Longford GAA - U21/U20 Championship

U-20 Football Championship (1980-2023)

U-20 Championship

Longford has competed in U-20 Football Championship (previously U-21) since its inception in 1964, and by the end of the 2023 season had reached the Leinster U-21/U-20 Championship final seven times (1966, 1981, 1982, 2003, 2006, 2011, 2013) but has never won the title, and has never competed in the All-Ireland U-21/U-20 Football Championship. Longford is one of four counties never to win the Leinster title (others are Wicklow, Carlow and Kilkenny) and Longford holds the record for most appearances in the Leinster Final without winning the title.

This page focuses on Longford in U-20/U-21 Football Championship from 1980 to 2023.

Won 36% of U-20 Championship Games (1980-2023)

Lost 59% of U-20 Championship Games (1980-2023)

Drew 5% of U-20 Championship Games (1980-2023)

Longford played 80 games in U-21/U-20 Championship from 1980 to 2023, Won 29 (36%), Drew 4 (5%) and Lost 47 (59%). From 1980 to 2022 Longford’s most frequent opponent was Dublin (P17/W2/D1/L14). Next most frequent opponent was Westmeath (P11/W7/D1/L3) with Kildare the third most frequent opponent (P9/W4/D0/L5). Longford has played every other Leinster county in Leinster U-21/U-20 Championship over the years. In terms of Leinster final appearances… In 1966 Longford was beaten by Kildare by 4-14 to 2-5. In 1981 Longford was beaten by Louth by 2-8 to 0-6. In 1982 Longford was beaten by Laois by 2-11 to 0-3. In 2003 Longford was beaten by Dublin by 3-13 to 1-6. In 2006 Longford was beaten by Laois by 0-9 to 0-7. In 2011 Longford was beaten by Wexford by 1-9 to 0-11. In 2013 Longford was beaten by Kildare by 1-12 to 0-12.

Longford's Opponents (1980-2023)	Played	LD Won	LD Drew	LD Lost
Dublin	17	2	1	14
Westmeath	11	7	1	3
Kildare	9	4	0	5
Meath	9	2	1	6
Wexford	8	4	0	4
Offaly	7	1	1	5
Louth	5	2	0	3
Laois	5	1	0	4
Wicklow	4	2	0	2
Carlow	3	2	0	1
Kilkenny	2	2	0	0
Totals	80	29	4	47

U-20 Football Championship (1980-2023)

