2021–22 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 held for two years as the 2020–21 edition was cancelled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games. The competition began on 21 November 2021 and ended on 12 February 2022.
The defending champion was Corofin. However, the club lost the Galway SFC [|final]; therefore it could not defend the title.
Kilcoo defeated Kilmacud Croked by 2–8 to 0–13 after extra time in the final at Croke Park on 12 February 2022 to win the competition.
Format
County ChampionshipsAll 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.
Provincial championships
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.
All-Ireland
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 Club SFC final was played in Croke Park on 17 March, but it was also moved to mid-February in 2022.
County Finals
Connacht
Galway SFCLeitrim SFC
London SFC
Mayo SFC
Roscommon SFC
'''Sligo SFC'''
Leinster
Carlow SFCDublin 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
Clare SFCCork SFC
Kerry SFC
Limerick SFC
Tipperary SFC
'''Waterford SFC'''
Ulster
Antrim SFCArmagh SFC
Cavan SFC
Donegal SFC
Derry SFC
Down SFC
Fermanagh SFC
Monaghan SFC
'''Tyrone SFC'''
Statistics
Top scorers
;Overall Top Scorers| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total |
| 1 | Eamonn Callaghan | Naas | 0-21 | 21 |
| 2 | Darragh Kirwan | Naas | 4-06 | 18 |
| 3 | Danny Tallon | Watty Graham's GAC Glen | 1-12 | 15 |
| 4 | Conall Jones | Derrygonnelly | 1-11 | 14 |
| 4 | Barry McHugh | Mountbellew–Moylough | 1-11 | 14 |
| 4 | Sam Mulroy | Naomh Máirtín | 0-14 | 14 |
| 7 | Paul Carey | Padraig Pearses | 1-09 | 12 |
| 8 | Jerome Johnston | Kilcoo | 3-02 | 11 |
| 8 | Luke Griffin | Naas | 2-05 | 11 |
| 10 | Conor Turbitt | Clann Éireann | 0-10 | 10 |
;In a single game
| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Darragh Kirwan | Naas | 2-04 | 10 | Tullamore |
| 2 | Luke Griffin | Naas | 2-03 | 9 | Blessington |
| 2 | Steven Sherlock | St Finbarr's | 0-09 | 9 | Éire Óg, Ennis |
| 2 | Barry McHugh | Mountbellew–Moylough | 0-09 | 9 | Ballinamore |
| 5 | Jerome Johnston | Kilcoo | 2-02 | 8 | Ramor United |
| 5 | Conall Jones | Derrygonnelly | 1-05 | 8 | Clann Éireann |
| 5 | Paul Carey | Padraig Pearses | 0-08 | 8 | Knockmore |
| 5 | Darragh O'Brien | Austin Stacks | 0-08 | 8 | Newcastle West |
| 5 | Sam Mulroy | Naomh Máirtín | 0-08 | 8 | Rathvilly |
| 10 | Conor McCrickard | St Finbarr's | 2-01 | 7 | Éire Óg, Ennis |
| 10 | Sean McEvoy | Ramor United | 1-04 | 7 | Kilcoo |
Broadcasting rights
TG4 continued to broadcast live and deferred club championship games. RTÉ also broadcast games from the AIB Club Championships on Saturdays.Awards
Team of the Year- Niall Kane
- Sam Ryan
- Ryan McEvoy
- Dan O'Brien
- Miceal Rooney
- Rory O'Carroll
- Darryl Branagan
- Craig Dias
- Niall Daly
- Ceilum Dohert
- Jerome Johnston
- Eugene Branagan
- Dara Mullin
- Steven Sherlock
- Paul Carey
- Eugene Branagan