2025 Fermanagh Senior Football Championship

{{Infobox GAA championship |image = |name = 2025 [[Mannok]] [[Fermanagh Senior Football Championship]] |county = [[Fermanagh GAA|Fermanagh]] |province = [[Ulster GAA|Ulster]] |year = 2025 |trophy = New York Cup |level = Senior |sponsor = [[Mannok]] |date = 29 August – 25 October 2025 |num_teams = 8 |defending_champions = [[Erne Gaels GAC|Erne Gaels Belleek]] |winners = [[Erne Gaels GAC|Erne Gaels Belleek]] |ordinal = 4 |manager = [[Declan Bonner]] |captain = Ryan Lyons<ref>{{cite news|title=‘Our resilience has been the story of the championship for us’ - Ryan Lyons pays tribute to Erne Gaels spirit as they retain Fermanagh title|url=https://www.irishnews.com/gaa/gaelic-football/our-resilience-has-been-the-story-of-the-championship-for-us-ryan-lyons-pays-tribute-to-erne-gaels-spirit-as-they-retain-fermanagh-title-DIZB6FMZ4JA6RMSPM5F6NEGBVM/|work=[[The Irish News]]|date=28 October 2025|accessdate=28 October 2025}}</ref> |qualify_for = [[2025 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship|Ulster Club SFC]] |runnersup = [[Derrygonnelly Harps GFC|Derrygonnelly Harps]] |runnerupmanager = Sean Flanagan<ref>{{cite news|last=McGoldrick|first=Mark|date=15 October 2025|title=Harps boss Flanagan is focused on task at hand|url=https://fermanaghherald.com/2025/10/harps-boss-flanagan-is-focused-on-task-at-hand/|work=[[Fermanagh Herald]]|accessdate=28 October 2025}}</ref> |runnerupcaptain = Shane McGullion |relegated = Kinawley Brian Borus |matches = |total_scored = |poty = |topscorer = |website = |previous = [[2024 Fermanagh Senior Football Championship|2024]] |next = [[2026 Fermanagh Senior Football Championship|2026]] }} The '''2025 Fermanagh Senior Football Championship''' was the 119th edition of [[Fermanagh GAA|Fermanagh GAA's]] premier club [[Gaelic football]] tournament for senior clubs in [[County Fermanagh]], [[Northern Ireland]]. The championship consisted of eight teams, with the winner going on to represent Fermanagh in the [[Ulster Senior Club Football Championship]]. The championship began on 29 August 2025.

[[Erne Gaels GAC|Erne Gaels Belleek]] were the defending champions,<ref>{{cite news|last=Flaherty|first=Ciaran|date=2 November 2024|title=Erne Gaels end 43-year wait for Senior Championship glory with win against Enniskillen Gaels|url=https://www.irishnews.com/gaa/gaelic-football/erne-gaels-end-43-year-wait-for-senior-championship-glory-with-win-against-enniskillen-gael-H6FZLGH5XJCXZE3AJ3NSPUTT2Y/|work=[[The Irish News]]|accessdate=3 November 2024}}</ref> and qualified for the final where they faced [[Derrygonnelly Harps GFC|Derrygonnelly Harps]].<ref>{{cite news|last=McGoldrick|first=Mark|date=6 October 2025|title=Derrygonnelly set up Fermanagh final with Erne Gaels|url=https://fermanaghherald.com/2025/10/derrygonnelly-set-up-fermanagh-final-with-erne-gaels/|work=[[Fermanagh Herald]]|accessdate=28 October 2025}}</ref> The final ended in a draw,<ref>{{cite news|last=Cauldwell|first=Gareth|date=19 October 2025|title=Fermanagh SFC final: Seamus Ryder’s leveller snatches draw for champions Erne Gaels|url=https://www.irishnews.com/gaa/gaelic-football/fermanagh-sfc-final-seamus-ryders-leveller-snatches-draw-for-champions-erne-gaels-TFR2QI45PNFN5LTEJQ7YLY2TS4/|work=[[The Irish News]]|accessdate=28 October 2025}}</ref> but Erne Gaels won the replay by three points to successfully defend their title.<ref>{{cite news|last=McLaughlin|first=Gerry|date=25 October 2025|title=Erne Gaels retain Fermangh senior football title after battle with Derrygonnelly Harps|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41730870.html|work=[[Irish Examiner]]|accessdate=28 October 2025}}</ref>

==Team changes== The following teams have changed division since the 2024 championship season.