Longford Results

Season	U-20 Championship Details
1980	20-04-1980 \| Leinster U21 - Round 1 \| Longford 0-16, Wicklow 3-3 \| Venue: Pearse Park \| Win ✔️
1980	04-05-1980 \| Leinster U21 - Quarter Final \| Longford 0-6, Kildare 1-8 \| Venue: Pearse Park \| Loss ❌
1981	19-04-1981 \| Leinster U21 - Round 1 \| Longford 1-10, Kilkenny 3-3 \| Venue: Nowlan Park \| Win ✔️
1981	02-05-1981 \| Leinster U21 - Quarter Final \| Longford 2-6, Westmeath 1-5 \| Venue: Pearse Park \| Win ✔️
1981	26-06-1981 \| Leinster U21 - Semi Final \| Longford 2-6, Kildare 1-8 \| Venue: O'Connor Park \| Win ✔️
1981	19-07-1981 \| Leinster U21 - Final \| Longford 0-6, Louth 2-8 \| Venue: Croke Park \| Loss ❌
1982	25-04-1982 \| Leinster U21 - Quarter Final \| Longford 1-10, Westmeath 0-6 \| Venue: Athlone \| Win ✔️
1982	16-06-1982 \| Leinster U21 - Semi Final \| Longford 0-13, Kildare 1-9 \| Venue: O'Connor Park \| Win ✔️
1982	17-07-1982 \| Leinster U21 - Final \| Longford 0-3, Laois 2-11 \| Venue: O'Connor Park \| Loss ❌
1983	17-04-1983 \| Leinster U21 - Round 1 \| Longford 1-7, Westmeath 0-3 \| Venue: Pearse Park \| Win ✔️
1983	01-05-1983 \| Leinster U21 - Quarter Final \| Longford 4-12, Kilkenny 0-3 \| Venue: Pearse Park \| Win ✔️
1983	13-07-1983 \| Leinster U21 - Semi Final \| Longford 1-9, Kildare 1-12 \| Venue: Páirc Tailteann \| Loss ❌
1984	25-05-1984 \| Leinster U21 - Round 1 \| Longford 0-8, Louth 0-14 \| Venue: Pearse Park \| Loss ❌
1985	12-05-1985 \| Leinster U21 - Round 1 \| Longford 1-7, Meath 4-10 \| Venue: Páirc Tailteann \| Loss ❌
1986	18-06-1986 \| Leinster U21 - Round 1 \| Longford 2-4, Meath 1-7 \| Venue: Kells \| Draw ➖
1986	25-06-1986 \| Leinster U21 - Round 1 (R) \| Longford 1-4, Meath 1-11 \| Venue: Pearse Park \| Loss ❌
1987	11-04-1987 \| Leinster U21 - Round 1 \| Longford 0-5, Wexford 2-12 \| Venue: St. Conleth's Park \| Loss ❌
1988	17-03-1988 \| Leinster U21 - Round 1 \| Longford 0-4, Offaly 1-8 \| Venue: O'Connor Park \| Loss ❌
1989	19-03-1989 \| Leinster U21 - Round 1 \| Longford 0-6, Offaly 1-3 \| Venue: O'Connor Park \| Draw ➖
1989	26-03-1989 \| Leinster U21 - Round 1 (R) \| Longford 0-4, Offaly 0-11 \| Venue: Pearse Park \| Loss ❌
1990	11-03-1990 \| Leinster U21 - Round 1 \| Longford 1-5, Westmeath 0-6 \| Venue: Pearse Park \| Win ✔️
1990	25-03-1990 \| Leinster U21 - Quarter Final \| Longford 1-8, Offaly 2-7 \| Venue: Pearse Park \| Loss ❌
1991	03-03-1991 \| Leinster U21 - Round 1 \| Longford 1-8, Dublin 0-9 \| Venue: Pearse Park \| Win ✔️
1991	17-03-1991 \| Leinster U21 - Quarter Final \| Longford 0-10, Offaly 2-10 \| Venue: Pearse Park \| Loss ❌
1992	12-04-1992 \| Leinster U21 - Round 1 \| Longford 1-7, Dublin 0-16 \| Venue: Parnell Park \| Loss ❌
1993	21-03-1993 \| Leinster U21 - Round 1 \| Longford 1-1, Meath 2-13 \| Venue: Pearse Park \| Loss ❌
1994	27-03-1994 \| Leinster U21 - Round 1 \| Longford 0-5, Kildare 1-16 \| Venue: Pearse Park \| Loss ❌
