Galway Senior Football Championship


The Galway Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition between the top Gaelic football clubs in Galway. The winners of the Galway Championship qualify to represent their county in the Connacht Senior Club Football Championship, the winners of which go on to the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. The winning team is presented with the Frank Fox Memorial Trophy.
Tuam Stars are the most successful with 25 wins. St. Grellan's, Ballinasloe hold the record for most consecutive championships, winning 8 from 1922 to 1929.
2018 saw the competition take on a new format, with group stages consisting of 4 groups of 5 teams. As in 2017, 2018 saw Corofin win the title, beating Mountbellew/Moylough to record their sixth title in a row.

Top winners

TeamWinsYears wonRunners-upYears runners up
1Tuam Stars251892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1905, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1942, 1943, 1947, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1994141897, 1904, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1922, 1928, 1932, 1969, 1972, 1992, 2011, 2012, 2019
2Corofin211932, 1946, 1977, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019101889, 1936, 1964, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1988, 1990, 1994, 2010
3St. Grellan's, Ballinasloe201913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1939, 1944, 1945, 1979, 1980151907, 1908, 1910, 1930, 1931, 1938, 1941, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1971, 1981
4Dunmore MacHales151889, 1891, 1900, 1902, 1907, 1910, 1912, 1953, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1983141898, 1901, 1906, 1909, 1911, 1933, 1940, 1954, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1979, 1984, 1997
5Father Griffins71948, 1949, 1950, 1967, 1970, 1972, 197521966, 1968
6Killererin61976, 1978, 1999, 2004, 2007, 201022001, 2003
7Annaghdown51931, 1982, 1985, 1987, 200141934, 1959, 1989, 2002
8Mountbellew-Moylough41964, 1965, 1974, 1986111890, 1891, 1914, 1919, 1963, 1976, 1982, 2009, 2015, 2017, 2018
9Athenry De Wets31903, 1904, 190611905
9UCG31933, 1934, 193731943, 1949, 1973
9Salthill-Knocknacarra31990, 2005, 201251991, 1993, 2004, 2013, 2016
10Loughrea21897, 189821894, 1896
10Army 21940, 195121939, 1947
10Milltown21971, 198151967, 1978, 1986, 1987, 2007
11Caherlistrane1189011892
11Tuam Krugers1190111902
11Galway Gaels1193021925, 1929
11Oughterard1193831945, 1952, 1953
11Monivea-Abbeyknockmoy1199211985
11An Cheathrú Rua1199621998, 1999
11Caltra1200321975, 2006
12Ballygar031957, 1958, 1961
12Erins Hope021942, 1944
12Belclare Harps011900
12Galway Sarsfields011903
12Castlefrench011912
12Clifden011913
12Wolfe Tones011937
12Moycullen011977
12Clonbur011983
12Oranmore-Maree11996
12Killanin012000
12Carna-Cashel012005
12Cortoon Shamrocks012008
12St Michael's012014

