Munster Senior Football Championship

Munster GAA Football Senior Championship
Current season or competition: 2024 Munster Senior Football Championship
Irish	Craobh Peile na Mumhan
Code	Gaelic football
Founded	1888;136 years ago (1888)
Region	Munster (GAA)
Trophy	Munster Cup
No. of teams	6
Title holders	Kerry (85th title)
Most titles	Kerry (85 titles)
Sponsors	SuperValu, Eir, AIB
TV partner(s)	RTÉ GAAGO
Motto	Be there. All the way.
Official website	munster.gaa.ie

The Munster Senior Football Championship, known simply as the Munster Championship and shortened to Munster SFC, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county Gaelic football competition in the province of Munster, and has been contested every year, bar one, since the 1888 championship.

The final, currently held on the fourth Saturday in June, serves as the culmination of a series of games played during May and June, and the results determine which team receives the Munster Cup. The championship has always been played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team loses they are eliminated from the championship.

The Munster Championship is an integral part of the wider All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. The winners and runners-up of the Munster championship, like their counterparts in Connacht, Leinster and Ulster, are rewarded by advancing directly to the All-Ireland group stage. All other defeated teams, depending on their league ranking, will advance to the All-Ireland or the second tier Tailteann Cup.

Six teams currently participate in the Munster Championship. The title has been won at least once by all six of the Munster counties, four of which have won the title more than once. Kerry have been the most championships with 84 in total. Kerry are the three time title holders, defeating Clare by 50–23 to 1–13 in the 2024 final. ^[1]

Teams

2024 Championship

Six counties competd in the 2024 Munster Senior Football Championship:

County	Location	Stadium	Position in 2024 Championship	Championship Titles	Last Championship Title	All-Ireland Titles	Last All-Ireland Title
Clare	Ennis	Cusack Park	Runners-up	2	1992	0	—
Cork	Cork	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	Semi-finals	37	2012	7	2010
Kerry	Tralee	Austin Stack Park	Champions	85	2024	38	2022
Limerick	Limerick	Gaelic Grounds	Quarter-finals	1	1896	2	1896
Tipperary	Thurles	Semple Stadium	Quarter-finals	10	2020	4	1920
Waterford	Waterford	Walsh Park	Semi-finals	1	1898	0	—

Personnel and kits

County	Manager	Captain(s)	Sponsors
Clare	Colm Collins	Eoin Cleary	Pat O’Donnell
Cork	John Cleary	Brian Hurley	Sports Direct
Kerry	Jack O'Connor	David Clifford	Kerry Group
Limerick	Ray Dempsey	Iain Corbett and Donal O’Sullivan	None
Tipperary	David Power	Conor Sweeney	Fiserv
Waterford	Ephie Fitzgerald	Dermot Ryan	Cognizant

Debut of counties

Year	Debutants	Total
1888	Clare, Cork, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford	5
1889	Kerry	1
1890-	None	0
Total		6

History

Development

Following the foundation of the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1884, new rules for Gaelic football and hurling were drawn up and published in the United Irishman newspaper. In 1886, county committees began to be established, with several counties affiliating over the next few years. The GAA ran its inaugural All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in 1887. The decision to establish that first championship was influenced by several factors. Firstly, inter-club contests in 1885 and 1886 were wildly popular and began to draw huge crowds. Clubs started to travel across the country to play against each other and these matches generated intense interest as the newspapers began to speculate which teams might be considered the best in the country. Secondly, although the number of clubs was growing, many were slow to affiliate to the Association, leaving it short of money. Establishing a central championship held the prospect of enticing GAA clubs to process their affiliations, just as the establishment of the FA Cup had done much in the 1870s to promote the development of the Football Association in England. The championships were open to all affiliated clubs who would first compete in county-based competitions, to be run by local county committees. The winners of each county championship would then proceed to represent that county in the All-Ireland series. ^[2] For the first and only time in its history the All-Ireland Championship used an open draw format. Six teams entered the first championship, however, this number increased to nine in 1888. Because of this, and in an effort to reduce travelling costs, the GAA decided to introduce provincial championships.

Beginnings

The inaugural Munster Championship featured Clare, Cork, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford. Cork and Tipperary contested the first match on Sunday 27 May 1888, as part of a hurling-football double-header between the counties at Buttevant. Clare defeated Limerick in the first semi-final, however, Limerick were later awarded the game as Clare champions Newmarket-on-Fergus used players from other clubs to supplement their team. Such a format was not yet allowed. The inaugural Munster final between Tipperary and Limerick was to be played on Saturday 10 November 1888, however, no game was played as Tipperary received a walkover from Limerick.

Postponements, disqualifications, objections, withdrawals and walkovers were regular occurrences during the initial years of the championship. Kerry became the sixth and final team to enter the championship in 1889. On Sunday 6 October 1889, the first Munster final took place. Tipperary won their first title on the field of play after a 1–02 to 0–03 defeat of Cork. Since then the championship title has been awarded every year, except in 1921 when the championship was cancelled due to the ongoing Civil War.

Team dominance

The championship has been dominated by Kerry, and to a lesser extent Cork, who have won the title every year since 1936, with the exception of victories by Tipperary in 2020 and Clare in 1992.

Limerick have lost too many Munster finals since 1896 but Waterford have been without a Munster final appearance since 1960.

The first 15 years of the Munster Championship saw the most equitable era in its history with five of the six participating teams claiming the title. Cork led the way by claiming seven titles, closely followed by five for Tipperary, who also became the first team to retain the title. Limerick, Waterford and Kerry all claimed one title apiece during this era. In winning the 1903 Munster final, Kerry claimed the first of a new record of three successive titles and set in train a level of championship dominance that continues to the present day. This record was bested in each of the following decades with Kerry winning four-a-in-a-row between 1912 and 1915, five-in-a-row between 1923 and 1927, six-in-a-row between 1929 and 1934, seven-in-a-row between 1936 and 1942 and eight-in-a-row between 1958 and 1965. The dominance continued with Kerry claiming 20 of the 25 available Munster Championship titles between 1958 and 1982. Since the turn of the 20th century, Cork had claimed titles in almost every decade, including several back-to-back successes, but had never enjoyed a prolonged period of dominance. Cork won the 1987 Munster final, bringing an end to a run of success by a Kerry team that has since come to be regarded as the greatest of all time and securing the first of seven Munster Championship titles over the following nine seasons. ^[3] For the first time in 100 years, Cork ended the nineties as the "team of the decade" after winning five Munster Championship titles in total. The first two decades of the 21st century has seen Kerry win 15 of a possible 20 Munster Championship titles.

