Cork–Donegal Gaelic football rivalry

The Cork–Donegal rivalry is a Gaelic football rivalry between Irish county teams Cork and Donegal, whose first championship meeting was in 2006. The fixture has been an infrequent one in the history of the championship, and therefore the rivalry is not as intense between the two teams.[1] Cork's home ground is Páirc Uí Chaoimh and Donegal's home ground is MacCumhaill Park; however, all of their championship meetings have been held at neutral venues, usually Croke Park.

Cork–Donegal

Locale	County Cork County Donegal
Teams	Cork Donegal
First meeting	Cork 1-11 - 1-10 Donegal 2006 All-Ireland quarter-final (5 August 2006)
Latest meeting	Donegal 0-21 - 1-15 Cork 2016 All-Ireland qualifier (30 July 2016)
Statistics
Meetings total	4
Top scorer	Paul Kerrigan (2-7)
All-time series	Cork 2-2 Donegal
Largest victory	Cork 1-27 - 2-10 Donegal 2009 All-Ireland quarter-final (2 AUgust 2009)

While Cork have the second highest number of Munster titles and Donegal are sixth on the roll of honour in Ulster, they have also enjoyed success in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, having won 9 championship titles between them to date.

Statistics

Team	All-Ireland	Provincial	National League	Total
Cork	7	37	8	52
Donegal	2	8	1	11
Combined	9	45	9	63

All-time results

Legend

	Cork win
	Donegal win

Senior

	No.	Date	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Stage
	1.	5 August 2006	Cork	1-11 - 1-10	Donegal	Croke Park	All-Ireland quarter-final
	2.	2 August 2009	Cork (2)	1-27 - 2-10	Donegal	Croke Park	All-Ireland quarter-final
	3.	26 August 2012	Donegal	0-16 - 1-11	Cork	Croke Park	All-Ireland semi-final
	4.	30 July 2016	Donegal (2)	0-21 - 1-15	Cork	Croke Park	All-Ireland qualifier

Junior

	No.	Date	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Stage
	1.	3 September 1933	Donegal	1-9 - 2-5	Cork	Croke Park	All-Ireland semi-final

Minor

	No.	Date	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Stage
	1.	1 August 1985	Cork	2-5 - 0-9	Donegal	Croke Park	All-Ireland semi-final
	2.	11 August 1991	Cork (2)	0-12 - 1-6	Donegal	Croke Park	All-Ireland semi-final
	3.	30 July 2016	Donegal	2-13 - 0-13	Cork	Croke Park	All-Ireland quarter-final

Records

Scorelines

• Biggest championship win:
  • For Cork: Cork 1-27 - 2-10 Donegal, All-Ireland quarter-final, Croke Park, 2 August 2009
  • For Donegal: Donegal 0-16 - 1-11 Cork, All-Ireland semi-final, Croke Park, 26 August 2012
• Highest aggregate:
  • Cork 1-27 - 2-10 Donegal, All-Ireland quarter-final, Croke Park, 2 August 2009

Top scorers

Team	Player	Score	Total
Cork	Paul Kerrigan	2-7	13
Donegal	Michael Murphy Patrick McBrearty	0-11	11

Attendance

• Highest attendance:
  • 55,169 - Donegal 0-16 - 1-11 Cork, All-Ireland semi-final, Croke Park, 26 August 2012

References

1. Duggan, Keith (28 February 2015). "Cork and Donegal meeting will again provide a marker for both sides". Irish Times. Retrieved 22 March 2016.