2025 Ulster Senior Football Championship final

The 2025 Ulster Senior Football Championship Final was the showpiece game of that year's Ulster Senior Football Championship; one of four provincial championships and part of the 2025 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.

2025 Ulster SFC Final

Event	2025 Ulster Senior Football Championship
Armagh Donegal 0-28 (28) 2-23 (29)
A.E.T.
Date	10 May 2025
Venue	St Tiernach's Park, Clones
Man of the Match	Michael Murphy (Donegal)[1]
Referee	Brendan Cawley (Kildare)[2]
Attendance	28,788
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The game was won by defending champions Donegal,^[3] who defeated defending All-Ireland Champions Armagh by one point, with a score of 2-23 (29) to 0-28 (28).

The game was played at St Tiernach's Park, Clones, Co. Monaghan on Saturday 10 May 2025 and was immediately preceded by the Ladies' Gaelic Football Ulster Senior Championship Final between the same two counties.^[4]

Armagh appeared in their third consecutive Ulster Final, aiming to capture the county's first provincial title since 2008, while Donegal were the defending champions, having beaten Armagh at the same stage in 2024.

Kildare's Brendan Cawley was the referee.^[5]

Paths to the final

Donegal entered the championship in the preliminary round, where they faced Derry at Ballybofey on 6 April, winning by 10 points.^[6] At the quarter-final stage, they faced Monaghan at Clones, winning by two points.^[7] In the semi-final, the faced 2024 Tailteann Cup winners Down, winning by six points.^[8]

Armagh's opening game came against Antrim at Belfast's Corrigan Park on 12 April. The game had been moved by Ulster GAA to Páirc Esler in Newry, but a successful campaign - including a proposed boycott by the Antrim team saw the game being staged at the West Belfast venue. Armagh won the contest by 11 points,^[9] and faced Tyrone in the semi-final at Clones on 26 April, winning the tie by one point.^[10]

Match

Details

Donegal v Armagh

RTÉ BBC

10 May 2025 (2025-05-10) 17:25 Final

Donegal	2–23 – 0–28	Armagh
(HT: 0–16 – 0–11)
Gls: C Moore (1) H McFadden (1) Pts: P Mogan (1) C Moore (1) C Thompson (4) M Langan (2) D Ó Baoill (1) P McBrearty (3) M Murphy (3) O Gallen (4) C O'Donnell (1) J McGee (1) N O'Donnell (2)		Pts: E Rafferty (3) R McQuillan (3) J Óg Burns (1) C O'Neill (1) B Crealy (1) O Conaty (6) A Murnin (1) O O'Neill (7) J Duffy (1)

St Tiernach's Park, Clones Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare) Attendance: 28,788 Standby: Joe McQuillan (Cavan) Linesman: David Coldrick (Meath) Sideline: Conor Dourneen (Cavan) Umpires: Eoghan Fitzpatrick, Johnny Farrell, Dave Coady, Lee Moore

Donegal

Armagh

1 Shaun Patton 2 Finnbarr Roarty 3 Brendan McCole  83' 4 Peadar Mogan 5 Ryan McHugh  78' 26 Caolan McGonagle 7 Ciarán Moore  54'  81' 8 Ciarán Thompson 9 Michael Langan 10 Daire Ó Baoill  51'  78' 24 Hugh McFadden  49' 12 Shane O'Donnell  81' 13 Patrick McBrearty (c)  42'  76' 14 Michael Murphy  76' 15 Oisín Gallen  64' Substitutes: 16 Gavin Mulreany 17 Mark Curran 18 Odhran McFadden Ferry 19 Odhrán Doherty 20 Aaron Doherty  64' 21 Eoin McHugh  54' 22 Jason McGee  49' 23 Jamie Brennan  51'  71' 11 Conor O'Donnell  42' 25 Niall O'Donnell  71' 6 Stephen McMenamin  83' Manager: Jim McGuinness

1 Ethan Rafferty 2 Paddy Burns 3 Barry McCambridge 17 Aidan Forker (c)  61' 5 Ross McQuillan  87' 6 Greg McCabe  54' 7 Jarly Óg Burns 8 Callum O'Neill  49' 9 Ben Crealey 10 Darragh McMullen 11 Rory Grugan  83' 12 Oisín Conaty  78' 24 Tiernan Kelly  41' 14 Andrew Murnin  71' 15 Oisín O'Neill  59' Substitutes: 16 Blaine Hughes 4 Peter McGrane  54' 18 Tomás McCormack  87' 19 Connaire Mackin  71' 20 Jason Duffy 21 Niall Grimley  61' 22 Shane McPartlan  83' 23 Cian McConville  78' 13 Conor Turbitt  41' 25 Stefan Campbell  49' 26 Jemar Hall Manager: Kieran McGeeney

Man of the Match: Michael Murphy (Donegal)