Leinster Under-20 Football Championship
Leinster Under-20 Football Championship | |
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Current season or competition: 2022 Leinster Under-20 Football Championship | |
Irish | Craobh Peile Laighean Fé-20 |
Code | Gaelic football |
Founded | 1964 |
Region | Leinster (GAA) |
Trophy | Flood Cup |
No. of teams | 11 |
Title holders | Meath (9th title) |
Most titles | Dublin (16 titles) |
Sponsors | EirGrid |
TV partner(s) | TG4 |
Official website | Leinster GAA website |
The Leinster GAA Football Under-20 Championship, known simply as the Leinster Under-20 Championship, is an annual
The final, currently held in July, serves as the culmination of a series of games played during a five to six-week period, and the results determine which team receives the Flood Cup. The championship has usually been played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team loses they are eliminated from the championship.
The Leinster Championship is an integral part of the wider
Eleven teams currently participate in the Leinster Championship, with Kilkenny remaining the only county not to field a team. The title has been won at least once by eight teams, with seven of these winning the title more than once.
Current format
Overview
The Leinster Championship is a
Progression
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First round (6 teams) |
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Quarter-finals (8 teams) |
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Semi-finals (4 teams) |
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Final (2 teams) |
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Qualification for subsequent competitions
The Leinster Championship winners gain automatic entry to the semi-final stage of the
Managers
Manager | Team | Wins | Winning years |
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Dessie Farrell | Dublin | 4 | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 |
Jim Gavin
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Dublin | 3 | 2009, 2010, 2012 |
Luke Dempsey | Westmeath | 2 | 1999, 2000 |
Paddy Canning | Dublin | 2 | 2002, 2005 |
Seán Dempsey
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Laois | 2 | 2006, 2007 |
Tom Gray | Dublin | 2 | 2019, 2020 |
Brian Flanagan | Kildare | 2 | 2022, 2023 |
Paul Kenny | Meath | 1 | 2001 |
Tommy Lyons | Dublin | 1 | 2003 |
Peadar Mac Canann | Kildare | 1 | 2004 |
Glenn Ryan | Kildare | 1 | 2008 |
Kevin Kehoe | Wexford | 1 | 2011 |
Kieran McGeeney | Kildare | 1 | 2013 |
Davy Burke | Kildare | 1 | 2018 |
Declan Kelly | Offaly | 1 | 2021 |
Roll of honour
# | County | Titles | Runners-up | Years won | Years runners-up |
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1 | Dublin | 16 | 10 | 1974, 1975, 1980, 1984, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020 | 1976, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
2 | Kildare | 13 | 8 | 1965, 1966, 1967, 1972, 1976, 1983, 1992, 2004, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022, 2023 | 1973, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1989, 2005, 2015, 2016 |
3 | Meath | 9 | 5 | 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2024 | 1971, 1987, 1994, 2000, 2014 |
Offaly | 9 | 7 | 1968, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1979, 1986, 1988, 1995, 2021 | 1964, 1965, 1970, 1972, 1978, 2007, 2017 | |
5 | Laois | 8 | 6 | 1964, 1969, 1982, 1987, 1994, 1998, 2006, 2007 | 1975, 1986, 1999, 2009, 2019, 2020 |
6 | Louth | 3 | 4 | 1970, 1978, 1981 | 1979, 1983, 1996, 2012, 2024 |
7 | Westmeath | 2 | 3 | 1999, 2000 | 1995, 1997, 2010 |
8 | Wexford | 1 | 4 | 2011 | 1968, 1974, 1988, 2008 |
9 | Longford | 0 | 7 | - | 1966, 1981, 1982, 2003, 2006, 2011, 2013 |
Wicklow | 0 | 5 | - | 1967, 1969, 1990, 1991, 2002 | |
Carlow | 0 | 1 | - | 1984 |
