Cork Junior C Football Championship

The Cork Junior C Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Bon Secours Cork Junior C Football Championship and abbreviated to the Cork JCFC) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Cork County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by junior clubs in the county of Cork in Ireland. It is the eight tier overall in the entire Cork football championship system.

The Cork Junior C Championship was introduced in 2016. In its current format, the championship is completed over the course of ten weeks. Unlike the Cork Junior A Football Championship, it is a countywide competition not limited to divisional champions. The championship includes a round robin followed by a knockout stage, which culminates with the final match at Páirc Uí Rinn.

The competition has been won by 9 teams, 1 of which have won it more than once. Lough Rovers are the most successful team in the competition's history, having won it 2 times. Castlelyons are the title holders, defeating Rochestown by 3–09 to 1–10 in the 2025 final.

Format

Group stage The 10 teams are divided into one group of four and two groups of three. Over the course of the group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group. Two points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. The teams are ranked in the group stage table by points gained, then scoring difference and then their head-to-head record. The top two teams in each group qualify for the knockout stage.

Knockout stage Quarter-finals: The eight qualifying teams from the group stage contest this round. The four winners from these four games advance to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals: The four quarter-final winners contest this round. The two winners from these four games advance to the semi-finals.

Final: The two semi-final winners contest the final. The winning team are declared champions.

Teams

2025 Teams TeamLocationDivisionColoursPosition in 2025In championship sinceChampionship titlesLast championship title Abbey RoversCastletownrocheAvondhuGreen and goldGroup stage202312018 CastlelyonsCastlelyonsImokillyGreen and goldChampions202512025 FreemountFreemountDuhallowMaroon and whiteGroup stage20170— Gleann Na LaoiKerry PikeMuskerryYellow and blueGroup stage20160— GrangeGrangeAvondhuYellow and whiteQuarter-finals20230— Lough RoversCarrigrohaneSeandúnRed and whiteSemi-finals202322020 RathpeaconRathpeaconSeandúnBlue and whiteSemi-finals20190— RochestownRochestownSeandúnBlack and amberRunners-up20220— St John'sKilcorneyDuhallowRed and amberQuarter-finals202112019

List of finals

List of Cork JCFC finals YearWinnersRunners-up#ClubScoreClubScore 2026 Grange 2-14 Abbey Rovers 1-12 2025 Castlelyons 3–09 Rochestown 1–10 2024 Ballinacurra 3–11 Grange 1–12 2023 Lismire 2–09 Ballinacurra 0–3 2022 Ballyphehane 4–09 Freemount 0–06 2021 Araglen 4–09 Lismire 0–09 2020 Lough Rovers 2–13 Freemount 1-06 2019 St John's 2–09 Ballyphehane 1–05 2018 Abbey Rovers 0–13 Freemount 0–11 2017 Lough Rovers 2–07 St John's 0–09 2016 Goleen 1–13 Abbey Rovers 3–05

Roll of Honour

By club # Team Titles Runners-up Championships won Championships runner-up 1 Lough Rovers 2 0 2017, 2020—2 Abbey Rovers 1 1 2018 2016 St John's 1 1 2019 2017 Ballyphehane 1 1 2022 2019 Lismire 1 1 2023 2021 Ballinacurra 1 1 2024 2023 Goleen 1 0 2016— Araglen 1 0 2021— Castlelyons 1 0 2025—10 Freemount 0 3— 2018, 2020, 2022 Grange 1 1 2026 2024 Rochestown 0 1— 2025

By Division DivisionTitlesRunners-UpTotal Seandún325 Duhallow257 Avondhu224 Imokilly213 Carbery101 Beara000 Carrigdhoun000 Muskerry000

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