2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Format

Since the introduction of the so-called "back-door" system a few years ago, a number of changes have taken place in the championship format. In 2005 the following system was used.

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.

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 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.

Provincial championships

[[Munster Senior Football Championship]]

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| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Clare | RD1-score1=2–14 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Waterford | RD1-score2=2–10

| RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=Tipperary | RD1-score7=0–13 | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=Kerry | RD1-score8=2–22

| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Clare | RD2-score1=0–06 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Cork | RD2-score2=0–18

| RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=Kerry | RD2-score4=2–10 | RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=Limerick | RD2-score3=0–10

| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=Cork | RD3-score1=0–11 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=Kerry | RD3-score2=1–11

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

[[Leinster Senior Football Championship]]

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| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Offaly | RD1-score1=1–15 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Louth | RD1-score2=1–06

| RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=Wicklow | RD1-score5=2–12 | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=Kildare | RD1-score6=1–17

| RD1-seed09= | RD1-team09=Dublin | RD1-score09=2–23 | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=Longford | RD1-score10=0–10

| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Offaly | RD2-score1=1–08 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Laois | RD2-score2=1–10

| RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=Westmeath | RD2-score4=0–11 | RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=Kildare | RD2-score3=0–14

| RD2-seed7= | RD2-team7=Wexford | RD2-score7=3–12 | RD2-seed8= | RD2-team8=Carlow | RD2-score8=2–10

| RD2-seed5= | RD2-team5=Dublin | RD2-score5=1–12 | RD2-seed6= | RD2-team6=Meath | RD2-score6=1–10

| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=Laois | RD3-score1=0–21 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=Kildare | RD3-score2=0–09

| RD3-seed4= | RD3-team4=Wexford | RD3-score4=2–10 | RD3-seed3= | RD3-team3=Dublin | RD3-score3=1–17

| RD4-seed1= | RD4-team1=Laois | RD4-score1=0–13 | RD4-seed2= | RD4-team2=Dublin | RD4-score2=0–14

Round 1

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

[[Ulster Senior Football Championship]]

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| RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=Fermanagh | RD1-score7=1–07 | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=Armagh | RD1-score8=2–12

| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Monaghan | RD2-score1=2–08 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Derry | RD2-score2=1–17

| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=Donegal | RD2-score3=1–10 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=Armagh | RD2-score4=3–11

| RD2-seed5= | RD2-team5=Down | RD2-score5=1–06 | RD2-seed6= | RD2-team6=Tyrone | RD2-score6=1–13

| RD2-seed7= | RD2-team7=Antrim | RD2-score7=2–06 | RD2-seed8= | RD2-team8=Cavan | RD2-score8=1–15

| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=Derry | RD3-score1=0–10 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=Armagh | RD3-score2=1–11

| RD3-seed3= | RD3-team3=Tyrone | RD3-score3=3–19 | RD3-seed4= | RD3-team4=Cavan | RD3-score4=0–07

| RD4-seed1= | RD4-team1=Armagh | RD4-score1=0–13 | RD4-seed2= | RD4-team2=Tyrone | RD4-score2=0–11

Round 1

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

[[Connacht Senior Football Championship]]

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| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Sligo | RD1-score1=0–09 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Leitrim | RD1-score2=1–11

| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=New York | RD1-score3=0–06 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=Galway | RD1-score4=3–14

| RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=London | RD1-score7=1–08 | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=Roscommon | RD1-score8=0–12

| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Leitrim | RD2-score1=1–08 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Galway | RD2-score2=1–11

| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=Mayo | RD2-score3=1–16 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=Roscommon | RD2-score4=0–11

| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=Galway | RD3-score1=0–10 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=Mayo | RD3-score2=0–08

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

All-Ireland qualifiers

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

Round 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

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. |score-width= 45 | RD1-seed1= | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team1=Kerry | RD1-team2=Mayo | RD1-score1=2–15 | RD1-score2=0–18 | RD1-seed3= | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team3=Cork | RD1-team4=Galway | RD1-score3=2–14 | RD1-score4=2–11 | RD1-seed5= | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team5=Armagh | RD1-team6=Laois | RD1-score5=2–17 | RD1-score6=1–11 | RD1-seed7= | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team7=Tyrone | RD1-team8=Dublin | RD1-score7=2–18 | RD1-score8=1–14 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team1=Kerry | RD2-team2=Cork | RD2-score1=1–19 | RD2-score2=0–9 | RD2-seed3= | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team3=Armagh | RD2-team4=Tyrone | RD2-score3=1–12 | RD2-score4=1–13 | RD3-seed1= | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team1=Tyrone | RD3-team2=Kerry | RD3-score1=1–16 | RD3-score2=2–10

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Main article: 2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• For the first time since 1992 Kildare vs Westmeath in the Leinster championship.
• Dublin played Laois in the Leinster final for the first time 1985.
• In the old system there would have been Kerry vs Galway and Dublin vs Armagh All Ireland semi-finals.

Top scorers

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References

References

1. Keys, Colm. (3 September 2005). "Why Gaelic's BIG THREE dwarf the rest". Irish Independent.
2. Keys, Colm. (2 February 2005). "Kernan fears end is nigh for Armagh stars". Irish Independent.