2002 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
# 2002 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 2002 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 116th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 5 May 2002 and ended on 22 September 2002.

Galway entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Kerry in the All-Ireland quarter-final.

On 22 September 2002, Armagh won the championship following a 1-12 to 0-14 defeat of Kerry in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title. It remains their only All-Ireland title.

Armagh's Oisín McConville was the championship's top scorer with 1-40. His teammate Kieran McGeeney was the choice for the three Footballer of the Year awards.

## Format

The Qualifier Rounds system, first used in 2001 was again used in this year.

## Results

### Connacht Senior Football Championship

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Roscommon | Roscommon | 1-08 | | | | | | |
| Galway | Galway | 3-12 | Galway | Galway | 0-12 | | | |
| | | | Mayo | Mayo | 1-07 | | | |
| | | | | | | Galway | Galway | 1-11 |
| New York | New York | 1-11 | | | | Sligo | Sligo | 0-11 |
| Sligo | Sligo | 1-19 | Sligo | Sligo | 2-13 | | | |
| London | London | 0-10 | Leitrim | Leitrim | 2-04 | | | |
| Leitrim | Leitrim | 0-15 | | | | | | |

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

### Munster Senior Football Championship

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Clare | Clare | 3-10 | | | | | | |
| Waterford | Waterford | 2-09 | Clare | Clare | 0-08 | | | |
| | | | Tipperary | Tipperary | 1-08 | | | |
| | | | | | | Tipperary | Tipperary | 0-07 |
| | | | | | | Cork | Cork | 1-23 |
| | | | Cork | Cork | 0-15 | | | |
| Limerick | Limerick | 1-07 | Kerry | Kerry | 1-09 | | | |
| Kerry | Kerry | 0-14 | | | | | | |

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

### Ulster Senior Football Championship

| Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | Monaghan | Monaghan | 2-18 | | | | | | |
| | | | Fermanagh | Fermanagh | 4-13 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Fermanagh | Fermanagh | 1-05 | | | |
| | | | | | | Armagh | Armagh | 0-16 | | | |
| | | | Tyrone | Tyrone | 0-16 | | | | | | |
| | | | Armagh | Armagh | 2-13 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Armagh | Armagh | 1-14 |
| | | | | | | | | | Donegal | Donegal | 1-10 |
| | | | Down | Down | 1-06 | | | | | | |
| Cavan | Cavan | 0-15 | Donegal | Donegal | 3-12 | | | | | | |
| Donegal | Donegal | 1-17 | | | | Donegal | Donegal | 1-09 | | | |
| | | | | | | Derry | Derry | 0-10 | | | |
| | | | Antrim | Antrim | 0-06 | | | | | | |
| | | | Derry | Derry | 0-16 | | | | | | |

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

### Leinster Senior Football Championship

| 1st Round | 1st Round | 1st Round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Longford | Longford | 1-12 | | | | | | | | | |
| Louth | Louth | 3-17 | Louth | Louth | 0-11 | | | | | | |
| | | | Kildare | Kildare | 0-12 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Kildare | Kildare | 3-09 | | | |
| Laois | Laois | 3-06 | | | | Offaly | Offaly | 1-14 | | | |
| Wicklow | Wicklow | 0-08 | Laois | Laois | 2-06 | | | | | | |
| | | | Offaly | Offaly | 0-13 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Kildare | Kildare | 2-11 |
| Westmeath | Westmeath | 0-14 | | | | | | | Dublin | Dublin | 2-13 |
| Carlow | Carlow | 1-10 | Westmeath | Westmeath | 0-11 | | | | | | |
| | | | Meath | Meath | 1-12 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Meath | Meath | 0-10 | | | |
| | | | | | | Dublin | Dublin | 2-11 | | | |
| | | | Dublin | Dublin | 0-15 | | | | | | |
| | | | Wexford | Wexford | 1-10 | | | | | | |

