Munster Senior Football Championship

Munster Senior Football Championship
Current season or competition: 2016 Munster Senior Football Championship

Irish	Craobh Sinsir Peile Mumhan
Code	Gaelic football
Founded	1888
Trophy	Munster Senior Football Cup (no other name)
No. of teams	6 (2015)
Title holders	Kerry (78th title)
Most titles	Kerry (78 titles)
Sponsors	SuperValu, Liberty Insurance, Ulster Bank

The Munster Senior Football Championship is the premier inter-county knockout competition in Gaelic football in the province of Munster in Ireland. The games are organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months. The Munster final is normally played in July.

Kerry are the most successful, having won the Munster championship 78 times. They have also won the championship eight times in a row on two occasions (1958-1965 and 1975-1982), the most consecutive wins in any of the Provincial Football Championships. The championship has been won by Kerry or Cork every year since 1923 with the exception of victories by Tipperary in 1935 and Clare in 1992.

The Munster Football Championship is run on a knock-out basis in which once a team loses they are eliminated from the competition. All six counties of Munster compete. The winners of the Munster championship advance to the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship quarter-finals.

Participating teams

The Munster championship is contested by all six counties in the Irish province of Munster.

Team	Colours	Sponsor	Manager	Captain	Most recent success
Team	Colours	Sponsor	Manager	Captain
All-Ireland	Provincial
Clare	Saffron and Blue	Pat O'Donnell	Colm Collins	Gary Brennan		1992
Cork	Red and white	Chill Insurance	Peadar Healy	Paul Kerrigan	2010	2012
Kerry	Green and gold	Kerry Group	Éamonn Fitzmaurice	Bryan Sheehan	2014	2015
Limerick	Green and white	Sporting Limerick	John Brudair	Iain Corbett	1896	1896
Tipperary	Blue and gold	Intersport	Liam Kearns	Peter Acheson	1920	1935
Waterford	White and blue	3 Mobile	Tom McGlinchey	Tommy Prendergast		1898

List Of Winners By County

	Team	Wins	Years won
1	Kerry	78	1892, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1919, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
2	Cork	37	1890, 1891, 1893, 1894, 1897, 1899, 1901, 1906, 1907, 1911, 1916, 1928, 1943, 1945, 1949, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012
3	Tipperary	9	1888, 1889, 1895, 1900, 1902, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1935
4	Clare	2	1917, 1992
5	Limerick	1	1896
5	Waterford	1	1898

