2021 Leinster Senior Football Championship

Gaelic football season

2021 Leinster SFC
Tournament details
Year	2021
Winners
Champions	Dublin (60th win)
Manager	Dessie Farrell
Runners-up
Runners-up	Kildare
Manager	Jack O'Connor
← 2020 2022 →

The 2021 Leinster Senior Football Championship is the 2021 iteration of the Leinster Senior Football Championship organised by Leinster GAA.^[1]

Teams

The Leinster championship was contested by 11 of the 12 county teams in Leinster, a province of Ireland. Kilkenny was the only county team not to compete.

Team	Colours	Sponsor	Manager	Captain	Most recent success
Team	Colours	Sponsor	Manager	Captain	All-Ireland	Provincial
Carlow	Red, green and gold	IT Carlow	Niall Carew			1944
Dublin	Sky blue and navy	AIG	Dessie Farrell		2020	2020
Kildare	White	Brady's Family Ham	Jack O'Connor		1928	2000
Laois	Blue and white	MW Hire	Mike Quirke			2003
Longford	Royal blue and gold	Glennon Brothers	Padraic Davis			1968
Louth	Red and white	StatSports	Mickey Harte		1957	1957
Meath	Green and gold	Devenish	Andy McEntee	Shane McEntee	1999	2010
Offaly	White, green and gold	Carroll's	John Maughan		1982	1997
Westmeath	Maroon and white	Renault	Jack Cooney	Kevin Maguire^[2]		2004
Wexford	Purple and gold	Zurich	Shane Roche		1918	1945
Wicklow	Royal blue and gold	Joule	Davy Burke	Dean Healy

Championship draw

The draw for the preliminary rounds and quarter-finals took place on 20 April 2021.^[3] The draw for the semi-finals took place on 4 July 2021, after the completion of the quarter-final ties.^[4]

Preliminary round
27 June

Quarter-finals
4 July

Semi-finals
18 July

Final
1 August

Kildare

1-15

Offaly

3-19 AET

Offaly

0-13

Louth

0-19

Kildare

2-14

Westmeath

0-18

Laois

1-10

Westmeath

3-20

Kildare

1-9

Dublin

0-20

Meath

4-22

Longford

0-25

Longford

0-12

Carlow

2-13

Meath

1-13

Dublin

2-16

Dublin

0-15

Wexford

2-11

Wexford

0-7

Wicklow

0-14

Preliminary round

27 June 2021 13:30 Round 1	Offaly	3-19 - 0-19 aet	Louth	Páirc Tailteann, Navan Attendance: 0 Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare)
	Cian Farrell 0-7 (0-3f), Niall McNamee 1-3, Peter Cunningham 1-1, Bernard Allen 1-0, Paddy Dunican 0-2 (0-1f, 1 '45), Niall Darby, Jordan Hayes, Ruairi McNamee, Bill Carroll, Eoin Carroll, Mark Abbott 0-1 each	Report	Sam Mulroy 0-6 (0-4f), Ciaran Byrne 0-3, Ciaran Keenan 0-2, Dermot Campbell, Anthony Williams, Eoghan Callaghan, Liam Jackson, Ciaran Downey, Conor Grimes, Ryan Burns, Declan Byrne 0-1 each

27 June 2021 15:00 Round 1	Wexford	2-11 - 0-14	Wicklow	Aughrim Attendance: 0 Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford)
	Mark Rossiter 1-6 (0-1f), Martin O'Connor 1-0, John Turbitt and Donal Shanley (0-2f) 0-2 each, Paraic Hughes 0-1	Report	Patrick O'Connor 0-4, Arran Murphy 0-3, Mark Jackson (0-2f) and Chris O'Brien (0-2f) 0-2 each, Padraig O'Toole, Mark Kenny, Conor Byrne 0-1 each	Aughrim Attendance: 0 Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford)

27 June 2021 16:30 Round 1	Longford	0-25 - 2-13	Carlow	O'Connor Park, Tullamore Attendance: 0 Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)
	Robbie Smyth and Rian Brady 0-5 each, Darren Gallagher 0-4 (0-3f), Dessie Reynolds, David McGivney, Joseph Hagan 0-2 each, Patrick Fox, Michael Quinn, Kevin Diffley, Donal McElligott, Dylan Farrell 0-1 each	Report	Darragh Foley 1-4 (0-3f), Paul Broderick 0-4 (0-3f), Conor Crowley 1-0, Chris Blake 0-3, Colm Hulton 0-2

Quarter-finals

4 July 2021 16:30 Quarter-final	Kildare	1-15 - 0-13	Offaly	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise Attendance: 500 Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan)
	Neil Flynn 1-7 (0-4f, 2 '45), Fergal Conway and Jimmy Hyland 0-2 each, Mick O'Grady (0-1m), Kevin Feely, Aaron Masterson, Darragh Kirwan 0-1 each	Report	Cian Farrell 0-8 (0-4f), Niall McNamee 0-2f, Paddy Dunican (1 '45), Anton Sullivan, Bernard Allen 0-1 each

