Code Gaelic football No. of teams 6 (2015) Number of teams 6 (2015) | Founded 1888 Title holders Kerry (78th title) | |
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Irish Craobh Sinsir Peile Mumhan Trophy Munster Senior Football Cup
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Munster senior football championship semi final kerry v clare preview
The Munster Senior Football Championship is the premier inter-county knockout competition in Gaelic football in the province of Munster in Ireland. The games are organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months. The Munster final is normally played in July.
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- Munster senior football championship semi final kerry v clare preview
- Participating teams
- Stadia
- Managers
- Teams by decade
- Gaps
- Longest undefeated run
- References
Kerry are the most successful, having won the Munster championship 78 times. They have also won the championship eight times in a row on two occasions (1958-1965 and 1975-1982), the most consecutive wins in any of the Provincial Football Championships. The championship has been won by Kerry or Cork every year since 1923 with the exception of victories by Tipperary in 1935 and Clare in 1992.
The Munster Football Championship is run on a knock-out basis in which once a team loses they are eliminated from the competition. All six counties of Munster compete. The winners of the Munster championship advance to the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship quarter-finals.
Participating teams
The Munster championship is contested by all six counties in the Irish province of Munster.
Stadia
Munster Championship matches were traditionally played at neutral venues or at a location that was deemed to be halfway between the two participants; however, counties eventually came to home and away agreements depending on the size of their individual stadia. Currently, all championship matches are played on a rolling home and away basis.
While the six county grounds are regularly used for championship matches in recent times, smaller club grounds have historically been used for games which may not have had such a high profile. These grounds include: Ned Hall Park in Clonmel, FitzGerald Park in Kilmallock, Páirc na nGael in Askeaton, Páirc Mac Gearailt in Fermoy, Hennessy Memorial Park in Milltown Malbay and Frank Sheehy Park in Listowel.
The stadiums for the 2016 championship showed a large disparity in capacity: Semple Stadium, the home ground of Tipperary has a capacity of 53,500 with Cusack Park, the home ground of Clare, having a capacity of 14,864. The combined total capacity of the Munster Championship in the 2016 championship was 208,960.
Stadium attendances are a significant source of regular income for the Munster Council and the individual county boards. For the 2016 championship, the total aggregate attendance at the five games was 40,700.
Managers
Managers in the Munster Championship are involved in the day-to-day running of the team, including the training and team selection. They are assisted in the team selection by a team of selectors. Their influence varies from county-to-county and is related to the relationship of the manager with the county board. As of 2016 all inter-county management teams are required to have some coaching qualifications.
The championship's longest-serving manager in the modern era was Mick O'Dwyer, who was in charge of Kerry from 1974 until 1989. He is also the most successful manager in the history of the championship. During that time he won eleven Munster titles. Éamonn Fitzmaurice is now the championship's longest-serving current manager, having been in charge of Kerry since 2012.
The current managers in the Munster Championship are:
Teams by decade
The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Munster Senior Football Championship titles, is as follows:
Gaps
Longest undefeated run
The record for the longest unbeaten run stands at 18 games held by Kerry. They achieved this feat on three separate occasions: 1936-1943, 1958-1966 and 1975-1983.