# Kerry Senior Football Championship

The Kerry Senior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Garvey’s SuperValu Senior Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1889 for the top Gaelic football teams in the county of Kerry in Ireland.
The series of games are played during the summer and autumn months, with the county final currently being played in either Austin Stack Park or FitzGerald Stadium in October. Initially played as a knock-out competition, the championship currently uses a double elimination format whereby each team is guaranteed at least two games.
The Kerry County Championship is an integral part of the wider Munster Senior Club Football Championship. The winners of the Kerry county final join the champion clubs of the other five counties to contest the provincial championship. The winning team of the county championship also has the honour of naming the captain of the Kerry senior team for the following year.
The title has been won at least once by 22 different teams. The all-time record-holders are Dr. Crokes who have both won a total of 14 titles, the most recent being in 2024.
The winners receive the Bishop Moynihan Cup, named for Denis Moynihan, Catholic Bishop of Kerry in 1952–1969.

## Format

The Championship is contested annually by Kerry's Senior clubs for that year (the teams who compete in the Kerry Club Football Championship) and Kerry's divisional teams (currently 8 teams). The Championship has almost always being played using a knockout type format, with the exception being in 2022 and 2023 when a first round group phase was used to produce 8 quarter-finalists. The knockout type format has returned for 2024 with the first two rounds being a double-elimination format while a single-elimination format applies from then on.

### Relegation and promotion

Relegation from and promotion to the Championship is based on the Kerry Club Football Championship each year. Divisional sides are not affected by relegation. Due to the expansion of the Club Football Championship beginning in 2025, no teams will be relegated from the Senior Championship in 2024 or 2025.

### Future expansion

With the Kerry Club Football Championship expanding to 9 teams in 2025 and then 10 in 2026, the Kerry SFC will also increase its participants from 16 to 18 over the next two years. In this expanded format, the 8 divisional teams will play a double-elimination preliminary round which will see 6 of those teams join the 9 or 10 club sides in the first round proper of the Championship, which will then use a single-elimination format from then on.

## Teams
### 2025 Teams

17 teams will compete in the 2025 Kerry Senior Football Championship: 9 clubs and 8 divisional teams.
| Team | Location | Club/Division | Club's Divisional Side | Colours | Position in 2024 | In championship since | Championship Titles | Last Championship Title |
| Austin Stacks | Tralee | Club | St Brendan's | Black and amber | N/A | 2025 | 13 | 2021 |
| Dingle | Dingle | Club | West Kerry | Red and white | Runner-up | 2005 | 6 | 1948 |
| Dr Crokes | Killarney | Club | East Kerry | Black and amber | Champions | 1986 | 14 | 2024 |
| East Kerry | East Kerry | Division | N/A | Red and white | Semi-finals | 1925 | 11 | 2023 |
| Feale Rangers | North Kerry | Division | N/A | Gold and blue | Round 2 | 1956 | 3 | 2007 |
| Kenmare Shamrocks | Kenmare | Club | Kenmare District | Black and red | Quarter-finals | 2017 | 0 | — |
| Mid Kerry | Mid Kerry | Division | N/A | Green and red | Round 3 | 1947 | 4 | 2008 |
| Milltown/Castlemaine | Milltown | Club | Mid Kerry | Green and white | Round 3 | 2024 | 0 | — |
| Na Gaeil | Tralee | Club | St Brendan's | White and green | Round 2 | 2022 | 0 | — |
| Rathmore | Rathmore | Club | East Kerry | Red and white | Quarter-finals | 2023 | 0 | — |
| Shannon Rangers | North Kerry | Division | N/A | Blue and white | Round 3 | 1940 | 5 | 1977 |
| South Kerry | South Kerry | Division | N/A | Green and gold | Round 2 | 1925 | 10 | 2015 |
| Spa | Killarney | Club | East Kerry | Blue and gold | Round 3 | 2021 | 0 | — |
| St Brendan's | Tralee | Division | N/A | Green, black and white | Semi-finals | | 0 | — |
| St Kieran's | Castleisland | Division | N/A | Green and white | Quarter-finals | 1988 | 1 | 1988 |
| Templenoe | Templenoe | Club | Kenmare District | Blue and white | Quarter-finals | 2020 | 0 | — |
| West Kerry | West Kerry | Division | N/A | Red and white | Round 2 | 1924 | 3 | 1990 |

