The 2018–19 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship was the 49th 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 Corofin. Corofin defeated

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in the

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on 17 March 2018 to retain the title. It was the club's fourth title.

Format

County Championships All thirty-two

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in Ireland and

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play their

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senior championships between their top

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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, a divisional team 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. The

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senior champions play in the

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. Beginning in 2018–19,

compete in the Connacht championship. In previous years they played one of the provincial champions in a single match in December referred to as a quarter-final. All matches are knock-out. Two ten minute periods of extra time are played each way if it's a draw at the end of normal time in all matches including the final. If the score is still level after extra time the match is replayed. All-Ireland The two semi-finals between the four provincial champions are usually played on a Saturday in mid February. The All-Ireland Club SFC final was played at Croke Park 17 March (

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). All matches are knock-out. Two ten minute periods of extra time are played each way if it's a draw at the end of normal time in the semi-finals or final. If the score is still level after extra time the match is replayed.

County Finals

Connacht County & London Finals

Galway SFC Leitrim SFC London 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

Provincial championships

Connacht

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Leinster

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Munster

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Ulster

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Semi-finals

Final

If the match was level at the end of the normal sixty minutes, two ten-minute periods of extra time were to have been played.

Bracket

For official fixtures and results se
All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship at gaa.ie

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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entered the second year of an agreement to broadcast live Gaelic football and hurling club championship games, including county championships, county finals and provincial and All-Ireland club championship matches.

Awards

Team of the Year # Bernard Power ( Corofin) # Liam Silke ( Corofin) # Patrick Fox (

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) # Odhrán McFadden-Ferry (

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) # Kieran Molloy ( Corofin) # Gavin White (

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) # Donal McElligott (

) #

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( Corofin) #

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(

) #

Gary Sice Gary Sice (born 8 November 1984) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for his local club, Corofin, and, formerly, at senior level for the Galway county team from 2007 until 2017. Sice was a key member of the St Jarlath's College team that won ...

( Corofin) # Kieran O'Leary (

) # Jason Leonard ( Corofin) # Tony Brosnan (

) #

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(

) # Martin Farragher ( Corofin) Footballer of the Year * Kieran Molloy ( Corofin) Also nominated:

(

) &

( Corofin)

References

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