Connacht Senior Football Championship

The Connacht Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition for the senior county teams of Connacht GAA. All of the counties of Connacht participate in the championship, as well as counties London and New York. The winning team receives the Nestor Cup.[1]

Connacht GAA Football Senior Championship
Current season or competition:
2023 Connacht Senior Football Championship
IrishCraobh Sinsir Peile Connachta
CodeGaelic football
Founded1888 (1888)
RegionConnacht (GAA)
No. of teams7
Title holders Galway (49th title)
Most titles Galway (49 titles)
SponsorsSuperValu, Eir, AIB
TV partner(s)RTÉ
Sky Sports
MottoBe there. All the way.
Official websiteOfficial website

The Connacht Senior Football Championship is run on a knock-out basis in which once a team loses they 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 winners and runners-up progresses directly to the All-Ireland Group Stage. (before 2020, all losing teams progress to the All-Ireland Qualifiers and before 2001 the All-Ireland was a straight knock-out format meaning all losing teams were eliminated after a single defeat).

Galway are the two time title-holders, defeating Sligo by 2-20 to 0-12 in the 2023 final.

History

Galway are Connacht's most successful county with 9 All Ireland titles. Roscommon have won the competition 24 times, most recently in 2019. Sligo have won the Nestor cup three times, most recently in 2007, while Leitrim have won the competition twice, most recently in 1994. The competing counties play for the JJ Nestor Cup, which is presented to the winning captain on Connacht Final Day.

London have competed in the Connacht Senior Football Championship 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.[2][3][4] New York recorded their first and only victory in the championship over Leitrim in 2023.[5]

Connacht championship moments
  • Leitrim 0-12 - 2-04 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

2024 Championship

Seven counties will compete in the 2024 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 Location Stadium Province Position in 2023 Championship Championship Titles Last Championship Title All-Ireland Titles Last All-Ireland Title
Galway Galway Pearse Stadium Connacht Champions 49 2023 9 2001
Leitrim Carrick-on-Shannon Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada Connacht Quarter-finals 2 1994 0 —
London South Ruislip McGovern Park Britain Quarter-finals 0 — 0 —
Mayo Castlebar MacHale Park Connacht Quarter-finals 48 2021 3 1951
New York Bronx Gaelic Park North America Semi-finals 0 — 0 —
Roscommon Roscommon Dr Hyde Park Connacht Semi-finals 24 2019 2 1944
Sligo Sligo Markievicz Park Connacht Runners-up 3 2007 0 —

Personnel and kits
County Manager Captain(s) Sponsors
Galway Pádraic Joyce Seán Kelly Supermac's
Leitrim Andy Moran 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 Keelan Cawley AbbVie

Venues

Stadia and locations
County 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 18,890
Sligo Sligo Connacht Markievicz Park 18,558

Managers
See also: List of Gaelic football managers

Managers in the Connacht 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 (1982–present)
Manager Team(s) Wins Winning years
John O'Mahony Mayo
Leitrim
Galway		 8 1988, 1989, 2009
1994
1998, 2000, 2002, 2003
James Horan Mayo 6 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2020, 2021
John Maughan Mayo 4 1996, 1997, 1999, 2004
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
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
Brian McEniff Sligo 1 1975

Roll of honour

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

County Title(s) Runners-Up Years won Years runners-up
Galway 49 34 1900, 1902, 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 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 48 34 1901, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 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
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

