Connacht Senior Football Championship

Annual Gaelic football competition played on two continents From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Connacht Senior Football Championship, known simply as the Connacht Championship and shortened to Connacht SFC, is an annual Gaelic football competition for the senior county teams of Connacht GAA. All of the county teams of Connacht participate in the championship, as well as London and New York. The winning team receives the Nestor Cup.[1]

IrishCraobh Sinsir Peile Connachta
CodeGaelic football
Founded1888; 138 years ago (1888)
RegionConnacht (GAA)
Quick facts Irish, Code ...
Connacht Senior Football Championship
Current season or competition:
2026 Connacht Senior Football Championship
IrishCraobh Sinsir Peile Connachta
CodeGaelic football
Founded1888; 138 years ago (1888)
RegionConnacht (GAA)
No. of teams7
Title holders Roscommon (25th title)
Most titles Galway (51 titles)
SponsorsSuperValu, Allianz, AIB
TV partnerRTÉ
MottoExperience The Unforgettable
Official websiteOfficial website
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The Connacht SFC is run on a knock-out basis through which teams are eliminated from the competition. A series of games are played during the summer months and the final is played in June or July. The winner and runner-up progresses directly to the All-Ireland SFC Group Stage. Before 2020, all losing teams progressed to the All-Ireland SFC Qualifiers, while, prior to 2001, the All-Ireland SFC was a straight knock-out format, which meant all losing teams were eliminated after a single defeat.

Roscommon defeated the reigning champions Galway on a scoreline of 3–21 to 2–22 in the 2026 final at Dr. Hyde Park.

History

Galway are Connacht's most successful county, with 51 Connacht SFC titles and 9 All-Ireland SFC titles. Mayo are next, with 47 Connacht SFC titles and 3 All-Ireland SFC titles. Roscommon have won the Connacht SFC title 25 times, most recently in 2026, as well having won 2 All-Ireland SFC titles. Apart from those three, no other team competing in Connacht has won an All-Ireland SFC title.

Sligo have won the Nestor Cup three times, most recently in 2007. Leitrim have won the competition twice, most recently in 1994.

London have competed in the Connacht SFC since 1975, while New York joined in 1999. In this time London have managed three victories: one in 1977 and two in 2013, against Sligo and Leitrim.[2][3][4] New York recorded their first, and, so far, only, victory in the championship over Leitrim in 2023.[5]

The competing counties play for the JJ Nestor Cup, which is presented to the winning captain on Connacht Final Day.

Connacht SFC moments

  • Leitrim 0–12 – 2–4 Mayo (24 July 1994):
  • Sligo 1–10 – 0–12 Galway (8 July 2007):
  • Mayo 5–11 – 0–10 London (21 July 2013):
  • New York 0–15 pen – 0–15 Leitrim (8 April 2023):

Teams

2026 Championship

Seven counties will compete in the 2026 Connacht Senior Football Championship: the five counties in the Irish province of Connacht and the two foreign-based teams of London and New York.

More information County team, Location ...
County team Location Stadium Province Pos.
2024		 Champ.
titles		 Last
champ.
title		 All-Ire.
titles		 Last
All-Ire.
title
Galway Galway Pearse Stadium Connacht Winner 51 2025 9 2001
Leitrim Carrick-on-Shannon Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada Connacht Semi-finalist 2 1994 0 N/a
London South Ruislip McGovern Park Britain Quarter-finalist 0 N/a 0 N/a
Mayo Castlebar MacHale Park Connacht Finalist 47 2021 3 2026
New York Bronx Gaelic Park North America Quarter-finalist 0 N/a 0 N/a
Roscommon Roscommon Dr Hyde Park Connacht Semi-finalist 24 2026 2 1944
Sligo Sligo Markievicz Park Connacht Quarter-finalist 3 2007 0 N/a
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List of teams

The following teams have competed in the Connacht SFC for at least one season.

