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 winning team received the Andy Merrigan Cup. The defending champion was

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. Corofin (Galway) won a third title, defeating Nemo Rangers (Cork) by 2–19 to 0–10 in the

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on 17 March 2018.

Format

County Championships Ireland's 32

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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,

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, 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 Club SFC final was played at Croke Park 17 March (

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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

Connacht

Quarter-final

Semi-finals

Final

Leinster

The Kilkenny senior football champion competed in the

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Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Munster

Quarter-finals

* Waterford did not complete their club championship in time (due to their county's participation in the 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final), and were therefore eliminated.

Semi-finals

Final

Ulster

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Quarter-final

Semi-finals

Final

Bracket

Statistics

Top scorers

;Overall ;In a single game

TV coverage

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continued to broadcast live and deferred club championship games.

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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 it was expected to broadcast up to 30 live games. Those games included rounds of county championships, as well as county finals and provincial and All-Ireland club championship matches.

Awards

The Club Player Awards were initiated in 2018. Below is the first selection from football. Team of the Year # Antóin McMullan ( Slaughtneil) # Liam Silke ( Corofin) # Kieran Fitzgerald ( Corofin) # Karl McKaigue ( Slaughtneil) # James Murray ( Moorefield) #

Chrissy McKaigue Christopher McKaigue (born 13 July 1989) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for the Derry county team. McKaigue plays club football and hurling for Slaughtneil Robert Emmet's. He is a defender in football and a half forward in hurling ...

( Slaughtneil) # Dylan Wall ( Corofin) # Alan O'Donovan (

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) # Michael Farragher ( Corofin) # Éanna O'Connor ( Moorefield) # Christopher Bradley ( Slaughtneil) #

Ian Burke Ian Burke is a Gaelic footballer from Corofin, County Galway, who played at senior level for the Galway county team. In November 2018, Burke won an All-Star award. It was Galway's first football All-Star since 2003. Career Burke plays his ...

( Corofin) #

Patrick McBrearty Patrick McBrearty (born 5 August 1993) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for CLG Chill Chartha, Cill Chartha and the Donegal county football team, Donegal county team, which he has captained since 2023. He is usually selected in the full ...

(

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) # Luke Connolly (

) # Martin Farragher ( Corofin) Footballer of the Year * Liam Silke ( Corofin) Also nominated:

( Corofin) & Michael Farragher ( Corofin)

References

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All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship The All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament which began in season 1970–71. It is the top-tier competition for the senior football clubs of Ireland and London. The current champions are Cuala of D ...

All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship