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The Ulster Senior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Bank of Ireland Ulster Championship) is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of football played in the province of Ulster in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Ulster Council and are played during the summer months, and all the counties participate.

The Ulster football Final is played in July normally in St. Tiernach's Park, although recent finals have been staged in Croke Park in Dublin due to its greater capacity.

The Ulster Football Championship is run on a knock-out basis in which once a team loses they are eliminated from the competition, and so compete in the All-Ireland Qualifier Series. The winner of the Championship goes on to play in the All-Ireland quarter final. Before the introduction of the qualifier series, in 2001, the winner of the Ulster Championship would compete, along with the other three provincial winners, in the All-Ireland semi-finals, and then the two winners would compete in the All-Ireland final.

Cavan are the most successful team in Ulster, having won the championship on 39 occasions. In recent years, Armagh have become the dominant force in Ulster, winning six titles in seven years between 1999 and 2006. Fermanagh remain the only team to not have won an Ulster title.

For many decades, winning the Ulster Championship was considered as much as a team from Ulster could hope for, as the other provinces would usually be much stronger than their Ulster opposition. In the 1990's however, a significant sea change took place, as the Ulster Champions won the All-Ireland four years in a row from 1991-1994. Now the Ulster Championship is considered one of the toughest provinces to compete in, and Ulster teams have gained considerable dominance on the All-Ireland scene, having won three All-Irelands from four in the early 2000's, including in 2003 when for the first time ever, the All-Ireland final was competed for by two teams from one province - Ulster.

Contents 1 2007 Championship 2 Roll of Honour 3 Top Ulster Scorers 4 Ulster top scorers by year 5 See also

Preliminary Round

Quarter finals

Semi Final

Final

Down

Cavan

Monaghan

Antrim

Derry

Fermanagh

Tyrone

Donegal

Armagh

	Team	Winner	Winning Years
1	Cavan	39	1891, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1915, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1969, 1997.
2	Armagh	13	1890, 1902, 1950, 1953, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006.
2	Monaghan	13	1888, 1906, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1921, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1938, 1979, 1985, 1988.
4	Down	12	1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1978, 1981, 1991, 1994.
5	Antrim	10	1900, 1901, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1946, 1951.
5	Tyrone	10	1956, 1957, 1973, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2003
7	Derry	7	1958, 1970, 1975, 1976, 1987, 1993, 1998.
8	Donegal	5	1972, 1974, 1983, 1990, 1992
9	Fermanagh	0	N/A

Player	County	Score
Oisin McConville	Armagh	10-190 (220)
Peter Canavan	Tyrone	9-191 (218)
Paddy Doherty	Down	15-159 (204)
Paddy Donohoe	Cavan	17-133 (184)
Seán O'Neill	Down	17-125 (176)
Charlie Gallagher	Cavan	10-142 (172)
Paddy Bradley	Derry	12-125 (161)
Seán O'Connell	Derry	11-118 (151)
Rónán Carolan	Cavan	2-138 (144)
Stephen McDonnell	Armagh	14-100 (142)
Anthony Tohill	Derry	4-121 (133)
Stephen O'Neill	Tyrone	7-112 (133)

* Scores include Ulster Championship, All-Ireland Championship and Qualifiers. Correct as of 18th July 2006.

