GAA Football Under-20 All-Ireland Championship


The GAA Football Under-20 All-Ireland Championship is the premier "knockout" competition for players aged between 17 and 20 in Gaelic football played in Ireland. The competition is organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association.
Previously known as the All-Ireland Under 21 football championship, the competition was regraded to Under 20 following a vote at the GAA Congress on 26 February 2016.
The trophy for the winning team is the Clarke Cup which is named in honour of former Kildare Secretary and Treasurer Tim Clarke.
Cork are the defending champions, beating Dublin in the 2019 final.

Overview

The All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship was created in 1964 in response to a Congress motion put forward by the Kerry County Board. Since then the competition has grown in importance and profile. The championship is run on an inter-county provincial basis with the winners from Munster, Leinster, Ulster and Connacht playing off against each other in two semi-finals.
Cork are the most successful teams in the history of the Under-21 Championship. Two teams have achieved three-in-a-rows; Kerry from 1975 to 1977 and Cork from 1984 to 1986. The coveted treble of winning senior, under-21, minor titles in the same year has been achieved on just one occasion, by Kerry in 1975.
Because teams will only play together for at most, about two or three years, unlike the senior competition, it is unusual that one county will dominate for periods any longer than this.
It is usually considered a mark of a very promising player to play for both a county's Under 21 and Senior team at the same time. Many great players have achieved this, although one particular example would be Frank McGuigan, who, in 1973, represented Tyrone in the Ulster Finals of the Minors, Seniors and Under 21s.

Top winners

Wins, runners-up and final appearances

County Win Runner-up Appearance
Cork 12 5 17
Kerry 10 7 17
Mayo 5 7 12
Galway 5 4 9
Tyrone 5 2 7
Dublin 5 4 9
Roscommon 2 4 6
Kildare 2 3 5
Derry 2 2 4
Donegal 2 1 3
Down 1 3 4
Offaly 1 2 3
Antrim 1 1 2
Meath 1 1 2
Armagh 1 0 1
Westmeath 1 0 1
Cavan 0 3 3
Laois 0 3 3
Fermanagh 0 2 2
Limerick 0 1 1
Tipperary 0 1 1

Finals listed by year

Under 20 CompetitionUnder 20 CompetitionUnder 20 Competition
YearWinnerRunner Up
2019Cork 3-16Dublin 1-14
2018Kildare 1-18Mayo 1-16

Under 21 CompetitionUnder 21 CompetitionUnder 21 Competition
YearWinnerRunner Up
2017Dublin 2-13Galway 2-7
2016Mayo 5-7Cork 1-14
2015Tyrone 1–11Tipperary 0-13
2014Dublin 1-21Roscommon 3-6
2013Galway 1-14Cork 1-11
2012Dublin 2-12Roscommon 0-11
2011Galway 2-16Cavan 1-9
2010Dublin 1–10Donegal 1-8
2009Cork 1–13Down 2–9
2008Kerry 2–12Kildare 0–11
2007Cork 2–10Laois 0–15
2006Mayo 1–13Cork 1–11
2005Galway 6-5Down 4–6
2004Armagh 2-8Mayo 1-9
2003Dublin 0–12Tyrone 0-7
2002Galway 0–15Dublin 0-7
2001Tyrone 0–13Mayo 0–10
2000Tyrone 3–12Limerick 0–13
1999Westmeath 0–12Kerry 0-9
1998Kerry 2-8Laois 0–11
1997Derry 1–12Meath 0-5
1996Kerry 1–17Cavan 2–10
1995fKerry 2–12 3–10 Mayo 3-9 1–12
1994Cork 1–12Mayo 1-5
1993Meath 1-8Kerry 0–10
1992Tyrone 1–10Galway 1-7
1991Tyrone 4–16Kerry 1-5
1990Kerry 5–12Tyrone 2–11
1989Cork 2-8Galway 1–10
1988Offaly 0–11Cavan 0-9
1987Donegal 1-7 1–12 Kerry 0–10 2-4
1986Cork 3–16Offaly 0–12
1985Cork 0–14Derry 1-8
1984Cork 0-9Mayo 0-6
1983Mayo 2-5 1-8 Derry 1-8 1-5
1982Donegal 0-8Roscommon 0-5
1981Cork 0–14 2-9 Galway 2-8 1-6
1980Cork 2-8Dublin 1-5
1979Down 1–9Cork 0-7
1978Roscommon 1-9Kerry 1-8
1977Kerry 1–11Down 1–5
1976Kerry 0–14Kildare 1-3
1975Kerry 1–15Dublin 0–10
1974Mayo 0-9 2–10 Antrim 0-9 2-8
1973Kerry 2–13Mayo 0–13
1972Galway 2-6Kerry 0-7
1971Cork 3–10Fermanagh 0-3
1970Cork 2–11Fermanagh 0-9
1969Antrim 1-8Roscommon 0–10
1968Derry 3-9Offaly 1-9
1967Mayo 2–10 4-9 Kerry 2–10 1-7
1966Roscommon 2–10Kildare 1–12
1965Kildare 2–11Cork 1-7
1964Kerry 1–10Laois 1-3