List Of Winners By Year

Year	Winner	Opponent
2016^[1]	Kerry 3-17	Tipperary 2-10
2015	Kerry 2-15 1-11 (R)	Cork 3-12 1-6 (R)
2014^[2]	Kerry 0-24	Cork 0-12
2013^[3]	Kerry 1-16	Cork 0-17
2012^[4]	Cork 3-16	Clare 0-13
2011	Kerry 1-15	Cork 1-12
2010	Kerry 1-17	Limerick 1-14
2009	Cork 2-6	Limerick 0-11
2008	Cork 1-16	Kerry 1-11
2007	Kerry 1-15	Cork 1-13
2006	Cork 0-10 1-12 (R)	Kerry 0-10 0-9 (R)
2005	Kerry 1-11	Cork 0-11
2004	Kerry 1-11 3-10 (R)	Limerick 1-11 2-9 (R)
2003	Kerry 1-11	Limerick 0-9
2002	Cork 2-11 1-23 (R)	Tipperary 1-14 0-7 (R)
2001	Kerry 0-19	Cork 1-13
2000	Kerry 3-15	Clare 0-8
1999	Cork 2-10	Kerry 2-4
1998	Kerry 0-17	Tipperary 1-10
1997	Kerry 1-13	Clare 0-11
1996	Kerry 0-14	Cork 0-11
1995	Cork 0-15	Kerry 1-9
1994	Cork 2-19	Tipperary 3-9
1993	Cork 1-16	Tipperary 1-8
1992	Clare 2-10	Kerry 0-12
1991	Kerry 0-23	Limerick 3-12
1990	Cork 2-23	Kerry 1-11
1989	Cork 1-12	Kerry 1-9
1988	Cork 1-14	Kerry 0-16
1987	Cork 1-10 0-13 (R)	Kerry 2-7 1-5 (R)
1986	Kerry 0-12	Cork 0-8
1985	Kerry 2-11	Cork 0-11
1984	Kerry 3-14	Cork 2-10
1983	Cork 3-10	Kerry 3-9
1982	Kerry 0-9 2-18 (R)	Cork 0-9 0-12 (R)
1981	Kerry 1-11	Cork 0-3
1980	Kerry 3-13	Cork 0-12
1979	Kerry 2-14	Cork 2-4
1978	Kerry 3-14	Cork 3-7
1977	Kerry 3-15	Cork 0-9
1976	Kerry 0-10 3-20 (R)	Cork 0-10 2-19 (R)
1975	Kerry 1-14	Cork 0-7
1974	Cork 1-11	Kerry 0-7
1973	Cork 5-12	Kerry 1-15
1972	Kerry 2-21	Cork 2-15
1971	Cork 0-25	Kerry 0-14
1970	Kerry 2-22	Cork 2-9
1969	Kerry 0-16	Cork 1-4
1968	Kerry 1-21	Cork 3-8
1967	Cork 0-8	Kerry 0-7
1966	Cork 2-7	Kerry 1-7
1965	Kerry 2-16	Limerick 2-7
1964	Kerry 2-11	Cork 1-8
1963	Kerry 1-18	Cork 3-7
1962	Kerry 4-8	Cork 0-4
1961	Kerry 0-10 2-13 (R)	Cork 1-7 1-4 (R)
1960	Kerry 3-15	Waterford 0-8
1959	Kerry 2-15	Cork 2-8
1958	Kerry 2-7	Cork 0-3
1957	Cork 0-16	Waterford 1-2
1956	Cork 0-8 1-8 (R)	Kerry 2-2 1-7 (R)
1955	Kerry 0-14	Cork 2-6
1954	Kerry 4-9	Cork 2-3
1953	Kerry 2-7	Cork 2-3
1952	Cork 0-11	Kerry 0-2
1951	Kerry 1-6	Cork 0-4
1950	Kerry 2-5	Cork 1-5
1949	Cork 3-6	Clare 0-7
1948	Kerry 2-9	Cork 2-6
1947	Kerry 3-8	Cork 2-6
1946	Kerry 2-16	Waterford 2-1
1945	Cork 1-11	Kerry 1-6
1944	Kerry 1-6	Tipperary 0-5
1943	Cork 1-7	Tipperary 1-4
1942	Kerry 3-7	Cork 0-8
1941	Kerry 2-9	Clare 0-6
1940	Kerry 1-10	Waterford 0-6
1939	Kerry 2-11	Tipperary 0-4
1938	Kerry 4-14	Cork 0-6
1937	Kerry 4-9	Clare 1-1
1936	Kerry 1-11	Clare 2-2
1935	Tipperary 2-8	Cork 1-2
1934	Kerry 1-14	Limerick 1-2
1933	Kerry 2-8	Tipperary 1-4
1932	Kerry 3-10	Tipperary 1-4
1931	Kerry 5-8	Tipperary 0-2
1930	Kerry 3-4	Tipperary 1-2
1929	Kerry 1-14	Clare 1-2
1928	Cork 4-3	Tipperary 0-4
1927	Kerry 4-4	Clare 1-3
1926	Kerry 0-11	Tipperary 1-4
1925	Kerry 5-5	Clare 0-0
1924	Kerry 5-8	Clare 2-2
1923	Kerry 0-5	Tipperary 0-3
1922	Tipperary 1-7	Limerick 0-1
1921	No championship
1920	Tipperary 2-2	Kerry 0-2
1919	Kerry 6-11	Clare 2-0
1918	Tipperary 1-1	Kerry 0-1
1917	Clare 5-4	Cork 0-1
1916	Cork 2-2	Clare 1-4
1915	Kerry 4-3	Clare 0-1
1914	Kerry 0-5	Cork 0-1
1913	Kerry 1-6	Cork 0-1
1912	Kerry 0-3	Clare 0-1
1911	Cork 2-5	Waterford 0-1
1910	Kerry 0-4	Cork 0-2
1909	Kerry 2-8	Cork 1-7
1908	Kerry 0-7	Waterford 0-2
1907	Cork 1-7	Tipperary 0-1
1906	Cork 1-10	Kerry 0-3
1905	Kerry 2-10	Limerick 1-6
1904	Kerry 2-3	Waterford 0-2
1903	Kerry 0-5	Cork 0-3
1902	Tipperary 2-4	Kerry 0-3
1901	Cork 1-9	Limerick 1-6
1900	Tipperary 2-4	Kerry 2-1
1899	Cork 1-9	Tipperary 0-1
1898	Waterford 1-3	Cork 0-4
1897	Cork 0-5	Limerick 0-3
1896	Limerick 0-4	Waterford 0-1
1895	Tipperary 0-5	Limerick 0-3
1894	Cork 1-7	Tipperary 1-3
1893	Cork 2-3	Kerry 1-4
1892	Kerry 1-6	Cork 1-3
1891	Cork 1-5	Waterford 0-4
1890	Cork 1-4	Kerry 0-1
1889	Tipperary 0-3	Cork 0-2
1888	Tipperary W/O	Limerick

Stadia

Location	Stadium	Capacity
Thurles	Semple Stadium	53,500
Limerick	Gaelic Grounds	49,866
Killarney	FitzGerald Stadium	43,180
Cork	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	32,550
Dungarvan	Fraher Field	15,000
Ennis	Cusack Park	14,864

Munster Championship matches were traditionally played at neutral venues or at a location that was deemed to be halfway between the two participants; however, counties eventually came to home and away agreements depending on the size of their individual stadia. Currently, all championship matches are played on a rolling home and away basis.

