# Tipperary county football team

The Tipperary county football team represents Tipperary in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Tipperary GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Munster Senior Football Championship and the National Football League.
Tipperary's home ground is Semple Stadium, Thurles. The team's manager is Paul Kelly.
Tipperary was the second Munster county to win an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC), as well as to appear in the final, following Limerick. The team last won the Munster Senior Championship in 2020, the All-Ireland Senior Championship in 1920 and has never won the National League.

## History

Tipperary has won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) on four occasions — in 1889, 1895, 1900, and 1920. Munster Senior Football Championships also followed in 1922 and 1935, but seven provincial final defeats spanning 85 years came after those until winning against Cork in the 2020 Munster Senior Football Championship final.
As the football championship is contested by a much larger number of teams than in hurling, success is hard won because of the high standard attained by many counties. For details on football history, see here.

### Kearns era: 2015–2019

In November 2015, Liam Kearns, from the Kerry GAA club Austin Stacks, was appointed manager, with under-21, minor and junior manager Tommy Toomey as selector and Kearns's other selectors were Paul Fitzgerald of Fethard (Tipperary) and Shane Stapleton of Golden-Kilfeacle (Tipperary).
In the 2016 All-Ireland SFC, the county reached the semi-final for the first time since 1935. Michael Quinlivan scored an early goal against Galway in the quarter-final victory. Conor Sweeney scored two more goals for Tipperary in that game.
But the following three seasons brought only two championship wins, against Waterford and Cavan, the former in 2017 and the latter in 2018. The 2017 Munster Senior Football Championship semi-final was lost to a last-minute goal conceded to opponents Cork.
Tippeary achieved promotion to Division 2 in 2017, sealed late on in the concluding game against Armagh with the completion of by a second-half hat-trick from Michael Quinlivan.
The team was relegated to Division 3 in 2019. Exit from the 2019 Munster Senior Football Championship swiftly followed, the defeat to Limerick that county's first championship victory in seven years. An All-Ireland SFC qualifier defeat to Down in Newry ended Tipperary's season and Kearns's time as manager. It was the first year since 2013 that Tipperary did not win a single championship match.

### Power era: 2019–2023

In September 2019, David Power was named as the new manager of the Tipperary senior team on a two-year term.
On 22 November 2020, Tipperary won the 2020 Munster Senior Football Championship after a 0-17 to 0-14 win against Cork in the final. It was Tipperary's first Munster SFC title in 85 years. This achievement was all the more noteworthy as Tipperary had won only four league games in their previous two campaigns.
On 6 December 2020, Tipperary played a second All-Ireland SFC semi-final in four years and again faced Mayo. In foggy conditions and losing by 16 points at half-time, the team eventually lost the game by a scoreline of 5-20 to 3-13.
Power resigned in June 2023, leaving the role vacant until Paul Kelly was appointed in late 2023.

## Support

Friends of Tipperary Football was established in 1993. It organises fundarsing events and provides support for football in a county where hurling traditionally dominates. It has an officer board and executive committee.

## Crest and colours

The Tipperary players wore a white and green commemorative jersey for the 2020 Munster Senior Football Championship final - a replica of the jersey colours worn by the Tipperary team which was attacked on Bloody Sunday of 1920. At that time the county wore the colours of its county champions, not having an official jersey. The then county champions Fethard wore blue and white but Grangemockler's white and green was worn instead.

## Panel

Team as per Tipperary vs Kerry in the 2023 Munster SFC semi-final, 22 April 2023
| No. | Player | Position | Club |
| 1 | Evan Comerford | Goalkeeper | Kilsheelan-Kilcash |
| 2 | Shane O'Connell | Right corner back | Golden Kilfeacle |
| 3 | Jimmy Feehan | Full back | Killenaule |
| 4 | Willie Eviston | Left corner back | Loughmore-Castleiney |
| 5 | Kevin Fahey | Right half back | Clonmel Commercials |
| 6 | Colman Kennedy | Centre back | Clonmel Commercials |
| 7 | Colm O'Shaughnessy | Left half back | Ardfinnan |
| 8 | Mark Russell | Midfield | Aherlow |
| 9 | Jack Kennedy | Midfield | Clonmel Commercials |
| 10 | Emmet Moloney | Right half forward | Drom & Inch |
| 11 | Teddy Doyle | Centre forward | Ballina |
| 12 | Keith Ryan | Left half forward | Upperchurch–Drombane |
| 13 | Stephen O'Brien | Right corner forward | Ballina |
| 14 | Stephen Quirke | Full forward | Moyle Rovers |
| 15 | Cathal Deeley | Left corner forward | Clonmel Commercials |
| No. | Player | Position | Club |
| 16 | Kuba Beben | Substitute | J.K. Bracken's |
| 17 | Luke Boland | Substitute | Moyle Rovers |
| 18 | Dáire Brennan | Substitute | Ballyporeen |
| 19 | Conor Cadell | Substitute | J.K. Bracken's |
| 20 | Martin Kehoe | Substitute | Mullinahone |
| 21 | Conal Kennedy | Substitute | Clonmel Commercials |
| 22 | Donough Leahy | Substitute | Arravale Rovers |
| 23 | Tommy Maher | Substitute | Loughmore-Castleiney |
| 24 | Liam McGrath | Substitute | Loughmore-Castleiney |
| 25 | Sean O'Connor | Substitute | Clonmel Commercials |
| 26 | Mikey O'Shea | Substitute | Mullinahone |
$^{INJ}$ Player has had an injury which has affected recent involvement with the county team. $^{RET}$ Player has since retired from the county team. $^{WD}$ Player has since withdrawn from the county team due to a non-injury issue.

