Corofin were the previous champions having won the 2019–20 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.

[1] Corofin were beaten in the 2021 Galway final and were not able to defend their All-Ireland title.

The format can be straight knockout, double-elimination, a league, groups, etc.

Normally it is the club team that exited the championship at the highest stage.

Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise a provincial championship for their participating county champions.

The Kilkenny senior champions play in the Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship.

London continue to compete in the Connacht championship – in previous years they played one of the provincial champions in a single match in December referred to as a quarter-final.

In a bid to shorten the break between the provincial finals and the All-Ireland semi-finals, the two semi-finals between the four provincial champions were played in late January – previously they were held in mid-February.

Traditionally, the All-Ireland final was played in Croke Park on St. Patrick's Day, the 17th of March, but it was also moved to mid February in 2022.

TG4 continue to broadcast live and deferred club championship games.

[4] RTÉ also broadcast games from the AIB Club Championships on Saturdays.