### Clubs eligible for divisional teams

| Division | Clubs eligible for divisional team |
| East Kerry | East Kerry: Firies, Fossa, Glenflesk, Gneevguilla, Listry, Kilcummin, Killarney Legion |
| East Kerry | Kenmare District: Tuosist, Kilgarvan |
| Feale Rangers | Clounmacon, Duagh, Finuge, Listowel Emmets, Moyvane, St. Senan's |
| Mid Kerry | Beaufort, Cromane, Glenbeigh-Glencar, Keel, Laune Rangers |
| Shannon Rangers | Asdee, Ballydonoghue, Ballyduff, Ballylongford, Beale, Tarbert |
| South Kerry | Dromid Pearses, Renard, Skellig Rangers, Sneem-Derrynane, St. Mary's, Valentia Young Islanders, Waterville, St.Michaels/Foilmore |
| St Brendan's | St Brendan’s: Churchill, St. Patrick's Blennerville, Ardfert |
| St Brendan's | Tralee: John Mitchels, Kerins O'Rahillys |
| St Kieran's | Ballymacelligott, Brosna, Castleisland Desmonds, Cordal, Currow, Knocknagoshel, Scartaglin |
| West Kerry | Annascaul, Castlegregory, Lispole, An Ghaeltacht |
Note 1: Kenmare District no longer enter a divisional team so their affiliated clubs play for East Kerry.
Note 2: Tralee no longer enter a divisional team so their affiliated clubs play for St Brendan’s.

## Roll of honour
### By club

| # | Team | Titles | Runners-Up | Championships won | Championships runner-up |
| 1 | Dr Crokes | 14 | 9 | 1901, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1991, 2000, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2024 | 1889, 1900, 1987, 1988, 1994, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2019 |
| 2 | Austin Stacks | 13 | 7 | 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1936, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1986, 1994, 2014, 2021 | 1929, 1933, 1980, 1981, 2001, 2010, 2013 |
| 3 | East Kerry | 11 | 3 | 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 | 1964, 1966, 1995 |
| 4 | John Mitchels | 10 | 7 | 1929, 1937, 1947, 1952, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966 | 1931, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1989 |
| 4 | Laune Rangers | 10 | 3 | 1889, 1890, 1892, 1893, 1900, 1911, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996 | 1910, 1997, 2004 |
| 4 | South Kerry | 10 | 3 | 1955, 1956, 1958, 1981, 1982, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2015 | 1984, 2007, 2017 |
| 7 | Tralee Mitchels | 9 | 5 | 1896, 1897, 1902, 1903, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1917, 1919 | 1890, 1897, 1911, 1912, 1914 |
| 8 | Kerins O'Rahilly's | 6 | 9 | 1933, 1939, 1953, 1954, 1957, 2002 | 1928, 1930, 1936, 1940, 1956, 1961, 1963, 2008, 2021 |
| 8 | Dingle | 6 | 6 | 1938, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1948 | 1937, 1939, 1947, 2012, 2018, 2024 |
| 10 | Shannon Rangers | 5 | 5 | 1942, 1945, 1964, 1972, 1977 | 1948, 1953, 1955, 1971, 1974 |
| 11 | Mid Kerry | 4 | 9 | 1967, 1971, 1992, 2008 | 1965, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1990, 2014, 2020, 2022, 2023 |
| 11 | Ballymacelligott | 4 | 1 | 1891, 1894, 1895, 1918 | 1892 |
| 13 | Feale Rangers | 3 | 6 | 1978, 1980, 2007 | 1959, 1962, 1977, 1982, 1983, 1985 |
| 13 | West Kerry | 3 | 4 | 1984, 1985, 1990 | 1960, 1967, 1973, 1996 |
| 13 | Tralee Division | 3 | 0 | 1925, 1926, 1927 | — |
| 16 | Killarney | 2 | 2 | 1949, 1983 | 1950, 1986 |
| 16 | Kenmare District | 2 | 1 | 1974, 1987 | 2016 |
| 16 | An Ghaeltacht | 2 | 1 | 2001, 2003 | 2000 |
| 19 | Caherciveen | 1 | 3 | 1896 | 1901, 1904, 1905 |
| 19 | Killarney Legion | 1 | 2 | 1946 | 1945, 2015 |
| 19 | Castleisland | 1 | 2 | 1950 | 1943, 1944 |
| 19 | Irremore | 1 | 1 | 1897 | 1894 |
| 19 | St Kieran's | 1 | 1 | 1988 | 1998 |
| 19 | Dick Fitzgeralds | 1 | 0 | 1951 | — |
| 24 | North Kerry | 0 | 3 | — | 1927, 1932, 1938 |
| 24 | Keel | 0 | 2 | — | 1891, 1893 |
| 24 | Kilcummin | 0 | 2 | — | 1903, 1913 |
| 24 | Dingle Gascons | 0 | 2 | — | 1908, 1919 |
| 24 | Farranfore | 0 | 2 | — | 1917, 1918 |
| 24 | Listowel Selection | 0 | 2 | — | 1925, 1926 |
| 24 | Lispole | 0 | 1 | — | 1907 |
| 24 | Castleisland Desmonds | 0 | 1 | — | 1991 |

