Waterford county football team


The Waterford county football team represents Waterford in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Waterford GAA, the County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team compete in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Munster Senior Football Championship and the National Football League.
Waterford's home ground is Fraher Field, Dungarvan and Walsh Park, Waterford. The team's manager is Benji Whelan.
The team last won the Munster Senior Championship in 1898, but have never won the All-Ireland Senior Championship or the National League.

History

The Waterford county football team's greatest achievement is reaching the All-Ireland Final in 1898, losing to Dublin on a scoreline of 2–08 to 0-04. They were represented by Erin's Hope of Dungarvan.
In recent times, the team have twice won the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship.
In 2003, Waterford created a major shock in winning the Munster Under-21 Football Championship, defeating Kerry in the final.
Waterford have not reached a Munster final since 1960, have not defeated Kerry since 1957, Cork since 1960, Limerick since 1981 and Tipperary since 1988. On 20 May 2007, the Waterford county football team broke a 19-year run without a senior championship win, defeating Clare at Fraher Field, Dungarvan by 1–06 to 0-07. The starting team fielded by manager John Kiely consisted of: Tom Wall; Justin Walsh, Thomas O'Gorman, Shane Briggs: John Phelan, Edmond Rockett, Paul Ogle; Mick Ahern, John Hurney; Brian Wall, Gary Hurney, Ger Power; Wayne Hennessy, Andy Hubbord and Liam O'Lonain.
They defeated Clare again in 2010.
;League Promotion
In 2010, after going so close to promotion in previous years Waterford went unbeaten in the league, but in the final had to give second best to Limerick at Croke Park.

Current team

Squad as per Waterford vs Cork, 2017 Munster Senior Football Championship Quarter Final, 27 May 2017

Honours

National
Provincial