3
1953 26 July Template:GG 1-6 Template:GG 0-5 Casement Park Seán Quinn 4
1954 25 July Template:GG 2-10 Template:GG 2-5 St Tiernach's Park 5
1955 31 July Template:GG 0-11 Template:GG 0-8 St Tiernach's Park 3
1956 29 July Template:GG 3-5 Template:GG 0-4 St Tiernach's Park 10
1957 28 July Template:GG 1-9 Template:GG 0-10 St Tiernach's Park 2
1958 27 July Template:GG 1-11 Template:GG 2-4 St Tiernach's Park Jim McKeever 4
1959 9 August Template:GG 2-16 Template:GG 0-7 St Tiernach's Park 15
1960 31 July Template:GG 3-7 Template:GG 1-8 St Tiernach's Park Kevin Mussen 5
1961 23 July Template:GG 2-10 Template:GG 1-10 Casement Park Paddy Doherty 3
1962 29 July Template:GG 3-6 Template:GG 0-5 Casement Park 10
1963 28 July Template:GG 2-11 Template:GG 1-4 Breffni Park 10
1964 19 July Template:GG 2-10 Template:GG 1-10 Casement Park 3
1965 1 August Template:GG 3-5 Template:GG 1-8 Casement Park 3
1966 24 July Template:GG 1-7 Template:GG 0-8 Casement Park 2
1967 23 July Template:GG 2-12 Template:GG 0-8 St Tiernach's Park 10
1968 28 July Template:GG 0-16 Template:GG 1-8 Casement Park Joe Lennon 5
1969 27 July Template:GG 2-13 Template:GG 2-6 Casement Park 7
1970 26 July Template:GG 2-13 Template:GG 1-12 St Tiernach's Park 4
1971 25 July Template:GG 4-15 Template:GG 4-11 Casement Park 4
1972 30 July Template:GG 2-13 Template:GG 1-11 St Tiernach's Park 8
1973 29 July Template:GG 3-13 Template:GG 1-11 St Tiernach's Park 8
1974 28 July
4 August 		Template:GG 1-14, 3-9 (R) Template:GG 2-11, 1-12 (R) St Tiernach's Park 3(R)
1975 27 July Template:GG 1-16 Template:GG 2-6 St Tiernach's Park 7
1976 18 July
25 July 		Template:GG 1-8, 0-22 (R) Template:GG 1-8, 1-16 (R) St Tiernach's Park 3(R)
1977 24 July Template:GG 3-10 Template:GG 1-5 St Tiernach's Park Jimmy Smyth 11
1978 23 July Template:GG 2-19 Template:GG 2-12 St Tiernach's Park 7
1979 22 July Template:GG 1-15 Template:GG 0-11 St Tiernach's Park 4
1980 20 July Template:GG 4-10 Template:GG 4-7 St Tiernach's Park 3
1981 19 July Template:GG 3-12 Template:GG 1-10 St Tiernach's Park 8
1982 18 July Template:GG 0-10 Template:GG 1-4 St Tiernach's Park 3
1983 24 July Template:GG 1-14 Template:GG 1-11 St Tiernach's Park 3
1984 15 July Template:GG 0-15 Template:GG 1-7 St Tiernach's Park 5
1985 21 July Template:GG 2-9 Template:GG 0-8 St Tiernach's Park 7
1986 20 July Template:GG 1-11 Template:GG 0-10 St Tiernach's Park Eugene McKenna 4
1987 19 July Template:GG 0-11 Template:GG 0-9 St Tiernach's Park 2
1988 17 July Template:GG 1-10 Template:GG 0-11 St Tiernach's Park 3
1989 16 July
23 July 		Template:GG 0-11, 2-13 (R) Template:GG 0-11, 0-7 (R) St Tiernach's Park 12(R)
1990 15 July Template:GG 0-15 Template:GG 0-14 St Tiernach's Park Anthony Molloy 1
1991 28 July Template:GG 1-15 Template:GG 0-10 St Tiernach's Park Paddy O'Rourke 8
1992 19 July Template:GG 0-14 Template:GG 1-9 St Tiernach's Park Anthony Molloy 2