First round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

### All-Ireland Qualifiers

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

### All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cork | Cork | 1-16 | | | | | | |
| Mayo | Mayo | 1-10 | | | | | | |
| Mayo | Mayo | 1-10 | Cork | Cork | 2-07 | | | |
| | | | Kerry | Kerry | 3-19 | | | |
| Kerry | Kerry | 2-17 | Kerry | Kerry | 3-19 | | | |
| Galway | Galway | 1-12 | | | | | | |
| Galway | Galway | 1-12 | | | | Kerry | Kerry | 0-14 |
| | | | | | | Armagh | Armagh | 1-12 |
| Dublin | Dublin | 1-14 | | | | | | | Armagh | Armagh | 1-12 |
| Donegal | Donegal | 0-07 | | | | | | |
| Donegal | Donegal | 0-07 | Dublin | Dublin | 1-13 | | | |
| | | | Armagh | Armagh | 1-14 | | | |
| Armagh | Armagh | 1-16 | Armagh | Armagh | 1-14 | | | |
| Sligo | Sligo | 0-17 | | | | | | |

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

## Championship statistics

### Top scorers

**Overall**

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Oisín McConville | Armagh | 1-40 | 43 | 8 | 5.37 |
| 2 | Ray Cosgrove | Dublin | 6-23 | 41 | 6 | 6.83 |
| 3 | Colin Corkery | Cork | 0-40 | 40 | 6 | 6.66 |
| 4 | Mike Frank Russell | Kerry | 3-27 | 36 | 9 | 4.00 |
| 5 | Adrian Sweeney | Donegal | 2-28 | 34 | 7 | 4.85 |
| 6 | Declan Browne | Tipperary | 2-27 | 33 | 5 | 6.6 |
| 7 | Rory Gallagher | Fermanagh | 4-18 | 30 | 4 | 7.50 |
| 8 | Michael Reidy | Limerick | 2-23 | 29 | 5 | 5.80 |
| 8 | Dessie Sloyan | Sligo | 2-23 | 29 | 6 | 4.83 |
| 8 | Brendan Devenney | Donegal | 1-26 | 29 | 7 | 4.14 |
| 8 | Dara Ó Cinnéide | Kerry | 0-29 | 29 | 9 | 3.22 |

**Single game**

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Rory Gallagher | Fermanagh | 3-9 | 18 | Monaghan |
| 2 | Michael Reidy | Limerick | 1-9 | 12 | Cavan |
| 3 | Anthony Nolan | Wicklow | 1-8 | 11 | London |
| 3 | Colin Corkery | Cork | 0-11 | 11 | Tipperary |
| 5 | Nigel Dineen | Roscommon | 2-4 | 10 | Mayo |
| 5 | Declan Browne | Tipperary | 2-4 | 10 | Clare |
| 5 | Gerald Pearson | Cavan | 0-10 | 10 | Donegal |
| 8 | Ray Cosgrove | Dublin | 2-3 | 9 | Meath |
| 8 | Mike Frank Russell | Kerry | 1-6 | 9 | Cork |
| 8 | Stephen Lohan | Roscommon | 1-6 | 9 | Waterford |
| 8 | Ciaran McManus | Offaly | 1-6 | 9 | Kildare |
| 8 | Stephen Kelly | Laois | 0-9 | 9 | Clare |

### Miscellaneous

* This year New York in their fourth season in the Connacht championship are give home ground.
* Sligo play Leitrim in the Connacht championship for the first time since 1991.
* There was a triple of draws & replays in the Munster football championship in the 2 semi-finals between Clare vs Tipperary and Cork vs Kerry also final between Cork vs Tipperary.
* Galway and Sligo meet in the Connacht final for the first time since 1971.
* During the course of the championship there were a number of first-time championship meetings.
   * Waterford V Roscommon
   * Wicklow V London
   * Wexford V Tyrone
   * Monaghan V Louth
   * Longford V Down
   * Antrim V Westmeath
   * Cavan V Limerick
   * Westmeath V Fermanagh
   * Longford V Derry
   * Tyrone V Leitrim
   * Kerry V Wicklow
   * Limerick V Offaly
   * Kerry V Fermanagh
   * Mayo V Limerick
   * Sligo V Tyrone
   * Armagh V Sligo
* The All-Ireland qualifiers saw Tipperary face Mayo in the championship for the first time since 1920.
* Armagh qualified for the All-Ireland final for the first time since 1977. They became the 18th team to win the All-Ireland title.
