Leinster Junior Football Championship
The Leinster Junior Football Championship is a junior "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in the province of Leinster in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Leinster Council. The competition began in 1906, with Wicklow winning during the inaugural year. The most successful county to date is Dublin who have won on twenty occasions. The current (2017) Leinster junior football champions are Meath.
| Leinster Junior Football Championship | |
|---|---|
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| Founded | 1906 |
| Title holders | Meath (18th title) |
| Most titles | Dublin (20 titles) |
The winners of the Leinster Junior Football Championship each year progress to play the other provincial champions for a chance to win the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship.
2007
| Provincial Finals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Dublin | 1–11 | |||||||||||||
| Louth | 0–12 | |||||||||||||
| Dublin | 0–16 | |||||||||||||
| Wicklow | 1–7 | |||||||||||||
| Wicklow | ||||||||||||||
| Bye | ||||||||||||||
| Dublin | 1–8 | |||||||||||||
| Wexford | 1–10 | |||||||||||||
| Meath | 2–12 | |||||||||||||
| Kildare | 1–13 | |||||||||||||
| Meath | 2–9 | |||||||||||||
| Wexford | 2–14 | |||||||||||||
| Wexford | 3–18 | |||||||||||||
| Kilkenny | 0–10 | |||||||||||||
Top winners
| Team | Wins | Years won | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dublin | 20 | 1908, 1914, 1916, 1922, 1926, 1930, 1939, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1971, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1994, 2008 |
| 2 | Meath | 18 | 1947, 1952, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2017, 2019 |
| 3 | Louth | 12 | 1910, 1912, 1925, 1928, 1932, 1934, 1946, 1957, 1961, 1966, 2009,[1] 2010[2] |
| Kildare | 12 | 1927, 1931, 1938, 1956, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1989, 2004, 2011, 2013, 2018 | |
| 4 | Wexford | 8 | 1911, 1963, 1984, 1992, 2000, 2007, 2015, 2016 |
| 5 | Wicklow | 6 | 1906, 1909, 1936, 1949, 1969, 2002 |
| 6 | Laois | 5 | 1907, 1941, 1968, 1973, 1993 |
| 7 | Offaly | 4 | 1935, 1972, 1998, 2001 |
| Westmeath | 4 | 1905, 1915, 1929, 1940 | |
| 8 | Carlow | 3 | 1913, 1923, 1933 |
| Longford | 3 | 1924 (awarded), 1937, 1953 | |
| 9 | Cavan | 2 | 2012, 2014 |
Roll of honour
| Year | Winners | Score | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022- | Kilkenny represent the province | |||
| 2020-21 | No championship | |||
| 2019 | Meath | 2-14 | Kildare | 0-18 |
| 2018 | Kildare | 2-17 | Meath | 2-15 |
| 2017[3] | Meath | 0–19 | Louth | 0–10 |
| 2016[4] | Wexford | 2–12 | Louth | 0–09 |
| 2015[5] | Wexford | 1–10 | Meath | 0–12 |
| 2014[6] | Cavan | 1–11 | Longford | 1–07 |
| 2013[7] | Kildare | 2–15 | Longford | 3–08 |
| 2012[8] | Cavan | 1–13 | Kildare | 0–09 |
| 2011[9] | Kildare | 5–08 | Cavan | 1–09 |
| 2010 | Louth | 0–13 | Cavan | 2–06 |
| 2009 | Louth | 0–11, 1–12 (R) | Longford | 0–11, 0–10 (R) |
| 2008 | Dublin | 1–13 | Meath | 1–09 |
| 2007 | Wexford | 1–10 | Dublin | 1–08 |
| 2006 | Meath | 1–12 | Louth | 0–11 |
| 2005 | Meath | 1–09 | Louth | 0–05 |
| 2004 | Kildare | 0–09 | Dublin | 0–08 |
| 2003 | Meath | 1–15 | Wexford | 0–07 |
| 2002 | Wicklow | 3–06 | Kildare | 0–09 |
| 2001 | Offaly | 2–09 | Meath | 1–11 |
| 2000 | Wexford | 1–09 | Dublin | 1–05 |
| 1999 | Meath | 1–9 | Dublin | 1–06 |
| 1998 | Offaly | 1–18 | Kildare | 0–08 |
| 1997 | Meath | 0–16 | Louth | 1–08 |
| 1996 | Meath | 1–13 | Laois | 2–07 |
| 1995 | Meath | 2–11 | Offaly | 1–05 |
| 1994 | Dublin | 0–09 | Louth | 0–05 |
| 1993 | Laois | 2–08 | Carlow | 0–11 |
| 1992 | Wexford | 1–16 | Meath | 2–10 |
| 1991 | Meath | 1–10, 1–14 (R) | Dublin | 1–10, 2–02 (R) |
| 1990 | Meath | 0–15 | Dublin | 0–11 |
| 1989 | Kildare | 1–07 | Louth | 1–06 |
