# RTÉ Sports Team of the Year Award

The RTÉ Sports Team of the Year Award is given on an annual basis to the sporting team or partnership considered to have made the most substantive contribution to sport in that year. It was first awarded, by RTÉ Sport, in 2004.

## List of winners

| Year | Winner | Sport | Achievement |
| 2004 | Ireland Rugby Union | Rugby Union | Winners of the Triple Crown in the 2004 Six Nations Championship |
| 2005 | Tyrone Gaelic Football | Gaelic Football | Winners of the 2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final |
| 2006 | Munster Rugby | Rugby Union | Winners of the 2005–06 Heineken Cup |
| 2007 | Ireland Cricket | Cricket | Qualified for the Super 8 stages in their first ever World Cup |
| 2008 | Munster Rugby | Rugby Union | Winners of the Heineken Cup for the second time in three years |
| 2009 | Ireland Rugby Union | Rugby Union | Winners of the Six Nations Grand Slam for first time in sixty-one years |
| 2010 | Irish Amateur Boxing Team | Boxing | Winners of 5 medals at the 2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships |
| 2011 | Leinster Rugby | Rugby Union | 2008-09 & 2010-11 Heineken Cup Champions - Heineken Cup for the second time in three years |
| 2012 | Donegal Gaelic Football | Gaelic Football | Blew every opponent away using "The System" on their way to Championship glory |
| 2013 | Clare Hurling | Hurling | Emerged to win the 2013 All-Ireland after only winning one championship match over the previous four campaigns. |
| 2014 | Cork Ladies' Football | Ladies' Gaelic Football | Won their 9th All-Ireland title in 10 years. |
| 2015 | Dundalk F.C. | Association football | Won the double of League of Ireland and FAI Cup |
| 2016 | Gary O'Donovan and Paul O'Donovan | Rowing | Won the silver medal in the Men's lightweight double sculls at the 2016 Summer Olympics |
| 2017 | Irish show jumping team | Show jumping | |
| 2018 | Ireland women's national field hockey team | Field hockey | Runners-up at the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup |
| 2019 | Dublin Gaelic football team | Gaelic football | Record-breaking five successive All-Ireland Championships |
| 2020 | Limerick hurling team | Hurling | Winners of the 2020 Munster Senior Hurling Championship, the 2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship and the 2020 National Hurling League |
| 2021 | Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal | Cycling | Won the silver medal in the Women's individual pursuit at the 2020 Summer Paralympics |
| 2022 | Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy | Rowing | Won the gold medal in the 2022 World Rowing Championships Men's lightweight double sculls |
| 2023 | Limerick hurling team | Hurling | Winners of the 2023 Munster Senior Hurling Championship, the 2023 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship and the 2023 National Hurling League |
| 2024 | Katie-George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly | Cycling | Won Paralympics Gold in the Time Trial and Silver in the Road Race and Two Gold medal at the World Championships |

## Shortlists

The winner is in bold.

### 2010

* Ireland amateur boxing team
* Cork senior football team
* Republic of Ireland U-17 women's football team
* Dublin senior ladies' football team
* Shamrock Rovers
* Tipperary senior hurling team
* Ireland U-23 cross country team
* Wexford senior camogie team

### 2011

* Leinster Rugby
* Dublin senior football team
* Cork women's Gaelic football team
* Republic of Ireland national football team
* Shamrock Rovers
* Kilkenny senior hurling team
* Wexford senior camogie team
* Ireland cricket team

### 2012

* Donegal senior football team
* Leinster Rugby
* Cork senior ladies' football team
* Ireland at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
* Sligo Rovers
* Kilkenny senior hurling team
* Wexford senior camogie team
* Irish amateur boxing team
* Irish women's cross country team

### 2014

* Cork senior ladies' football team
* Cork senior camogie team
* Dundalk F.C.
* Ireland national rugby union team
* Kerry Senior Football
* Kilkenny Senior Hurling

### 2015

* Dublin footballers,
* Kilkenny hurlers,
* Cork camogie,
* Cork ladies football,
* Dundalk F.C.
* Ireland women's cricket team,
* Ireland men's rugby team,
* Ireland men's hockey team,
* Irish boxing team,
* Northern Ireland soccer team,
* Republic of Ireland soccer team
* Special Olympics team

### 2016

* Connacht Rugby
* Cork ladies' footballers
* Dublin footballers
* Dundalk F.C.
* Ireland's Paralympic cycling
* Ireland's Paralympic athletics
* Ireland rugby
* Kilkenny camogie
* Northern Ireland soccer
* Gary O'Donovan and Paul O'Donovan
* Republic of Ireland soccer
* Tipperary hurlers

### 2020

* Dublin Gaelic footballers
* Dublin ladies footballers
* Kilkenny camogie team
* Leinster rugby
* Limerick hurling team
* Shamrock Rovers

### 2021

* Galway camogie team
* Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal
* Leinster rugby
* Limerick hurling team
* Meath ladies footballers
* Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy
* Shamrock Rovers
* Tyrone Gaelic footballers
* Aifric Keogh, Eimear Lambe, Fiona Murtagh and Emily Hegarty

### 2022

* Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy
* Irish Women's European Boxing Team
* Kerry Gaelic footballers
* Kilkenny Camogie
* Meath ladies footballers
* Limerick hurling team
* Republic of Ireland national football team
* Shamrock Rovers
* Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal

### 2023

* Cork Camogie
* Dublin Gaelic footballers
* Dublin ladies footballers
* Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy
* Ireland national rugby union team
* Limerick hurling team
* Munster Rugby
* Katie-George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly
* Shamrock Rovers

### 2024

* Clare Hurling
* Armagh Gaelic footballers
* Kerry ladies footballers
* Cork Camogie
* Shelbourne
* Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy
* Ireland national rugby union team
* Katie-George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly
* Rhasidat Adeleke, Sharlene Mawdsley, Thomas Barr & Christopher O'Donnell