While the six county grounds are regularly used for championship matches in recent times, smaller club grounds have historically been used for games which may not have had such a high profile. These grounds include: Ned Hall Park in Clonmel, FitzGerald Park in Kilmallock, Páirc na nGael in Askeaton, Páirc Mac Gearailt in Fermoy, Hennessy Memorial Park in Milltown Malbay and Frank Sheehy Park in Listowel.

The stadiums for the 2016 championship showed a large disparity in capacity: Semple Stadium, the home ground of Tipperary has a capacity of 53,500 with Cusack Park, the home ground of Clare, having a capacity of 14,864. The combined total capacity of the Munster Championship in the 2016 championship was 208,960.

Stadium attendances are a significant source of regular income for the Munster Council and the individual county boards. For the 2016 championship, the total aggregate attendance at the five games was 40,700.

Statistics

Teams by decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Munster Senior Football Championship titles, is as follows:

1880s: 2 for Tipperary (1888-89)
1890s: 6 for Cork (1890-91-93-94-97-99)
1900s: 5 for Kerry (1903-04-05-08-09)
1910s: 6 for Kerry (1910-12-13-14-15-19)
1920s: 6 for Kerry (1923-24-25-26-27-29)
1930s: 9 for Kerry (1930-31-32-33-34-36-37-38-39)
1940s: 7 for Kerry (1940-41-42-44-46-47-48)
1950s: 7 for Kerry (1950-51-53-54-55-58-59)
1960s: 8 for Kerry (1960-61-62-63-64-65-68-69)
1970s: 7 for Kerry (1970-72-75-76-77-78-79)
1980s: 6 for Kerry (1980-81-82-84-85-86)
1990s: 5 for Cork (1990-93-94-95-99)
2000s: 6 for Kerry (2000-01-03-04-05-07)
2010s: 6 for Kerry (2010-11-13-14-15-16)

Other records

Gaps

- Longest gaps between successive Munster titles:
  - 75 years: Clare (1917-1992)
  - 16 years: Tipperary (1902-1918)
  - 15 years: Cork (1928-1943)
  - 13 years: Tipperary (1922-1935)
  - 12 years: Cork (1916-1928)
  - 11 years: Kerry (1892-1903)

Longest undefeated run

The record for the longest unbeaten run stands at 18 games held by Kerry. They achieved this feat on three separate occasions: 1936-1943, 1958-1966 and 1975-1983.

Players

Top scorers


Rank	Player	Team	Score	Tally	Era
1	Maurice Fitzgerald	Kerry	9-167	194	1988-2001
2	Mikey Sheehy	Kerry	15-119	164	1974-1987
3	Colin Corkery	Cork	4-132	144	1993-2004
4	Colm Cooper	Kerry	8-110	134	2002-present
5	Declan Browne	Tipperary	5-106	121	1996-2007
6	Pat Spillane	Kerry	14-77	119	1975-1991
7	Bryan Sheehan	Kerry	5-97	112	2005-present
8	Peter Lambert	Tipperary	11-68	101	1988-2003
9	Dara Ó Cinnéide	Kerry	8-71	95	1994-2005
10	Mick O'Dwyer	Kerry	4-79	91	1957-1973
10	Dinny Allen	Cork	11-58	91	1972-1989

Record Munster medal winners

Rank	Player	Team	No.	Years
1	Dan O'Keeffe	Kerry	13	1932, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948
2	Mick O'Connell	Kerry	12	1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972
3	Mick O'Dwyer	Kerry	11	1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972
	Pat Spillane	Kerry	11	1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991
	Páidí Ó Sé	Kerry	11	1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986
	Ger Power	Kerry	11	1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986
	Mikey Sheehy	Kerry	11	1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986
	Denis "Ógie" Moran	Kerry	11	1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985
9	Miko Doyle	Kerry	10	1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939
	Joe Keohane	Kerry	10	1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1947, 1948
	Johnny Culloty	Kerry	10	1955, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970
	John O'Keeffe	Kerry	10	1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982
	Jack O'Shea	Kerry	10	1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991

References

↑ "Kerry too strong for Tipperary in Munster final". RTE Sport. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
↑ "A display to regain trust in Kingdom". Irish Examiner. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
↑ "Hit-and-miss Kerry stave off Cork revival". Irish Examiner. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
↑ "Rampant Rebels show little mercy". Irish Examiner. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2012.

External links

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