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Leinster Senior Club Football Championship
Gaelic football tournament
Summary
Gaelic football tournament
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Leinster Senior Club Football Championship |
| first | 1970 |
| currentlyrunning | 2025 Leinster Senior Club Football Championship |
| irish | Craobh Sinsir Peile Laighean na gClub |
| current | Ballyboden St Enda's |
| currentordinal | 3 |
| most | St. Vincent's & Portlaoise & Kilmacud Crokes |
| mostordinal | 7 |
| sponsors | Allied Irish Banks |
| tv | TG4 |
| motto | The toughest of them all |
| trophy | Seán McCabe Cup |
The Leinster Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament played on a knockout basis between the senior club championship winners of the competing counties in Leinster. The current holders of the Leinster title are Kilmacud Crokes from Dublin. Offaly side Gracefield were the first winners of the Leinster senior club football championship in the 1970–71 season. The most successful clubs are St. Vincent's, and Kilmacud Crokes from Dublin, and Portlaoise from Laois, who have won the Leinster championship on seven occasions. Carlow club Éire Óg won 5 championships in 7 years in the 1990s. Dublin clubs have won the Leinster championship twenty five times, which is more than triple any other county. The winner of this competition represents Leinster in the semi-finals of the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.
Wins by team
| Team | Wins | Years won | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Vincent's | 7 | 1972, 1975, 1984, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2016 |
| Portlaoise | 7 | 1971, 1976, 1982, 1985, 1987, 2004, 2009 | Laois |
| Kilmacud Crokes | 7 | 1994, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2021, 2022, 2023 | Dublin |
| 4 | Éire Óg | 5 | 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998 |
| 5 | Ballyboden St. Enda's | 3 | 2015, 2019, 2025 |
| 6 | Moorefield | 2 | 2006, 2017 |
| Thomas Davis | 2 | 1990, 1991 | Dublin |
| Walterstown | 2 | 1980, 1983 | Meath |
| Walsh Island | 2 | 1978, 1979 | Offaly |
| UCD | 2 | 1973, 1974 | Dublin |
| 11 | Cuala | 1 | 2024 |
| Mullinalaghta St. Columba's | 1 | 2018 | Longford |
| Ballymun Kickhams | 1 | 2012 | Dublin |
| Garrycastle | 1 | 2011 | Westmeath |
| St. Brigid's | 1 | 2003 | Dublin |
| Dunshaughlin | 1 | 2002 | Meath |
| Rathnew | 1 | 2001 | Wicklow |
| O'Hanrahans | 1 | 2000 | Carlow |
| Na Fianna | 1 | 1999 | Dublin |
| Erin's Isle | 1 | 1997 | Dublin |
| Baltinglass | 1 | 1989 | Wicklow |
| Parnells | 1 | 1988 | Dublin |
| Ferbane | 1 | 1986 | Offaly |
| Raheens | 1 | 1981 | Kildare |
| Summerhill | 1 | 1977 | Meath |
| Gracefield | 1 | 1970 | Offaly |
Wins by county
| # | County | Leinster Titles | Runners-up | Last provincial winners |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dublin clubs | 27 | 11 | Ballyboden St. Enda's, 2025 |
| 2 | Laois clubs | 7 | 9 | Portlaoise, 2009 |
| 3 | Carlow clubs | 6 | 2 | O'Hanrahans, 2000 |
| 4 | Offaly clubs | 4 | 9 | Ferbane, 1986 |
| 4 | Meath clubs | 4 | 2 | Dunshaughlin, 2002 |
| 6 | Kildare clubs | 3 | 7 | Moorefield, 2017 |
| 7 | Wicklow clubs | 2 | 4 | Rathnew, 2001 |
| 8 | Westmeath clubs | 1 | 6 | Garrycastle, 2011 |
| 8 | Longford clubs | 1 | 0 | Mullinalaghta St. Columba's, 2018 |
| 9 | Louth clubs | 0 | 5 |
No club from Kilkenny or Wexford has ever appeared in a Leinster Club Football Championship final.
