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Connacht Senior Football Championship
Current season or competition:
2024 Connacht Senior Football Championship
IrishCraobh Sinsir Peile Connachta
CodeGaelic football
Founded1888; 136 years ago (1888)
RegionConnacht (GAA)
No. of teams7
Title holders Galway (50th title)
Most titles Galway (50 titles)
SponsorsSuperValu, Eir, AIB
TV partner(s)RTÉ
MottoBe there. All the way.
Official websiteOfficial website

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

The Connacht SFC is run on a knock-out basis through which teams 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 winner and runner-up progresses directly to the All-Ireland SFC Group Stage. Before 2020, all losing teams progressed to the All-Ireland SFC Qualifiers, while, prior to 2001, the All-Ireland SFC was a straight knock-out format, which meant all losing teams were eliminated after a single defeat.

Galway are the three-time title holder, having defeated Mayo by 0–16 to 0–15 in the 2024 final.[2]

History

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Galway are Connacht's most successful county, with 50 Connacht SFC titles and 9 All-Ireland SFC titles. Mayo are next, with 47 Connacht SFC titles and 3 All-Ireland SFC titles. Roscommon have won the Connacht SFC title 24 times, most recently in 2019, as well having won 2 All-Ireland SFC titles. Apart from those three, no other team competing in Connacht has won an All-Ireland SFC title.

Sligo have won the Nestor Cup three times, most recently in 2007. Leitrim have won the competition twice, most recently in 1994.

London have competed in the Connacht SFC 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.[3][4][5] New York recorded their first, and, so far, only, victory in the championship over Leitrim in 2023.[6]

The competing counties play for the JJ Nestor Cup, which is presented to the winning captain on Connacht Final Day.

Connacht SFC moments

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  • Leitrim 0–12 – 2–4 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

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2025 Championship

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Seven counties will compete in the 2025 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 team Location Stadium Province Pos.
2024 		Champ.
titles 		Last
champ.
title 		All-Ire.
titles 		Last
All-Ire.
title
Galway Galway Pearse Stadium Connacht Winner 50 2024 9 2001
Leitrim Carrick-on-Shannon Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada Connacht Quarter-finalist 2 1994 0 —
London South Ruislip McGovern Park Britain Quarter-finalist 0 — 0 —
Mayo Castlebar MacHale Park Connacht Finalist 48 2021 3 1951
New York Bronx Gaelic Park North America Quarter-finalist 0 — 0 —
Roscommon Roscommon Dr Hyde Park Connacht Semi-finalist 24 2019 2 1944
Sligo Sligo Markievicz Park Connacht Semi-finalist 3 2007 0 —

List of teams

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

Team App. Debut Most recent Connacht SFC titles Last Connacht SFC title Best Connacht SFC result
Galway — 1900 2024 49 2022 Winner
Leitrim — 1906 2024 2 1994 Winner
London — 1975 2024 0 — Runner-up
Mayo — 1901 2024 48 2021 Winner
New York 24 1999 2024 0 — Semi-finalist
Roscommon — 1901 2024 24 2019 Winner
Sligo — 1905 2024 3 2007 Winner

Personnel and kits

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County team Manager Captain(s) Sponsors
Galway Pádraic Joyce Seán Kelly Supermac's
Leitrim Micheal Grahame[7] 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 AbbVie

List of finals

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Legend

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All-Ireland SFC winner
All-Ireland SFC runner-up

