The Ulster Junior Club Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Ulster GAA Football Junior Club Championship, or as the Ulster Club JFC for short) 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, named for a Cremartin Shamrocks (Monaghan) minor player who died in 2000, and donated by his family. 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 finalsYearWinnersScoreRunners-upVenueRefCountyClubCountyClub 2001 Cavan Drumgoon 1–13 – 0–10 Monaghan Doohamlet Shamrock Park, Cremartin Anglo-Celt 1846-current, Thursday, March 21, 2002; Page: 26 2002 Monaghan Corduff Gaels 1–08 – 0–08 Derry Ballerin Shamrock Park, Cremartin 2003 Monaghan Monaghan Harps 1–11 – 2–08 Derry Limavady Shamrock Park, Cremartin Anglo-Celt 1846-current, Thursday, March 11, 2004; Page: 34 1–12 – 1–02 (R) Shamrock Park, Cremartin 2004 Tyrone Stewartstown Harps 0–09 – 2–02 Monaghan Cremartin Casement Park, Belfast 2005 Monaghan Monaghan Harps 1–12 – 0–07 Armagh Clonmore Brewster Park, Enniskillen 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 2009 Monaghan Emyvale 2–06 – 1–09 Antrim St Teresa's Páirc Esler, Newry 2–14 – 1–11 (R) Páirc Esler, Newry 2010 Cavan Swanlinbar 0–08 – 2–07 Monaghan Corduff Gaels Breffni Park, Cavan 2011 Tyrone Derrytresk 2–05 – 0–10 Monaghan Cremartin Athletic Grounds, Armagh 2012 Armagh An Port Mór 2–09 – 0–11 Tyrone Brackaville Páirc Esler, Newry 2013 Monaghan Emyvale 1–06 – 0–06 Tyrone Killeeshil Athletic Grounds, Armagh 2014 Tyrone Rock St Patrick's 2–12 – 0–07 Donegal Urris Owenbeg, Dungiven 2015 Monaghan Rockcorry 3–10 – 0–09 Derry Faughanvale Athletic Grounds, Armagh 2016 Tyrone Rock St Patrick's 1–12 – 0–14 (aet) Monaghan Blackhill Páirc Esler, Newry 2017 Donegal Naomh Colmcille 1–09 – 0–06 Fermanagh Belnaleck Celtic Park, Derry 2018 Donegal Red Hughs 1–11 – 1–09 Derry Limavady Celtic Park, Derry 2019 Monaghan Blackhill 1–11 – 0–09 Donegal Buncrana Healy Park, Omagh 2020Competition cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2021 Cavan Denn 3–08 – 0–10 Donegal Na Dúnaibh St Tiernach's Park, Clones 2022 Tyrone Stewartstown Harps 1–12 – 0–15 (aet)(5–4 pen) Cavan Drumlane St Tiernach's Park, Clones 2023 Cavan Arva 0–13 – 0–06 Monaghan Blackhill Shamrock Park, Roslea 2024 Donegal Naomh Pádraig 3–07 – 1–12 Derry Craigbane Celtic Park, Derry 2025 Tyrone Clogher 1–12 – 0–14 Monaghan Emyvale Shamrock Park, Roslea
Performances By county +Performances in the Ulster Junior Club Football Championship by countyCountyTitlesRunners-upYears wonYears runners-upMonaghan882002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2015, 20192001, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2023, 2025Tyrone822004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2022, 20252012, 2013Cavan412001, 2010, 2021, 20232022Donegal342017, 2018, 20242006, 2014, 2019, 2021Armagh1120122005Derry06—2002, 2003, 2008, 2015, 2018, 2024Antrim01—2009Fermanagh01—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
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