The 2019–20 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship was the 50th staging of the

All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship The All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament which began in season 1970–71. It is the top-tier competition for the senior football clubs of Ireland and London. The current champions are Cuala of D ...

since its establishment by the

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in 1970–71. The competition began on 20 October 2019 and ended on 19 January 2020. The defending champion was Corofin. Corofin defeated Kilcoo by 1–12 to 0–7 in the

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on 19 January 2020 to retain the title. This was the club's fifth title overall, and was also the first time any team had won three successive editions of the competition.

Format

County Championships All thirty-two

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in Ireland and

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play their

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senior championships between their top

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. Each county decides the format for their county championship. The format can be straight knockout,

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, 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. Traditionally, the All-Ireland Club Championship Finals were held on St. Patrick's Day. The GAA decided to bring forward the Club Finals to 19 January 2020 with a view to completing the competition in the calendar year from 2021. Provincial championships

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and

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each organise a

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championship for their participating county champions. The

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senior champions play in the

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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 Club SFC final was played in Croke Park on 17 March (

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), but it was also moved to 19 January 2020.

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

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Leinster

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Munster

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Ulster

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Semi-finals

Final

TV coverage

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continued to broadcast live and deferred club championship games.

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entered the third year of an agreement to broadcast live Gaelic football and hurling club championship games, including county championships and provincial and All-Ireland club championship matches. In addition to TG4 and eir Sport,

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also broadcast games from the AIB Club Championships, which runs alongside TG4's coverage.

Awards

Team of the Year # Bernard Power ( Corofin) # Aaron Branagan ( Kilcoo) # Kieran Fitzgerald ( Corofin) # Liam Silke ( Corofin) # Kevin O'Donovan (

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) #

Robbie McDaid Robert McDaid (born 1993) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Dublin Senior Football Championship, Dublin SFC club Ballyboden St Enda's GAA, Ballyboden St Enda's and at inter-county level with the Dublin senior football team. He usually li ...

( Ballyboden St Enda's) # Darryl Branagan ( Kilcoo) #

Daithí Burke Daithí Burke (born 16 November 1992) is an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer who plays at senior level for the Galway county hurling team and for his clubs Turloughmore and Corofin. Burke made his debut for Galway against Laois, and was p ...

( Corofin) #

Ronan Steede Ronan Steede (born 1991/1992) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Corofin and the Galway county team. A player during Corofin's run of three consecutive All-Ireland Club SFC titles from 2018 until 2020, Steede received recognition fro ...

( Corofin) #

Gary Sice Gary Sice (born 8 November 1984) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for his local club, Corofin, and, formerly, at senior level for the Galway county team from 2007 until 2017. Sice was a key member of the St Jarlath's College team that won ...

( Corofin) # Paul Devlin ( Kilcoo) # Seán Gannon ( Éire Óg) # Colm Basquel ( Ballyboden St Enda's) # Martin Farragher ( Corofin) # Conor Laverty ( Kilcoo) Footballer of the Year *

( Corofin) Also nominated: Darryl Branagan ( Kilcoo) & Liam Silke ( Corofin)

References

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