### Performances by division

| Division | Titles | Runners-up | Total |
| Tralee District | 41 | 26 | 67 |
| East Kerry | 29 | 20 | 49 |
| Mid Kerry | 14 | 14 | 28 |
| West Kerry | 11 | 14 | 25 |
| South Kerry | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| Shannon Rangers | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| St Kieran's | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Feale Rangers | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| Kenmare District | 2 | 1 | 3 |

## List of finals

| Year | Winners | Winners | Runners-up | Runners-up | # |
| Year | Club | Score | Club | Score | # |
| 2024 | Dr Crokes | 3-08 | Dingle | 0-11 | |
| 2023 | East Kerry | 2-10 | Mid Kerry | 0-15 | |
| 2022 | East Kerry | 1-16 | Mid Kerry | 0-10 | |
| 2021 | Austin Stacks | 0-13 | Kerins O'Rahillys | 0-10 | |
| 2020 | East Kerry | 2-15 | Mid Kerry | 0-09 | |
| 2019 | East Kerry | 2-14 | Dr Crokes | 1-07 | |
| 2018 | Dr Crokes | 1-15 | Dingle | 0-12 | |
| 2017 | Dr Crokes | 0-17 | South Kerry | 1-12 | |
| 2016 | Dr Crokes | 2-16 | Kenmare District | 1-12 | |
| 2015 | South Kerry | 1-13 (R) | Killarney Legion | 1-12 (R) | |
| 2014 | Austin Stacks | 2-13 (R) | Mid Kerry | 1-07 (R) | |
| 2013 | Dr Crokes | 4-16 | Austin Stacks | 0-12 | |
| 2012 | Dr Crokes | 2-13 | Dingle | 0-08 | |
| 2011 | Dr Crokes | 2-08 | Mid Kerry | 0-09 | |
| 2010 | Dr Crokes | 1-15 | Austin Stacks | 0-11 | |
| 2009 | South Kerry | 1-08 | Dr Crokes | 0-10 | |
| 2008 | Mid Kerry | 1-07 replay | Kerins O'Rahilly's | 0-09 | |
| 2007 | Feale Rangers | 1-04 | South Kerry | 0-06 | |
| 2006 | South Kerry | 0-12 | Dr Crokes | 1-08 | |
| 2005 | South Kerry | 0-12 | Dr Crokes | 1-06 | |
| 2004 | South Kerry | 1-13 | Laune Rangers | 2-05 | |
| 2003 | An Ghaeltacht | 0-12 replay | Laune Rangers | 2-04 | |
| 2002 | Kerins O'Rahilly's | 0-14 | Kilcummin | 0-05 | |
| 2001 | An Ghaeltacht | 1-13 | Austin Stacks | 0-10 | |
| 2000 | Dr Crokes | 1-04 | An Ghaeltacht | 0-06 | |
| 1999 | East Kerry | 0–10 | Feale Rangers | 1–06 | |
| 1998 | East Kerry | 2–13 | St Kieran's, Castleisland | 1–10 | |
| 1997 | East Kerry | 1–11 | Laune Rangers | 0–08 (Replay) | |
| 1996 | Laune Rangers | 2–07 | West Kerry | 1–09 | |
| 1995 | Laune Rangers | 1–07 | East Kerry | 0–06 | |
| 1994 | Austin Stacks | 0–12 | Dr. Crokes | 1–05 (Replay) | |
| 1993 | Laune Rangers | 1–15 | Annascaul | 1–08 | |
| 1992 | Mid Kerry | 3–09 | St Brendan's | 1-10 | |
| 1991 | Dr Crokes | 2–10 | Castleisland Desmonds | 1–10 | |
| 1990 | West Kerry | 4–09 | Mid Kerry | 0–07 | |
| 1989 | Laune Rangers | 2-13 | John Mitchels | 1-06 | |
| 1988 | St Kieran's | 0-10 | Dr Crokes | 0-03 | |
| 1987 | Kenmare District | 3-10 | Dr Crokes | 0-18 (R) | |
| 1986 | Austin Stacks | 1-11 | Killarney | 1-07 | |
| 1985 | West Kerry | 0-11 | Feale Rangers | 1-05 | |
