2024 Ulster Senior Football Championship

The 2024 Ulster Senior Football Championship was the 136th installment of the annual Ulster Senior Football Championship organised by Ulster GAA. It was one of the four provincial competitions of the 2024 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. The winning team received the Anglo-Celt Cup. The draw for the championship was made on 21 October 2023. The defending champion was Derry; however, Derry conceded four goals to Donegal and heavily lost the opening game of its title defence.

Teams General information Nine counties competed in the Ulster Senior Football Championship: CountyLast Championship titleLast All-Ireland SFC titlePosition in 2023 Championship Antrim1951 Preliminary round Armagh20082002Runners-up Cavan20201952Quarter-finals Derry20231993Champions Donegal20192012Quarter-finals Down19941994Semi-finals Fermanagh Quarter-finals Monaghan2015 Semi-finals Tyrone20212021Quarter-finals

Personnel and kits CountyManagerCaptain(s)Sponsor(s) AntrimAndy McEnteePeter HealyFibrus ArmaghKieran McGeeneyAidan ForkerSimply Fruit CavanMickey GrahamRaymond GalliganKingspan Group DerryMickey HarteConor GlassErrigal Contracts DonegalJim McGuinnessPaddy McBreartyCircet DownConor LavertyPierce LavertyEOS IT Solutions FermanaghKieran DonnellyDeclan McCuskerTracey Concrete MonaghanVinny CoreyKieran DuffyAll Boro Floor Services TyroneFeargal Logan and Brian DooherPeter Harte, Brian KennedyMcAleer & Rushe Ltd

Draw Pot 1 (Preliminary round pot) 2 out of the 5 teams out of this list were drawn for the preliminary round. Cavan Derry Donegal Down Monaghan Pot 2 (Quarter-finals pot) Antrim Armagh Fermanagh Tyrone

Bracket

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

The Ulster champion and Ulster runner-up qualified for the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship group stage.

Stadia and attendance

CountyLocationProvinceStadiumCapacity AntrimBelfastUlsterCorrigan Park3,700 ArmaghArmaghUlsterAthletic Grounds18,500 CavanCavanUlsterBreffni Park25,030 DerryDerryUlsterCeltic Park18,500 DonegalBallybofeyUlsterMacCumhaill Park17,500 DownNewryUlsterPáirc Esler20,000 FermanaghEnniskillenUlsterBrewster Park20,000 MonaghanClonesUlsterSt Tiernach's Park29,000 TyroneOmaghUlsterHealy Park17,636

Total attendance101,241Average attendance12,655Highest attendance28,896 Armagh 0–20 – 0–20 Donegal 5–6 12 May 2024

Statistics Scoring events Does not include scores in extra time.

Widest winning margin: 11 points Fermanagh 0–9 – 3–11 Armagh (quarter-final) Most goals in a match: 4 Monaghan 1–12 – 3–12 Cavan (preliminary round) Derry 0–17 – 4–11 Donegal (quarter-final) Most points in a match: 34 Cavan 3–14 – 1–20 Tyrone (quarter-final) Most goals by one team in a match: 4 Derry 0–17 – 4–11 Donegal (quarter-final) Most points by one team in a match: 20 Cavan 3–14 – 1–20 Tyrone (quarter-final) Highest aggregate score: 46 points Cavan 3–14 – 1–20 Tyrone (quarter-final) Lowest aggregate score: 22 points Down 0–13 – 0–9 Antrim (quarter-final)

Miscellaneous Donegal became the first team to defeat Derry in the Ulster Championship since 2021 where Donegal also defeated the Oak Leafers. Donegal also defeated Derry in Derry's next Ulster Championship game, in the preliminary round of 2025.

2024 Ulster Senior Football Championship

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