2017 Munster Senior Football Championship
# 2017 Munster Senior Football Championship

The 2017 Munster Senior Football Championship was the 2017 installment of the annual Munster Senior Football Championship organised by the Munster GAA. It is one of the four provincial competitions of the 2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Kerry are the defending Munster champions.

Both 2016 Munster finalists receive a bye into this year's Munster semi-finals. The four remaining teams play two quarter-final matches with the winners completing the semi-final line-up. All matches are knock-out. The draw for the competition was held on 13 October 2016 and broadcast on RTÉ2 television.

## Teams

The Munster championship is contested by all six counties in the Irish province of Munster.

| Team | Colours | Sponsor | Manager | Captain | Most recent success | Most recent success |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | Colours | Sponsor | Manager | Captain | All-Ireland | Provincial |
| Clare | Saffron and Blue | | Colm Collins | Gary Brennan | | 1992 |
| Cork | Red and white | | Peadar Healy | Paul Kerrigan | 2010 | 2012 |
| Kerry | Green and gold | | Éamonn Fitzmaurice | Johnny Buckley | 2014 | 2016 |
| Limerick | Green and white | | Billy Lee | Iain Corbett | 1896 | 1896 |
| Tipperary | Blue and gold | | Liam Kearns | Brian Fox | 1920 | 1935 |
| Waterford | White and blue | | Tom McGlinchey | Paul Whyte | | 1898 |

## Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | Kerry | Kerry | 1-18 | | | |
| Limerick | Limerick | 1-12 | Clare | Clare | 1-12 | | | |
| Clare | Clare | 1-13 | | | | Kerry | Kerry | 1-23 |
| | | | | | | Cork | Cork | 0-15 |
| | | | Tipperary | Tipperary | 1-9 | | | |
| Cork | Cork | 1-12 | Cork | Cork | 1-10 | | | |
| Waterford | Waterford | 1-11 | | | | | | |

## Munster Final

| 2 July 2017 2:00 pm | Cork | 0-15 - 1-23 | Kerry | Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney Attendance: 31,836 Referee: Paddy Neilan (Roscommon) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 July 2017 2:00 pm | Donncha O’Connor 0-6 (0-4f), Mark Collins 0-2 (0-1f), Niall Coakley (0-2f) and Luke Connolly (0-1f), Tomas Clancy, Ian Maguire, Paul Kerrigan 0-1 each. | Report | Paul Geaney 1-05 (0-1f), James O'Donoghue 0-7 (0-4f), Stephen O’Brien 0-3, Michael Geaney 0-2 (1 ’45), Shane Enright, Paul Murphy, David Moran, Anthony Maher, Kieran Donaghy, Barry John Keane 0-1 each | Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney Attendance: 31,836 Referee: Paddy Neilan (Roscommon) |
