# 2018 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship

The 2018 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship was the 51st instalment of the annual competition organised by Ulster GAA. It was one of the four provincial competitions of the 2018–19 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.
Derry's Slaughtneil were the 2017 champions, but defeat in the Derry quarter-final meant they couldn't defend their title.
Donegal champions Gaoth Dobhair became Ulster champions for the first time after beating Monaghan's Scotstown in the final.

## Teams

The Ulster championship is contested by the winners of the nine county championships in the Irish province of Ulster. Ulster comprises the six counties of Northern Ireland, as well as Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland.
| County | Team | Last win |
| Antrim | Erin's Own, Cargin | |
| Armagh | Crossmaglen Rangers | 2015 |
| Cavan | Castlerahan | |
| Derry | Eoghan Rua, Coleraine | |
| Donegal | Gaoth Dobhair | |
| Down | St Mary's, Burren | 1988 |
| Fermanagh | Derrygonnelly Harps | |
| Monaghan | Scotstown | 1989 |
| Tyrone | Coalisland Na Fianna | |

## Bracket

| Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | Erins Own, Cargin (Antrim) | Erins Own, Cargin (Antrim) | 1-13 | | | | | | |
| | | | Gaoth Dobhair (Donegal) | Gaoth Dobhair (Donegal) | 3-11 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Gaoth Dobhair (Donegal) | Gaoth Dobhair (Donegal) | 4-11 | | | |
| | | | | | | Crossmaglen Rangers (Armagh) | Crossmaglen Rangers (Armagh) | 0-16 | | | |
| | | | Crossmaglen Rangers (Armagh) | Crossmaglen Rangers (Armagh) | 0-12 | | | | | | |
| | | | Coalisland (Tyrone) | Coalisland (Tyrone) | 0-10 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Gaoth Dobhair (Donegal) | Gaoth Dobhair (Donegal) | 0-13 (aet) |
| | | | | | | | | | Scotstown (Monaghan) | Scotstown (Monaghan) | 0-12 (aet) |
| | | | Castlerahan (Cavan) | Castlerahan (Cavan) | 0-11 | | | | | | |
| | | | Eoghan Rua (Derry) | Eoghan Rua (Derry) | 2-11 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Eoghan Rua (Derry) | Eoghan Rua (Derry) | 2-10 | | | |
| | | | | | | Scotstown (Monaghan) | Scotstown (Monaghan) | 1-14 | | | |
| | | | Burren (Down) | Burren (Down) | 0-10 | | | | | | |
| Scotstown (Monaghan) | Scotstown (Monaghan) | 2-17 | Scotstown (Monaghan) | Scotstown (Monaghan) | 0-13 | | | | | | |
| Derrygonnelly Harps (Fermanagh) | Derrygonnelly Harps (Fermanagh) | 1-11 | | | | | | | | | |

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

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Shane Carey | Scotstown | 0-16 | 16 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 2 | Rían O'Neill | Crossmaglen Rangers | 0-15 | 15 | 2 | 7.50 |
| 3 | Kevin Cassidy | Gaoth Dobhair | 2-7 | 13 | 3 | 4.33 |
| 4 | Conor McCarthy | Scotstown | 1-8 | 11 | 4 | 2.75 |
| 5 | Daire Ó Baoill | Gaoth Dobhair | 3-0 | 9 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 5 | Rory Beggan | Scotstown | 0-9 | 9 | 4 | 2.25 |
| 7 | Odhrán Mac Niallais | Gaoth Dobhair | 0-8 | 8 | 3 | 2.67 |
| 7 | Paddy McNeice | Coalisland | 0-8 | 8 | 1 | 8.00 |
| 9 | Michael Carroll | Gaoth Dobhair | 1-4 | 7 | 3 | 2.33 |
| 9 | Damien McArdle | Scotstown | 1-4 | 7 | 4 | 1.75 |
| 9 | Kieran Hughes | Scotstown | 1-4 | 7 | 4 | 1.75 |

#### In a single game

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Daire Ó Baoill | Gaoth Dobhair | 3-0 | 9 | Crossmaglen Rangers |
| 2 | Rían O'Neill | Crossmaglen Rangers | 0-8 | 8 | Gaoth Dobhair |
| 2 | Paddy McNeice | Coalisland | 0-8 | 8 | Crossmaglen Rangers |
| 4 | Colm McGoldrick | Eoghan Rua | 2-1 | 7 | Castlerahan |
| 4 | Rían O'Neill | Crossmaglen Rangers | 0-7 | 7 | Coalisland |
| 6 | Kevin Cassidy | Gaoth Dobhair | 1-3 | 6 | Erin's Own, Cargin |
| 6 | Michael Carroll | Gaoth Dobhair | 1-3 | 6 | Erin's Own, Cargin |
| 6 | Shane Carey | Scotstown | 0-6 | 6 | Gaoth Dobhair |
| 9 | Kevin Cassidy | Gaoth Dobhair | 1-2 | 5 | Crossmaglen Rangers |
| 9 | Conall Jones | Derrygonnelly Harps | 1-2 | 6 | Scotstown |
| 9 | Conor McCarthy | Scotstown | 0-5 | 5 | Derrygonnelly Harps |
| 9 | Shane Carey | Scotstown | 0-5 | 5 | Burren |
| 9 | Donal O'Hare | Burren | 0-5 | 5 | Scotstown |