2022 Ulster Senior Football Championship

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2022 Ulster SFC
Tournament details
Province Flag of Ulster.svg Ulster
Year2022
TrophyAnglo-Celt Cup
Winners
Champions Colours of Derry.svg Derry (8th win)
Manager Rory Gallagher
Captain Chrissy McKaigue
Runners-up
Runners-up Colours of Donegal GAA.svg 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]

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Teams

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

TeamColoursSponsorManagerCaptainMost recent success
All-IrelandProvincial
Antrim Antrim colours.PNG Saffron and whiteFona Cab Enda McGinley Peter Healy [3] [4]
Armagh Armagh colours.PNG Orange and whiteSimply Fruit Kieran McGeeney Aidan Nugent/Rian O'Neill [5]
Cavan Laois colours.PNG Royal blue and white Kingspan Group Mickey Graham Raymond Galligan
Derry Cork colours.PNG Red and whiteErrigal Contracts Rory Gallagher Chrissy McKaigue
Donegal Donegal colours.jpg Gold and greenCircet Declan Bonner Michael Murphy
Down Down colours.PNG Red and blackEOS IT Solutions James McCartan Darren O'Hagan
Fermanagh Limerick colours.PNG Green and whiteTracey Concrete Kieran Donnelly Declan McCusker
Monaghan Waterford colours.PNG White and blueAll-Boro Séamus "Banty" McEnaney Ryan Wylie
Tyrone Derry colours.PNG White and RedMcAleer & Rushe Feargal Logan
Brian Dooher 		Pádraig Hampsey [6] [7]

Championship draw

Preliminary round
16 April 		Quarter-finals
23/24/30 April, 1 May 		Semi-finals
8/15 May 		Final
29 May
Colours of Donegal GAA.svg Donegal 1–16
Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh 0–12
Colours of Donegal GAA.svg Donegal 2–16
Colours of Cavan.svg Cavan 0–16
Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim 0–10
Colours of Cavan.svg Cavan 1–20
Colours of Donegal GAA.svg Donegal 1–14
Colours of Derry.svg Derry 1–16
Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan 0–23
Colours of Down.svg Down 2–7
Colours of Derry.svg Derry 3–12
Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh 2–10 Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan 0–17
Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 2–17 Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 0–10
Colours of Derry.svg 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.

Preliminary round
Fermanagh Colours of Fermanagh.svg (3)2-10 - 2-17 Colours of Tyrone.svg 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
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.

Quarter-final
Antrim Colours of Antrim.svg (3)0-10 - 1-20 Colours of Cavan.svg 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)
Quarter-final
Donegal Colours of Donegal.svg (1)1-16 - 0-12 Colours of Armagh.svg 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)
Quarter-final
Monaghan Colours of Monaghan.svg (1)0-23 - 2-7 Colours of Down.svg 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)
Quarter-final
Tyrone Colours of Tyrone.svg (1)0-10 - 1-18 Colours of Derry.svg 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

Semi-final
Cavan Colours of Cavan.svg (3)0-16 - 2-16 Colours of Donegal.svg 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)
Semi-final
Derry Colours of Derry.svg (2)3-12 - 0-17 Colours of Monaghan.svg 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

Final
Derry Colours of Derry.svg (2)1-16 - 1-14 Colours of Donegal.svg 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

Notes

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    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.
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    7. ↑ "Pádraig Hampsey is new Tyrone captain – but no sign of Cathal McShane comeback just yet". Irish Independent . 14 May 2021.
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