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Ulster Senior Football Championship#roll of honour

{{Short description|Annual Gaelic football competition}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}

{{Use Hiberno-English|date=October 2022}}

{{Infobox GAA tournament

| name = Ulster Senior Football Championship

| currentlyrunning = 2025 Ulster Senior Football Championship

| image =

| caption = The Anglo-Celt Cup, which is awarded to the Ulster champions

| irish =

| code = Gaelic football

| founded = 1888

| abolished =

| region = Ulster

| trophy = Anglo-Celt Cup

| teams = 9

| firstwin =

| title holders = 25px {{GG|Donegal|football}}

| currentordinal = 11

| super = th

| most titles = 25px {{GG|Cavan|football}}

| mostordinal = 40

| sponsors = SuperValu
Allianz
AIB

| tv =

| motto =

| website =

}}

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.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/ulster-the-hardest-province-to-win-harte-1.664385|title=Ulster the hardest province to win - Harte|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=13 May 2010|access-date=13 May 2010}}{{cite news|first=Ronan|last=Scott|title=Ulster 'best' says Sean Og|work=Gaelic Life|page=5|date=28 November 2008}} 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".{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/coldrick-i-should-have-given-conor-maginn-the-black-card-30899443.html|title=Coldrick: I should have given Conor Maginn the black card|publisher=Independent.ie|date=11 January 2015}}

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

Cavan are the most successful team in Ulster SFC history, having won the competition on 40 occasions.{{cite web|url=https://ulster.gaa.ie/county/cavan/|title=Counties/Cavan|work=Ulster GAA|access-date=26 November 2020}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://ulster.gaa.ie/2013/05/summer-begins-with-the-ulster-gaa-championships/|title=Summer begins with the Ulster GAA Championships|date=1 May 2013|access-date=1 May 2013|quote=2013 marks the 125th Anniversary of the Ulster Football Championship and the Ulster Museum in Botanic Gardens was transformed into an exhibition of Ulster's finest memories over those 125 years.}}

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.{{cite news|first=Seán|last=Moran|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/donegal-hoping-to-avoid-being-fifth-all-ireland-champions-in-20-years-to-fall-at-first-hurdle-in-ulster-1.1406722?page=1|title=Donegal hoping to avoid being fifth All-Ireland champions in 20 years to fall at first hurdle in Ulster: Uneasy lies the head that wears the northern crown|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=26 May 2013|access-date=26 May 2013}}

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|date=November 2017}}

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.{{cite web|title=Ulster open to Croke Park final again|url=https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/gaa/croke-park-now-the-final-option-for-ulster-championship-28534842.html|publisher=Belfast Telegraph|access-date=12 June 2016}} The 2007 final—contested by Monaghan and Tyrone—marked a return to Clones, with Tyrone emerging victorious.{{cite news |last1=Keys |first1=Colm |title=Tyrone fail to fly but stoop to conquer |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001715/20070716/389/0032# |access-date=28 April 2025 |work=Irish Independent |date=16 July 2007}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.hoganstand.com/Article/Index/314189|title=Athletic Grounds to host Ulster SFC final|work=Hogan Stand|date=15 November 2020|access-date=15 November 2020}} The final was last played in Belfast in 1971.{{cite web |last1=Lawlor |first1=Damian |title=Casement rebuild can bring 'major' events to Ireland |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2020/1015/1171704-casement-rebuild-can-bring-major-events-to-ireland/ |website=rte.ie |access-date=3 August 2021 |language=en |date=15 October 2020}}

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.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}

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).According to Mark Sidebottom, who presented BBC's live coverage of the game, in the post-match discussion. 23 June 2019.

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=

class="wikitable"

!

!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 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 championship with most participating teams being from Northern Ireland.

=2025 Championship=

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

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

!County team

!Location

!Stadium

!Position in 2024 Championship

!Ulster SFC titles

!Last Ulster SFC title

!All-Ireland SFC titles

!Last All-Ireland SFC title

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Antrim.svg {{GG|Antrim|football}}

|Belfast

|Corrigan Park

|Quarter-finalist

|10

|1951

|0

|{{N/A}}

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Armagh.svg {{GG|Armagh|football}}

|Armagh

|Athletic Grounds

|Runner-up

|14

|2008

|2

|2024

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Cavan.svg {{GG|Cavan|football}}

|Cavan

|Breffni Park

|Quarter-finalist

|40

|2020

|5

|1952

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Derry.svg {{GG|Derry|football}}

|Derry

|Celtic Park

|Quarter-finalist

|9

|2023

|1

|1993

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Donegal.svg {{GG|Donegal|football}}

|Ballybofey

|MacCumhaill Park

|Winner

|11

|2024

|2

|2012

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Down.svg {{GG|Down|football}}

|Newry

|Páirc Esler

|Semi-finalist

|12

|1994

|5

|1994

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Fermanagh.svg {{GG|Fermanagh|football}}

|Enniskillen

|Brewster Park

|Quarter-finalist

|0

|{{N/A}}

|0

|{{N/A}}

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Monaghan.svg {{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|Clones

|St Tiernach's Park

|Preliminary round exit

|16

|2015

|0

|{{N/A}}

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Tyrone.svg {{GG|Tyrone|football}}

|Omagh

|Healy Park

|Semi-finalist

|16

|2021

|4

|2021

=Personnel and kits=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

!County team

!Manager

!Captain(s)

!Sponsor(s)

