The 2017–18 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship was the 48th annual

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club championship since its establishment in the 1970–71 season. The winners receive the Andy Merrigan Cup. Corofin (Galway) won their third All-Ireland, beating Nemo Rangers (Cork) by 2–19 to 0–10 in the final on 17 March 2018. The defending champions were

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from

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who defeated Slaughtneil of

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on 17 March 2017 to win their 2nd title.

Format

County Championships Ireland's 32 counties play their

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championships between their senior

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. Each county decides the format for their county championship. The format can be straight knockout, double-elimination, a league, groups, etc. or a combination. Only single club teams are allowed to enter the All-Ireland Club championship. If a team which is an amalgamation of two or more clubs or a university team wins a county's championship, a single club team will represent that county in the provincial championship as determined by that county's championship rules (normally it is the club team that exited the championship at the highest stage). Provincial Championships

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and

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each organise a

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championship for their participating county champions. All matches are knock-out and two ten minute periods of extra time are played if it's a draw at the end of normal time. All-Ireland Fulham Irish, the winners of the London club championship, played Corofin, the winners of the Galway provincial championship, in a single match on 21 January 2018. The game was played in London and was referred to as a quarter-final. This was the final year for this arrangement – from 2018 onwards, the London champions played in the Connacht senior club championship. Two semi-finals were played on two Saturday's in mid-February. The All-Ireland final was played in

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, the 17th of March.

TV Coverage

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continue to broadcast live and deferred club championship games each year.

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also secured rights to broadcast live Gaelic football and hurling club championship games. 2017 was the first time Eir Sport broadcast club championship games and will broadcast up to 30 live games. These games include rounds of county championships as well as county finals and provincial and All-Ireland club championship matches.

County Finals

Connacht County Finals

Galway SFC Leitrim SFC Mayo SFC Roscommon SFC Sligo SFC

Leinster County Finals

Carlow SFC Dublin SFC Kildare SFC Kilkenny SFC ''The Kilkenny SFC champions take part in the Leinster Club Intermediate Football Championship.'' Laois SFC Longford SFC Louth SFC Meath SFC Offaly SFC Westmeath SFC Wexford SFC Wicklow SFC

Munster County Finals

Clare SFC Cork SFC Kerry SFC Limerick SFC Tipperary SFC Waterford SFC

Ulster County Finals

Antrim SFC Armagh SFC Cavan SFC Derry SFC Donegal SFC Down SFC Fermanagh SFC Monaghan SFC Tyrone SFC

London Final

London SFC

Provincial championships

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Connacht Quarter-Final

Connacht Semi-Finals

Connacht Final

Leinster Senior Club Football Championship 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 Ba ...

The Kilkenny senior football champions compete in the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship.

Leinster Preliminary Round

Leinster Quarter-Finals

Leinster Semi-Finals

Leinster Final

Munster Senior Club Football Championship

Munster Quarter-Finals

* Waterford did not complete their club championship in time (due to their county's participation in the All-Ireland hurling final) and therefore were eliminated.

Munster Semi-Finals

Munster Final

Ulster Senior Club Football Championship

Ulster Preliminary Round

Ulster Quarter-Finals

Ulster Semi-Finals

Ulster Final

All-Ireland

All-Ireland Bracket

All-Ireland Quarter-Final

All-Ireland Semi-Finals

All-Ireland final

Championship statistics

Top scorers

;Overall ;In a single game

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14. Luke Connolly ( Nemo Rangers)
15. Martin Farragher ( Corofin) ; Club Footballer Of The Year Liam Silke ( Corofin) Also nominated - Ian Burke ( Corofin), Michael Farragher ( Corofin),

References

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