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GAA Football Under-20 All-Ireland Championship
GAA Football Under-20 All-Ireland Championship
Current season or competition:; 2023 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship
Irish	Craobh Peile Fé-20 na hÉireann
Code	Gaelic football
Founded	1964; 61 years ago
Region	Ireland (GAA)
Trophy	Clarke Cup
Title holders	Tyrone (7th title)
Most titles	Cork (12 titles)
Sponsors	EirGrid
TV partner(s)	TG4
Official website	Official website

The GAA Football Under-20 All-Ireland Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the EirGrid GAA Football Under-20 All-Ireland Championship) is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurling competition for male players between the ages of 17 and 20 in Ireland. The championship was contested as the All-Ireland Under-21 Championship between 1964 and 2017 before changing to an under-20 age category from 2018.^[1]

The final, usually held in August, serves as the culmination of a series of games played during the summer months, and the results determine which team receives the Clarke Cup. The All-Ireland Championship has always been played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team loses they are eliminated from the championship.

Four teams currently participate in the All-Ireland Championship, with the most successful teams coming from the province of Munster. Teams representing this province have won a total of 22 All-Ireland titles.

The title has been won by 16 different teams, 10 of whom have won the title more than once. The all-time record-holders are Cork, who have won the championship on 12 occasions. Tyrone are the current holders.

Overview

The All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship was created in 1964 in response to a Congress motion put forward by the Kerry County Board. Since then the competition has grown in importance and profile. The championship is run on an inter-county provincial basis with the winners from Munster, Leinster, Ulster and Connacht playing off against each other in two semi-finals. Cork are the most successful teams in the history of the Under-21 Championship. Two teams have achieved three-in-a-rows; Kerry from 1975 to 1977 and Cork from 1984 to 1986. The coveted treble of winning the senior, under-21, and minor titles in the same year has been achieved on just one occasion, by Kerry in 1975. Because teams will only play together for at most, about two or three years, unlike the senior competition, it is unusual that one county will dominate for periods any longer than this.

It is usually considered the mark of a very promising player to play for both a county's Under-21 and Senior team at the same time. Many great players have achieved this, although one particular example would be Frank McGuigan, who, in 1973, represented Tyrone in the Ulster Finals of the Minors, Seniors and Under-21s.^[2]

Roll of Honour

County	Titles	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Cork	12	5	1970, 1971, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1994, 2007, 2009, 2019	1965, 1979, 2006, 2013, 2016
Kerry	10	8	1964, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2008	1967, 1972, 1978, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1999, 2024
Tyrone	7	2	1991, 1992, 2000, 2001, 2015, 2022, 2024	1990, 2003
Galway	6	4	1972, 2002, 2005, 2011, 2013, 2020	1981, 1989, 1992, 2017
Mayo	5	7	1967, 1974, 1983, 2006, 2016	1973, 1984, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2004, 2018
Dublin	5	5	2003, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2017	1975, 1980, 2002, 2019, 2020
Kildare	3	4	1965, 2018, 2023	1966, 1976, 2008, 2022
Roscommon	2	5	1966, 1978	1969, 1982, 2012, 2014, 2021
Derry	2	2	1968, 1997	1983, 1985
Offaly	2	2	1988, 2021	1968, 1986
Donegal	2	1	1982, 1987	2010
Down	1	3	1979	1977, 2005, 2009
Antrim	1	1	1969	1974
Meath	1	1	1993	1997
Westmeath	1	0	1999	—
Armagh	1	0	2004	—
Laois	0	3	—	1964, 1998, 2007
Cavan	0	3	—	1988, 1996, 2011
Fermanagh	0	2	—	1970, 1971
Limerick	0	1	—	2000
Tipperary	0	1	—	2015
Sligo	0	1	—	2023

