1993 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
# 1993 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 1993 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 107th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 16 May 1993 and ended on 19 September 1993.

Donegal entered the championship as the defending champions; however, they were defeated by Derry in the Ulster final played during a deluge in Clones.

Derry went on to win the Sam Maguire Cup for the first time, beating Dublin in the All-Ireland semi-final and then Cork in the All-Ireland final by 1-14 to 2-8. Seamas Downey scored Derry's only goal, with his Lavey club mate, John McGurk, being named RTÉ man of the match.

## Provincial championships

### Munster Senior Football Championship

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

### Leinster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

### Ulster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

### Connacht Senior Football Championship

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

## All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

| Semi-finals 15/22 August | Semi-finals 15/22 August | Semi-finals 15/22 August | Final 19 September | Final 19 September | Final 19 September |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cork | Cork | 5-15 | | | |
| Mayo | Mayo | 0-10 | | | |
| Mayo | Mayo | 0-10 | Derry | Derry | 1-14 |
| | | | Cork | Cork | 2-08 |
| Derry | Derry | 0-15 | Cork | Cork | 2-08 |
| Dublin | Dublin | 0-14 | | | |

Semi-finals

Final

## Championship statistics

### Scoring

**Overall**

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Colin Corkery | Cork | 3-31 | 40 | 5 | 8.00 |
| 2 | Enda Gormley | Derry | 0-25 | 25 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 3 | Peter Lambert | Tipperary | 2-17 | 23 | 3 | 7.66 |
| 3 | Charlie Redmond | Dublin | 1-20 | 23 | 3 | 7.66 |
| 3 | John Toner | Armagh | 0-23 | 23 | 5 | 4.60 |
| 6 | Ger Houlahan | Armagh | 4-8 | 20 | 5 | 4.00 |
| 6 | Niall Buckley | Kildare | 1-17 | 20 | 3 | 6.66 |
| Player | County | Scores | Total |
| Ray McCarron | Monaghan | 3-09 | 18 |
| Mick Turley | Laois | 1-13 | 16 |
| Peter Brady | Offaly | 0-16 | 16 |

### Miscellaneous

* On 30 May 1993, in Tuam Stadium, Tuam, Leitrim recorded their first win over Galway since 1949.
* On 20 June 1993, the Munster semi-final game between Tipperary vs Waterford was the first game to be played at Walsh Park, Waterford for 36 years.
* Tipperary reached their first Munster final since 1944 and was first without Kerry since 1957.
* The All Ireland between Dublin and Derry was Derry's first championship wins over Dublin after Dublin having win in the 1958 All Ireland final and 1975 All Ireland semi-final.
* The All-Ireland final between Cork and Derry was a unique occasion as it was the first ever championship meeting between the two teams. Derry, who were appearing in only their second All-Ireland final and their first since 1958, won the championship for the first and only time in their history. Prime Minister of Australia Paul Keating was a guest of Taoiseach Albert Reynolds at the match. A crowd control gate at the Canal End had to be opened during the match to allow 120 people, mainly women and children, onto the sideline. It was the last All-Ireland final to be played before the complete renovation of Croke Park.
