# 2023 Kerry Senior Football Championship

The 2023 Kerry Senior Football Championship was the 122nd edition of Kerry GAA's premier tournament for senior Gaelic football teams in County Kerry, Ireland. The tournament consisted of 16 teams (8 senior club teams and 8 divisional teams). The Championship was won by East Kerry who retained their title. As they are a divisional team, the winners of the 2023 Kerry Club Football Championship (Dingle) represented Kerry in the 2023 Munster Senior Club Football Championship.

## Format

The format for the 2023 Championship was the same as that used in 2022 beginning with a mini-league phase followed by a single-elimination phase. The eight senior club teams and eight divisional teams (16 in total) were divided into four groups of four teams each, playing a single round-robin format. Teams were awarded 2 points for a win, 1 for a draw and none for a loss. The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

## Teams
### Team changes

Rathmore were promoted to the Kerry SFC for 2023 having won the 2022 Kerry Intermediate Football Championship. They replaced Austin Stacks who in turn were relegated to the Intermediate Championship for 2023 having lost the 2022 Kerry Club Football Championship Relegation play-off to Kenmare Shamrocks.

### 2023 Teams

| Team | Location | Club/Divisional | Club's Divisional Side | Championship Titles | Last Championship Title |
| Dingle | Dingle | Club | West Kerry | 6 | 1948 |
| Dr Crokes | Killarney | Club | East Kerry | 13 | 2018 |
| East Kerry | East Kerry | Division | — | 10 | 2022 |
| Feale Rangers | North Kerry | Division | — | 3 | 2007 |
| Kenmare Shamrocks | Kenmare | Club | Kenmare District | 0 | — |
| Kerins O'Rahilly's | Tralee | Club | St Brendan's | 6 | 2002 |
| Mid Kerry | Mid Kerry | Division | — | 4 | 2008 |
| Na Gaeil | Tralee | Club | St Brendan's | 0 | — |
| Rathmore | Rathmore | Club | East Kerry | 0 | — |
| Shannon Rangers | North Kerry | Division | — | 5 | 1977 |
| South Kerry | South Kerry | Division | — | 10 | 2015 |
| Spa | Killarney | Club | East Kerry | 0 | — |
| St Brendan's | Tralee | Division | — | 0 | — |
| St Kieran's | Castleisland | Division | — | 1 | 1988 |
| Templenoe | Templenoe | Club | Kenmare District | 0 | — |
| West Kerry | West Kerry | Division | — | 3 | 1990 |

## Group stage
### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
| 1 | East Kerry | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 35 | +20 | 6 | Advanced to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Templenoe | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 43 | -2 | 4 | Advanced to Quarter-finals |
| 3 | South Kerry | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 32 | -9 | 2 | |
| 4 | West Kerry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 36 | -9 | 0 | |
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
| 1 | Rathmore | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 40 | +14 | 5 | Advanced to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | St Kieran's | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 46 | +13 | 4 | Advanced to Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Kenmare Shamrocks | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Feale Rangers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 58 | -28 | 0 | |
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
| 1 | Mid Kerry | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 6 | Advanced to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Spa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 45 | +11 | 4 | Advanced to Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Kerins O'Rahilly's | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Shannon Rangers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 72 | -26 | 0 | |
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
| 1 | Dingle | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 27 | +15 | 6 | Advanced to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Na Gaeil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 27 | +11 | 4 | Advanced to Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Dr Crokes | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 2 | |
| 4 | St Brendan's | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 55 | -34 | 0 | |
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals 14/15 October | Quarter-finals 14/15 October | Semi-finals 21/22 October | Semi-finals 21/22 October | Final 5 November | Final 5 November |
| Rathmore | 0–14 | | | | |
| Spa | 1–08 | | | | |
| Spa | 1–08 | Rathmore | 1–10 | | |
| | | East Kerry | 1–16 | | |
| East Kerry | 4–19 | East Kerry | 1–16 | | |
| St Kieran’s | 0–12 | | | | |
| St Kieran’s | 0–12 | | | East Kerry | 2–10 |
| | | | | Mid Kerry | 0–15 |
| Dingle | 0–20 | | | | | Mid Kerry | 0–15 |
| Templenoe | 1–09 | | | | |
| Templenoe | 1–09 | Dingle | 0–09 | | |
| | | Mid Kerry | 3–10 | | |
| Mid Kerry | 1–19 | Mid Kerry | 3–10 | | |
| Na Gaeil | 1–07 | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