List of finals
Year | Winner | Score | Opponent | Score |
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2024 | Meath | 3-13 | Louth | 0-12 |
2023 | Kildare | 0-16 aet | Dublin | 0-13 |
2022 | Kildare | 0-17 | Dublin | 0-15 |
2021 | Offaly | 0-15 | Dublin | 3-03 |
2020 | Dublin | 0-18 | Laois | 0-08 |
2019 | Dublin | 4-18 | Laois | 0-17 |
2018 | Kildare | 1-15 | Dublin | 0-10 |
2017[1] | Dublin | 2-14 | Offaly | 0-08 |
2016[2] | Dublin | 2-14 | Kildare | 0-17 |
2015[3] | Dublin | 3-10 | Kildare | 1-12 |
2014[4] | Dublin | 0-15 | Meath | 0-10 |
2013[5] | Kildare | 1-12 | Longford | 0-12 |
2012 | Dublin | 1-16 | Louth | 0-08 |
2011 [6] | Wexford | 1-09 | Longford | 0-11 |
2010 | Dublin | 1-12 | Westmeath | 0-09 |
2009 | Dublin | 0-12 | Laois | 0-09 |
2008 | Kildare | 0-10 | Wexford | 0-06 |
2007 | Laois | 0-13 | Offaly | 1-07 |
2006 | Laois | 0-09 | Longford | 0-07 |
2005 | Dublin | 0-13 | Kildare | 0-11 |
2004 | Kildare | 1-10 | Dublin | 0-12 |
2003 | Dublin | 3-13 | Longford | 1-06 |
2002 | Dublin | 1-17 | Wicklow | 2-04 |
2001 | Meath | 0-10 | Dublin | 0-05 |
2000 | Westmeath | 0-07 | Meath | 0-06 |
1999 | Westmeath | 1-09 | Laois | 0-10 |
1998 | Laois | 1-13 | Dublin | 1-07 |
1997 | Meath | 1-11 | Westmeath | 0-07 |
1996 | Meath | 1-08 | Louth | 0-08 |
1995 | Offaly | 0-14 | Westmeath | 0-08 |
1994 | Laois | 1-17 | Meath | 1-13 |
1993 | Meath | 2-11 | Dublin | 2-09 |
1992 | Kildare | 2-12 | Dublin | 0-09 |
1991 | Meath | 0-09 | Wicklow | 1-05 |
1990 | Meath | 1-14 | Wicklow | 0-06 |
1989 | Meath | 2-05 | Kildare | 0-09 |
1988 | Offaly | 2-07 | Wexford | 2-05 |
1987 | Laois | 1-12 | Meath | 1-08 |
1986 | Offaly | 1-10 | Laois | 0-09 |
1985 | Meath | 2-07 | Kildare | 0-12 |
1984 | Dublin | 0-09 | Carlow | 1-05 |
1983 | Kildare | 1-13 | Louth | 1-08 |
1982 | Laois | 2-11 | Longford | 0-03 |
1981 | Louth | 2-08 | Longford | 0-06 |
1980 | Dublin | 0-10 | Kildare | 0-08 |
1979 | Offaly | 4-14 | Louth | 5-04 |
1978 | Louth | 2-08 | Offaly | 2-07 |
1977 | Offaly | 0-12 | Kildare | 0-04 |
1976 | Kildare | 1-12 | Dublin | 0-09 |
1975 | Dublin | 0-12 | Laois | 1-06 |
1974 | Dublin | 1-10 | Wexford | 0-08 |
1973 | Offaly | 3-08 | Kildare | 3-06 |
1972 | Kildare | 2-09 | Offaly | 0-06 |
1971 | Offaly | 1-09 | Meath | 0-11 |
1970 | Louth | 2-13 | Offaly | 3-09 |
1969 | Laois | 2-07 | Wicklow | 2-06 |
1968 | Offaly | 2-13 | Wexford | 0-07 |
1967 | Kildare | 3-11 | Wicklow | 0-04 |
1966 | Kildare | 4-14 | Longford | 2-05 |
1965 | Kildare | 1-11 | Offaly | 0-10 |
1964
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Laois | 1-08 | Offaly | 0-08 |
Records and statistics
Final
Team
- Most titles: 16:
- Dublin (1974, 1975, 1980, 1984, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020)
- Most consecutive title wins: 4:
- Dublin (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
- Most appearances in a final: 23:
- Dublin (1974, 1975, 1986, 1980, 1984, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
- Most appearances in a final without winning: 7:
- Longford (1966, 1981, 1982, 2003, 2006, 2011, 2013)
Teams
By decade
The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Leinster Championship titles, is as follows:
- 1960s: 3 for Kildare (1965–66-67)
- 1970s: 4 for Offaly (1971-73-77-79)
- 1980s: 2 each for Dublin (1980–84), Laois (1982–87), Meath (1985–89) and Offaly (1986–89)
- 1990s: 5 for Meath (1990-91-93-96-97)
- 2000s: 4 for Dublin (2002-03-05-09)
- 2010s: 7 for Dublin (2010-12-14-15-16-17-19)
Gaps
Top three longest gaps between successive championship titles:
References
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- ^ "Hurley leads charge as Kildare end drought". Irish Examiner. 4 April 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ^ "O'Regan puts Wexford into history books". Irish Independent. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2011.