List of finals
Year Winners Runners-up
County Score County Score
2023[6] Galway 2-20 Sligo 0-12
2022[7] Galway 2-19 Roscommon 2-16
2021[8] Mayo 2-14 Galway 2-08
2020[9] Mayo 0-14 Galway 0-13
2019[10] Roscommon 1-13 Galway 0-12
2018[11] Galway 0-16 Roscommon 2-06
2017[12] Roscommon 2-15 Galway 0-12
2016[13] Galway 0–13
3-16 (R)		 Roscommon 1–10
0-14(R)
2015[14] Mayo 6-25 Sligo 2-11
2014[15] Mayo 3-14 Galway 0-16
2013[16] Mayo 5-11 London 0-10
2012[17] Mayo 0-12 Sligo 0-10
2011 Mayo 0-13 Roscommon 0-11
2010 Roscommon 0-14 Sligo 0-13
2009 Mayo 2-12 Galway 1-14
2008 Galway 2-12 Mayo 1-14
2007 Sligo 1-10 Galway 0-12
2006 Mayo 0-12 Galway 1-08
2005 Galway 0-10 Mayo 0-08
2004 Mayo 2-13 Roscommon 0-09
2003 Galway 1-14 Mayo 0-13
2002 Galway 1-11 Sligo 0-11
2001 Roscommon 2-10 Mayo 1-12
2000 Galway 1-13 Leitrim 0-08
1999 Mayo 1-14 Galway 1-10
1998 Galway 0–11, 1-17 (R) Roscommon 0–11, 0-17 (R)
1997 Mayo 0-11 Sligo 1-07
1996 Mayo 3-09 Galway 1-11
1995 Galway 0-17 Mayo 1-07
1994 Leitrim 0-12 Mayo 2-04
1993 Mayo 1-05 Roscommon 0-07
1992 Mayo 1-14 Roscommon 0-10
1991 Roscommon 0–14, 0-13 (R) Mayo 0–14, 1-09 (R)
1990 Roscommon 0-16 Galway 1-11
1989 Mayo 0–12, 3-14 (R) Roscommon 1-09, 2-13 (R)
1988 Mayo 1-12 Roscommon 0-08
1987 Galway 0-08 Mayo 0-07
1986 Galway 1-08 Roscommon 1-05
1985 Mayo 2-11 Roscommon 0-08
1984 Galway 2-13 Mayo 2-09
1983 Galway 1-13 Mayo 1-10
1982 Galway 3-17 Mayo 0-10
1981 Mayo 0-12 Sligo 0-04
1980 Roscommon 3-13 Mayo 0-08
1979 Roscommon 3-15 Mayo 2-10
1978 Roscommon 2-07 Galway 0-09
1977 Roscommon 1-12 Galway 2-08
1976 Galway 1-08, 1-14 (R) Roscommon 1-08, 0-09 (R)
1975 Sligo 2–10, 2-10 (R) Mayo 1–13, 0-15 (R)
1974 Galway 2-14 Roscommon 0-08
1973 Galway 1-17 Mayo 2-12
1972 Roscommon 5-08 Mayo 3-10
1971 Galway 2–15, 1-17 (R) Sligo 2–15, 3-10 (R)
1970 Galway 2-15 (21) Roscommon 1-08 (11)
1969 Mayo 0–11, 1-11 (14) Galway 1-08, 1-08 (11)
1968 Galway 2-10 Mayo 2-09
1967 Mayo 4-15 Leitrim 0-07
1966 Galway 0-12 Mayo 1-08
