| Ulster Senior Football Championship | |
|---|---|
Current season or competition: 2024 Ulster Senior Football Championship | |
| Code | Gaelic football |
| Founded | 1888 |
| Region | Ulster (GAA) |
| Trophy | Anglo-Celt Cup |
| No. of teams | 9 |
| Title holders |  Donegal (11th title) |
| Most titles |  Cavan (40 titles) |
| Sponsors | Vodafone Ulster Bank Toyota |
The Ulster Senior Football Championship is an inter-county and cross-border competition for Gaelic football teams in the Irish province of Ulster. It is organised by the Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and begins in April. The final is played in May, but, traditionally, was usually played on the third Sunday in July.
All nine Ulster counties participate. It is regarded as hardest to win of the four provincial football championships.[1][2] At a referee conference in January 2015, David Coldrick said about officiating in the competition: "Ulster makes or breaks you. It can be a graveyard. The games are different. There is an extra dimension and intensity, and you must be at your best. If you aren't prepared physically and mentally, the chances are you will be caught out. But when you are appointed for your first Ulster championship match, that's making progress".[3]
The winners receive the Anglo-Celt Cup, which was presented to the Ulster Council in 1925 by John F. O'Hanlon, who was editor of The Anglo-Celt newspaper based in Cavan.
Cavan have won the most championships (40). Donegal are the title holders, defeating Armagh on penalties in the 2024 final.
- ^ "Ulster the hardest province to win - Harte". The Irish Times. 13 May 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
- ^ Scott, Ronan (28 November 2008). "Ulster 'best' says Sean Og". Gaelic Life. p. 5.
- ^ "Coldrick: I should have given Conor Maginn the black card". Independent.ie. 11 January 2015.