Connacht Under-21 Football Championship

Connacht Under-21 Championship
Founded	1964
Trophy	J.J. Fahy Cup
Title holders	Mayo (24th title)
First winner	Galway
Most titles	Mayo (24 titles)

The Connacht Under-21 Football Championship is the premier inter-county "knockout" competition for players aged under 21 years (on 1 January of competition year) played in the province of Connacht, in Ireland. The championship is organised by the Connacht council of the Gaelic Athletic Association and is played in Spring. The winners represent Connacht in the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship semi-finals.

Mayo are the current (2016) Connacht Under-21 Football Champions. They beat Roscommon in Markievicz Park to win their first title since 2009. This ended Roscommon's bid to win the title 3 years in a row.

Top winners

	Team	Wins	Years won	Runners up	Years Runners up
1	Mayo	24	1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016	8	1964, 1965, 1966, 1981, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2005,
2	Galway	18	1964, 1965, 1972, 1979, 1981, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2011, 2013	14	1969, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1991, 1997, 2003, 2006, 2015
3	Roscommon	9	1966, 1969, 1978, 1982, 1999, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015	18	1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1977, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2016
4	Leitrim	2	1977, 1991	4	1986, 1990, 1998, 2014
5	Sligo	0	Yet to win	8	1979, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2012

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Roll of honour

Year	Winner	Opponent
2016[2]	Mayo 1-11	Roscommon 1-10
2015[3]	Roscommon 3-14	Galway 3-11
2014[4]	Roscommon 0–19	Leitrim 1-3
2013[5]	Galway 1–17	Roscommon 2–11
2012 [6]	Roscommon 1–13	Sligo 0-8
2011	Galway 1–10	Roscommon 0-4
2010	Roscommon 1-6	Sligo 0-4
2009	Mayo 3–14	Sligo 1-8
2008	Mayo 1–14	Roscommon 0–14
2007	Mayo 1–22	Roscommon 1-8
2006	Mayo 0–15	Galway 1-5
2005	Galway 1–13	Mayo 0-4
2004	Mayo 0–16	Roscommon 0–13
2003	Mayo 1-9	Galway 0–11
2002	Galway 1-9	Mayo 1-8
2001	Mayo 0–15	Sligo 0-7
2000	Galway 1–12	Mayo 0–12
1999	Roscommon 1–12	Sligo 0-9
1998	Galway 0–13	Leitrim 1-7
1997	Mayo 0-7	Galway 0-6
1996	Galway 0–12	Mayo 0-5
1995	Mayo 1–10, 1–16 (R)	Sligo 1–10, 3–4 (R)
1994	Mayo 0–12	Sligo 0-6
1993	Galway 0–14	Roscommon 0-9
1992	Galway 1–10	Mayo 0–12
1991	Leitrim 1-7	Galway 0-9
1990	Galway 0-9	Leitrim 0-5
1989	Galway 1–13	Roscommon 0-3
1988	Galway 0–10	Roscommon 0-6
1987	Galway 1–10	Roscommon 0–10
1986	Mayo 0–12	Leitrim 0-5
1985	Mayo 2-6	Galway 0-7
1984	Mayo 2-7	Galway 2-4
1983	Mayo 1–19	Roscommon 1-6
1982	Roscommon 1–10	Galway 0-5
1981	Galway 0-9	Mayo 0-8
1980	Mayo 4–11	Galway 1-5
1979	Galway 0–12	Sligo 0-9
1978	Roscommon 3-9	Galway 2–11
1977	Leitrim 1-3	Roscommon 0-5
1976	Mayo 1-8	Galway 0-2
1975	Mayo 2–10	Galway 0-9
1974	Mayo 1–12	Roscommon 0-9
1973	Mayo 1-7	Galway 0-5
1972	Galway 0–16	Roscommon 0-5
1971	Mayo 5–10	Roscommon 0-8
1970	Mayo 0–14	Roscommon 1–10
1969	Roscommon 1-9, 1–10 (R, AET)	Galway 0–12, 2–3 (R, AET)
1968	Mayo 1–13	Roscommon 2-3
1967	Mayo 3–11	Roscommon 2-8
1966	Roscommon 1–15	Mayo 0-9
1965	Galway 3-9	Mayo 1–13
1964	Galway 3-6	Mayo 3-5

References

1. "Complete Roll of Honour on Kilkenny GAA bible" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-01-29.
2. "Mayo's smash and grab win stuns Roscommon U21s". Irish Examiner. 2016-04-04. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
3. "Roscommon take Connacht Under-21 title". RTÉ Sport. 2015-04-05. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
4. "Roscommon claim third Connacht U21 title in five years". Hogan Stand. 2014-04-05. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
5. "Connacht U21FC final: Tribe have that little bit extra". Hogan Stand. 2013-04-06. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
6. "Smith the hero as Rossies' first-half blitz proves a bridge too far for Sligo". Irish Independent. 2012-04-09. Retrieved 2012-04-09.

Sources

• History of Connacht GAA (2002)
• Roll of Honour on gaainfo.com