1965 Galway 1-12 Sligo 2-06
1964 Galway 2-12 Mayo 1-05
1963 Galway 4-11 Leitrim 1-08
1962 Roscommon 3-07 Galway 2-09
1961 Roscommon 1-11 Galway 2-07
1960 Galway 2-05 Leitrim 0-05
1959 Galway 5-08 Leitrim 0-12
1958 Galway 2-10 Leitrim 1-11
1957 Galway 4-08 Leitrim 0-04
1956 Galway 3-12 Sligo 1-05
1955 Mayo 3-11 Roscommon 1-03
1954 Galway 2-10 Sligo 3-04
1953 Roscommon 1-06 Mayo 0-06
1952 Roscommon 3-05 Mayo 0-06
1951 Mayo 4-13 Galway 2-03
1950 Mayo 1-07 Roscommon 0-04
1949 Mayo 4-06 Leitrim 0-03
1948 Mayo 2-04, 2-10 (R) Galway 1-07, 2-07 (R)
1947 Roscommon 2-12 Sligo 1-08
1946 Roscommon 1-04, 1-09* Mayo 0-06, 1-02
1945 Galway 2-06 Mayo 1-07
1944 Roscommon 2-11 Mayo 1-06
1943 Roscommon 2-06 Galway 0-08
1942 Galway 2-06 Roscommon 3-02
1941 Galway 0-08 Roscommon 1-04
1940 Galway 1-07 Mayo 0-05
1939 Mayo 2-06 * Galway 0-03
1938 Galway 0-08 Mayo 0-05
1937 Mayo 3-05 Galway 0-08
1936 Mayo 2-04, 2-07 (R) Galway 1-07, 1-04 (R)
1935 Mayo 0-12 Galway 0-05
1934 Galway 2-04 Mayo 0-05
1933 Galway 1-07 Mayo 1-05
1932 Mayo 2-06 Sligo 0-07
1931 Mayo 2-10 Roscommon 3-02
1930 Mayo 1-07 Sligo 1-02
1929 Mayo 1-06 Galway 0-04
1928 Sligo 1-04 Mayo 0-06
1927 Leitrim 2-04 Galway 0-03
1926 Galway 3-02 Mayo 1-02
1925 Galway 1-05 Mayo 1-03
1924 Mayo 0-01, 2-06 (R) Galway 0-01, 0-05 (R)
1923 Mayo 0-03 Galway 0-02
1922 Galway 1-07, 2-04 * Sligo 3-02, 2-02
1921 Mayo 1-04 Roscommon 0-01
1920 Mayo 2-03 Sligo 1-04
1919 Galway 1-06 Roscommon 0-05
1918 Mayo 0-04 Galway 0-01
1917 Galway 1-04 Mayo 1-01
1916 Mayo 1-05 Roscommon 0-03
1915 Mayo 3-01 Roscommon 1-03
1914 Roscommon 1-02 Leitrim 0-01
1913 Galway 1-02 Mayo 0-03
1912 Roscommon 0-02 Galway 0-00
1911 Galway 1-03 Roscommon 1-02
1910 Mayo 1-04 Galway 0-05
1909 Mayo 1-04 Galway 0-03
1908 Mayo 2-05 Galway 0-04
1907 Mayo 3-09 Galway 0-01
1906 Mayo 2-13 Roscommon 0-05
1905 Roscommon 0-07 Mayo 0-05
1904 Mayo 3-06 Roscommon 0-01
1903 Roscommon 1-02 Mayo 0-04
1902 Galway
1901 Mayo 2-04 Galway 0-03
1900 Galway

