Kildare Senior Football Championship
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For the hurling wquivalent, see Kildare Senior Hurling Championship.
| First played | 1888 |
| Current Champions | Moorefield (5th win) |
| Most Wins | Clane (17 wins) |
The Kildare Senior Football Club Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the top Kildare Clubs. The winners of the Kildare Championship winners qualify to represent their county in the Leinster Club Championship and in turn, go on to the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. The most successful club to date are Clane, who have won on seventeen occasions with their last win in 1997. Clane won the first Kildare Senior Football championship in 1888 with a win over Naas. The current senior football champions of Kildare are Moorefield who defeated Sarsfields by a scoreline of 2-09 to 0-11.
[edit] Top Winners
| Team | Winner | Winning Years | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clane | 17 | 1997, 1995, 1992, 1991, 1984, 1980, 1975, 1967, 1963, 1916, 1903, 1902, 1901, 1897, 1895, 1892, 1888 |
| 2 | Sarsfields | 12 | 1945, 1947, 1950, 1951,1952, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2005 |
| 3 | Carbury | 11 | 1985, 1974, 1972, 1971, 1969, 1966, 1965, 1960, 1946, 1941, 1940 |
| 4 | Raheens | 10 | 1981, 1979, 1978, 1976, 1973, 1968, 1964, 1943, 1936, 1935 |
| 5 | Roseberry | 8 | 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1910, 1912, 1915 |
| 5 | Naas | 8 | 1920, 1990, 1932, 1931, 1928, 1924, 1923, 1922, |
| 6 | Round Towers | 6 | 1954, 1959, 1961, 1996, 1998, 2003 |
| 7 | Moorefield | 5 | 1962, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007 |
| 8 | Kilcock | 5 | 1958, 1957, 1955, 1917, 1914 |
| 9 | Athy | 4 | 1933, 1934, 1937, 1942, 1987 |
| 10 | Monasterevin | 1890, 1911, 1977 | |
| Johnstownbridge | 3 | 1983, 1988, 1989 | |
| Caragh | 1918, 1919, 1926 | ||
| 12 | Ellistown | 2 | 1939, 1944 |
| Mountrice Blounts | 2 | 1889, 1891 | |
| Kildare Towers | 2 | 1929, 1930 | |
| St Conleths | 2 | 1921, 1925 | |
| 16 | Allenwood | 1 | 2004 |
| Maynooth | 1 | 1913 | |
| Eadestown | 1 | 1970 | |
| Military College | 1 | 1956 | |
| Kildare St Patricks | 1 | 1938 | |
| Ballymore | 1 | 1953 | |
| Ardclough | 1 | 1949 | |
| Curragh | 1 | 1948 | |
| Kildare | 1 | 1927 |