Format history

The Munster Championship has always been a knockout tournament whereby once a team is defeated they are eliminated from the championship. In the early years the pairings were drawn at random and there was no seeding. Each match was played as a single leg. If a match ended in a draw there was a replay. Drawn replays were settled with extra time; however, if both sides were still level at the end of extra time a second replay took place and so on until a winner was found. Extra-time was eventually adopted in the event of a draw for all championship games except the final.

The dominance of Kerry and, to a lesser extent, Cork led to both these teams being seeded on opposite sides of the championship draw. This was later viewed as a mean of penalising the other "weaker" teams. While it might be possible to beat one of these teams it was deemed near impossible to beat the two strongest teams in the province in a single championship season. This practice was eventually abolished for 1991 with a return to the open draw in advance of the 1992 championship, which eventually saw Clare become the first "non-traditional" champions since 1935. In 2020 Tipperary won Munster title for the first time since 1935.

The Munster Council abandoned the open draw and returned to a system of seeding both Cork and Kerry on opposite sides before the 2008 championship. ^[4] After an outcry, the open draw was reinstated in 2009 after just one season of seeding. ^[5] The policy of seeding Cork and Kerry returned once again in 2013, however, it was abandoned after just one season and the open draw has remained in place ever since. ^{[6] [7]}

The Munster Championship has always been an integral part of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Between 1888 and 2000 the Munster final winners automatically qualified for the All-Ireland semi-final. The introduction of the All-Ireland Qualifiers system in 2001 allowed the five defeated teams a second chance of qualifying the All-Ireland Championship, while the Munster champions received a bye to the All-Ireland quarter-final.

Waterford no Munster final since 1960 hold the longest record and weakest team in the province to this day.

• Until 1952 usually an open draw
• 1953–1964 Limerick did not take part expect in 1955 Limerick were apporoved to host Waterford but withdraw.
• 1954 Clare skipped a year.
• 1965 Cork and Kerry byes to semi-finals.
• 1966 Kerry and Limerick byes to semi-finals.
• 1967–1979 Seeded draw meaning Cork and Kerry only allowed to meet in the final.
• 1980 Two First round games, One Quarter-final, one Semi-final and Kerry bye to the final.
• 1981–1990 Seeded draw meaning Cork and Kerry only allowed to meet in the final.
• 1991–1996 Open draw straight forward.
• 1997–1998 One First round game, One Quarter-final and two Semi-finals.
• 1999–2007 Open draw straight forward.
• 2008 Seeded draw meaning Cork and Kerry only allowed to meet in the final.
• 2009–2013 Open draw straight forward.
• 2014 Seeded draw meaning Cork and Kerry only allowed to meet in the final.
• 2015 Open draw but two teams reach final are byes to semi-final.^{[ clarification needed ]}

Munster championship moments

• Clare 2-10 - 0-12 Kerry (19 July 1992): Clare, who were 1991 senior B champions and 1992 league quarter-finalists, carried their momentum into the munster final and defeating Kerry. It was their first munster title since 1917.
• Cork 1-12 - 0-13 Kerry (8 November 2020): Kerry, aiming for their eight provincial title in a row, were defeated by Cork in the semi-finals.
• Tipperary 0-17 - 0-14 Cork (22 November 2020): Tipperary defeated Cork to secure their first munster title in 85 years.
• Clare 0-14 - 0-13 Cork (9 April 2023): Clare, who needed to reach the munster final to qualify for the All-Ireland championship, beat Cork for the first time since 1997.

Format

Overview

The Munster Championship is a single elimination tournament. Each team is afforded only one defeat before being eliminated from the championship. Pairings for matches are drawn at random and there is currently no seeding. Each match is played as a single leg. If a match is drawn there is a period of extra time, however, if both sides are still level at the end of extra time a replay takes place and so on until a winner is found.

Progression

		Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round
Quarter-finals (4 teams)		Non-finalists of the previous championship
Semi-finals (4 teams)		Finalists of the previous championship	2 winners from the quarter-finals
Final (2 teams)			2 winners from the semi-finals

Qualification for subsequent competitions

The Munster champions and runners-up will qualify to the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship group stage.

Qualification to the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and the Tailteann Cup ^[8] are linked with the provincial championships and the National Football League. The Munster finalists along with the six other provincial finalists will qualify to the All-Ireland group stage as top seeds. The other eight spots in the All-Ireland are allocated to the Tailteann Cup holders and the seven highest ranked counties in the National Football League that have not qualified. Teams who fail to reach the Munster final and not ranked high enough in the league will qualify for the Tailteann Cup.

Venues

FitzGerald Stadium is the home venue of Kerry and is one of the most popular Munster final venues

As well as being the home venue of Cork, the newly rebuilt Páirc Uí Chaoimh hosted the 2018 and 2019 finals

History

Munster Championship matches were traditionally played at neutral venues or at a location that was deemed to be halfway between the two participants; however, all of the teams eventually came to home and away agreements. Every second meeting between these teams is played at the home venue of one of them.

While the six county grounds have regularly been used for championship matches in recent times, smaller club grounds have historically been used for games which may not have had such a high-profile. These grounds include: Ned Hall Park in Clonmel, FitzGerald Park in Kilmallock, Páirc na nGael in Askeaton, Páirc Mac Gearailt in Fermoy, Hennessy Memorial Park in Milltown Malbay and Frank Sheehy Park in Listowel.

Attendances

Stadium attendances are a significant source of regular income for the Munster Council and for the teams involved. For the 2019 championship, average attendances were 6,146 with a total aggregate attendance figure of 30,731. Excluding the final, these figures revealed a drop of 49% recorded from those through the turnstiles the previous year. ^{[9] [10]}

Stadia and locations

County	Location	Province	Stadium	Capacity
Clare	Ennis	Munster	Cusack Park	19,000
Cork	Cork	Munster	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	45,000
Kerry	Killarney	Munster	Fitzgerald Stadium	38,000
Limerick	Limerick	Munster	Gaelic Grounds	44,023
Tipperary	Thurles	Munster	Semple Stadium	45,690
Waterford	Waterford	Munster	Fraher Field	15,000

Managers

See also: List of Gaelic football managers

Mick O'Dwyer (right) won more titles that any other manager

Billy Morgan managed Cork to 8 titles across three separate decades

Managers in the Munster Championship are involved in the day-to-day running of the team, including the training, team selection, and sourcing of players from the club championships. Their influence varies from county-to-county and is related to the individual county boards. From 2018, all inter-county head coaches must be Award 2 qualified. The manager is assisted by a team of two or three selectors and an extensive backroom team consisting of various coaches. Prior to the development of the concept of a manager in the 1970s, teams were usually managed by a team of selectors with one member acting as chairman.

