# 2021 Leinster Senior Football Championship

The 2021 Leinster Senior Football Championship is the 2021 iteration of the Leinster Senior Football Championship organised by Leinster GAA.

## Teams

The Leinster championship was contested by 11 of the 12 county teams in Leinster, a province of Ireland. Kilkenny was the only county team not to compete.
| Team | Colours | Sponsor | Manager | Captain | Most recent success | Most recent success |
| Team | Colours | Sponsor | Manager | Captain | All-Ireland | Provincial |
| Carlow | Red, green and gold | IT Carlow | Niall Carew | | | 1944 |
| Dublin | Sky blue and navy | AIG | Dessie Farrell | | 2020 | 2020 |
| Kildare | White | Brady's Family Ham | Jack O'Connor | | 1928 | 2000 |
| Laois | Blue and white | MW Hire | Mike Quirke | | | 2003 |
| Longford | Royal blue and gold | Glennon Brothers | Padraic Davis | | | 1968 |
| Louth | Red and white | StatSports | Mickey Harte | | 1957 | 1957 |
| Meath | Green and gold | Devenish | Andy McEntee | Shane McEntee | 1999 | 2010 |
| Offaly | White, green and gold | Carroll's | John Maughan | | 1982 | 1997 |
| Westmeath | Maroon and white | Renault | Jack Cooney | Kevin Maguire | | 2004 |
| Wexford | Purple and gold | Zurich | Shane Roche | | 1918 | 1945 |
| Wicklow | Royal blue and gold | Joule | Davy Burke | Dean Healy | | |

## Championship draw

The draw for the preliminary rounds and quarter-finals took place on 20 April 2021. The draw for the semi-finals took place on 4 July 2021, after the completion of the quarter-final ties.
| Preliminary round 27 June | Preliminary round 27 June | Preliminary round 27 June | Quarter-finals 4 July | Quarter-finals 4 July | Quarter-finals 4 July | Semi-finals 18 July | Semi-finals 18 July | Semi-finals 18 July | Final 1 August | Final 1 August | Final 1 August |
| | | | Kildare | Kildare | 1-15 | | | | | | |
| Offaly | Offaly | 3-19 AET | Offaly | Offaly | 0-13 | | | | | | |
| Louth | Louth | 0-19 | | | | Kildare | Kildare | 2-14 | | | |
| | | | | | | Westmeath | Westmeath | 0-18 | | | |
| | | | Laois | Laois | 1-10 | | | | | | |
| | | | Westmeath | Westmeath | 3-20 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Kildare | Kildare | 1-9 |
| | | | | | | | | | Dublin | Dublin | 0-20 |
| | | | Meath | Meath | 4-22 | | | | | | |
| Longford | Longford | 0-25 | Longford | Longford | 0-12 | | | | | | |
| Carlow | Carlow | 2-13 | | | | Meath | Meath | 1-13 | | | |
| | | | | | | Dublin | Dublin | 2-16 | | | |
| | | | Dublin | Dublin | 0-15 | | | | | | |
| Wexford | Wexford | 2-11 | Wexford | Wexford | 0-7 | | | | | | |
| Wicklow | Wicklow | 0-14 | | | | | | | | | |

## Preliminary round

| 27 June 2021 13:30 Round 1 | Offaly | 3-19 - 0-19 aet | Louth | Páirc Tailteann, Navan Attendance: 0 Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare) |
| 27 June 2021 13:30 Round 1 | Cian Farrell 0-7 (0-3f), Niall McNamee 1-3, Peter Cunningham 1-1, Bernard Allen 1-0, Paddy Dunican 0-2 (0-1f, 1 '45), Niall Darby, Jordan Hayes, Ruairi McNamee, Bill Carroll, Eoin Carroll, Mark Abbott 0-1 each | Report | Sam Mulroy 0-6 (0-4f), Ciaran Byrne 0-3, Ciaran Keenan 0-2, Dermot Campbell, Anthony Williams, Eoghan Callaghan, Liam Jackson, Ciaran Downey, Conor Grimes, Ryan Burns, Declan Byrne 0-1 each | Páirc Tailteann, Navan Attendance: 0 Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare) |
| 27 June 2021 15:00 Round 1 | Wexford | 2-11 - 0-14 | Wicklow | Aughrim Attendance: 0 Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford) |
| 27 June 2021 15:00 Round 1 | Mark Rossiter 1-6 (0-1f), Martin O'Connor 1-0, John Turbitt and Donal Shanley (0-2f) 0-2 each, Paraic Hughes 0-1 | Report | Patrick O'Connor 0-4, Arran Murphy 0-3, Mark Jackson (0-2f) and Chris O'Brien (0-2f) 0-2 each, Padraig O'Toole, Mark Kenny, Conor Byrne 0-1 each | Aughrim Attendance: 0 Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford) |
| 27 June 2021 16:30 Round 1 | Longford | 0-25 - 2-13 | Carlow | O'Connor Park, Tullamore Attendance: 0 Referee: Conor Lane (Cork) |
| 27 June 2021 16:30 Round 1 | Robbie Smyth and Rian Brady 0-5 each, Darren Gallagher 0-4 (0-3f), Dessie Reynolds, David McGivney, Joseph Hagan 0-2 each, Patrick Fox, Michael Quinn, Kevin Diffley, Donal McElligott, Dylan Farrell 0-1 each | Report | Darragh Foley 1-4 (0-3f), Paul Broderick 0-4 (0-3f), Conor Crowley 1-0, Chris Blake 0-3, Colm Hulton 0-2 | O'Connor Park, Tullamore Attendance: 0 Referee: Conor Lane (Cork) |

