2024 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 2024 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) was the 138th edition of the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament since its establishment in 1887. Thirty-one of the thirty-two Irish counties took part – Kilkenny did not compete, while London and New York completed the lineup.

The championship worked as a two-tier system for the third time, with the Tailteann Cup being the second-tier competition for those that do not qualify for the Sam Maguire Cup competition.

The draws for the championship took place on 21 October 2023. The final was played on 28 July 2024 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Armagh and Connacht champion Galway. Armagh won a second title, with a 1–11 to 0–13 win against Galway in that game.

Format

Provincial championships Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise a provincial championship. All provincial matches are knock-out.

Group stage format Sixteen teams progress to the All-Ireland Championship round-robin:

The four provincial champions The four beaten provincial finalists The 2023 Tailteann Cup winners (Meath) The seven next-ranked teams, based on final position in the 2024 National Football League Position is based on standing after promotion and relegation are applied and after finals are played; therefore, the top two teams in Division 2 outrank the bottom two teams in Division 1, and if the 2nd placed team in Division 2 wins the final, they are ranked above the 1st-place finishers who lost the final. If Meath reaches the Leinster final, an 8th team will be chosen based on league position.

The other 17 county teams compete in the 2024 Tailteann Cup.

In the All-Ireland Championship round-robin, 16 teams are drawn into four groups of four teams. Each team plays the other in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. Each team plays one home, one away, and one neutral fixture.

The top three in each group advance to the knockout stages, first-place teams to the All-Ireland quarter-finals, and second and third-placed teams to the preliminary quarter-finals.

Knockout stage format The four second-placed teams play against the third-placed teams in the preliminary quarter-finals. The winners of the preliminary quarter-finals advance to play the group winners in the All-Ireland quarter-finals. Two semi-finals and a final follow. All matches are knock-out.

Teams Thirty-three counties competed in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: seven teams in the Connacht Senior Football Championship, eleven teams in the Leinster Senior Football Championship, six teams in the Munster Senior Football Championship and nine teams in the Ulster Senior Football Championship.

CountyLast provincial titleLast championship titlePosition in 2023 championshipCurrent championship Antrim1951—Ulster Senior Football Championship Armagh20082002Ulster Senior Football Championship Carlow1944—Leinster Senior Football Championship Cavan20201952Ulster Senior Football Championship Clare1992—Munster Senior Football Championship Cork20122010Munster Senior Football Championship Derry20231993Ulster Senior Football Championship Donegal20192012Ulster Senior Football Championship Down19941994Ulster Senior Football Championship Dublin20232023Leinster Senior Football ChampionshipFermanagh——Ulster Senior Football Championship Galway20232001Connacht Senior Football Championship Kerry20232022Munster Senior Football Championship Kildare20001928Leinster Senior Football Championship Laois2003—Leinster Senior Football Championship Leitrim1994—Connacht Senior Football Championship Limerick18961896Munster Senior Football Championship London——Connacht Senior Football Championship Longford1968—Leinster Senior Football Championship Louth19571957Leinster Senior Football Championship Mayo20211951Connacht Senior Football Championship Meath20101999Leinster Senior Football ChampionshipMonaghan2015—Ulster Senior Football Championship New York——Connacht Senior Football Championship Offaly19971982Leinster Senior Football ChampionshipRoscommon20191944Connacht Senior Football Championship Sligo2007—Connacht Senior Football Championship Tipperary20201920Munster Senior Football Championship Tyrone20212021Ulster Senior Football Championship Waterford1898—Munster Senior Football ChampionshipWestmeath2004—Leinster Senior Football Championship Wexford19451918Leinster Senior Football Championship Wicklow——Leinster Senior Football Championship

Provincial championships

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Munster Senior Football Championship

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-final

Final

Team allocation and draw

Team allocation Seven places in the All-Ireland group stage were allocated based on performance in the 2024 National Football League, as detailed below.

+ Key to colours Qualified for round-robin phaseby reaching provincial final by winning 2023 Tailteann Cup based on NFL position Compete in 2024 Tailteann Cup Position Team NFL champions NFL finalists 3rd Div 1 4th Div 1 5th Div 1 6th Div 1 Div 2 champions Div 2 finalists 7th Div 1 8th Div 1 3rd Div 2 4th Div 2 5th Div 2 6th Div 2 Div 3 champions Div 3 finalists 7th Div 2 8th Div 2 3rd Div 3 4th Div 3 5th Div 3 6th Div 3 Div 4 champions Div 4 finalists 7th Div 3 8th Div 3 3rd Div 4 4th Div 4 5th Div 4 6th Div 4 7th Div 4 8th Div 4 Did not enter

Group stage draw Number in brackets indicates ranking in the 2024 NFL.

Pot 1

Dublin Kerry Galway Donegal

Pot 2

Mayo Armagh Louth Clare

Pot 3

Derry Tyrone Roscommon Monaghan

Pot 4

Cavan Cork Meath Westmeath

Group stage

Group 1

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Group 2

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Group 3

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Group 4

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Knockout stage Bracket Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The provincial champions are marked by an asterisk.

