# Down Junior Football Championship

The Down Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by lower-tier Down GAA clubs. The Down County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1920. The national media covers the competition.
Teconnaught are the title holders (2022) defeating Dromara in the Final.

## History

In the 2016 final Drumgath held Teconnaught in what was a surprising result. Drumgath then had a landslide win in the replay to secure their first ever JFC crown.

## Honours

The winners of the Down Junior Championship qualify to represent their county in the Ulster Junior Club Football Championship. The winners can, in turn, go on to play in the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship. Also, the winners of the Down Junior Championship automatically qualify for the following season's Intermediate Championship.

## Finals listed by year

(r) = replay
| Year | Winner | Score | Score | Opponent |
| 1920 | Castlewellan | | | |
| 1927 | Kilcoo | | | |
| 1928 | Drumnaconnor | | | |
| 1929 | Ballylough | | | |
| 1930 | Burren | | | |
| 1932 | Warrenpoint | | | |
| 1933 | Kilkeel | | | |
| 1934 | Gargory | | | |
| 1935 | Burrenbridge | | | |
| 1936 | Ballykinlar | | | |
| 1937 | Glenn | | | |
| 1939 | Kilkeel | | | |
| 1940 | Warrenpoint | | | |
| 1941 | Ballykinlar | | | |
| 1942 | Kilclief | | | |
| 1943 | Ardtole | | | Ballylough |
| 1944 | Clann na Banna | | | |
| 1945 | Ballykinlar | | | |
| 1946 | Saul | | | |
| 1947 | Tullylish* | | | Kilclief |
| 1948 | Barnmeen | | | |
| 1949 | Tullylish* | 0–03 | 0–02 | Ballynahinch |
| 1950 | Kilkeel | | | |
| 1951 | Dromara | | | |
| 1952 | Burren | | | |
| 1953 | Magheral | | | |
| 1954 | Loughinisland | | | |
| 1955 | Ballykinlar | | | |
| 1956 | Cabra Harps | | | |
| 1957 | Dundrum | | | |
| 1958 | Loughinisland | | | |
| 1959 | Clann na Banna | | | |
| 1960 | Kilkeel | | | |
| 1961 | RGU Downpatrick | | | |
| 1962 | Bryansford | | | |
| 1963 | Ballyholland Harps | | | |
| 1964 | Saul | | | |
| 1965 | Drumaness | | | |
| 1966 | Liatroim Fontenoys | | | |
| 1967 | Bryansford | | | |
| 1968 | Tullylish | | | |
| 1969 | Drumaness | | | |
| 1970 | Saval | | | |
| 1971 | Greencastle | | | |
| 1972 | Ballyholland Harps | | | |
| 1973 | Newry Shamrocks II | | | |
| 1974 | Clann na Banna | | | |
| 1975 | Ballymartin | | | |
| 1976 | Dundrum | | | |
| 1977 | Greencastle | | | |
| 1978 | Newry Mitchels | | | |
| 1979 | Atticall | | | Longstone |
| 1980 | Annaclone | | | |
| 1981 | Mayobridge | | | |
| 1982 | Annaclone | | | |
| 1983 | Annsborough | | | Drumaness |
| 1984 | RGU Downpatrick | | | |
| 1985 | Drumaness | | | |
| 1986 | Carryduff | | | |
| 1987 | St Michael's | | | |
| 1988 | Liatroim Fontenoys | | | |
| 1989 | Drumaness | | | |
| 1990 | Annsborough | 0-11 | 0-7 | Castlewellan II |
| 1991 | St Michael's | | | |
| 1993 | Castlewellan II | | | |
| 1994 | Ardglass | | | Darragh Cross |
| 1995 | Ballykinlar | | | Bright |
| 1996 | Kilclief | | | Bright |
| 1997 | Glasdrumman | | | Dundrum |
| 1998 | Ballykinlar | | | Darragh Cross |
| 1999 | Clann na Banna | | | Bright |
| 2000 | Ardglass | | | |
| 2001 | Newry Mitchels | | | |
| 2002 | Ardglass | | | |
| 2003 | Glenn | | | |
| 2004 | St Michael's | | | |
| 2005 | Dundrum | | | Bright |
| 2006 | Bredagh | 1–08 (r) | 0–05 (r) | Teconnaught |
| 2007 | Newry Bosco | 2–11 | 0–02 | Drumaness |
| 2008 | St John's | 0–09 | 0–05 | Bright |
| 2009 | Glenn | 1–12 | 1–08 | Teconnaught |
| 2010 | Drumaness | 1–12 | 1–06 | Newry Bosco |
| 2011 | Bredagh | 4–10 | 0–09 | Dromara |
| 2012 | Dundrum | 0–15 | 0–06 | Aghaderg |
| 2013 | Teconnaught | 0–08 1–09 (r) | 0–08 0–08 (r) | Dromara |
| 2014 | Drumaness | 0–14 | 0–08 | Kilclief |
| 2015 | Glasdrumman | 2–11 | 2–07 | Ardglass |
| 2016 | Drumgath | 1–07 4–16 (r) | 0–10 0–05 (r) | Teconnaught |
| 2017 | Dundrum | 0–14 | 1–02 | Bright |
| 2018 | Teconnaught | 0–08 | 0–07 | Kilclief |
| 2019 | Bright | 1–14 | 0–15 | Aughlisnafin |
| 2020 | St Paul's | 2–06 | 0–10 | Aughlisnafin |
| 2021 | Aughlisnafin | 2–11 | 2–08 | Dundrum |
| 2022 | Teconnaught | 1–13 | 0–12 | Dromara |
| 2023 | Drumaness | 3-08 | 1-10 | Ardglass |
| 2024 | Dromara | 2-08 | 1-09 | Aughlisnafin |