| 1984 | West Kerry | 1-07 | South Kerry | 1-06 | |
| 1983 | Killarney | 1-10 | Feale Rangers | 1-04 (R) | |
| 1982 | South Kerry | 0-07 | Feale Rangers | 0-05 | |
| 1981 | South Kerry | 1-12 | Austin Stacks | 0-11 | |
| 1980 | Feale Rangers | 1-10 | Austin Stacks | 1-07 | |
| 1979 | Austin Stacks | 1-11 | Castleisland | 0-09 | |
| 1978 | Feale Rangers | 0-08 | Mid Kerry | 0-03 | |
| 1977 | Shannon Rangers | 0-10 | Feale Rangers | 0-06 | |
| 1976 | Austin Stacks | 1-14 | Kenmare | 0-07 | |
| 1975 | Austin Stacks | 1-07 | Mid Kerry | 1-04 | |
| 1974 | Kenmare | 2-12 | Shannon Rangers | 1-05 | |
| 1973 | Austin Stacks | 2-08 | West Kerry | 1-06 | |
| 1972 | Shannon Rangers | 2-08 | Mid Kerry | 1-07 | |
| 1971 | Mid Kerry | 0-12 | Shannon Rangers | 1-06 (R) | |
| 1970 | East Kerry | 1-15 | Waterville | 0-15 | |
| 1969 | East Kerry | 2-07 | Waterville | 1-08 | |
| 1968 | East Kerry | 6-08 | Waterville | 1-09 | |
| 1967 | Mid Kerry | 0-12 | West Kerry | 2-04 | |
| 1966 | John Mitchels | 2-10 | East Kerry | 1-10 | |
| 1965 | East Kerry | 0-10 | Mid Kerry | 0-04 (R) | |
| 1964 | Shannon Rangers | 1-10 | East Kerry | 1-05 | |
| 1963 | John Mitchels | 4-04 | Kerins O'Rahilly's | 2-03 | |
| 1962 | John Mitchels | 1-09 | Feale Rangers | 0-05 (R) | |
| 1961 | John Mitchels | 2-09 | Kerins O'Rahilly's | 0-08 | |
| 1960 | John Mitchels | 1-11 | West Kerry | 0-03 (R) | |
| 1959 | John Mitchels | 3-09 | Feale Rangers | 1-10 (R) | |
| 1958 | South Kerry | 1-13 | St Brendan's | 1-05 | |
| 1957 | Kerins O'Rahilly's | 1-11 | St Brendan's | 3-01 | |
| 1956 | South Kerry | 1-11 | Kerins O'Rahilly's | 0-10 | |
| 1955 | South Kerry | 2-05 | Shannon Rangers | 0-09 (R) | |
| 1954 | Kerins O'Rahilly's | 2-01 | Kenmare District | 1-02 | |
| 1953 | Kerins O'Rahilly's | 1-04 | Shannon Rangers | 0-05 | |
| 1952 | John Mitchels | 3-06 | Kenmare District | 0-06 | |
| 1951 | Dick Fitzgeralds | 1-07 | John Mitchels | 0-03 | |
| 1950 | Castleisland | | Killarney | (R) | |
| 1949 | Killarney | 2-07 | John Mitchels | 2-03 | |
| 1948 | Dingle | 2-10 | Shannon Rangers | 0-05 | |
| 1947 | John Mitchels | 2-05 | Dingle | 0-09 | |
| 1946 | Killarney Legion | 0-07 | John Mitchels | 0-05 | |
| 1945 | Shannon Rangers | 1-07 | Killarney Legion | 0-05 | |
| 1944 | Dingle | 1-03 | Castleisland | 0-04 | |
| 1943 | Dingle | 3-06 | Castleisland | 2-02 | |
| 1942 | Shannon Rangers | 2-04 | John Mitchels | 1-03 | |
| 1941 | Dingle | 3-06 | John Mitchels | 2-00 | |
| 1940 | Dingle | | Kerins O'Rahilly's | | |
| 1939 | Kerins O'Rahilly's | 2-08 | Dingle | 1-03 | |
| 1938 | Dingle | 3-03 | North Kerry | 2-05 | |
| 1937 | John Mitchels | | Dingle | | |
| 1936 | Austin Stacks | 0-06 | Kerins O'Rahilly's | 0-04 | |
| 1935 | | | | | |
| 1934 | | | | | |
| 1933 | Kerins O'Rahilly's | 5-05 | Austin Stacks | 0-05 | |
| 1932 | Austin Stacks | 2-03 | North Kerry | 1-05 | |