• 2006 Oisin McConville (Armagh) 0-19
• 2005 Stephen O'Neill (Tyrone) 1-26
• 2004 Colm McFadden (Donegal) & Oisin McConville (Armagh) 1-13
• 2003 Peter Canavan (Tyrone) 1-38
• 2002 Rory Gallagher (Fermanagh) 4-12
• 2001 Rory Gallagher (Fermanagh) 0-16
• 2000 Rory Gallagher (Fermanagh) 1-19
• 1999 Oisin McConville (Armagh) 3-18
• 1998 Joe Brolly(Derry) & Tony Boyle (Donegal) 0-13
• 1997 Joe Brolly (Derry) 3-15
• 1996 Peter Canavan (Tyrone) 3-13
• 1995 Peter Canavan (Tyrone) 0-20
• 1994 Peter Canavan (Tyrone) 1-17
• 1993 John Toner (Armagh) 0-23
• 1992 Enda Gormley (Derry) 0-25
• 1991 Ross Carr (Down) 0-21
• 1990 Manus Boyle (Donegal) 1-16
• 1989 Martin McHugh (Donegal) 2-16
• 1988 Stephen Conway (Tyrone) 0-17
• 1987 Enda Gormley (Derry) 0-20
• 1986 Brendan Mason (Down) 3-17
• 1985 Eamon McEneaney (Monaghan) 3-16
• 1984 Frank McGuigan (Tyrone) 0-19
• 1983 Derek McDonnell (Cavan) 4-11
• 1982 John Corvan (Armagh) & Peter McGinnity (Ferm) 1-9
• 1981 E McEneaney (Mon) & Brendan McGovern (Down) 1-17
• 1980 Patsy Hetherington (Tyrone) & Patsy Kerlin (Tyrone) 4-3
• 1979 Kieran Finlay (Monaghan) 1-18
• 1978 Donal Donohoe (Cavan) 0-12
• 1977 Brendan Kelly (Derry) 2-10
• 1976 Steve Duggan (Cavan) 1-22
• 1975 Willie Walsh (Down) 3-8
• 1974 Seamus Bonnar (Donegal) 6-4
• 1973 Patsy Hetherington (Tyrone) 0-17
• 1972 Joe Winston (Donegal) 0-26
• 1971 Sean O'Connell (Derry) 1-18
• 1970 Andy McCallin (Antrim) 3-15
• 1969 Sean Woods (Monaghan) & Gene Cusack (Cavan) 3-7
• 1968 Paddy Doherty (Down) 1-17
• 1967 Charlie Gallagher (Cavan) 0-*19
• 1966 PT Treacy (Fermanagh) 4-13
• 1965 Charlie Gallagher (Cavan) 2-29
• 1964 Charlie Gallagher (Cavan) 0-*19
• 1963 Harry Laverty (Donegal) 2-10
• 1962 Seamus McMahon (Cav) & Frankie Donnelly (Tyr) 0-11
• 1961 Paddy Doherty (Down) 1-16
• 1960 Con Smith (Cavan) 1-17
• 1959 Paddy Doherty (Down) 1-17
• 1958 Paddy Doherty (Down) 3-14
• 1957 Frankie Donnelly (Tyrone) 1-14
• 1956 Frankie Donnelly (Tyrone) & Victor Sherlock (Cavan) 2-7
• 1955 Peter Donohoe (Cavan) 0-14
• 1954 Brian Gallagher (Cavan) 0-14
• 1953 Art O'Hagan (Armagh) 3-4
• 1952 John Joe Cassidy (Cavan) 1-7
• 1951 Joe McCallin (Antrim) 3-14
• 1950 Peter Donohoe (Cavan) 3-18
• 1949 Peter Donohoe (Cavan) 4-10
• 1948 Peter Donohoe (Cavan) 3-12

* Scores only include Ulster Championship. All-Ireland Championship and Qualifiers are not included.

Gaelic Athletic Association
Football	History	Hurling
Senior Championship (2007)		Senior Championship (2007)
Under-21 Championship	The Sunday Game	Under-21 Championship
Minor Championship		Minor Championship
Junior Championship	Handball	Junior Championship
National Football League (2007)	Senior Hardball Singles	National Hurling League (2007)
Tommy Murphy Cup (2007)		Christy Ring Cup (2007)
International Rules (2007)		Nicky Rackard Cup (2007)
Club Football Championship	Rounders	Club Hurling Championship
Sam Maguire Cup	Croke Park	Liam McCarthy Cup
Ladies' Gaelic football		Camogie
Ladies' Football Championship	Interprovincial Championships	Camogie Championship
Brendan Martin Cup		O'Duffy Cup
Cic Fada		Poc Fada