===To Championship=== '''Promoted from 2024 Intermediate Championship''' * [[Lisnaskea Emmetts GAC|Lisnaskea Emmetts]] (Intermediate Champions)<ref>{{cite news|last=Nolan|first=Fionn|date=21 October 2024|title=Lisnaskea take Intermediate title with Irvinestown win|url=https://www.impartialreporter.com/sport/24666380.lisnaskea-take-intermediate-title-irvinestown-win/|work=[[The Impartial Reporter]]|accessdate=28 October 2025}}</ref>

===From Championship=== '''Relegated to 2024 Intermediate Championship''' * [[Devenish St Mary's GAA|Devenish St Mary's]] (Relegation play-off losers)<ref>{{cite news|last=McLaughlin|first=Gerry|date=30 September 2024|title=Belnaleck survive and send Devenish to Intermediate football|url=https://www.impartialreporter.com/sport/24618830.belnaleck-survive-send-devenish-intermediate-football/|work=[[The Impartial Reporter]]|accessdate=28 October 2025}}</ref>

==Group stage== ===Group A=== {{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL |source = [https://fermanagh.gaa.ie/fixtures-results/ Fermanagh GAA] |for_against_style = points

|winpoints = 2 |drawpoints = 1 |losspoints = 0 |update = complete }} {{footballbox collapsible | date = 29 August 2025 | time = 20:00 | round = Round 1 | report = | team1 = [[Enniskillen Gaels GAC|Enniskillen Gaels]] | score = 1–11 – 0–18 | team2 = [[Belnaleck Art McMurroughs GAC|Belnaleck Art McMurroughs]] | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = [[Brewster Park (Enniskillen)|Brewster Park]] | location = [[Enniskillen]] | referee = James Lewis }} {{footballbox collapsible | date = 31 August 2025 | time = 13:30 | round = Round 1 | report = | team1 = [[Derrygonnelly Harps GFC|Derrygonnelly Harps]] | score = 3–11 – 2–8 | team2 = [[Lisnaskea Emmetts GAC|Lisnaskea Emmetts]] | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = [[Derrygonnelly Harps GFC|Canon Maguire Park]] | location = [[Derrygonnelly]] | referee = Gerard Gallagher }} {{footballbox collapsible | date = 6 September 2025 | time = 18:30 | round = Round 2 | report = | team1 = [[Belnaleck Art McMurroughs GAC|Belnaleck Art McMurroughs]] | score = 0–14 – 0–16 | team2 = [[Derrygonnelly Harps GFC|Derrygonnelly Harps]] | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = [[Belnaleck Art McMurroughs GAC|Belnaleck GAA Grounds]] | location = [[Bellanaleck|Belnaleck]] | referee = Niall Cullen }} {{footballbox collapsible | date = 7 September 2025 | time = 18:00 | round = Round 2 | report = | team1 = [[Lisnaskea Emmetts GAC|Lisnaskea Emmetts]] | score = 0–16 – 1–11 | team2 = [[Enniskillen Gaels GAC|Enniskillen Gaels]] | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = [[Lisnaskea Emmetts GAC|Emmett Park]] | location = [[Lisnaskea]] | referee = Gerard McLaughlin }} {{footballbox collapsible | date = 21 September 2025 | time = 15:30 | round = Round 3 | report = | team1 = [[Derrygonnelly Harps GFC|Derrygonnelly Harps]] | score = 0–14 – 0–9 | team2 = [[Enniskillen Gaels GAC|Enniskillen Gaels]] | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = [[Irvinestown St Molaise GFC|St Molaise Park]] | location = [[Irvinestown]] | referee = Niall McCann }} {{footballbox collapsible | date = 21 September 2025 | time = 15:30 | round = Round 3 | report = | team1 = [[Belnaleck Art McMurroughs GAC|Belnaleck Art McMurroughs]] | score = 0–18 – 3–9 | team2 = [[Lisnaskea Emmetts GAC|Lisnaskea Emmetts]] | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = [[St Patrick's GFC, Donagh|Louis Leonard Memorial Park]] | location = [[Donagh]] | referee = Karol Bradshaw }}

===Group B=== {{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL |source = [https://fermanagh.gaa.ie/fixtures-results/ Fermanagh GAA] |for_against_style = points

