Ulster Senior League (association football)
| Country |
 Ireland
|
|---|---|
| Region |
 Ulster
|
| Founded | 1986 |
| Number of teams | 7 |
| Level on pyramid | 3 |
| Domestic cup(s) |
FAI Cup FAI Intermediate Cup Knockalla Caravans Senior Cup |
| League cup(s) | Ulster Senior League Cup |
| Current champions | Cockhill Celtic |
| Most championships | Fanad United (14) |
| Website | www.uslfootball.com |
The Ulster Senior League is an association football league featuring amateur, intermediate, and League of Ireland reserve teams from Ulster. Together with the Leinster Senior League Senior Division and the Munster Senior League Senior Premier Division, it forms the third level of the Republic of Ireland football league system. Ulster Senior League teams also compete in the FAI Cup and the FAI Intermediate Cup. The winners of the Ulster Senior League have also been invited to play in the League of Ireland Cup. Despite using the Ulster name in its title, the majority of its member clubs are based in County Donegal. The most successful club in the league has been Fanad United who have won fourteen league titles and ten league cups. Since 2006 the USL has operated as a summer league with the season typically operating from April to October.
The Ulster Senior League was formed in 1986. The driving force behind the establishment of the league was Fr. Michael Sweeney, a pioneer of junior and intermediate association football in County Donegal. In addition to founding the USL, Sweeney had earlier been instrumental in both establishing the Donegal League and forming Fanad United. Fanad United were the inaugural USL champions in 1986–87 and they subsequently went on to become the league's most successful club, winning fourteen league titles and ten league cups. In more recent seasons, Cockhill Celtic have challenged Fanad United's dominance, winning their first title in 2010 and then four consecutive titles between 2013 and 2016. The winners of the Ulster Senior League have regularly been invited to participate in the League of Ireland Cup. In 1987–88 Fanad United were semi-finalists. Cockhill Celtic, Culdaff and Swilly Rovers have all represented the USL in the League of Ireland Cup. Fanad United have also won the FAI Intermediate Cup twice while Letterkenny Rovers were finalists in 2015–16.
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