2025 Munster Senior Football Championship

The 2025 Munster Senior Football Championship was the 2025 installment of the annual Munster Senior Football Championship organised by Munster GAA. It was one of the four provincial competitions of the 2025 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. The winning team received the Munster Cup. The draw for the championship was made on 12 October 2024.^[1] The defending champion was Kerry and they went on to retain the title.^[2][3]

2025 Munster SFC

Tournament details
Province	Munster
Year	2025
Trophy	Munster Cup
Date	April – May 2025
Defending champions	Kerry
Winners
Champions	Kerry (86th win)
Runners-up
Runners-up	Clare
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Draw

Seeded	Unseeded
Kerry (1st) Clare (2nd)	Limerick (QF) Tipperary (QF) Cork (SF) Waterford (SF)

Teams

General information

Six counties competed in the Munster Senior Football Championship:

County	Last Championship title	Last All-Ireland title	Position in 2024 Championship
Clare	1992	—	Runners-up
Cork	2012	2010	Semi-finals
Kerry	2024	2022	Champions
Limerick	1896	1896	Quarter-finals
Tipperary	2020	1920	Quarter-finals
Waterford	1898	—	Semi-finals

Personnel and kits

County	Manager	Captain(s)	Sponsors
Clare	Peter Keane	Eoin Cleary	Pat O'Donnell
Cork	John Cleary	Ian Maguire	Sports Direct
Kerry	Jack O'Connor	Jack Moloney	Kerry Group
Limerick	Jimmy Lee	Cillian Fahy[4][5]	None
Tipperary	Philly Ryan	Vacant	Fiserv
Waterford	Paul Shankey[6][7]	Dermot Ryan	Cognizant

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
					19 April, Ennis
					Tipperary	1-15
					Clare	2-18
	Tipperary	1-22
									4 May, Killarney
	Waterford	1-19
									Clare	0-21
									Kerry	4-20
					19 April, Cork
					Cork	1-25
	5 April, Limerick
					Kerry	3-21
	Cork	0-24
	Limerick	0-13

Quarter-finals

Matches

Tipperary v Waterford

5 April 2025 Quarter-final	Tipperary	1-22 – 1-19	Waterford	Thurles
				Venue: Semple Stadium
	Gls: S O’Brien 1 Pts: P Feehan 1, M Freaney 4 (1tp), C Smith 6 (2fs), S O’Brien 8 (2tpf, 1tp, 1 '45)	Report	Gls: A Dunwoody 1 Pts: L Fennell 1, C Murray 5 (1tp), James Power 3 (1tp), J Curry 6 (4fs, 1 '45), A Dunwoody 2	Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford) Attendance: 1,017

Cork v Limerick

5 April 2025 Quarter-final	Cork	0-24 – 0-13	Limerick	Limerick
				Venue: TUS Gaelic Grounds
	Pts: Brian O’Driscoll 6 (2tp), Matty Taylor 1, Colm O’Callaghan 2, Paul Walsh 2, Seán McDonnell 1, Mark Cronin 6 (2tpf, 2f), Brian Hurley 4 (1f, 1tpf), Chris Óg Jones 1, Cathail O’Mahony 1	Report	Pts: Colm McSweeney 1, Paul Maher 1, Emmett Rigter 2 (1tpf), James Naughton 7 (1f, 2tpf), Peter Nash 2 (1f)	Referee: Derek O’Mahoney (Tipperary) Attendance: 2,042[8]

Semi-finals

Matches

Clare v Tipperary

19 April 2025 Semi-final	Clare	2-18 – 1-15	Tipperary	Ennis
2.00pm				Venue: Zimmer Biomet Phairc
		Report[9]		Referee: James Molloy (Galway) Attendance: 2,893

Kerry v Cork

19 April 2025 Semi-final	Kerry	3-21 – 1-25	Cork	Cork
7.00pm				Venue: Páirc Uí Chaoimh
		Report[10]		Referee: Barry Tiernan (Dublin) Attendance: 14,358

Final

Munster Final

Main article: 2025 Munster Senior Football Championship final

Kerry v Clare

4 May 2025 Final	Kerry	4-20 – 0-21	Clare	Killarney
1.45pm				Venue: Fitzgerald Stadium
		Report[11]		Referee: Noel Mooney (Cavan) Attendance: 13,181

• Clare and Kerry qualified for the 2025 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship group stage.

Statistics

Scoring events

Does not include scores after extra-time.

• Widest winning margin: 11 points
  • Cork 0–24 — 0–13 Limerick (Quarter-finals)
  • Kerry 4–20 — 0–21 Clare (Final)
• Most goals in a match: 4
  • Kerry 4–20 — 0–21 Clare (Final)
• Most points in a match: 41
  • Tipperary 1–22 — 1–19 Waterford (Quarter-finals)
  • Kerry 4–20 — 0–21 Clare (Final)
• Most goals by one team in a match: 4
  • Kerry 4–20 — 0–21 Clare (Final)
• Most points by one team in a match: 24
  • Cork 0–24 — 0–13 Limerick (Quarter-finals)
• Highest aggregate score: 53 points
  • Kerry 4–20 — 0–21 Clare (Final)
• Lowest aggregate score: 37 points
  • Cork 0–24 — 0–13 Limerick (Quarter-finals)

Stadia and attendance

County Location Province Stadium Capacity Clare Ennis Munster Cusack Park 20,100 Cork Cork Munster Páirc Uí Chaoimh 45,300 Kerry Killarney Munster Fitzgerald Stadium 38,000 Limerick Limerick Munster Gaelic Grounds 44,023 Tipperary Thurles Munster Semple Stadium 45,690 Waterford Waterford Munster Fraher Field 15,000

Total attendance 33,491 Average attendance 6,698 Highest attendance 14,358 Cork 1-25 - 3-21 Kerry 19 April 2025

Miscellaneous

• Clare score their first Munster Senior Football Championship victory over Tipperary since 2000.
• Clare reached a third consecutive Munster Senior Football Championship Final, only previously doing so in the 1915, 1916, and the 1917 championships.

See also

• 2025 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
  • 2025 Connacht Senior Football Championship
  • 2025 Leinster Senior Football Championship
  • 2025 Ulster Senior Football Championship