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Antrim.svg {{GG|Antrim|football}}

|Andy McEntee{{cite news|url=https://www.hoganstand.com/Article/Index/324216|title='It probably surprises me as much as anybody else'|work=Hogan Stand|date=12 July 2022}}

|Dermot McAleese

|Fibrus

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Armagh.svg {{GG|Armagh|football}}

|Kieran McGeeney

|Aidan Forker{{cite news|url=https://hoganstand.com/Article/Index/330494|title=Forker handed Armagh captaincy ahead of Louth visit|website=hoganstand.com|date=26 January 2024}}

|Simply Fruit

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Cavan.svg {{GG|Cavan|football}}

|Raymond Galligan

|Padraig Faulkner & Ciarán Brady

|Kingspan Group

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Derry.svg {{GG|Derry|football}}

|Mickey Harte

|Conor Glass

|Errigal Contracts

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Donegal.svg {{GG|Donegal|football}}

|Jim McGuinness

|Paddy McBrearty

|Circet

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Down.svg {{GG|Down|football}}

|Conor Laverty{{cite news|url=https://www.the42.ie/conor-laverty-down-5836474-Aug2022/|title=Down appoint Conor Laverty as manager|publisher=The42.ie|first=Kevin|last=O'Brien|date=8 August 2022}}

|Pierce Laverty

|EOS IT Solutions

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Fermanagh.svg {{GG|Fermanagh|football}}

|Kieran Donnelly

|Eoin Donnelly

|Tracey Concrete

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Monaghan.svg {{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|Vinny Corey{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2022/0922/1324906-vinny-corey-ratified-as-new-monaghan-manager/|title=Vinny Corey ratified as new Monaghan manager|publisher=RTÉ|date=22 September 2022}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/gaelic-games/62998464|title=Vinny Corey: Former Farney defender succeeds Seamus McEnaney as Monaghan boss|publisher=BBC|date=22 September 2022}}

|Ryan Wylie

|All Boro Floor Services

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Tyrone.svg {{GG|Tyrone|football}}

|Malachy O'Rourke

|Pádraig Hampsey{{cite news|url=https://www.hoganstand.com/Article/Index/316954|title=Team news: Hampsey is new Red Hands captain|work=Hogan Stand|date=14 May 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/padraig-hampsey-is-new-tyrone-captain-but-no-sign-of-cathal-mcshane-comeback-just-yet-40427912.html|title=Pádraig Hampsey is new Tyrone captain – but no sign of Cathal McShane comeback just yet|work=Irish Independent|date=14 May 2021}}

|McAleer & Rushe Ltd

List of finals

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2" |Year

! rowspan="2" |Date

! colspan="2" |Winner

! colspan="2" |Runner-up

! rowspan="2" |Venue

! rowspan="2" |Winning captain

! rowspan="2" |Winning margin

County team

! Score

! County team

! Score

1887

|

| colspan="3" |No championship

|

|

|

|

1888

|

|{{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|0-2, 0-3 (R)

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|0-2, 0-1 (R)

|

|

|

1889

|

| colspan="3" |No championship

|

|

|

|

1890

|

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|2-8

|{{GG|Tyrone|football}}

|1-2

|

|

|

1891

|

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|1-11

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|0-0

|

|

|

1892–1900

|

| colspan="3" |No championship

|

|

|

|

1901–02 *

|

|{{GG|Antrim|football}}

|3-5

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|2-5

|

|

|

1903

|

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|2-2

|{{GG|Antrim|football}}

|1-4

|

|

|

1904

|

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|0-5, 0-5 (R1), 0-8 (R2)

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|0-5, 0-5 (R1), 0-4 (R2)

|

|

|

1905

|

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|0-7

|{{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|0-3

|

|

|

1906

|

|{{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|2-10

|{{GG|Antrim|football}}

|1-2

|

|

|

1907

|

| colspan="3" |No record

|

|

|

|

1908

|

|{{GG|Antrim|football}}

|1-8

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|0-4

|

|

|

1909

|

|{{GG|Antrim|football}}

|1-9

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|0-5

|

|

|

1910

|

|{{GG|Antrim|football}}

|3-4

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|0-1

|

|

|

1911

|

|{{GG|Antrim|football}}

|2-8

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|0-4

|

|

|

1912

|

|{{GG|Antrim|football}}

|2-2

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|0-1

|

|

|

1913

|

|{{GG|Antrim|football}}

|2-1

|{{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|1-2

|

|

|

1914

|

|{{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|2-4

|{{GG|Fermanagh|football}}

|0-2

|

|

|

1915

|

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|3-2, 0-4 (R)

|{{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|2-5, 0-3 (R)

|

|

|

1916

|

|{{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|2-3

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|0-2

|

|

|

1917

|

|{{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|4-2

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|0-4

|

|

|

1918

|

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|3-2

|{{GG|Antrim|football}}

|0-0

|

|

|

1919

|

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|5-6

|{{GG|Antrim|football}}

|0-2

|

|

|

1920

|

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|4-6

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|1-4

|

|

|

1921

|

|{{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|2-2

|{{GG|Derry|football}}

|1-1

|

|

|

1922Ulster GAA gives the 1922 title to both [https://ulster.gaa.ie/county/cavan/ Cavan] and [https://ulster.gaa.ie/county/monaghan/ Monaghan].

|

|{{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|2-3, 3-4 (R)

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|2-3, 3-3 (R)

|

|

|

1923

|

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|5-10

|{{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|1-1

|

|

|

1924

|

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|1-3, 2-3 (R)

|{{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|0-6, 1-3 (R)

|

|

|

1925

|

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|2-3, 3-6 (R)

|{{GG|Antrim|football}}

|3-0, 0-1 (R)

|

|

|

1926

|

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|5-3

|{{GG|Antrim|football}}

|0-6

|

|

|

1927

|

|{{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|3-5

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|2-5

|

|

|

1928

|

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|2-6

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|1-4

|

|

|

1929

|

|{{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|1-4, 1-10 (R)