Winning managers (1968–present)

Manager	Team	Wins	Winning years
Mick O'Dwyer	Kerry	11	1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986
Billy Morgan	Cork	8	1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2006
Jack O'Connor	Kerry	7	2004, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2022, 2023, 2024
Páidí Ó Sé	Kerry	6	1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003
Éamonn Fitzmaurice	Kerry	6	2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Jackie Lyne	Kerry	3	1968, 1969, 1970
Donie O'Donovan	Cork	3	1971, 1973, 1974
Conor Counihan	Cork	3	2008, 2009, 2012
Larry Tompkins	Cork	2	1999, 2002
Peter Keane	Kerry	2	2019, 2021
Johnny Culloty	Kerry	1	1972
Éamonn Ryan	Cork	1	1983
Mickey Ned O'Sullivan	Kerry	1	1991
John Maughan	Clare	1	1992
Pat O'Shea	Kerry	1	2007
David Power	Tipperary	1	2020

Current managers

Manager	County	Appointed	Time as manager
Colm Collins	Clare	23 October 2013	10 years, 230 days
David Power	Tipperary	24 September 2019	4 years, 259 days
Jack O'Connor	Kerry	4 October 2021 [11]	2 years, 249 days
Ephie Fitzgerald	Waterford	22 October 2021 [12]	2 years, 231 days
John Cleary	Cork	13 April 2022 [13]	2 years, 48 days
Ray Dempsey	Limerick	7 October 2022 [14]	1 year, 246 days

Trophy and medals

View from the Blackrock End terrace of the old Páirc Uí Chaoimh during the 2014 Munster final between Cork and Kerry

Trophy

At the end of the Munster final, the winning team is presented with a trophy. The Munster Cup is held by the winning team until the following year's final. Traditionally, the presentation is made at a special rostrum in the stand where GAA and political dignitaries and special guests view the match.

The cup is decorated with ribbons in the colours of the winning team. During the game the cup actually has both teams' sets of ribbons attached and the runners-up ribbons are removed before the presentation. The winning captain accepts the cup on behalf of his team before giving a short speech. Individual members of the winning team then have an opportunity to come to the rostrum to lift the cup.

The present Munster Cup was first used in 1928, when it was donated by the Munster Council. In 2013, there was a debate around naming the cup in honour of a former player or administrator, however, this was rejected. ^[15] In March 2021, the Munster Council deferred a decision to name the trophy, with Michael Hogan and Páidí Ó Sé the two names proposed. ^[16]

Medals

In accordance with GAA rules, the Munster Council awards up to 26 gold medals to the winners of the Munster final.

Sponsorship and media coverage

Sponsorship

Since 1994, the Munster Championship has been sponsored. The sponsor has usually been able to determine the championship's sponsorship name.

Period	Sponsor(s)	Name
1888–1993	No main sponsor	The Munster Championship
1994–2007	Bank of Ireland	The Bank of Ireland Munster Championship
2008–2009	Toyota, Ulster Bank, Vodafone	The Munster GAA Football Championship
2010	SuperValu, Ulster Bank, Vodafone	The Munster GAA Football Championship
2011–2013	SuperValu, Ulster Bank, Eircom	The Munster GAA Football Championship
2014	SuperValu, GAAGO, Eircom	The Munster GAA Football Championship
2015	SuperValu, AIB, Eircom	The Munster GAA Football Championship
2016–present	SuperValu, AIB, Eir	The Munster GAA Football Championship

Media coverage

• RTÉ broadcasts the highlights of the Munster championship. They are shown through a dedicated highlights programme called The Sunday Game . The first edition of the programme was in 1979.
• Since 2017, Sky Sports and RTÉ have shared live coverage of championship matches.

Roll of Honour

Legend

• Golden background – Munster champions also won the All-Ireland Championship.

Performance by county

County	Title(s)	Runners-Up	Winning years	Losing years
Kerry	85	24	1892, 1903 , 1904 , 1905, 1908, 1909 , 1910, 1912, 1913 , 1914 , 1915, 1919, 1923, 1924 , 1925, 1926 , 1927, 1929 , 1930 , 1931 , 1932 , 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937 , 1938, 1939 , 1940 , 1941 , 1942, 1944, 1946 , 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953 , 1954, 1955 , 1958, 1959 , 1960, 1961, 1962 , 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969 , 1970 , 1972, 1975 , 1976, 1977, 1978 , 1979 , 1980 , 1981 , 1982, 1984 , 1985 , 1986 , 1991, 1996, 1997 , 1998, 2000 , 2001, 2003, 2004 , 2005, 2007 , 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 , 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 , 2023, 2024	1890, 1893, 1900, 1902, 1906, 1918, 1920, 1945, 1952, 1956, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2006 , 2008
Cork	37	54	1890 , 1891, 1893, 1894, 1897, 1899, 1901, 1906, 1907, 1911 , 1916, 1928, 1943, 1945 , 1949, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1973 , 1974, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989 , 1990 , 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012	1889, 1892, 1898, 1903, 1909, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1935, 1938, 1942, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Tipperary	10	18	1888, 1889 , 1895 , 1900 , 1902, 1918, 1920 , 1922, 1935, 2020	1894, 1899, 1907, 1923, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1939, 1943, 1944, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2016
Clare	2	14	1917, 1992	1912, 1915, 1916, 1919, 1925, 1929, 1936, 1937, 1941, 1949, 1997, 2012, 2023, 2024
Limerick	1	13	1896	1888, 1895, 1901, 1905, 1922, 1934, 1965, 1991, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2022
Waterford	1	9	1898	1891, 1896, 1904, 1908, 1911, 1940, 1946, 1957, 1960

Captains

Most Recent winning captain per county

• Clare: Francis McInerney (1992)
• Cork: Graham Canty (2012)
• Kerry: David Clifford (2023)
• Limerick: Con Fitzgerald (1896)
• Tipperary: Conor Sweeney (2020)
• Waterford: James Wall (1898)

