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2002 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Football championship
Football championship
| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| dates | 5 May – 22 September 2002 | ||
| teams | 33 | ||
| year | 2002 | ||
| team | Armagh | ||
| titles | 1st | ||
| captain | Kieran McGeeney | ||
| manager | Joe Kernan | ||
| team2 | Kerry | ||
| captain2 | Darragh Ó Sé | ||
| manager2 | Páidí Ó Sé | ||
| topscorer | [[File: Colours of Armagh.svg | border | 20px]] Oisín McConville (1–40) |
| munster | Cork | ||
| leinster | Dublin | ||
| ulster | Armagh | ||
| connacht | Galway | ||
| poty | [[File: Colours of Armagh.svg | border | 20px]] Kieran McGeeney |
| matches | 67 | ||
| totalpoints | 1572 (23.82 per game) | ||
| totalgoals | 139 (2.11 per game) | ||
| previous | [2001](2001-all-ireland-senior-football-championship) | ||
| next | [2003](2003-all-ireland-senior-football-championship) |
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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 of two All-Ireland titles.
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]]
| team-width=100px | score-width=35px
| RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=New York | RD1-score5=1–11 | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=Sligo | RD1-score6=1–19
| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Roscommon | RD1-score1=1–08 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Galway | RD1-score2=3–12
| RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=London | RD1-score7=0–10 | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=Leitrim | RD1-score8=0–15
| RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Mayo | RD2-score2=1–07 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Galway | RD2-score1=0–12
| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=Sligo | RD2-score3=2–13 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=Leitrim | RD2-score4=2–04
| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=Galway | RD3-score1=1–11 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=Sligo | RD3-score2=0–11
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
[[Munster Senior Football Championship]]
| team-width=100px | score-width=35px
| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Clare | RD1-score1=3–10 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Waterford | RD1-score2=2–09
| RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=Limerick | RD1-score7=1–07 | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=Kerry | RD1-score8=0–14
| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Clare | RD2-score1=0–08 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Tipperary | RD2-score2=1–08
| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=Cork | RD2-score3=0–15 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=Kerry | RD2-score4=1–09
| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=Tipperary | RD3-score1=0–07 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=Cork | RD3-score2=1–23
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Finals
[[Ulster Senior Football Championship]]
| team-width=100px | score-width=35px
| RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=Cavan | RD1-score11=0–15 | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=Donegal | RD1-score12=1–17
| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Monaghan | RD2-score1=2–18 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Fermanagh | RD2-score2=4–13
| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=Tyrone | RD2-score3=0–16 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=Armagh | RD2-score4=2–13
| RD2-seed5= | RD2-team5=Down | RD2-score5=1–06 | RD2-seed6= | RD2-team6=Donegal | RD2-score6=3–12
| RD2-seed7= | RD2-team7=Antrim | RD2-score7=0–06 | RD2-seed8= | RD2-team8=Derry | RD2-score8=0–16
| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=Fermanagh | RD3-score1=1–05 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=Armagh | RD3-score2=0–16
| RD3-seed3= | RD3-team3=Donegal | RD3-score3=1–09 | RD3-seed4= | RD3-team4=Derry | RD3-score4=0–10
| RD4-seed1= | RD4-team1=Armagh | RD4-score1=1–14 | RD4-seed2= | RD4-team2=Donegal | RD4-score2=1–10
Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
[[Leinster Senior Football Championship]]
| team-width=100px | score-width=35px
| RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=Laois | RD1-score5=3–06 | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=Wicklow | RD1-score6=0–08
| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Longford | RD1-score1=1–12 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Louth | RD1-score2=3–17
| RD1-seed09= | RD1-team09=Westmeath | RD1-score09=0–14 | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=Carlow | RD1-score10=1–10
| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Louth | RD2-score1=0–11 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Kildare | RD2-score2=0–12
| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=Laois | RD2-score3=2–06 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=Offaly | RD2-score4=0–13
| RD2-seed7= | RD2-team7=Dublin | RD2-score7=0–15 | RD2-seed8= | RD2-team8=Wexford | RD2-score8=1–10
| RD2-seed6= | RD2-team6=Meath | RD2-score6=1–12 | RD2-seed5= | RD2-team5=Westmeath | RD2-score5=0–11
| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=Kildare | RD3-score1=3–09 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=Offaly | RD3-score2=1–14
| RD3-seed3= | RD3-team3=Meath | RD3-score3=0–10 | RD3-seed4= | RD3-team4=Dublin | RD3-score4=2–11
| RD4-seed1= | RD4-team1=Kildare | RD4-score1=2–11 | RD4-seed2= | RD4-team2=Dublin | RD4-score2=2–13
First round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
(aet)
Final
All-Ireland Qualifiers
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
[[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]]
| team-width=100px | score-width= 35px
| RD1-seed1= | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team1=Cork | RD1-team2=Mayo | RD1-score1=1–16 | RD1-score2=1–10 | RD1-seed3= | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team3=Kerry | RD1-team4=Galway | RD1-score3=2–17 | RD1-score4=1–12 | RD1-seed5= | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team5=Dublin | RD1-team6=Donegal | RD1-score5=1–14 | RD1-score6=0–07 | RD1-seed7= | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team7=Armagh | RD1-team8=Sligo | RD1-score7=1–16 | RD1-score8=0–17 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team1=Cork | RD2-team2=Kerry | RD2-score1=2–07 | RD2-score2=3–19 | RD2-seed3= | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team3=Dublin | RD2-team4=Armagh | RD2-score3=1–13 | RD2-score4=1–14 | RD3-seed1= | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team1=Kerry | RD3-team2=Armagh | RD3-score1=0–14 | RD3-score2=1–12
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Main article: 2002 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 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 |
| Dessie Sloyan | Sligo | 2–23 | 29 | 6 | 4.83 | |
| Brendan Devenney | Donegal | 1–26 | 29 | 7 | 4.14 | |
| 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 |
| Colin Corkery | Cork | 0–11 | 11 | Tipperary | |
| 5 | Nigel Dineen | Roscommon | 2–4 | 10 | Mayo |
| Declan Browne | Tipperary | 2–4 | 10 | Clare | |
| Gerald Pearson | Cavan | 0–10 | 10 | Donegal | |
| 8 | Ray Cosgrove | Dublin | 2–3 | 9 | Meath |
| Mike Frank Russell | Kerry | 1–6 | 9 | Cork | |
| Stephen Lohan | Roscommon | 1–6 | 9 | Waterford | |
| Ciaran McManus | Offaly | 1–6 | 9 | Kildare | |
| 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 making the largest of modern times.
- 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.
References
References
- Carney, Jim. (5 December 2012). "Galway heroes of 1998 are all gone now". The Tuam Herald.
- Breheny, Martin. (23 September 2002). "Armagh's deliverance". Irish Independent.
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