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The 2021 Leinster Senior Football Championship is the 2021 iteration of the Leinster Senior Football Championship organised by Leinster GAA.

Teams

The Leinster championship was contested by 11 of the 12 county teams in Leinster, a province of Ireland. Kilkenny was the only county team not to compete.

Team	Colours	Sponsor	Manager	Captain	Most recent success
					All-Ireland	Provincial
Carlow	Red, green and gold	IT Carlow	Niall Carew			1944
Dublin	Sky blue and navy	AIG	Dessie Farrell		2020	2020
Kildare	White	Brady's Family Ham	Jack O'Connor		1928	2000
Laois	Blue and white	MW Hire	Mike Quirke			2003
Longford	Royal blue and gold	Glennon Brothers	Padraic Davis			1968
Louth	Red and white	StatSports	Mickey Harte		1957	1957
Meath	Green and gold	Devenish	Andy McEntee	Shane McEntee	1999	2010
Offaly	White, green and gold	Carroll's	John Maughan		1982	1997
Westmeath	Maroon and white	Renault	Jack Cooney	Kevin Maguire		2004
Wexford	Purple and gold	Zurich	Shane Roche		1918	1945
Wicklow	Royal blue and gold	Joule	Davy Burke	Dean Healy

Championship draw

The draw for the preliminary rounds and quarter-finals took place on 20 April 2021. The draw for the semi-finals took place on 4 July 2021, after the completion of the quarter-final ties.

	Preliminary round 27 June					Quarter-finals 4 July					Semi-finals 18 July					Final 1 August
						Kildare		1-15
	Offaly		3-19 AET			Offaly		0-13
	Louth		0-19								Kildare		2-14
											Westmeath		0-18
						Laois		1-10
						Westmeath		3-20
																Kildare		1-9
																Dublin		0-20
						Meath		4-22
	Longford		0-25			Longford		0-12
	Carlow		2-13								Meath		1-13
											Dublin		2-16
						Dublin		0-15
	Wexford		2-11			Wexford		0-7
	Wicklow		0-14

Preliminary round

27 June 2021 13:30 Round 1	Offaly	3-19 - 0-19 aet	Louth	Páirc Tailteann, Navan Attendance: 0 Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare)
	Cian Farrell 0-7 (0-3f), Niall McNamee 1-3, Peter Cunningham 1-1, Bernard Allen 1-0, Paddy Dunican 0-2 (0-1f, 1 '45), Niall Darby, Jordan Hayes, Ruairi McNamee, Bill Carroll, Eoin Carroll, Mark Abbott 0-1 each	Report	Sam Mulroy 0-6 (0-4f), Ciaran Byrne 0-3, Ciaran Keenan 0-2, Dermot Campbell, Anthony Williams, Eoghan Callaghan, Liam Jackson, Ciaran Downey, Conor Grimes, Ryan Burns, Declan Byrne 0-1 each

27 June 2021 15:00 Round 1	Wexford	2-11 - 0-14	Wicklow	Aughrim Attendance: 0 Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford)
	Mark Rossiter 1-6 (0-1f), Martin O'Connor 1-0, John Turbitt and Donal Shanley (0-2f) 0-2 each, Paraic Hughes 0-1	Report	Patrick O'Connor 0-4, Arran Murphy 0-3, Mark Jackson (0-2f) and Chris O'Brien (0-2f) 0-2 each, Padraig O'Toole, Mark Kenny, Conor Byrne 0-1 each

27 June 2021 16:30 Round 1	Longford	0-25 - 2-13	Carlow	O'Connor Park, Tullamore Attendance: 0 Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)
	Robbie Smyth and Rian Brady 0-5 each, Darren Gallagher 0-4 (0-3f), Dessie Reynolds, David McGivney, Joseph Hagan 0-2 each, Patrick Fox, Michael Quinn, Kevin Diffley, Donal McElligott, Dylan Farrell 0-1 each	Report	Darragh Foley 1-4 (0-3f), Paul Broderick 0-4 (0-3f), Conor Crowley 1-0, Chris Blake 0-3, Colm Hulton 0-2

Quarter-finals

4 July 2021 16:30 Quarter-final	Kildare	1-15 - 0-13	Offaly	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise Attendance: 500 Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan)
	Neil Flynn 1-7 (0-4f, 2 '45), Fergal Conway and Jimmy Hyland 0-2 each, Mick O'Grady (0-1m), Kevin Feely, Aaron Masterson, Darragh Kirwan 0-1 each	Report	Cian Farrell 0-8 (0-4f), Niall McNamee 0-2f, Paddy Dunican (1 '45), Anton Sullivan, Bernard Allen 0-1 each