4 July 2021 15:30 Quarter-final	Dublin	0-15 - 0-7	Wexford	Wexford Park, Wexford Attendance: 500 Referee: Derek O'Mahoney (Tipperary)
	Cormac Costello 0-7 (0-5f), Brian Howard and Brian Fenton 0-2 each, Ciaran Kilkenny, Tom Lahiff, Colm Basquel, Dean Rock 0-1 each	Report	Mark Rossiter 0-3 (0-2f), Donal Shanley 0-2 (0-1f), Paraic Hughes and John Tubritt 0-1 each

4 July 2021 13:30 Quarter-final	Westmeath	3-20 - 1-10	Laois	O'Connor Park, Tullamore Attendance: 500 Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)
	Lorcan Dolan 1-3 (0-1f), Ger Egan and John Heslin (0-3f) 0-5 each, Denis Corroon 1-1, David Lynch 1-0, Ronan O'Toole 0-3, James Dolan, Darren Giles, Tommy McDaniel 0-1 each	Report	Donie Kingston 0-6 (0-5f), Evan O'Carroll 1-0, Colm Murphy 0-3 (0-1m), Eoin Lowry 0-1

4 July 2021 15:00 Quarter-final	Meath	4-22 - 0-12	Longford	Páirc Tailteann, Navan Attendance: 500 Referee: Ciaran Branagan (Down)
	Jordan Morris 1-4 (0-1f), Cathal Hickey 1-2, Bryan McMahon (0-1f) and James McEntee 0-4 each, Shane McEntee and James Conlon 1-0 each, Cillian O'Sullivan 0-3, Fionn Reilly, Bryan Menton, Matthew Costello (1 '45), Joey Wallace, Eamon Wallace 0-1 each	Report	David McGivney (0-3f) and Rian Brady (0-1f) 0-3 each, Kevin Diffley, Darren Gallagher (0-1f), Dessie Reynolds, Robbie Smyth (0-1f), Joseph Hagan (0-1m), Darragh Doherty 0-1 each

Semi-finals

18 July 2021 14:00 Semi-final	Kildare	2-14 - 0-18	Westmeath	Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: Limited to 18,000 due to COVID-19 restrictions. Referee: Derek O'Mahoney (Tipperary)
	Neil Flynn 0-7 (0-4f), Daniel Flynn and Jimmy Hyland 1-1 each, Kevin Feely, Aaron Masterson, Alex Beirne, Fergal Conway, Shane O'Sullivan 0-1 each	Report	John Heslin 0-8 (0-7f), Lorcan Dolan 0-5 (0-1m), James Dolan, Sam McCartan (1 '45), Ger Egan, David Lynch, Darren Giles 0-1 each

18 July 2021 16:30 Semi-final	Dublin	2-16 - 1-13	Meath	Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: Limited to 18,000 due to COVID-19 restrictions. Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)
	Cormac Costello 1-4 (1-0 pen), Con O'Callaghan 1-3, Ciaran Kilkenny 0-5, Dean Rock 0-2 (0-1f), Brian Fenton and Paddy Small 0-1 each	Report	Matthew Costello 1-2 (0-1f), Jordan Morris 0-3 (0-1), Eamonn Wallace and Joey Wallace 0-2 each, Cillian O'Sullivan, Bryan McMahon, James McEntee (1 '45), Thomas O'Reilly (0-1f) 0-1 each

Final

Dublin

Kildare

RTÉ

1 August 2021 (2021-08-01)
16:00 IST (UTC+1)
Final

Dublin	0-20 (20) – (12) 1-09	Kildare
(HT: 0-9 - 0-5)

Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan)
Attendance: 18,000^[5]

Dublin advanced to the 2021 All-Ireland SFC semi-finals.

References

^ "Leinster GAA Senior Football Championship 2021". 5 July 2021. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
^ "Kevin Maguire Named Westmeath Football Captain for 2021". Midlands 103. 12 May 2021.
^ Duffy, Emma (20 April 2021). "Here's the draw for the 2021 Leinster football championship". The42.
^ "Dublin and Meath to meet in Leinster semis". 4 July 2021 – via www.rte.ie. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ McNally, Ger (August 2021). "Leinster kingpins Dublin ease past Kildare". RTE. Retrieved 12 December 2021.

External links

Leinster GAA | The Official Website of Leinster GAA

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Pre-1928

Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927
Finals	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927

Beginning of
Sam Maguire

Seasons	1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Finals	1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

80-minute
experiment

Seasons	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
Finals	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974

Post-experiment

Seasons	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Finals	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

Qualifiers and
quarter-finals era

Seasons	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Finals	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024