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Leinster Senior Football Championship

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Established
1888 (138 years old)

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Current Season
2025

Current Round
125

Sport
Gaelic

Location
Ireland

Gender
Male

TV Rights
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19 Apr 26	Kildare GKildare GAA Football	26 - 21	Laois GAALaois GAA Football
19 Apr 26	Wicklow GWicklow GAA Football	20 - 22	Dublin GADublin GAA Football
19 Apr 26	Louth GAALouth GAA Football	28 - 11	Wexford GWexford GAA Football
19 Apr 26	Meath GAAMeath GAA Football	25 - 30	WestmeathWestmeath GAA Football
12 Apr 26	Longford Longford GAA Football	19 - 40	WestmeathWestmeath GAA Football
12 Apr 26	Carlow GACarlow GAA Football	10 - 21	Wicklow GWicklow GAA Football
11 Apr 26	Offaly GAOffaly GAA Football	12 - 21	Laois GAALaois GAA Football
11 May 25	Meath GAAMeath GAA Football	21 - 14	Louth GAALouth GAA Football
27 Apr 25	Dublin GADublin GAA Football	19 - 23	Meath GAAMeath GAA Football
27 Apr 25	Kildare GKildare GAA Football	18 - 21	Louth GAALouth GAA Football

Description

The Leinster Senior Football Championship, known simply as the Leinster Championship and shortened to Leinster SFC, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county Gaelic football competition in the province of Leinster, and has been contested every year since the 1888 championship.

The final, currently held on the fourth Sunday in June, serves as the culmination of a series of games played during May and June, and the results determine which team receives the Delaney Cup. The championship has always been played on a straight knockout basis, whereby once a team loses they are eliminated from the championship.

The Leinster SFC is an integral part of the wider All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. The winners of the Leinster SFC final, like their counterparts in Connacht, Munster and Ulster, are rewarded by advancing directly to the All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals. Depending on results earlier in the season and elsewhere, some of the defeated teams may advance to the All-Ireland SFC, while other defeated teams play any further games they may have in the Tailteann Cup.

11 teams currently participate in the Leinster SFC. One of the most successful team in Gaelic football, namely Dublin, play their provincial football in this competition, and have won the title on a record 60 occasions, while they have also claimed 30 All-Ireland SFC titles.

The Leinster SFC title has been won at least once by 11 of the Leinster counties, eight of which have won the title more than once. Wicklow are the only team never to have won the title, while three-time winner Kilkenny no longer participate. Dublin, who are also the current champions, have dominated the competition since its beginning.


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Carlow GAA Foot		Dublin GAA Foot		Kildare GAA Foo
Laois GAA Footb		Longford GAA Fo		Louth GAA Footb
Meath GAA Footb		Offaly GAA Foot		Westmeath GAA F
Wexford GAA Foo		Wicklow GAA Foo

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