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|1-4, 0-7 (R)

|

|

|

1930

|

|{{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|4-3

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|1-5

|

|

|

1931

|

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|0-8

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|2-1

|Athletic Grounds, Dundalk Frontier Sentinel - Saturday 01 August 1931

|

|

1932

|

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|2-4

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|0-2

|

|

|

1933

|

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|6-13

|{{GG|Tyrone|football}}

|1-2

|

|

|

1934

|

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|3-8

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|0-2

|

|

|

1935

|

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|2-6

|{{GG|Fermanagh|football}}

|2-1

|

|

|

1936

|

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|1-7

|{{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|0-7

|

|

|

1937

|

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|0-13

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|0-3

|

|

|

1938

|

|{{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|2-5

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|2-2

|

|

|

1939

|

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|2-3, 2-3 (R)*

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|1-3, 1-4 (R)

|

|

|

1940

|

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|4-10

|{{GG|Down|football}}

|1-5

|

|

|

1941

|

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|3-9

|{{GG|Tyrone|football}}

|0-5

|

|

|

1942

|

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|5-11

|{{GG|Down|football}}

|1-3

|

|

|

1943

|

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|2-3

|{{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|0-5

|

|

|

1944

|

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|1-9

|{{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|1-6

|

|

|

1945

|

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|4-10

|{{GG|Fermanagh|football}}

|1-4

|

|

|

1946

|

|{{GG|Antrim|football}}

|2-8

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|1-7

|

|

|

1947

|

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|3-4

|{{GG|Antrim|football}}

|1-6

|

|

|

1948

|

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|2-12

|{{GG|Antrim|football}}

|2-4

|

|

|

1949

|

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|1-7

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|1-6

|

|

|

1950

|

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|1-11

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|1-7

|

|

|

1951

|

|{{GG|Antrim|football}}

|1-7

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|2-3

|

|

|

1952

|

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|1-8

|{{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|0-8

|

|

|

1953

|

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|1-6

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|0-5

|

|Seán Quinn

|

1954

|

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|2-10

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|2-5

|

|

|

1955

|

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|0-11

|{{GG|Derry|football}}

|0-8

|

|

|

1956

|

|{{GG|Tyrone|football}}

|3-5

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|0-4

|

|

|

1957

|

|{{GG|Tyrone|football}}

|1-9

|{{GG|Derry|football}}

|0-10

|

|

|

1958

|

|{{GG|Derry|football}}

|1-11

|{{GG|Down|football}}

|2-4

|

|Jim McKeever

|

1959

|

|{{GG|Down|football}}

|2-16

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|0-7

|

|

|

1960

|

|{{GG|Down|football}}

|3-7

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|1-8

|

|Kevin Mussen

|

1961

|

|{{GG|Down|football}}

|2-10

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|1-10

|

|Paddy Doherty

|

1962

|

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|3-6

|{{GG|Down|football}}

|0-5

|

|

|

1963

|

|{{GG|Down|football}}

|2-11

|{{GG|Donegal|football}}

|1-4

|

|

|

1964

|

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|2-10

|{{GG|Down|football}}

|1-10

|

|

|

1965

|

|{{GG|Down|football}}

|3-5

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|1-8

|

|

|

1966

|

|{{GG|Down|football}}

|1-7

|{{GG|Donegal|football}}

|0-8

|

|

|

1967

|

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|2-12

|{{GG|Down|football}}

|0-8

|

|

|

1968

|

|{{GG|Down|football}}

|0-16

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|1-8

|

|Joe Lennon

|

1969

|

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|2-13

|{{GG|Down|football}}

|2-6

|

|

|

1970

|

|{{GG|Derry|football}}

|2-13

|{{GG|Antrim|football}}

|1-12

|

|

|

1971

|

|{{GG|Down|football}}

|4-15

|{{GG|Derry|football}}

|4-11

|

|

|

1972

|

|{{GG|Donegal|football}}

|2-13

|{{GG|Tyrone|football}}

|1-11

|

|

|

1973

|

|{{GG|Tyrone|football}}

|3-13

|{{GG|Down|football}}

|1-11

|

|

|

1974

|

|{{GG|Donegal|football}}

|1-14, 3-9 (R)

|{{GG|Down|football}}

|2-11, 1-12 (R)

|

|

|

1975

|

|{{GG|Derry|football}}

|1-16

|{{GG|Down|football}}

|2-6

|

|

|

1976

|

|{{GG|Derry|football}}

|1-8, 0-22 (R)

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|1-8, 1-16 (R)

|

|

|

1977

|

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|3-10

|{{GG|Derry|football}}

|1-5

|

|Jimmy Smyth

|

1978

|

|{{GG|Down|football}}

|2-19

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|2-12

|

|

|

1979

|

|{{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|1-15

|{{GG|Donegal|football}}

|0-11

|

|

|

1980

|

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|4-10

|{{GG|Tyrone|football}}

|4-7

|

|

|

1981

|

|{{GG|Down|football}}

|3-12

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|1-10

|

|

|

1982

|

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|0-10

|{{GG|Fermanagh|football}}

|1-4

|

|

|

1983

|

|{{GG|Donegal|football}}

|1-14

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|1-11

|

|

|

1984

|

|{{GG|Tyrone|football}}

|0-15

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|1-7

|

|

|

1985

|

|{{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|2-9

|{{GG|Derry|football}}

|0-8

|

|

|

1986

|

|{{GG|Tyrone|football}}

|1-11

|{{GG|Down|football}}

|0-10

|

|Eugene McKenna

|

1987

|

|{{GG|Derry|football}}

|0-11

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|0-9

|

|

|

1988

|

|{{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|1-10

|{{GG|Tyrone|football}}

|0-11

|

|

|

1989

|

|{{GG|Tyrone|football}}

|0-11, 2-13 (R)

|{{GG|Donegal|football}}

|0-11, 0-7 (R)

|

|

|

1990

|

|{{GG|Donegal|football}}

|0-15

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|0-14

|

|Anthony Molloy

|1

1991

|

|{{GG|Down|football}}

|1-15

|{{GG|Donegal|football}}

|0-10

|

|Paddy O'Rourke

|8

1992

|

|{{GG|Donegal|football}}

|0-14

|{{GG|Derry|football}}

|1-9

|

|Anthony Molloy

|2

1993

|

|{{GG|Derry|football}}

|0-8

|{{GG|Donegal|football}}

|0-6

|

|Henry Downey

|2

1994

|

|{{GG|Down|football}}

|1-17

|{{GG|Tyrone|football}}

|1-11

|

|D. J. Kane

|6

1995

|

|{{GG|Tyrone|football}}

|2-13

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|0-10

|

|Ciarán Corr

|9

1996

|

|{{GG|Tyrone|football}}

|1-9

|{{GG|Down|football}}

|0-9

|

|

|3

1997

|

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|1-14

|{{GG|Derry|football}}

|0-16

|

|

|1

1998

|

|{{GG|Derry|football}}

|1-7

|{{GG|Donegal|football}}

|0-8

|

|

|2

1999

|

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|3-12

|{{GG|Down|football}}

|0-10

|

|Jarlath Burns

|11

2000

|

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|1-12

|{{GG|Derry|football}}

|1-11

|

|Kieran McGeeney

|1

2001

|

|{{GG|Tyrone|football}}

|1-13

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|1-11

|

|

|2

2002

|

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|1-14

|{{GG|Donegal|football}}

|1-10

|

|Kieran McGeeney

|4

2003

|

|{{GG|Tyrone|football}}

|1-17, 0-23 (R)

|{{GG|Down|football}}

|4-8, 1-5 (R)

|

|Peter Canavan

|15 (R)

