Connacht Senior Football Championship

Annual Gaelic football competition played on two continents

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Current season or competition:
2025 Connacht Senior Football Championship
Irish| Craobh Sinsir Peile Connachta
Code| Gaelic football
Founded| 1888; 137 years ago (1888)
Region| Connacht (GAA)
No. of teams| 7
Title holders|  Galway (50th title)
Most titles|  Galway (50 titles)
Sponsors| SuperValu, Allianz, AIB
TV partner(s)| RTÉ
Motto| Experience The Unforgettable
Official website| Official 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

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Galway | Galway | Pearse Stadium | Connacht | Winner  | 51  | 2025 | 9  | 2001
Leitrim | Carrick-on-Shannon | Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada | Connacht | Semi-finalist  | 2  | 1994 | 0  | —
London | South Ruislip | McGovern Park | Britain | Quarter-finalist  | 0  | —  | 0  | —
Mayo | Castlebar | MacHale Park | Connacht | Finalist  | 47  | 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 | Quarter-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

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Galway | —  | 1900 | 2025  | 51  | 2025 | Winner
Leitrim | —  | 1906 | 2025  | 2  | 1994 | Winner
London | —  | 1975 | 2025  | 0  | —  | Runner-up
Mayo | —  | 1901 | 2025  | 47  | 2021 | Winner
New York | 25  | 1999 | 2025  | 0  | —  | Semi-finalist
Roscommon | —  | 1901 | 2025  | 24  | 2019 | Winner
Sligo | —  | 1905 | 2025  | 3  | 2007 | Winner

### Personnel and kits

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County team | Manager | Captain(s) | Sponsors

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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

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| 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

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1900  |  | Galway |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1901  | 9 November 1902  | Mayo | 2-4  | Galway | 0-3  | Claremorris |  | 7  |  |
1902  |  | Galway |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1903  | 23 April 1905  | Roscommon | 1-2  | Mayo | 0-4  | Claremorris |  | 1  |  |
1904  | 23 April 1905  | Mayo | 3-6  | Roscommon | 0-1  | Claremorris |  | 14  |  |
1905  | 27 May 1906  | Roscommon | 0-7  | Mayo | 0-5  | Tuam |  | 2  |  |
1906  | 7 April 1907  | Mayo | 2-13  | Roscommon | 0-5  | Claremorris |  | 14  |  |
1907  | 26 May 1908  | Mayo | 3-9  | Galway | 0-1  | Tuam |  | 17  |  |
1908  | 31 January 1909  | Mayo | 2-5  | Galway | 0-4  | Tuam |  | 7  |  |
1909  | 30 October 1910  | Mayo | 1-4  | Galway | 0-3  | Ballina |  | 4  |  |
1910  | 6 November  | Galway | 1-3  | Roscommon | 1-2  | Athlone |  | 2  |  |
1911  | 24 September  | Galway | won  | Mayo | scr  | Claremorris |  |  |  |
1912  | 15 September  | Roscommon | 0-2  | Galway | 0-0  | Castlerea |  | 2  |  |
1913  | 28 September  | Galway | 1-2  | Mayo | 0-3  | Castlerea |  | 2  |  |
1914  | 17 October 1915  | Roscommon | 1-2  | Leitrim | 0-1  | Boyle |  | 4  |  |
1915  | 26 September  | Mayo | 3-1  | Roscommon | 1-3  | Castlerea |  | 1  |  |
1916  | 1 October  | Mayo | 1-5  | Roscommon | 0-3  | Castlerea |  | 5  |  |
1917  | 7 October  | Galway | 1-4  | Mayo | 1-1  | Castlerea |  | 4  |  |
1918  | 22 September  | Mayo | 0-4  | Galway | 0-1  | Castlerea |  | 3  |  |
1919  | 3 August  | Galway | 1-6  | Roscommon | 0-5  | Tuam |  | 4  |  |
1920  | 22 August  | Mayo | 2-3  | Sligo | 1-4  | Castlerea |  | 2  |  |
1921  | 25 March 1923  | Mayo | 1-4  | Roscommon | 0-1  | Castlerea |  | 7  |  |
1922  | 30 September 1923  | Galway | 1-7
2-4 *  | Sligo | 3-2
2-2  | Croke Park |  | 2  |  |
1923  | 4 May 1924  | Mayo | 0-3  | Galway | 0-2  | Tuam |  | 1  |  |
1924  | 9 November  | Mayo | 0-1
2-6 (R)  | Galway | 0-1
0-5 (R)  | Tuam |  | 7  |  |
1925  | 18 October  | Galway | 1-5  | Mayo | 1-3  | Tuam |  | 2  |  |
1926  | 11 July  | Galway | 3-2  | Mayo | 1-2  | Roscommon |  | 6  |  |
1927 | 7 August  | Leitrim | 2-4  | Galway | 0-3  | Roscommon |  | 7  |  |
1928  | 5 August  | Sligo | 1-4  | Mayo | 0-6  | Tuam |  | 1  |  |
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 | Michael Donnellan | 2  |  |
1934  | 22 July  | Galway | 2-4  | Mayo | 0-5  | Castlerea | Michael Higgins | 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 | Séamus O'Malley | 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 | John "Tull" Dunne | 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 | John "Tull" Dunne | 5  |  |
1941  | 20 July  | Galway | 0-8  | Roscommon | 1-4  | St. Coman's Park | Dinny O'Sullivan | 1  |  |
1942  | 19 July  | Galway | 2-6  | Roscommon | 3-2  | Ballinasloe | Charlie Connolly | 4  |  |
1943  | 18 July  | Roscommon | 2-6  | Galway | 0-8  | St. Coman's Park | Jimmy Murray | 6  |  |

