| 2021–22 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship | |
| Dates: | 21 November 2021 – 12 February 2022 |
| Teams: | 32 |
| Sponsor: | Allied Irish Bank |
| Champions: | Kilcoo |
| Count: | 1 |
| Champions Captain: | Aidan Branagan (captain) Conor Laverty |
| Champions Manager: | Mickey Moran |
| Runners-Up: | Kilmacud Crokes |
| Runners-Up Captain: | Shane Cunningham |
| Runners-Up Manager: | Robbie Brennan |
| Matches: | 26 |
| Goals: | 51 (1.96 per game) |
| Points: | 549 (21.12 per game) |
| Top Scorer: | Eamonn Callaghan (0-21) (Naas) |
| Previous Year: | 2019–20 |
| Previous Tournament: | 2019–20 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship |
| Next Year: | 2022–23 |
| Next Tournament: | 2022–23 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship |
The 2021–22 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship was the 51st staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club football tournament. It was the first club championship to be organised in two years as the 2020-21 championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The championship began on 21 November 2021 and ended on 12 February 2022.
Corofin were the previous champions having won the 2019–20 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.[1] Corofin were beaten in the 2021 Galway final and were not able to defend their All-Ireland title.
On 12 February 2022, Kilcoo won the championship. They defeated Kilmacud Crokes after extra time by 2-08 to 0-13 in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park.[2] [3]
County Championships
All thirty two counties in Ireland and London play their county senior championships between their top gaelic football clubs. Each county decides the format for their county championship. The format can be straight knockout, double-elimination, a league, groups, etc. or a combination.
Only single club teams are allowed to enter the All-Ireland Club championship. If a team that is an amalgamation of two or more clubs, a divisional team or a university team wins a county's championship, a single club team will represent that county in the provincial championship as determined by that county's championship rules. Normally it is the club team that exited the championship at the highest stage.
Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise a provincial championship for their participating county champions. The Kilkenny senior champions play in the Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship. London continue to compete in the Connacht championship – in previous years they played one of the provincial champions in a single match in December referred to as a quarter-final.
All matches are knock-out. Two ten minute periods of extra time are played each way if it's a draw at the end of normal time in all matches including the final. If the score is still level after extra time the match is replayed.
In a bid to shorten the break between the provincial finals and the All-Ireland semi-finals, the two semi-finals between the four provincial champions were played in late January – previously they were held in mid-February. Traditionally, the All-Ireland final was played in Croke Park on St. Patrick's Day, the 17th of March, but it was also moved to mid February in 2022.
TG4 continue to broadcast live and deferred club championship games.[4] RTÉ also broadcast games from the AIB Club Championships on Saturdays.[5]
The Kilkenny SFC champions take part in the Leinster Club Intermediate Football Championship.
See also: Connacht Senior Club Football Championship.
See main article: 2021 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship.
| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eamonn Callaghan | Naas | 0-21 (0-15f) | 21 | |
| 2 | Darragh Kirwan | Naas | 4-06 | 18 | |
| 3 | Danny Tallon | Watty Graham's GAC Glen | 1-12 (0-09f) | 15 | |
| 4 | Conall Jones | Derrygonnelly | 1-11 (0-09f) | 14 | |
| Barry McHugh | Mountbellew–Moylough | 1-11 (0-9f) | 14 | ||
| Sam Mulroy | Naomh Máirtín | 0-14 (0-11f) | 14 | ||
| 7 | Paul Carey | Padraig Pearses | 1-09 (0-3f) | 12 | |
| 8 | Jerome Johnston | Kilcoo | 3-02 | 11 | |
| Luke Griffin | Naas | 2-05 | 11 | ||
| 10 | Conor Turbitt | Clann Éireann | 0-10 (0-7f) | 10 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darragh Kirwan | Naas | 2-04 | 10 | Tullamore |
| 2 | Luke Griffin | Naas | 2-03 | 9 | Blessington |
| Steven Sherlock | St Finbarr's | 0-09 (0-06f, 0-01m) | 9 | Éire Óg, Ennis | |
| Barry McHugh | Mountbellew–Moylough | 0-09 (0-08f) | 9 | Ballinamore | |
| 5 | Jerome Johnston | Kilcoo | 2-02 | 8 | Ramor United |
| Conall Jones | Derrygonnelly | 1-05 (0-04f) | 8 | ||
| Paul Carey | Padraig Pearses | 0-08 (0-3f) | 8 | ||
| Darragh O'Brien | Austin Stacks | 0-08 (0-05f) | 8 | Newcastle West | |
| Sam Mulroy | Naomh Máirtín | 0-08 (0-05f) | 8 | Rathvilly | |
| 10 | Conor McCrickard | St Finbarr's | 2-01 | 7 | Éire Óg, Ennis |
| Sean McEvoy | Ramor United | 1-04 (0-01f) | 7 | Kilcoo |