Founded 1887 | ||
Title holders Carbery Rangers (1st title) Most titles Nemo Rangers (19 titles) | ||
The Cork Senior Football Championship (currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Evening Echo Cork Senior Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition between the top Gaelic football clubs in County Cork, Ireland. The winners of the Cork Championship qualify to represent their county in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship, the winners of which progress to the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. The current senior football champions are Carbery Rangers who defeated Ballincollig in the 2016 final.
Trophy
The winning team is presented with the Andy Scannell Cup. Andy Scannell, a teacher at Clondulane National School outside Fermoy, was a County Senior Football selector when Cork won the Sam Maguire in 1945. He was later Chairman of the North Cork Division before taking office as Cork County Chairman in the early '50s, and steered the county to All-Ireland hurling victory during his term.