2004

|

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|3-15

|{{GG|Donegal|football}}

|0-11

|

|Kieran McGeeney

|13

2005

|

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|2-8, 0-13 (R)

|{{GG|Tyrone|football}}

|0-14, 0-11 (R)

|

|Kieran McGeeney

|2 (R)

2006

|

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|1-9

|{{GG|Donegal|football}}

|0-9

|

|

|3

2007

|

|{{GG|Tyrone|football}}

|1-15

|{{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|1-13

|

|

|2

2008

|

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|2-8, 1-11 (R)

|{{GG|Fermanagh|football}}

|1-11, 0-8 (R)

|

|

|6 (R)

2009

|

|{{GG|Tyrone|football}}

|1-18

|{{GG|Antrim|football}}

|0-15

|

|

|6

2010

|

|{{GG|Tyrone|football}}

|1-14

|{{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|0-7

|

|

|10

2011

|

|{{GG|Donegal|football}}

|1-11

|{{GG|Derry|football}}

|0-8

|

|Michael Murphy

|6

2012

|

|{{GG|Donegal|football}}

|2-18

|{{GG|Down|football}}

|0-13

|

|Michael Murphy

|11

2013{{cite news |title=Relentless Monaghan turntables on Donegal |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/football/relentless-monaghan-turntables-on-donegal-237576.html |newspaper=Irish Examiner |date=22 July 2013 |access-date=24 July 2013}}

|

|{{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|0-13

|{{GG|Donegal|football}}

|0-7

|

|

|6

2014{{cite news |title=Ominous signs as Donegal make it three from four |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ominous-signs-as-donegal-make-it-three-from-four-276156.html |newspaper=Irish Examiner |date=21 July 2014 |access-date=22 July 2014}}

|20 July

|{{GG|Donegal|football}}

|0-15

|{{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|1-9

|St Tiernach's Park

|Michael Murphy

|3

2015

|19 July

|{{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|0-11

|{{GG|Donegal|football}}

|0-10

|St Tiernach's Park

|Conor McManus

|1

2016

|17 July

|{{GG|Tyrone|football}}

|0-13

|{{GG|Donegal|football}}

|0-11

|St Tiernach's Park

|Seán Cavanagh

|2

2017

|16 July

|{{GG|Tyrone|football}}

|2-17

|{{GG|Down|football}}

|0-15

|St Tiernach's Park

|Seán Cavanagh

|8

2018

|24 June

|{{GG|Donegal|football}}

|2-18

|{{GG|Fermanagh|football}}

|0-12

|St Tiernach's Park

|Michael Murphy

|12

2019

|23 June

|{{GG|Donegal|football}}

|1-24

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|2-16

|St Tiernach's Park

|Michael Murphy

|8

2020

|22 November

|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

|1-13

|{{GG|Donegal|football}}

|0-12

|Athletic Grounds

|Raymond Galligan

|4

2021

|31 July

|{{GG|Tyrone|football}}

|0-16

|{{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|0-15

|Croke Park

|Pádraig Hampsey

|1

2022

|29 May

|{{GG|Derry|football}}

|1-16

|{{GG|Donegal|football}}

|1-14

|St Tiernach's Park

|Chrissy McKaigue

|2

2023

|14 May

|{{GG|Derry|football}}

|1-15 {{aet}}
{{pso|3–1}}

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|0-18 {{aet}}
{{pso|3–1}}

|St Tiernach's Park

|Conor Glass

|Penalties

2024

|12 May

|{{GG|Donegal|football}}

|0-20 {{aet}}
{{pso|6–5}}

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|0-20 {{aet}}
{{pso|6–5}}

|St Tiernach's Park

|Patrick McBrearty

|Penalties

2025

|10 May

|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

|

|{{GG|Donegal|football}}

|

|St Tiernach's Park

|

|

;Notes:

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

Team records and statistics

=Roll of honour=

==Legend==

  • {{bg|gold|Golden background}} – Ulster SFC winner or runner-up also won the All-Ireland SFC that year.

==Performance by team==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

!County team

!Title(s)

!Runner-up

!Years won

!Years runner-up

scope="row" | File:Colours_of_Cavan.svg {{GG|Cavan|football}}{{cite web|url=https://ulster.gaa.ie/county/cavan/|title=Cavan — Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Uladh|publisher=Ulster GAA|access-date=15 June 2022}}

| 40

| 23

| 1891, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1915, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1922,Ulster GAA gives the 1922 title to both [https://ulster.gaa.ie/county/cavan/ Cavan] and [https://ulster.gaa.ie/county/monaghan/ Monaghan]. If removed from Cavan it would leave the county with 39 titles. But 2020 is given as the county's [https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/as-it-happened-cavan-win-first-ulster-sfc-title-in-23-years-39776406.html 40th win]. 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1933 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, 1934, 1935 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, 1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, 1949, 1952 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, 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

scope="row" | File:Colours_of_Monaghan.svg {{GG|Monaghan|football}}{{cite web|url=https://ulster.gaa.ie/county/monaghan/|title=Monaghan — Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Uladh|publisher=Ulster GAA|access-date=15 June 2022}}

