The 2024 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) was the 137th edition of the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament since its establishment in 1887. Thirty-one of the thirty-two Irish counties took part – Kilkenny did not compete, while London and New York completed the lineup.
The championship worked as a two-tier system for the third time, with the Tailteann Cup being the second-tier competition for those that do not qualify for the Sam Maguire Cup competition.
The draws for the championship took place on 21 October 2023. The final was played on 28 July 2024 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Armagh and Connacht champion Galway. Armagh won a second title, with a 1–11 to 0–13 win against Galway in that game.
Format
Provincial Championships
Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise a provincial championship. All provincial matches are knock-out.
Group stage format
Sixteen teams progress to the All-Ireland Championship round-robin:
- The four provincial champions
- The four beaten provincial finalists
- The 2023 Tailteann Cup winners (Meath)
- The seven next-ranked teams, based on final position in the 2024 National Football League
- Position is based on standing after promotion and relegation are applied and after finals are played; therefore, the top two teams in Division 2 outrank the bottom two teams in Division 1, and if the 2nd placed team in Division 2 wins the final, they are ranked above the 1st-place finishers who lost the final.
- If Meath reaches the Leinster final, an 8th team will be chosen based on league position.
The other 17 county teams compete in the 2024 Tailteann Cup.
In the All-Ireland Championship round-robin, 16 teams are drawn into four groups of four teams. Each team plays the other in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. Each team plays one home, one away, and one neutral fixture.
The top three in each group advance to the knockout stages, first-place teams to the All-Ireland quarter-finals, and second and third-placed teams to the preliminary quarter-finals.
Knockout stage format
The four second-placed teams play against the third-placed teams in the preliminary quarter-finals. The winners of the preliminary quarter-finals advance to play the group winners in the All-Ireland quarter-finals. Two semi-finals and a final follow. All matches are knock-out.
Teams
Thirty-three counties competed in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: seven teams in the Connacht Senior Football Championship, eleven teams in the Leinster Senior Football Championship, six teams in the Munster Senior Football Championship and nine teams in the Ulster Senior Football Championship.
Provincial championships
Connacht Senior Football Championship
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Leinster Senior Football Championship
Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Munster Senior Football Championship
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Ulster Senior Football Championship
Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Semi-final
Final
Team allocation and draw
Team allocation
Seven places in the All-Ireland group stage were allocated based on performance in the 2024 National Football League, as detailed below.
Group stage draw
Number in brackets indicates ranking in the 2024 NFL.
Group stage
Group 1
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Group 2
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Group 3
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Group 4
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Knockout stage
Bracket
Knockout draws
Preliminary Quarter-Finals
Quarter-Finals
Semi-finals
Final
Stadia and locations
Statistics
Top scorers
Overall
In a single game
Scoring events
Does not include after extra-time.
- Widest winning margin: 27 points
- London 0-09 - 5-21 Galway (Connacht quarter-final)
- Most goals in a match: 6
- Longford 3-12 - 3-19 Meath (Leinster preliminary round)
- Most points in a match: 41
- Donegal 1-23 - 0-18 Louth (All-Ireland quarter-final)
- Most goals by one team in a match: 5
- London 0-09 - 5-21 Galway (Connacht quarter-final)
- Cavan 0-13 - 5-17 Dublin (Round 2)
- Most points by one team in a match: 24
- Kerry 0-24 - 1-11 Monaghan (Round 1)
- Highest aggregate score: 52 points
- Cavan 1-20 - 3-20 Roscommon (Round 3)
- Lowest aggregate score: 21 points
- Leitrim 0-06 - 0-15 Sligo (Connacht quarter-final)
- Waterford 2-07 - 1-05 Tipperary (Munster quarter-final)
Miscellaneous
- Sligo and Leitrim met in the Connacht Championship for the first time since 2011.
- Waterford beat Tipperary for the first time since 1988 and had their first win in the Munster SFC since 2010.
- Dublin and Offaly met in the Leinster championship for the first time since 2007.
- Clare appeared in consecutive Munster finals for the first time since 1936 and 1937.
- Ennis hosted the Munster SFC final for the first time since 1919.
- Louth appeared in consecutive Leinster finals for the first time since 1957 and 1958.
- Louth defeated Meath in the championship for the first time since 1975.
- Galway won the Connacht title third year running for the first time since 1982–84.
- Dublin won a 14th Leinster title in a row.
- Inniskeen hosted its first ever championship game.
- Louth reached the All-Ireland quarter-finals for the first time. (They had reached the semi-finals and final on previous occasions, but had not reached the quarter-finals since that stage was introduced in 2001.)
- Armagh reached the All-Ireland semi-finals for the first time since 2005, reached the All-Ireland final for the first time since 2003 and won the All-Ireland for the first time since 2002.
- Armagh wore black against Kerry in the All-Ireland semi-final.
- Dublin failed to reach the All-Ireland semi-finals for the first time since 2009.
- Donegal reached the All-Ireland semi-finals for the first time since 2014.
- Derry played, and lost to, all four teams that reached the All-Ireland semi finals.
See also
- 2024 Connacht Senior Football Championship
- 2024 Leinster Senior Football Championship
- 2024 Munster Senior Football Championship
- 2024 Ulster Senior Football Championship
- 2024 Tailteann Cup (Tier 2)
- 2024 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
- 2024 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
Notes
References
External links
- GAA official website