1993 18 July Template:GG 0-8 Template:GG 0-6 St Tiernach's Park Henry Downey 2
1994 17 July Template:GG 1-17 Template:GG 1-11 St Tiernach's Park D. J. Kane 6
1995 23 July Template:GG 2-13 Template:GG 0-10 St Tiernach's Park Ciarán Corr 9
1996 28 July Template:GG 1-9 Template:GG 0-9 St Tiernach's Park 3
1997 20 July Template:GG 1-14 Template:GG 0-16 St Tiernach's Park 1
1998 19 July Template:GG 1-7 Template:GG 0-8 St Tiernach's Park 2
1999 1 August Template:GG 3-12 Template:GG 0-10 St Tiernach's Park Jarlath Burns 11
2000 16 July Template:GG 1-12 Template:GG 1-11 St Tiernach's Park Kieran McGeeney 1
2001 8 July Template:GG 1-13 Template:GG 1-11 St Tiernach's Park Sean Teague 2
2002 & July Template:GG 1-14 Template:GG 1-10 St Tiernach's Park Kieran McGeeney 4
2003 13 July
20 July 		Template:GG 1-17, 0-23 (R) Template:GG 4-8, 1-5 (R) St Tiernach's Park Peter Canavan 15 (R)
2004 11 July Template:GG 3-15 Template:GG 0-11 Croke Park Kieran McGeeney 13
2005 10 July
23 July 		Template:GG 2-8, 0-13 (R) Template:GG 0-14, 0-11 (R) Croke Park Kieran McGeeney 2 (R)
2006 9 July Template:GG 1-9 Template:GG 0-9 Croke Park 3
2007 15 July Template:GG 1-15 Template:GG 1-13 St Tiernach's Park 2
2008 20 July
27 July 		Template:GG 2-8, 1-11 (R) Template:GG 1-11, 0-8 (R) St Tiernach's Park 6 (R)
2009 19 July Template:GG 1-18 Template:GG 0-15 St Tiernach's Park 6
2010 18 July Template:GG 1-14 Template:GG 0-7 St Tiernach's Park 10
2011 17 July Template:GG 1-11 Template:GG 0-8 St Tiernach's Park Michael Murphy 6
2012 22 July Template:GG 2-18 Template:GG 0-13 St Tiernach's Park Michael Murphy 11
2013[20] 21 July Template:GG 0-13 Template:GG 0-7 St Tiernach's Park 6
2014[21] 20 July Template:GG 0-15 Template:GG 1-9 St Tiernach's Park Michael Murphy 3
2015 19 July Template:GG 0-11 Template:GG 0-10 St Tiernach's Park Conor McManus 1
2016 17 July Template:GG 0-13 Template:GG 0-11 St Tiernach's Park Seán Cavanagh 2
2017 16 July Template:GG 2-17 Template:GG 0-15 St Tiernach's Park Seán Cavanagh 8
2018 24 June Template:GG 2-18 Template:GG 0-12 St Tiernach's Park Michael Murphy 12
2019 23 June Template:GG 1-24 Template:GG 2-16 St Tiernach's Park Michael Murphy 8
2020 22 November Template:GG 1-13 Template:GG 0-12 Athletic Grounds Raymond Galligan 4
2021 31 July Template:GG 0-16 Template:GG 0-15 Croke Park Pádraig Hampsey 1
2022 29 May Template:GG 1-16 Template:GG 1-14 St Tiernach's Park Chrissy McKaigue 2
2023 14 May Template:GG 1-15 Template:Aet
Template:Pso 		Template:GG 0-18 Template:Aet
Template:Pso 		St Tiernach's Park Conor Glass Penalties
2024 12 May Template:GG 0-20 Template:Aet
Template:Pso 		Template:GG 0-20 Template:Aet
Template:Pso 		St Tiernach's Park Patrick McBrearty Penalties
2025 10 May Template:GG 2-23 Template:Aet Template:GG 0-28 Template:Aet St Tiernach's Park Patrick McBrearty 1
Notes