More information Team, App. ...
Team App. Debut Most recent Connacht SFC titles Last Connacht SFC title Best Connacht SFC result
Galway — 1900 2025 51 2025 Winner
Leitrim — 1906 2025 2 1994 Winner
London — 1975 2025 0 — Runner-up
Mayo — 1901 2025 47 2021 Winner
New York 25 1999 2025 0 — Semi-finalist
Roscommon — 1901 2025 24 2019 Winner
Sligo — 1905 2025 3 2007 Winner
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Personnel and kits

More information County team, Manager ...
County team Manager Captain(s) Sponsors
Galway Pádraic Joyce John Maher Supermac's
Leitrim Steven Poacher Ryan O'Rourke Gallagher Group
London Michael Maher Liam Gallagher Clayton Hotel
Mayo Andy Moran Jack Coyne[6] Intersport Elverys
New York Ronan McGinley Rob Wharton Navillus
Roscommon Mark Dowd[7] Diarmuid Murtagh Ballymore
Sligo Eamonn O'Hara
Dessie Sloyan[8]		 Niall Murphy
Canice Mulligan		 AbbVie
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List of finals

Legend

All-Ireland SFC winner
All-Ireland SFC runner-up

List of Connacht SFC finals

More information Year, Date ...
Year Date Winner Runner-up Venue Winning captain Winning margin Referee Attendance
County team Score County team Score
1900 Galway
1901 9 November 1902 Mayo 2-04 Galway 0-03 Claremorris 7
1902 Galway
1903 23 April 1905 Roscommon 1-02 Mayo 0-04 Claremorris 1
1904 23 April 1905 Mayo 3-06 Roscommon 0-01 Claremorris 14
1905 27 May 1906 Roscommon 0-07 Mayo 0-05 Tuam 2
1906 7 April 1907 Mayo 2-13 Roscommon 0-05 Claremorris 14
1907 26 May 1908 Mayo 3-09 Galway 0-01 Tuam 17
1908 31 January 1909 Mayo 2-05 Galway 0-04 Tuam 7
1909 30 October 1910 Mayo 1-04 Galway 0-03 Ballina 4
1910 6 November Galway 1-03 Roscommon 1-02 Athlone 2
1911 24 September Galway won Mayo scr Claremorris
1912 15 September Roscommon 0-02 Galway 0-00 Castlerea 2
1913 28 September Galway 1-02 Mayo 0-03 Castlerea 2
1914 17 October 1915 Roscommon 1-02 Leitrim 0-01 Boyle 4
1915 26 September Mayo 3-01 Roscommon 1-03 Castlerea 1
1916 1 October Mayo 1-05 Roscommon 0-03 Castlerea 5
1917 7 October Galway 1-04 Mayo 1-01 Castlerea 4
1918 22 September Mayo 0-04 Galway 0-01 Castlerea 3
1919 3 August Galway 1-06 Roscommon 0-05 Tuam 4
1920 22 August Mayo 2-03 Sligo 1-04 Castlerea 2
1921 25 March 1923 Mayo 1-04 Roscommon 0-01 Castlerea 7
1922 2 September 1923
30 September 1923		 Galway 1-07
2-04 *		 Sligo 3-02
2-02		 Tuam
Croke Park		 2
1923 4 May 1924 Mayo 0-03 Galway 0-02 Tuam 1
1924 19 October
9 November		 Mayo 0-01
2-06 (R)		 Galway 0-01
0-05 (R)		 Balla
Tuam		 7
1925 18 October Galway 1-05 Mayo 1-03 Tuam 2
1926 11 July Galway 3-02 Mayo 1-02 Roscommon 6
1927 7 August Leitrim 2-04 Galway 0-03 Roscommon 7
1928 5 August Sligo 1-04 Mayo 0-06 Tuam 1
1929 21 July Mayo 1-06 Galway 0-04 Roscommon 5
