The All-Ireland Junior Football Championship is a GAA competition involving four Junior Gaelic football inter-county teams.

Prior to a change in competition structure in 2021, the competition was previously for all Junior Gaelic football inter-county teams in Ireland. In this previous format, the definition of what constituted a Junior player differed from county to county. In some, the junior team was the second team after the senior team. This meant that any players who had not played with the senior team could play with the junior team. In others, such as Cork and Kerry, players could only be chosen from clubs that played in junior or intermediate grades. These counties could not choose players from senior clubs, even if they were not on the senior county team. When a team won this championship, it had to pick a new team for the following year. No player could thus be on a winning team for two successive years. Ulster did not participate in the Junior Championship for a period, Cavan the 2014 champions represented Leinster in the absence of an Ulster competition.

Kerry are the most successful county in the competition's history, having lifted the title on twenty occasions. Kerry are current winners winning five in a row All Irelands. The 2008 championship was won by Dublin for the first time since 1960. Sligo defeated Kerry in 2010 to win their first title since 1935.

The current holders are New York, defeating Kilkenny by 0-13 to 1-09 in the 2023 final.

History 
For the bulk of this competition's history up to 2021, the winners of the provincial Junior Football Championships met to decide who was the "Home" winner. This team then met the champion county in Great Britain to determine the All-Ireland Junior Football champion.

Format

Historic format (1912-2019) 
The five provincial winners would contest the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship.

Teams (5)

Current format (2022-) 
At GAA Congress in 2021, a motion was passed to change the entire structure of the All Ireland Junior Football Championship competition to that of a mostly 'overseas competition' along with just one Irish county, Kilkenny. The Junior Football Championship competition therefore now involves just four teams: New York, Kilkenny, and the winner and runner-up of the British Junior Championship, all meeting in the All Ireland Junior Championship semi-finals.

Teams (4)

Teams

2023 Championship 
Nine counties will compete in the 2023 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship:

Roll of Honour

Wins by County

Wins by Province

List of Finals

Team records and statistics

Team results (since the 2022 restructure)

Legend 

  – Champions
  – Runners-up
  – Semi-Finals
  – All-Britain Championship

For each year, the number of teams in each championship (in brackets) are shown.

Performances and statistics by province

By decade 
The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of All-Ireland JFC titles, is as follows:

 1910s: 2 for  Kerry (1913, 1915) and  Dublin (1914, 1916)
 1920s: 2 for  Kerry (1924, 1928)
 1930s: 2 for  Louth (1932, 1934)
 1940s: 2 for  Kerry (1941, 1949)
 1950s: 3 for  Cork (1951, 1953, 1955)
 1960s: 2 for  Kerry (1963, 1967) and  London (1966, 1969)
 1970s: 2 for  London (1970, 1971)
 1980s: 3 for  Cork (1984, 1987, 1989)
 1990s: 3 for  Cork (1990, 1993, 1996)
 2000s: 4 for  Cork (2001, 2005, 2007, 2009)
 2010s: 6 for  Kerry (2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
 2020s: 1 for  Kilkenny (2022) and  New York (2023)

Other records

Finishing positions 

 Most championships
 20,  Kerry (1913, 1915, 1924, 1928, 1930, 1941, 1949, 1954, 1963, 1967, 1983, 1991, 1994, 2006, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)

 Most second-place finishes
 24,  London (1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1973, 1988, 1991, 1995)
Most semi-final finishes (2022–)
 2,  London (2022, 2023)
 2,  Warwickshire (2022, 2023)

Unbeaten sides 

 Every team that has won the championship has done so unbeaten.

Beaten sides 
On one occasion a team was defeated twice but have remained in the knockout championship:

  Lancashire (2023) were beaten by  Warwickshire and  London but still qualified for the knockout stage.

