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12-743: 2022-23 Senior Premier Clubs Source : The original Munster Football Association was founded in 1901 and it is believed that a Munster League was founded within a few years. The 1909–10 season saw six teams representing the Highland Light Infantry , the Royal Welch Fusiliers , the Durham Light Infantry , the Sherwood Foresters , the King's Regiment and Haulbowline all playing in

24-774: Is affiliated to the Football Association of Ireland and is responsible for organising the Munster Senior Cup and the Munster Senior League as well as numerous other leagues and cup competitions for junior teams. There are 13 leagues and approximately 800 teams affiliated with the MFA. The MFA was founded in October 1901 and affiliated to the Belfast –based Irish Football Association . In

36-667: The 2011 UEFA Regions' Cup . They lost 2–1 to a team representing the Braga Football Association . 2011 UEFA Regions%27 Cup The 2011 UEFA Regions' Cup was the seventh edition of the UEFA Regions' Cup . The final tournament phase was held in Portugal, in the city of Braga . The cup was won by the hosts of the tournament, Braga , who beat Leinster & Munster from the Republic of Ireland in

48-605: The Munster Senior League . Barrackton United of the South Munster League became the first post– First World War Munster Senior League champions after defeating Cahir Park F.C. of the North Munster League in a play-off. Source : Munster Football Association The Munster Football Association ( MFA ) is the governing body for association football in the Irish province of Munster . It

60-654: The 1901–02 season the Munster Senior Cup was introduced. According to David Toms there were many civilian and British Army teams based throughout the province, most notably in Cork and Waterford , but also in Limerick and County Tipperary . However the original MFA organising committee was dominated by the British Army, and it fell into abeyance following the outbreak of the First World War . In March 1922

72-524: The MFA was re-established with the help of the Dublin –based Football Association of Ireland . One of the prime movers in reforming the association was a former Ireland international and then Fordsons player, Harry Buckle , who became its vice president and chairman. Munster began playing representative games in as early as 1905. In that year they played an Ulster XI in Cork , losing 3-1. A combined Leinster & Munster team finished as runners up in

84-861: The Munster League First Division. In the Munster Cup the Highland Light Infantry lost 1–0 to the Royal Welsh Fusilers in the final played at Turner's Cross . However this league was effectively disbanded during the First World War and Irish War of Independence era. In 1921 Harry Buckle , a former Ireland international, settled in Cork and began working for the Ford Motor Company . Finding little or no association football activity in

96-634: The city, Buckle initially founded Fordsons F.C. and then helped found the County Cork –based South Munster League for the team to play in. In addition to playing and coaching with the new club, Buckle also served as president of the Tipperary / Limerick based – North Munster League and helped reform the Munster Football Association . By 1922–23 the South Munster League and North Munster Leagues had effectively merged to become

108-497: The final by 2 – 1. The twelve teams in the preliminary round have been drawn into three group of four, with the following countries hosting each group's matches: Matches in the preliminary round were played between 1 August and 30 September 2010. The three group winners and the two best runners-up advance to the intermediary round (only the results of the runners-up against the winners and third-ranked team in each group are taken into account). The competition rules state that

120-479: The final tournament. The group winner was decided by drawing of lots between Belgrade and South West Bulgaria. Result changed from 3–1 to 0–3, after fielding of an ineligible player by Dalmatia. The final tournament was held in Braga District , Portugal from 21 to 28 June 2011. The group stage draw took place on 11 May 2011, producing two groups of four teams each. The two group winners advance to

132-449: The intermediary round (after the exclusion of Kanton Sarajevo from Bosnia-Herzegovina, due to their suspension) were joined by the three group winners and three runners-up from the preliminary round. The 32 teams have been drawn into eight groups of four, with the following countries hosting each group's matches: Matches in the intermediary round were played between 1 August 2010 and 30 April 2011. The winners of each group will qualify for

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144-662: The two best runners-up qualify to the intermediary round, with only the results of the runners-up against the winners and third-ranked team in each group being taken into account. However, due to the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Football Federation being suspended by UEFA and FIFA as of 1 April 2011, Dalmatia , the worst runner-up, was allowed to progress to the intermediary round, replacing Bosnia-Herzegovina's representative team, Kanton Sarajevo , in Group 6 . The 26 teams which went straight through to

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