Winning captains

Captain	County	As captain / joint captain
		Titles	Years won
Dick Fitzgerald	Kerry	4	1912, 1913, 1914, 1915
Graham Canty	Cork	3	2008, 2009 , 2012
Séamus Moynihan	Kerry	3	1998, 2000, 2001
Niall Sheehy	Kerry	3	1961, 1963, 1964
Miko Doyle	Kerry	3	1932, 1933, 1937
Ned O'Shea	Tipperary	3	1918, 1920, 1922
Fionn Fitzgerald	Kerry	2	2014, 2017
Bryan Sheehan	Kerry	2	2010, 2016
Colm Cooper	Kerry	2	2011, 2013
Declan O'Sullivan	Kerry	2	2005, 2007
Denis Coughlan	Cork	2	1967, 1974
Paudie Sheehy	Kerry	2	1953, 1960
John Dowling	Kerry	2	1954, 1955
Tadhg Crowley	Cork	2	1943, 1945
Tom O'Connor	Kerry	2	1939, 1942
Dan O'Keeffe	Kerry	2	1934, 1936
John Joe Sheehy	Kerry	2	1926, 1930
Joe Barrett	Kerry	2	1927, 1929
Tom Costello	Kerry	2	1909, 1910
Gil Kavanagh	Tipperary	2	1888, 1889

See also: Captain (Gaelic games)