Team records and statistics

Roll of honour

Legend

  • Template:Bg – Ulster SFC winner or runner-up also won the All-Ireland SFC that year.

Performance by team

County team Title(s) Runner-up Years won Years runner-up
File:Colours of Cavan.svg Template:GG[22] 40 23 1891, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1915, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1922,[note 2] 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1931, 1932, [[1933 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final|Template:Background color]], 1934, [[1935 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final|Template:Background color]], 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, [[1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final|Template:Background color]], [[1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final|Template:Background color]], 1949, [[1952 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final|Template:Background color]], 1954, 1955, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1969, 1997, 2020 1888, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1916, 1922, 1929, 1930, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1968, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1995, 2001, 2019
File:Colours of Monaghan.svg Template:GG[23] 16 12 1888, 1906, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1921, 1922,[note 3] 1927, 1929, 1930, 1938, 1979, 1985, 1988, 2013, 2015 1905, 1913, 1923, 1924, 1936, 1943, 1944, 1952, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2021
File:Colours of Tyrone.svg Template:GG[24] 16 7 1956, 1957, 1973, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1995, 1996, 2001, [[2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final|Template:Background color]], 2007, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2017, [[2021 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final|Template:Background color]] 1890, 1941, 1972, 1980, 1988, 1994, [[2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final|Template:Background color]]
File:Colours of Armagh.svg Template:GG[25] 14 23 1890, 1902, 1950, 1953, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1999, 2000, [[2002 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final|Template:Background color]], 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 1891, 1901–02, 1904, 1912, 1917, 1920, 1927, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1938, 1939, 1949, 1954, 1961, 1981, 1984, 1987, 1990, 2023, [[2024 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final|Template:Background color]], 2025
File:Colours of Down.svg Template:GG[26] 12 15 1959, [[1960 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final|Template:Background color]], [[1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final|Template:Background color]], 1963, 1965, 1966, [[1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final|Template:Background color]], 1971, 1978, 1981, [[1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final|Template:Background color]], [[1994 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final|Template:Background color]] 1940, 1942, 1958, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1986, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2012, 2017
File:Colours of Donegal.svg Template:GG[27] 12 14 1972, 1974, 1983, 1990, [[1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final|Template:Background color]], 2011, [[2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final|Template:Background color]], 2014, 2018, 2019, 2024, 2025 1963, 1966, 1979, 1991, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2022
File:Colours of Antrim.svg Template:GG[28] 10 9 1900, 1901, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1946, 1951 1903, 1906, 1918, 1919, 1925, 1926, 1947, 1948, 2009
File:Colours of Derry.svg Template:GG[29] 9 10 1958, 1970, 1975, 1976, 1987, [[1993 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final|Template:Background color]], 1998, 2022, 2023 1921, 1955, 1957, 1971, 1977, 1985, 1992, 1997, 2000, 2011
File:Colours of Fermanagh.svg Template:GG[30] 0 6 1914, 1935, 1945, 1982, 2008, 2018

Team progress: 2001–2019

Below is a record of each county's performance following the introduction of the qualifier system to the All-Ireland series in 2001. Before 2001 only the Ulster SFC title winner contested the All-Ireland SFC. Qualifiers did not occur from 2020–2021 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games. They are no longer held, with weaker teams, such as Cavan, Fermanagh and Antrim, moving aside, to instead play in the Tailteann Cup.

Key

Winner
Finalist
Semi-finalist
Quarter-finalist / Super 8s
Qualifier Rounds 1–4 / Tommy Murphy Cup
Team 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Template:GG Q2 Q1 Q2 Q1 Q1 Q1 TM TM Q4 Q1 Q3 Q3 Q1 Q2 Q2 Q2 Q1 Q1 Q2
Template:GG Q3 W F QF SF QF Q1 QF Q1 Q3 Q3 Q1 Q3 QF Q2 Q1 QF Q4 Q3
Template:GG Q4 Q1 Q2 Q2 Q4 Q1 Q1 Q1 Q2 Q2 Q1 Q2 QF Q2 Q2 Q3 Q2 Q3 Q4
Template:GG SF Q3 Q2 SF Q3 Q3 QF Q1 Q3 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q3 Q1 Q3 Q4 Q2 Q1 Q2
Template:GG Q2 QF SF Q4 Q2 QF Q3 Q2 QF Q1 SF W QF F QF QF Q4 S8s S8s
Template:GG Q1 Q1 Q4 Q2 Q2 Q1 Q1 Q3 Q3 F Q4 QF Q2 Q3 Q1 Q1 Q4 Q2 Q2
Template:GG Q1 Q3 QF SF Q1 Q4 Q2 Q3 Q1 Q2 Q1 Q1 Q2 Q1 QF Q2 Q1 Q4 Q1
Template:GG Q2 Q1 Q2 Q1 Q4 Q2 QF Q4 Q2 Q4 Q1 Q2 QF QF QF Q2 QF SF Q2
Template:GG QF Q4 W QF W Q2 QF W SF QF QF Q3 SF Q2 SF QF SF F SF

