Global InformationCork Premier Senior Football Championship information
| Cork Premier Senior Football Championship | |
|---|---|
Current season or competition: 2024 Cork Premier Senior Football Championship | |
| Irish | Craobh Peile Sinsearach Chorcaí |
| Code | Gaelic football |
| Founded | 1887 |
| Region |  Cork (GAA) |
| Trophy | Andy Scannell Cup |
| No. of teams | 12 (group stage) 3 (divisional qualifying round) |
| Title holders |  Castlehaven (6th title) |
| Most titles |  Nemo Rangers (23 titles) |
| Sponsors | McCarthy Insurance Group |
| TV partner(s) | TG4, RTÉ |
| Official website | Cork GAA |
The Cork Premier Senior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the McCarthy Insurance Group Cork Premier Senior Football Championship and abbreviated to the Cork PSFC) is an annual club Gaelic football competition organised by the Cork County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by the top-ranking senior clubs and amalgamated teams in the county of Cork in Ireland, deciding the competition winners through a group and knockout format. It is the most prestigious competition in Cork Gaelic football.
Introduced in 1887 as the Cork Senior Football Championship, it was initially a straight knockout tournament open only to senior-ranking club teams, with its winner reckoned as the Cork county champion. The competition took on its current name in 2020, adding a round-robin group stage for clubs and limiting the number divisional entrants to the championship proper.
In its present format, the Cork Premier Senior Championship begins with a preliminary qualifying round for the divisional teams and educational institutions. The sole surviving team from this stage automatically qualified for the knockout phase. The 12 club teams are drawn into three groups of four teams and play each other in a single round-robin system. The three group winners, three runners-up and three third-placed teams proceed to the knockout phase that culminates with the final match at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in October. The winner of the Cork Premier Senior Championship, as well as being presented with the Andy Scannell Cup, qualifies for the subsequent Munster Club Championship. In 2020, the intended format was disrupted and slightly amended due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games.
The competition has been won by 29 teams, 19 of which have won it more than once. Nemo Rangers are the most successful team in the tournament's history, having won it 23 times. Nemo Rangers have established themselves as the dominant force in Cork football by winning 23 county finals out of the 27 they have been in.
Castlehaven are the title-holders, defeating Nemo Rangers by 0-11 to 0-09 in the 2023 final.