The Tipperary county football team represents Tipperary in men's

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and is governed by

Tipperary GAA The Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) () or Tipperary GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Tipperary and the Tipperary county teams. County Tippe ...

, the

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of the

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. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the

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, the

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and the

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. Tipperary's home ground is

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. The team's manager is Philly Ryan. Tipperary was the second

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county to win an

(SFC), as well as to appear in the final, following

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. The team last won the Munster Senior Championship in

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, the All-Ireland Senior Championship in

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and has never won the National League.

History

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(SFC) on four occasions — in

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, and

s also followed in 1922 and 1935, but seven provincial final defeats spanning 85 years came after those until winning against Cork in the 2020 Munster Senior Football Championship final. As the football championship is contested by a much larger number of teams than in hurling, success is hard won because of the high standard attained by many counties. For details on football history, see

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Kearns era: 2015–2019

In November 2015,

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, from the

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club

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, was appointed manager, with under-21, minor and junior manager Tommy Toomey as selector and Kearns's other selectors were Paul Fitzgerald of Fethard (Tipperary) and Shane Stapleton of Golden-Kilfeacle (Tipperary).Liam Kearns appointed Tipperary football manager
RTÉ In the 2016 All-Ireland SFC, the county reached the semi-final for the first time since 1935. Michael Quinlivan scored an early goal against

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in the quarter-final victory. Conor Sweeney scored two more goals for Tipperary in that game. But the following three seasons brought only two championship wins, against

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and

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, the former in 2017 and the latter in 2018. The

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semi-final was lost to a last-minute goal conceded to opponents

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. Tippeary achieved

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to Division 2 in 2017, sealed late on in the concluding game against

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with the completion of by a second-half

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from Michael Quinlivan. The team was

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to Division 3 in 2019. Exit from the

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swiftly followed, the defeat to

that county's first championship victory in seven years. An All-Ireland SFC qualifier defeat to Down in

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ended Tipperary's season and Kearns's time as manager. It was the first year since 2013 that Tipperary did not win a single championship match.

Power era: 2019–2023

In September 2019, David Power was named as the new manager of the Tipperary senior team on a two-year term. On 22 November 2020, Tipperary won the

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after a 0-17 to 0-14 win against

in the final. It was Tipperary's first Munster SFC title in 85 years. This achievement was all the more noteworthy as Tipperary had won only four league games in their previous two campaigns. On 6 December 2020, Tipperary played a second All-Ireland SFC semi-final in four years and again faced Mayo. In foggy conditions and losing by 16 points at half-time, the team eventually lost the game by a scoreline of 5-20 to 3-13. Power resigned in June 2023, leaving the role vacant until Paul Kelly was appointed in late 2023. Philly Ryan was appointed in August 2024.

Support

Friends of Tipperary Football was established in 1993. It organises fundarsing events and provides support for football in a county where

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traditionally dominates. It has an officer board and executive committee.

Crest and colours

The Tipperary players wore a white and green commemorative jersey for the

final - a replica of the jersey colours worn by the Tipperary team which was attacked on

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of 1920. At that time the county wore the colours of its county champions, not having an official jersey. The then county champions Fethard wore blue and white but

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's white and green was worn instead.

Panel

^INJ Player has had an injury which has affected recent involvement with the county team.
^RET Player has since retired from the county team.
^WD Player has since withdrawn from the county team due to a non-injury issue.

Management team

''Confirmed on 27 August 2024:'' *

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: Philly Ryan

Managerial history

This is an incomplete list of Tipperary county football team managers (senior).

Players

Notable players

Notable players include: * Philip Austin: 2006–2020 * Tommy Doyle * Michael Hogan * Peter Lambert * Declan BrowneDeclan Browne: 'I've no problem saying it, we all cried, I cried myself in the Hogan Stand'

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* John O'Callaghan * Michael Quinlivan * Conor Sweeney: until 2024

Records

Most appearances

Top scorers

All Stars

Tipperary have won four football All Stars.

Team sponsorship

Since 1991 the following companies have sponsored all of the Tipperary county football teams. *1991–1992:

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Honours

National

** Winners (4):

** Runners-up (1):

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** Winners (1):

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* All-Ireland Senior B Football Championship ** Winners (1): 1995 *

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** Winners (3):

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** Runners-up (1): 2015 *

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** Winners (2): 1934, 2011

Provincial

** Winners (10): 1888, 1889, 1895, 1900, 1902, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1935,

** Runners-up (18): 1894, 1899, 1907, 1923, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1939, 1943, 1944, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2002,

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** Winners (7): 1910, 1912, 1923, 1935, 1937, 1952, 1998 *

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** Winners (2): 2010, 2015 *

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** Winners (7): 1934, 1935, 1955, 1984, 1995, 2011, 2012 *

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** Winners (3): 1989, 1993, 2003 *

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** Winners (2): 1929–30, 1934–35

References

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