By semi-final appearances (since 2016)

Bold indicates years team reached the final.

Team No. Years in semi-finals
File:Colours of Donegal.svg Template:GG 9 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025
File:Colours of Tyrone.svg Template:GG 6 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2024, 2025
File:Colours of Armagh.svg Template:GG 6 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025
File:Colours of Monaghan.svg Template:GG 6 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023
File:Colours of Down.svg Template:GG 6 2017, 2018, 2020, 2023, 2024, 2025
File:Colours of Cavan.svg Template:GG 4 2016, 2019, 2020, 2022
File:Colours of Derry.svg Template:GG 2 2022, 2023
File:Colours of Fermanagh.svg Template:GG 1 2018
File:Colours of Antrim.svg Template:GG 0 —

Post-COVID team results

Legend

For each year, the number of competing teams is shown (in brackets).

Team 2023 (9) 2024 (9) 2025 (9) Years
File:Colours of Antrim.svg Template:GG PR QF QF 3
File:Colours of Armagh.svg Template:GG 2nd 2nd 2nd 3
File:Colours of Cavan.svg Template:GG QF QF QF 3
File:Colours of Derry.svg Template:GG 1st QF PR 3
File:Colours of Donegal.svg Template:GG QF 1st 1st 3
File:Colours of Down.svg Template:GG SF SF SF 3
File:Colours of Fermanagh.svg Template:GG QF QF QF 3
File:Colours of Monaghan.svg Template:GG SF PR QF 3
File:Colours of Tyrone.svg Template:GG QF SF SF 3

Consecutive titles

Septuple

Sextuple

Quintuple

Treble

Double

Titles by decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Ulster SFC titles, is as follows:

Team debuts

Year Debutants Total
1888 File:Colours of Cavan.svg Template:GG, File:Colours of Monaghan.svg Template:GG 2
1889 None 0
1890 File:Colours of Antrim.svg Template:GG, File:Colours of Armagh.svg Template:GG, File:Colours of Tyrone.svg Template:GG 3
1891–1902 None 0
1903 File:Colours of Fermanagh.svg Template:GG 1
1904 File:Colours of Derry.svg Template:GG, File:Colours of Down.svg Template:GG 2
1905 None 0
1906 File:Colours of Donegal.svg Template:GG 1
1907– None 0
Total 9

Other records

Final success rate

No county teams 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:

Winning other trophies

Although not an officially recognised achievement, a number of teams have achieved the distinction of winning the Ulster SFC, the All-Ireland SFC and the National Football League all in the same season.

Gaps

Active gaps

Player 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 scorers: Ulster players

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

Rank Player County Tally Total score Championship years
1 Paddy Bradley Template:GG 17–201 252 2000–2012
2 Michael Murphy Template:GG 4–223 239 2007-2022
3 Oisín McConville Template:GG 11–197 230 1997–2008
4 Peter Canavan Template:GG 9–191 218 1989–2005
5 Paddy Doherty Template:GG 15–159 204 1954–1971
6 Peter Donohoe Template:GG 17–133 184 1945–1955
7 Seán O'Neill Template:GG 17–125 176 1959–1975
8 Charlie Gallagher Template:GG 10–142 172 1955–1969
9 Steven McDonnell Template:GG 15–111 156 2000–2011
10 Seán O'Connell Template:GG 11–118 151 1957–1975

Notes:

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

All-time top goalscorers: Ulster players

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

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

Notes:

