2021–22 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship

The 2021–22 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship was the 51st staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club football tournament. It was the first club championship to be organised in two years as the 2020-21 championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The championship began on 21 November 2021 and ended on 12 February 2022.

2021–22 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship
Dates21 November 2021 – 12 February 2022
Teams32
SponsorAllied Irish Bank
Champions Kilcoo
Aidan Branagan and Conor Laverty (captain)
Mickey Moran (manager)
Runners-up Kilmacud Crokes
Craig Dias (captain)
Robbie Brennan (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored51 (1.96 per game)
Points scored549 (21.12 per game)
Top scorer(s) Eamonn Callaghan (0-21) (Naas)
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Corofin were the previous champions having won the 2019–20 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.[1] Corofin were beaten in the 2021 Galway final and were not able to defend their All-Ireland title.

On 12 February 2022, Kilcoo won the championship. They defeated Kilmacud Crokes after extra time by 2-08 to 0-13 in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park.[2][3]

Format

County Championships

All thirty two counties in Ireland and London play their county senior championships between their top gaelic football clubs. Each county decides the format for their county championship. The format can be straight knockout, double-elimination, a league, groups, etc. or a combination.

Only single club teams are allowed to enter the All-Ireland Club championship. If a team that is an amalgamation of two or more clubs, a divisional team or a university team wins a county's championship, a single club team will represent that county in the provincial championship as determined by that county's championship rules. Normally it is the club team that exited the championship at the highest stage.

Provincial Championships

Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise a provincial championship for their participating county champions. The Kilkenny senior champions play in the Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship. London continue to compete in the Connacht championship – in previous years they played one of the provincial champions in a single match in December referred to as a quarter-final.

All matches are knock-out. Two ten minute periods of extra time are played each way if it's a draw at the end of normal time in all matches including the final. If the score is still level after extra time the match is replayed.

All-Ireland

In a bid to shorten the break between the provincial finals and the All-Ireland semi-finals, the two semi-finals between the four provincial champions will be played in early January – previously they were held in mid-February. Traditionally, the All-Ireland final was played in Croke Park on St. Patrick's Day, the 17th of March, but it has also been moved to February 2022.

TV Coverage

TG4 continue to broadcast live and deferred club championship games.[4] RTÉ also broadcast games from the AIB Club Championships on Saturdays.[5]

County Finals

Connacht

Galway SFC

Leitrim SFC

London SFC

Mayo SFC

Roscommon SFC

Sligo SFC

Leinster

Carlow SFC

Dublin SFC

Kildare SFC

Kilkenny SFC

The Kilkenny SFC champions take part in the Leinster Club Intermediate Football Championship.

Laois SFC

Longford SFC

Louth SFC

Meath SFC

Offaly SFC

Westmeath SFC

Wexford SFC

Wicklow SFC

Munster

Clare SFC

Cork SFC

Kerry SFC

Limerick SFC

Tipperary SFC

Waterford SFC

Ulster

Antrim SFC

Armagh SFC

Cavan SFC

Donegal SFC

Derry SFC

Down SFC

Fermanagh SFC

Monaghan SFC

Tyrone SFC

Provincial Championships

Connacht
See also: Connacht Senior Club Football Championship
Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
Tourlestrane (Sligo) 0-09
St Kiernan's (London) 0-04 Knockmore (Mayo) 0-10
Tourlestrane (Sligo) 0-08
Knockmore (Mayo) 1-11
Ballinamore (Leitrim) 2-08 Pádraig Pearses (Roscommon) 1-13
Mountbellew–Moylough (Galway) 0-16 Mountbellew–Moylough (Galway) 1-07
Pádraig Pearses (Roscommon) 1-08

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

Leinster
Preliminary Round Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
Portarlington (Laois) 1-14
St Loman's (Westmeath) 1-12
Portarlington (Laois) 0-12
Kilmacud Crokes (Dublin) 1-11
Wolfe Tones (Meath) 1-09
Kilmacud Crokes (Dublin) 1-13
Kilmacud Crokes (Dublin) 0-14
Naomh Máirtín (Louth) 2-16 Naas (Kildare) 0-07
Rathvilly (Carlow) 1-05 Shelmaliers (Wexford) 2-06
Naomh Máirtín (Louth) 1-07
Shelmaliers (Wexford) 1-13
Blessington (Wicklow) 1-07 Naas (Kildare) 2-15
Mullinalaghta (Longford) 1-05 Blessington (Wicklow) 1-07
Naas (Kildare) 2-11 Naas (Kildare) 4-11
Tullamore (Offaly) 3-07

