All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship

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GAA Football Under-20 All-Ireland Championship
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Current event clock.svg 2023 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship
Irish Craobh Peile Fé-20 na hÉireann
Code Gaelic football
Founded1964;59 years ago (1964)
Region Ireland (GAA)
TrophyClarke Cup
Title holders Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare (3rd title)
Most titles Colours of Cork.svg Cork (12 titles)
Sponsors EirGrid
TV partner(s) TG4
Official website Official website

The GAA Football Under-20 All-Ireland Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the EirGrid GAA Football Under-20 All-Ireland Championship) is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurling competition for male players between the ages of 17 and 20 in Ireland. The championship was contested as the All-Ireland Under-21 Championship between 1964 and 2017 before changing to an under-20 age category from 2018. [1]

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The final, usually held in August, serves as the culmination of a series of games played during the summer months, and the results determine which team receives the Clarke Cup. The All-Ireland Championship had always been played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team loses they are eliminated from the championship.

Four teams currently participate in the All-Ireland Championship, with the most successful teams coming from the province of Munster. Teams representing this province have won a total of 22 All-Ireland titles.

The title has been won by 16 different teams, 10 of whom have won the title more than once. The all-time record-holders are Cork, who have won the championship on 12 occasions. Tyrone are the current holders.

Overview

The All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship was created in 1964 in response to a Congress motion put forward by the Kerry County Board. Since then the competition has grown in importance and profile. The championship is run on an inter-county provincial basis with the winners from Munster, Leinster, Ulster and Connacht playing off against each other in two semi-finals. Cork are the most successful teams in the history of the Under-21 Championship. Two teams have achieved three-in-a-rows; Kerry from 1975 to 1977 and Cork from 1984 to 1986. The coveted treble of winning senior, under-21, minor titles in the same year has been achieved on just one occasion, by Kerry in 1975. Because teams will only play together for at most, about two or three years, unlike the senior competition, it is unusual that one county will dominate for periods any longer than this.

It is usually considered a mark of a very promising player to play for both a county's Under 21 and Senior team at the same time. Many great players have achieved this, although one particular example would be Frank McGuigan, who, in 1973, represented Tyrone in the Ulster Finals of the Minors, Seniors and Under 21s. [2]

Roll of Honour

CountyTitlesRunners-upYears wonYears runner-up
Colours of Cork.svg Cork 1251970, 1971, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1994, 2007, 2009, 20191965, 1979, 2006, 2013, 2016
Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry 1071964, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1998, 20081967, 1972, 1978, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1999
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 641972, 2002, 2005, 2011, 2013, 20201981, 1989, 1992, 2017
Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 621991, 1992, 2000, 2001, 2015, 20221990, 2003
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 571967, 1974, 1983, 2006, 20161973, 1984, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2004, 2018
Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 552003, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2017 1975, 1980, 2002, 2019, 2020
Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 341965, 2018, 20231966, 1976, 2008, 2022
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 251966, 19781969, 1982, 2012, 2014, 2021
Colours of Derry.svg Derry 221968, 19971983, 1985
Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly 221988, 20211968, 1986
Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal 211982, 19872010
Colours of Down.svg Down 1319791977, 2005, 2009
Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim 1119691974
Colours of Meath.svg Meath 1119931997
Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath 101999—
Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh 102004—
Colours of Laois.svg Laois 03—1964, 1998, 2007
Colours of Cavan.svg Cavan 03—1988, 1996, 2011
Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh 02—1970, 1971
Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick 01—2000
Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary 01—2015
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 01—2023

Appearances in final

CountyAppearancesWinsRunners-up
Cork17125
Kerry17107
Mayo1257
Galway1064
Dublin1055
Tyrone862
Roscommon725
Kildare734
Derry422
Offaly422
Down413
Donegal321
Cavan303
Laois303
Antrim211
Meath211
Fermanagh202
Armagh110
Westmeath110
Limerick101
Tipperary101
Sligo101

Finals listed by year

Under-20 Competition
YearWinnerScoreRunner UpScore
2023 Kildare 1-17 Sligo 0-12
2022 [3] Tyrone 1–20 Kildare 1–14
2021 Offaly 1–14 Roscommon 1–11
2020 Galway 1–11 Dublin 0–13
2019 Cork 3–16 Dublin 1–14
2018 Kildare 1–18 Mayo 1–16
Under-21 Competition
YearWinnerScoreRunner UpScore
2017 Dublin 2–13 Galway 2–07
2016 Mayo 5–07 Cork 1–14
2015 [4] Tyrone 1–11 Tipperary 0–13
2014 [5] Dublin 1–21 Roscommon 3–06
2013 [6] Galway 1–14 Cork 1–11
2012 Dublin 2–12 Roscommon 0–11
2011 [7] Galway 2–16 Cavan 1–09
2010 Dublin 1–10 Donegal 1–08
2009 Cork 1–13 Down 2–09
2008 Kerry 2–12 Kildare 0–11
2007 Cork 2–10 Laois 0–15
2006 Mayo 1–13 Cork 1–11
2005 Galway 6–05 Down 4–06
2004 Armagh 2–08 Mayo 1–09
2003 Dublin 0–12 Tyrone 0–07
2002 Galway 0–15 Dublin 0–07
2001 Tyrone 0–13 Mayo 0–10
2000 Tyrone 3–12 Limerick 0–13
1999 Westmeath 0–12 Kerry 0–09
1998 Kerry 2–08 Laois 0–11
1997 Derry 1–12 Meath 0–05
1996 Kerry 1–17 Cavan 2–10
1995 Kerry 2–12, 3–10 (R) Mayo 3–09, 1–12 (R)
1994 Cork 1–12 Mayo 1–05
1993 Meath 1–08 Kerry 0–10
1992 Tyrone 1–10 Galway 1–07
1991 Tyrone 4–16 Kerry 1–05
1990 Kerry 5–12 Tyrone 2–11
1989 Cork 2–08 Galway 1–10
1988 Offaly 0–11 Cavan 0–09
1987 [8] Donegal 1–07, 1–12 (R) Kerry 0–10, 2-04 (R)
1986 Cork 3–16 Offaly 0–12
1985 Cork 0–14 Derry 1–08
1984 Cork 0–09 Mayo 0–06
1983 Mayo 2–05, 1-08 (R) Derry 1–08, 1-05 (R)
1982 Donegal 0–08 Roscommon 0–05
1981 Cork 0–14, 2-09 (R) Galway 2–08, 1-06 (R)
1980 Cork 2–08 Dublin 1–05
1979 Down 1–09 Cork 0–07
1978 Roscommon 1–09 Kerry 1–08
1977 Kerry 1–11 Down 1–05
1976 Kerry 0–14 Kildare 1–03
1975 Kerry 1–15 Dublin 0–10
1974 Mayo 0–09, 2–10 (R) Antrim 0–09, 2-08 (R)
1973 Kerry 2–13 Mayo 0–13
1972 Galway 2–06 Kerry 0–07
1971 Cork 3–10 Fermanagh 0–03
1970 Cork 2–11 Fermanagh 0–09
1969 Antrim 1–08 Roscommon 0–10
1968 Derry 3–09 Offaly 1–09
1967 Mayo 2–10, 4-09 (R) Kerry 2–10, 1-07 (R)
1966 Roscommon 2–10 Kildare 1–12
1965 Kildare 2–11 Cork 1–07
1964 Kerry 1–10 Laois 1–03

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