1930 10 August Mayo 1-07 Sligo 1-02 Tuam 5
1931 9 August Mayo 2-10 Roscommon 3-02 Sligo 8
1932 7 August Mayo 2-06 Sligo 0-07 Tuam 5
1933 23 July Galway 1-07 Mayo 1-05 Castlerea Michael Donnellan 2
1934 22 July Galway 2-04 Mayo 0-05 Castlerea Michael Higgins 5
1935 21 July Mayo 0-12 Galway 0-05 Roscommon 7
1936 19 July
2 August		 Mayo 2-04
2-07 (R)		 Galway 1-07
1-04 (R)		 St. Coman's Park Séamus O'Malley 6
1937 18 July Mayo 3-05 Galway 0-08 St. Coman's Park 6
1938 17 July Galway 0-08 Mayo 0-05 St. Coman's Park John "Tull" Dunne 3
1939 16 July Mayo 2-06 * Galway 0-03 St. Coman's Park 9
1940 21 July Galway 1-07 Mayo 0-05 St. Coman's Park John "Tull" Dunne 5
1941 20 July Galway 0-08 Roscommon 1-04 St. Coman's Park Dinny O'Sullivan 1
1942 19 July Galway 2-06 Roscommon 3-02 Ballinasloe Charlie Connolly 4
1943 18 July Roscommon 2-06 Galway 0-08 St. Coman's Park Jimmy Murray 6
1944 6 August Roscommon 2-11 Mayo 1-06 Tuam Jimmy Murray 8
1945 22 July Galway 2-06 Mayo 1-07 St. Coman's Park 2
1946 21 July
11 August		 Roscommon 1-04
1-09*		 Mayo 0-06
1-02		 St. Coman's Park Jimmy Murray 7
1947 20 July Roscommon 2-12 Sligo 1-08 Ballina 7
1948 18 July
25 July		 Mayo 2-04
2-10 (R)		 Galway 1-07
2-07 (R)		 St. Coman's Park John Forde 3
1949 31 July Mayo 4-06 Leitrim 0-03 St. Coman's Park 15
1950 16 July Mayo 1-07 Roscommon 0-04 St Jarlath's Park Seán Flanagan 6
1951 15 July Mayo 4-13 Galway 2-03 St Jarlath's Park Seán Flanagan 14
1952 13 July Roscommon 3-05 Mayo 0-06 MacHale Park 8
1953 19 July Roscommon 1-06 Mayo 0-06 St. Coman's Park 3
1954 18 July Galway 2-10 Sligo 3-04 St Jarlath's Park 3
1955 17 July Mayo 3-11 Roscommon 1-03 St Jarlath's Park 14 18,500
1956 15 July Galway 3-12 Sligo 1-05 Markievicz Park Jack Mangan 14 13,000
1957 14 July Galway 4-08 Leitrim 0-04 Pearse Stadium 20 13,000
1958 13 July Galway 2-10 Leitrim 1-11 St. Coman's Park 2 12,000
1959 9 August Galway 5-08 Leitrim 0-12 Markievicz Park Seán Purcell 9 18,000
1960 10 July Galway 2-05 Leitrim 0-05 Markievicz Park 6 7,500
1961 9 July Roscommon 1-11 Galway 2-07 MacHale Park 1 19,876
1962 22 July Roscommon 3-07 Galway 2-09 MacHale Park Gerry O'Malley 1 20,000
1963 14 July Galway 4-11 Leitrim 1-08 MacHale Park Mick Garrett 12 20,000
1964 19 July Galway 2-12 Mayo 1-05 St Jarlath's Park John Donnellan 10 35,000
1965 1 August Galway 1-12 Sligo 2-06 St Jarlath's Park Enda Colleran 3 30,000
1966 17 July Galway 0-12 Mayo 1-08 MacHale Park Enda Colleran 1 J Martin (Tyrone) 28,000
1967 16 July Mayo 4-15 Leitrim 0-07 St Jarlath's Park 20 J Hatton (Wicklow)
1968 21 July Galway 2-10 Mayo 2-09 MacHale Park 1 P Kelly (Dublin) 30,000
1969 20 July
3 August		 Mayo 0–11
1-11 (14)		 Galway 1-08
1-08 (11)		 Pearse Stadium
MacHale Park		 3 L Maguire (Cavan)
J Moloney (Tipperary)		 25,000