4 July 2021 15:30 Quarter-final	Dublin	0-15 - 0-7	Wexford	Wexford Park, Wexford Attendance: 500 Referee: Derek O'Mahoney (Tipperary)
	Cormac Costello 0-7 (0-5f), Brian Howard and Brian Fenton 0-2 each, Ciaran Kilkenny, Tom Lahiff, Colm Basquel, Dean Rock 0-1 each	Report	Mark Rossiter 0-3 (0-2f), Donal Shanley 0-2 (0-1f), Paraic Hughes and John Tubritt 0-1 each

4 July 2021 13:30 Quarter-final	Westmeath	3-20 - 1-10	Laois	O'Connor Park, Tullamore Attendance: 500 Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)
	Lorcan Dolan 1-3 (0-1f), Ger Egan and John Heslin (0-3f) 0-5 each, Denis Corroon 1-1, David Lynch 1-0, Ronan O'Toole 0-3, James Dolan, Darren Giles, Tommy McDaniel 0-1 each	Report	Donie Kingston 0-6 (0-5f), Evan O'Carroll 1-0, Colm Murphy 0-3 (0-1m), Eoin Lowry 0-1

4 July 2021 15:00 Quarter-final	Meath	4-22 - 0-12	Longford	Páirc Tailteann, Navan Attendance: 500 Referee: Ciaran Branagan (Down)
	Jordan Morris 1-4 (0-1f), Cathal Hickey 1-2, Bryan McMahon (0-1f) and James McEntee 0-4 each, Shane McEntee and James Conlon 1-0 each, Cillian O'Sullivan 0-3, Fionn Reilly, Bryan Menton, Matthew Costello (1 '45), Joey Wallace, Eamon Wallace 0-1 each	Report	David McGivney (0-3f) and Rian Brady (0-1f) 0-3 each, Kevin Diffley, Darren Gallagher (0-1f), Dessie Reynolds, Robbie Smyth (0-1f), Joseph Hagan (0-1m), Darragh Doherty 0-1 each

Semi-finals

18 July 2021 14:00 Semi-final	Kildare	2-14 - 0-18	Westmeath	Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: Limited to 18,000 due to COVID-19 restrictions. Referee: Derek O'Mahoney (Tipperary)
	Neil Flynn 0-7 (0-4f), Daniel Flynn and Jimmy Hyland 1-1 each, Kevin Feely, Aaron Masterson, Alex Beirne, Fergal Conway, Shane O'Sullivan 0-1 each	Report	John Heslin 0-8 (0-7f), Lorcan Dolan 0-5 (0-1m), James Dolan, Sam McCartan (1 '45), Ger Egan, David Lynch, Darren Giles 0-1 each

18 July 2021 16:30 Semi-final	Dublin	2-16 - 1-13	Meath	Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: Limited to 18,000 due to COVID-19 restrictions. Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)
	Cormac Costello 1-4 (1-0 pen), Con O'Callaghan 1-3, Ciaran Kilkenny 0-5, Dean Rock 0-2 (0-1f), Brian Fenton and Paddy Small 0-1 each	Report	Matthew Costello 1-2 (0-1f), Jordan Morris 0-3 (0-1), Eamonn Wallace and Joey Wallace 0-2 each, Cillian O'Sullivan, Bryan McMahon, James McEntee (1 '45), Thomas O'Reilly (0-1f) 0-1 each

Final

Dublin	0-20 (20) – (12) 1-09	Kildare
(HT: 0-9 - 0-5)

Dublin advanced to the 2021 All-Ireland SFC semi-finals.

See also

• 2021 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
  • 2021 Connacht Senior Football Championship
  • 2021 Munster Senior Football Championship
  • 2021 Ulster Senior Football Championship

References

1. "Leinster GAA Senior Football Championship 2021". 5 July 2021. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
2. "Kevin Maguire Named Westmeath Football Captain for 2021". Midlands 103. 12 May 2021.
3. Duffy, Emma (20 April 2021). "Here's the draw for the 2021 Leinster football championship". The42.
4. "Dublin and Meath to meet in Leinster semis". 4 July 2021 – via www.rte.ie. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
5. McNally, Ger (August 2021). "Leinster kingpins Dublin ease past Kildare". RTE. Retrieved 12 December 2021.

External links

• Leinster GAA | The Official Website of Leinster GAA

• 2021 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
• Gaelic games events postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
• Leinster Senior Football Championship