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.
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 of two All-Ireland titles.
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.
Format The Qualifier Rounds system, first used in 2001 was again used in this year.
Results
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
Championship statistics
Top scorers
Overall Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average1Oisín McConvilleArmagh1–404385.372Ray CosgroveDublin6–234166.833Colin CorkeryCork0–404066.664Mike Frank RussellKerry3–273694.005Adrian SweeneyDonegal2–283474.856Declan BrowneTipperary2–273356.67Rory GallagherFermanagh4–183047.508Michael ReidyLimerick2–232955.80Dessie SloyanSligo2–232964.83Brendan DevenneyDonegal1–262974.14Dara Ó CinnéideKerry0–292993.22
Single game
Rank Player County Tally Total Opposition1Rory GallagherFermanagh3–918Monaghan2Michael ReidyLimerick1–912Cavan3Anthony NolanWicklow1–811LondonColin CorkeryCork0–1111Tipperary5Nigel DineenRoscommon2–410MayoDeclan BrowneTipperary2–410ClareGerald PearsonCavan0–1010Donegal8Ray CosgroveDublin2–39MeathMike Frank RussellKerry1–69CorkStephen LohanRoscommon1–69WaterfordCiaran McManusOffaly1–69KildareStephen KellyLaois0–99Clare
Miscellaneous This year New York in their fourth season in the Connacht championship are give home ground. Sligo play Leitrim in the Connacht championship for the first time since 1991. There was a triple of draws & replays in the Munster football championship in the 2 semi-finals between Clare vs Tipperary and Cork vs Kerry also final between Cork vs Tipperary making the largest of modern times. Galway and Sligo meet in the Connacht final for the first time since 1971. 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.
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