the 2017 kildare senior football championship is the 124th edition of the kildare gaa's premier club gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in county kildare, ireland. the tournament consists of 16 teams with the winner going on to represent kildare in the leinster senior club football championship. the championship has a back-door format for the first two rounds before proceeding to a knock-out format. generally, any team to lose two matches will be knocked out of the championship.