## Wins listed by club

| # | Team | Wins | Years won |
| 1 | Drumaness | 7 | 1965, 1969, 1985, 1989, 2010, 2014, 2023 |
| 1 | Ballykinlar | 6 | 1936, 1941, 1945, 1955, 1995, 1998 |
| 3 | Dundrum | 5 | 1957, 1976, 2005, 2012, 2017 |
| 4 | Kilkeel | 4 | 1933, 1939, 1950, 1960 |
| 4 | Clann na Banna | 4 | 1944, 1959, 1974, 1999 |
| 6 | Glenn | 3 | 1937, 2003, 2009 |
| 6 | Tullylish * as St Patrick's, Laurencetown | 3 | 1947*, 1949*, 1968 |
| 6 | St Michael's | 3 | 1987, 1991, 2004 |
| 6 | Ardglass | 3 | 1994, 2000, 2002 |
| 6 | Teconnaught | 3 | 2013, 2018, 2022 |
| 11 | Annsborough | 2 | 1983, 1990 |
| 11 | Burren | 2 | 1930, 1952 |
| 11 | Warrenpoint | 2 | 1932, 1940 |
| 11 | Kilclief | 2 | 1942, 1996 |
| 11 | Saul | 2 | 1946, 1964 |
| 11 | Loughinisland | 2 | 1954, 1958 |
| 11 | RGU Downpatrick | 2 | 1961, 1984 |
| 11 | Bryansford | 2 | 1962, 1967 |
| 11 | Ballyholland Harps | 2 | 1963, 1972 |
| 11 | Liatroim Fontenoys | 2 | 1966, 1988 |
| 11 | Greencastle | 2 | 1971, 1977 |
| 11 | Newry Mitchels | 2 | 1978, 2001 |
| 11 | Annaclone | 2 | 1980, 1982 |
| 11 | Glasdrumman | 2 | 1997, 2015 |
| 11 | Bredagh | 2 | 2006, 2011 |
| 25 | Castlewellan | 1 | 1920 |
| 25 | Kilcoo | 1 | 1927 |
| 25 | Drumnaconnor | 1 | 1928 |
| 25 | Ballylough | 1 | 1929 |
| 25 | Gargory | 1 | 1934 |
| 25 | Burrenbridge | 1 | 1935 |
| 25 | Ardtole | 1 | 1943 |
| 25 | Barnmeen | 1 | 1948 |
| 25 | Dromara | 1 | 1951 |
| 25 | Magheral | 1 | 1953 |
| 25 | Cabra Harps | 1 | 1956 |
| 25 | Saval | 1 | 1970 |
| 25 | Newry Shamrocks II | 1 | 1973 |
| 25 | Ballymartin | 1 | 1975 |
| 25 | Atticall | 1 | 1979 |
| 25 | Mayobridge | 1 | 1981 |
| 25 | Carryduff | 1 | 1986 |
| 25 | Castlewellan II | 1 | 1993 |
| 25 | Newry Bosco | 1 | 2007 |
| 25 | St John's | 1 | 2008 |
| 25 | Drumgath | 1 | 2016 |
| 25 | Bright | 1 | 2019 |
| 25 | St Paul's | 1 | 2020 |
| 25 | Aughlisnafin | 1 | 2021 |