Captains Gallery

Austin Stack captained Kerry in 1904

Billy Morgan captained Cork in 1973

Denis "Ógie" Moran captained Kerry in 1978

Dinny Allen captained Cork in 1989

Dara Ó Cinnéide captained Kerry in 2004

Declan O'Sullivan captained Kerry in 2005 and 2007

Graham Canty captained Cork in 2008 and 2009

List of finals

Key

	All-Ireland champions
	All-Ireland runners-up

List of finals

Year	Date	Winners		Runners-up		Venue	Winning captain(s)	Winning margin	Attendance	Referee
		County	Score	County	Score
2024	5 May	Kerry	0–23	Clare	1–13	Cusack Park	Paudie Clifford	7	12,059 [1]	Fergal Kelly (Longford)
2023	7 May	Kerry	5–14	Clare	0–15	Gaelic Grounds	David Clifford	14	12,499 [17]	Jerome Henry (Mayo)
2022	28 May	Kerry	1–28	Limerick	0–08	Fitzgerald Stadium	Seán O'Shea	23	14,587 [18]	Martin McNally (Monaghan)
2021	25 July	Kerry	4–22	Cork	1–09	Fitzgerald Stadium	Paul Murphy	22	2,500* [19]
2020	22 November	Tipperary	0–17	Cork	0–14	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	Conor Sweeney	3	0* [20]
2019	22 June	Kerry	1–19	Cork	3–10	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	Gavin White	3	18,265 [21]
2018	23 June	Kerry	3–18	Cork	2–04	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	Shane Murphy	17	27,764 [22]
2017	2 July	Kerry	1–23	Cork	0–15	FitzGerald Stadium	Fionn Fitzgerald Johnny Buckley	11	31,836 [23]
2016	3 July	Kerry	3–17	Tipperary	2–10	FitzGerald Stadium	Bryan Sheehan	10	21,512 [24]
2015 (R)	5 July 18 July	Kerry	2–15 1–11	Cork	3–12 1–06	FitzGerald Stadium	Kieran Donaghy	5	35,651 [25] 32,233 [26]
2014	6 July	Kerry	0–24	Cork	0–12	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	Fionn Fitzgerald Kieran O'Leary	12	21,028 [27]
2013	7 July	Kerry	1–16	Cork	0–17	FitzGerald Stadium	Colm Cooper	2	36,370 [28]
2012	8 July	Cork	3–16	Clare	0–13	Gaelic Grounds	Graham Canty	12	9,139 [29]
2011	3 July	Kerry	1–15	Cork	1–12	FitzGerald Stadium	Colm Cooper	3	40,892 [30]
2010	4 July	Kerry	1–17	Limerick	1–14	FitzGerald Stadium	Bryan Sheehan	3	23,864 [31]
2009	5 July	Cork	2–06	Limerick	0–11	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	Graham Canty	1	20,676 [32]
2008	6 July	Cork	1–16	Kerry	1–11	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	Graham Canty	5	22,784 [33]
2007	1 July	Kerry	1–15	Cork	1–13	FitzGerald Stadium	Declan O'Sullivan	2	31,420 [34]
2006 (R)	9 July 16 July	Cork	0–10 1–12	Kerry	0–10 0–09	FitzGerald Stadium Páirc Uí Chaoimh	Derek Kavanagh	6	26,220 [35] 23,693 [36]
2005	10 July	Kerry	1–11	Cork	0–11	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	Declan O'Sullivan	3	32,000 [37]
2004 (R)	11 July 18 July	Kerry	1–10 3–10	Limerick	1–10 2–09	Gaelic Grounds FitzGerald Stadium	Dara Ó Cinnéide	4	23,214 [38] 29,379 [39]
2003		Kerry	1–11	Limerick	0–09	FitzGerald Stadium	Mike McCarthy	5	[40]
2002 (R)		Cork	2–11 1–23	Tipperary	1–14 0–07	Semple Stadium Páirc Uí Chaoimh	Colin Corkery	19	33,254 [41] 17,708 [42]
2001		Kerry	0–19	Cork	1–13	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	Séamus Moynihan	3	41,158 [43]
2000		Kerry	3–15	Clare	0–08	Gaelic Grounds	Séamus Moynihan	16	23,176 [44]
1999		Cork	2–10	Kerry	2–04	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	Philip Clifford	6	42,755 [45]
1998		Kerry	0–17	Tipperary	1–10	Semple Stadium	Séamus Moynihan	4	27,263 [46]
1997		Kerry	1–13	Clare	0–11	Gaelic Grounds	Mike Hassett	5	[47]
1996		Kerry	0–14	Cork	0–11	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	Billy O'Shea	3
1995		Cork	0–15	Kerry	1–09	FitzGerald Stadium	Niall Cahalane	3
1994		Cork	2–19	Tipperary	3–09	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	Steven O'Brien	7
1993		Cork	1–16	Tipperary	1–08	Semple Stadium	Mick McCarthy	8
1992		Clare	2–10	Kerry	0–12	Gaelic Grounds	Francis McInerney	4
1991		Kerry	0–23	Limerick	3–12	FitzGerald Stadium	Jack O'Shea	2
1990		Cork	2–23	Kerry	1–11	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	Larry Tompkins	15
1989		Cork	1–12	Kerry	1–09	FitzGerald Stadium	Dinny Allen	3
1988		Cork	1–14	Kerry	0–16	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	Tony Nation	1
1987 (R)		Cork	1–10 0–13	Kerry	2–07 1–05	FitzGerald Stadium	Conor Counihan	5
1986		Kerry	0–12	Cork	0–08	FitzGerald Stadium	Tommy Doyle	4
1985		Kerry	2–11	Cork	0–11	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	Páidí Ó Sé	6
1984		Kerry	3–14	Cork	2–10	FitzGerald Stadium	Ambrose O'Donovan	7
1983		Cork	3–10	Kerry	3–09	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	Christy Ryan	1	17,000 [45]
1982 (R)		Kerry	0–09 2–18	Cork	0–09 0–12	FitzGerald Stadium	John Egan	12
1981		Kerry	1–11	Cork	0–03	FitzGerald Stadium	Jimmy Deenihan	11
1980		Kerry	3–13	Cork	0–12	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	Ger Power	10
1979		Kerry	2–14	Cork	2–09	FitzGerald Stadium	Tim Kennelly	5
1978		Kerry	3–14	Cork	3–07	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	Denis Moran	7
1977		Kerry	3–15	Cork	0–09	FitzGerald Stadium	Ger O'Keeffe	15
1976 (R)		Kerry	0–10 3–20	Cork	0–10 2–19	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	John O'Keeffe	4	40,600 [45]
1975		Kerry	1–14	Cork	0–07	FitzGerald Stadium	Mickey Ned O'Sullivan	10
1974		Cork	1–11	Kerry	0–07	FitzGerald Stadium	Denis Coughlan	7
1973		Cork	5–12	Kerry	1–15	Cork Athletic Grounds	Billy Morgan	9
1972		Kerry	2–21	Cork	2–15	FitzGerald Stadium	Tom Prendergast	6
1971		Cork	0–25	Kerry	0–14	Cork Athletic Grounds	Mick Scannell	11
1970		Kerry	2–22	Cork	2–09	FitzGerald Stadium	Donie O'Sullivan	13
1969		Kerry	0–16	Cork	1–04	Cork Athletic Grounds	Johnny Culloty	9
1968		Kerry	1–21	Cork	3–08	FitzGerald Stadium	Pat Griffin	7
1967		Cork	0–08	Kerry	0–07	Cork Athletic Grounds	Denis Coughlan	1
1966		Cork	2–07	Kerry	1–07	FitzGerald Stadium	Jerry O'Sullivan	3
1965		Kerry	2–16	Limerick	2–07	Gaelic Grounds	Jer D. O'Connor	9
1964		Kerry	2–11	Cork	1–08	Cork Athletic Grounds	Niall Sheehy	6
1963		Kerry	1–18	Cork	3–07	FitzGerald Stadium	Niall Sheehy	5
1962		Kerry	4–08	Cork	0–04	Cork Athletic Grounds	Seán Óg Sheehy	16
1961 (R)		Kerry	0–10 2–13	Cork	1–07 1–04	FitzGerald Stadium	Niall Sheehy	12
1960		Kerry	3–15	Waterford	0–08	Cork Athletic Grounds	Paudie Sheehy	16
1959		Kerry	2–15	Cork	2–08	FitzGerald Stadium	Mick O'Connell	7
1958		Kerry	2–07	Cork	0–03	Cork Athletic Grounds	Mick Murphy	10
1957		Cork	0–16	Waterford	1–02	Thurles Sportsfield	Nealie Duggan	11
1956 (R)		Cork	0–08 1–08	Kerry	2–02 1–07	FitzGerald Stadium	Donal O'Sullivan	1
1955		Kerry	0–14	Cork	2–06	FitzGerald Stadium	John Dowling	2
1954		Kerry	4–09	Cork	2–03	Cork Athletic Grounds	John Dowling	12
1953		Kerry	2–07	Cork	2–03	FitzGerald Stadium	Paudie Sheehy	4
1952		Cork	0–11	Kerry	0–02	Cork Athletic Grounds	Éamonn Young	9
1951		Kerry	1–06	Cork	0–04	FitzGerald Stadium	John Joe Sheehan	5
1950		Kerry	2–05	Cork	1–05	Cork Athletic Grounds	Jackie Lyne	3
1949		Cork	3–06	Clare	0–07	Gaelic Grounds	John O'Keeffe	8
1948		Kerry	2–09	Cork	2–06	FitzGerald Stadium	Joe Keohane	3
1947		Kerry	3–08	Cork	2–06	Cork Athletic Grounds	Jackie Lyne	5
1946		Kerry	2–16	Waterford	2–01	Austin Stack Park	Eddie Dowling	15
1945		Cork	1–11	Kerry	1–06	FitzGerald Stadium	Tadhg Crowley	5
1944		Kerry	1–06	Tipperary	0–05	Gaelic Grounds	Paddy Bawn Brosnan	4
1943		Cork	1–07	Tipperary	1–04	Páirc Mac Gearailt	Tadhgo Crowley	3
1942		Kerry	3–07	Cork	0–08	Tralee Sportsfield	Tom O'Connor	8
1941		Kerry	2–09	Clare	0–06	Gaelic Grounds	Bill Dillon	9
1940		Kerry	1–10	Waterford	0–06	Waterford Sportsfield	Dan Spring	7
1939		Kerry	2–11	Tipperary	0–04	Clonmel Sportsfield	Tom O'Connor	13
1938		Kerry	4–14	Cork	1–06	Clonakilty Sportsfield	Bill Kinnerk	17
1937		Kerry	4–09	Clare	1–01	Gaelic Grounds	Miko Doyle	17
1936		Kerry	1–11	Clare	2–02	Gaelic Grounds	Dan O'Keeffe	6
1935		Tipperary	2–08	Cork	1–02	Páirc Mac Gearailt	Dick Power	9
1934		Kerry	1–14	Limerick	1–02	Listowel Sportsfield	Dan O'Keeffe	12
1933		Kerry	2–08	Tipperary	1–04	Clonmel Sportsfield	Miko Doyle	7
1932		Kerry	3–10	Tipperary	1–04	Carrick Sportsfield	Miko Doyle	12
1931		Kerry	5–08	Tipperary	0–02	Tralee Sportsfield	Con Brosnan	21
1930		Kerry	3–04	Tipperary	1–02	Tipperary Sportsfield	John Joe Sheehy	8
1929		Kerry	1–14	Clare	1–02	Killarney Sportsfield	Joe Barrett	12
1928		Cork	4–03	Tipperary	0–04	Fraher Field		11
1927		Kerry	4–04	Clare	1–03	The Cricket Field	Joe Barrett	10
1926		Kerry	0–11	Tipperary	1–04	Cork Athletic Grounds	John Joe Sheehy	4
1925		Kerry	5–05	Clare	0–00	Killarney Sportsfield	Tom O'Mahony	20
1924		Kerry	5–08	Clare	2–02	Markets Field	Phil O'Sullivan	15
1923		Kerry	0–05	Tipperary	0–03	Tralee Sportsfield	John O'Mahony	2
1922		Tipperary	1–07	Limerick	0–01	Thurles Sportsfield	Ned O'Shea	9
1921		No championship
1920		Tipperary	2–02	Kerry	0–02	Cork Athletic Grounds	Ned O'Shea
1919		Kerry	6–11	Clare	2–00	Cusack Park	Con Clifford
1918		Tipperary	1–01	Kerry	0–01	Cork Athletic Grounds	Ned O'Shea
1917		Clare	5–04	Cork	0–01	Tipperary Sportsfield
1916		Cork	2–02	Clare	1–04	Clonmel Sportsfield	Paddy O'Connell
1915		Kerry	4–03	Clare	0–01	Tipperary Sportsfield	Dick Fitzgerald
1914		Kerry	0–05	Cork	0–01	Tralee Sportsfield	Dick Fitzgerald
1913		Kerry	1–06	Cork	0–01	Cork Athletic Grounds	Dick Fitzgerald
1912		Kerry	0–03	Clare	0–01	Cusack Park	Dick Fitzgerald
1911		Cork	2–05	Waterford	0–01	Fraher Field	Mick Mehigan
1910		Kerry	0–04	Cork	0–02	Cork Athletic Grounds	Tom Costello
1909		Kerry	2–08	Cork	1–07	Cork Athletic Grounds	Tom Costello
1908		Kerry	0–07	Waterford	0–02	Cork Athletic Grounds	Con Healy
1907		Cork	1–07	Tipperary	0–01	Fraher Field	Billy Mackesy
1906		Cork	1–10	Kerry	0–03	Tipperary Sportsfield	Martin O'Connor
1905		Kerry	2–10	Limerick	1–06	Tralee Sportsfield	Maurice McCarthy
1904 (R)		Kerry	0–03 2–03	Waterford	0–03 0–02	Fraher Field	Austin Stack
1903		Kerry	0–05	Cork	0–03	Markets Field	Thady O'Gorman
1902 (R)		Tipperary	1–04 2–04	Kerry	1–04 0–03	Turners Cross	Bob Quane
1901		Cork	1–09	Limerick	1–06	Tipperary Sportsfield	Jim Murphy
1900		Tipperary	2–04	Kerry	2–01	Markets Field	Jack Tobin
1899		Cork	1–09	Tipperary	0–01	Markets Field	Dan Coughlan
1898		Waterford	1–03	Cork	0–04	Castle Grounds	James Wall
1897		Cork	0–05	Limerick	0–03	Tipperary Sportsfield	Danny O'Donovan
1896		Limerick	0–04	Waterford	0–01	Mallow Town Park	Con Fitzgerald
1895		Tipperary	0–05	Limerick	0–03	Kilmallock Sportsfield	Paddy Finn
1894		Cork	1–07	Tipperary	1–03	Charleville Sportsfield	John O'Leary
1893		Cork	2–03	Kerry	1–04	Mallow Town Park	Jack O'Keeffe
1892		Kerry	1–06	Cork	1–03	Páirc Mac Gearailt	JP O'Sullivan
1891		Cork	1–05	Waterford	0–04	Youghal Sportsfield	Con O'Leary
1890		Cork	1–04	Kerry	0–01	Banteer Sportsfield	Jim Power
1889		Tipperary	0–03	Cork	0–02	Mallow Town Park	Gil Kavanagh
1888		Tipperary	w/o	Limerick	scr.		Gil Kavanagh
*Denotes match in which COVID-19 restrictions limited attendance

