The 2019 Clare Senior Football Championship was the 124th staging of the

Clare Senior Football Championship The Clare Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition organised by Clare GAA between the top twelve gaelic football clubs in County Clare, Ireland. The winners represent the county in the Munster Senior ...

since its establishment by the Clare County Board in 1887. The

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champions, and holders of the Jack Daly Cup were St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay who became the county champions for the second time in three years winning their fourteenth overall title. In 2016 a Football Review Agreement decided that from 2019 onwards the Clare Senior and Intermediate Football Championships would both involve twelve teams in a effort to make both more competitive. This meant that five clubs would lose their senior status and be relegated down to the

Clare Intermediate Football Championship The Clare Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Clare GAA, Clare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association for the second tier football teams in the county of County Clare, Clare in Ir ...

. The eleven remaining senior clubs would be joined by the intermediate champions to form the new senior championship, and thereby increasing the intermediate championship from eight to twelve teams. 2018 saw the relegation of St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield,

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, O'Curry's, St. Breckan's and

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down to Intermediate. As part of the 2016 Football Review Agreement, a pathway was left open for any amalgamations that wished to enter the senior championship. Two intermediate clubs - Naomh Eoin, Cross & O'Curry's, Doonaha - both from the Loop Head Peninsula, took up this opportunity to compete together. According to the Clare GAA Master Fixtures Plan 2019, any amalgamations that enter a team are immune from relegation.

Senior Championship Fixtures

Group stage

* Each team plays all the other teams in their group once. Two points are awarded for a win and one for a draw. ** The top two teams in each group advance to ''Quarter-Finals'' ** The bottom team in each group contest ''Relegation Playoffs'' * One group of four and three groups of three. *

semi-finalists are seeded and kept separate.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Quarter-finals

* Played by top two placed teams from Groups A-D ** Four losers divert to ''Senior B Championship''

Semi-finals

County Final

Other Fixtures

Senior B Championship

* Played by four losers of Quarter-Finals

Relegation Playoffs

* Played by the four bottom placed teams in Groups A-D. ** Win once to remain in Senior Championship for

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** Lose twice and relegated to '' Intermediate'' for 2020

References

External links

{{Clare Senior Football Championship Clare Senior Football Championship

Clare SFC