Derry Junior Football Championship

Derry Junior Football Championship
Current season or competition: Derry Senior Football Championship 2007
Irish	Craobh Soísear Peile Dhoire
Founded	1950
Title holders	Ballymaguigan (3rd title)
First winner	Desertmartin
Most titles	Drum (7 titles)
Sponsors	Premier Electrics [1] [2]

The Derry Junior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Premier Electrics Derry Junior Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by lower-tier Derry clubs.

The competition receives coverage in the national media. ^[3]

Ballymaguigan are the title holders (2023) defeating Moneymore in the Final.

History

It was once (around 2011) The Derry Credit Union Derry Junior Football Championship for sponsorship reasons but no more. It had, by 2015 at the latest, become the Premier Electrics Derry Junior Football Championship. ^[4]

2018 champions Limavady faced losing Callum Brown to the Australian Football League (AFL), the professional Australian rules football competition. ^[5]

In 2022, Craigbane bridged an eleven-year gap to win. ^[6]

The final has been played at Celtic Park ^[7] and at Owenbeg. ^[8]

Honours

The trophy presented to the winners is the Joe Brolly Cup. The winners of the Derry Junior Football Championship qualify to represent their county in the Ulster Junior Club Football Championship. They often do well there, with the likes of Limavady (2018), ^{[9] [10]} Faughanvale (2015), ^{[11] [12]} Lissan (2008), Limavady (2003) ^{[13] [14]} and Ballerin (2002) ^[15] among the clubs from Derry to play in at least one Ulster Championship final after winning the Derry Junior Football Championship. The winners can, in turn, go on to play in the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship.

List of finals

Year	Winner	Score	Opponent	Score
1950	Desertmartin [16]		Eoghan Rua
1951	Ballymaguigan [17]
1952	Banagher [18]
1953	Greenlough [19]
1954	Ballinascreen [20]
1955	Swatragh [21]
1956	Slaughtneil [22]
1957	Sarsfields [23]
1958	Castledawson [24]		An Lúb
1959	Glen [25]		St John's Mullan
1960	Magherafelt [26]		An Lúb
1961	Swatragh [27]
1962	Bellaghy II [28]
1963	Magherafelt [29]
1964	Glen [30]		Ógra Colmcille
1965	Greenlough [31]		Ógra Colmcille
1966	Glen [32]		An Lúb
1967	Sarsfields [33]
1968	Desertmartin [34]
1969	Aghadowey [35]
1970	Ballymaguigan [36]		Greenlough
1971	Kilrea [37]
1972	Glack [38]
1973	Drum [39]		Craigbane
1974	Doire Colmcille [40]
1975	Faughanvale [41]
1976	Mullaghbuoy [42]		An Lúb
1977	Drum [43]
1978	Mullaghbuoy [44]
1979	Ballinascreen B [45]
1980	Ardmore [46]
1981	Glack [47]
1982	Drum [48]
1983	Claudy [49]
1984	An Lúb [50]
1985	Limavady [51]		Glack
1986	Greenlough [52]
1987	Dungiven Thirds [53]		Lissan
1988	Magilligan [54]
1989	An Lúb [55]
1990	Foreglen [56]		Lissan
1991	Ballinascreen Thirds [57]
1992	Dungiven Thirds [58]
1993	Ballinderry Thirds [59]
1994	Drum [60]		Eoghan Rua
1995	Moneymore [61]
1996	Drum [62]
1997	Eoghan Rua [63]		Lissan
1998	Lissan [64]		Seán Dolan's
1999	Limavady [65]		Moneymore
2000	Ardmore [66]		Eoghan Rua
2001	Ógra Colmcille [67]		Ardmore
2002	Ballerin [68]		Limavady
2003	Limavady [69] [70]		Drumsurn
2004	Glen Thirds [71]		Ógra Colmcille
2005	Glen Thirds [72]		Steelstown
2006	Drum [73]		Lissan
2007	Lissan [74]		Drum
2008	Lissan [75]		Glack
2009	Seán Dolan's [76]		Drum
2010	Ardmore [77]	2–07	Doire Trasna Na Piarsaigh	1–08
2011
2012	Drum
2013	Ardmore [78]		Doire Trasna Na Piarsaigh
2014
2015 [79]	Faughanvale [80] [81] [82]	2–09	Drum	1–05
2016
2017
2018	Limavady [83] [84]
2019 [85]	Glack	1–14	Drum	1–06
2020 [86]	Desertmartin	1–11	Craigbane	1–09
2021 [87]	Desertmartin	0–12	Seán Dolans	0–02
2022 [88] [89]	Craigbane	1–11	Ballerin	1–06
2023	Ballymaguigan	2-15	Moneymore	0-07

Wins listed by club

^{[ needs update ]}

#	Club	Wins	Years won
1	Drum	6	1973, 1977, 1982, 1994, 1996, 2006
2	Glen	5	1959, 1964, 1966, 2004, 2005
3	Lissan	3	1998, 2007, 2008
	Ballinascreen		1954, 1979, 1991
	Greenlough		1953, 1965, 1986
	Limavady		1985, 1999, 2003
	Ardmore		1980, 2000, 2010
8	Glack	2	1972, 1981
	Swatragh		1955, 1961
	Dungiven		1987, 1992
	An Lúb		1984, 1989
	Desertmartin		1950, 1968
	Mullaghbuoy		1976, 1978
	Ballymaguigan		1951, 1970
	Sarsfields		1957, 1967
	Magherafelt		1960, 1963
17	Doire Colmcille	1	1974
	Ógra Colmcille		2001
	Kilrea		1971
	Ballerin		2002
	Banagher		1952
	Slaughtneil		1956
	Castledawson		1958
	Aghadowey		1969
	Faughanvale		1975
	Bellaghy		1962
	Eoghan Rua		1997
	Moneymore		1995
	Claudy		1983
	Magilligan		1988
	Foreglen		1990
	Ballinderry		1993
	Seán Dolan's		2009

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