The 2023 Kerry Senior Football Championship was the 122nd edition of Kerry GAA's premier tournament for senior Gaelic football teams in County Kerry, Ireland. The tournament consisted of 16 teams (8 senior club teams and 8 divisional teams). The Championship was won by East Kerry who retained their title. As they are a divisional team, the winners of the 2023 Kerry Club Football Championship (Dingle) represented Kerry in the 2023 Munster Senior Club Football Championship.
Format The format for the 2023 Championship was the same as that used in 2022 beginning with a mini-league phase followed by a single-elimination phase. The eight senior club teams and eight divisional teams (16 in total) were divided into four groups of four teams each, playing a single round-robin format. Teams were awarded 2 points for a win, 1 for a draw and none for a loss. The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals.
Teams Team changes Rathmore were promoted to the Kerry SFC for 2023 having won the 2022 Kerry Intermediate Football Championship. They replaced Austin Stacks who in turn were relegated to the Intermediate Championship for 2023 having lost the 2022 Kerry Club Football Championship Relegation play-off to Kenmare Shamrocks.
2023 Teams TeamLocationClub/DivisionalClub's Divisional SideChampionship TitlesLast Championship Title DingleDingleClubWest Kerry61948 Dr CrokesKillarneyClubEast Kerry132018 East KerryEast KerryDivision—102022 Feale RangersNorth KerryDivision—32007 Kenmare ShamrocksKenmareClubKenmare District0— Kerins O'Rahilly'sTraleeClubSt Brendan's62002 Mid KerryMid KerryDivision—42008 Na GaeilTraleeClubSt Brendan's0— RathmoreRathmoreClubEast Kerry0— Shannon RangersNorth KerryDivision—51977 South KerrySouth KerryDivision—102015 SpaKillarneyClubEast Kerry0— St Brendan'sTraleeDivision—0— St Kieran'sCastleislandDivision—11988 TemplenoeTemplenoeClubKenmare District0— West KerryWest KerryDivision—31990
Group stage Group 1 Sources: Team1 East Kerry33005535+206Advanced to Quarter-finals2 Templenoe32014143-24Advanced to Quarter-finals3 South Kerry31022332-924 West Kerry30032736-90 Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Group 2 Sources: Team1 Rathmore32105440+145Advanced to Quarter-finals2 St Kieran's31205946+134Advanced to Quarter-finals3 Kenmare Shamrocks31113837+134 Feale Rangers30033058-280
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Group 3 Sources: Team1 Mid Kerry33005138+136Advanced to Quarter-finals2 Spa32015645+114Advanced to Quarter-finals3 Kerins O'Rahilly's31024644+224 Shannon Rangers30034672-260
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Group 4 Sources: Team1 Dingle33004227+156Advanced to Quarter-finals2 Na Gaeil32013827+114Advanced to Quarter-finals3 Dr Crokes31024537+824 St Brendan's30032155-340
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous Kerins O'Rahilly's are relegated for the first time in their history.
See also
2023 Kerry Club Football Championship
References