2022 Ulster Senior Football Championship

2022 Ulster SFC

Tournament details
Province	Ulster
Year	2022
Trophy	Anglo-Celt Cup
Winners
Champions	Derry (8th win)
Manager	Rory Gallagher
Captain	Chrissy McKaigue
Runners-up
Runners-up	Donegal
Manager	Declan Bonner
Captain	Michael Murphy
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The 2022 Ulster Senior Football Championship is the 134th installment of the annual Ulster Senior Football Championship organised by Ulster GAA. It is one of the four provincial competitions of the 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. The winners receive the Anglo-Celt Cup. The draw for the 2022 Ulster Championship was made on 28 November 2021. ^{[1] [2]}

Teams

The Ulster championship is contested by the nine county teams in the province of Ulster.

Team	Colours	Sponsor	Manager	Captain	Most recent success
All-Ireland	Provincial
Antrim	Saffron and white	Fona Cab	Enda McGinley	Peter Healy [3] [4]		1951
Armagh	Orange and white	Simply Fruit	Kieran McGeeney	Aidan Nugent/Rian O'Neill [5]	2002	2008
Cavan	Royal blue and white	Kingspan Group	Mickey Graham	Raymond Galligan	1952	2020
Derry	Red and white	Errigal Contracts	Rory Gallagher	Chrissy McKaigue	1993	1998
Donegal	Gold and green	Circet	Declan Bonner	Michael Murphy	2012	2019
Down	Red and black	EOS IT Solutions	James McCartan	Darren O'Hagan	1994	1994
Fermanagh	Green and white	Tracey Concrete	Kieran Donnelly	Declan McCusker
Monaghan	White and blue	All-Boro	Séamus "Banty" McEnaney	Ryan Wylie		2015
Tyrone	White and Red	McAleer & Rushe	Feargal Logan Brian Dooher	Pádraig Hampsey [6] [7]	2021	2021

Championship draw

Preliminary round 16 April

Quarter-finals 23/24/30 April, 1 May

Semi-finals 8/15 May

Final 29 May

Donegal

1–16

Armagh

0–12

Donegal

2–16

Cavan

0–16

Antrim

0–10

Cavan

1–20

Donegal

1–14

Derry

1–16

Monaghan

0–23

Down

2–7

Derry

3–12

Fermanagh

2–10

Monaghan

0–17

Tyrone

2–17

Tyrone

0–10

Derry

1–18

Preliminary round

Two counties were randomly drawn to face each other in the preliminary round. The lowest ranked county to play in the preliminary round was Fermanagh of Division 3.

16 April 2022

18:30

Preliminary round

Fermanagh (3)	2-10 - 2-17	Tyrone (1)
Conall Jones 1-1, Josh Largo-Ellis 1-0, Sean Quigley (0-2f, 1 '45) & Ryan Lyons (0-2f) 0-3 each, James McMahon, Darragh McGurn & Garvan Jones (0-1f) 0-1 each	Report	Darren McCurry 0-6 (0-2f, 0-2m), Cathal McShane 0-3 (0-2f), Conor Meyler & Liam Rafferty 1-0 each, Conor McKenna 0-2, Darragh Canavan, Niall Sludden, Conn Kilpatrick, Kieran McGeary, Michael Conroy & Brian Kennedy (0-1m) 0-1 each

Brewster Park, Enniskillen

Attendance: 7,839 ^[8]

Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)

Quarter-finals

Seven counties were given a bye to this stage and were joined by the preliminary round's winning team. The lowest ranked counties to play in the quarter-finals were Antrim, Cavan and Down of Division 3.

23 April 2022

14:00

Quarter-final

Antrim (3)	0-10 - 1-20	Cavan (3)
Ryan Murray 0-3, Michael McCann, Kevin Small, Dermot McAleese, Paddy McAleer, Conor Stewart, Conor Murray (0-1f) & Jamie Gribbin (0-1f) 0-1 each	Report	Paddy Lynch 0-8 (0-5f, 0-1m), Gearóid McKiernan 1-2 (0-1f), Gerard Smith 0-3, Martin Reilly 0-2, James Smith, Padraig Faulkner, Jason McLoughlin, Cormac O'Reilly & Raymond Galligan (0-1f) 0-1 each

Corrigan Park, Belfast

Referee: Jerome Henry (Mayo)

24 April 2022

14:00

Quarter-final

Donegal (1)	1-16 - 0-12	Armagh (1)
Michael Murphy 0-6 (0-4f), Patrick McBrearty 1-2 (0-1f), Michael Langan 0-3, Shane O'Donnell, Ciaran Thompson, Jason McGee, Eoghan Ban Gallagher & Conor O'Donnell 0-1 each	Report	Rory Grugan 0-5 (0-3f), Tiernan Kelly, Conor Turbitt, Ben Crealey, Jarly-Óg Burns, Greg McCabe, Stefan Campbell & Oisin O'Neill 0-1 each

MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey

Attendance: 13,689

Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)