|winpoints = 2 |drawpoints = 1 |losspoints = 0 |update = complete }} {{footballbox collapsible | date = 30 August 2025 | time = 18:30 | round = Round 1 | report = | team1 = [[Teemore Shamrocks GFC|Teemore Shamrocks]] | score = 0–13 – 0–10 | team2 = Kinawley Brian Borus | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = [[Teemore Shamrocks GFC|St Mary's Park]] | location = [[Teemore]] | referee = Nigel Sweeney }} {{footballbox collapsible | date = 31 August 2025 | time = 16:30 | round = Round 1 | report = | team1 = [[Erne Gaels GAC|Erne Gaels Belleek]] | score = 1–14 – 0–17 | team2 = [[Ederney St Joseph's GAC|Ederney St Joseph's]] | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = [[Erne Gaels GAC, Belleek|Páirc na hEirne]] | location = [[Belleek, County Fermanagh|Belleek]] | referee = Eoin Murphy }} {{footballbox collapsible | date = 6 September 2025 | time = 18:30 | round = Round 2 | report = | team1 = [[Ederney St Joseph's GAC|Ederney St Joseph's]] | score = 2–17 – 2–14 | team2 = [[Teemore Shamrocks GFC|Teemore Shamrocks]] | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = [[Ederney St Joseph's GAC|St Joseph's Park]] | location = [[Ederney]] | referee = Oliver McShea }} {{footballbox collapsible | date = 7 September 2025 | time = 13:30 | round = Round 2 | report = | team1 = Kinawley Brian Borus | score = 1–15 – 1–15 | team2 = [[Erne Gaels GAC|Erne Gaels Belleek]] | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = Patrick McManus Park | location = [[Kinawley]] | referee = Barry Monaghan }} {{footballbox collapsible | date = 21 September 2025 | time = 15:30 | round = Round 3 | report = | team1 = [[Teemore Shamrocks GFC|Teemore Shamrocks]] | score = 2–5 – 0–16 | team2 = [[Erne Gaels GAC|Erne Gaels Belleek]] | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = [[Tempo Maguires GAC|St Patrick's Park]] | location = [[Tempo, County Fermanagh|Tempo]] | referee = Hugh Breen }} {{footballbox collapsible | date = 21 September 2025 | time = 15:30 | round = Round 3 | report = | team1 = [[Ederney St Joseph's GAC|Ederney St Joseph's]] | score = 4–20 – 2–5 | team2 = Kinawley Brian Borus | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = [[Devenish St Mary's GAA|St Mary's Park]] | location = [[Garrison, County Fermanagh|Garrison]] | referee = Gerard Gallagher }}

==Knock-out stage== {{8TeamBracket-Compact-NoSeeds-Byes | RD1=Quarter-finals | RD2=Semi-finals | RD3=Final | team-width=125px | score-width= 60px | RD1-seed3= | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team3= '''[[Erne Gaels GAC|Erne Gaels]]''' | RD1-team4= [[Lisnaskea Emmetts GAC|Lisnaskea]] | RD1-score3= {{Nowrap|'''1–21'''}} | RD1-score4= {{Nowrap|2–10}} | RD1-seed7= | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team7= [[Belnaleck Art McMurroughs GAC|Belnaleck]] | RD1-team8= '''[[Teemore Shamrocks GFC|Teemore]]''' | RD1-score7= {{Nowrap|1–13}} | RD1-score8= {{Nowrap|'''1–14'''}} | RD2-seed1= | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team1= [[Ederney St Joseph's GAC|Ederney]] | RD2-team2= '''[[Erne Gaels GAC|Erne Gaels]]''' | RD2-score1= {{Nowrap|2–10}} | RD2-score2= {{Nowrap|'''2–11'''}} | RD2-seed3= | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team3= '''[[Derrygonnelly Harps GFC|Derrygonnelly]]''' | RD2-team4= [[Teemore Shamrocks GFC|Teemore]] | RD2-score3= {{Nowrap|'''3–16'''}} | RD2-score4= {{Nowrap|0–8}} | RD3-seed1= | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team1= '''[[Erne Gaels GAC|Erne Gaels]]''' | RD3-team2= [[Derrygonnelly Harps GFC|Derrygonnelly]] | RD3-score1= {{Nowrap|2–14 '''1–12 (R)'''}} | RD3-score2= {{Nowrap|0–20 1–9 (R)}} }}

===Quarter-finals=== {{footballbox collapsible | date = 27 September 2024 | time = 17:00 | round = Quarter-final | report = | team1 = [[Erne Gaels GAC|Erne Gaels Belleek]] | score = 1–21 – 2–10 | team2 = [[Lisnaskea Emmetts GAC|Lisnaskea Emmetts]] | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = [[Erne Gaels GAC, Belleek|Páirc na hEirne]] | location = [[Belleek, County Fermanagh|Belleek]] | referee = Nigel Sweeney | motm = Ryan Lyons (Erne Gaels) }} {{footballbox collapsible | date = 28 September 2025 | time = 16:30 | round = Quarter-final | report = https://fermanaghherald.com/2025/09/mcmanus-strikes-late-to-fire-teemore-to-semi-final/ | team1 = [[Belnaleck Art McMurroughs GAC|Belnaleck Art McMurroughs]] | score = 1–13 – 1–14 | team2 = [[Teemore Shamrocks GFC|Teemore Shamrocks]] | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = [[Belnaleck Art McMurroughs GAC|Belnaleck GAA Grounds]] | location = [[Bellanaleck|Belnaleck]] | referee = Noel McDonagh | motm = Damien Lee (Teemore) }}

