The 2021-22 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship is the 51st staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club football tournament.
It was the first club championship to be organised in two years as the 2020-21 championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The championship began on 21 November 2021 and ends in February 2022.
Corofin were the previous champions having won the 2019-20 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.
Corofin were beaten in the 2021 Galway final and were not able to defend their All-Ireland title.
Format
County Championships
All thirty two counties in Ireland and London play their county senior championships between their top gaelic football clubs.
Each county decides the format for their county championship.
The format can be straight knockout, double-elimination, a league, groups, etc. or a combination.
Only single club teams are allowed to enter the All-Ireland Club championship.
If a team that is an amalgamation of two or more clubs, a divisional team or a university team wins a county's championship, a single club team will represent that county in the provincial championship as determined by that county's championship rules.
Normally it is the club team that exited the championship at the highest stage.
Provincial Championships
Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise a provincial championship for their participating county champions.
The Kilkenny senior champions play in the Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship.
London continue to compete in the Connacht championship – in previous years they played one of the provincial champions in a single match in December referred to as a quarter-final.
All matches are knock-out.
Two ten minute periods of extra time are played each way if it's a draw at the end of normal time in all matches including the final.
If the score is still level after extra time the match is replayed.
All-Ireland
In a bid to shorten the break between the provincial finals and the All-Ireland semi-finals, the two semi-finals between the four provincial champions will be played in early January – previously they were held in mid-February.
Traditionally, the All-Ireland final was played in Croke Park on St. Patrick's Day, the 17th of March, but it has also been moved to February 2022.
TV Coverage
TG4 continue to broadcast live and deferred club championship games.
RTÉ also broadcast games from the AIB Club Championships on Saturdays.
County Finals
Connacht
Galway SFC
Leitrim SFC
London SFC
Mayo SFC
Roscommon SFC
Sligo SFC Leinster
Carlow SFC
Dublin SFC
Kildare SFC
Kilkenny SFC
The Kilkenny SFC champions take part in the Leinster Club Intermediate Football Championship.
Laois SFC
Longford SFC
Louth SFC
Meath SFC
Offaly SFC
Westmeath SFC
Wexford SFC
Wicklow SFC Munster
Clare SFC
Cork SFC
Kerry SFC
Limerick SFC
Tipperary SFC
Waterford SFC Ulster
Antrim SFC
Armagh SFC
Cavan SFC
Donegal SFC
Derry SFC
Down SFC
Fermanagh SFC
Monaghan SFC
Tyrone SFC Provincial Championships
[[Connacht Senior Club Football Championship|Connacht]]
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
Final
[[Leinster Senior Club Football Championship|Leinster]]
Preliminary Round
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
Final
[[Munster Senior Club Football Championship|Munster]]
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
Final
[[Ulster Senior Club Football Championship|Ulster]]
Preliminary Round
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
Final
All-Ireland
Semi-Finals
Final
Championship statistics
Top scorers
Overall Top Scorers
References
