# 2022 Kerry Senior Football Championship

The 2022 Kerry Senior Football Championship was the 121st edition of Kerry GAA's premier Gaelic football tournament for senior teams in County Kerry, Ireland. The tournament consists of 16 teams (8 club teams and 8 divisional teams), with the winners representing Kerry in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship if they are a club team. If the winners are a divisional team the winners of the Kerry Club Football Championship represent the county.

## Format structure change

Eight club teams and eight divisional teams (16 in total) will take part in the 2022 S.F.C.
The 16 teams are divided into four mini-leagues of four teams. Each team plays three matches and the top two teams will progress to the quarterfinals
Kenmare District did not field a team for this S.F.C.
Relegation (See below): The club team to be relegated from the Senior County Championship will be the same team to be relegated from the Senior Club Championship (The 8 senior clubs play off against each other in two pools in the Club Championship. The two teams that finished bottom of the Group Pools enter a Relegation Final. This loser will be relegated to the I.F.C. for 2023. Should a club reach the final of the County championship they will be exempt from the Relegation process in the Club championship).
The winner of the 2022 I.F.C. will be promoted to the 2023 Senior County and Club Championships.

## Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2021 championship season.

## Participating teams

The teams taking part in the 2022 Kerry Senior Football Championship are:

### 2022 Teams

| Team | Location | Club/Divisional | Club's Divisional Side | Championship Titles | Last Championship Title |
| Austin Stacks | Tralee | Club | St Brendan’s | 13 | 2021 |
| Dingle | Dingle | Club | West Kerry | 6 | 1948 |
| Dr Crokes | Killarney | Club | East Kerry | 13 | 2018 |
| East Kerry | East Kerry | Division | N/A | 9 | 2020 |
| Feale Rangers | North Kerry | Division | N/A | 3 | 2007 |
| Kenmare Shamrocks | Kenmare | Club | Kenmare District | 0 | - |
| Kerins O'Rahillys | Tralee | Club | St Brendan's | 6 | 2002 |
| Mid Kerry | Mid Kerry | Division | N/A | 4 | 2008 |
| Na Gaeil | Tralee | Club | St Brendan's | 0 | - |
| Shannon Rangers | North Kerry | Division | N/A | 5 | 1977 |
| South Kerry | South Kerry | Division | N/A | 10 | 2015 |
| Spa | Killarney | Club | East Kerry | 0 | - |
| St Brendan's | Tralee | Division | N/A | 0 | - |
| St Kieran's | Castleisland | Division | N/A | 1 | 1988 |
| Templenoe | Templenoe | Club | Kenmare District | 0 | - |
| West Kerry | West Kerry | Division | N/A | 3 | 1990 |

## Results
### Round 1

All 16 teams enter the competition in Round 1 with four groups of four teams playing each other once. The top two teams in each group proceed to the Quarter-Finals while the bottom two teams are eliminated.

### Group 1

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Dr Crokes | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 46 | +16 | 5 |
| Kenmare Shamrocks | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 44 | +7 | 5 |
| Shannon Rangers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 59 | -9 | 2 |
| St Kieran's | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 59 | -14 | 0 |
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3

### Group 2

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| East Kerry | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 37 | +22 | 6 |
| Dingle | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 38 | +22 | 4 |
| Spa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 52 | -9 | 2 |
| Kerins O'Rahilly's | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 75 | -35 | 0 |
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3

### Group 3

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Mid Kerry | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 6 |
| Austin Stacks | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 40 | +3 | 4 |
| Na Gaeil | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 52 | +2 | 2 |
| West Kerry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 63 | -19 | 0 |
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3

### Group 4

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Feale Rangers | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 36 | +15 | 6 |
| Templenoe | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 46 | -6 | 3 |
| South Kerry | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 39 | -6 | 2 |
| St Brendan's | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 47 | -3 | 1 |
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3

### Quarter-finals

| 8 October 2022 17:30 Quarter-Final | Feale Rangers | 1-12 - 0-12 AET | Austin Stacks | Austin Stack Park Referee: Brendan Brosnan |
| 8 October 2022 17:30 Quarter-Final | M Stack (0-5, 2fs), D Lynch (1-1), B Mahony (0-3,1f), R Mahony (0-2), S Stack (0-1) | Report | M O’Donnell (1f) and S Quilter (1f) (0-3) each, S O’Callaghan (0-2), W Guthrie (1f), G Horan, C Horan and G Fitzgerald (0-1 each) | Austin Stack Park Referee: Brendan Brosnan |
| 8 October 2022 19:30 Quarter-Final | Dr Crokes | 0-11 - 1-18 | Dingle | Austin Stack Park Referee: Brendan Griffin |
| 8 October 2022 19:30 Quarter-Final | T Brosnan (0-5, 4f), D Shaw (0-2), M Potts, M O’Shea, T Doyle, M Fitzgerald (0-1 each) | Report | P Geaney (0-5), T. O’Sullivan (0-5), D Geaney (1-2, 1m), B O’Sullivan (0-2), C Flannery (0-2), M Flaherty, M O’Connor (0-1). | Austin Stack Park Referee: Brendan Griffin |
| 9 October 2022 13:00 Quarter-Final | Mid Kerry | 0-13 - 0-11 | Templenoe | Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: Padraig O Sullivan |
| 9 October 2022 13:00 Quarter-Final | F Clifford (0-1), E O’Connor (0-2 frees, 0-1 ‘45), D Houlihan (0-3 each); K Evans, K Dennehy, L Carey, J O’Connor (0-1 each) | Report | K Spillane (0-2 frees), S O’Sullivan (0-1 free), T Morley (0-2 each); B Crowley, P Clifford, A Spillane, A Crowley (0-1 free), C Crowley (0-1 each) | Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: Padraig O Sullivan |
| 9 October 2022 2:45 Quarter-Final | East Kerry | 0-13 - 1-07 | Kenmare Shamrocks | Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: Billy O Shea |
| 9 October 2022 2:45 Quarter-Final | D Clifford (0-7, 3f, 1m); D Roche (0-4, 2f); R Buckley, P Clifford (0-1 each) | Report | S O’Shea (0-5, 3f, 1 ‘45); P O’Connor (1-0, 1-0p); D Hallissey, S O’Brien (0-1 each) | Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: Billy O Shea |