Team records and statistics

Main article: Munster Senior Football Championship records and statistics

Team results

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• SF/QF – Semi-Finals/Quarter-Finals

County	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	Years
Clare	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	SF	QF	QF	QF	2nd	11
Cork	2nd	2nd	2nd	SF	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	SF	QF	11
Kerry	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	SF	1st	1st	1st	11
Limerick	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	SF	SF	SF	2nd	SF	11
Tipperary	QF	SF	SF	2nd	SF	SF	QF	1st	SF	SF	SF	11
Waterford	SF	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	11

Debut of counties

Year	Debutants	Total
1888	Clare, Cork, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford	5
1889	Kerry	1
1890–present	None	0
Total		6

By Semi-Final Appearances (2013–present)

Team	No.	Years
Kerry	12	2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Cork	11	2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024
Tipperary	9	2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Clare	9	2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024
Limerick	5	2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Waterford	2	2013, 2024

List of Munster Senior Football Championship counties

The following teams have competed in the Munster Championship for at least one season.

Team	Total years	First year in Championship	Most recent year in Championship	Championship titles	Last Championship title	Most recent championship finish	Best Munster SFC finish	Current Championship	Lvl
Clare		1888	2024	2	1992	Runners-up	1st	All-Ireland Senior Football Championship	1
Cork		1888	2024	37	2012	Quarter-finals	1st	All-Ireland Senior Football Championship	1
Kerry		1889	2024	83	2023	Champions	1st	All-Ireland Senior Football Championship	1
Limerick		1888	2024	1	1896	Semi-finals	1st	Tailteann Cup	2
Tipperary		1888	2024	10	2020	Semi-finals	1st	Tailteann Cup	2
Waterford		1888	2024	1	1898	Quarter-finals	1st	Tailteann Cup	2

Most recent championship meetings

	Clare	Cork	Kerry	Limerick	Tipperary	Waterford
Clare	-	2023	2023	2023	2020	2019
Cork	-	-	2022	2021	2020	2017
Kerry	-	-	-	2022	2023	2013
Limerick	-	-	-	-	2022	2021
Tipperary	-	-	-	-	-	2023
Waterford	-	-	-	-	-	-

Most recent championship wins

	Cla	Cor	Ker	Lim	Tip	Wat
Clare	-	2023		2023		2019
Cork	2018	-	2020	2021	2018	2017
Kerry	2021	2022	-	2022	2023	2013
Limerick	2009			-	2022	2021
Tipperary	2020	2020		2020	-	2023
Waterford	2010	1960	1957	1981	1988	-

Consecutive titles

Octuple

• Kerry (1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965)
• Kerry (1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)

Septuple

• Kerry (1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942)