Finals by year
| Year | Winner | County | Score | Opponent | County | Score | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2025/1206/1547597-dominant-second-half-sees-ballyboden-to-leinster-glory/ | title=Dominant second half sees Ballyboden St Enda's to Leinster glory | access-date=6 December 2025 | work=RTÉ | date=6 December 2025 | first=Paul | last=Keane}} | Ballyboden St. Enda's | Dublin | 2-18 | Athy | Kildare | 1-14 |
| url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2024/1130/1483902-keating-holds-nerve-to-hand-cuala-first-leinster-title/ | title=Keating holds nerve to hand Cuala first Leinster title | access-date=16 December 2024 | work=RTÉ | date=1 December 2024}} | Cuala | Dublin | 1-14 | St Mary's | Louth | 2-10 | ||
| url= https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2023/1202/1419770-crokes-seal-leinster-three-in-a-row-against-gritty-naas/ | title= Shane Walsh on song as Crokes seal Leinster three-in-a-row | access-date=2 December 2023 | work=RTÉ | date=2 December 2023}} | Kilmacud Crokes | Dublin | 1-14 | Naas | Kildare | 0-10 | ||
| url= https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2022/1204/1339884-walsh-wows-as-crokes-comfortably-retain-leinster-title/ | title= Walsh wows as Crokes comfortably retain Leinster title against The Downs | access-date=4 December 2022 | work=RTÉ | date=4 December 2022}} | Kilmacud Crokes | Dublin | 1-12 | The Downs | Westmeath | 0-08 | ||
| 2021 | Kilmacud Crokes | Dublin | 0-14 | Naas | Kildare | 0-07 | ||||||
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games | |||||||||||
| 2019 | Ballyboden St Enda's | Dublin | 0-08 | Éire Óg | Carlow | 0-06 | ||||||
| 2018 | Mullinalaghta St Columba's | Longford | 1-08 | Kilmacud Crokes | Dublin | 1-06 | ||||||
| 2017{{cite web | url=https://www.hoganstand.com/Article/Index/279220 | title=Leinster club SFC final: Sweeney inspires remarkable Moorefield comeback | work=Hogan Stand | date=17 December 2017}} | Moorefield | Kildare | 1-14 | St Loman's | Westmeath | |||
| 2016 | St Vincents | Dublin | 1-16 | Rhode | Offaly | 0-12 | ||||||
| 2015 | Ballyboden St Enda's | Dublin | 2-09 | Portlaoise | Laois | 1-11 | ||||||
| 2014{{cite web | url=https://www.hoganstand.com/Dublin/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=229060 | title=Leinster club SFC final: Vins easily retain title | work=Hogan Stand | date=14 December 2014}} | St Vincents | Dublin | 1-13 | Rhode | Offaly | |||
| 2013 | St. Vincent's | Dublin | 3-12 | Portlaoise | Laois | 3-09 | ||||||
| 2012 | Ballymun Kickhams | Dublin | 0-11 | Portlaoise | Laois | 0-08 | ||||||
| 2011 | Garrycastle | Westmeath | 1-08 | St Brigids | Dublin | 0-10 | ||||||
| 2010 | Kilmacud Crokes | Dublin | 0-15 | Rhode | Offaly | 1-07 | ||||||
| 2009 | Portlaoise | Laois | 1-09 | Garrycastle | Westmeath | 1-05 | ||||||
| 2008 | Kilmacud Crokes | Dublin | 2-07 | Rhode | Offaly | 1-07 | ||||||
| 2007 | St Vincents | Dublin | 2-08 | Tyrrellspass | Westmeath | 0-07 | ||||||
| 2006 | Moorefield | Kildare | 3-06 | Rhode | Offaly | 0-08 | ||||||
| 2005 | Kilmacud Crokes | Dublin | 0-10 | Sarsfields | Kildare | 0-09 | ||||||
