2022 Ulster Senior Football Championship

The 2022 Ulster Senior Football Championship is the 134th installment of the annual Ulster Senior Football Championship organised by Ulster GAA. It is one of the four provincial competitions of the 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. The winners receive the Anglo-Celt Cup. The draw for the 2022 Ulster Championship was made on 28 November 2021.[1][2]

2022 Ulster SFC
Tournament details
Province Ulster
Year2022
TrophyAnglo-Celt Cup
Winners
Champions Derry (8th win)
ManagerRory Gallagher
CaptainChrissy McKaigue
Runners-up
Runners-up Donegal
ManagerDeclan Bonner
CaptainMichael Murphy

Teams

The Ulster championship is contested by the nine county teams in the province of Ulster.

Team Colours Sponsor Manager Captain Most recent success
All-Ireland Provincial
Antrim Saffron and white Fona Cab Enda McGinley Peter Healy[3][4]
1951
Armagh Orange and white Simply Fruit Kieran McGeeney Aidan Nugent/Rian O'Neill[5]
2002
2008
Cavan Royal blue and white Kingspan Group Mickey Graham Raymond Galligan
1952
2020
Derry Red and white Errigal Contracts Rory Gallagher Chrissy McKaigue
1993
1998
Donegal Gold and green Circet Declan Bonner Michael Murphy
2012
2019
Down Red and black EOS IT Solutions James McCartan Darren O'Hagan
1994
1994
Fermanagh Green and white Tracey Concrete Kieran Donnelly Declan McCusker
Monaghan White and blue All-Boro Séamus "Banty" McEnaney Ryan Wylie
2015
Tyrone White and Red McAleer & Rushe Feargal Logan
Brian Dooher		 Pádraig Hampsey[6][7]
2021
2021

Championship draw
Preliminary round
16 April 		Quarter-finals
23/24/30 April, 1 May 		Semi-finals
8/15 May 		Final
29 May
Donegal 1–16
Armagh 0–12
Donegal 2–16
Cavan 0–16
Antrim 0–10
Cavan 1–20
Donegal 1–14
Derry 1–16
Monaghan 0–23
Down 2–7
Derry 3–12
Fermanagh 2–10 Monaghan 0–17
Tyrone 2–17 Tyrone 0–10
Derry 1–18

Preliminary round

Two counties were randomly drawn to face each other in the preliminary round. The lowest ranked county to play in the preliminary round was Fermanagh of Division 3.

Preliminary round
Fermanagh (3)2-10 - 2-17 Tyrone (1)
Conall Jones 1-1, Josh Largo-Ellis 1-0, Sean Quigley (0-2f, 1 '45) & Ryan Lyons (0-2f) 0-3 each, James McMahon, Darragh McGurn & Garvan Jones (0-1f) 0-1 each Report Darren McCurry 0-6 (0-2f, 0-2m), Cathal McShane 0-3 (0-2f), Conor Meyler & Liam Rafferty 1-0 each, Conor McKenna 0-2, Darragh Canavan, Niall Sludden, Conn Kilpatrick, Kieran McGeary, Michael Conroy & Brian Kennedy (0-1m) 0-1 each
Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)

Quarter-finals

Seven counties were given a bye to this stage and were joined by the preliminary round's winning team. The lowest ranked counties to play in the quarter-finals were Antrim, Cavan and Down of Division 3.