List of Connacht SFC finals

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Year Date Winner Runner-up Venue Winning captain Winning margin Referee Attendance
County team Score County team Score
1900 Galway
1901 Mayo 2-4 Galway 0-3
1902 Galway
1903 Roscommon 1-2 Mayo 0-4
1904 Mayo 3-6 Roscommon 0-1
1905 Roscommon 0-7 Mayo 0-5
1906 Mayo 2-13 Roscommon 0-5
1907 Mayo 3-9 Galway 0-1
1908 Mayo 2-5 Galway 0-4
1909 Mayo 1-4 Galway 0-3
1910 Galway 1-3 Roscommon 1-2
1911 Galway won Mayo scr
1912 Roscommon 0-2 Galway 0-0
1913 Galway 1-2 Mayo 0-3
1914 Roscommon 1-2 Leitrim 0-1
1915 Mayo 3-1 Roscommon 1-3
1916 Mayo 1-5 Roscommon 0-3
1917 Galway 1-4 Mayo 1-1
1918 Mayo 0-4 Galway 0-1
1919 Galway 1-6 Roscommon 0-5
1920 Mayo 2-3 Sligo 1-4
1921 Mayo 1-4 Roscommon 0-1
1922 Galway 1-7
2-4 * 		Sligo 3-2
2-2
1923 Mayo 0-3 Galway 0-2
1924 Mayo 0-1
2-6 (R) 		Galway 0-1
0-5 (R)
1925 Galway 1-5 Mayo 1-3
1926 Galway 3-2 Mayo 1-2
1927 Leitrim 2-4 Galway 0-3
1928 Sligo 1-4 Mayo 0-6
1929 21 July Mayo 1-6 Galway 0-4 Roscommon 5
1930 10 August Mayo 1-7 Sligo 1-2 Tuam 5
1931 9 August Mayo 2-10 Roscommon 3-2 Sligo 8
1932 7 August Mayo 2-6 Sligo 0-7 Tuam 5
1933 23 July Galway 1-7 Mayo 1-5 Castlerea 2
1934 22 July Galway 2-4 Mayo 0-5 Castlerea 5
1935 21 July Mayo 0-12 Galway 0-5 Roscommon 7
1936 2 August Mayo 2-4
2-7 (R) 		Galway 1-7
1-4 (R) 		St. Coman's Park 6
1937 18 July Mayo 3-5 Galway 0-8 St. Coman's Park 6
1938 17 July Galway 0-8 Mayo 0-5 St. Coman's Park 3
1939 16 July Mayo 2-6 * Galway 0-3 St. Coman's Park 9
1940 21 July Galway 1-7 Mayo 0-5 St. Coman's Park 5
1941 20 July Galway 0-8 Roscommon 1-4 St. Coman's Park 1
1942 19 July Galway 2-6 Roscommon 3-2 Ballinasloe 4
1943 18 July Roscommon 2-6 Galway 0-8 St. Coman's Park 6


