All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

The All-Ireland Junior Football Championship is a GAA competition involving four Junior Gaelic football inter-county teams.

Prior to a change in competition structure in 2021, the competition was previously for all Junior Gaelic football inter-county teams in Ireland. In this previous format, the definition of what constituted a Junior player differed from county to county. In some, the junior team was the second team after the senior team. This meant that any players who had not played with the senior team could play with the junior team. In others, such as Cork and Kerry, players could only be chosen from clubs that played in junior or intermediate grades. These counties could not choose players from senior clubs, even if they were not on the senior county team. When a team won this championship, it had to pick a new team for the following year. No player could thus be on a winning team for two successive years. Ulster did not participate in the Junior Championship for a period, Cavan the 2014 champions represented Leinster in the absence of an Ulster competition.

Kerry are the most successful county in the competition's history, having lifted the title on twenty occasions. Kerry are current winners winning five in a row All Irelands. The 2008 championship was won by Dublin for the first time since 1960. Sligo defeated Kerry in 2010 to win their first title since 1935.

The current holders are New York, defeating Kilkenny by 0-13 to 1-09 in the 2023 final.

History
For the bulk of this competition's history up to 2021, the winners of the provincial Junior Football Championships met to decide who was the "Home" winner. This team then met the champion county in Great Britain to determine the All-Ireland Junior Football champion.

Historic format (1912-2019)
The five provincial winners would contest the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship.

Teams (5)

Current format (2022-)
At GAA Congress in 2021, a motion was passed to change the entire structure of the All Ireland Junior Football Championship competition to that of a mostly 'overseas competition' along with just one Irish county, Kilkenny. The Junior Football Championship competition therefore now involves just four teams: New York, Kilkenny, and the winner and runner-up of the British Junior Championship, all meeting in the All Ireland Junior Championship semi-finals.

Teams (4)

2024 Championship
Ten counties will compete in the 2024 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship:

Legend

 * – Champions
 * – Runners-up
 * – Semi-Finals
 * – All-Britain Championship

For each year, the number of teams in each championship (in brackets) are shown.

By decade
The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of All-Ireland JFC titles, is as follows:


 * 1910s: 2 for Colours_of_Kerry GAA.svg Kerry (1913, 1915) and Colours_of_Dublin.svg Dublin (1914, 1916)
 * 1920s: 2 for Colours_of_Kerry GAA.svg Kerry (1924, 1928)
 * 1930s: 2 for Colours_of_Louth.svg Louth (1932, 1934)
 * 1940s: 2 for Colours_of_Kerry GAA.svg Kerry (1941, 1949)
 * 1950s: 3 for Colours_of_Cork.svg Cork (1951, 1953, 1955)
 * 1960s: 2 for Colours_of_Kerry GAA.svg Kerry (1963, 1967) and Colours_of_London.svg London (1966, 1969)
 * 1970s: 2 for Colours_of_London.svg London (1970, 1971)
 * 1980s: 3 for Colours_of_Cork.svg Cork (1984, 1987, 1989)
 * 1990s: 3 for Colours_of_Cork.svg Cork (1990, 1993, 1996)
 * 2000s: 4 for Colours_of_Cork.svg Cork (2001, 2005, 2007, 2009)
 * 2010s: 6 for Colours_of_Kerry GAA.svg Kerry (2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
 * 2020s: 2 for Colors_of_New_York.svg New York (2023, 2024)

Finishing positions

 * Most championships
 * 20, Colours_of_Kerry GAA.svg Kerry (1913, 1915, 1924, 1928, 1930, 1941, 1949, 1954, 1963, 1967, 1983, 1991, 1994, 2006, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)


 * Most second-place finishes
 * 25, Colours_of_London.svg London (1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1973, 1988, 1991, 1995, 2024)
 * Most semi-final finishes (2022–present)
 * 3, Colours_of_Sligo.svg Warwickshire (2022, 2023, 2024)
 * Most quarter-final finishes (2022–present)
 * 1, Kilkenny (2024)

Unbeaten sides

 * Every team that has won the championship has done so unbeaten.

Beaten sides
On one occasion a team was defeated twice but have remained in the knockout championship:


 * Colours_of_Clare.svg Lancashire (2023) were beaten by Colours_of_Sligo.svg Warwickshire and Colours_of_London.svg London but still qualified for the knockout stage.