Appearances in final

County	Appearances	Wins	Runners-up
Cork	17	12	5
Kerry	17	10	7
Mayo	12	5	7
Galway	10	6	4
Dublin	10	5	5
Tyrone	9	7	2
Roscommon	7	2	5
Kildare	7	3	4
Derry	4	2	2
Offaly	4	2	2
Down	4	1	3
Donegal	3	2	1
Cavan	3	0	3
Laois	3	0	3
Antrim	2	1	1
Meath	2	1	1
Fermanagh	2	0	2
Armagh	1	1	0
Westmeath	1	1	0
Limerick	1	0	1
Tipperary	1	0	1
Sligo	1	0	1

Finals listed by year

Under-20 Competition
Year	Winner	Score	Runner Up	Score
2024	Tyrone	1-20	Kerry	1-14
2023	Kildare	1-17	Sligo	0-12
2022^[3]	Tyrone	1–20	Kildare	1–14
2021	Offaly	1–14	Roscommon	1–11
2020	Galway	1–11	Dublin	0–13
2019	Cork	3–16	Dublin	1–14
2018	Kildare	1–18	Mayo	1–16
Under-21 Competition
Year	Winner	Score	Runner Up	Score
2017	Dublin	2–13	Galway	2–07
2016	Mayo	5–07	Cork	1–14
2015^[4]	Tyrone	1–11	Tipperary	0–13
2014^[5]	Dublin	1–21	Roscommon	3–06
2013^[6]	Galway	1–14	Cork	1–11
2012	Dublin	2–12	Roscommon	0–11
2011^[7]	Galway	2–16	Cavan	1–09
2010	Dublin	1–10	Donegal	1–08
2009	Cork	1–13	Down	2–09
2008	Kerry	2–12	Kildare	0–11
2007	Cork	2–10	Laois	0–15
2006	Mayo	1–13	Cork	1–11
2005	Galway	6–05	Down	4–06
2004	Armagh	2–08	Mayo	1–09
2003	Dublin	0–12	Tyrone	0–07
2002	Galway	0–15	Dublin	0–07
2001	Tyrone	0–13	Mayo	0–10
2000	Tyrone	3–12	Limerick	0–13
1999	Westmeath	0–12	Kerry	0–09
1998	Kerry	2–08	Laois	0–11
1997	Derry	1–12	Meath	0–05
1996	Kerry	1–17	Cavan	2–10
1995	Kerry	2–12, 3–10 (R)	Mayo	3–09, 1–12 (R)
1994	Cork	1–12	Mayo	1–05
1993	Meath	1–08	Kerry	0–10
1992	Tyrone	1–10	Galway	1–07
1991	Tyrone	4–16	Kerry	1–05
1990	Kerry	5–12	Tyrone	2–11
1989	Cork	2–08	Galway	1–10
1988	Offaly	0–11	Cavan	0–09
1987^[8]	Donegal	1–07, 1–12 (R)	Kerry	0–10, 2-04 (R)
1986	Cork	3–16	Offaly	0–12
1985	Cork	0–14	Derry	1–08
1984	Cork	0–09	Mayo	0–06
1983	Mayo	2–05, 1-08 (R)	Derry	1–08, 1-05 (R)
1982	Donegal	0–08	Roscommon	0–05
1981	Cork	0–14, 2-09 (R)	Galway	2–08, 1-06 (R)
1980	Cork	2–08	Dublin	1–05
1979	Down	1–09	Cork	0–07
1978	Roscommon	1–09	Kerry	1–08
1977	Kerry	1–11	Down	1–05
1976	Kerry	0–14	Kildare	1–03
1975	Kerry	1–15	Dublin	0–10
1974	Mayo	0–09, 2–10 (R)	Antrim	0–09, 2-08 (R)
1973	Kerry	2–13	Mayo	0–13
1972	Galway	2–06	Kerry	0–07
1971	Cork	3–10	Fermanagh	0–03
1970	Cork	2–11	Fermanagh	0–09
1969	Antrim	1–08	Roscommon	0–10
1968	Derry	3–09	Offaly	1–09
1967	Mayo	2–10, 4-09 (R)	Kerry	2–10, 1-07 (R)
1966	Roscommon	2–10	Kildare	1–12
1965	Kildare	2–11	Cork	1–07
1964	Kerry	1–10	Laois	1–03