Kerry Club Football Championship

Kerry Petroleum Senior Club Football Championship
Current season or competition: 2025 Kerry Club Football Championship
Irish	Craobh Sinsear Club Chontae Chiarraí
Trophy	Michael O'Connor Cup
Title holders	Dr Crokes (9th title)
Most titles	Castleisland Desmonds, Dr Crokes (9 titles)
Sponsors	Kerry Petroleum

The Kerry Club Football Championship is a Gaelic football championship played between senior clubs in County Kerry, in the south-west of Ireland.

In the event of the Kerry Senior Football Championship being won by a divisional team, the winner of this competition represents Kerry in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship (as divisional teams cannot play in the provincial competition).

The competition was not played in 2006, 2007 and 2008.

Format

As the Championship has increased to 9 teams from 8 a new format will be used for 2025. The 9 teams were drawn into three groups of three teams with each team playing the other two teams, one at home and one away. The two group winners with the best records will advance to the semi-finals while the other group winner and all three runners-up will advance to the quarter-finals. ^[1]

As the Championship will see an increase in the number of teams again for 2026, there will be no relegation to the Intermediate Championship in 2025. ^[2]

Teams

2025 Teams

Team	Location	Division	Colours	In championship since	Championship Titles	Last Championship Title
Austin Stacks	Tralee	St Brendan's	Black and amber	2025	6	2021
Dingle	Dingle	West Kerry	Red and white	2005	2	2023
Dr Crokes	Killarney	East Kerry	Black and amber	1986	9	2024
Kenmare Shamrocks	Kenmare	Kenmare District	Black and red	2017	1	1983
Milltown/Castlemaine	Milltown	Mid Kerry	Green and white	2024	1	2004
Na Gaeil	Tralee	St Brendan's	White and green	2022	0	—
Rathmore	Rathmore	East Kerry	Red and white	2023	1	2011
Spa	Killarney	East Kerry	Blue and gold	2021	0	—
Templenoe	Templenoe	Kenmare District	Blue and white	2020	0	—

List of finals

Legend

• Beige – Also Kerry Senior Football Championship winners

List of finals

Year	Winners		Runners-up
	Club	Score	Club	Score
2024	Dr. Crokes	1-15	Dingle	0-11
2023	Dingle	1-09	Kenmare Shamrocks	0-11
2022	Kerins O'Rahilly's	0-15	Templenoe	0-14
2021 [3]	Austin Stacks	1-16	Kenmare Shamrocks	1-11
2020	Austin Stacks	1-17	Kenmare Shamrocks	1-14
2019 [4]	Austin Stacks	1-21	Dr. Crokes	1-15
2018	Dr. Crokes	1-18	Dingle	1-08
2017	Dr. Crokes	3-20	Kenmare Shamrocks	2-20
2016	Austin Stacks	2-12	Dr. Crokes	1-14
2015 [5]	Dingle	2-12	Dr. Crokes	0-14
2014 [6]	Dr. Crokes	4-13	Killarney Legion	1-09
2013	Dr. Crokes	3-15	Killarney Legion	1-08
2012 [7]	Dr. Crokes	0-14	Rathmore	0-06
2011	Rathmore	0-12	Laune Rangers	0-10
2010	Kerins O'Rahilly's	1–14	Rathmore	1–10
2009	Kerins O'Rahilly's	2–12	Ardfert	1-06
2006-08	No championship
2005	An Ghaeltacht	2-08	Kerins O'Rahilly's	0-06
2004	Milltown/Castlemaine	1-08	Laune Rangers	1-04
2003	Austin Stacks	1-09	An Ghaeltacht	0–11
2002	An Ghaeltacht	1–15	Laune Rangers	0-07
2001	An Ghaeltacht	0–11	Rathmore	1-06
2000	Glenflesk	1-08	An Ghaeltacht	0–10
1999	Laune Rangers	2–12	An Ghaeltacht	1-07
1998	Laune Rangers	0–11	Kerins O'Rahilly's	0–10
1997
1996	Dr. Crokes
1995	Castleisland Desmonds
1994	Killarney Legion		Waterville
1993	Castleisland Desmonds
1992	Dr. Crokes
1991	Castleisland Desmonds		Annascaul
1990	Dr. Crokes		Castleisland Desmonds
1989	Annascaul		St. Senan's
1988	Castleisland Desmonds		Valentia Young Islanders
1987	Castleisland Desmonds
1986	Valentia Young Islanders
1985	Castleisland Desmonds
1984	Castleisland Desmonds
1983	Kenmare Shamrocks	1-09	Ardfert	1-04
1982	Castleisland Desmonds
1981	Castleisland Desmonds
1980	Gneeveguilla
1979	Austin Stacks
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974

Roll of honour

#	Team	Titles	Runners-Up	Winning years	Losing years
1	Dr. Crokes	9	3	1990, 1992, 1996, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2024	2015, 2016, 2019
	Castleisland Desmonds	9	1	1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1995	1990
3	Austin Stacks	6	0	1979, 2003, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021	—
4	An Ghaeltacht	3	3	2001, 2002, 2005	1999, 2000, 2003
	Kerins O'Rahilly's	3	2	2009, 2010, 2022	1998, 2005
6	Laune Rangers	2	3	1998, 1999	2002, 2004, 2011
	Dingle	2	2	2015, 2023	2018, 2024
8	Kenmare Shamrocks	1	4	1983	2017, 2020, 2021, 2023
	Rathmore	1	3	2011	2001, 2010, 2012
	Killarney Legion	1	2	1994	2013, 2014
	Valentia	1	1	1986	1988
	Annascaul	1	1	1989	1991
	Gneeveguilla	1	0	1980	—
	Glenflesk	1	0	2000	—
	Milltown/Castlemaine	1	0	2004	—
16	Ardfert	0	2	—	1983, 2009
	St Senans	0	1	—	1989
	Waterville	0	1	—	1994
	Templenoe	0	1	—	2022

See also

• Kerry Senior Football Championship

References

1. Brennan, Paul (11 February 2025). "Dr Crokes to start Kerry senior club championship title defence against Spa and Rathmore". The Kerryman . Retrieved 12 February 2025.
2. "Kerry GAA delegates fully endorse proposal to increase to 10 the clubs in the County SFC and Senior Club Championship". The Kerryman . 19 April 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
3. Brennan, Paul (17 October 2021). "Austin Stacks complete Kerry club hat-trick". rte.ie.
4. "Hungry Austin Stacks Dethrone Jaded Crokes". Irish Examiner . 28 April 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
5. "Kerry club SFC final: Dingle deny Crokes". Hogan Stand . 28 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
6. "Rampant Crokes show no mercy". Irish Examiner . 20 October 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
7. "Crokes serve early notice as wasteful Rathmore put to sword". Irish Examiner . 7 May 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.