Preliminary Round

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

Munster
Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
St Finbarr's (Cork) 2-14
Éire Óg, Ennis (Clare) 2-11 Éire Óg, Ennis (Clare) 0-12
Loughmore-Castleiney (Tipperary) 0-12 St Finbarr's (Cork) 2-09
Austin Stacks (Kerry) 1-10
Austin Stacks (Kerry) 1-15
Newcastle West (Limerick) 0-08 Newcastle West (Limerick) 0-08
The Nire (Waterford) 0-06

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

Ulster
See also: 2021 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship
Preliminary Round Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
Derrygonnelly (Fermanagh) 1-16
Dromore (Tyrone) 0-13
Derrygonnelly (Fermanagh) 3-11
Clann Éireann (Armagh) 1-11
Kickhams GAC Creggan (Antrim) 0-17
Clann Éireann (Armagh) 2-14
Derrygonnelly (Fermanagh) 0-03
Kilcoo (Down) 3-10
Ramor United (Cavan) 1-08
Kilcoo (Down) 3-13
Kilcoo (Down) 1-11
Watty Graham's (Derry) 0-08 Watty Graham's (Derry) 0-11
St Eunan's (Donegal) 1-04 Scotstown (Monaghan) 0-12
Watty Graham's (Derry) 1-18

Preliminary Round

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

All-Ireland

All-Ireland Semi-Finals

All-Ireland Final

Championship statistics

Top scorers
Overall Top Scorers
Rank Player Club Tally Total
1 Eamonn Callaghan Naas 0-21 (0-15f) 21
2 Darragh Kirwan Naas 4-06 18
3 Danny Tallon Watty Graham's GAC Glen 1-12 (0-09f) 15
4 Conall Jones Derrygonnelly 1-11 (0-09f) 14
Barry McHugh Mountbellew–Moylough 1-11 (0-9f) 14
Sam Mulroy Naomh Máirtín 0-14 (0-11f) 14
7 Paul Carey Padraig Pearses 1-09 (0-3f) 12
8 Jerome Johnston Kilcoo 3-02 11
Luke Griffin Naas 2-05 11
10 Conor Turbitt Clann Éireann 0-10 (0-7f) 10
In a single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition
1 Darragh Kirwan Naas 2-04 10 Tullamore
2 Luke Griffin Naas 2-03 9 Blessington
Steven Sherlock St Finbarr's 0-09 (0-06f, 0-01m) 9 Éire Óg, Ennis
Barry McHugh Mountbellew–Moylough 0-09 (0-08f) 9 Ballinamore
5 Jerome Johnston Kilcoo 2-02 8 Ramor United
Conall Jones Derrygonnelly 1-05 (0-04f) 8 Clann Éireann
Paul Carey Padraig Pearses 0-08 (0-3f) 8 Knockmore
Darragh O'Brien Austin Stacks 0-08 (0-05f) 8 Newcastle West
Sam Mulroy Naomh Máirtín 0-08 (0-05f) 8 Rathvilly
10 Conor McCrickard St Finbarr's 2-01 7 Éire Óg, Ennis
Sean McEvoy Ramor United 1-04 (0-01f) 7 Kilcoo

References
  1. "All-Ireland final recap: Corofin prevail". RTE. 19 January 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. McKeon, Conor (12 February 2022). "Kilcoo are All-Ireland champions following dramatic extra-time goal against Kilmacud Crokes". Irish Independent. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  3. "Kilcoo snatch All-Ireland from Kilmacud in dramatic fashion with 81st minute winning goal". The 42. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  4. "GAA confirms media rights arrangements for 2017-2022". Gaa.ie. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  5. "GAA, eir Sport & RTE announce new broadcast agreement". gaa.ie. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
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