* 14 October 2023 (2023-10-14) 14:30 IST (UTC+1) Quarter-final 1
* Report
| Rathmore | 0–14 (14) – (11) 1–08 | Spa |
| (HT: 0–09 – 0–05) |||
| Pts: S Ryan 5(2fs, 1mk), J Moynihan 4, B Friel, P Murphy, M Ryan, C Ryan, J Darmody 1 each | | Gls: C Spillane 1 Pts: C Murphy 3(2fs), M McCarthy, E Cronin 2 each, D Moynihan 1 |
* Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: S Joy (Laune Rangers)
* 14 October 2023 (2023-10-14) 16:30 IST (UTC+1) Quarter-final 2
* Report
| East Kerry | 4–19 (31) – (12) 0–12 | St Kieran's |
| (HT: 1–07 – 0–04) |||
| Gls: P D'Arcy, D Clifford, D Roche, E O'Shea 1 each Pts: D Clifford 5 (3fs), D Roche 5 (2fs), P Clifford 3 (1'45), D O'Sullivan 3, K Murphy, R Buckley, E O'Shea 1 each | | Pts: A Barry 3 (3fs), M Hickey 3, P Walsh 2 (1f), A O'Donoghue 1 (1f), S Horan, E Horan, T Hickey 1 each |
* Austin Stack Park Referee: J Griffin (Glenbeigh/Glencar)
* 15 October 2023 (2023-10-15) 13:30 IST (UTC+1) Quarter-final 3
* Report
| Dingle | 0–20 (20) – (12) 1–09 | Templenoe |
| (HT: 0–07 – 0–05) |||
| Pts: C Geaney 5 (1f, 1mk), P Geaney 5 (2fs, 2mks), D Geaney, C Bambury 3 each, N Geaney, T O'Sullivan, B O'Connor, M Flaherty 1 each | | Gls: S O'Sullivan 1 Pts: K Spillane 5 (2fs, 1mk), A Crowley 2 (1f), D Crowley, C Crowley 1 each |
* Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: S Mulvihill (St Senan's)
* 15 October 2023 (2023-10-15) 15:30 IST (UTC+1) Quarter-final 4
* Report
| Mid Kerry | 1–19 (22) – (10) 1–07 | Na Gaeil |
| (HT: 1–10 – 1–05) |||
| Gls: É O'Connor 1 Pts: É O'Connor 5 (2fs), S O'Brien, G Horan, F Clifford 3 each, G O'Grady 1 (1f), D Roche, D Houlihan, L Carey, D Cleary 1 each | | Gls: M Madden 1 Pts: D Reen 2, D Burns 1 (1f), D Devine 1 (1f), J Barry, J Sheehan, D Goggin 1 each |
* Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: P O'Sullivan (Firies)

### Semi-finals

* 21 October 2023 (2023-10-21) 17:30 IST (UTC+1) Semi-final 1
* Report
| Dingle | 0–09 (9) – (19) 3–10 | Mid Kerry |
| (HT: 0–07 – 1–06) |||
| Pts: C Geaney 4 (2fs, 1mk), P Geaney 3 (1f, 2mks), N Geaney 1 (1mk), D Geaney 1 (1mk) | | Gls: C Burke, D Cleary, J O'Connor 1 each Pts: É O'Connor 3 (2fs), G O'Grady 2 (1f), D Cleary 2, S O'Brien, D Houlihan 1 each |
* Austin Stack Park Referee: B Evans (Clounmacon)
* 22 October 2023 (2023-10-22) 14:30 IST (UTC+1) Semi-final 2
* Report
| Rathmore | 1–10 (13) – (19) 1–16 | East Kerry |
| (HT: 0–04 – 1–04) |||
| Gls: B O'Keeffe 1 Pts: S Ryan 6 (4fs, 1mk), M Ryan, B O'Keeffe, J Darmody, M Reen 1 each | | Gls: D Clifford 1 Pts: P Clifford 4, D Roche 4 (1f), D Clifford 3 (1f), D O'Sullivan 1 (1mk), K Murphy, R Buckley, P D'Arcy, 1 each |
* Fitzgerald Stadium Referee: P Hayes (Kerins O'Rahilly's)

### Final

* TG4
* 5 November 2023 (2023-11-05) 15:30 WET (UTC) Final
* Report
| East Kerry | 2–10 (16) – (15) 0–15 | Mid Kerry |
| (HT: 1–06 – 0–05) |||
| Gls: P Clifford, L Crowley 1 each Pts: D Roche 5 (3fs), D Clifford 3 (2fs), D O'Sullivan 2 | | Pts: É O'Connor 6 (6fs), F Clifford 2 (1f), G O'Grady 2, M Breen, S O'Brien, G Horan, C Burke, L Carey 1 each |
* Austin Stack Park, Tralee Referee: Paul Hayes (Kerins O'Rahilly's)Standby: Séamus Mulvihill (St Senan's) Linesman: Brendan Griffin (Clounmacon)

## Championship statistics
### Miscellaneous

* Kerins O'Rahilly's are relegated for the first time in their history.