===Semi-finals=== {{footballbox collapsible | date = 5 October 2025 | time = 14:30 | round = Semi-final | report = https://www.irishnews.com/gaa/gaelic-football/fermanagh-sfc-erne-gaels-keep-their-back-to-back-hopes-alive-with-semi-final-win-over-ederney-JPSIQTMZCVCZ3CZN3DEEFXLWCQ/ | team1 = [[Ederney St Joseph's GAC|Ederney St Joseph's]] | score = 2–10 – 2–11 | team2 = [[Erne Gaels GAC|Erne Gaels Belleek]] | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = [[Brewster Park (Enniskillen)|Brewster Park]] | location = [[Enniskillen]] | referee = Ferghal Cleary | motm = Oisín Kelm (Erne Gaels) }} {{footballbox collapsible | date = 5 October 2025 | time = 16:45 | round = Semi-final | report = https://www.irishnews.com/gaa/gaelic-football/fermanagh-sfc-derrygonnelly-blow-past-teemore-to-set-up-erne-gaels-showdown-for-county-title-7P327LQH7NCEVAW6WHMIQGIVKA/ | team1 = [[Derrygonnelly Harps GFC|Derrygonnelly Harps]] | score = 3–16 – 0–8 | team2 = [[Teemore Shamrocks GFC|Teemore Shamrocks]] | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = [[Brewster Park (Enniskillen)|Brewster Park]] | location = [[Enniskillen]] | referee = James Lewis | motm = Leigh Jones (Derrygonnelly) }}

===Final=== {{footballbox collapsible | date = 18 October 2025 | time = 18:00 | round = Final | report = https://www.gaa.ie/article/fermanagh-sfc-final-dramatic-encounter-finishes-level | team1 = [[Erne Gaels GAC|Erne Gaels Belleek]] | score = 2–14 – 0–20 | team2 = [[Derrygonnelly Harps GFC|Derrygonnelly Harps]] | goals1 = Ryan Lyons 0–4 (one 2pt), Aogán Kelm 0–1, Paul Ward 1–0, Brian Mullin 0–2, Shane Rooney 0–2 (0–1f), Barry McCann 0–2, Seamus Ryder 0–2 (0–1f), Ultán Kelm 0–1, Tommy McCaffrey 0–1 | goals2 = Gary McKenna 0–8 (two 2pt, 0–3f), Rian McGovern 0–3, Jarlath Flanagan 0–2, Jack Kelly 0–2 (one 2ptf), Michael Duffy 0–2 (one 2pt), Shane McGullion 0–1, Conall Rasdale 0–1 (0–1f), Rory Smyth 0–1 | stadium = [[Brewster Park (Enniskillen)|Brewster Park]] | location = [[Enniskillen]] | referee = Barry Monaghan | motm = Gary McKenna (Derrygonnelly) }} {{footballbox collapsible | date = 25 October 2025 | time = 18:30 | round = Final replay | report = https://www.gaa.ie/article/fermanagh-sfc-final-erne-gaels-retain-title | team1 = [[Erne Gaels GAC|Erne Gaels Belleek]] | score = 1–12 – 1–9 | team2 = [[Derrygonnelly Harps GFC|Derrygonnelly Harps]] | goals1 = Ultán Kelm 1–3 (one 2pt), Oisín Kelm 0–3, Shane Rooney 0–2 (0–1f), Barry McCann 0–1 (0–1f), Aogán Kelm 0–1, Jack McCann 0–1, Seamus Ryder 0–1 | goals2 = Leigh Jones 1–0, Gary McKenna 0–3 (0–2f), Stephen McGullion 0–2 (one 2pt), Conall Rasdale 0–1 (0–1f) Aidan McKenna 0–1, Michael Jones 0–1, Shane McGullion 0–1 | stadium = [[Brewster Park (Enniskillen)|Brewster Park]] | location = [[Enniskillen]] | referee = James Lewis | motm = Ultán Kelm (Erne Gaels) }}

==Relegation play-off== ===Relegation Final=== {{footballbox collapsible | date = 28 September 2025 | time = 13:00 | round = Relegation Final | team1 = [[Enniskillen Gaels GAC|Enniskillen Gaels]] | score = 2–16 – 0–13 | team2 = Kinawley Brian Borus | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = [[Derrygonnelly Harps GFC|Canon Maguire Park]] | location = [[Derrygonnelly]] | referee = Barry Monaghan }}

==References== {{reflist}}

[[Category:2025 senior Gaelic football county championships|Fermanagh]] [[Category:2025 GAA Football Club Championships|Fermanagh Senior]] [[Category:Fermanagh Senior Football Championship]]