1944 6 August Roscommon 2-11 Mayo 1-6 Tuam 8
1945 22 July Galway 2-6 Mayo 1-7 St. Coman's Park 2
1946 11 August Roscommon 1-4
1-9* 		Mayo 0-6
1-2 		St. Coman's Park 7
1947 20 July Roscommon 2-12 Sligo 1-8 Ballina 7
1948 25 July Mayo 2-4
2-10 (R) 		Galway 1-7
2-7 (R) 		St. Coman's Park 3
1949 31 July Mayo 4-6 Leitrim 0-3 St. Coman's Park 15
1950 16 July Mayo 1-7 Roscommon 0-4 St Jarlath's Park 6
1951 15 July Mayo 4-13 Galway 2-3 St Jarlath's Park 14
1952 13 July Roscommon 3-5 Mayo 0-6 MacHale Park 8
1953 19 July Roscommon 1-6 Mayo 0-6 St. Coman's Park 3
1954 18 July Galway 2-10 Sligo 3-4 St Jarlath's Park 3
1955 17 July Mayo 3-11 Roscommon 1-3 St Jarlath's Park 14
1956 15 July Galway 3-12 Sligo 1-5 Markievicz Park 14
1957 14 July Galway 4-8 Leitrim 0-4 Pearse Stadium 20
1958 13 July Galway 2-10 Leitrim 1-11 St. Coman's Park 2
1959 9 August Galway 5-8 Leitrim 0-12 Markievicz Park 9
1960 10 July Galway 2-5 Leitrim 0-5 Markievicz Park 6
1961 9 July Roscommon 1-11 Galway 2-7 MacHale Park 1
1962 22 July Roscommon 3-7 Galway 2-9 MacHale Park 1
1963 14 July Galway 4-11 Leitrim 1-8 MacHale Park 12
1964 19 July Galway 2-12 Mayo 1-5 St Jarlath's Park 10
1965 1 August Galway 1-12 Sligo 2-6 St Jarlath's Park 3
1966 17 July Galway 0-12 Mayo 1-8 MacHale Park 1
1967 16 July Mayo 4-15 Leitrim 0-7 St Jarlath's Park 20
1968 21 July Galway 2-10 Mayo 2-9 MacHale Park 1
1969 3 August Mayo 0–11
1-11 (14) 		Galway 1-8
1-8 (11) 		MacHale Park 3
1970 12 July Galway 2-15 (21) Roscommon 1-8 (11) Pearse Stadium 10
1971 25 July Galway 2–15
1-17 (R) 		Sligo 2–15
3-10 (R) 		MacHale Park 1
1972 16 July Roscommon 5-8 Mayo 3-10 MacHale Park 4
1973 8 July Galway 1-17 Mayo 2-12 MacHale Park 2
1974 14 July Galway 2-14 Roscommon 0-8 Pearse Stadium 12
1975 20 July Sligo 2–10
2-10 (R) 		Mayo 1–13
0-15 (R) 		MacHale Park 1
1976 18 July Galway 1-8
1-14 (R) 		Roscommon 1-8
0-9 (R) 		St Jarlath's Park 5
1977 10 July Roscommon 1-12 Galway 2-8 Dr Hyde Park 14
1978 9 July Roscommon 2-7 Galway 0-9 Pearse Stadium 4
1979 15 July Roscommon 3-15 Mayo 2-10 MacHale Park 9
1980 13 July Roscommon 3-13 Mayo 0-8 Dr Hyde Park 14
1981 12 July Mayo 0-12 Sligo 0-4 MacHale Park 8
1982 11 July Galway 3-17 Mayo 0-10 St Jarlath's Park 16
1983 17 July Galway 1-13 Mayo 1-10 MacHale Park 3
1984 8 July Galway 2-13 Mayo 2-9 Pearse Stadium 4
1985 14 July Mayo 2-11 Roscommon 0-8 Dr Hyde Park 9
1986 13 July Galway 1-8 Roscommon 1-5 Dr Hyde Park Tomás Tierney 3
1987 12 July Galway 0-8 Mayo 0-7 MacHale Park Val Daly 1
1988 24 July Mayo 1-12 Roscommon 0-8 Dr Hyde Park Dermot Flanagan 7
1989 30 July Mayo 0–12
3-14 (R) 		Roscommon 1-9
2-13 (R) 		Dr Hyde Park Jimmy Browne 4
1990 22 July Roscommon 0-16 Galway 1-11 Dr Hyde Park Paul Earley 2 18,000
1991 28 July Roscommon 0–14
0-13 (R) 		Mayo 0–14
1-9 (R) 		Dr Hyde Park John Newton 1 25,000
24,000 (R)