Final success rate 
Eight counties have appeared in the final, being victorious on all occasions:

  Tipperary (1912, 1923, 1998)
  Waterford (1999, 2004)
  Sligo (1935, 2010)
  Armagh (1926)
  Tyrone (1968)
  Monaghan (1956)
  Fermanagh (1959)
  Down (1946)

On the opposite end of the scale, nine counties has appeared in the final, losing on each occasion:

  Warwickshire (1946, 1951, 1955, 1957, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990)
  Lancashire (1949, 1953, 1958, 1963)
  Kildare (1927, 1970, 2011, 2013)
  Carlow (1913, 1923)
  Hertfordshire (1965, 1972)
  Yorkshire (1961, 1983)
  Leitrim (1938, 2004)
  Limerick (1916)
  Offaly (1998)

Consecutive participations 

 0, 000 (0000–0000)

000 have the record number of consecutive participations in the championship, taking part in 000 seasons.

Biggest wins 

 The most one sided finals:
 00 points – 0000: 000 vs 000
 The most one sided matches:
 18 points – 2023: Warwickshire 2-17 - 1-02 Scotland

Scoring Events (2023–) 

 Most goals in a match:
 5 – 2023: London 3-03 - 2-12 Warwickshire
 Most points in a match:
 33 –  2023: London 2-18 - 1-15 Lancashire
 33 –  2023: Warwickshire 1-18 - 1-15 London
 Most goals by one team in a match:
 3 – 2023: London 3-03 - 2-12 Warwickshire
 3 – 2023: Scotland 1-08 - 3-11 Lancashire
 Most points by one team in a match:
 18 –  2023: London 2-18 - 1-15 Lancashire
 18 –  2023: Warwickshire 1-18 - 1-15 London
 Highest aggregate score:
 42 points – 2023: London 2-18 - 1-15 Lancashire
 Lowest aggregate score:
 17 points –  2023: New York 1-07 - 0-07 Warwickshire

Successful defending 
A number of defending champions have retained their title. These are:

 000 00 attempts out of 00 (0000)

Gaps 

 Longest gaps between successive championship titles:
 87 years:  Cavan (1927–2014)
 75 years:  Tipperary (1923–1998)
 75 years:  Sligo (1935–2010)
 66 years:  Wicklow (1936–2002)
 60 years:  Roscommon (1940–2000)
 48 years:  Dublin (1960–2008)
 38 years:  Mayo (1957–1995)
 28 years:  London (1938–1966)
 27 years:  Galway (1931–1958)
 27 years:  Louth (1934–1961)
 Longest gaps between successive championship final appearances:
 0 years: N/A
 Longest gap between successive championship appearances
 0 years: N/A

Provinces 

 On 0 occasions has the All-Ireland JFC final involved two teams from the same province.
 The province providing the highest number of different winning teams is Leinster, with nine:
  Dublin
  Kilkenny
  Laois
  Longford
  Louth
  Meath
  Westmeath
  Wexford
  Wicklow
 Province success rates
 North America 100% (1 out of 1 counties)
 Connacht 80% (4 out of 5 counties)
 Leinster 75% (9 out of 12 counties)
 Ulster 67% (6 out of 9 counties)
 Munster 67% (4 out of 6 counties)
 Britain 14% (1 out of 7 counties)

Longest undefeated run 
The record for the longest unbeaten run stands at 000 games held by 000 (0000–0000).

Miscellaneous 

 Best finish by a debuting team
 Champions,  Tipperary (1912)
 Best finish by a debuting team (after 1912)
 TBD, 000 (0000)
 Highest winning record in finals (3 or more app.)
 100%,  Tipperary (3 wins in 3 matches)
 Lowest winning record in finals (3 or more app.)
 0%,  Warwickshire (0 wins in 9 matches)
 0%,  Lancashire (0 wins in 4 matches)
 0%,  Kildare (0 wins in 4 matches)
 Most played match
 Cork vs Kerry

Player records

Winning captains

See also
 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (Tier 1)
 Tailteann Cup (Tier 2)
 Connacht Junior Football Championship
 Leinster Junior Football Championship
 Munster Junior Football Championship
 Ulster Junior Football Championship

References

Sources
 Roll of Honour from RTE website
 Roll of Honour from gaainfo.com
 2011 Final Report

 
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Gaelic football junior