Sextuple

• Kerry (1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934)
• Kerry (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)

Quintuple

• Kerry (1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927)

Quadruple

• Kerry (1912, 1913, 1914, 1915)
• Cork (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990)

Treble

• Kerry (1903, 1904, 1905)
• Kerry (1908, 1909, 1910)
• Kerry (1946, 1947, 1948)
• Kerry (1953, 1954, 1955)
• Kerry (1968, 1969, 1970)
• Kerry (1984, 1985, 1986)
• Cork (1993, 1994, 1995)
• Kerry (1996, 1997, 1998)
• Kerry (2003, 2004, 2005)
• Kerry (2021, 2022, 2023)

Double

• Tipperary (1888, 1889)
• Cork (1890, 1891)
• Cork (1893, 1894)
• Cork (1906, 1907)
• Kerry (1950, 1951)
• Cork (1956, 1957)
• Cork (1966, 1967)
• Cork (1973, 1974)
• Kerry (2000, 2001)
• Cork (2008, 2009)
• Kerry (2010, 2011)

Single

• Cork (1897, 1899, 1901, 1911, 1916, 1928, 1943, 1945, 1949, 1952, 1971, 1983, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2012)
• Tipperary (1895, 1900, 1902, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1935, 2020)
• Kerry (1892, 1919, 1944, 1972, 1991, 2007)
• Clare (1917, 1992)
• Limerick (1896)
• Waterford (1898)

Teams by decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Munster Senior Football Championship titles, is as follows:

• 1880s: 2 for Tipperary (1888–89)
• 1890s: 6 for Cork (1890-91-93-94-97-99)
• 1900s: 5 for Kerry (1903-04-05-08-09)
• 1910s: 6 for Kerry (1910-12-13-14-15-19)
• 1920s: 6 for Kerry (1923-24-25-26-27-29)
• 1930s: 9 for Kerry (1930-31-32-33-34-36-37-38-39)
• 1940s: 7 for Kerry (1940-41-42-44-46-47-48)
• 1950s: 7 for Kerry (1950-51-53-54-55-58-59)
• 1960s: 8 for Kerry (1960-61-62-63-64-65-68-69)
• 1970s: 7 for Kerry (1970-72-75-76-77-78-79)
• 1980s: 6 for Kerry (1980-81-82-84-85-86)
• 1990s: 5 for Cork (1990-93-94-95-99)
• 2000s: 6 for Kerry (2000-01-03-04-05-07)
• 2010s: 9 for Kerry (2010-11-13-14-15-16-17-18-19)

Finishing positions

• Most championships
  • 84, Kerry (1892, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1919, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
• Most second-place finishes
  • 54, Cork (1889, 1892, 1898, 1903, 1909, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1935, 1938, 1942, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
• Most semi-final finishes
  • Tipperary
• Most quarter-final finishes
  • Waterford

Other records

Gaps

• Longest gaps between successive Munster titles:
  • 85 years: Tipperary (1935–2020)
  • 75 years: Clare (1917–1992)
  • 16 years: Tipperary (1902–1918)
  • 15 years: Cork (1928–1943)
  • 13 years: Tipperary (1922–1935)
  • 12 years: Cork (1916–1928)
  • 11 years: Kerry (1892–1903)
• Longest gaps between successive Munster finals:
  • 49 years: Tipperary (1944–1993)
  • 43 years: Clare (1949–1992)
  • 31 years: Limerick (1934–1965)
  • 29 years: Waterford (1911–1940)
  • 26 years: Limerick (1965–1991)
  • 17 years: Limerick (1905–1922)
  • 15 years: Clare (1997–2012)
  • 14 years: Tipperary (2002–2016)
  • 12 years: Limerick (1922–1934)
  • 12 years: Limerick (1991–2003)
  • 12 years: Limerick (2010–2022)
  • 11 years: Tipperary (1907–1918)
  • 11 years: Cork (1917–1928)
  • 11 years: Waterford (1946–1957)
  • 11 years: Clare (2012–2023)

Active Gaps

• Longest active gaps since a championship title:
  • 128 years: Limerick (1896–)
  • 126 years: Waterford (1898–)
  • 32 years: Clare (1992–)
  • 14 years: Cork (2010–)
  • 4 years: Tipperary (2020–)
• Longest active gaps since a championship final appearance:
  • 64 years: Waterford (1960–)
  • 4 years: Tipperary (2020–)
  • 3 years: Cork (2021–)
  • 2 years: Limerick (2022–)

Longest undefeated run

• The record for the longest unbeaten run stands at 18 games held by Kerry. They achieved this feat on three separate occasions: 1936–1943, 1958–1966 and 1975–1983.

Most recent pairings in the final

• Clare v Kerry: 2024
• Kerry v Limerick: 2022
• Cork v Kerry: 2021
• Cork v Tipperary: 2020
• Kerry v Tipperary: 2016
• Clare v Cork: 2012
• Cork v Limerick: 2009
• Kerry v Waterford: 1960
• Cork v Waterford: 1957
• Limerick v Tipperary: 1922
• Limerick v Waterford: 1896

All-time table (2020–present)

Legend

Colours
Currently competing in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Currently competing in the Tailteann Cup

As of 22 April 2024 (after munster semi-finals).

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Points
1	Kerry	9	8	0	1	16
2	Tipperary	9	5	0	4	10
3	Limerick	9	4	0	5	8
4	Clare	7	3	0	4	6
=	Cork	8	3	0	5	6
=	Waterford	6	1	0	5	2

Team progress since 2001

Below is a record of each county's performance since the introduction of the qualifier system to the All-Ireland series in 2001. Qualifiers did not occur from 2020 onwards due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games.