30 April 2022

16:30

Quarter-final

Monaghan (1)	0-23 - 2-7	Down (3)
Jack McCarron 0-7 (0-2f, 0-1m), Conor McManus 0-4 (0-3f), Gary Mohan 0-3 (0-2m), Rory Beggan 0-2 (0-1f, 1 ‘45), Andrew Woods, Ryan Wylie, Conor McCarthy, Kieran Duffy, Shane Carey, Conor Boyle & Kieran Hughes 0-1 each	Report	Pat Havern 1-1, Caolan Mooney 1-0, Daniel Guinness 0-2 (1 '45), Conor Poland, Conor Francis, Tiarnan Rushe (0-1f) & Andrew Gilmore (0-1f) 0-1 each

St Tiernach's Park, Clones

Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford)

1 May 2022

16:00

Quarter-final

Tyrone (1)	0-10 - 1-18	Derry (2)
Darren McCurry 0-4 (0-2f), Cathal McShane (0-2f) & Darragh Canavan (0-1f, 0-1m) 0-2 each, Niall Morgan (1 '45) & Ronan McNamee 0-1 each	Report	Shane McGuigan 1-4 (1-0p, 0-2f), Niall Loughlin 0-7 (0-5f, 1 '45), Benny Heron & Conor Doherty 0-2 each, Ethan Doherty, Gareth McKinless & Emmett Bradley (0-1m) 0-1 each

Healy Park, Omagh

Referee: Paddy Neilan (Roscommon)

Semi-finals

8 May 2022

16:00

Semi-final

Cavan (3)	0-16 - 2-16	Donegal (1)
Paddy Lynch 0-6 (0-3f), Gearóid McKiernan (0-1f) & James Smith (0-1m) 0-3 each, Thomas Galligan 0-2, Gerard Smith & Raymond Galligan (0-1f) 0-1 each	Report	Paddy McBrearty 1-4 (0-3f), Michael Murphy 0-5 (0-4f), Jamie Brennan 0-4, Conor O'Donnell 1-0, Ciaran Thompson, Peader Mogan & Caolan McGonagle 0-1 each

St Tiernach's Park, Clones

Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)

15 May 2022

16:00

Semi-final

Derry (2)	3-12 - 0-17	Monaghan (1)
Shane McGuigan 0-7 (0-3f, 0-1m, 1 '45), Benny Heron 2-0, Gareth McKinless 1-0, Paul Cassidy 0-2, Emmett Bradley, Niall Loughlin & Niall Toner 0-1 each	Report	Conor McManus 0-7 (0-5f), Jack McCarron 0-4 (0-3f), Conor McCarthy, Darren Hughes, Andrew Woods, Dessie Ward, Niall Kearns & Ryan McAnespie 0-1 each

Athletic Grounds, Armagh

Referee: David Gough (Meath)

Final

29 May 2022

16:00

Final

Derry (2)	1-16 - 1-14	Donegal (1)
Shane McGuigan 0-6 (0-5f), Niall Loughlin 1-2 (0-1f), Brendan Rogers 0-3, Shea Downey, Paul Cassidy, Conor Glass, Conor Doherty & Emmet Bradley 0-1 each	Report	Odhran McFadden-Ferry 1-0, Peadar Mogan 0-3, Michael Murphy, Shane O'Donnell & Paddy McBrearty (0-2f) 0-2 each, Michael Langan, Jason McGee, Ryan McHugh, Ciaran Thompson & Aaron Doherty 0-1 each

St Tiernach's Park, Clones

Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone)

The winning team advanced to the 2022 All-Ireland SFC, while the losing team advanced to the All-Ireland SFC qualifiers.

See also

• 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
  • 2022 Connacht Senior Football Championship
  • 2022 Leinster Senior Football Championship
  • 2022 Munster Senior Football Championship

References

1. "2022 Senior Football and Hurling Provincial Championship draws". GAA.ie. 29 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
2. "2022 Football Championship draw: Galway pitted against Mayo in Connacht, Kerry paired with Cork in Munster". Sky Sports. 28 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
3. "Healy handed Antrim football captaincy". Hogan Stand. 14 May 2021.
4. "McGinley departure a surprise to Antrim players, says captain Healy". Hogan Stand. 2 June 2022.
5. "'It was bonkers, that's the only word to describe it' — Ex-Galway star Joe Bergin on melee red cards". independent.ie. 29 June 2022. However, a greater issue that caught Bergin's eye was the decision for referee David Coldrick to send off both Kelly and Nugent, feeling it was a far harsher punishment to Galway than Armagh considering the latter player shares the captaincy role with Rian O'Neill.
6. "Team news: Hampsey is new Red Hands captain". Hogan Stand. 14 May 2021.
7. "Pádraig Hampsey is new Tyrone captain – but no sign of Cathal McShane comeback just yet". Irish Independent . 14 May 2021.
8. "Fermanagh 2-10 Tyrone 2-17: Conor McKenna red card mars Red Hands' hard-fought win over Erne County". Sky Sports. Retrieved 22 April 2025.

External links

• http://ulster.gaa.ie/