1944  | 6 August  | Roscommon | 2-11  | Mayo | 1-6  | Tuam | Jimmy Murray | 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 | Jimmy Murray | 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 | John Forde | 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 | Seán Flanagan | 6  |  |
1951  | 15 July  | Mayo | 4-13  | Galway | 2-3  | St Jarlath's Park | Seán Flanagan | 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 | Jack Mangan | 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 | Seán Purcell | 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 | Gerry O'Malley | 1  |  |
1963  | 14 July  | Galway | 4-11  | Leitrim | 1-8  | MacHale Park | Mick Garrett | 12  |  |
1964  | 19 July  | Galway | 2-12  | Mayo | 1-5  | St Jarlath's Park | John Donnellan | 10  |  |
1965  | 1 August  | Galway | 1-12  | Sligo | 2-6  | St Jarlath's Park | Enda Colleran | 3  |  |
1966  | 17 July  | Galway | 0-12  | Mayo | 1-8  | MacHale Park | Enda Colleran | 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 | Liam Sammon | 1  |  |
1972  | 16 July  | Roscommon | 5-8  | Mayo | 3-10  | MacHale Park |  | 4  |  |
1973  | 8 July  | Galway | 1-17  | Mayo | 2-12  | MacHale Park | Liam Sammon | 2  |  |
1974  | 14 July  | Galway | 2-14  | Roscommon | 0-8  | Pearse Stadium | Gay Mitchell | 12  |  |
1975  | 20 July  | Sligo | 2–10
2-10 (R)  | Mayo | 1–13
0-15 (R)  | MacHale Park | Barnes Murphy | 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 | Danny Murray | 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 | Gay McManus | 16  |  |
1983  | 17 July  | Galway | 1-13  | Mayo | 1-10  | MacHale Park | Séamus McHugh | 3  |  |
1984  | 8 July  | Galway | 2-13  | Mayo | 2-9  | Pearse Stadium | Séamus McHugh | 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 | 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

2025 | 4 May  | Galway  | 1–17  | Mayo  | 1–15  | MacHale Park |  | 2  |  | 27,137

### 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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### 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  | Championships won  | Championships runner-up

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Galway | 51  | 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, 2025  | 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  | 36  | 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, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2024, 2025
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

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Connacht | 126  | 119  | 245
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)  | 2025 (7)  | Years

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Galway | QF  | 2nd  | SF  | 1st  | 2nd  | 1st  | 2nd  | 2nd  | 2nd  | 1st  | 1st  | 1st  | 1st  | 13
Leitrim | SF  | QF  | QF  | QF  | SF  | SF  | QF  | QF  | SF  | SF  | QF  | QF  | SF  | 13
London | 2nd  | QF  | QF  | QF  | QF  | QF  | QF  | —  | —  | QF  | QF  | QF  | QF  | 11
Mayo | 1st  | 1st  | 1st  | SF  | SF  | QF  | SF  | 1st  | 1st  | QF  | QF  | 2nd  | 2nd  | 13
New York | QF  | QF  | PR  | PR  | PR  | QF  | QF  | —  | —  | QF  | SF  | QF  | QF  | 11
Roscommon | SF  | SF  | SF  | 2nd  | 1st  | 2nd  | 1st  | SF  | SF  | 2nd  | SF  | SF  | SF  | 13
Sligo | QF  | SF  | 2nd  | SF  | QF  | SF  | SF  | —  | QF  | SF  | 2nd  | SF  | QF  | 12