| 16

| 12

| 1888, 1906, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1921, 1922,Ulster GAA gives the 1922 title to both [https://ulster.gaa.ie/county/cavan/ Cavan] and [https://ulster.gaa.ie/county/monaghan/ Monaghan]. 1927, 1929, 1930, 1938, 1979, 1985, 1988, 2013, 2015

| 1905, 1913, 1923, 1924, 1936, 1943, 1944, 1952, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2021

scope="row" | File:Colours_of_Tyrone.svg {{GG|Tyrone|football}}{{cite web|url=https://ulster.gaa.ie/county/tyrone/|title=Tyrone — Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Uladh|publisher=Ulster GAA|access-date=15 June 2022}}

|16

| 7

| 1956, 1957, 1973, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2021 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

| 1890, 1941, 1972, 1980, 1988, 1994, 2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

scope="row" | File:Colours_of_Armagh.svg {{GG|Armagh|football}}{{cite web|url=https://ulster.gaa.ie/county/armagh/|title=Armagh — Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Uladh|publisher=Ulster GAA|access-date=15 June 2022}}

| 14

| 22

| 1890, 1902, 1950, 1953, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1999, 2000, 2002 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, 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

scope="row" | File:Colours_of_Down.svg {{GG|Down|football}}{{cite web|url=https://ulster.gaa.ie/county/down/|title=Down — Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Uladh|publisher=Ulster GAA|access-date=15 June 2022}}

| 12

| 15

| 1959, 1960 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, 1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, 1971, 1978, 1981, 1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, 1994 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

| 1940, 1942, 1958, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1986, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2012, 2017

scope="row" | File:Colours_of_Donegal.svg {{GG|Donegal|football}}{{cite web|url=https://ulster.gaa.ie/county/donegal/|title=Donegal — Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Uladh|publisher=Ulster GAA|access-date=15 June 2022}}

| 11

| 14

| 1972, 1974, 1983, 1990, 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, 2011, 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2024

| 1963, 1966, 1979, 1991, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2022

scope="row" | File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg {{GG|Antrim|football}}{{cite web|url=https://ulster.gaa.ie/county/antrim/|title=Antrim — Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Uladh|publisher=Ulster GAA|access-date=15 June 2022}}

|10

| 9

| 1900, 1901, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1946, 1951

| 1903, 1906, 1918, 1919, 1925, 1926, 1947, 1948, 2009

scope="row" | File:Colours_of_Derry.svg {{GG|Derry|football}}{{cite web|url=https://ulster.gaa.ie/county/derry/|title=Derry — Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Uladh|publisher=Ulster GAA|access-date=15 June 2022}}

| 9

| 10

| 1958, 1970, 1975, 1976, 1987, 1993 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, 1998, 2022, 2023

| 1921, 1955, 1957, 1971, 1977, 1985, 1992, 1997, 2000, 2011

scope="row" | File:Colours_of_Fermanagh.svg {{GG|Fermanagh|football}}{{cite web|url=https://ulster.gaa.ie/county/fermanagh/|title=Fermanagh — Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Uladh|publisher=Ulster GAA|access-date=15 June 2022}}

| 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==

class=wikitable
bgcolor=lime|Winner
bgcolor=thistle|Finalist
bgcolor=yellow|Semi-finalist
style="background:#ffebcd;"|Quarter-finalist / Super 8s
style="background:#afeeee;"|Qualifier Rounds 1–4 / Tommy Murphy Cup

class=wikitable style=text-align:center
width=150|Team2001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019
style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;"|{{GG|Antrim|football}}

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| style="background:#afeeee;"|TM

| style="background:#afeeee;"|TM

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q4

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q3

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q3

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;"|{{GG|Armagh|football}}

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q3

| bgcolor=lime|W

| bgcolor=thistle|F

| style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| bgcolor=yellow|SF

| style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q3

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q3

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q3

| style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q4

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q3

style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;"|{{GG|Cavan|football}}

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q4

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q4

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

| style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q3

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q3

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q4

style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;"|{{GG|Derry|football}}

| bgcolor=yellow|SF

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q3

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

| bgcolor=yellow|SF

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q3

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q3

| style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q3

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q3

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q4

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q3

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q3

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q4

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;"|{{GG|Donegal|football}}

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

| style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| bgcolor=yellow|SF

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q4

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

| style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q3

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

| style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| bgcolor=yellow|SF

| bgcolor=lime|W

| style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| bgcolor=thistle|F

| style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q4

| style="background:#ffebcd;"|S8s

| style="background:#ffebcd;"|S8s

style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;"|{{GG|Down|football}}

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q4

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q3

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q3

| bgcolor=thistle|F

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q4

| style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q3

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q4

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;"|{{GG|Fermanagh|football}}

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q3

| style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| bgcolor=yellow|SF

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q4

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q3

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q4

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;"|{{GG|Monaghan|football}}

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q4

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

| style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q4

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q4

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q1

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

| style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

| style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| bgcolor=yellow|SF

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;"|{{GG|Tyrone|football}}

| style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q4

| bgcolor=lime|W

| style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| bgcolor=lime|W

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

| style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| bgcolor=lime|W

| bgcolor=yellow|SF

| style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q3

| bgcolor=yellow|SF

| style="background:#afeeee;"|Q2

| bgcolor=yellow|SF

| style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| bgcolor=yellow|SF

| bgcolor=thistle|F

| bgcolor=yellow|SF

=By semi-final appearances (since 2016)=

Bold indicates years team reached the final.

class="wikitable sortable"

! width="20%" |Team

!No.

