The 2026 Leinster Senior Football Championship was the 2026 iteration of the annual Leinster Senior Football Championship organised by Leinster GAA. It was one of the four provincial competitions of the 2026 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. The winning team received the Delaney Cup. The draw for the championship was made on 27 November 2025.
The defending champions are Louth.
Westmeath defeated Dublin by 2-28 – 0-26 in the final to win their 2nd ever Leinster SFC and their first since 2004.
Teams
General Information Eleven counties are competing in the Leinster Senior Football Championship: CountyLast Championship TitleLast All-Ireland TitlePosition in 2025 Championship Carlow1944 -Preliminary round Dublin20242023Semi-finals Kildare20001928Semi-finals Laois2003 -Quarter-finals Longford1968 -Preliminary round Louth20251957Champions Meath20101999Runners-Up Offaly19971982Quarter-finals Westmeath2004 -Quarter-finals Wexford19451918Preliminary round Wicklow - -Quarter-finals
Personnel and Kits CountyManager(s)Captain(s)Sponsors CarlowJoe Murphy Mikey BambrickMW Hire Group DublinGer BrennanCon O'CallaghanStaycity Aparthotels KildareBrian FlanaganKevin FeelyBrady Family Ham LaoisJustin McNulty Brian ByrneLaois Hire LongfordMike Solan Paddy FoxGlennon Brothers LouthGavin DevlinSam MulroySTATSports MeathRobbie BrennanEoghan FrayneBective Stud, Tea Rooms & Apartments OffalyMickey Harte Declan KellyLee PearsonGlenisk WestmeathMark McHugh Ronan WallaceTEG WexfordJohn HegartyEoghan NolanZurich Insurance Wicklow Oisín McConville Dean HealyEchelon Data Centres
Draw
Pot 1
Dublin Kildare Louth Meath
Pot 2
Carlow Laois Wexford Offaly Westmeath Wexford Wicklow
Bracket
Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
GK 1 Evan Comerford FB 2 Theo Clancy FB 3 Nathan Doran FB 4 David ByrneHB 5 Seán MacMahon HB 6 Charlie McMorrow HB 7 Eoin Kennedy MF 8 Peadar Ó Cofaigh Byrne MF 9 Brian HowardHF 10 Seán BuglerHF 11 Niall Scully HF 12 Ciarán KilkennyFF 13 Paddy Small (c)FF 14 Killian McGinnisFF 15 Cormac CostelloSubstitutes: 16 Hugh O'Sullivan 17 Tom Lahiff 18 Liam Smith 19 Cian O'Connor 20 Cian Murphy 21 Seán Guiden 22 Ethan Dunne 23 Páidí White 24 Niall O'Callaghan 25 Luke Breathnach 26 Greg McEneaney Manager:Ger Brennan
GK 1 Jason DalyFB 2 Daniel Scahill FB 3 Charlie DrummFB 4 Tadhg Baker HB 5 Ronan Wallace (c)HB 6 Shane Allen HB 7 Matthew Whittaker MF 8 Brían Cooney MF 9 Ray Connellan HF 10 Kevin O'Sullivan HF 11 Sam McCartan HF 12 Connor Dillon FF 13 Shane Corcoran FF 14 Jack Duncan FF 15 Brandon Kelly Substitutes: 16 Jack Connaughton 17 Adam Treanor 18 Tom Molloy 19 Robert Forde 20 Ian Martin 21 TJ Cox 22 Shane Ormsby 23 Danny McCartan 24 Eoghan McCabe 25 Senan Baker 26 John Heslin Manager:Mark McHugh
Stadia and attendance CountyLocationProvinceStadiumCapacity CarlowCarlow LeinsterDr Cullen Park21,000 DublinDublinLeinsterCroke Park82,300 KildareNewbridgeLeinsterSt Conleth's Park15,000 LaoisPortlaoise LeinsterO'Moore Park22,000 LongfordLongford LeinsterPearse Park10,000 LouthDroghedaLeinsterDrogheda Park3,500 MeathNavanLeinsterPáirc TailteannDue to Páirc Tailltean being renovated, Meath played their "home games" at Croke Park during the 2026 season.11,000 OffalyTullamoreLeinsterO'Connor Park18,000 WestmeathMullingar LeinsterCusack Park11,000 WexfordWexfordLeinsterChadwicks Wexford Park18,000 Wicklow Aughrim LeinsterAughrim County Ground7,000
Statistics
Scoring Events Does not include scores after extra-time
Widest winning margin: 21 points Westmeath 5-25 – 1-16 Longford (Preliminary round) Most goals in a match: 6 Westmeath 5-25 – 1-16 Longford (Preliminary round) Most points in a match: 44 Westmeath 0-22 – 0-22 Dublin (Final) Most goals by one team in a match: 5 Westmeath 5-25 – 1-16 Longford (Preliminary round) Most points by one team in a match: 25 points Westmeath 5-25 – 1-16 Longford (Preliminary round) Meath 0-25 – 4-18 Westmeath (Quarter-finals) Louth 1-25 – 0-11 Wexford (Quarter-finals) Highest aggregate score: 59 points Westmeath 5-25 – 1-16 Longford (Preliminary round) Lowest aggregate score: 30 points Dublin 0-20 – 0-10 Louth (Semi-finals)
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