### 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

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Galway  | —  | 2022 | 2024 | 2025 | 2025 | 2025 | 2024
Leitrim  |  | —  | 2022 | 2025 | 2023 | 2019 | 2024
London  |  |  | —  | 2016\+  |  | 2025 | 2023
Mayo  |  |  |  | —  | 2024 | 2024 | 2025
New York  |  |  |  |  | —  | 2016\+  | 2023
Roscommon  |  |  |  |  |  | —  | 2022
Sligo  |  |  |  |  |  |  | —

\+ = Rescheduled for 2026, after being absent in 2021 due to Covid-19 are Mayo v London and Roscommon v New York, for their first fixtures since 2016 (in rotation). London and New York withdrew for 2 years during the outbreak and Sligo for 1 year.

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 2030 Roscommon vs London and Galway vs New York like in 2025.

### 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)
* Galway (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)

#### Treble

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* Mayo (1935, 1936, 1937)
* Galway (1940, 1941, 1942)
* Galway (1982, 1983, 1984)

#### Double

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* Mayo (1915, 1916)
* Mayo (1920, 1921)
* Mayo (1923, 1924)
* Galway (1925, 1926)
* Galway (1933, 1934)
* Roscommon (1943, 1944)
* Roscommon (1946, 1947)
* Roscommon (1952, 1953)
* Roscommon (1961, 1962)
* Galway (1970, 1971)
* Galway (1973, 1974)
* Galway (1986, 1987)
* Mayo (1988, 1989)
* Roscommon (1990, 1991)
* Mayo (1992, 1993)
* Mayo (1996, 1997)
* Galway (2002, 2003)
* Mayo (2020, 2021)

#### 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: 4 for  Galway (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)

### Team debuts

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Year  | Debutants  | Total

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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:

* London (2013)

#### Gaps

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* Longest gaps between successive Connacht SFC titles:
* 67 years:  Leitrim (1927–1994)
* 47 years:  Sligo (1928–1975)
* 32 years:  Sligo (1975–2007)
* 29 years:  Roscommon (1914–1943)
* 12 years:  Mayo (1955–1967)
* 12 years:  Mayo (1969–1981)
* 11 years:  Roscommon (1892–1903)
* 10 years:  Roscommon (1962–1972)
* 10 years:  Roscommon (1980–1990)
* 10 years:  Roscommon (1991–2001)

* Longest gaps between successive Connacht SFC finals:
* 27 years:  Leitrim (1967–1994)
* 22 years:  Leitrim (1927–1949)
* 16 years:  Sligo (1981–1997)
* 15 years:  Sligo (1932–1947)
* 13 years:  Leitrim (1914–1927)
* 11 years:  Roscommon (1892–1903)
* 10 years:  Roscommon (1931–1941)

#### Active gaps

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* Longest active gaps since a Connacht SFC title:
* 31 years:  Leitrim (1994–)
* 18 years:  Sligo (2007–)
* 6 years:  Roscommon (2019–)
* 4 years:  Mayo (2021–)

* Longest active gap since a Connacht SFC final appearance:
* 25 years:  Leitrim (2000–)
* 12 years:  London (2013–)
* 3 years:  Roscommon (2022–)
* 2 years:  Sligo (2023–)

## Player records

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### Each team's most recent winning captain

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* Galway: Seán Kelly (2023)
* Leitrim: Declan Darcy (1994)
* Mayo: Aidan O'Shea (2021)
* Roscommon: Enda Smith (2019)
* Sligo: Noel McGuire (2007)

## 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

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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

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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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* Connacht Senior Club Football Championship
* Connacht Senior Hurling Championship
* All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
* Leinster Senior Football Championship
* Munster Senior Football Championship
* Ulster Senior Football Championship

## 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.
4. ^ "London dump Sligo out of Connacht". RTÉ. 26 May 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.[permanent dead link]
5. ^ "London end 36-year wait for Connacht championship glory". The Irish Times. 26 May 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
6. ^ "Connacht SFC: New York earn historic win". 9 April 2023.
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10. ^ "Three goal Mayo make it four-in-a-row". Irish Independent. 13 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
11. ^ "Connacht SFC final: Mayo maul Sligo to complete five-in-a-row". www.hoganstand.com. 19 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
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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.
18. ^ "Matthew Tierney inspires Galway to first successful defence of Connacht title in 20 years". The Irish Times. Retrieved 8 May 2023.

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