2023 Leinster Senior Football Championship

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2023 Leinster SFC
Tournament details
Year2023
Winners
Champions Dublin (62nd win)
CaptainJames McCarthy
Runners-up
Runners-up Louth
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The 2023 Leinster Senior Football Championship was the 2023 iteration of the Leinster Senior Football Championship organised by Leinster GAA.

Dublin were defending champions.[1]

Teams[edit]

General Information[edit]

Eleven counties will compete in the Leinster Senior Football Championship:

County Last Championship Title Last All-Ireland Title Position in 2022 Championship Last losing finalist
Carlow 1944 - Preliminary round 1942
Dublin 2022 2020 Champions 2001
Kildare 2000 1928 Runners-up 2022
Laois 2003 - Preliminary round 2018
Longford 1968 - Quarter-finals 1965
Louth 1957 1957 Quarter-finals 2010
Meath 2010 1999 Semi-finals 2020
Offaly 1997 1982 Preliminary round 2006
Westmeath 2004 - Semi-finals 2016
Wexford 1945 1918 Quarter-finals 2011
Wicklow - - Quarter-finals 1897

Personnel and kits[edit]

County Manager Captain Sponsors
Carlow Niall Carew Sean Gannon SETU
Dublin Dessie Farrell James McCarthy AIG
Kildare Glenn Ryan Mick O'Grady Brady Family
Laois Billy Sheehan Trevor Collins and Evan O’Carroll MW Hire Group
Longford Paddy Christie[2] Michael Quinn Glennon Brothers
Louth Mickey Harte Sam Mulroy STATSports
Meath Colm O'Rourke Shane McEntee Bective Stud, Tea Rooms and Apartments
Offaly Liam Kearns Declan Hogan Glenisk
Westmeath Dessie Dolan[3] Kevin Maguire Renault
Wexford John Hegarty Liam Coleman Zurich Insurance Group
Wicklow Oisín McConville[4] Padraig O’Toole Joule

Bracket[edit]

Preliminary round
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Offaly 1-11
Longford 1-11 Meath 0-10
Offaly 1-12 Offaly 2-15
Louth 0-27*
Westmeath 1-11
Louth 2-10
Louth 0-15
Wicklow 2-12 Dublin 5-21
Carlow 0-10 Wicklow 0-10
Kildare 1-17
Kildare 0-12
Wexford 2-13 Dublin 0-14
Laois 2-17 Laois 2-09
Dublin 4-30


Preliminary round[edit]

9 April 2023
15:00
Preliminary round 		Longford 1-11 - 1-12 Offaly Pearse Park, Longford
Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone)
Darren Gallagher 1-4 (2fs), Joe Hagan 0-3, Iarla O’Sullivan 0-1, Mickey Quinn 0-1, Dessie Reynolds 0-1, Dylan Farrell 0-1 Report Peter Cunningham 1-1, Cian Farrell 0-3 (1m), Nigel Dunne 0-2 (1f), Jamie Evans 0-2, Lee Pearson 0-1, Ruairi McNamee 0-1, Dylan Hyland 0-1 (1f), Bernard Allen 0-1.
9 April 2023
14:30
Preliminary round 		Wicklow 2-12 - 0-10 Carlow Aughrim Park, Aughrim
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Barry Tiernan (Dublin)
Eoin Darcy 1-2 (1f), Kevin Quinn 0-4 (1f), Malachy Stone 1-0, Mark Jackson 0-2 (2fs), Mark Kenny 0-2, Padraig O'Toole 0-1, Gearoid Murphy 0-1. Report Darragh Foley 0-4 (3fs), Colm Hulton 0-3, Jordan Morrissey 0-1, Ross Dunphy 0-1, Jamie Clarke 0-1
9 April 2023
15:30
Preliminary round 		Laois 2-17 - 2-13 Wexford O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)
Mark Barry 2-4 (2fs, 1m), Evan O'Carroll 0-6 (1f, 1m, 145), Paul Kingston 0-4 (3fs), Damon Larkin 0-2, Paddy O'Sullivan 0-1 Report Ben Brosnan 1-7 (1-0 pen, 5fs), Robbie Brooks 1-1, Sean Nolan 0-2, Paudie Hughes 0-1, Kevin O'Grady 0-1, Eoghan Nolan 0-1 (1 45)

Quarter-finals[edit]

23 April 2023
3:30pm
Quarter-final 		Laois 2-9 4-30 Dublin Laois Hire O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Referee: Barry Judge (Sligo)
Report
23 April 2023
4:00pm
Quarter-final 		Offaly 1-11 0-10 Meath Glenisk O'Connor Park, Tullamore
Attendance: 5,041[5]
Referee: S Mulhare (Laois)
Report
23 April 2023
2:00pm
Quarter-final 		Kildare 1-17 0-10 Wicklow Netwatch Cullen Park, Carlow
Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan)
Report
23 April 2023
2:30pm
Quarter-final 		Westmeath 1-11 2-10 Louth Netwatch Cullen Park, Carlow
Referee: James Molloy (Galway)
Report

Semi-finals[edit]

