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 |
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← 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 | 3-10 | ||||||||||||
| Waterford | 2-09 | 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
The losers of the Preliminary round matches and quarter final matches of each provincial championship started the qualifier.
Round 1
| 8 June 2002 | |||
| Waterford | 3-11 - 3-19 Report | Roscommon | Fraher Field, Dungarvan |
| Wicklow | 2-22 - 2-06 Report | London | Aughrim |
| Carlow | 0-09 - 0-18 Report | Laois | Dr Cullen Park, Carlow |
| Wexford | 0-10 - 1-09 Report | Tyrone | Wexford Park, Wexford |
| Monaghan | 1-08 - 2-11 Report | Louth | St Tiernach's Park, Clones |
| Longford | 1-16 - 0-14 Report | Down | Pearse Park, Longford |
| Antrim | 1-10 - 0-14 Report | Westmeath | Casement Park, Belfast |
| 15 June 2002 | |||
| Cavan | 0-11 - 2-08 Report | Limerick | Breffni Park, Cavan |
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.
| 22 June 2002 | |||
| Westmeath | 0-07 - 0-14 Report | Fermanagh | Cusack Park, Mullingar |
| Laois | 1-19 - 1-06 Report | Clare | O'Moore Park, Portlaoise |
| 23 June 2002 | |||
| Mayo | 0-20 - 2-08 Report | Roscommon | McHale Park, Castlebar |
| Longford | 0-09 - 2-13 Report | Derry | Pearse Park, Longford |
| 29 June 2002 | |||
| Meath | 3-08 - 2-09 Report | Louth | Pairc Tailteann, Navan |
| Tyrone | 1-22 - 0-07 Report | Leitrim | |
| 30 June 2002 | |||
| Kerry | 5-15 - 0-07 Report | Wicklow | O'Moore Park, Portlaoise |
| 6 July 2002 | |||
| Limerick | 3-09 - 2-07 Report | Offaly | Gaelic Grounds, Limerick |
Round 3
The winners of round 2 contest as the matches from here were lowered to four. Matches were open.
| 6 July 2002 | |||
| Kerry | 2-15 - 0-04 Report | Fermanagh | O'Moore Park, Portlaoise |
| Meath | 1-15 - 0-07 Report | Laois | O'Moore Park, Portlaoise |
| Tyrone | 1-17 - 1-12 Report | Derry | Casement Park, Belfast |
| 14 July 2002 | |||
| Mayo | 0-13 - 1-09 | Limerick | Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon |
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.
| 21 July 2002 | |||
| Donegal | 1-13 - 0-14 Report | Meath | Croke Park, Dublin |
| Sligo | 1-14 - 0-12 Report | Tyrone | Croke Park, Dublin |
| 27 July 2002 | |||
| Kerry | 2-10 - 1-05 Report | Kildare | Semple Stadium, Thurles |
| 28 July 2002 | |||
| Mayo | 0-20 - 1-14 Report | Tipperary | Cusack Park, Ennis |
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 | ||||||||||||
| 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
22 September 2002 Final |
| Armagh | 1-12 - 0-14 | Kerry |
|---|---|---|
| O McConville 1-2 S McDonnell, R Clarke, D Marsden 0-3 each, J McEntee 0-1 | Report | D O Cinneide 0-5, M F Russell 0-3, C Cooper, L Hassett 0-2 each, E Fitzmaurice, E Brosnan 0-1 each |