| 1931 | Austin Stacks | 2-07 | John Mitchels | 1-03 | |
| 1930 | Austin Stacks | 4-04 | Kerins O'Rahilly's | 2-05 | |
| 1929 | John Mitchels | 3-04 | Austin Stacks | 0-04 | |
| 1928 | Austin Stacks | 3-04 | Kerins O'Rahilly's | 0-07 | |
| 1927 | Tralee Division | | North Kerry | | |
| 1926 | Tralee Division | 7-07 | Listowel Selection | 2-01 | |
| 1925 | Tralee Division | 1-05 | Listowel Selection | 0-04 | |
| 1924 | Championship was not played | Championship was not played | Championship was not played | Championship was not played | |
| 1923 | Championship not finished | Championship not finished | Championship not finished | Championship not finished | |
| 1922 | Championship was not played | Championship was not played | Championship was not played | Championship was not played | |
| 1921 | Championship was not played | Championship was not played | Championship was not played | Championship was not played | |
| 1920 | Championship not finished | Championship not finished | Championship not finished | Championship not finished | |
| 1919 | Tralee Mitchels | 3-03 | Dingle Gascons | 2-02 | |
| 1918 | Ballymacelligott | | Farranfore | | |
| 1917 | Tralee Mitchels | | Farranfore | | |
| 1916 | Not finished | | | | |
| 1915 | Not played | | | | |
| 1914 | Killarney Crokes | 1-02 | Tralee Mitchels | 1-00 | |
| 1913 | Killarney Crokes | 3-01 | Kilcummin | 1-00 | |
| 1912 | Killarney Crokes | 1-06 | Tralee Mitchels | 0-00 | |
| 1911 | Laune Rangers | 1-03 | Tralee Mitchels | 1-01 | |
| 1910 | Tralee Mitchels | 3-04 | Laune Rangers | 0–04 | |
| 1909 | Combined with 1910 championship | Combined with 1910 championship | Combined with 1910 championship | Combined with 1910 championship | |
| 1908 | Tralee Mitchels | 0-08 | Dingle Gascons | 0-04 | |
| 1907 | Tralee Mitchels | 0-11 | Lispole | 0-01 | |
| 1906 | Not played | Not played | Not played | Not played | |
| 1905 | Tralee Mitchels | W/O | Caherciveen | | |
| 1904 | Tralee Mitchels | W/O | Caherciveen | | |
| 1903 | Tralee Mitchels | W/O | Kilcummin | | |
| 1902 | Tralee Mitchels (Awarded) | | | | |
| 1901 | Killarney Crokes | 1-02 | Caherciveen | 0-02 | |
| 1900 | Laune Rangers | 3-04 | Killarney Crokes | 0-03 | |
| 1899 | | | | | |
| 1898 | | | | | |
| 1897 | Irremore | | Tralee Mitchels | | |
| 1896 | Caherciveen and Tralee Mitchels (Shared) | Caherciveen and Tralee Mitchels (Shared) | Caherciveen and Tralee Mitchels (Shared) | Caherciveen and Tralee Mitchels (Shared) | |
| 1895 | Ballymacelligott | | | | |
| 1894 | Ballymacelligott | W/O | Irremore | | |
| 1893 | Laune Rangers | 1-01 | Keel | 0-02 | |
| 1892 | Laune Rangers | 3-07 | Ballymacelligott | 1-07 | |
| 1891 | Ballymacelligott | 1-08 | Keel | 0-01 | |
| 1890 | Laune Rangers | 1-04 | Tralee Mitchels | 0-01 | |
| 1889 | Laune Rangers | 0-06 | Killarney Crokes | 0-03 | |

