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This article lists players who have captained the senior Armagh county football team in the Ulster Senior Football Championship and the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. The captain, unlike some other counties, is not necessarily chosen from the club that has won the Armagh Senior Football Championship.

List of captains

Year Player Club National titles Provincial titles
1999 Jarlath Burns Silverbridge Ulster Football Final winning captain
2000 Kieran McGeeney Na Fianna Ulster Football Final winning captain
2001 Kieran McGeeney Na Fianna
2002 Kieran McGeeney Na Fianna All-Ireland Football Final winning captain Ulster Football Final winning captain
2003 Kieran McGeeney Na Fianna
2004 Kieran McGeeney Na Fianna Ulster Football Final winning captain
2005 Kieran McGeeney Na Fianna Ulster Football Final winning captain
2006 Kieran McGeeney Na Fianna Ulster Football Final winning captain
2008 Paul McGrane Ballyhegan Ulster Football Final winning captain
2007 Kieran McGeeney Na Fianna
2009 Ciarán McKeever St Patrick's, Cullyhanna
2010 Steven McDonnell Killeavy National Football League Division 2
2011 Steven McDonnell Killeavy
2012 Ciarán McKeever St Patrick's, Cullyhanna
2013 Ciarán McKeever St Patrick's, Cullyhanna
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022 [1] Aidan Nugent/ Rian O'Neill
2023
2024 [2] Aidan Forker

References

  1. ^ "'It was bonkers, that's the only word to describe it' — Ex-Galway star Joe Bergin on melee red cards". independent.ie. 29 June 2022. However, a greater issue that caught Bergin's eye was the decision for referee David Coldrick to send off both Kelly and Nugent, feeling it was a far harsher punishment to Galway than Armagh considering the latter player shares the captaincy role with Rian O'Neill.
  2. ^ "Forker handed Armagh captaincy ahead of Louth visit". hoganstand.com. 26 January 2024.