1995	26-03-1995 \| Leinster U21 - Round 1 \| Longford 0-3, Dublin 2-14 \| Venue: Swords \| Loss ❌
1996	07-04-1996 \| Leinster U21 - Round 1 \| Longford 0-12, Kildare 0-16 \| Venue: St. Conleth's Park \| Loss ❌
1997	22-02-1997 \| Leinster U21 - Round 1 \| Longford 0-8, Westmeath 0-11 \| Venue: Pearse Park \| Loss ❌
1998	08-02-1998 \| Leinster U21 - Round 1 \| Longford 3-5, Laois 4-18 \| Venue: O'Moore Park \| Loss ❌
1999	20-02-1999 \| Leinster U21 - Round 1 \| Longford 1-9, Dublin 0-12 \| Venue: Pearse Park \| Draw ➖
1999	13-03-1999 \| Leinster U21 - Round 1 (R) \| Longford 0-11, Dublin 1-10 \| Venue: Páirc Tailteann \| Loss ❌
2000	11-03-2000 \| Leinster U21 - Quarter Final \| Longford 0-6, Meath 1-13 \| Venue: Páirc Tailteann \| Loss ❌
2001	18-02-2001 \| Leinster U21 - Quarter Final \| Longford 0-5, Dublin 0-16 \| Venue: Parnell Park \| Loss ❌
2002	16-03-2002 \| Leinster U21 - Round 1 \| Longford 0-6, Dublin 0-13 \| Venue: Parnell Park \| Loss ❌
2003	29-03-2003 \| Leinster U21 - Quarter Final \| Longford 1-10, Wexford 2-6 \| Venue: Wexford Park \| Win ✔️
2003	15-04-2003 \| Leinster U21 - Semi Final \| Longford 0-13, Meath 1-8 \| Venue: Cusack Park \| Win ✔️
2003	27-04-2003 \| Leinster U21 - Final \| Longford 1-6, Dublin 3-13 \| Venue: Cusack Park \| Loss ❌
2004	27-03-2004 \| Leinster U21 - Round 1 \| Longford 1-10, Wexford 0-9 \| Venue: New Ross \| Win ✔️
2004	08-04-2004 \| Leinster U21 - Quarter Final \| Longford 0-10, Dublin 1-9 \| Venue: Páirc Tailteann \| Loss ❌
2005	17-03-2005 \| Leinster U21 - Round 1 \| Longford 2-12, Westmeath 1-13 \| Venue: Cusack Park \| Win ✔️
2005	02-04-2005 \| Leinster U21 - Quarter Final \| Longford 2-6, Dublin 1-11 \| Venue: Cusack Park \| Loss ❌
2006	17-02-2006 \| Leinster U21 - Round 1 \| Longford 1-11, Offaly 0-10 \| Venue: Pearse Park \| Win ✔️
2006	03-03-2006 \| Leinster U21 - Quarter Final \| Longford 2-13, Carlow 1-4 \| Venue: Pearse Park \| Win ✔️
2006	25-03-2006 \| Leinster U21 - Semi Final \| Longford 2-6, Kildare 0-9 \| Venue: St. Conleth's Park \| Win ✔️
2006	02-04-2006 \| Leinster U21 - Final \| Longford 0-7, Laois 0-9 \| Venue: Pearse Park \| Loss ❌
2007	04-03-2007 \| Leinster U21 - Quarter Final \| Longford 0-6, Offaly 1-8 \| Venue: O'Connor Park \| Loss ❌
2008	24-02-2008 \| Leinster U21 - Round 1 \| Longford 0-9, Carlow 1-7 \| Venue: Dr. Cullen Park \| Loss ❌
2009	14-02-2009 \| Leinster U21 - Round 1 \| Longford 2-6, Wicklow 1-11 \| Venue: Pearse Park \| Loss ❌
2010	21-02-2010 \| Leinster U21 - Round 1 \| Longford 0-10, Wicklow 3-13 \| Venue: Aughrim \| Loss ❌
2011	09-03-2011 \| Leinster U21 - Quarter Final \| Longford 0-17, Meath 2-9 \| Venue: Páirc Tailteann \| Win ✔️
2011	23-03-2011 \| Leinster U21 - Semi Final \| Longford 0-10, Westmeath 0-9 \| Venue: Páirc Tailteann \| Win ✔️
2011	06-04-2011 \| Leinster U21 - Final \| Longford 0-11, Wexford 1-9 \| Venue: O'Moore Park \| Loss ❌
2012	07-03-2012 \| Leinster U21 - Quarter Final \| Longford 1-10, Louth 3-6 \| Venue: McGeough Park \| Loss ❌