1970 12 July Galway 2-15 (21) Roscommon 1-08 (11) Pearse Stadium 10 Mick Loftus (Mayo) 11,500
1971 11 July
25 July		 Galway 2–15
1-17 (R)		 Sligo 2–15
3-10 (R)		 MacHale Park Liam Sammon 1 J Martin (Roscommon) 19,764
20,000 (R)
1972 16 July Roscommon 5-8 Mayo 3-10 MacHale Park 4
1973 8 July Galway 1-17 Mayo 2-12 MacHale Park Liam Sammon 2 P Devlin (Tyrone) 30,000
1974 14 July Galway 2-14 Roscommon 0-08 Pearse Stadium Gay Mitchell 12 Mick Loftus (Mayo) 25,000
1975 6 July
20 July		 Sligo 2–10
2-10 (R)		 Mayo 1–13
0-15 (R)		 Markievicz Park
MacHale Park		 Barnes Murphy 1 T Moran (Leitrim)
1976 4 July
18 July		 Galway 1-08
1-14 (R)		 Roscommon 1-8
0-9 (R)		 MacHale Park
St Jarlath's Park		 5 Mick Loftus (Mayo) 18,000
16,000
1977 10 July Roscommon 1-12 Galway 2-08 Dr Hyde Park 14 T Moran (Leitrim) 18,000
1978 9 July Roscommon 2-07 Galway 0-09 Pearse Stadium 4 PJ McGrath (Mayo) 17,000
1979 15 July Roscommon 3-15 Mayo 2-10 MacHale Park 9 P Gorman (Sligo) 23,700
1980 13 July Roscommon 3-13 Mayo 0-08 Dr Hyde Park Danny Murray 14 Mickey Kearins (Sligo) 17,880
1981 12 July Mayo 0-12 Sligo 0-04 MacHale Park 8 T Cunningham (Galway)
1982 11 July Galway 3-17 Mayo 0-10 St Jarlath's Park Gay McManus 16 P Gorman (Sligo) 18,000
1983 17 July Galway 1-13 Mayo 1-10 MacHale Park Séamus McHugh 3 S Mullaney (Roscommon) 18,000
1984 8 July Galway 2-13 Mayo 2-09 Pearse Stadium Séamus McHugh 4 Mickey Kearins (Sligo) 17,560
1985 14 July Mayo 2-11 Roscommon 0-08 Dr Hyde Park 9 Mickey Kearins (Sligo) 18,000
1986 13 July Galway 1-08 Roscommon 1-05 Dr Hyde Park Tomás Tierney 3 P Gorman (Sligo) 13,000
1987 12 July Galway 0-08 Mayo 0-07 MacHale Park Val Daly 1 S Prior (Leitrim) 25,000
1988 24 July Mayo 1-12 Roscommon 0-08 Dr Hyde Park Dermot Flanagan 7 Mickey Kearins (Sligo) 20,000
1989 23 July
30 July		 Mayo 0–12
3-14 (R)		 Roscommon 1-09
2-13 (R)		 MacHale Park
Dr Hyde Park		 Jimmy Browne 4 Mickey Kearins (Sligo) 20,000
1990 22 July Roscommon 0-16 Galway 1-11 Dr Hyde Park Paul Earley 2 18,000
1991 14 July
28 July		 Roscommon 0–14
0-13 (R)		 Mayo 0–14
1-09 (R)		 MacHale Park
Dr Hyde Park		 John Newton 1 P Egan (Galway) 25,000
24,000 (R)
1992 26 July Mayo 1-14 Roscommon 0-10 MacHale Park Peter Ford 7 S Prior (Leitrim) 30,000
1993 25 July Mayo 1-05 Roscommon 0-07 Dr Hyde Park Kevin Beirne 1 M Curley (Galway) 26,000
1994 24 July Leitrim 0-12 Mayo 2-04 Dr Hyde Park Declan Darcy 2 M Curley (Galway) 18,271
1995 23 July Galway 0-17 Mayo 1-07 St Jarlath's Park Jarlath Fallon 7 F Finan (Sligo) 17,000
1996 21 July Mayo 3-09 Galway 1-11 MacHale Park Noel Connelly 4 F Finan (Sligo)
1997 3 August Mayo 0-11 Sligo 1-07 Dr Hyde Park Noel Connelly 1 M Curley (Galway) 22,000
1998 19 July
1 August		 Galway 0–11
1-17 (R)		 Roscommon 0–11
0-17 (R)		 St Jarlath's Park
Dr Hyde Park		 Ray Silke 3 S Prior (Leitrim) 25,000