  • Includes Ulster SFC, All-Ireland SFC and SFC 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 SFC top scorers: by year

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

Managers

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Winning managers (1983–present)

# Manager(s) Winning team(s) Titles(s) Winning years
1 File:Colours of Tyrone.svg Mickey Harte Template:GG 6 2003, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2017
2 File:Colours of Donegal.svg Jim McGuinness Template:GG 4 2011, 2012, 2014, 2024
File:Colours of Tyrone.svg Art McRory Template:GG 4 1984, 1995*, 1996*, 2001*
File:Colours of Armagh.svg Joe Kernan Template:GG 4 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006
5 File:Colours of Donegal.svg Brian McEniff Template:GG 5 1972, 1974, 1983, 1990, 1992
File:Colours of Tyrone.svg Eugene McKenna Template:GG 3 1995*, 1996*, 2001*
7 File:Colours of Monaghan.svg Seán McCague Template:GG 2 1985, 1988
File:Colours of Down.svg Pete McGrath Template:GG 2 1991, 1994
File:Colours of Armagh.svg Brian McAlinden
File:Colours of Armagh.svg Brian Canavan 		Template:GG 2 1999, 2000
File:Colours of Monaghan.svg Malachy O'Rourke Template:GG 2 2013, 2015
File:Colours of Donegal.svg Declan Bonner Template:GG 2 2018, 2019
12 File:Colours of Tyrone.svg John Donnelly Template:GG 1 1986
File:Colours of Derry.svg Eamonn Coleman Template:GG 1 1993
File:Colours of Donegal.svg Martin McHugh Template:GG 1 1997
File:Colours of Dublin.svg Brian Mullins Template:GG 1 1998
File:Colours of Armagh.svg Peter McDonnell Template:GG 1 2008
File:Colours of Laois.svg Mickey Graham Template:GG 1 2020
File:Colours of Tyrone.svg Feargal Logan, Brian Dooher Template:GG 1 2021
File:Colours of Derry.svg Rory Gallagher Template:GG 1 2022
File:Colours of Derry.svg Ciaran Meenagh Template:GG 1 2023

Notes

* = joint managers

Media coverage

Television

Matches are currently broadcast on RTÉ and by the BBC either on BBC 2 Northern Ireland or through the BBC iPlayer[36] Selected games are also broadcast on the GAA's own GAA+ streaming platform.[37]

Highlights packages are broadcast on RTÉ as part of The Sunday Game.

Radio

Radio coverage is provided by RTÉ Radio One on Sports Saturday and Sports Sunday.[38]

Print media

Extensive coverage is offered in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland by daily and Sunday newspapers including The Irish News, the Irish Independent, the Irish Examiner and specialist GAA publications such as Gaelic Life.

Venues

Belfast Derry Clones, County Monaghan Omagh, County Tyrone Enniskillen, County Fermanagh
Casement Park Celtic Park St Tiernach's Park Healy Park Brewster Park
Capacity: 31,661 Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 29,000 Capacity: 18,500 Capacity: 16,000
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Stadia and locations

County team Location Province Stadium Capacity
File:Colours of Antrim.svg Template:GG Belfast Ulster Corrigan Park 3,700
File:Colours of Armagh.svg Template:GG Armagh Ulster Athletic Grounds 18,500
File:Colours of Cavan.svg Template:GG Cavan Ulster Breffni Park 25,030
File:Colours of Derry.svg Template:GG Derry Ulster Celtic Park 18,500
File:Colours of Donegal GAA.svg Template:GG Ballybofey Ulster MacCumhaill Park 17,500
File:Colours of Down.svg Template:GG Newry Ulster Páirc Esler 20,000
File:Colours of Fermanagh.svg Template:GG Enniskillen Ulster Brewster Park 18,000
File:Colours of Monaghan.svg Template:GG Clones Ulster St Tiernach's Park 29,000
File:Colours of Tyrone.svg Template:GG Omagh Ulster Healy Park 17,636

See also

Notes

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  1. ↑ Ulster GAA gives the 1922 title to both Cavan and Monaghan.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Ulster GAA gives the 1922 title to both Cavan and Monaghan.

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References

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