2025 Munster Senior Football Championship

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2025 Munster SFC
Tournament details
Province Flag of Munster.svg Munster
Year2025
TrophyMunster Cup
DateApril – May 2025
Defending champions Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry
Winners
Champions Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry (86th win)
Runners-up
Runners-up Colours of Clare.svg Clare
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The 2025 Munster Senior Football Championship was the 2025 installment of the annual Munster Senior Football Championship organised by Munster GAA. It was one of the four provincial competitions of the 2025 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. The winning team received the Munster Cup. The draw for the championship was made on 12 October 2024. [1] The defending champion was Kerry and they went on to retain the title. [2] [3]

Contents

Draw

SeededUnseeded

Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry (1st)

Colours of Clare.svg Clare (2nd)

Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick (QF)

Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary (QF)

Colours of Cork.svg Cork (SF)

Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford (SF)

Teams

General information

Six counties competed in the Munster Senior Football Championship:

County Last Championship titleLast All-Ireland titlePosition in 2024 Championship
Colours of Clare.svg Clare 1992 —Runners-up
Colours of Cork.svg Cork 2012 2010 Semi-finals
Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry 2024 2022 Champions
Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick 1896 1896 Quarter-finals
Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary 2020 1920 Quarter-finals
Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford 1898 —Semi-finals

Personnel and kits

County Manager Captain(s) Sponsors
Colours of Clare.svg Clare Peter Keane Eoin ClearyPat O'Donnell
Colours of Cork.svg Cork John Cleary Ian Maguire Sports Direct
Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry Jack O'Connor Jack Moloney Kerry Group
Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick Jimmy LeeCillian Fahy [4] [5] None
Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary Philly Ryan Vacant Fiserv
Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford Paul Shankey [6] [7] Dermot Ryan Cognizant

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 19 April, Ennis
 
 
 Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary 1-15
 
 
 
 Colours of Clare.svg Clare 2-18
 
 Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary 1-22
 
 4 May, Killarney
 
 Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford 1-19
 
 Colours of Clare.svg Clare 0-21
 
 
 Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry 4-20
 
 
 19 April, Cork
 
 
 Colours of Cork.svg Cork 1-25
 
 5 April, Limerick
 
 Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry 3-21
 
 Colours of Cork.svg Cork 0-24
 
 
 Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick 0-13
 

Quarter-finals

Matches

5 April 2025Quarter-final Tipperary Colours of Tipperary.svg 1-22 – 1-19 Waterford Colours of Waterford.svg Thurles  
Venue: Semple Stadium
Gls: S O’Brien 1
Pts: P Feehan 1, M Freaney 4 (1tp), C Smith 6 (2fs), S O’Brien 8 (2tpf, 1tp, 1 '45)		 Report Gls: A Dunwoody 1
Pts: L Fennell 1, C Murray 5 (1tp), James Power 3 (1tp), J Curry 6 (4fs, 1 '45), A Dunwoody 2		Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford)
Attendance: 1,017


5 April 2025Quarter-final Cork Colours of Cork.svg 0-24 – 0-13 Limerick Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick  
Venue: TUS Gaelic Grounds

Pts: Brian O’Driscoll 6 (2tp), Matty Taylor 1, Colm O’Callaghan 2, Paul Walsh 2, Seán McDonnell 1, Mark Cronin 6 (2tpf, 2f), Brian Hurley 4 (1f, 1tpf), Chris Óg Jones 1, Cathail O’Mahony 1		 Report
Pts: Colm McSweeney 1, Paul Maher 1, Emmett Rigter 2 (1tpf), James Naughton 7 (1f, 2tpf), Peter Nash 2 (1f)		Referee: Derek O’Mahoney (Tipperary)
Attendance: 2,042 [8]


Semi-finals

Matches

19 April 2025Semi-final Clare Colours of Clare.svg 2-18 – 1-15 Tipperary Colours of Tipperary.svg Ennis  
2.00pmVenue: Zimmer Biomet Phairc
Report [9] Referee: James Molloy (Galway)
Attendance: 2,893


19 April 2025Semi-final Kerry Colours of Kerry.svg 3-21 – 1-25 Cork Colours of Cork.svg Cork  
7.00pmVenue: Páirc Uí Chaoimh
Report [10] Referee: Barry Tiernan (Dublin)
Attendance: 14,358


Final

Munster Final

4 May 2025Final Kerry Colours of Kerry.svg 4-20 – 0-21 Clare Colours of Clare.svg Killarney  
1.45pmVenue: Fitzgerald Stadium
Report [11] Referee: Noel Mooney (Cavan)
Attendance: 13,181


Statistics

Scoring events

Does not include scores after extra-time.

Stadia and attendance

Miscellaneous

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2025 Munster Senior Football Championship Draw". Munster GAA . 12 October 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  2. ↑ Brennan, Eoin (5 May 2024). "Munster SFC Final: Kerry defeat spirited Clare". Gaelic Athletic Association . Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "Kerry dismantle Clare to ease to routine Munster title". RTE Sport. 5 May 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "Fahy named new Limerick football captain". Hogan Stand. 15 January 2025.
  5. ↑ "Limerick full of confidence and ready to cause an upset in Tailteann Cup final". RTÉ. 7 July 2025. 'There has been a great buzz around the camp', Limerick captain Cillian Fahy told RTÉ Sport ahead of the Croke Park decider.
  6. ↑ "Waterford to appoint Shankey as football manager". RTÉ. 9 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "Paul Shankey steps down as Waterford football manager". RTÉ. 3 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "2025 Munster Senior Football Championship Quarter-Final – Cork 0-24 Limerick 0-13". Munster GAA. 14 February 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "2025 Munster Senior Football Championship Semi-Final – Clare 2-18 Tipperary 1-15". Munster GAA. 14 February 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  10. ↑ "Munster SFC: Kerry win extra-time thriller". GAA. 19 April 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  11. ↑ "David Clifford inspirational as Kerry ease past Clare to seal another Munster title". Irish Independent. 4 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
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