30,000 (R)
1999 18 July Mayo 1-14 Galway 1-10 St Jarlath's Park Kenneth Mortimer 4 Brian White (Wexford) 31,000
2000 30 July Galway 1-13 Leitrim 0-08 Dr Hyde Park Pádraic Joyce 8 B Crowe (Cavan) 28,000
2001 1 July Roscommon 2-10 Mayo 1-12 Dr Hyde Park Fergal O'Donnell 1 S McCormack (Meath) 28,000
2002 30 June Galway 1-11 Sligo 0-11 MacHale Park Pádraic Joyce 3 J McKee (Armagh) 14,000
2003 6 July Galway 1-14 Mayo 0-13 Pearse Stadium Kevin Walsh 4 M Monahan (Kildare)
2004 18 July Mayo 2-13 Roscommon 0-09 MacHale Park Fergal Costello 10 B White (Wexford) 34,790
2005 10 July Galway 0-10 Mayo 0-08 Pearse Stadium Pádraic Joyce 2 J. Gainey 29,711
2006 16 July Mayo 0-12 Galway 1-08 MacHale Park David Heaney 1 P. Russell (Tipperary) 34,613
2007 8 July Sligo 1-10 Galway 0-12 Dr Hyde Park Noel McGuire 1 11,317
2008 13 July Galway 2-12 Mayo 1-14 MacHale Park Pádraic Joyce 1 David Coldrick (Meath) 31,789
2009 19 July Mayo 2-12 Galway 1-14 Pearse Stadium Trevor Mortimer 1 25,627
2010 18 July Roscommon 0-14 Sligo 0-13 MacHale Park Peter Domican 1 Jimmy White (Donegal) 25,300
2011 17 July Mayo 0-13 Roscommon 0-11 Dr Hyde Park Alan Dillon 2 Michael Collins (Cork) 25,609
2012[9] 15 July Mayo 0-12 Sligo 0-10 Dr Hyde Park Andy Moran 2 Cormac Reilly (Meath) 23,257
2013[10] 21 July Mayo 5-11 London 0-10 MacHale Park Andy Moran 16 Conor Lane (Cork) 21,274
2014[11] 13 July Mayo 3-14 Galway 0-16 MacHale Park Andy Moran 7 Rory Hickey (Clare) 26,738
2015[12] 19 July Mayo 6-25 Sligo 2-11 Dr Hyde Park Keith Higgins 26 Padraig O'Sullivan (Kerry) 23,196
2016 10 July
17 July		 Galway 0–13
3-16 (R)		 Roscommon 1–10
0-14(R)		 Pearse Stadium
MacHale Park		 Gary O'Donnell 11 (R) Ciaran Branagan (Down) 24,324
15,960 (R)
2017[13] 9 July Roscommon 2-15 Galway 0-12 Pearse Stadium Ciarán Murtagh 9 David Gough (Meath) 18,287
2018[14] 17 June Galway 0-16 Roscommon 2-06 Dr Hyde Park Damien Comer 4 David Coldrick (Meath) 18,864
2019[15] 16 June Roscommon 1-13 Galway 0-12 Pearse Stadium Enda Smith 4 Barry Cassidy (Derry) 17,639
2020[16] 15 November Mayo 0-14 Galway 0-13 Pearse Stadium Aidan O'Shea 1 Sean Hurson (Tyrone) 0
2021[17] 25 July Mayo 2-14 Galway 2-08 Croke Park Aidan O'Shea 6 Conor Lane (Cork) 18,000
2022[18] 29 May Galway 2-19 Roscommon 2-16 Pearse Stadium Seán Kelly 3 Joe McQuillan (Cavan) 21,419
2023[19] 7 May Galway 2-20 Sligo 0-12 MacHale Park Seán Kelly 14 Brendan Cawley (Kildare) 11,867
2024[20] 5 May Galway 0-16 Mayo 0-15 Pearse Stadium Seán Kelly 1 David Gough (Meath) 19,193
2025 4 May Galway 1–17 Mayo 1–15 MacHale Park Seán Kelly 2 Paddy Neilan (Roscommon) 27,137
2026 10 May Roscommon 3-21 Galway 2-22 Dr Hyde Park Diarmuid Murtagh 2 Sean Hurson (Tyrone) 22,799
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Notes