## Quarter-finals

| 4 July 2021 16:30 Quarter-final | Kildare | 1-15 - 0-13 | Offaly | O'Moore Park, Portlaoise Attendance: 500 Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan) |
| 4 July 2021 16:30 Quarter-final | Neil Flynn 1-7 (0-4f, 2 '45), Fergal Conway and Jimmy Hyland 0-2 each, Mick O'Grady (0-1m), Kevin Feely, Aaron Masterson, Darragh Kirwan 0-1 each | Report | Cian Farrell 0-8 (0-4f), Niall McNamee 0-2f, Paddy Dunican (1 '45), Anton Sullivan, Bernard Allen 0-1 each | O'Moore Park, Portlaoise Attendance: 500 Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan) |
| 4 July 2021 15:30 Quarter-final | Dublin | 0-15 - 0-7 | Wexford | Wexford Park, Wexford Attendance: 500 Referee: Derek O'Mahoney (Tipperary) |
| 4 July 2021 15:30 Quarter-final | Cormac Costello 0-7 (0-5f), Brian Howard and Brian Fenton 0-2 each, Ciaran Kilkenny, Tom Lahiff, Colm Basquel, Dean Rock 0-1 each | Report | Mark Rossiter 0-3 (0-2f), Donal Shanley 0-2 (0-1f), Paraic Hughes and John Tubritt 0-1 each | Wexford Park, Wexford Attendance: 500 Referee: Derek O'Mahoney (Tipperary) |
| 4 July 2021 13:30 Quarter-final | Westmeath | 3-20 - 1-10 | Laois | O'Connor Park, Tullamore Attendance: 500 Referee: David Coldrick (Meath) |
| 4 July 2021 13:30 Quarter-final | Lorcan Dolan 1-3 (0-1f), Ger Egan and John Heslin (0-3f) 0-5 each, Denis Corroon 1-1, David Lynch 1-0, Ronan O'Toole 0-3, James Dolan, Darren Giles, Tommy McDaniel 0-1 each | Report | Donie Kingston 0-6 (0-5f), Evan O'Carroll 1-0, Colm Murphy 0-3 (0-1m), Eoin Lowry 0-1 | O'Connor Park, Tullamore Attendance: 500 Referee: David Coldrick (Meath) |
| 4 July 2021 15:00 Quarter-final | Meath | 4-22 - 0-12 | Longford | Páirc Tailteann, Navan Attendance: 500 Referee: Ciaran Branagan (Down) |
| 4 July 2021 15:00 Quarter-final | Jordan Morris 1-4 (0-1f), Cathal Hickey 1-2, Bryan McMahon (0-1f) and James McEntee 0-4 each, Shane McEntee and James Conlon 1-0 each, Cillian O'Sullivan 0-3, Fionn Reilly, Bryan Menton, Matthew Costello (1 '45), Joey Wallace, Eamon Wallace 0-1 each | Report | David McGivney (0-3f) and Rian Brady (0-1f) 0-3 each, Kevin Diffley, Darren Gallagher (0-1f), Dessie Reynolds, Robbie Smyth (0-1f), Joseph Hagan (0-1m), Darragh Doherty 0-1 each | Páirc Tailteann, Navan Attendance: 500 Referee: Ciaran Branagan (Down) |

## Semi-finals

| 18 July 2021 14:00 Semi-final | Kildare | 2-14 - 0-18 | Westmeath | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: Limited to 18,000 due to COVID-19 restrictions. Referee: Derek O'Mahoney (Tipperary) |
| 18 July 2021 14:00 Semi-final | Neil Flynn 0-7 (0-4f), Daniel Flynn and Jimmy Hyland 1-1 each, Kevin Feely, Aaron Masterson, Alex Beirne, Fergal Conway, Shane O'Sullivan 0-1 each | Report | John Heslin 0-8 (0-7f), Lorcan Dolan 0-5 (0-1m), James Dolan, Sam McCartan (1 '45), Ger Egan, David Lynch, Darren Giles 0-1 each | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: Limited to 18,000 due to COVID-19 restrictions. Referee: Derek O'Mahoney (Tipperary) |
| 18 July 2021 16:30 Semi-final | Dublin | 2-16 - 1-13 | Meath | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: Limited to 18,000 due to COVID-19 restrictions. Referee: Conor Lane (Cork) |
| 18 July 2021 16:30 Semi-final | Cormac Costello 1-4 (1-0 pen), Con O'Callaghan 1-3, Ciaran Kilkenny 0-5, Dean Rock 0-2 (0-1f), Brian Fenton and Paddy Small 0-1 each | Report | Matthew Costello 1-2 (0-1f), Jordan Morris 0-3 (0-1), Eamonn Wallace and Joey Wallace 0-2 each, Cillian O'Sullivan, Bryan McMahon, James McEntee (1 '45), Thomas O'Reilly (0-1f) 0-1 each | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: Limited to 18,000 due to COVID-19 restrictions. Referee: Conor Lane (Cork) |

## Final

* RTÉ
* 1 August 2021 (2021-08-01) 16:00 IST (UTC+1) Final
| Dublin | 0-20 (20) – (12) 1-09 | Kildare |
| (HT: 0-9 - 0-5) |||
* Croke Park, Dublin Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan) Attendance: 18,000
Dublin advanced to the 2021 All-Ireland SFC semi-finals.