Final success rate
Eight counties have appeared in the final, being victorious on all occasions:


 * Colours_of_Tipperary.svg Tipperary (1912, 1923, 1998)
 * Colours_of_Waterford.svg Waterford (1999, 2004)
 * Colours_of_Sligo.svg Sligo (1935, 2010)
 * Colours_of_Armagh.svg Armagh (1926)
 * Colours_of_Tyrone.svg Tyrone (1968)
 * Colours_of_Monaghan.svg Monaghan (1956)
 * Colours_of_Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh (1959)
 * Colours_of_Down.svg Down (1946)

On the opposite end of the scale, nine counties has appeared in the final, losing on each occasion:


 * Colours_of_Sligo.svg Warwickshire (1946, 1951, 1955, 1957, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990)
 * Colours_of_Clare.svg Lancashire (1949, 1953, 1958, 1963)
 * Colours_of_Kildare.svg Kildare (1927, 1970, 2011, 2013)
 * Colours_of_Carlow.svg Carlow (1913, 1923)
 * Colours_of_Kerry.svg Hertfordshire (1965, 1972)
 * Colours_of_Laois.svg Yorkshire (1961, 1983)
 * Colours_of_Leitrim.svg Leitrim (1938, 2004)
 * Colours_of_Limerick.svg Limerick (1916)
 * Colours_of_Offaly.svg Offaly (1998)

Consecutive participations

 * 0, 000 (0000–0000)

000 have the record number of consecutive participations in the championship, taking part in 000 seasons.

Biggest wins

 * The most one sided finals:
 * 00 points – 0000: 000 vs 000
 * The most one sided matches:
 * 18 points – 2023: Warwickshire 2-17 - 1-02 Scotland

Scoring Events (2023–)

 * Most goals in a match:
 * 5 – 2023: London 3-03 - 2-12 Warwickshire
 * Most points in a match:
 * 33 –  2023: London 2-18 - 1-15 Lancashire
 * 33 –  2023: Warwickshire 1-18 - 1-15 London
 * Most goals by one team in a match:
 * 3 – 2023: London 3-03 - 2-12 Warwickshire
 * 3 – 2023: Scotland 1-08 - 3-11 Lancashire
 * Most points by one team in a match:
 * 18 –  2023: London 2-18 - 1-15 Lancashire
 * 18 –  2023: Warwickshire 1-18 - 1-15 London
 * Highest aggregate score:
 * 42 points – 2023: London 2-18 - 1-15 Lancashire
 * Lowest aggregate score:
 * 17 points –  2023: New York 1-07 - 0-07 Warwickshire

Successful defending
A number of defending champions have retained their title. These are:


 * 000 00 attempts out of 00 (0000)

Gaps

 * Longest gaps between successive championship titles:
 * 87 years: Colours_of_Cavan.svg Cavan (1927–2014)
 * 75 years: Colours_of_Tipperary.svg Tipperary (1923–1998)
 * 75 years: Colours_of_Sligo.svg Sligo (1935–2010)
 * 66 years: Colours_of_Wicklow.svg Wicklow (1936–2002)
 * 60 years: Colours_of_Roscommon.svg Roscommon (1940–2000)
 * 48 years: Colours_of_Dublin.svg Dublin (1960–2008)
 * 38 years: Colours_of_Mayo.svg Mayo (1957–1995)
 * 28 years: Colours_of_London.svg London (1938–1966)
 * 27 years: Colours_of_Galway.svg Galway (1931–1958)
 * 27 years: Colours_of_Louth.svg Louth (1934–1961)
 * Longest gaps between successive championship final appearances:
 * 0 years: N/A
 * Longest gap between successive championship appearances
 * 0 years: N/A

Provinces

 * On 0 occasions has the All-Ireland JFC final involved two teams from the same province.
 * The province providing the highest number of different winning teams is Leinster, with nine:
 * Colours_of_Dublin.svg Dublin
 * Colours_of_Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny
 * Colours_of_Laois.svg Laois
 * Colours_of_Longford.svg Longford
 * Colours_of_Louth.svg Louth
 * Colours_of_Meath_GAA.svg Meath
 * Colours_of_Westmeath.svg Westmeath
 * Colours_of_Wexford.svg Wexford
 * Colours_of_Wicklow.svg Wicklow
 * Province success rates
 * North America 100% (1 out of 1 counties)
 * Connacht 80% (4 out of 5 counties)
 * Leinster 75% (9 out of 12 counties)
 * Ulster 67% (6 out of 9 counties)
 * Munster 67% (4 out of 6 counties)
 * Britain 14% (1 out of 7 counties)

Longest undefeated run
The record for the longest unbeaten run stands at 000 games held by 000 (0000–0000).

Miscellaneous

 * Best finish by a debuting team
 * Champions, Colours_of_Tipperary.svg Tipperary (1912)
 * Best finish by a debuting team (after 1912)
 * TBD, 000 (0000)
 * Highest winning record in finals (3 or more app.)
 * 100%, Colours_of_Tipperary.svg Tipperary (3 wins in 3 matches)
 * Lowest winning record in finals (3 or more app.)
 * 0%, Colours_of_Sligo.svg Warwickshire (0 wins in 9 matches)
 * 0%, Colours_of_Clare.svg Lancashire (0 wins in 4 matches)
 * 0%, Colours_of_Kildare.svg Kildare (0 wins in 4 matches)
 * Most played match
 * Cork vs Kerry