  • 1888–1891: No Connacht representative in All-Ireland series
  • 1892: Roscommon represented the province
  • 1893–1899: No Connacht representative in All-Ireland series
  • 1900: Galway unopposed
  • 1902: Galway unopposed
  • 1922: Objection – refixed
  • 1939: Game unfinished – awarded to Mayo
  • 1934: Leitrim withdrew until 1941.
  • 1938: Roscommon until 1940.
  • 1946: Objection and counter-objection – replay ordered
  • 1950: Leitrim withdrew until 1952.
  • 1975: London join the championship.
  • 1999: New York join the championship.
  • 2001: London withdrew due to Foot and Mouth disease.
  • 2025-2017: Preliminary round for New York fixture originally a Quarter-final revert to in 2018.
  • 2020: Sligo withdrew for 1 year while London and New York for 2 years due to COVID-19.

Team records and statistics

Roll of honour

Legend

  • Golden background – Connacht SFC winner or runner-up also won the All-Ireland SFC that year.

Performance by team

More information County team, Title(s) ...
County team Title(s) Runner-up Championships won Championships runner-up
Galway 51 35 1900, 1902, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 1901, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1918, 1923, 1924, 1927, 1929, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1943, 1948, 1951, 1961, 1962, 1969, 1977, 1978, 1990, 1996, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2026
Mayo 47 36 1901, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1967, 1969, 1981, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021 1903, 1905, 1913, 1917, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1940, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1952, 1953, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2024, 2025
Roscommon 25 25 1892, 1903, 1905, 1912, 1914, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1961, 1962, 1972, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1990, 1991, 2001, 2010, 2017, 2019, 2026 1906, 1911, 1915, 1916, 1919, 1925, 1931, 1941, 1942, 1950, 1955, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2011, 2016, 2018, 2022
Sligo 3 16 1928, 1975, 2007 1920, 1922, 1930, 1932, 1947, 1954, 1956, 1965, 1971, 1981, 1997, 2002, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2023
Leitrim 2 9 1927, 1994 1914, 1949, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1967, 2000
London 0 1 N/a 2013
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Performance by province

More information Province, Titles ...
Province Titles Runner-up Total
Connacht 126 119 245
Britain 0 1 1
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Team results

Legend

  • 1st – Winner
  • 2nd – Runner-up
  • SF/QF/PR – Semi-finalist / Quarter-finalist / Preliminary round exit

For each year, the number of competing teams is shown (in brackets).

More information Team, 2013 (7) ...
Team 2013 (7) 2014 (7) 2015 (7) 2016 (7) 2017 (7) 2018 (7) 2019 (7) 2020 (4) 2021 (5) 2022 (7) 2023 (7) 2024 (7) 2025 (7) 2026 (7) Years
Galway QF 2nd SF 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 14
Leitrim SF QF QF QF SF SF QF QF SF SF QF QF SF SF 14
London 2nd QF QF QF QF QF QF N/a N/a QF QF QF QF QF 12
Mayo 1st 1st 1st SF SF QF SF 1st 1st QF QF 2nd 2nd SF 14
New York QF QF PR PR PR QF QF N/a N/a QF SF QF QF QF 12
Roscommon SF SF SF 2nd 1st 2nd 1st SF SF 2nd SF SF SF 1st 14
Sligo QF SF 2nd SF QF SF SF N/a QF SF 2nd SF QF QF 13
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Winning teams

Main article: List of Connacht Senior Football Championship winners

Most recent championship meetings

More information Gal, Lei ...
Gal Lei Lon May New Ros Sli
Galway N/a 2026 2024 2025 2025 2026 2024
Leitrim N/a 2022 2025 2023 2019 2026
London N/a 2026 - 2025 2023
Mayo N/a 2024 2026 2025
New York N/a 2026 2023
Roscommon N/a 2022
Sligo N/a
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Consecutive titles

Quintuple

  • Mayo (1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910)
  • Galway (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960)
  • Mayo (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)

Quadruple

  • Mayo (1929, 1930, 1931, 1932)
  • Mayo (1948, 1949, 1950, 1951)
  • Galway (1963, 1964, 1965, 1966)
  • Roscommon (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980)
  • Galway (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)

Treble

Double

Single

  • Galway (1900, 1902, 1911, 1913, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1938, 1945, 1954, 1968, 1976, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2016, 2018)
  • Mayo (1901, 1904, 1918, 1939, 1955, 1967, 1969, 1981, 1985, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2009)
  • Roscommon (1892, 1903, 1905, 1912, 1914, 1972, 2001, 2010, 2017, 2019, 2026)
  • Sligo (1928, 1975, 2007)
  • Leitrim (1927, 1994)

Titles by decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Connacht SFC titles, is as follows:

  • 1900s: 6 for Mayo (1901, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909)
  • 1910s: 4 each for Mayo (1910, 1915, 1916, 1918) and Galway (1911, 1913, 1917, 1919)
  • 1920s: 5 for Mayo (1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1929)
  • 1930s: 7 for Mayo (1930, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939)
  • 1940s: 4 each for Mayo (1940, 1941, 1942, 1945) and Roscommon (1943, 1944, 1946, 1947)
  • 1950s: 5 for Galway (1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959)
  • 1960s: 6 for Galway (1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968)
  • 1970s: 5 for Galway (1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976)
  • 1980s: 5 for Galway (1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987)
  • 1990s: 5 for Mayo (1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999)
  • 2000s: 5 for Galway (2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008)
  • 2010s: 5 for Mayo (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
  • 2020s: 4 for Galway (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)