Roll of honour

YearWinnerOpponent
2019Corofin 0-15 0-11 Tuam Stars 2-09 0-08
2018Corofin 0-07, 1-08 Mountbellew-Moylough 0-07, 0-05
2017Corofin 2-14Mountbellew-Moylough 0-10
2016Corofin 0-16Salthill-Knocknacarra 0-11
2015Corofin 3-13Mountbellew-Moylough 0-12
2014Corofin 5-12St. Michael's 0-09
2013Corofin 2-13Salthill-Knocknacarra 0-07
2012Salthill-Knocknacarra 0-12Tuam Stars 0-07
2011Corofin 0-16Tuam Stars 1-06
2010Killererin 1-10Corofin 1-07
2009Corofin 0-09, 0-11 Mountbellew/Moylough 0-09, 1-05
2008Corofin 0-08Cortoon Shamrocks 0-05
2007Killererin 1-09Milltown 0-10
2006Corofin 1-10Caltra 0-09
2005Salthill-Knocknacarra 0-11Carna-Cashel 2-02
2004Killererin 1-10Salthill-Knocknacarra 0-10
2003Caltra 3-11Killererin 0-05
2002Corofin 3-11Annaghdown 2-02
2001Annaghdown 1-07Killererin 0-08
2000Corofin 1-03Killanin 0-03
1999Killererin 1-06, 1-12 An Cheathrú Rua 0-09, 1-08
1998CorofinAn Cheathrú Rua
1997CorofinDunmore MacHales
1996An Cheathrú Rua 1-11Oranmore-Maree 0-10
1995CorofinTuam Stars
1994Tuam Stars 0-07Corofin 0-06
1993Corofin 2-10Salthill-Knocknacarra 0-13
1992Monivea-AbbeyknockmoyTuam Stars
1991CorofinSalthill-Knocknacarra
1990Salthill-KnocknacarraCorofin
1989Tuam Stars 2-09Annaghdown 0-05
1988Tuam Stars 1-08Corofin 0-05
1987Annaghdown 1-07Milltown 0-07
1986Mountbellew/Moylough 1-5 Milltown 0-04
1985Annaghdown 1-08-
1984Tuam Stars 1-09Dunmore MacHales 0-07
1983Dunmore MacHalesClonbur
1982Annaghdown 1-09Mountbellew/Moylough 0-07
1981Milltown 0-11St. Grellan's, Ballinasloe 2-03
1980St. Grellan's, BallinasloeCorofin
1979St. Grellan's, BallinasloeDunmore MacHales
1978Killererin 2-06 Milltown 0-11
1977Corofin 1-09Moycullen 0-03
1976Killererin 2-05Mountbellew 1-04
1975Fr. GriffinsCaltra
1974MountbellewCorofin
1973Dunmore MacHalesUCG
1972Fr. GriffinsTuam Stars
1971Milltown 0-05St. Grellan's, Ballinasloe 0-04
1970Fr. GriffinsCorofin
1969Dunmore MacHalesTuam Stars
1968Dunmore MacHalesFr. Griffins
1967Fr. Griffins 1-06Milltown 0-06
1966Dunmore MacHalesFr. Griffins
1965MountbellewDunmore MacHales
1964MountbellewCorofin
1963Dunmore MacHalesMountbellew
1962Tuam StarsDunmore MacHales
1961Dunmore MacHalesBallygar
1960Tuam StarsDunmore MacHales
1959Tuam StarsAnnaghdown
1958Tuam StarsBallygar
1957Tuam Stars 4-07Ballygar 2-06
1956Tuam StarsSt. Grellan's, Ballinasloe
1955Tuam StarsSt. Grellan's, Ballinasloe
1954Tuam StarsDunmore MacHales
1953Dunmore MacHalesOughterard
1952Tuam StarsOughterard
1951An Chéad CathSt. Grellan's, Ballinasloe
1950Fr. GriffinsSt. Grellan's, Ballinasloe
1949Fr. GriffinsUCG
1948Fr. GriffinsSt. Grellan's, Ballinasloe
1947Tuam StarsAn Chéad Cath
1946CorofinSt. Grellan's, Ballinasloe
1945St. Grellan's, BallinasloeOughterard
1944St. Grellan's, BallinasloeErin's Hope
1943Tuam StarsUCG
1942Tuam StarsErin's Hope
1941Wolfe TonesSt. Grellan's, Ballinasloe
1940An Chéad CathDunmore MacHales
1939St. Grellan's, BallinasloeAn Chéad Cath
1938OughterardSt. Grellan's, Ballinasloe
1937UCGWolfe Tones
1936Wolfe TonesCorofin
1935No championship
1934UCGAnnaghdown
1933UCGDunmore MacHales
1932Corofin 3-05Tuam Stars 1-03
1931AnnaghdownSt. Grellan's, Ballinasloe
1930Galway GaelsSt. Grellan's, Ballinasloe
1929St. Grellan's, BallinasloeGalway Gaels
1928St. Grellan's, BallinasloeTuam Stars
1927
1926
1925St. Grellan's, BallinasloeGalway Gaels
1924
1923St. Grellan's, Ballinasloe
1922St. Grellan's, BallinasloeTuam Stars
1921
1920
1919St. Grellan's, BallinasloeMountbellew
1918St. Grellan's, BallinasloeTuam Stars
1917St. Grellan's, BallinasloeTuam Stars
1916St. Grellan's, BallinasloeTuam Stars
1915St. Grellan's, BallinasloeTuam Stars
1914St. Grellan's, BallinasloeMountbellew
1913St. Grellan's, BallinasloeClifden
1912Dunmore MacHalesCastlefrench
1911Tuam StarsDunmore MacHales
1910Dunmore MacHalesSt. Grellan's, Ballinasloe
1909Tuam StarsDunmore MacHales
1908Tuam StarsSt. Grellan's, Ballinasloe
1907Dunmore MacHales 0-01St. Grellan's, Ballinasloe 0-00
1906Athenry DeWeltsDunmore MacHales
1905Tuam StarsAthenry DeWelts
1904Athenry DeWeltsTuam Stars
1903Athenry DeWeltsGalway Sarsfields
1902Dunmore MacHalesTuam Krugers
1901Tuam KrugersDunmore MacHales
1900Dunmore MacHalesBelcare Harpers
1899
1898LoughreaDunmore MacHales
1897LoughreaTuam Stars
1896Tuam StarsLoughrea
1895Tuam StarsDunmore MacHales
1894Tuam StarsLoughrea
1893Tuam Stars
1892Tuam StarsCaherlistrane
1891Dunmore MacHalesMountbellew
1890CaherlistraneMountbellew
1889Dunmore MacHalesCorofin