2013	06-03-2013 \| Leinster U21 - Quarter Final \| Longford 1-6, Dublin 1-5 \| Venue: Parnell Park \| Win ✔️
2013	20-03-2013 \| Leinster U21 - Semi Final \| Longford 2-11, Wexford 1-13 \| Venue: O'Moore Park \| Win ✔️
2013	03-04-2013 \| Leinster U21 - Final \| Longford 0-12, Kildare 1-12 \| Venue: O'Moore Park \| Loss ❌
2014	19-02-2014 \| Leinster U21 - Round 1 \| Longford 1-12, Westmeath 0-15 \| Venue: Newtowncashel \| Draw ➖
2014	26-02-2014 \| Leinster U21 - Round 1 (R) \| Longford 0-9, Westmeath 0-8 \| Venue: St. Lomans \| Win ✔️
2014	05-03-2014 \| Leinster U21 - Quarter Final \| Longford 1-13, Laois 1-12 \| Venue: O'Moore Park \| Win ✔️
2014	19-03-2014 \| Leinster U21 - Semi Final \| Longford 0-6, Dublin 3-7 \| Venue: O'Moore Park \| Loss ❌
2015	25-02-2015 \| Leinster U21 - Round 1 \| Longford 4-13, Wicklow 1-5 \| Venue: Newtowncashel \| Win ✔️
2015	04-03-2015 \| Leinster U21 - Quarter Final \| Longford 1-17, Louth 1-4 \| Venue: Newtowncashel \| Win ✔️
2015	18-03-2015 \| Leinster U21 - Semi Final \| Longford 3-7, Dublin 2-15 \| Venue: Páirc Tailteann \| Loss ❌
2016	24-02-2016 \| Leinster U21 - Round 1 \| Longford 2-5, Wexford 0-14 \| Venue: Enniscorthy \| Loss ❌
2017	01-03-2017 \| Leinster U21 - Round 1 \| Longford 2-6, Kildare 0-10 \| Venue: Hawksfield \| Win ✔️
2017	22-03-2017 \| Leinster U21 - Quarter Final \| Longford 0-9, Dublin 2-10 \| Venue: Lakepoint Park \| Loss ❌
2018	28-05-2018 \| Leinster U20 - Round 1 \| Longford 0-11, Dublin 2-21 \| Venue: Pearse Park \| Loss ❌
2018	04-06-2018 \| Leinster U20 - Round 2 \| Longford 2-9, Wexford 3-13 \| Venue: Wexford Park \| Loss ❌
2018	16-06-2018 \| Leinster U20 - Round 3 \| Longford 1-10, Westmeath 1-16 \| Venue: Pearse Park \| Loss ❌
2019	02-07-2019 \| Leinster U20 - Quarter Final \| Longford 0-7, Dublin 4-21 \| Venue: Pearse Park \| Loss ❌
2020	15-02-2020 \| Leinster U20 - Quarter Final \| Longford 0-9, Dublin 3-9 \| Venue: Parnell Park \| Loss ❌
2021	01-07-2021 \| Leinster U20 - Round 1 \| Longford 4-11, Louth 3-13 \| Venue: McGeough Park \| Win ✔️
2021*	08-07-2021 \| Leinster U20 - Quarter Final \| Longford 3-9, Westmeath 2-12 \| Venue: Pearse Park \| Loss ❌
2022	06-04-2022 \| Leinster U20 - Round 1 \| Longford 4-9, Wexford 1-7 \| Venue: Parnell Park \| Win ✔️
2022	16-04-2022 \| Leinster U20 - Quarter Final \| Longford 0-13, Meath 1-11 \| Venue: Pearse Park \| Loss ❌
2023	21-03-2023 \| Leinster U20 - Round 1 \| Longford 0-4, Meath 0-12 \| Venue: Newtownforbes \| Loss ❌
2023	28-03-2023 \| Leinster U20 - Round 2 \| Longford 2-9, Laois 2-12 \| Venue: O'Moore Park \| Loss ❌
2023	04-04-2023 \| Leinster U20 - Round 3 \| Longford 1-8, Carlow 0-9 \| Venue: Dr. Cullen Park \| Win ✔️

* 2021 Leinster Quarter Final ended in a draw AET. Westmeath won 6-5 on penalties.

Competition grade changed from Under 21 to Under 20 from the 2018 season.

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