## Records and statistics
### Teams
#### By decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Kerry Senior Football Championship titles, is as follows:
* 1880s: 1 for Laune Rangers (1889)
* 1890s: 3 each for Laune Rangers (1890-92-93) and Ballymacelligott (1891-94-95)
* 1900s: 4 for Tralee Mitchels (1902-03-07-08)
* 1910s: 3 each for Tralee Mitchels (1910-17-19) and Dr Crokes (1912-13-14)
* 1920s: 3 for Tralee Division (1925-26-27)
* 1930s: 4 for Austin Stacks (1930-31-32-36)
* 1940s: 5 for Dingle (1940-41-43-44-48)
* 1950s: 3 each for Kerins O'Rahilly's (1953-54-57) and South Kerry (1955-56-58)
* 1960s: 5 for John Mitchels (1960-61-62-63-66)
* 1970s: 4 for Austin Stacks (1973-75-76-79)
* 1980s: 2 each for South Kerry (1981–82) and West Kerry (1984–85)
* 1990s: 3 each for Laune Rangers (1993-95-96) and East Kerry (1997-98-99)
* 2000s: 4 for South Kerry (2004-05-06-09)
* 2010s: 7 for Dr Crokes (2010-11-12-13-16-17-18)
* 2020s: 3 for East Kerry (2020-22-23)

#### Gaps

Top ten longest gaps between successive championship titles:
* 78 years: Laune Rangers (1911-1989)
* 77 years: Dr Crokes (1914-1991)
* 45 years: Kerins O'Rahilly's (1957-2002)
* 37 years: Austin Stacks (1936-1973)
* 34 years: Killarney (1949-1983)
* 27 years: Feale Rangers (1980-2007)
* 27 years: East Kerry (1970-1997)
* 23 years: Ballymacelligott (1895-1918)
* 23 years: South Kerry (1958-1981)
* 22 years: South Kerry (1982-2004)