Connacht Junior Football Championship

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Connacht Junior Football Championship
Founded1906
Title holders Galway (22nd title)
Most titles Mayo (30 titles)
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The Connacht Junior Football Championship is a junior "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in the province of Connacht in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Connacht Council. The competition began in 1906, with Mayo winning during the inaugural year. The most successful county to date is Mayo who have won on twenty nine occasions. The 2019 Connacht Junior Football champions are Galway. The winners of the Connacht Junior Football Championship each year progress to play the other provincial champions for a chance to win the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship.

Contents

Teams

CountyChampionship titlesLast championship title
Galway 222019
Leitrim 72017
Mayo 302016
Roscommon 112009
Sligo 112014

Roll of honour

#CountyTitlesYears won
1 Mayo 301907, 1913, 1914, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1930, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1963, 1967, 1978, 1970, 1971, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2015, 2016
2 Galway 221915, 1919, 1931, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1954, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1994, 1996, 2003, 2018, 2019
3 Roscommon 111929, 1932, 1939, 1940, 1959, 1964, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2008, 2009
Sligo 111926, 1928, 1935, 1956, 1973, 1998, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014
5 Leitrim 71938, 1941, 1946, 1952, 1962, 2004, 2017

List of finals

YearWinnersRunners-up
CountyScoreCountyScore
2020–No championship
2019 Galway 1-07 Mayo 0–09
2018 Galway 1-11 Mayo 1–10
2017 [1] Leitrim 1–16 Mayo 0–16
2016 [2] Mayo 1–11 Galway 0–12
2015 [3] Mayo 1–12 Galway 0–13
2014 [4] Sligo 0–09 Leitrim 0–06
2013 [5] Sligo 0–15 Mayo 1–11
2012 [6] Mayo 2–12 Galway 0–10
2011 [7] Sligo 1–10 Mayo 1–09
2010 Sligo 0–09 Galway 0–08
2009 Roscommon 2–09 Mayo 0–10
2008 Roscommon 2–10 Leitrim 0–13
2007 Mayo 3–10 Sligo 2–07
2006 Roscommon 1–10 Mayo 0–11
2005 Sligo 0–12 Mayo 0–11
2004 Leitrim 0–12 Roscommon 1–08
2003 Galway 1–07 Roscommon 0–04
2002 Mayo 2–14 Leitrim 1–04
2001 Mayo 1–16 Leitrim 0–09
2000 Roscommon 2–08 Leitrim 0–08
1999 Roscommon 2–07 Galway 0–10
1998 Sligo 3–13 Roscommon 3–05
1997 Mayo 1–15 Roscommon 0–08
1996 Galway 1–10 Mayo 2–05
1995 Mayo 1–15 Galway 1–09
1994 Galway 0–12, 0–11 (R) Mayo 1–09, 0–08 (R)
1993 Mayo 1–09 Leitrim 0–11
1992 Mayo *N/A
1991Suspended
1990Suspended
1989Suspended
1988Suspended
1987Suspended
1986Suspended
1985 Galway 1–09 Leitrim 0–06
1984 Galway 2–07 Mayo 0–07
1983 Galway 2–13 Leitrim 3–09
1982Suspended
1981Suspended
1980Suspended
1979Suspended
1978Suspended
1977Suspended
1976Suspended
1975Suspended
1974Suspended
1973 Sligo 4–08 Leitrim 1–04
1972 Galway 1–09 Mayo 1–04
1971 Mayo 0–06 Leitrim 0–04
1970 Mayo 1–11 Roscommon 1–10
1969 Galway 2–08 Sligo 0–04
1968 Mayo 3–10 Roscommon 1–10
1967 Mayo 1–11 Galway 2–05
1966 Galway 2–05 Roscommon 0–07
1965 Galway 6–17 Leitrim 0–01
1964 Roscommon 2–06, 0–08 (R) Galway 2–06, 0–07 (R)
1963 Mayo 3–04 Galway 1–05
1962 Leitrim 2–11 Mayo 2–07
1961 Galway 2–12 Mayo 0–09
1960 Galway 3–05 Leitrim 0–10
1959 Roscommon 2–05 Galway 1–06
1958 Galway 3–11 Sligo 0–02
1957 Mayo 2–08 Galway 2–06
1956 Sligo 3–02 Mayo 2–03
1955 Mayo 3–06 Galway 0–02
1954 Galway 2–06 Roscommon 0–08
1953 Mayo 6–07 Galway 1–01
1952 Leitrim 2–07 Mayo 1–03
1951 Mayo 3–04 Leitrim 2–04
1950 Mayo 4–07 Roscommon 1–05
1949 Galway 3–09 Mayo 1–09
1948 Galway 4–11 Sligo 1–04
1947 Galway 4–10 Roscommon 2–06
1946 Leitrim 2–09 Galway 0–04
1945Suspended
1944Suspended
1943Suspended
1942Suspended
1941 Leitrim 3–09 Galway 1–07
1940 Roscommon 1–07 Mayo 2–01
1939 Roscommon 2–06 Mayo 1–04
1938 Leitrim 0–09 Galway 1–05
1937 Mayo 3–10 Galway 3–07
1936 Mayo 3–07 Sligo 2–03
1935 Sligo 2–02 Mayo 1–04
1934 Mayo 2–05 Roscommon 1–06
1933 Mayo 3–00 Galway 1–05
1932 Roscommon 4–06 Sligo 0–05
1931 Galway 3–08 Leitrim 0–03
1930 Mayo 2–09 Roscommon 3–02
1929 Roscommon 0–06 # Galway 1–07
1928 Sligo 1–03 Mayo 0–01
1927 Mayo 3–12 Leitrim 0–04
1928 Sligo 1–03 Roscommon 0–01
1925 Mayo 3–05 Leitrim 1–00
1924 Mayo 1–04 Galway 0–01
1923Suspended
1922Suspended
1921Suspended
1920Suspended
1919 Galway 5–00 Leitrim 1–02
1918Suspended
1917Suspended
1916Suspended
1915 Galway 2–05 Mayo 1–04
19140 Mayo 1–03 Galway 1–02
1913 Mayo 2–06 Galway 0–00
1912Suspended
1911Suspended
1910Suspended
1909Suspended
1908Suspended
1907 Mayo 2–09 Galway 0–04

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