| 2004 | Portlaoise | Laois | 1-11 | Skryne | Meath | 2-04 | ||||||
| 2003 | St Brigids | Dublin | 3-11 | Round Towers | Kildare | 1-10 | ||||||
| 2002 | Dunshaughlin | Meath | 0-13 | Mattock Rangers | Louth | 0-07 | ||||||
| 2001 | Rathnew | Wicklow | 2-16 (R) | |||||||||
| 0-09 | Na Fianna | Dublin | 1-10 (R) | |||||||||
| 1-06 | ||||||||||||
| 2000 | O'Hanrahans | Carlow | 1-07 | Na Fianna | Dublin | 1-05 | ||||||
| 1999 | Na Fianna | Dublin | 1-11 | Sarsfields | Kildare | 0-08 | ||||||
| 1998 | Éire Óg | Carlow | 1-11 (2nd R) | |||||||||
| 0-07 (1st R) | ||||||||||||
| 1-06 | Kilmacud Crokes | Dublin | 0-11 (2nd R) | |||||||||
| 0-07 (1st R) | ||||||||||||
| 0-09 | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | Erin's Isle | Dublin | 2-11 | Clane | Kildare | 1-11 | ||||||
| 1996 | Éire Óg | Carlow | 1-10 | St Sylvester's, Malahide | Dublin | 0-08 | ||||||
| 1995 | Éire Óg | Carlow | 0-15 (R) | |||||||||
| 2-09 | An Tóchar | Wicklow | 1-06 (R) | |||||||||
| 0-15 | ||||||||||||
| 1994 | Kilmacud Crokes | Dublin | 0-12 | Seneschalstown | Meath | 1-08 | ||||||
| 1993 | Éire Óg | Carlow | 3-07 | Erin's Isle | Dublin | 0-11 | ||||||
| 1992 | Éire Óg | Carlow | 2-05 | Ballyroan | Laois | 0-07 | ||||||
| 1991 | Thomas Davis | Dublin | 1-07 | Clara | Offaly | 1-05 | ||||||
| 1990 | Thomas Davis | Dublin | 1-08 (R) | |||||||||
| 0-08 | Baltinglass | Wicklow | 0-08 (R) | |||||||||
| 1-05 | ||||||||||||
| 1989 | Baltinglass | Wicklow | 1-09 (R) | |||||||||
| 1-06 | Thomas Davis | Dublin | 0-11 (R) | |||||||||
| 1-06 | ||||||||||||
| 1988 | Parnells | Dublin | 1-04 (R) | |||||||||
| 2-05 | Ferbane | Offaly | 0-06 (R) | |||||||||
| 1-08 | ||||||||||||
| 1987 | Portlaoise | Laois | 1-07 (R) | |||||||||
| 1-08 | Parnells | Dublin | 1-05 (R) | |||||||||
| 1-08 | ||||||||||||
| 1986 | Ferbane | Offaly | 3-05 | Portlaoise | Laois | 1-10 | ||||||
| 1985 | Portlaoise | Laois | 2-08 (R) | |||||||||
| 1-08 | Baltinglass | Wicklow | 1-09 (R) | |||||||||
| 1-08 | ||||||||||||
| 1984 | St Vincents | Dublin | 1-13 | Tinahely | Wicklow | 1-03 | ||||||
| 1983 | Walterstown | Meath | 3-09 | Walsh Island | Offaly | 2-11 | ||||||
| 1982 | Portlaoise | Laois | 1-08 | Ballymun Kickhams | Dublin | 0-07 | ||||||
| 1981 | Raheens | Kildare | 1-07 | Portlaoise | Laois | 0-06 | ||||||
| 1980 | Walterstown | Meath | 2-09 | Éire Óg | Carlow | 2-08 | ||||||
| 1979 | Walsh Island | Offaly | 3-02 | Portlaoise | Laois | 1-06 | ||||||
| 1978 | Walsh Island | Offaly | 2-09 | St Josephs | Laois | 3-05 | ||||||
| 1977 | Summerhill | Meath | 5-04 | St Vincents | Dublin | 0-06 | ||||||
| 1976 | Portlaoise | Laois | 1-12 | Cooley Kickhams | Louth | 0-08 | ||||||
| 1975 | St Vincents | Dublin | 3-09 | St Josephs | Laois | 1-08 | ||||||
| 1974 | UCD | Dublin | 2-07 | Ferbane | Offaly | 1-09 | ||||||
| 1973 | UCD | Dublin | 1-06 | Cooley Kickhams | Louth | 0-07 | ||||||
| 1972 | St Vincents | Dublin | 6-10 | The Downs | Westmeath | 2-05 | ||||||
| 1971 | Portlaoise | Laois | 2-11 | Athlone | Westmeath | 2-09 | ||||||
| 1970 | Gracefield | Offaly | 0-12 | Newtown Blues | Louth | 0-09 |
References
Sources
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