1992 26 July Mayo 1-14 Roscommon 0-10 MacHale Park Peter Ford 7 30,000
1993 25 July Mayo 1-5 Roscommon 0-7 Dr Hyde Park Kevin Beirne 1 26,000
1994 24 July Leitrim 0-12 Mayo 2-4 Dr Hyde Park Declan Darcy 2 18,271
1995 23 July Galway 0-17 Mayo 1-7 St Jarlath's Park Jarlath Fallon 7 17,000
1996 21 July Mayo 3-9 Galway 1-11 MacHale Park Noel Connelly 4
1997 3 August Mayo 0-11 Sligo 1-7 Dr Hyde Park Noel Connelly 1 22,000
1998 1 August Galway 0–11
1-17 (R) 		Roscommon 0–11
0-17 (R) 		Dr Hyde Park Ray Silke 3 25,000
30,000 (R)
1999 18 July Mayo 1-14 Galway 1-10 St Jarlath's Park Kenneth Mortimer 4 31,000
2000 30 July Galway 1-13 Leitrim 0-8 Dr Hyde Park Pádraic Joyce 8 28,000
2001 1 July Roscommon 2-10 Mayo 1-12 Dr Hyde Park Fergal O'Donnell 1 28,000
2002 30 June Galway 1-11 Sligo 0-11 MacHale Park Pádraic Joyce 3 14,000
2003 6 July Galway 1-14 Mayo 0-13 Pearse Stadium Kevin Walsh 4
2004 18 July Mayo 2-13 Roscommon 0-9 MacHale Park Fergal Costello 10 34,790
2005 10 July Galway 0-10 Mayo 0-8 Pearse Stadium Pádraic Joyce 2 29,711
2006 16 July Mayo 0-12 Galway 1-8 MacHale Park David Heaney 1 34,613
2007 8 July Sligo 1-10 Galway 0-12 Dr Hyde Park Noel McGuire 1 11,317
2008 13 July Galway 2-12 Mayo 1-14 MacHale Park Pádraic Joyce 1 31,789
2009 19 July Mayo 2-12 Galway 1-14 Pearse Stadium Trevor Mortimer 1 25,627
2010 18 July Roscommon 0-14 Sligo 0-13 MacHale Park Peter Domican 1 Jimmy White (Donegal) 25,300
2011 17 July Mayo 0-13 Roscommon 0-11 Dr Hyde Park Alan Dillon 2 Michael Collins (Cork) 25,609
2012[8] 15 July Mayo 0-12 Sligo 0-10 Dr Hyde Park Andy Moran 2 Cormac Reilly (Meath) 23,257
2013[9] 21 July Mayo 5-11 London 0-10 MacHale Park Andy Moran 16 Conor Lane (Cork) 21,274
2014[10] 13 July Mayo 3-14 Galway 0-16 MacHale Park Andy Moran 7 Rory Hickey (Clare) 26,738
2015[11] 19 July Mayo 6-25 Sligo 2-11 Dr Hyde Park Keith Higgins 26 Padraig O'Sullivan (Kerry) 23,196
2016[citation needed] 17 July Galway 0–13
3-16 (R) 		Roscommon 1–10
0-14(R) 		MacHale Park Gary O'Donnell 11 (R) Ciaran Branagan (Down) 24,324
15,960 (R)
2017[12] 9 July Roscommon 2-15 Galway 0-12 Pearse Stadium Ciarán Murtagh 9 David Gough (Meath) 18,287
2018[13] 17 June Galway 0-16 Roscommon 2-6 Dr Hyde Park Damien Comer 4 David Coldrick (Meath) 18,864
2019[14] 16 June Roscommon 1-13 Galway 0-12 Pearse Stadium Enda Smith 4 Barry Cassidy (Derry) 17,639
2020[15] 15 November Mayo 0-14 Galway 0-13 Pearse Stadium Aidan O'Shea 1 Sean Hurson (Tyrone) 0
2021[16] 25 July Mayo 2-14 Galway 2-8 Croke Park Aidan O'Shea 6 Conor Lane (Cork) 18,000
2022[17] 29 May Galway 2-19 Roscommon 2-16 Pearse Stadium Seán Kelly 3 Joe McQuillan (Cavan) 21,419
2023[18] 7 May Galway 2-20 Sligo 0-12 MacHale Park Seán Kelly 14 Brendan Cawley (Kildare) 11,867
2024[2] 5 May Galway 0-16 Mayo 0-15 Pearse Stadium Seán Kelly 1 David Gough (Meath) 19,193


