Kerry Club Football Championship

Kerry Petroleum Senior Club Football Championship
Kerry Petroleum Senior Club Football Championship
Current season or competition:; 2023 Kerry Club Football Championship
Irish	Craobh Sinsear Club Chontae Chiarraí
Trophy	Michael O'Connor Cup
Title holders	Dingle (2nd title)
Most titles	Castleisland Desmonds (9 titles)
Sponsors	Kerry Petroleum

The Kerry Club Football Championship is a Gaelic football championship played between senior clubs in County Kerry, in the south-west of Ireland.

In the event of the Kerry Senior Football Championship being won by a divisional team, the winner of this competition represents Kerry in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship (as divisional teams cannot play in the provincial competition).

The competition was not played in 2006, 2007 and 2008.

Format edit

Group stage edit

The 8 clubs are divided into two groups of four. Over the course of the group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group, resulting in each team being guaranteed three group games. 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 semi-finals.

Knockout stage edit

Semi-finals: The 2 group winners and 2 group runners-up contest this round. A group winner will play the runner-up of the other group. The two winners from these two games advance to the final.

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

Relegation edit

The two bottom-placed teams from the group stage advance to the relegation play-off, with the losing team being relegated to the Kerry Intermediate Football Championship.

Qualification to subsequent competitions edit

If a divisional team wins the Kerry Senior Football Championship, the winners of this championship will qualify instead as divisional teams cannot represent the county. If a club team wins the Kerry Senior Football Championship, the winners of this championship not qualify.

Teams edit

2024 Teams edit

Team	Location	Club's Divisional Side	Championship Titles	Last Championship Title
Dingle	Dingle	West Kerry	2	2023
Dr Crokes	Killarney	East Kerry	6	2018
Kenmare Shamrocks	Kenmare	Kenmare District	1	1983
Milltown/Castlemaine	Milltown	Mid Kerry	1	2004
Na Gaeil	Tralee	St Brendan's	0	—
Rathmore	Rathmore	East Kerry	1	2011
Spa	Killarney	East Kerry	0	—
Templenoe	Templenoe	Kenmare District	0	—

List of finals edit

Year	Winners		Runners-up
Year	Club	Score	Club	Score
2023	Dingle	1-9	Kenmare Shamrocks	0-11
2022	Kerins O'Rahilly's	0-15	Templenoe	0-14
2021^[1]	Austin Stacks	1-16	Kenmare Shamrocks	1-11
2020	Austin Stacks	1-17	Kenmare Shamrocks	1-14
2019^[2]	Austin Stacks	1-21	Dr. Crokes	1-15
2018	Dr. Crokes	1-18	Dingle	1-08
2017	Dr. Crokes	3-20	Kenmare Shamrocks	2-20
2016	Austin Stacks	2-12	Dr. Crokes	1-14
2015^[3]	Dingle	2-12	Dr. Crokes	0-14
2014^[4]	Dr. Crokes	4-13	Killarney Legion	1-09
2013	Dr. Crokes	3-15	Killarney Legion	1-08
2012^[5]	Dr. Crokes	0-14	Rathmore	0-06
2011	Rathmore	0-12	Laune Rangers	0-10
2010	Kerins O'Rahilly's	1–14	Rathmore	1–10
2009	Kerins O'Rahilly's	2–12	Ardfert	1-06
2006-08	No championship
2005	An Ghaeltacht	2-08	Kerins O'Rahilly's	0-06
2004	Milltown/Castlemaine	1-08	Laune Rangers	1-04
2003	Austin Stacks	1-09	An Ghaeltacht	0–11
2002	An Ghaeltacht	1–15	Laune Rangers	0-07
2001	An Ghaeltacht	0–11	Rathmore	1-06
2000	Glenflesk	1-08	An Ghaeltacht	0–10
1999	Laune Rangers	2–12	An Ghaeltacht	1-07
1998	Laune Rangers	0–11	Kerins O'Rahilly's	0–10
1997
1996	Dr. Crokes
1995	Castleisland Desmonds
1994	Killarney Legion		Waterville
1993	Castleisland Desmonds
1992	Dr. Crokes
1991	Castleisland Desmonds		Annascaul
1990	Dr. Crokes		Castleisland Desmonds
1989	Annascaul		St. Senan's
1988	Castleisland Desmonds		Valentia
1987	Castleisland Desmonds
1986	Valentia
1985	Castleisland Desmonds
1984	Castleisland Desmonds
1983	Kenmare	1-09	Ardfert	1-04
1982	Castleisland Desmonds
1981	Castleisland Desmonds
1980	Gneeveguilla
1979	Austin Stacks
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974

Roll of honour edit

#	Team	Titles	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
1	Castleisland Desmonds	9	1	1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1995	1990
2	Dr. Crokes	8	3	1990, 1992, 1996, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018	2015, 2016, 2019
3	Austin Stacks	6	0	1979, 2003, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021	—
4	An Ghaeltacht	3	3	2001, 2002, 2005	1999, 2000, 2003
4	Kerins O'Rahilly's	3	2	2009, 2010, 2022	1998, 2005
6	Laune Rangers	2	3	1998, 1999	2002, 2004, 2011
6	Dingle	2	1	2015, 2023	2018
8	Kenmare	1	4	1983	2017, 2020, 2021, 2023
	Rathmore	1	3	2011	2001, 2010, 2012
	Killarney Legion	1	2	1994	2013, 2014
	Valentia	1	1	1986	1988
	Annascaul	1	1	1989	1991
	Gneeveguilla	1	0	1980	—
	Glenflesk	1	0	2000	—
	Milltown/Castlemaine	1	0	2004	—
16	Ardfert	0	2	—	1983, 2009
	St Senans	0	1	—	1989
	Waterville	0	1	—	1994
	Templenoe	0	1	—	2022

References edit

^ Brennan, Paul (17 October 2021). "Austin Stacks complete Kerry club hat-trick". rte.ie.
^ "Hungry Austin Stacks Dethrone Jaded Crokes". Irish Examiner. 28 April 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
^ "Kerry club SFC final: Dingle deny Crokes". Hogan Stand. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
^ "Rampant Crokes show no mercy". Irish Examiner. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
^ "Crokes serve early notice as wasteful Rathmore put to sword". Irish Examiner. 7 May 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.

[1] Brennan, Paul (17 October 2021). "Austin Stacks complete Kerry club hat-trick". rte.ie.

[2] "Hungry Austin Stacks Dethrone Jaded Crokes". Irish Examiner. 28 April 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2019.

[3] "Kerry club SFC final: Dingle deny Crokes". Hogan Stand. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.

[4] "Rampant Crokes show no mercy". Irish Examiner. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.

[5] "Crokes serve early notice as wasteful Rathmore put to sword". Irish Examiner. 7 May 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.

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