Quarter-final
Antrim (3)0-10 - 1-20 Cavan (3)
Ryan Murray 0-3, Michael McCann, Kevin Small, Dermot McAleese, Paddy McAleer, Conor Stewart, Conor Murray (0-1f) & Jamie Gribbin (0-1f) 0-1 each Report Paddy Lynch 0-8 (0-5f, 0-1m), Gearóid McKiernan 1-2 (0-1f), Gerard Smith 0-3, Martin Reilly 0-2, James Smith, Padraig Faulkner, Jason McLoughlin, Cormac O'Reilly & Raymond Galligan (0-1f) 0-1 each
Referee: Jerome Henry (Mayo)
Quarter-final
Donegal (1)1-16 - 0-12 Armagh (1)
Michael Murphy 0-6 (0-4f), Patrick McBrearty 1-2 (0-1f), Michael Langan 0-3, Shane O'Donnell, Ciaran Thompson, Jason McGee, Eoghan Ban Gallagher & Conor O'Donnell 0-1 each Report Rory Grugan 0-5 (0-3f), Tiernan Kelly, Conor Turbitt, Ben Crealey, Jarly-Óg Burns, Greg McCabe, Stefan Campbell & Oisin O'Neill 0-1 each
Attendance: 13,689
Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)
Quarter-final
Monaghan (1)0-23 - 2-7 Down (3)
Jack McCarron 0-7 (0-2f, 0-1m), Conor McManus 0-4 (0-3f), Gary Mohan 0-3 (0-2m), Rory Beggan 0-2 (0-1f, 1 ‘45), Andrew Woods, Ryan Wylie, Conor McCarthy, Kieran Duffy, Shane Carey, Conor Boyle & Kieran Hughes 0-1 each Report Pat Havern 1-1, Caolan Mooney 1-0, Daniel Guinness 0-2 (1 '45), Conor Poland, Conor Francis, Tiarnan Rushe (0-1f) & Andrew Gilmore (0-1f) 0-1 each
Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford)
Quarter-final
Tyrone (1)0-10 - 1-18 Derry (2)
Darren McCurry 0-4 (0-2f), Cathal McShane (0-2f) & Darragh Canavan (0-1f, 0-1m) 0-2 each, Niall Morgan (1 '45) & Ronan McNamee 0-1 each Report Shane McGuigan 1-4 (1-0p, 0-2f), Niall Loughlin 0-7 (0-5f, 1 '45), Benny Heron & Conor Doherty 0-2 each, Ethan Doherty, Gareth McKinless & Emmett Bradley (0-1m) 0-1 each
Referee: Paddy Neilan (Roscommon)

Semi-finals
Semi-final
Cavan (3)0-16 - 2-16 Donegal (1)
Paddy Lynch 0-6 (0-3f), Gearóid McKiernan (0-1f) & James Smith (0-1m) 0-3 each, Thomas Galligan 0-2, Gerard Smith & Raymond Galligan (0-1f) 0-1 each Report Paddy McBrearty 1-4 (0-3f), Michael Murphy 0-5 (0-4f), Jamie Brennan 0-4, Conor O'Donnell 1-0, Ciaran Thompson, Peader Mogan & Caolan McGonagle 0-1 each
Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)
Semi-final
Derry (2)3-12 - 0-17 Monaghan (1)
Shane McGuigan 0-7 (0-3f, 0-1m, 1 '45), Benny Heron 2-0, Gareth McKinless 1-0, Paul Cassidy 0-2, Emmett Bradley, Niall Loughlin & Niall Toner 0-1 each Report Conor McManus 0-7 (0-5f), Jack McCarron 0-4 (0-3f), Conor McCarthy, Darren Hughes, Andrew Woods, Dessie Ward, Niall Kearns & Ryan McAnespie 0-1 each
Referee: David Gough (Meath)

Final
Final
Derry (2)1-16 - 1-14 Donegal (1)
Shane McGuigan 0-6 (0-5f), Niall Loughlin 1-2 (0-1f), Brendan Rogers 0-3, Shea Downey, Paul Cassidy, Conor Glass, Conor Doherty & Emmet Bradley 0-1 each Report Odhran McFadden-Ferry 1-0, Peadar Mogan 0-3, Michael Murphy, Shane O'Donnell & Paddy McBrearty (0-2f) 0-2 each, Michael Langan, Jason McGee, Ryan McHugh, Ciaran Thompson & Aaron Doherty 0-1 each
Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone)

The winning team advanced to the 2022 All-Ireland SFC, while the losing team advanced to the All-Ireland SFC qualifiers.

See also

Notes

    References
    1. "2022 Senior Football and Hurling Provincial Championship draws". GAA.ie. 29 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
    2. "2022 Football Championship draw: Galway pitted against Mayo in Connacht, Kerry paired with Cork in Munster". Sky Sports. 28 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
    3. "Healy handed Antrim football captaincy". Hogan Stand. 14 May 2021.
    4. "McGinley departure a surprise to Antrim players, says captain Healy". Hogan Stand. 2 June 2022.
    5. "'It was bonkers, that's the only word to describe it' — Ex-Galway star Joe Bergin on melee red cards". independent.ie. 29 June 2022. However, a greater issue that caught Bergin's eye was the decision for referee David Coldrick to send off both Kelly and Nugent, feeling it was a far harsher punishment to Galway than Armagh considering the latter player shares the captaincy role with Rian O'Neill.
    6. "Team news: Hampsey is new Red Hands captain". Hogan Stand. 14 May 2021.
    7. "Pádraig Hampsey is new Tyrone captain – but no sign of Cathal McShane comeback just yet". Irish Independent. 14 May 2021.
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