!Years in semi-finals

File:Colours_of_Donegal.svg {{GG|Donegal|football}}

|9

|2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025

File:Colours_of_Tyrone.svg {{GG|Tyrone|football}}

|6

|2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2024, 2025

File:Colours_of_Armagh.svg {{GG|Armagh|football}}

|6

|2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025

File:Colours_of_Monaghan.svg {{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|6

|2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023

File:Colours_of_Down.svg {{GG|Down|football}}

|6

|2017, 2018, 2020, 2023, 2024, 2025

File:Colours_of_Cavan.svg {{GG|Cavan|football}}

|4

|2016, 2019, 2020, 2022

File:Colours_of_Derry.svg {{GG|Derry|football}}

|2

|2022, 2023

File:Colours_of_Fermanagh.svg {{GG|Fermanagh|football}}

|1

|2018

File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg {{GG|Antrim|football}}

|0

|{{N/A}}

=Post-COVID team results=

Legend

  • {{bg|gold|1st}} – Winner
  • {{bg|silver|2nd}} – Runner-up
  • {{bg|#cceeee|SF/QF/PR}} – Semi-finalist / Quarter-finalist / Preliminary round exit

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

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

!Team

!2023 (9)

!2024 (9)

!Years

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg {{GG|Antrim|football}}

| bgcolor="#cceeee" |PR

|

!2

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Armagh.svg {{GG|Armagh|football}}

| bgcolor="silver" |2nd

|

!2

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Cavan.svg {{GG|Cavan|football}}

| bgcolor="#cceeee" |QF

|

!2

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Derry.svg {{GG|Derry|football}}

| bgcolor="gold" |1st

|

!2

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Donegal.svg {{GG|Donegal|football}}

| bgcolor="#cceeee" |QF

|

!2

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Down.svg {{GG|Down|football}}

| bgcolor="#cc9966" |SF

|

!2

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Fermanagh.svg {{GG|Fermanagh|football}}

| bgcolor="#cceeee" |QF

|

!2

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Monaghan.svg {{GG|Monaghan|football}}

| bgcolor="#cc9966" |SF

|

!2

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Tyrone.svg {{GG|Tyrone|football}}

| bgcolor="#cceeee" |QF

|

!2

=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=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!Year

!Debutants

!Total

1888

| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Cavan.svg {{GG|Cavan|football}}, File:Colours_of_Monaghan.svg {{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|2

1889

| style="text-align:left" |None

|0

1890

| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg {{GG|Antrim|football}}, File:Colours_of_Armagh.svg {{GG|Armagh|football}}, File:Colours_of_Tyrone.svg {{GG|Tyrone|football}}

|3

1891–1902

| style="text-align:left" |None

|0

1903

| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Fermanagh.svg {{GG|Fermanagh|football}}

|1

1904

| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Derry.svg {{GG|Derry|football}}, File:Colours_of_Down.svg {{GG|Down|football}}

|2

1905

| style="text-align:left" |None

|0

1906

| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Donegal.svg {{GG|Donegal|football}}

|1

1907–

| style="text-align:left" |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.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/northern_ireland/gaelic_games/5153174.stm|title=Donegal 0-09 1-09 Armagh|work=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|date=9 July 2006|access-date=9 July 2006}}

=All-time top scorers: Ulster players=

As of 3 June 2008, according to the BBC.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/the_championship/7432831.stm |title= Ulster's hot-shots |work=BBC Online |date=2008-06-03|access-date=2008-06-15 }} Updated list (2012)

class="wikitable"
Rank

! Player

! County

! Tally

! Total score

! Championship years

1

| Paddy Bradley

| {{GG|Derry|football}}

| 17–201

| 252

| 2000–2012

2

| Michael Murphy

| {{GG|Donegal|football}}

| 4–223

| 239

| 2007-2022

3

| Oisín McConville

| {{GG|Armagh|football}}

| 11–197

| 230

| 1997–2008

4

| Peter Canavan

| {{GG|Tyrone|football}}

| 9–191

| 218

| 1989–2005

5

| Paddy Doherty

| {{GG|Down|football}}

| 15–159

| 204

| 1954–1971

6

| Peter Donohoe

| {{GG|Cavan|football}}

| 17–133

| 184

| 1945–1955

7

| Seán O'Neill

| {{GG|Down|football}}

| 17–125

| 176

| 1959–1975

8

| Charlie Gallagher

| {{GG|Cavan|football}}

| 10–142

| 172

| 1955–1969

9

| Steven McDonnell

| {{GG|Armagh|football}}

| 15–111

| 156

| 2000–2011

10

| Seán O'Connell

| {{GG|Derry|football}}

| 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.{{cite news |first=Kieran |last=Shannon |author2=Leo McGeough |title=When Sunday Comes – Stevie from Killeavy: Ulster's top predator |work=Sunday Tribune |date=2008-06-15 }}

