2021 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 9 July – 5 September 2021 |
| Teams | 13 |
| All-Ireland champions | |
| Winners | Dublin |
| Captain | Sinéad Aherne |
| Manager | Mick Bohan |
| Provincial champions | |
| Championship Statistics | |
| Top Scorer |  Aimee Mackin (4-28) (40 points) |
← 2020 → | |
The 2021 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship was the 48th edition of the
Dublin were the holders and were aiming to complete a five-in-a-row.[3] They met Meath, last year's intermediate champions, in the final. Meath won the final to record their first ever senior football title.[4]
Format
Group stage
The 13 teams are drawn into one group of four teams and three groups of three teams. Each team play each other team in its group once, earning three points for a win and one for a draw.
Relegation
The last-placed team in each group play off to decide relegation.
Knockout stage
The top two in each group progress to the All-Ireland quarter-finals.
Fixtures and results
Group games take place 9–24 July 2021.
| Advance to All-Ireland quarter-finals | |
| Relegation playoffs |
Group 1
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Group Points |
Score Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Armagh
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | +33 |
 Mayo
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | –4 |
Monaghan
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | –13 |
Cavan
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | –16 |
Group 2
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Group Points |
Score Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cork
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +21 |
Meath
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | +12 |
Tipperary
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | –33 |
Group 3
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Group Points |
Score Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Dublin
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +27 |
Waterford
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | –4 |
Tyrone
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | –23 |
Group 4
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Group Points |
Score Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Galway
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +6 |
Donegal
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | –1 |
Kerry
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | –5 |
Relegation playoffs
Tyrone are relegated to the All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship for 2022.
Finals
See also
- 2021 All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship
- 2021 All-Ireland Junior Ladies' Football Championship
- 2021 Ladies' National Football League
References
- ^ "2021 All-Ireland Ladies Football Championship Fixtures announced". 3 June 2021.
- ^ "All-Ireland Ladies SFC: All you need to know". 9 July 2021 – via www.rte.ie.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Watters, Andy (21 May 2021). "Tyrone to face five in-a-row chasing Dublin in Ladies' All-Ireland Championships group stage". The Irish News.
- ^ Branigan, Peter (5 September 2021). "Meath the champions after stunning Dublin at Croke Park" – via www.rte.ie.
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