Team debuts

More information Year, Debutants ...
Year Debutants Total
1900 Galway 1
1901 Mayo, Roscommon 2
1902–04 None 0
1905 Sligo 1
1906 Leitrim 1
1907–74 None 0
1975 London 1
1976–98 None 0
1999 New York 1
2000– None 0
Total 7
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Other records

Final success rate

No county teamss have appeared in the final, being victorious on all occasions.

On the opposite end of the scale, one team has appeared in the final, losing on each occasion:

Gaps

  • Longest gaps between successive Connacht SFC titles:
  • Longest gaps between successive Connacht SFC finals:

Active gaps

  • Longest active gaps since a Connacht SFC title:
    • 32 years: Leitrim (1994–)
    • 19 years: Sligo (2007–)
    • 5 years: Mayo (2021–)
    • 1 year: Galway (2025–)
  • Longest active gap since a Connacht SFC final appearance:
    • 26 years: Leitrim (2000–)
    • 13 years: London (2013–)
    • 3 years: Sligo (2023–)
    • 1 year: Mayo (2025–)

Connacht final pairings

More information Pairing, Meetings ...
Pairing Meetings First meeting Last meeting
Galway v Mayo 46 1901 2025
Mayo v Roscommon 26 1903 2011
Galway v Roscommon 22 1910 2026
Mayo v Sligo 9 1920 2015
Galway v Sligo 8 1922 2023
Galway v Leitrim 7 1927 2000
Leitrim v Mayo 3 1949 1994
Roscommon v Sligo 2 1947 2010
Leitrim v Roscommon 1 1914
London v Mayo 1 2013
Galway (unopposed / unknown) 2 1900 1902
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Player records

Each team's most recent winning captain

Managers

See also: List of Gaelic football managers

Managers in the Connacht SFC are involved in the day-to-day running of the team, including the training, team selection, and sourcing of players from the club championships. Their influence varies from county-to-county and is related to the individual county boards. From 2018, all inter-county head coaches must be Award 2 qualified. The manager is assisted by a team of two or three selectors and an extensive backroom team consisting of various coaches. Prior to the development of the concept of a manager in the 1970s, teams were usually managed by a team of selectors with one member acting as chairman.

Winning managers (1983–2024)

More information #, Manager(s) ...
# Manager(s) Winning team(s) Titles(s) Winning years
1 John O'Mahony Mayo
Leitrim
Galway		 8 1988, 1989, 2009
1994
1998, 2000, 2002, 2003
2 James Horan Mayo 6 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2020, 2021
3 John Maughan Mayo 4 1996, 1997, 1999, 2004
Pádraic Joyce Galway 4 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
5 Mattie McDonagh Galway 2 1982, 1983
Martin McDermott Roscommon 2 1990, 1991
Jack O'Shea Mayo 2 1992, 1993
Kevin Walsh Galway 2 2016, 2018
9 Brian McEniff Sligo 1 1975
Tony Regan Galway 1 1984
Liam O'Neill Mayo 1 1985
Cyril Dunne Galway 1 1986
Willie Joyce Galway 1 1987
Bosco McDermott Galway 1 1995
John Tobin Roscommon 1 2001
Peter Ford Galway 1 2005
Mickey Moran Mayo 1 2006
Tommy Breheny Sligo 1 2007
Liam Sammon Galway 1 2008
Fergal O'Donnell Roscommon 1 2010
Noel Connelly Mayo 1 2015
Pat Holmes
Kevin McStay Roscommon 1 2017
Anthony Cunningham Roscommon 1 2019
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Venues

Stadia and locations

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County team Location Province Stadium Capacity
Galway Galway Connacht Pearse Stadium 26,197
Leitrim Carrick-on-Shannon Connacht Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada 9,331
London South Ruislip Britain McGovern Park 3,000
Mayo Castlebar Connacht MacHale Park 25,369
New York Bronx North America Gaelic Park 2,000
Roscommon Roscommon Connacht Dr Hyde Park 25,000
Sligo Sligo Connacht Markievicz Park 18,558
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