class="wikitable"
Rank

! Player

! County

! Number of goals

! Championship years

1=

| Steven McDonnell

| {{GG|Armagh|football}}

| 17

| 1999–2011

1=

| Peter Donohoe

| {{GG|Cavan|football}}

| 17

| 1945–1955

1=

| Seán O'Neill

| {{GG|Down|football}}

| 17

| 1959–1975

4

| Paddy Doherty

| {{GG|Down|football}}

| 15

| 1954–1971

5=

| Paddy Bradley **

| {{GG|Derry|football}}

| 13

| 2000–2012

5=

| Ger Houlahan

| {{GG|Armagh|football}}

| 13

| 1984–2000

5=

| James McCartan Snr

| {{GG|Down|football}}

| 13

| 1958–1967

5=

| Brendan Coulter *

| {{GG|Down|football}}

| 13

| 2000–2014

9=

| Joe Stafford

| {{GG|Cavan|football}}

| 12

| 1943–1949

9=

| Enda Muldoon

| {{GG|Derry|football}}

| 12

| 1997–2011

9=

| Jason Reilly

| {{GG|Cavan|football}}

| 12

| 1997–2008

12=

| Seán O'Connell

| {{GG|Derry|football}}

| 11

| 1957–1975

12=

| PT Treacy

| {{GG|Fermanagh|football}}

| 11

| 1960–1973

12=

| Oisín McConville

| {{GG|Armagh|football}}

| 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=

  • 1948 Peter Donohoe ({{GG|Cavan|football}}) 3–12
  • 1949 Peter Donohoe ({{GG|Cavan|football}}) 4–10
  • 1950 Peter Donohoe ({{GG|Cavan|football}}) 3–18
  • 1951 Joe McCallin ({{GG|Antrim|football}}) 3–14
  • 1952 John Joe Cassidy ({{GG|Cavan|football}}) 1-7
  • 1953 Art O'Hagan ({{GG|Armagh|football}}) 3-4
  • 1954 Brian Gallagher ({{GG|Cavan|football}}) 0–14
  • 1955 Peter Donohoe ({{GG|Cavan|football}}) 0–14
  • 1956 Frankie Donnelly ({{GG|Tyrone|football}}) & Victor Sherlock ({{GG|Cavan|football}}) 2–7
  • 1957 Frankie Donnelly ({{GG|Tyrone|football}}) 1–14
  • 1958 Paddy Doherty ({{GG|Down|football}}) 3–14
  • 1959 Paddy Doherty ({{GG|Down|football}}) 1–17
  • 1960 Con Smith ({{GG|Cavan|football}}) 1–17
  • 1961 Paddy Doherty ({{GG|Down|football}}) 1–16
  • 1962 Seamus McMahon ({{GG|Cavan|football}}) & Frankie Donnelly ({{GG|Tyrone|football}}) 0–11
  • 1963 Harry Laverty ({{GG|Donegal|football}}) 2–10
  • 1964 Charlie Gallagher ({{GG|Cavan|football}}) 0-*19
  • 1965 Charlie Gallagher ({{GG|Cavan|football}}) 2–29
  • 1966 PT Treacy ({{GG|Fermanagh|football}}) 4–13
  • 1967 Charlie Gallagher ({{GG|Cavan|football}}) 0-*19
  • 1968 Paddy Doherty ({{GG|Down|football}}) 1–17
  • 1969 Sean Woods ({{GG|Monaghan|football}}) & Gene Cusack ({{GG|Cavan|football}}) 3–7
  • 1970 Andy McCallin ({{GG|Antrim|football}}) 3–15
  • 1971 Sean O'Connell ({{GG|Derry|football}}) 1–18
  • 1972 Joe Winston ({{GG|Donegal|football}}) 0–26
  • 1973 Patsy Hetherington ({{GG|Tyrone|football}}) 0–17
  • 1974 Seamus Bonner ({{GG|Donegal|football}}) 6–4
  • 1975 Willie Walsh ({{GG|Down|football}}) 3–8
  • 1976 Steve Duggan ({{GG|Cavan|football}}) 1–22
  • 1977 Brendan Kelly ({{GG|Derry|football}}) 2–10
  • 1978 Donal Donohoe ({{GG|Cavan|football}}) 0–12
  • 1979 Kieran Finlay ({{GG|Monaghan|football}}) 1–18
  • 1980 Patsy Hetherington ({{GG|Tyrone|football}}) & Patsy Kerlin ({{GG|Tyrone|football}}) 4–3
  • 1981 Eamonn McEneaney ({{GG|Monaghan|football}}) & Brendan McGovern ({{GG|Down|football}}) 1–17
  • 1982 John Corvan ({{GG|Armagh|football}}) & Peter McGinnity ({{GG|Fermanagh|football}}) 1–9
  • 1983 Derek McDonnell ({{GG|Cavan|football}}) 4–11
  • 1984 Frank McGuigan ({{GG|Tyrone|football}}) 0–19
  • 1985 Eamonn McEneaney ({{GG|Monaghan|football}}) 3–16
  • 1986 Brendan Mason ({{GG|Down|football}}) 3–17
  • 1987 Enda Gormley ({{GG|Derry|football}}) 0–20
  • 1988 Stephen Conway ({{GG|Tyrone|football}}) 0–17
  • 1989 Martin McHugh ({{GG|Donegal|football}}) 2–16
  • 1990 Manus Boyle ({{GG|Donegal|football}}) 1–16
  • 1991 Ross Carr ({{GG|Down|football}}) 0–21
  • 1992 Enda Gormley ({{GG|Derry|football}}) 0–25
  • 1993 John Toner ({{GG|Armagh|football}}) 0–23
  • 1994 Peter Canavan ({{GG|Tyrone|football}}) 1–17
  • 1995 Peter Canavan ({{GG|Tyrone|football}}) 0–20
  • 1996 Peter Canavan ({{GG|Tyrone|football}}) 3–13
  • 1997 Joe Brolly ({{GG|Derry|football}}) 3–15
  • 1998 Joe Brolly ({{GG|Derry|football}}) & Tony Boyle ({{GG|Donegal|football}}) 0–13
  • 1999 Oisín McConville ({{GG|Armagh|football}}) 3–18
  • 2000 Rory Gallagher ({{GG|Fermanagh|football}}) 1–19
  • 2001 Rory Gallagher ({{GG|Fermanagh|football}}) 0–16
  • 2002 Rory Gallagher ({{GG|Fermanagh|football}}) 4–12
  • 2003 Peter Canavan ({{GG|Tyrone|football}}) 1–38
  • 2004 Colm McFadden ({{GG|Donegal|football}}) & Oisín McConville ({{GG|Armagh|football}}) 1–13
  • 2005 Stephen O'Neill ({{GG|Tyrone|football}}) 1–26
  • 2006 Oisín McConville ({{GG|Armagh|football}}) 3–25
  • 2007 Tommy Freeman ({{GG|Monaghan|football}}) 1-15{{cite web|title=Ulster GAA|work=ulster.gaa.ie |url=http://ulster.gaa.ie/landofthegiants/features/roll-of-honour/}}
  • 2008 Steven McDonnell ({{GG|Armagh|football}}) 1-17{{cite web|title=Ulster GAA|work=ulster.gaa.ie |url=http://ulster.gaa.ie/landofthegiants/features/roll-of-honour/}}
  • 2009 Paddy Bradley ({{GG|Derry|football}}) 3–12
  • 2010 Martin Clarke ({{GG|Down|football}}) 1-30
  • 2011 Martin Clarke ({{GG|Down|football}}) & Seán Cavanagh ({{GG|Tyrone|football}}) 2-16
  • 2012 Colm McFadden ({{GG|Donegal|football}}) 2-15
  • 2013 Colm McFadden ({{GG|Donegal|football}}) 2-12
  • 2014 Conor McManus ({{GG|Monaghan|football}}) 1-14
  • 2015 Conor McManus ({{GG|Monaghan|football}}) 1-19
  • 2016 Conor McManus ({{GG|Monaghan|football}}) 1-20
  • 2017 Conor McManus ({{GG|Monaghan|football}}) 2-13
  • 2018 Paddy McBrearty ({{GG|Donegal|football}}) 0-19
  • 2019 Rian O'Neill ({{GG|Armagh|football}}) 0-18
  • 2020 Gearóid McKiernan ({{GG|Cavan|football}}) 0-11 & Rian O'Neill ({{GG|Armagh|football}}) 0-11 & Donal O'Hare ({{GG|Down|football}}) 1-8
  • 2021 Darren McCurry ({{GG|Tyrone|football}}) 0-22
  • 2022 Shane McGuigan ({{GG|Derry|football}}) 1-17
  • 2023 Shane McGuigan ({{GG|Derry|football}}) 2-21
  • 2024 Paddy Lynch ({{GG|Cavan|football}}) 1-14