Notes:

  • 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

Team results

Legend

  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • SF/QF/PR – Semi-Finals/Quarter-Finals/Preliminary round
County 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Years
Galway QF 2nd SF 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 11
Leitrim SF QF QF QF SF SF QF QF SF SF QF 11
London 2nd QF QF QF QF QF QF — — QF QF 9
Mayo 1st 1st 1st SF SF QF SF 1st 1st QF QF 11
New York QF QF PR PR PR QF QF — — QF SF 9
Roscommon SF SF SF 2nd 1st 2nd 1st SF SF 2nd SF 11
Sligo QF SF 2nd SF QF SF SF — QF SF 2nd 10

Debut of counties
Year Debutants Total
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

List of Connacht Senior Football Championship counties

The following teams have competed in the Connacht Championship for at least one season.

County Total years First year in Championship Most recent year in Championship Championship titles Last Championship title Most recent championship finish Best Connacht SFC finish Current

Championship

 Lvl
Galway — 1900 2023 49 2022 — 1st All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1
Leitrim — 1906 2023 2 1994 Quarter-finals 1st Tailteann Cup 2
London — 1975 2023 0 — Quarter-finals 2nd Tailteann Cup 2
Mayo — 1901 2023 48 2021 Quarter-finals 1st All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1
New York 23 1999 2023 0 — Semi-finals Semi-finals Tailteann Cup 2
Roscommon — 1901 2023 24 2019 Semi-finals 1st All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1
Sligo — 1905 2023 3 2007 — 1st All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1

Winning teams
Main article: List of Connacht Senior Football Championship winners

Most recent championship meetings
Galway Leitrim London Mayo New York Roscommon Sligo
Galway - 2022 2019 2022 2015 2022 2019
Leitrim - - 2022 2021 2023 2019 2011
London - - - 2016 - 2015 2023
Mayo - - - - 2019 2023 2021
New York - - - - - 2016 2023
Roscommon - - - - - - 2022
Sligo - - - - - - -
  • COVID-19 caused the following games to be cancelled in 2020: Galway's games against both New York and Sligo, Roscommon's game against London, and in 2021: Mayo playing London and Roscommon playing New York meant that 2021 was a fresh draw.
  • In 2024, Galway vs London, Mayo vs New York.
  • In 2025, Roscommon vs London, Galway vs New York.
  • In 2026, Mayo vs London, Roscommon vs New York.
  • In 2027, Sligo vs New York, Leitrim vs London.
  • In 2028, Sligo vs London, Leitrim vs New York same as 2023.

Quintuple
  • Mayo (1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910)
  • Galway (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960)
  • Mayo (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)

Quadruple
  • Mayo (1929, 1930, 1931, 1932)
  • Mayo (1948, 1949, 1950, 1951)
  • Galway (1963, 1964, 1965, 1966)
  • Roscommon (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980)

Treble

Double

Single
  • 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)

By decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Connacht Senior Football Championship titles, is as follows:

  • 1900s: 6 for Mayo (1901, 04, 06, 07, 08, 09)
  • 1910s: 4 each for Mayo (1910, 15, 16, 18) and Galway (1911, 13, 17, 19)
  • 1920s: 5 for Mayo (1920, 21, 23, 24, 29)
  • 1930s: 7 for Mayo (1930, 31, 32, 35, 36, 37, 39)
  • 1940s: 4 each for Mayo (40, 41, 42, 45) and Roscommon (1943, 44, 46, 47)
  • 1950s: 5 for Galway (1954, 56, 57, 58, 59)
  • 1960s: 6 for Galway (1960, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68)
  • 1970s: 5 for Galway (1970, 71, 73, 74, 76)
  • 1980s: 5 for Galway (1982, 83, 84, 86, 87)
  • 1990s: 5 for Mayo (1992, 93, 96, 97, 99)
  • 2000s: 5 for Galway (2000, 02, 03, 05, 08)
  • 2010s: 5 for Mayo (2011, 12, 13, 14, 15)
  • 2020s: 2 each for Mayo (2020, 21) and Galway (2022, 23)

Final success rate

No counties have appeared in the final, being victorious on all occasions.

On the opposite end of the scale, one county has appeared in the final, losing on each occasion:

Gaps
  • Longest gaps between successive Connacht titles:
  • Longest gaps between successive Connacht finals:

Active gaps
  • Longest active gaps since a championship title:
  • Longest active gap since a championship final appearance:

Winning other trophies

Although not an officially recognised achievement, only two teams have achieved the distinction of winning the Connacht championship, the All-Ireland championship and the National Football League:

Most recent pairings in the final
  • Galway v Sligo: 2023
  • Galway v Roscommon: 2022
  • Mayo v Galway: 2021
  • Mayo v Sligo: 2015
  • Mayo v London: 2013
  • Mayo v Roscommon: 2011
  • Roscommon v Sligo: 2010
  • Galway v Leitrim: 2000
  • Mayo v Leitrim: 1967
  • Roscommon v Leitrim: 1914

Miscellaneous
  • Best finish by a debuting team
  • Best finish by a debuting team (after 1900)
  • Highest winning record
  • Lowest winning record
  • Most played match

See also

References
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