Down Senior Football Championship


The Down Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the top clubs in Down GAA. The winners of the Down Championship qualify to represent their county in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship which is part of the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.
Since the turn of the Millennium, the competition and Down football has largely been dominated by the "Big Three", with 18 of the 20 titles being shared by Kilcoo, Mayobridge and St. Mary's Burren. The last time a team outside of this group won the title was Bryansford in 2003.
The current champions of Down football are Kilcoo who defeated Warrenpoint on a scoreline of 1-12 to 0-14 in the 2019 final.

Winners & Runners Up Listed By Club

Finals Listed By Year

YearWinnerScoreScoreOpponents
2019Kilcoo1-120-14Warrenpoint
2018St. Mary's Burren2-122-09Kilcoo
2017Kilcoo0-130-11St. Mary's Burren
2016Kilcoo3-110-09Clonduff
2015Kilcoo3-100-11Castlewellan
2014Kilcoo4-122-07St. Mary's Burren
2013Kilcoo0-090-07St. Mary's Burren
2012Kilcoo2-081-08Mayobridge
2011St. Mary's Burren2-142-03Clonduff
2010St. Mary's Burren1-141-13Bryansford
2009Kilcoo2-091-04Loughinisland
2008Mayobridge0-120-08Loughinisland
2007Mayobridge0-16; 1-08 1-13; 0-09 Longstone
2006Mayobridge1-100-04St. Mary's Burren
2005Mayobridge0-130-07Bryansford
2004Mayobridge4-120-08Annaclone
2003Bryansford1-080-09Mayobridge
2002Mayobridge2-140-09Rostrevor
2001Mayobridge0-151-09Castlewellan
2000Clonduff1-170-11Liatroim Fontenoys
1999Mayobridge0-140-08St. Mary's Burren
1998Rostrevor1-110-11Mayobridge
1997St. Mary's Burren2-100-12Clonduff
1996St. Mary's Burren0-151-07Bryansford
1995Castlewellan1-080-10Russell Gaelic Union, Downpatrick
1994Castlewellan1-090-08Russell Gaelic Union, Downpatrick
1993Russell Gaelic Union, Downpatrick3-060-08Bryansford
1992St. Mary's Burren4-071-06Rostrevor
1991Russell Gaelic Union, Downpatrick1-071-05Castlewellan
1990Russell Gaelic Union, Downpatrick0-121-05St. Mary's Burren
1989Loughinisland3-100-05Bryansford
1988St. Mary's Burren1-100-07Loughinisland
1987St. Mary's Burren0-121-06Bryansford
1986St. Mary's Burren0-130-07Longstone
1985St. Mary's Burren0-100-05Loughinisland
1984St. Mary's Burren3-140-05An Riocht
1983St. Mary's Burren0-090-04Clonduff
1982Castlewellan2-051-05Clonduff
1981St. Mary's Burren1-102-06Saval
1980Clonduff0-071-03Glenn
1979Castlewellan2-101-04Rostrevor
1978Russell Gaelic Union, Downpatrick0-111-06Warrenpoint
1977Bryansford3-092-05St. Mary's Burren
1976Rostrevor1-091-05Warrenpoint
1975Loughinisland1-070-09Rostrevor
1974Bryansford3-050-08Loughinisland
1973Bryansford0-161-07Loughinisland
1972Russell Gaelic Union, Downpatrick2-050-08Loughinisland
1971Bryansford2-121-07Tullylish
1970Bryansford3-110-04St. Mary's Burren
1969Bryansford1-111-06St. Mary's Burren
1968Newry Mitchels3-072-03Bryansford
1967Newry Mitchels1-091-06Russell Gaelic Union, Downpatrick
1966St. Mary's Burren1-101-05St. Michael's
1965Castlewellan3-101-09Clonduff
1964Newry Mitchels4-021-10Ballykinlar
1963Glenn0-070-05Russell Gaelic Union, Downpatrick
1962Glenn1-120-04Castlewellan
1961Shamrocks1-112-06Newry Mitchels
1960Newry Mitchels2-101-04Ballykinlar
1959Glenn3-040-05Rostrevor
1958Castlewellan0-080-04Clonduff
1957Clonduff3-041-03Cabra Harps
1956Shamrocks2-060-05Kilwarlin
1955Ballymartin4-080-05Longstone
1954Lisnacree2-040-04Annaclone
1953Warrenpoint1-000-01St. Mary's Burren
1952Clonduff2-091-09Castlewellan
1951Shamrocks3-021-06Kilkeel
1950Castlewellan2-052-04Warrenpoint
1949Clonduff1-082-02Saul
1948Warrenpoint4-011-05Kilcoo
1947Clonduff3-070-05Shamrocks
1946Newry1-031-01Castlewellan
1945Clonduff1-070-00Castlewellan
1944Clonduff1-101-06Warrenpoint
1943Warrenpoint3-031-03Bryansford
1942Bryansford1-092-04Shamrocks
1941Bryansford0-120-10Warrenpoint
1940Bryansford3-042-02Kilcoo
1939Bryansford1-051-01Saul
1938BallymartinSaul
1937KilcooMayobridge
1936CastlewellanMayobridge
1935St. Patrick's, DownpatrickKilcoo
1934CastlewellanBallymartin
1933Kilcoo
1932KilcooRossglass
1931RathfrilandRossglass
1930ClonduffMayobridge
1929DrumnaquoileMayobridge
1928KilcooClonduff
1927KilcooMayobridge
1926KilcooClonduff
1925KilcooRathfriland
1924CastlewellanMayobridge
1923No championship
1922RossglassKilcoo
1921KilcooRossglass
1920Liatroim FontenoysRossglass
1919MayobridgeLiatroim Fontenoys
1918MayobridgeLiatroim Fontenoys
1917KilcooKillyleagh
1916Liatroim FontenoysClan Na Gael, Downpatrick
1915No championship
1914No championship
1913No championship
1912No championship
1911No championship
1910Clann Uladh2-011-01Ballyvarley
1909Faugh-a-Ballagh2-001-00Ballyvarley
1908Rory Og, Annsborough0-110-01Faugh-a-Ballagh
1907Faugh-a-BallaghLiatroim Fontenoys
1906Faugh-a-Ballagh0-070-04Liatroim Fontenoys
1905Liatroim FontenoysFaugh-a-Ballagh
1904Clann na Banna1-020-04Faugh-a-Ballagh
1903Faugh-a-BallaghLiatroim Fontenoys

Intermediate Championship