2023 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship

2023 AIB Ulster Senior Club Football Championship

Tournament details
Province	Ulster
Year	2023
Trophy	Seamus McFerran Cup
Sponsor	Allied Irish Banks
Date	5 November – 10 December 2023
Teams	9 (one from each of the 9 counties)
Defending champions	Glen
Winners
Champions	Glen (2nd win)
Manager	Malachy O'Rourke
Captain	Connor Carville
Qualify for	All-Ireland Club SFC
Runners-up
Runners-up	Scotstown
Manager	David McCague
Captain	Damien McArdle
Other
Website	Ulster GAA

The 2023 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship is the 55th instalment of the annual competition organised by Ulster GAA. It is one of the four provincial competitions of the 2023–24 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship and is played in a straight knockout format. The championship draw was made on 7 September 2023.[1]

Derry's Glen entered the championship as the defending champions,[2] and reached the final for the second year in a row,[3] where they played Monaghan champions Scotstown.[4] Glen won the match by 0–13 to 0–11 to win their second Ulster title.[5]

Teams

The Ulster championship is contested by the winners of the nine county championships in the Irish province of Ulster. Ulster comprises the six counties of Northern Ireland, as well as Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland.

County	Team	Most recent success
		Provincial	County
Antrim	Erin's Own, Cargin		2022	[6]
Armagh	Crossmaglen Rangers	2015	2022	[7]
Cavan	Gowna		2022	[8]
Derry	Watty Graham's, Glen	2022	2022	[9]
Donegal	Naomh Conaill		2022	[10]
Down	Kilcoo	2021	2022	[11]
Fermanagh	Derrygonnelly Harps		2021	[12]
Monaghan	Scotstown	1989	2021	[13]
Tyrone	Trillick St Macartan's		2019	[14]

Bracket

Preliminary round v t e

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Glen (Derry)

0–11

Erin's Own, Cargin (Antrim)

0–7

Glen (Derry)

0–10

Naomh Conaill (Donegal)

1–6

Gowna (Cavan)

1–10

Naomh Conaill (Donegal)

2–8

Glen (Derry)

0–13

Scotstown (Monaghan)

0–11

Trillick (Tyrone)

0–9

Crossmaglen Rangers (Armagh)

0–4

Trillick (Tyrone)

1–13

Derrygonnelly Harps (Fermanagh)

1–7

Scotstown (Monaghan)

0–17

Kilcoo (Down)

2–13

Kilcoo (Down)

1–8

Scotstown (Monaghan)

0–12

Preliminary round

5 November 2023

15:45

Preliminary Round

Derrygonnelly Harps (Fermanagh)	1–7 – 2–13	Kilcoo (Down)
Gary McKenna 1–1, Garvan Jones 0–3 (0–2f), Conall Jones 0–2 (0–1f), Ryan Jones 0–1	Report	Paul Devlin 1–3 (1–0 pen, 0–3f), Sean Óg McCusker 1–1, Ryan Johnston 0–2, Eugene Branagan 0–2, Niall Kane 0–1 (0–1 '45), Ryan McEvoy 0–1, Darryl Branagan 0–1, Aaron Morgan 0–1, Ceilum Doherty 0–1

Brewster Park, Enniskillen

Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan)
Programme

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Quarter-finals

12 November 2023

15:00

Quarter-final 1

Glen (Derry)	0–11 – 0–7	Erin's Own, Cargin (Antrim)
Emmett Bradley 0–4 (0–4f), Danny Tallon 0–2 (0–2f), Jack Doherty 0–2, Michael Warnock 0–1, Ciaran McFaul 0–1, Ethan Doherty 0–1	Report	Pat Shivers 0–3 (0–3f), Michael McCann 0–2 (0–2f), Paul McCann 0–1, Kieran Close 0–1