### Semi-finals

| 15 October 2022 7:15pm Semi-Final | Feale Rangers | 0-09 - 0-15 | Mid Kerry | Austin Stack Park Referee: Donal Casey |
| 15 October 2022 7:15pm Semi-Final | B Mahony and M Stack (2fs) (0-3 each), E O’Flaherty (0-2). | Report | E O’Connor (0-5, 2fs), L Carey (0-3), J O’Connor (0-3, 2fs), M Breen, D Houlihan, F Clifford, and K Evans (0-1 each) | Austin Stack Park Referee: Donal Casey |
| 16 October 2022 2:30pm Semi-Final | Dingle | 1-08 - 1-09 | East Kerry | Austin Stack Park Referee: Paul Hayes |
| 16 October 2022 2:30pm Semi-Final | P Geaney (0-4, one mark), D Geaney (1-1), T. O’Sullivan (0-2), B O’Sullivan (0-1) | Report | P Clifford (1-2), P. Murphy (0-2), D Clifford (free), R Buckley, R Murphy, C Gammell, P. O’Shea (0-1 each) | Austin Stack Park Referee: Paul Hayes |

## Final

| 30 October 2022 2:15pm Final | East Kerry | 1-16 - 0-10 | Mid Kerry | Austin Stack Park Referee: Brendan Griffin |
| 30 October 2022 2:15pm Final | D Clifford (1-9, 2 frees, 1mark), D Roche (0-3, 1f), P Clifford (0-2), D Lyne and R Murphy (0-1each) | Report | E O’Connor ( 0-3, 2fs), K Dennehy ( 1m) and F Clifford ( 2fs) 0-2 each, P Kilkenny, K Evans and G O’Grady ( 0-1 each) | Austin Stack Park Referee: Brendan Griffin |

## Relegation play-off

The club team to be relegated from the Senior County Championship will be the same team to be relegated from the Senior Club Championship. The 8 senior clubs are placed into two groups containing four teams during the Club Championship. The teams to finish bottom of both groups will face off in the Relegation Final, with the loser being relegated to the I.F.C. for 2023. Should a club reach the final of the County championship they will be exempt from the Relegation process in the Club championship.

## Championship statistics
### Top scorers
#### Overall

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Seán O'Shea | Kenmare Shamrocks | 0-39 | 39 | 5 | 7.80 |
| 2 | Martin Stack | Feale Rangers | 0-31 | 31 | 5 | 6.20 |
| 3 | David Clifford | East Kerry | 2-24 | 30 | 5 | 6.00 |
| 4 | Paul Geaney | Dingle | 4-16 | 28 | 5 | 5.60 |
| 5 | Éanna O'Connor | Mid Kerry | 0-27 | 27 | 5 | 5.40 |
| 6 | Tony Brosnan | Dr. Crokes | 1-23 | 26 | 4 | 6.50 |
| 7 | Donnacha O'Connor | Na Gaeil | 0-19 | 19 | 3 | 6.33 |
| 8 | Cian McMahon | Dr. Crokes | 3-06 | 15 | 4 | 3.75 |
| 8 | Cillian Langan | Shannon Rangers | 2-09 | 15 | 3 | 5.00 |
| 8 | Paul Walsh | St. Kieran's | 1-12 | 15 | 2 | 7.50 |
| 8 | Paudie Clifford | East Kerry | 1-12 | 15 | 5 | 3.00 |
| 8 | Barry Dan O'Sullivan | Dingle | 1-12 | 15 | 5 | 3.00 |

#### In a single game

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | David Clifford | East Kerry | 1-09 | 12 | Mid Kerry |
| 2 | Paul Geaney | Dingle | 2-05 | 11 | Kerins O'Rahilly's |
| 2 | Tony Brosnan | Dr. Crokes | 1-08 | 11 | Shannon Rangers |
| 2 | Martin Stack | Feale Rangers | 0-11 | 11 | St. Brendan's |
| 5 | Seán O'Shea | Kenmare Shamrocks | 0-10 | 10 | St. Kieran's |
| 5 | Seán O'Shea | Kenmare Shamrocks | 0-10 | 10 | Dr. Crokes |
| 7 | Jack Sheehan | Na Gaeil | 2-02 | 8 | West Kerry |
| 7 | Stephen O'Sullivan | Templenoe | 2-02 | 8 | St. Brendan's |
| 7 | Ruairí Murphy | East Kerry | 1-05 | 8 | Kerins O'Rahilly's |
| 7 | Paul Walsh | St. Kieran's | 0-08 | 8 | Dr. Crokes |
| 7 | Éanna O'Connor | Mid Kerry | 0-08 | 8 | Na Gaeil |
| 7 | Donnacha O'Connor | Na Gaeil | 0-08 | 8 | West Kerry |
| 7 | Daniel Daly | South Kerry | 0-08 | 8 | St. Brendan's |
| 7 | Seán O'Shea | Kenmare Shamrocks | 0-08 | 8 | Austin Stacks |

### Miscellaneous

* Na Gaeil make their first appearance at senior level.
* Dingle get their first win over Dr. Croke's in the SFC.
* Austin Stacks are relegated for the first time in their history.
* Austin Stacks become the first club to relegated to the Intermediate championship after winning the senior title in the previous season.