30 April 2023
Semi-final 		Kildare 0-12 - 0-14 Dublin Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 30,499[6]
Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford)
30 April 2023
Semi-final 		Offaly 2-15 - 0-27 Louth Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 30,499
Referee: J McQuillan (Cavan)
Report

Final[edit]

Main article: 2023 Leinster Senior Football Championship Final
Louth0–15 – 5–21Dublin
S Mulroy (0-10, 7f, 1'45), C Grimes (0-2), L Jackson (0-1), C Downey (0-1), C Lennon (0-1) Report S Bugler (1-3), C Costello (0-5, 3f, 1'45), P Mannion (1-1, 1f), C O'Callaghan (0-4), C Kilkenny (0-3), J McCarthy (1-0), C Basquel (1-0), P Small (1-0), J McCaffrey (0-2), J Small (0-1), S McMahon (0-1), D Rock (0-1)
Attendance: 40,115
Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)
GK 1 James Califf (Dreadnots)
RCB 2 Dan Corcoran (Geraldines)
FB 3 Peter Lynch (Roche Emmets)
LCB 4 Donal McKenny (St Mary's)
RHB 5 Leonard Grey (St Patrick's)
CHB 6 Niall Sharkey (Glyde Rangers)
LHB 7 Ciarán Murphy (St Patrick's)
MF 8 Tommy Durnin (Inniskeen Grattans, Monaghan)
MF 9 Conor Early (Na Fianna, Dublin)
RHF 10 Conal McKeever (Clan Na Gael)
CHF 11 Ciarán Downey (Newtown Blues)
LHF 12 Conor Grimes (Glen Emmets)
RCF 13 Dáire McConnon (St Mary's)
FF 14 Sam Mulroy (Naomh Máirtin) (c)
LCF 15 Liam Jackson (St Mary's)
Substitutes:
16 Craig Lennon (St Mochta's) for McConnon
17 Anthony Williams (Dreadnots) for Murphy
18 Conal McCaul (St Joseph's) for Jackson
19 Paul Matthews (St Fechin's) for Early
20 Ryan Burns (Hunterstown Rovers) for Corcoran
GK 1 Stephen Cluxton (Parnells)
RCB 2 Dáire Newcombe (Lucan Sarsfields)
FB 3 David Byrne (Naomh Ólaf)
LCB 4 Lee Gannon (Whitehall Colmcille)
RHB 5 Brian Howard (Raheny)
CHB 6 John Small (Ballymun Kickhams)
LHB 7 Jack McCaffrey (Clontarf)
MF 8 Brian Fenton (Raheny)
MF 9 James McCarthy (Ballymun Kickhams) (c)
RHF 10 Niall Scully (Templeogue Synge Street)
CHF 11 Seán Bugler (St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh)
LHF 12 Ciarán Kilkenny (Castleknock)
RCF 13 Paul Mannion (Kilmacud Crokes)
FF 14 Con O'Callaghan (Cuala)
LCF 15 Cormac Costello (St Vincent's)
Substitutes:
16 Cian Murphy (Thomas Davis) for McCaffrey
17 Paddy Small (Ballymun Kickhams) for Scully
18 Dean Rock (Ballymun Kickhams) for Costello
19 Colm Basquel (Kilmacud Crokes) for Mannion
20 Seán McMahon (Raheny) for Howard

Stadia and locations[edit]

County Location Province Stadium Capacity
Carlow Carlow Leinster Dr Cullen Park 21,000
Dublin Dublin Leinster Croke Park 82,300
Kildare Newbridge Leinster St Conleth's Park 8,200
Laois Portlaoise Leinster O'Moore Park 22,000
Longford Longford Leinster Pearse Park 6,000
Louth Drogheda Leinster Drogheda Park 3,500
Meath Navan Leinster Páirc Tailteann 11,000
Offaly Tullamore Leinster O'Connor Park 18,000
Westmeath Mullingar Leinster Cusack Park 11,500
Wexford Wexford Leinster Chadwicks Wexford Park 18,000
Wicklow Aughrim Leinster Aughrim County Ground 7,000

Championship statistics[edit]

Scoring events[edit]

  • Widest winning margin: 27 points
  • Most goals in a match: 6
  • Most points in a match: 39
  • Most goals by one team in a match: 4
  • Most points by one team in a match: 30
  • Highest aggregate score: 57 points
  • Lowest aggregate score: 24 points

Miscellaneous[edit]

  • Its the first Leinster final between Dublin and Louth since 1958.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Dublin 5-17 Kildare 1-15: Dubs stamp Leinster Championship authority with dominant Lilywhites win".29 May 2022
  2. ^ Lawlor, Damian (27 August 2022). "Paddy Christie appointed Longford senior football manager". RTÉ.
  3. ^ Ryan, Eoin (21 September 2022). "Dessie Dolan confirmed as new Westmeath football manager". RTÉ News. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  4. ^ "McConville takes first steps into inter-county management with Wicklow". Hogan Stand. 3 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Offaly sentence Meath to Tailteann Cup as Faithful honour Liam Kearns in style". Irish Independent. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Kildare provide Dublin with their sternest stress test in Leinster for over a decade". Irish Times. Retrieved 30 April 2023.

External links[edit]
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