## Management team

* Manager: Philly Ryan
* Management team:
* Selectors:
* Coach:
* S&C Coach:
* Physio:
* Forwards coach:

## Managerial history

This is an incomplete list of Tipperary county football team managers (senior).
| Dates | Name | Origin | Provincial titles | National titles |
| 1985–1990 | Johnny Mulvihill | | — | — |
| 1990–1991 | Mickey Niblock | Clonmel Commercials | — | — |
| 1991–1996 | Séamus McCarthy | Galtee Rovers | — | — |
| 1996–1997 | Paddy Morrissey | Galtee Rovers | — | — |
| 1997–1999 | Colm Browne | | — | — |
| 1999–2000 | Colm O'Flaherty | Cahir | — | — |
| 2000–2003 | Tom McGlinchey | Newport | — | — |
| 2003–2004 | Andy Shorthall | | — | — |
| 2004–2006 | Séamus McCarthy (2) | Galtee Rovers | — | 2005 Tommy Murphy Cup |
| 2006–2007 | John Owens | Moyle Rovers | — | — |
| 2007–2012 | John Evans | | — | 2009 NFL Division 3 |
| 2012–2015 | Peter Creedon | | — | 2014 NFL Division 4 |
| 2015–2019 | Liam Kearns | | — | 2017 NFL Division 3 |
| 2019–2023 | David Power | Kilsheelan–Kilcash | 2020 Munster Senior Football Championship | — |
| 2023–2024 | Paul Kelly | Thomas Davis | — | — |
| 2024– | Philly Ryan | Clonmel Commercials | — | — |

## Players
### Notable players

Notable players include:
* Philip Austin: 2006–2020
* Tommy Doyle
* Michael Hogan
* Peter Lambert
* Declan Browne
* John O'Callaghan
* Michael Quinlivan
* Conor Sweeney

### All Stars

Tipperary have won four football All Stars.
All Star winners :
| Awards | Players |
| 2 | Declan Browne (1998, 2003) |
| 1 | Michael Quinlivan (2016) |
| 1 | Conor Sweeney (2020) |

## Team sponsorship

Since 1991 the following companies have sponsored all of the Tipperary county football teams.
* 1991–1992: Cidona
* 1993–1995: Hayes Hotel
* 1995–1997: Moy Insulation
* 1998–2001: Finches
* 2002–2011: Enfer Scientific
* 2011–2014: Škoda
* 2015–2018: Intersport/Elverys
* 2019–2021: Teneo
* 2022–: Fiserv

## Honours
### National

* All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
** Winners (4): 1889, 1895, 1900, 1920
** Runners-up (1): 1918
* Tommy Murphy Cup
** Winners (1): 2005
* All-Ireland Senior B Football Championship
** Winners (1): 1995
* All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
** Winners (3): 1912, 1923, 1998
* All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
** Runners-up (1): 2015
* All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
** Winners (2): 1934, 2011

### Provincial

* Munster Senior Football Championship
** Winners (10): 1888, 1889, 1895, 1900, 1902, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1935, 2020
** Runners-up (18): 1894, 1899, 1907, 1923, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1939, 1943, 1944, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2016
* Munster Junior Football Championship
** Winners (7): 1910, 1912, 1923, 1935, 1937, 1952, 1998
* Munster Under-21 Football Championship
** Winners (2): 2010, 2015
* Munster Minor Football Championship
** Winners (7): 1934, 1935, 1955, 1984, 1995, 2011, 2012
* McGrath Cup
** Winners (3): 1989, 1993, 2003
* Munster Football League
** Winners (2): 1929–30, 1934–35