2022 Cork Premier Senior Football Championship

The 2022 Cork Premier Senior Football Championship was the third staging of the Cork Premier Senior Football Championship and the 134th staging overall of a championship for the top-ranking Gaelic football teams in Cork. The championship ran from 9 June to 30 October 2022.
St. Finbarr's entered the championship as the [2021 Cork (city)|Cork Premier Senior Football Championship|defending champions]. Newcestown's relegation after a playoff defeat by Éire Óg ended 11 years of top tier football for the club.
The final was played on 30 October 2022 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, between Nemo Rangers and St. Finbarr's, in what was their third ever meeting in the final overall and a first meeting in five years. Nemo Rangers won the match by 1-16 to 2-09 to claim their 23rd championship title overall and a first title in two years.
Luke Connolly and Brian Hurley were the championship's joint-top scorers.

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Cork Senior A Football Championship

Mallow

From Championship

Relegated to the Cork Senior A Football Championship

Ilen Rovers

Participating teams

Clubs

The seedings were based on final group stage positions from the 2021 championship.

Team	Location	Colours	Manager	Captain
St. Finbarr's	Togher	Blue and yellow	Paul O'Keeffe	Ian Maguire
Clonakilty	Clonakilty	Green and red	Haulie O'Neill	Eoghan Deasy
Douglas	Douglas	Green, white and black	Ray Keating
Castlehaven	Castlehaven	Blue and white	James McCarthy	Mark Collins
Valley Rovers	Innishannon	Green and white	Mike Murphy
Éire Óg	Ovens	Red and yellow	Turlough O'Brien	Daniel Goulding
Nemo Rangers	Trabeg	Black and green	Paul O'Donovan	Luke Connolly
Ballincollig	Ballincollig	Green and white	Podsie O'Mahony	Luke Fahy
Newcestown	Newcestown	Red and yellow	Tim Buckley	Seán O'Donovan
Carbery Rangers	Rosscarbery	Green, white and gold	Declan Hayes	Thomas O'Rourke
Carrigaline	Carrigaline	Blue and yellow
Mallow	Mallow	Red and yellow	Keith Moynihan	Ryan Harkin

Divisions and colleges

Team	Location	Colours	Manager	Captain
Avondhu	North Cork	Black and yellow	Martin Crummy	Shane Beston
Beara	Beara Peninsula	Red and white	Andrew Fitzgerald	Brian Terry O'Sullivan
Carbery	West Cork	Purple and yellow	Tim Buckley	Colm O'Driscoll
Duhallow	Duhallow	Orange and black	Ned English	Séamus Hickey
Imokilly	East Cork	Red and white	Eoin O'Neill	Mike Kelly
MTU Cork	Bishopstown	Red and white		Paul Ring
Muskerry	Mid Cork	Green and white	Ger McCarthy	Joe Creedon
University College Cork	College Road	Red and black	Aidan Kelleher	Bill Curtin

Divisional/colleges section

Semi-finals

Duhallow, MTU Cork and University College Cork received byes to this stage.

Championship statistics

Top scorers

;Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Luke Connolly	Nemo Rangers	4-24	36	6	6.60
1	Brian Hurley	Castlehaven	1-33	36	5	7.20
3	Brian O'Driscoll	Carbery	1-27	30	5	6.00
4	Ruairí Deane	Carbery	3-18	27	6	4.50
5	Cillian Myers-Murray	St. Finbarr's	1-22	25	5	5.00
6	Daniel Goulding	Éire Óg	0-24	24	4	6.00
7	Darren Murphy	Ballincollig	3-14	23	5	4.60
7	Cian Dorgan	Ballincollig	2-17	23	4	5.75
9	Brian Hayes	St. Finbarr's	4-09	21	5	4.20
9	Steven Sherlock	St. Finbarr's	1-18	21	5	4.20

;In a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Brian O'Driscoll	Carbery	1-09	12	UCC
2	Cian Dorgan	Ballincollig	2-04	10	Carbery
2	Luke Connolly	Nemo Rangers	2-04	10	Castlehaven
2	Ruairí Deane	Carbery	1-07	10	Beara
2	Cillian Myers-Murray	St. Finbarr's	0-10	10	Carrigaline
6	Brian Hayes	St. Finbarr's	2-03	9	Carrigaline
6	Darren Murphy	Ballincollig	2-03	10	Carbery
6	Steven Sherlock	St. Finbarr's	1-06	9	Castlehaven
6	Dylan Geaney	UCC	1-06	9	Carbery
6	Luke Connolly	Nemo Rangers	1-06	9	Ballincollig
6	Brian Hurley	Castlehaven	0-09	9	Nemo Rangers