Derry Senior Football Championship
Year Winner Score Runners-up Score Venue Referee Man of the match Winning captain Championship Top Scorer
2019 Magherafelt 0-12 Glen 0-11 Celtic Park JJ Cleary Emmett McGuckin Danny Heavron Shane Heavron ( 0-20 )
2018 Eoghan Rua , Coleraine 1-12 Lavey 0-12 Celtic Park Damien Harkin Liam McGoldrick Colm McGoldrick Colm McGoldrick
2017 Slaughtneil 4-12 Ballinascreen 1-11 Celtic Park Dan Mullan Shane McGuigan Patsy Bradley Shane McGuigan ( 3-15 )
2016 Slaughtneil 2-11 An Lúb 0-06 Celtic Park Benny Quinn Padraig Cassidy Francis McEldowney Shane McGuigan ( 2-15 )
2015 Slaughtneil 1-07 Eoghan Rua , Coleraine 0-09 Celtic Park D O'Neill Paul Bradley Francis McEldowney
2014 Slaughtneil 1-08 Ballinderry 0-09 Celtic Park A Campbell Patsy Bradley Francis McEldowney
2013 Ballinderry 3-10 Ballinascreen 2-07 Celtic Park B Cassidy Coilin Devlin Conor Nevin Benny Heron
2012 Ballinderry 1-10 Slaughtneil 0-10 Celtic Park S Hamill Enda Muldoon Ryan Scott Christopher Bradley
2011 Ballinderry 2-05 Kilrea 0-06 Celtic Park D Loughrey Martin Harney Kevin McGuckin James Kielt
2010 Eoghan Rua , Coleraine 2-11 Ballinderry 0-15 Celtic Park B Cassidy Declan Mullan Richard Carey Cailen O'Boyle
2009 An Lúb 1-08 Dungiven 0-10 Celtic Park B Toland Joe O'Kane Joe O'Kane Cathal Grieve
2008 Ballinderry 0-10 Slaughtneil 0-08 Celtic Park B Toland Raymond Wilkinson Enda Muldoon Paul Bradley
2007 Glenullin 0-10 1-09 Bellaghy 1-06 1-09* Celtic Park Celtic Park B Toland D O'Connor Gerard O'Kane Paddy Bradley Conleith Gilligan ( 1-26 )
2006 Ballinderry 2-11 An Lúb 0-09 Celtic Park JJ Cleary Conleith Gilligan Conleith Gilligan Conleith Gilligan & Paddy Bradley ( 0-18 )
2005 Bellaghy 2-07 An Lúb 1-06 Celtic Park S McGuigan Joe Diver Joe Cassidy Joe Cassidy ( 0-21 )
2004 Slaughtneil 1-08 Bellaghy 0-09 Glen T O'Kane Padrig Kelly Shane Kelly Jim Kelly ( 3-12 )
2003 An Lúb 0-11 Ballinderry 0-07 Celtic Park Padraig O'Kane Johnny McBride Jim Kelly ( 1-15 )
2002 Ballinderry 1-11 An Lúb 0-06 Celtic Park Conleith Gilligan Gerard Cassidy Gerard Cassidy ( 0-26 )
2001 Ballinderry 1-09 Bellaghy 0-11 Ballinascreen Declan O'Connor Gerard Cassidy Adrian McGuckin Gerard Cassidy & Gavin Diamond ( 1-26 )
Finals Listed By Year
The Derry Senior Football Championship is an annual gaelic football competition between the top sixteen Derry GAA clubs. The winners receive the John McLaughlin Cup and qualify to represent Derry in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. Bellaghy have won the competition more than any other club with 21 titles. Bellaghy's Tom Scullion has more senior football championship medals than anyone in Derry, winning 12 medals between 1956 and 1971. Magherafelt are the reigning champions after they beat Glen on October 20, 2019 by 0-12 to 0-11 in front of a crowd of 9,511 at Celtic Park. Bellaghy and Slaughtneil are the only teams to have won 4 consecutive Championship titles. Ballinderry have won 3 consecutive Championship titles on two separate occasions.