2017–18 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship

The 2017–18 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship was the 48th annual Gaelic football club championship since its establishment in the 1970–71 season. The winning team received the Andy Merrigan Cup.
The defending champion was Dr Crokes.
Corofin (Galway) won a third title, defeating Nemo Rangers (Cork) by 2–19 to 0–10 in the [|final] on 17 March 2018.

Format

County Championships
Ireland's 32 counties play their county championships between their senior 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 which is an amalgamation of two or more clubs 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.
Provincial Championships
Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise a provincial championship for their participating county champions. All matches are knock-out and two ten minute periods of extra time are played if it's a draw at the end of normal time.
All-Ireland
Fulham Irish, the winners of the London club championship, played Corofin, the winners of the Galway provincial championship, in a single match on 21 January 2018. The game was played in London and was referred to as a quarter-final. This was the final year for this arrangement – from 2018 onwards, the London champions played in the Connacht senior club championship.
Two semi-finals were played on two Saturday's in mid-February. The All-Ireland Club SFC final was played at Croke Park 17 March.

County Finals

Connacht County Finals

Galway SFC
Leitrim SFC
Mayo SFC
Roscommon SFC
'''Sligo SFC'''

Leinster County Finals

Carlow SFC
Dublin SFC
Kildare SFC
Kilkenny SFC
The Kilkenny SFC champions take part in the Leinster Club Intermediate Football Championship.
Laois SFC
Longford SFC
Louth SFC
Meath SFC
Offaly SFC
Westmeath SFC
Wexford SFC
'''Wicklow SFC'''

Munster County Finals

Clare SFC
Cork SFC
Kerry SFC
Limerick SFC
Tipperary SFC
'''Waterford SFC'''

Ulster County Finals

Antrim SFC
Armagh SFC
Cavan SFC
Derry SFC
Donegal SFC
Down SFC
Fermanagh SFC
Monaghan SFC
'''Tyrone SFC'''

London Final

'''London SFC'''

Provincial championships

Leinster

The Kilkenny senior football champion competed in the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship.

Munster

Quarter-finals

* Waterford did not complete their club championship in time, and were therefore eliminated.

Bracket

Statistics

Top scorers

;Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Luke Connolly	Nemo Rangers	3-24	33	4	8.25
2	Éanna O'Connor	Moorefield	1-23	26	4	6.50
2	Christopher Bradley	Slaughtneil	1-23	26	5	5.20
3	Shane McGuigan	Slaughtneil	1-19	22	5	4.40
4	John Heslin	St Loman's	1-15	18	3	6.00
4	Gary Sice	Corofin	1-15	18	5	3.40
4	Paddy McBrearty	Kilcar	0-18	18	2	9.00
5	Seánie Johnston	Cavan Gaels	1-13	16	4	4.00
5	Jason Leonard	Corofin	1-13	16	5	3.20
6	David Stenson	Castlebar Mitchels	0-15	15	3	5.00

;In a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Luke Connolly	Nemo Rangers	2-05	11	Slaughtneil
2	John Heslin	St Loman's	1-07	10	Mullinalaghta
2	Luke Connolly	Nemo Rangers	0-10	10	Dr Crokes
2	Paddy McBrearty	Kilcar	0-10	10	Slaughtneil
3	Paul O'Connor	Cavan Gaels	3-00	9	Derrygonnelly Harps
3	Shane McGuigan	Slaughtneil	1-06	9	Cavan Gaels
3	Colm Cooper	Dr Crokes	0-09	9	Kilmurry-Ibrickane
3	Christopher Bradley	Slaughtneil	0-09	9	Nemo Rangers
4	Éanna O'Connor	Moorefield	1-05	8	Portlaoise
4	Conall Jones	Derrygonnelly Harps	1-05	8	Armagh Harps
4	Christopher Bradley	Slaughtneil	1-05	8	Kilcar
4	Éanna O'Connor	Moorefield	0-08	8	Rathnew
4	Éanna O'Connor	Moorefield	0-08	8	St Loman's
4	Paddy McBrearty	Kilcar	0-08	8	Scotstown

TV coverage

TG4 continued to broadcast live and deferred club championship games. Eir Sport also secured rights to broadcast live Gaelic football and hurling club championship games. 2017 was the first time Eir Sport broadcast club championship games, and it was expected to broadcast up to 30 live games. Those games included rounds of county championships, as well as county finals and provincial and All-Ireland club championship matches.

Awards

The Club Player Awards were initiated in 2018. Below is the first selection from football.
Team of the Year

Footballer of the Year

Liam Silke

Also nominated: Ian Burke & Michael Farragher