| Year: | 2023 |
| Dates: | 8 April – 30 July 2023 |
| Teams: | 33 |
| Connacht: | Galway |
| Munster: | Kerry |
| Leinster: | Dublin |
| Ulster: | Derry |
| Team: | Dublin |
| Titles: | 31st |
| Captain: | James McCarthy |
| Manager: | Dessie Farrell |
| Team2: | Kerry |
| Captain2: | David Clifford |
| Manager2: | Jack O'Connor |
| Topscorer: | Shane McGuigan (2-52) |
| Poty: | David Clifford |
| Previous: | 2022 |
| Next: | 2024 |
The 2023 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 136th edition of the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament since its establishment in 1887. Thirty one of the thirty two Irish counties took part – Kilkenny did not compete, while London and New York completed the lineup.[1]
The championship worked as a two-tier system for the second time, with the Tailteann Cup being the second tier competition for those that do not qualify for the Sam Maguire Cup competition.[2]
The draws for the provincial championships took place on 15 October 2022.[3] [4] The All-Ireland final was played on 30 July 2023 at Croke Park in Dublin,[5] between defending champions Kerry and Leinster champions Dublin. Dublin won their 31st title after a 1–15 to 1–13 win against Kerry in the final.[6]
Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise a provincial championship. All provincial matches are knock-out.
Sixteen teams progress to the All-Ireland Championship round-robin:
The other 17 county teams compete in the 2023 Tailteann Cup.
In the All-Ireland Championship round-robin, 16 teams are drawn into four groups of four teams. Each team plays the other teams in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. Each team plays one home, one away and one neutral fixture.
The top three in each group advance to the knockout stages; first-place teams to the All-Ireland quarter-finals, and second- and third-placed teams to the preliminary quarter-finals.[7]
The four second-placed teams play against the third-placed teams in the preliminary quarter-finals. The winners of the preliminary quarter-finals advance to play the group winners in the All-Ireland quarter-finals. Two semi-finals and a final follow. All matches are knock-out.
The participating teams, listed by province, with numbers in parentheses indicating final positions in the 2023 National Football League before the championship were:
Britain (1)
Connacht (5)
Leinster (11)
Munster (6)
Ulster (9)
Other (1)
Thirty three counties will compete in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: seven teams in the Connacht Senior Football Championship, eleven teams in the Leinster Senior Football Championship, six teams in the Munster Senior Football Championship and nine teams in the Ulster Senior Football Championship.
See main article: 2023 Connacht Senior Football Championship.
See main article: 2023 Leinster Senior Football Championship.
See main article: 2023 Munster Senior Football Championship.
See main article: 2023 Ulster Senior Football Championship.
16 teams are divided into 4 groups of 4 teams and play a round robin to qualify for the knockout stages of the All-Ireland. Group games take place between 20 May and 18 June 2023.
| Qualified for round-robin phase | by reaching provincial final | ||
| by winning 2022 Tailteann Cup | |||
| based on NFL position | |||
| Compete in 2023 Tailteann Cup | |||
Teams qualified to the All-Ireland group stage.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in group stage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armagh | Ulster runners-up | 1 (2022) | ||
| Clare | Munster runners-up | 1 (2022) | ||
| Cork | League position | 1 (2022) | ||
| Derry | Ulster champions | 1 (2022) | ||
| Donegal | League position | 1 (2022) | ||
| Dublin | Leinster champions | 1 (2022) | ||
| Galway | Connacht champions | 1 (2022) | ||
| Kerry | Munster champions | 1 (2022) | ||
| Kildare | League position | 1 (2022) | ||
| Louth | Leinster runners-up | 1 (2022) | ||
| Mayo | League position | 1 (2022) | ||
| Monaghan | League position | 1 (2022) | ||
| Roscommon | League position | 1 (2022) | ||
| Sligo | Connacht runners-up | 0 (debut) | ||
| Tyrone | League position | 1 (2022) | ||
| Westmeath | Tailteann Cup winners | 0 (debut) |
Numbers in brackets indicate ranking in the 2023 NFL.Pot 1
Pot 2
Pot 3
Pot 4
See main article: 2023 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final.
During the All-Ireland quarter-final clash between Armagh and Monaghan, Gardaí arrested seven people and 15 fans were ejected from Croke Park after a fight broke out on Hill 16 before the penalty shoot-out.[8] Video footage later emerged on social media showing blows being exchanged between Armagh and Monaghan fans and some of those involved being knocked to the ground.[9] The footage was condemned by the GAA, saying it represented "unacceptable behaviour from a small number of supporters", warning fans that Hill 16 could be converted to seats if fighting in the terraced stand continued.[10] [11]
Earlier in the match, the Hawk-Eye score detection system malfunctioned again after it returned a 'data unavailable' message.[12] The GAA requested an explanation from Hawk-Eye who concluded that the message was a result of operator error.[13] The next day the GAA took the decision to stand down Hawk-Eye once again.[14]
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shane McGuigan | Derry | 2-52 | 58 | 7 | 7.42 |
| 2 | David Clifford | Kerry | 5-39 | 54 | 8 | 6.75 |
Does not include extra time.