2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Structure

• Four knockout (single elimination format) provincial championships are played. London and New York compete in Connacht. The 4 provincial champions advance to the All-Ireland quarter-finals.
• The 16 teams eliminated before reaching a provincial semi-final compete in Round One of the Qualifiers (New York do not compete in the Qualifiers). The 8 Round One winners advance to Round Two.
• Qualifiers, Round Two: The 8 teams eliminated in provincial semi-finals each play one of the 8 Round One winners.
• Qualifiers, Round Three: The 8 Round Two winners play off to reduce the number to 4.
• Qualifiers, Round Four: The 4 teams eliminated in provincial finals each play one of the 4 Round Three winners.
• All-Ireland Quarter-finals: The 4 provincial champions each play one of the 4 Round Four winners.
• The winners of the All-Ireland Quarter-finals then advance to the Semi-finals, and the winners of the Semi-finals go on to the 2009 All-Ireland final.

Fixtures and results

[[Leinster Senior Football Championship]]

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| RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=Louth | RD1-score7=1–13 | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=Carlow | RD1-score8=1–11

| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Kildare | RD1-score1=1–16 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Offaly | RD1-score2=1–10

| RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=Wicklow | RD1-score11=2–12 | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=Longford | RD1-score12=1–13

| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Kildare | RD2-score1=2–12 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Wexford | RD2-score2=0–11

| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=Laois | RD2-score3=1–15 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=Louth | RD2-score4=1–11

| RD2-seed5= | RD2-team5=Westmeath | RD2-score5=0–16 | RD2-seed6= | RD2-team6=Wicklow | RD2-score6=1–10

| RD2-seed7= | RD2-team7=Dublin | RD2-score7=0–14 | RD2-seed8= | RD2-team8=Meath | RD2-score8=0–12

| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=Kildare | RD3-score1=2–18 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=Laois | RD3-score2=0–09

| RD3-seed3= | RD3-team3=Westmeath | RD3-score3=0–11 | RD3-seed4= | RD3-team4=Dublin | RD3-score4=4–26

| RD4-seed1= | RD4-team1=Kildare | RD4-score1=0–18 | RD4-seed2= | RD4-team2=Dublin | RD4-score2=2–15

AET

Main article: 2009 Leinster Senior Football Championship Final

[[Munster Senior Football Championship]]

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| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Waterford | RD1-score1=1–07 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Cork | RD1-score2=2–18

| RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=Tipperary | RD1-score7=1–09 | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=Limerick | RD1-score8=1–11

| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Cork | RD2-score1=1–17 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Kerry | RD2-score2=0–12

| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=Clare | RD2-score3=1–09 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=Limerick | RD2-score4=1–13

| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=Cork | RD3-score1=2–06 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=Limerick | RD3-score2=0–11

[[Connacht Senior Football Championship]]

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| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=New York | RD1-score1=1–07 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Mayo | RD1-score2=1–18

| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=Roscommon | RD1-score3=2–13 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=Leitrim | RD1-score4=2–09

| RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=London | RD1-score7=1–07 | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=Galway | RD1-score8=1–18

| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Mayo | RD2-score1=3–18 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Roscommon | RD2-score2=0–07

| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=Sligo | RD2-score3=0–12 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=Galway | RD2-score4=1–13

| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=Mayo | RD3-score1=2–12 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=Galway | RD3-score2=1–14

[[Ulster Senior Football Championship]]

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| RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=Fermanagh | RD1-score11=0–13 | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=Down | RD1-score12=0–10

| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=Tyrone | RD2-score1=2–10 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Armagh | RD2-score2=1–10

| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=Derry | RD2-score3=1–10 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=Monaghan | RD2-score4=0–10

| RD2-seed5= | RD2-team5=Cavan | RD2-score5=0–13 | RD2-seed6= | RD2-team6=Fermanagh | RD2-score6=1–09

| RD2-seed7= | RD2-team7=Antrim | RD2-score7=1–10 | RD2-seed8= | RD2-team8=Donegal | RD2-score8=0–12

| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=Tyrone | RD3-score1=0–15 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=Derry | RD3-score2=0–07

| RD3-seed3= | RD3-team3=Cavan | RD3-score3=1–07 | RD3-seed4= | RD3-team4=Antrim | RD3-score4=0–13

| RD4-seed1= | RD4-team1=Tyrone | RD4-score1=1–18 | RD4-seed2= | RD4-team2=Antrim | RD4-score2=0–15

All-Ireland qualifiers

Round 1

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Round 2

Round 3

A draw was made for round 3 of the qualifiers, with the winners of round 2 playing each other. AET

Round 4

A draw was made for round 4 of the qualifiers, with the winners of round three (Donegal, Kerry, Meath and Wicklow) playing against the losing provincial finalists (Antrim, Galway, Kildare and Limerick).

All-Ireland series

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| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=Dublin | RD1-score1=1–07 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=Kerry | RD1-score2=1–24

| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=Mayo | RD1-score3=1–15 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=Meath | RD1-score4=2–15

| RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=Cork | RD1-score5=1–27 | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=Donegal | RD1-score6=2–10

| RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=Tyrone | RD1-score7=0–16 | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=Kildare | RD1-score8=1–11

| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1= Kerry | RD2-score1= 2–08 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2= Meath | RD2-score2= 1–07

| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3= Cork | RD2-score3= 1–13 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4= Tyrone | RD2-score4= 0–11

| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1= Kerry | RD3-score1= 0–16 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2= Cork | RD3-score2= 1–09

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Main article: 2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• Cork and Limerick met in the Munster final for the first time since 1901.
• Antrim reached their first Ulster final since 1970.
• Wicklow reached round 4 of the qualifiers, winning four championship games for the first time in their history.
• Mayo and Meath met for the first time in the championship since the 1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.

Top scorers

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References

References

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4. (21 September 2009). "Kennelly enjoys emotional win in Dublin". [[Brisbane Times]].
5. (June 21, 2014). "Furlong double advances Wicklow's cause".
6. Keys, Colm. (8 August 2009). "Thirteen years after infamous Mayo-Meath melee the shockwaves have not yet settled". [[Independent News & Media]].
7. "Football Top Scorers 2009".