Notes

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  • 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

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Main article: Connacht Senior Football Championship records and statistics

Roll of honour

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Legend

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  • Golden background – Connacht SFC winner or runner-up also won the All-Ireland SFC that year.

Performance by team

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County team Title(s) Runner-up Winning years Losing years
Galway 50 34 1900, 1902, 1910, 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, 2024 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 47 35 1901, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 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, 2024
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

Performance by province

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Province Titles Runner-up Total
Connacht 125 118 243
Britain 0 1 1

Team results

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Legend

  • 1st – Winner
  • 2nd – Runner-up
  • SF/QF/PR – Semi-finalist / Quarter-finalist / Preliminary round exit

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

Team 2013 (7) 2014 (7) 2015 (7) 2016 (7) 2017 (7) 2018 (7) 2019 (7) 2020 (4) 2021 (5) 2022 (7) 2023 (7) 2024 (7) Years
Galway QF 2nd SF 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 12
Leitrim SF QF QF QF SF SF QF QF SF SF QF QF 12
London 2nd QF QF QF QF QF QF — — QF QF QF 10
Mayo 1st 1st 1st SF SF QF SF 1st 1st QF QF 2nd 12
New York QF QF PR PR PR QF QF — — QF SF QF 10
Roscommon SF SF SF 2nd 1st 2nd 1st SF SF 2nd SF SF 12
Sligo QF SF 2nd SF QF SF SF — QF SF 2nd SF 11

Winning teams

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Main article: List of Connacht Senior Football Championship winners

Most recent championship meetings

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Gal Lei Lon May New Ros Sli
Galway — 2022 2024 2024 2015* 2023 2024
Leitrim — 2022 2021 2023 2019 2024
London — 2016+ 2015* 2023
Mayo — 2024 2024 2021
New York — 2016+ 2023
Roscommon — 2022
Sligo —

* = Rescheduled for 2025, after being postponed in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games are Roscommon v London and Galway v New York, for their first fixtures since 2015.

+ = Rescheduled for 2026, after being absent in 2021 for the same reason are Mayo v London and Roscommon v New York, for their first fixtures since 2016 (in rotation).

In 2027, Sligo v New York, Leitrim v London are lined up. In 2028, Sligo v London, Leitrim v New York if London and New York don't win before that in 2029 Galway v London and Mayo v New York like in 2024.

Consecutive titles

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Quintuple

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

Quadruple

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

Treble

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Double

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Single

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  • 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)

Titles by decade

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

  • 1900s: 6 for Mayo (1901, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909)
  • 1910s: 4 each for Mayo (1910, 1915, 1916, 1918) and Galway (1911, 1913, 1917, 1919)
  • 1920s: 5 for Mayo (1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1929)
  • 1930s: 7 for Mayo (1930, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939)
  • 1940s: 4 each for Mayo (1940, 1941, 1942, 1945) and Roscommon (1943, 1944, 1946, 1947)
  • 1950s: 5 for Galway (1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959)
  • 1960s: 6 for Galway (1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968)
  • 1970s: 5 for Galway (1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976)
  • 1980s: 5 for Galway (1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987)
  • 1990s: 5 for Mayo (1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999)
  • 2000s: 5 for Galway (2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008)
  • 2010s: 5 for Mayo (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
  • 2020s: 3 for Galway (2022, 2023, 2024)

Team debuts

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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

Other records

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Final success rate

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No county teamss 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:

Gaps

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

Active gaps

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  • Longest active gaps since a Connacht SFC title:
  • Longest active gap since a Connacht SFC final appearance:

Player records

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Each team's most recent winning captain

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Managers

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See also: List of Gaelic football managers

Managers in the Connacht 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 (1983–2024)

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# Manager(s) Winning team(s) Titles(s) Winning years
1 John O'Mahony Mayo
Leitrim
Galway 		8 1988, 1989, 2009
1994
1998, 2000, 2002, 2003
2 James Horan Mayo 6 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2020, 2021
3 John Maughan Mayo 4 1996, 1997, 1999, 2004
4 Pádraic Joyce Galway 3 2022, 2023, 2024
5 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
9 Brian McEniff Sligo 1 1975
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

Venues

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Stadia and locations

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County team 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 25,000
Sligo Sligo Connacht Markievicz Park 18,558

See also

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References

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  2. ^ a b "Connor Gleeson's late free wins Galway third Connacht title in a row". The Irish Times. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  3. ^ "London shock Sligo to secure first Connacht SFC victory since 1977". The Score. 26 May 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
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  12. ^ "Connacht SFC final: rampant Rossies stun terrible Tribe". www.hoganstand.com. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  13. ^ "Connacht SFC final: Tribesmen overpower Rossies after the break". www.hoganstand.com. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  14. ^ "Connacht SFC final: remarkable Rossies battle back to slay terrible Tribesmen". www.hoganstand.com. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  15. ^ "Mayo capture first Connacht crown since 2015 after holding off late Galway rally". www.the42.ie. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  16. ^ "Mayo Galway Report". Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  17. ^ "Galway gain revenge over Roscommon to land Connacht SFC title". RTÉ. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
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