Knockout draws

Seeded in quarter-finals

Armagh Dublin Donegal Kerry

Unseeded in quarter-finals

Derry Galway Louth Roscommon

Seeded in preliminary quarter-finals

Galway Louth Mayo Tyrone

Unseeded in preliminary quarter-finals

Cork Derry Monaghan Roscommon

Preliminary quarter-finals

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Stadia and locations CountyLocationProvinceStadiumCapacity AntrimBelfastUlsterCorrigan Park3,700 ArmaghArmaghUlsterAthletic Grounds18,500 CarlowCarlowLeinsterDr Cullen Park21,000 CavanCavanUlsterBreffni Park25,030 ClareEnnisMunsterCusack Park19,000 CorkCorkMunsterPáirc Uí Chaoimh45,000 DerryDerryUlsterCeltic Park18,500 DonegalBallybofeyUlsterMacCumhaill Park18,000 DownNewryUlsterPáirc Esler20,000 DublinDublinLeinsterCroke Park82,300 FermanaghEnniskillenUlsterBrewster Park20,000 GalwayGalwayConnachtPearse Stadium26,197 KerryKillarneyMunsterFitzgerald Stadium38,000 Kildare Newbridge Leinster Manguard Park 1,200 LaoisPortlaoiseLeinsterO'Moore Park22,000 LeitrimCarrick-on-ShannonConnachtPáirc Seán Mac Diarmada9,331 LimerickLimerickMunsterGaelic Grounds44,023 LondonSouth RuislipBritainMcGovern Park3,000 LongfordLongfordLeinsterPearse Park10,000 LouthDroghedaLeinsterDrogheda Park3,500 MayoCastlebarConnachtMacHale Park25,369 MeathNavanLeinsterPáirc Tailteann11,000 MonaghanClonesUlsterSt Tiernach's Park29,000 New YorkBronxNorth AmericaGaelic Park2,000 OffalyTullamoreLeinsterO'Connor Park18,000 RoscommonRoscommonConnachtDr Hyde Park18,890 SligoSligoConnachtMarkievicz Park18,558 TipperaryThurlesMunsterSemple Stadium45,690 TyroneOmaghUlsterHealy Park17,636 WaterfordWaterfordMunsterFraher Field15,000 WestmeathMullingarLeinsterCusack Park11,000 WexfordWexfordLeinsterChadwicks Wexford Park18,000 WicklowAughrimLeinsterAughrim County Ground7,000

Statistics

Top scorers Overall RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage1 Ryan O'Donoghue Mayo3–4857782 Sam Mulroy Louth3–435286.53 Cormac Costello Dublin2–2536754 Robert Finnerty Galway1–2932844 Oisín Gallen Donegal2–2632656 Darragh Canavan Tyrone1–2629656 Con O'Callaghan Dublin4–1628748 David Clifford Kerry2–2228569 Diarmuid Murtagh Roscommon1–22265510 Emmet McMahon Clare1–222555

In a single game RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition1 Ryan O'Donoghue Mayo 1–13 16 New York2 Paddy Lynch Cavan 1-09 12 Monaghan3 Cormac Costello Dublin 2-05 11 Cavan4 Sean Nolan Wexford 1-07 10 Carlow4 Sam Mulroy Louth 2-04 10 Wexford6 Tom O'Connell Waterford 2-03 09 Tipperary6 Seán O'Shea Kerry 0-09 09 Clare6 James Conlon Meath 1-06 09 Longford6 Paul Mannion Dublin 1-06 09 Meath6 Diarmuid Murtagh Roscommon 1-06 09 Cavan6 Sam Mulroy Louth 1-06 09 Meath

Scoring events Does not include after extra-time. Widest winning margin: 27 points London 0-09 – 5–21 Galway (Connacht quarter-final) Most goals in a match: 6 Longford 3–12 – 3–19 Meath (Leinster preliminary round) Most points in a match: 41 Donegal 1–23 – 0–18 Louth (All-Ireland quarter-final) Most goals by one team in a match: 5 London 0-09 – 5–21 Galway (Connacht quarter-final) Cavan 0–13 – 5–17 Dublin (Round 2) Most points by one team in a match: 24 Kerry 0–24 – 1–11 Monaghan (Round 1) Highest aggregate score: 52 points Cavan 1–20 – 3–20 Roscommon (Round 3) Lowest aggregate score: 21 points Leitrim 0-06 – 0–15 Sligo (Connacht quarter-final) Waterford 2-07 – 1-05 Tipperary (Munster quarter-final)

Miscellaneous and Leitrim met in the Connacht Championship for the first time since 2011. Waterford beat Tipperary for the first time since 1988 and had their first win in the Munster SFC since 2010. and met in the Leinster championship for the first time since 2007. Clare appeared in consecutive Munster finals for the first time since 1936 and 1937. Ennis hosted the Munster SFC final for the first time since 1919. Louth appeared in consecutive Leinster finals for the first time since 1957 and 1958. defeated in the championship for the first time since 1975. won the Connacht title third year running for the first time since 1982–84. won a 14th Leinster title in a row. Inniskeen hosted its first ever championship game. reached the All-Ireland quarter-finals for the first time. (They had reached the semi-finals and final on previous occasions, but had not reached the quarter-finals since that stage was introduced in 2001.) reached the All-Ireland semi-finals for the first time since 2005, reached the All-Ireland final for the first time since 2003 and won the All-Ireland for the first time since 2002. wore black against in the All-Ireland semi-final. failed to reach the All-Ireland semi-finals for the first time since 2009. reached the All-Ireland semi-finals for the first time since 2014. played, and lost to, all four teams that reached the All-Ireland semi finals.

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