2004 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

2004 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Championship details
Dates	2 May - 26 September 2004
Teams	33
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Kerry (33rd win)
Captain	Dara Ó Cinnéide
Manager	Jack O'Connor
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Mayo
Manager	John Maughan
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Westmeath
Ulster	Armagh
Connacht	Mayo
Championship statistics
No. matches played	66
Goals total	122 (1.85 per game)
Points total	1584 (24 per game)
Top Scorer	Mattie Forde (3-38)
Player of the Year	Colm Cooper
← 2003 2005 →

The 2004 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2004 Bank of Ireland All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the premier Gaelic football competition in 2005. It consisted of 33 teams and began on Sunday 2 May 2004. The championship concluded on Sunday 26 September 2004, when Mayo were defeated by Kerry by 1-20 to 2-9.

Format

Since the introducation of the so-called "back-door" system, a number of changes have taken place in the championship format. In 2004 the following system was used:

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

• Round 1 of the qualifiers includes all the counties (except New York) that do not qualify for the Provincial Semi-Finals. An open draw will be made to give eight pairings.
• Round 2 consists of the eight defeated teams in the Provincial Semi-Finals playing against the eight winners from Round 1. A draw will be made to determine the eight pairings.
• Round 3 will consist of the eight winners from Round 2. Another open draw will be made to determine the four pairings.
• Round 4 consists of each of the four teams defeated in the Provincial Finals shall playing against the four winners from Round 3. A draw will be made to determine the four pairings.

The All-Ireland Quarter-Finals: Each of the four Provincial Champions will play one of the four winners from Round 4. The All-Ireland Semi-Finals shall be on a Provincial rots basis, initially determined by the Central Council. If a Provincial Championship winning team is defeated in its Quarter-Final, the team that defeats it shall take its place in the Semi-Final.

Results

Munster Senior Football Championship

	Quarter Finals					Semi Finals					Final
	Limerick		0-16
	Tipperary		3-05			Limerick		1-18
						Waterford		0-07
											Limerick		2-09
											Kerry		3-10
						Cork		0-07
	Clare		0-09			Kerry		0-15
	Kerry		2-10

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Leinster Senior Football Championship

	1st Round					Quarter Finals					Semi Finals					Final
	Louth		0-08
	Wexford		2-10			Wexford		0-12
						Kildare		0-10
											Wexford		1-14
	Westmeath		0-11								Westmeath		2-15
	Offaly		0-10			Westmeath		0-14
						Dublin		0-12
																Westmeath		0-12
	Carlow		4-15													Laois		0-10
	Longford		1-16			Carlow		1-07
						Laois		0-15
											Laois		1-13
											Meath		0-09
						Wicklow		1-08
						Meath		2-13

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Ulster Senior Football Championship

	Preliminary Round					Quarter Finals					Semi Finals					Final
						Down		2-12
						Cavan		3-13
											Cavan		0-11
											Armagh		0-13
						Monaghan		0-10
						Armagh		2-19
																Armagh		3-15
																Donegal		0-11
						Antrim		1-09
						Donegal		1-15
											Donegal		1-11
	Derry		1-06								Tyrone		0-09
	Tyrone		1-17			Tyrone		1-13
						Fermanagh		0-12

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Connacht Senior Football Championship

	Quarter Finals					Semi Finals					Final
	London		0-08
	Galway		8-14			Galway		1-09
	New York		1-08			Mayo		0-18
	Mayo		3-28								Mayo		2-13
											Roscommon		0-09
						Leitrim		0-05
	Sligo		1-15			Roscommon		1-09
	Roscommon		2-16

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All-Ireland qualifiers

Round 1

The losers of the Preliminary round matches and quarter final matches of each provincial championship started the qualifier.

Tipperary withdrew from the competition following the resignation of their manager, Andy Shorthall, giving Fermanagh a walkover into Round 2.^[1]

Round 2

The winners of round 1 were joined by the semi final losers of each provincial championship. The matches would be between a round 2 winner and a provincial championship semi final loser.

Round 3

The winners of round 2 contest as the matches from here were lowered to four. Matches were open.

Round 4

The winners of round 3 were joined by the losers of each provincial championship final. The matches would be between a round 3 winner and the loser of a provincial championship final.

All-Ireland series

The provincial champions and the winners of round 4 contested the quarter finals. The quarter final matches would be between a provincial champion and a round 4 winner.

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Fermanagh		0-12
	Armagh		0-11
						Fermanagh		1-08
						Mayo		0-13
	Mayo		0-16
	Tyrone		1-09
											Mayo		2-09
											Kerry		1-20
	Derry		2-09
	Westmeath		0-13
						Derry		1-11
						Kerry		1-17
	Kerry		1-15
	Dublin		1-08

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• 1st meeting of Limerick & Waterford in the Munster football championship since 1991.
• Westmeath won their 1st Leinster title they played Derry in the All Ireland Quarter final but in the old system they would have played Kerry in the semi final while the other semi-final would have been an Armagh vs Mayo decider.

Top scorers

Player	County	Scores	Total
Mattie Forde	Wexford	3-38	47
Conor Mortimer	Mayo	1-42	45
Paddy Bradley	Derry	2-38	44
Padraic Davis	Longford	2-28	34
Enda Muldoon	Derry	3-24	33
Dara Ó Cinnéide	Kerry	2-25	31
Dessie Dolan	Westmeath	1-27	30
Mark Harte	Tyrone	3-18	27
Stephan Maguire	Fermanagh	0-27	27

References