2019 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship
# 2019 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship

The 2019 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship was the second staging of the All-Ireland Under-20 Championship and the 56th staging overall of a Gaelic football championship for players between the minor and senior grades. The championship began on 22 June 2019 and ended on 3 August 2019.

Kildare entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Laois in the Leinster Championship.

The All-Ireland final was played on 3 August 2019 at O'Moore Park in Portlaoise, between Cork and Dublin, in what was their first meeting in a final in 39 years. Cork won the match by 3-16 to 1-14 to claim their 12th championship title overall and a first title since 2009.

Dublin's Ciarán Archer was the championship's top scorer with 9-35.

## Championship statistics

### Top scorers

**Top scorers overall**

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ciarán Archer | Dublin | 9-35 | 62 | 5 | 12.40 |
| 2 | Diarmuid Whelan | Laois | 0-28 | 28 | 4 | 7.00 |
| 3 | Cathail O'Mahony | Cork | 2-20 | 26 | 4 | 6.50 |
| 4 | Mark Cronin | Cork | 3-14 | 23 | 4 | 5.75 |
| 5 | Cian Farrell | Offaly | 0-16 | 16 | 2 | 8.00 |
| 6 | Darragh Canavan | Tyrone | 2-08 | 14 | 4 | 3.50 |
| 6 | Darragh Corcoran | Waterford | 1-11 | 14 | 2 | 7.00 |
| 6 | Donal O'Sullivan | Kerry | 0-14 | 14 | 2 | 7.00 |
| 6 | Paddy Lynch | Cavan | 0-14 | 14 | 2 | 7.00 |
| 7 | Jamie Myler | Wexford | 2-07 | 13 | 3 | 4.33 |
| 7 | Ronan Dowd | Roscommon | 1-10 | 13 | 2 | 6.50 |

**Top scorers in a single game**

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ciarán Archer | Dublin | 3-08 | 17 | Laois |
| 2 | Ciarán Archer | Dublin | 2-08 | 14 | Longford |
| 3 | Ciarán Archer | Dublin | 2-06 | 12 | Galway |
| 4 | Ciarán Archer | Dublin | 1-08 | 11 | Wexford |
| 5 | Mark Diffley | Leitrim | 2-04 | 10 | Roscommon |
| 5 | Ronan Dowd | Roscommon | 1-07 | 10 | Leitrim |
| 5 | Darragh Corcoran | Waterford | 1-07 | 10 | Clare |
| 5 | Diarmuid Whelan | Laois | 0-10 | 10 | Kildare |
| 6 | Jamie Myler | Wexford | 2-03 | 9 | Louth |
| 6 | Cian Farrell | Offaly | 0-09 | 9 | Carlow |
| 6 | Donal O'Sullivan | Kerry | 0-09 | 9 | Limerick |
| 6 | Paddy Lynch | Cavan | 0-09 | 9 | Monaghan |
