Ulster Junior Club Football Championship

Ulster Junior Club Football Championship
Irish	Craobh Shóisireach Peile Chlub Uladh
Code	Gaelic football
Founded	2001;25 years ago (2001)
Region	Ulster, Ireland (GAA)
Trophy	Paul Kerr Cup
Title holders	Clogher (1st title)
Most titles	Rock St Patrick's (3 titles)
Sponsors	Allied Irish Banks (AIB)
Official website	Ulster GAA

The Ulster Junior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by Ulster Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is played between the Junior championship winners from each of the nine counties of Ulster. The competition has a straight knock-out format. It was first held in 2001 as an unofficial tournament, and has been organised by Ulster GAA since 2004. The winners are awarded the Paul Kerr Cup. The winners go on to represent Ulster in the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship.

Monaghan and Tyrone clubs have the most wins with eight each. Rock St Patrick's are the most successful club, having won the competition three times. The current champions are Clogher from Tyrone.

List of finals

Key to the list

†	Winning team reached the final of the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship
‡	Winning team won the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship

List of Ulster Junior Club Football Championship finals

Year	Winners		Score	Runners-up		Venue	Ref
	County	Club		County	Club
2001 [a]	Cavan	Drumgoon ‡	1–13 – 0–10	Monaghan	Doohamlet	Shamrock Park, Cremartin	[1]
2002 [a]	Monaghan	Corduff Gaels	1–08 – 0–08	Derry	Ballerin	Shamrock Park, Cremartin	[2]
2003 [a]	Monaghan	Monaghan Harps	1–11 – 2–08	Derry	Limavady	Shamrock Park, Cremartin	[3]
			1–12 – 1–02 (R)			Shamrock Park, Cremartin	[4]
2004	Tyrone	Stewartstown Harps †	0–09 – 2–02	Monaghan	Cremartin	Casement Park, Belfast	[5]
2005	Monaghan	Monaghan Harps	1–12 – 0–07	Armagh	Clonmore	Brewster Park, Enniskillen	[6]
2006	Tyrone	Greencastle ‡	1–06 – 0–08	Donegal	Naomh Bríd	Casement Park, Belfast
2007	Tyrone	Rock St Patrick's †	2–08 – 2–06	Monaghan	Aughnamullen	St Tiernach's Park, Clones
2008	Monaghan	Drumhowan	5–10 – 0–05	Derry	Lissan	Brewster Park, Enniskillen	[7]
2009	Monaghan	Emyvale	2–06 – 1–09	Antrim	St Teresa's	Páirc Esler, Newry	[8]
			2–14 – 1–11 (R)			Páirc Esler, Newry	[9]
2010	Cavan	Swanlinbar †	0–08 – 2–07 [b]	Monaghan	Corduff Gaels	Breffni Park, Cavan	[11]
2011	Tyrone	Derrytresk †	2–05 – 0–10	Monaghan	Cremartin	Athletic Grounds, Armagh	[12]
2012	Armagh	An Port Mór	2–09 – 0–11	Tyrone	Brackaville	Páirc Esler, Newry	[13]
2013	Monaghan	Emyvale	1–06 – 0–06	Tyrone	Killeeshil	Athletic Grounds, Armagh	[14]
2014	Tyrone	Rock St Patrick's	2–12 – 0–07	Donegal	Urris	Owenbeg, Dungiven	[15]
2015	Monaghan	Rockcorry	3–10 – 0–09	Derry	Faughanvale	Athletic Grounds, Armagh	[16]
2016	Tyrone	Rock St Patrick's †	1–12 – 0–14 (aet)	Monaghan	Blackhill	Páirc Esler, Newry	[17]
2017	Donegal	Naomh Colmcille	1–09 – 0–06	Fermanagh	Belnaleck	Celtic Park, Derry	[18]
2018	Donegal	Red Hughs	1–11 – 1–09	Derry	Limavady	Celtic Park, Derry	[19]
2019	Monaghan	Blackhill	1–11 – 0–09	Donegal	Buncrana	Healy Park, Omagh	[20]
2020	Competition cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Cavan	Denn	3–08 – 0–10	Donegal	Na Dúnaibh	St Tiernach's Park, Clones	[21]
2022	Tyrone	Stewartstown Harps †	1–12 – 0–15 (aet) (5–4 pen)	Cavan	Drumlane	St Tiernach's Park, Clones	[22]
2023	Cavan	Arva ‡	0–13 – 0–06	Monaghan	Blackhill	Shamrock Park, Roslea	[23]
2024	Donegal	Naomh Pádraig †	3–07 – 1–12	Derry	Craigbane	Celtic Park, Derry	[24]
2025	Tyrone	Clogher †	1–12 – 0–14	Monaghan	Emyvale	Shamrock Park, Roslea	[25]

Performances

By county

Performances in the Ulster Junior Club Football Championship by county

County	Titles	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
Monaghan	8	8	2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2019	2001, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2023, 2025
Tyrone	8	2	2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2022, 2025	2012, 2013
Cavan	4	1	2001, 2010, 2021, 2023	2022
Donegal	3	4	2017, 2018, 2024	2006, 2014, 2019, 2021
Armagh	1	1	2012	2005
Derry	0	6	—	2002, 2003, 2008, 2015, 2018, 2024
Antrim	0	1	—	2009
Fermanagh	0	1	—	2017

By club

Performances in the Ulster Junior Club Football Championship by club

Club	Titles	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
Rock St Patrick's	3	0	2007, 2014, 2016	—
Emyvale	2	1	2009, 2013	2025
Monaghan Harps	2	0	2003, 2005	—
Stewartstown Harps	2	0	2004, 2022	—
Blackhill	1	2	2019	2016, 2023
Corduff Gaels	1	1	2002	2010
Drumgoon	1	0	2001	—
Greencastle	1	0	2006	—
Drumhowan	1	0	2008	—
Swanlinbar	1	0	2010	—
Derrytresk	1	0	2011	—
An Port Mór	1	0	2012	—
Rockcorry	1	0	2015	—
Naomh Colmcille	1	0	2017	—
Red Hughs	1	0	2018	—
Denn	1	0	2021	—
Arva	1	0	2023	—
Naomh Pádraig	1	0	2024	—
Clogher	1	0	2025	—
Limavady	0	2	—	2003, 2018
Cremartin	0	2	—	2004, 2011
Doohamlet	0	1	—	2001
Ballerin	0	1	—	2002
Clonmore	0	1	—	2005
Naomh Bríd	0	1	—	2006
Aughnamullen	0	1	—	2007
Lissan	0	1	—	2008
St Teresa's	0	1	—	2009
Brackaville	0	1	—	2012
Killeeshil	0	1	—	2013
Urris	0	1	—	2014
Faughanvale	0	1	—	2015
Belnaleck	0	1	—	2017
Buncrana	0	1	—	2019
Na Dúnaibh	0	1	—	2021
Drumlane	0	1	—	2022
Craigbane	0	1	—	2024

See also

• Munster Junior Club Football Championship
• Leinster Junior Club Football Championship
• Connacht Junior Club Football Championship

Notes

1. Unofficial tournament.
2. Swanlinbar lost the final, but were awarded the title after a successful objection. ^[10]

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