Key

Winner

Final

Semi-final

Quarter-final / Super 8s

Qualifier Rounds 1–4 / Tommy Murphy Cup

Championship	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Clare	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q3	Q2	TM	TM	Q2	Q1	Q1	Q4	Q2	Q3	Q2	QF	Q3	Q3	Q4
Cork	Q4	SF	Q1	Q3	SF	SF	F	SF	F	W	QF	SF	QF	QF	Q4	Q4	Q4	Q4	S8s
Kerry	SF	F	SF	W	F	W	W	F	W	QF	F	QF	SF	W	F	SF	SF	S8s	F
Limerick	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q4	Q3	Q2	Q1	Q2	Q4	Q4	QF	Q3	Q1	Q3	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q1	Q2
Tipperary	Q1	Q4	Q3	Q1	Q1	Q2	TM	Q1	Q2	Q2	Q1	Q4	Q1	Q4	Q3	SF	Q3	Q2	Q1
Waterford	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q1	TM	TM	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q2	Q1

Player records

Top scorers

All time

Rank	Player	Team	Score	Tally	Era
1	Maurice Fitzgerald	Kerry	9–167	194	1988–2001
2	Mikey Sheehy	Kerry	15–119	164	1974–1987
3	Colin Corkery	Cork	4–132	144	1993–2004
4	Colm Cooper	Kerry	8–110	134	2002–2016
5	Declan Browne	Tipperary	5–106	121	1996–2007
6	Pat Spillane	Kerry	14–77	119	1975–1991
7	Bryan Sheehan	Kerry	5–97	112	2005–2017
8	Peter Lambert	Tipperary	11–68	101	1988–2003
9	Dara Ó Cinnéide	Kerry	8–71	95	1994–2005
10	Mick O'Dwyer	Kerry	4–79	91	1957–1973
	Dinny Allen	Cork	11–58	91	1972–1989

By year

Year	Name	Team	Score	Total
1965	Éamonn Cregan	Limerick	2-08	14
1966	Gene McCarthy	Cork	3-06	15
1967	Mick Tynan	Limerick	3–12	21
1968	Mick O'Dwyer	Kerry	0–12	12
1969	Vinny Kirwan	Waterford	0–12	12
	John Cummins	Tipperary	0–12	12
1970	Denis Coughlan	Cork	3–14	23
1971	Denis Coughlan	Cork	1–16	19
1972	Mick O'Dwyer	Kerry	0–13	13
1973	Billy Field	Cork	2–14	20
1974	Ray Cummins	Cork	1-08	11
1975	Jim Kehoe	Tipperary	4-00	12
1976	Mikey Sheehy	Kerry	1–20	23
1977	Barry Walsh	Kerry	2-09	15
1978	Mikey Sheehy	Kerry	4–13	25
1979	Ger Power	Kerry	4-06	18
1980	Anthony Moran	Limerick	0–21	21
1981	Mikey Sheehy	Kerry	1–11	14
1982	Mikey Sheehy	Kerry	2–15	21
1983	Mikey Sheehy	Kerry	2–11	17
	John Cleary	Cork	1–14	17
1984	Franny Kelly	Tipperary	1-09	12
1985	Franny Kelly	Tipperary	1–19	22
1986	Franny Kelly	Tipperary	1–11	14
1987	Larry Tompkins	Kerry	0–15	15
1988	Maurice Fitzgerald	Kerry	0–16	16
1989	Eoin Sheehan	Limerick	4-07	19
1990	Maurice Fitzgerald	Kerry	1–14	17
1991	Maurice Fitzgerald	Kerry	0–24	24
1992	Maurice Fitzgerald	Kerry	1–20	23
1993	Colin Corkery	Cork	2–20	26
1994	Peter Lambert	Tipperary	4–13	25
1996	Maurice Fitzgerald	Kerry	4–20	32
1996	Dara Ó Cinnéide	Kerry	1–15	18
1997	Brendan Cummins	Tipperary	1–13	16
1998	Declan Browne	Tipperary	2–29	35
1099	Podsie O'Mahony	Cork	1–13	16
2000	Dara Ó Cinnéide	Kerry	2-09	15
2001	Dara Ó Cinnéide	Kerry	1–13	16
2002	Colin Corkery	Cork	0–29	29
2003	Declan Browne	Tipperary	1–16	19
2004	Muiris Gavin	Limerick	0–24	24
2005	Colm Cooper	Cork	3–12	21
2006	James Masters	Cork	1–21	24
2007	James Masters	Cork	3–18	27
2008	Daniel Goulding	Cork	1-08	11
2009	Donncha O'Connor	Cork	3–14	23
2010	Colm Cooper	Kerry	1–20	23
2011	Daniel Goulding	Cork	2–15	21
2012	Ian Ryan	Limerick	1–17	20
2013	Daniel Goulding	Cork	1–17	20
2014	Paul Whyte	Waterford	1-07	10
	David Tubridy	Clare	1-07	10
	Shane McGrath	Clare	1-07	10
	James O'Donoghue	Kerry	0–10	10
2015	Colm O'Neill	Cork	1–14	17
2016	Kevin O'Halloran	Tipperary	0–15	15
2017	James O'Donoghue	Kerry	0–16	16
2018	Paul Geaney	Kerry	2–12	18
2019	Mark Collins	Cork	0–17	17
2020	Conor Sweeney	Tipperary	1–18	21

Most appearances

Rank	Player	Team	Games	Era
1	Colm Cooper	Kerry	41	2002–2016
	Tomás Ó Sé	Kerry	41	1997–2013
3	Darragh Ó Sé	Kerry	40	1994–2009
4	Marc Ó Sé	Kerry	38	2002–2016
5	Dan O'Keeffe	Kerry	36	1932–1948
6	Tom O'Sullivan	Kerry	34	2000–2011
	Séamus Moynihan	Kerry	34	1992–2006
	Jack O'Shea	Kerry	34	1977–1992
	Mick O'Connell	Kerry	34	1956–1974
10	Maurice Fitzgerald	Kerry	33	1988–2001
	Billy Morgan	Cork	33	1966–1981

Record Munster medal winners

Rank	Player	Team	No.	Years
1	Dan O'Keeffe	Kerry	14	1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948
2	Mick O'Connell	Kerry	12	1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972
3	Pat Spillane	Kerry	12	1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991
4	Mick O'Dwyer	Kerry	11	1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972
5	John O'Keeffe	Kerry	11	1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984
6	Páidí Ó Sé	Kerry	11	1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986
7	Ger Power	Kerry	11	1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986
8	Mikey Sheehy	Kerry	11	1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986
9	Denis "Ógie" Moran	Kerry	11	1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986
10	Dick Fitzgerald	Kerry	10	1903, 1905, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1923
11	Miko Doyle	Kerry	10	1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939
12	Joe Keohane	Kerry	10	1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1947, 1948
13	Johnny Culloty	Kerry	10	1955, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970
14	Jack O'Shea	Kerry	10	1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991

See also

• Munster Senior Football Championship records and statistics
• All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
  • Connacht Senior Football Championship
  • Leinster Senior Football Championship
  • Ulster Senior Football Championship
• Munster Senior Hurling Championship

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External links

• Munster GAA website
• Munster Senior Football Championship fixtures GAA.ie
• Roll of Honour, Munster Senior Football Championship GAA.ie
• List of winning teams, Munster Senior Football Championship GAA.ie