| 1988 | Meath | 0–10 | Dublin | 1–04 |
| 1987 | Dublin | 1–08 | Meath | 0–04 |
| 1986 | Meath | 1–10 | Kildare | 1–05 |
| 1985 | Dublin | 3–16 | Louth | 2–04 |
| 1984 | Wexford | 0–08 | Louth | 0–06 |
| 1983 | Dublin | 2–08 | Meath | 0–05 |
| 1974-82 | No Championship | |||
| 1973 | Laois | 1–09 | Meath | 0–09 |
| 1972 | Offaly | 3–08 | Wexford | 1–03 |
| 1971 | Dublin | 2–09 | Kilkenny | 0–05 |
| 1970 | Kildare | 3–13 | Dublin | 1–11 |
| 1969 | Wicklow | 2–05 | Meath | 0–05 |
| 1968 | Laois | 2–07, 0–09 (R) | Westmeath | 3–04, 0–04 (R) |
| 1967 | Kildare | 2–08 | Offaly | 1–07 |
| 1966 | Louth | 3–14 | Kildare | 3–12 |
| 1965 | Kildare | 2–08 | Laois | 0–08 |
| 1964 | Meath | 3–10 | Kildare | 0–13 |
| 1963 | Wexford | 0–14 | Westmeath | 1–06 |
| 1962 | Meath | 2–11 | Wexford | 1–04 |
| 1961 | Louth | 2–04 | Dublin | 0–08 |
| 1960 | Dublin | 2–09 | Meath | 0–05 |
| 1959 | Dublin | 2–16 | Longford | 0–05 |
| 1958 | Meath | 1–05 | Dublin | 1–03 |
| 1957 | Louth | 2–06 | Kilkenny | 1–05 |
| 1956 | Kildare | 2–08 | Wexford | 2–03 |
| 1955 | Dublin | 1–12, 1–08 (R) | Meath | 4–03, 0–05 (R) |
| 1954 | Dublin | 0–10, 2–11 (R) | Louth | 0–10, 2–04 (R) |
| 1953 | Longford | 3–05 | Kilkenny | 1–05 |
| 1952 | Meath | 2–06 | Wicklow | 0–01 |
| 1951 | Dublin | 5–07 | Carlow | 0–07 |
| 1950 | Dublin | 1–15 | Wexford | 2–08 |
| 1949 | Wicklow | 5–02 | Meath | 2–10 |
| 1948 | Dublin | 2–09, 6–03 (R) | Wexford | 4–03, 2–04 (R) |
| 1947 | Meath | 2–03 | Dublin | 1–04 |
| 1946 | Louth | 3–05 | Wexford | 0–01 |
| 1942-45 | No Championship | |||
| 1941 | Laois | 2–07 | Louth | 2–05 |
| 1940 | Westmeath | 5–07 | Kildare | 0–05 |
| 1939 | Dublin | 2–04, 2–12 (R) | Meath | 1–07, 0–07 (R) |
| 1938 | Kildare | 1–03 | Westmeath | 0–05 |
| 1937 | Longford | 3–04 | Offaly | 4–01 |
| 1936 | Wicklow | 5–05 | Kildare | 0–03 |
| 1935 | Offaly | 1–06, 2–03 (R) | Dublin | 1–06, 0–02 (R) |
| 1934 | Louth | 2–04, 1–07 (R) | Kildare | 1–07, 0–05 (R) |
| 1933 | Carlow | 5–03 | Wicklow | 4–05 |
| 1932 | Louth | 2–07 | Carlow | 1–05 |
| 1931 | Kildare | 1–06 | Dublin | 1–04 |
| 1930 | Dublin | 3–03 | Carlow | 0–02 |
| 1929 | Westmeath | 1–02 | Laois | 0–02 |
| 1928 | Louth | 1–05 | Dublin | 1–04 |
| 1927 | Kildare | 3–03 | Offaly | 2–03 |
| 1926 | Dublin | 0–04 | Kildare | 0–03 |
| 1925 | Louth | 1–03 | Dublin | 0–04 |
| 1924 | Longford* | 0–02 | Meath | 1–03 |
| 1923 | Carlow | 2–05 | Dublin | 1–01 |
| 1922 | Dublin | 0–03, 2–02 (R) | Wicklow | 0–03, 0–03 (R) |
| 1917-21 | No Championship | |||
| 1916 | Dublin | 2–07 | Wexford | 0–02 |
| 1915 | Westmeath | 3–00 | Wexford | 0–02 |
| 1914 | Dublin | 2–02 | Kilkenny | 0–03 |
| 1913 | Carlow | 3–04 | Meath | 0–00 |
| 1912 | Louth | 3–01 | Carlow | 2–02 |
| 1911 | Wexford | 3–01 | Dublin | 0–02 |
| 1910 | Louth | 1–05 | Laois | 1–01 |
| 1909 | Wicklow | 1–10 | Westmeath | 0–03 |
| 1908 | Dublin | 1–08 | Meath | 0–03 |
| 1907 | Laois | 2–11 | Westmeath | 0–05 |
| 1906 | Wicklow | 1–11 | Westmeath | 0–00 |
| 1905 | Westmeath | 1–04 | Carlow | 1–03 |
(* 1924 Longford awarded the title following an objection to Meath playing a Senior player. [10])
See also
References
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- "Leinster JFC: Osbourne helps Louth retain title". Hogan Stand. 1 July 2010.
- "Leinster JFC final: Meath too good for Louth". Hogan Stand. 25 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- "Leinster JFC final: nice Wee win for Model". Hogan Stand. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
- "Leinster JFC final: Model men stun Royals with last-gasp goal". Hogan Stand. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- "Leinster JFC final: Cavan are Leinster champions!". Hogan Stand. 25 June 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
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