2002 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

2002 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Championship details
Dates	5 May - 22 September 2002
Teams	33
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Armagh (1st win)
Captain	Kieran McGeeney
Manager	Joe Kernan
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Kerry
Captain	Mike McCarthy
Manager	Páidí Ó Sé
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Dublin
Ulster	Armagh
Connacht	Galway
Championship statistics
No. matches played	66
Goals total	139 (2.11 per game)
Points total	1572 (23.82 per game)
Top Scorer	Oisín McConville (1-38) Ray Cosgrove (6-23)
Player of the Year	Kieran McGeeney
← 2001 2003 →

The 2002 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 116th edition of the championship since its establishment in 1887 and was played from May to September 2002. The final was contested between Armagh and Kerry in a repeat of the 1953 All-Ireland Football Final, which was Armagh's first appearance in a final. Unlike 1953, however, a spirited performance from the Orchard county was enough to secure the county's very first All-Ireland title.

Format

Following the successful use of the qualifier system for the first time in 2001, the same system was used in 2002.

The provincial championships in Munster, Leinster, Ulster and Connacht ran as usual on a "knock-out" basis. These provincial games were then followed by the "Qualifier" system:

• Round 1 of the qualifiers included all the counties that did not qualify for the Provincial Semi-Finals. An open draw was made to give eight pairings.

• Round 2 consisted of the eight defeated teams in the Provincial Semi-Finals playing against the eight winners from Round 1. A draw was made to determine the eight pairings.

• Round 3 consisted of the 8 winners from Round 2 playing each other in an open draw format.

• Round 4 consisted of each of the four teams defeated in the Provincial Finals shall playing against the four winners from Round 3. A draw was made to determine the four pairings.

In the All-Ireland Quarter-Finals, each of the four Provincial Champions played one of the four winners from Round 4. The All-Ireland Semi-Finals were determined on a provincial rota basis, initially determined by the Central Council. If a Provincial Championship winning team was defeated in its Quarter-Final, the team that defeats it took its place in the Semi-Final.

Connacht Senior Football Championship

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

---

---

---

---

---

---

Munster Senior Football Championship

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

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

Ulster Senior Football Championship

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

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

Leinster Senior Football Championship

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

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

All-Ireland qualifiers

Round 1

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

Round 2

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

Round 3

---

---

---

---

Round 4

---

---

---

---

All-Ireland series

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Cork		1-16
	Mayo		1-10
						Cork		2-07
						Kerry		3-19
	Kerry		2-17
	Galway		1-12
											Kerry		0-14
											Armagh		1-12
	Dublin		1-14
	Donegal		0-07
						Dublin		1-13
						Armagh		1-14
	Armagh		1-16
	Sligo		0-17

Quarter-finals

---

---

---

---

Semi-finals

---

Final

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Trophy Leinster Connacht Munster Ulster Records and statistics Winning captains Winning managers Winning players Losing players Winning teams Seasons 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Finals 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Connacht Championship Leinster Championship Munster Championship Ulster Championship