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2002 All Ireland Senior Football Championship

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Teams
  
33

Captain
  
Kieran McGeeney

Losing team
  
Kerry

Winning team
  
Armagh (1st win)

Manager
  
Joe Kernan

Dates
  
5 May 2002 - 22 September 2002

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.

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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 All-Ireland title. It remains their only All-Ireland title.

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.

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Munster Senior Football Championship

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Leinster Senior Football Championship

First round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

All-Ireland Qualifiers

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Top scorers

Overall
Single game

Miscellaneous

  • 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

    2002 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Wikipedia