2021–22 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship

2021–22 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship

Dates	21 November 2021 – 12 February 2022
Teams	32
Sponsor	Allied 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 played	26
Goals scored	51 (1.96 per game)
Points scored	549 (21.12 per game)
Top scorer(s)	Eamonn Callaghan (0-21) (Naas)
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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.

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[]

	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[]

	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

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