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

Managers

{{See also|List of Gaelic football managers}}

Managers in the Ulster SFC 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)=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

!#

!Manager(s)

!Winning team(s)

!Titles(s)

!Winning years

1

| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Tyrone.svg Mickey Harte

| style="text-align:center" |{{GG|Tyrone|football}}

| style="text-align:center" |6

|2003, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2017

rowspan="3" |2

| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Donegal.svg Jim McGuinness

| style="text-align:center" |{{GG|Donegal|football}}

| style="text-align:center" |4

|2011, 2012, 2014, 2024

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Tyrone.svg Art McRory

| style="text-align:center" |{{GG|Tyrone|football}}

| style="text-align:center" |4

|1984, 1995*, 1996*, 2001*

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Armagh.svg Joe Kernan

| style="text-align:center" |{{GG|Armagh|football}}

| style="text-align:center" |4

|2002, 2004, 2005, 2006

rowspan="2" |5

| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Donegal.svg Brian McEniff

| style="text-align:center" |{{GG|Donegal|football}}

| style="text-align:center" |5

|1972, 1974, 1983, 1990, 1992

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Tyrone.svg Eugene McKenna

| style="text-align:center" |{{GG|Tyrone|football}}

| style="text-align:center" |3

|1995*, 1996*, 2001*

rowspan="5" |7

| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Monaghan.svg Seán McCague

| style="text-align:center" |{{GG|Monaghan|football}}

| style="text-align:center" |2

|1985, 1988

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Down.svg Pete McGrath

| style="text-align:center" |{{GG|Down|football}}

| style="text-align:center" |2

|1991, 1994

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Armagh.svg Brian McAlinden
File:Colours of Armagh.svg Brian Canavan

| style="text-align:center" |{{GG|Armagh|football}}

| style="text-align:center" |2

|1999, 2000

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Monaghan.svg Malachy O'Rourke

| style="text-align:center" |{{GG|Monaghan|football}}

| style="text-align:center" |2

|2013, 2015

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Donegal.svg Declan Bonner

| style="text-align:center" |{{GG|Donegal|football}}

| style="text-align:center" |2

|2018, 2019

rowspan="9" |12

| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Tyrone.svg John Donnelly

| style="text-align:center" |{{GG|Tyrone|football}}

| style="text-align:center" |1

|1986

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Derry.svg Eamonn Coleman

| style="text-align:center" |{{GG|Derry|football}}

| style="text-align:center" |1

|1993

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Donegal.svg Martin McHugh

| style="text-align:center" |{{GG|Cavan|football}}

| style="text-align:center" |1

|1997

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Dublin.svg Brian Mullins

| style="text-align:center" |{{GG|Derry|football}}

| style="text-align:center" |1

|1998

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Armagh.svg Peter McDonnell

| style="text-align:center" |{{GG|Armagh|football}}

| style="text-align:center" |1

|2008

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Laois.svg Mickey Graham

| style="text-align:center" |{{GG|Cavan|football}}

| style="text-align:center" |1

|2020

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Tyrone.svg Feargal Logan, Brian Dooher

| style="text-align:center" |{{GG|Tyrone|football}}

| style="text-align:center" |1

|2021

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Derry.svg Rory Gallagher

| style="text-align:center" |{{GG|Derry|football}}

| style="text-align:center" |1

|2022

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours of Derry.svg Ciaran Meenagh

| style="text-align:center" |{{GG|Derry|football}}

| style="text-align:center" |1

|2023

==Notes==

* = joint managers

Media coverage

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

Venues

{{Clear}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin:1em auto;"

!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

200x200px

|200x200px

|200x200px

|200x200px

|

=Stadia and locations=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

!County team

!Location

!Province

!Stadium

!Capacity

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg {{GG|Antrim|football}}

|Belfast

|Ulster

|Corrigan Park

|3,700

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Armagh.svg {{GG|Armagh|football}}

|Armagh

|Ulster

|Athletic Grounds

|18,500

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Cavan.svg {{GG|Cavan|football}}

|Cavan

|Ulster

|Breffni Park

|25,030

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Derry.svg {{GG|Derry|football}}

|Derry

|Ulster

|Celtic Park

|18,500

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Donegal_GAA.svg {{GG|Donegal|football}}

|Ballybofey

|Ulster

|MacCumhaill Park

|17,500

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Down.svg {{GG|Down|football}}

|Newry

|Ulster

|Páirc Esler

|20,000

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Fermanagh.svg {{GG|Fermanagh|football}}

|Enniskillen

|Ulster

|Brewster Park

|18,000

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Monaghan.svg {{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|Clones

|Ulster

|St Tiernach's Park

|29,000

style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Tyrone.svg {{GG|Tyrone|football}}

|Omagh

|Ulster

|Healy Park

|17,636

See also

Notes

{{reflist|group="note"}}

References

{{reflist}}

External links

{{Commons category}}

  • [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/northern_ireland/the_championship/8178423.stm "Anglo Celt Cup winners"]. BBC. 2009.
  • [https://www.bbc.com/sport/gaelic-games/54742199 Do you remember the last Ulster SFC final before the back door arrived?]

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{{All-Ireland Senior Football Championship}}

{{Ulster Council}}

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