Celtic Park, Derry

Referee: Conor Dourneen (Cavan)
Programme

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12 November 2023

16:30

Quarter-final 2

Gowna (Cavan)	1–10 – 2–8	Naomh Conaill (Donegal)
Conor Brady 1–1, Cian Madden 0–2 (0–1f), Oisin Pierson 0–1 (0–1f), Conor Casey 0–1 (0–1m), Conor Madden 0–1 Mark McKeever 0–1, Ryan Donohoe 0–1, Tiarnan Madden 0–1, Robbie Fitzpatrick 0–1	Report	Leo McLoone 1–1, Kevin McGettigan 1–0, Odhran Doherty 0–2, John O'Malley 0–1 (0–1f), A. J. Gallagher 0–1, Brendan McDyer 0–1, Eunan Dohery 0–1, Jeaic McKelvey 0–1

Kingspan Breffni, Cavan

Referee: Kevin Faloon (Armagh)
Programme

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11 November 2023

19:15

Quarter-final 3

Trillick (Tyrone)	0–9 – 0–4	Crossmaglen Rangers (Armagh)
Lee Brennan 0–2 (0–1f), Richie Donnelly 0–2, Liam Gray 0–2, James Garrity 0–2, Ciaran Daly 0–1	Report	Rían O'Neill 0–2 (0–2f), Jamie Clarke 0–2

O'Neills Healy Park, Omagh

Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry)
Programme

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12 November 2023

15:15

Quarter-final 4

Kilcoo (Down)	1–8 – 0–12	Scotstown (Monaghan)
Paul Devlin 1–1 (1–0 pen, 0–1f), Niall Kane 0–1 (0–1f), Miceal Rooney 0–1, Darryl Branagan 0–1, Eugene Branagan 0–1, Aaron Morgan 0–1, Shealan Johnston 0–1, Anthony Morgan 0–1	Report	Rory Beggan 0–3 (0–2f), Shane Carey 0–2 (0–1f), Jack McCarron 0–2 (0–1f), Jason Carey 0–2 (0–1m), Kieran Hughes 0–1 (0–1m), Conor McCarthy 0–1, Donal Morgan 0–1

Páirc Esler, Newry

Referee: Noel Mooney (Cavan)
Programme

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Semi-finals

25 November 2023

17:30

Semi-final

Glen (Derry)	0–10 – 1–6	Naomh Conaill (Donegal)
Emmett Bradley 0–3 (0–2f), Conleth McGuckian 0–3 (0–1m), Cathal Mulholland 0–2, Jody McDermott 0–1, Stevie O'Hara 0–1	Report	Ciarán Thompson 0–3, John O'Malley 1–0 (1–0 pen), Ethan O'Donnell 0–1, Brendan McDyer 0–1, A. J. Gallagher 0–1

O'Neills Healy Park, Omagh

Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone)
Programme

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26 November 2023

13:00

Semi-final

Trillick (Tyrone)	1–13 – 0–17 (a.e.t.)	Scotstown (Monaghan)
Lee Brennan 0–5 (0–3f, 0–1 '45), Seanie O'Donnell 1–1, Rory Brennan 0–1, Richie Donnelly 0–1, Ciaran Daly 0–1, Ryan Gray 0–1, Daniel Donnelly 0–1, James Garrity 0–1, Colm Garrity 0–1	Report	Jack McCarron 0–4 (0–3f), Shane Carey 0–3 (0–2f), Kieran Hughes 0–2, Mattie Maguire 0–2, Rory Beggan 0–1 (0–1 '45), Ryan O'Toole 0–1, Conor McCarthy 0–1, Donal Morgan 0–1, Emmett Caulfield 0–1, Michael McCarville 0–1

Box-It Athletic Grounds, Armagh

Referee: Kevin Faloon (Armagh)
Programme

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Final

10 December 2023

16:00

Final

Glen (Derry)	0–13 – 0–11	Scotstown (Monaghan)
Danny Tallon 0–3 (0–2f), Eunan Mulholland 0–3, Conor Glass 0–2 (0–1f), Ryan Dougan 0–1, Ethan Doherty 0–1, Tiarnán Flanagan 0–1, Ciaran McFaul 0–1, Jody McDermott 0–1	Report	Shane Carey 0–3 (0–3f), Kieran Hughes 0–2, James Hamill 0–2, Jack McCarron 0–1, Conor McCarthy 0–1, Darren Hughes 0–1, Rory Beggan 0–1

Box-It Athletic Grounds, Armagh

Attendance: 6,027

Referee: Paul Faloon (Down)
Programme

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References

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