The 1993 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 106th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1993 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. The match was played in Croke Park in Dublin on 19 September 1993.
Ulster champions Derry took on Munster champions Cork, in what was their first ever meeting in a final. Cork's last title had come in 1990, while Derry had never won the competition, and last contested a final in 1958. Derry won the match by 1–14 to 2–8 to win the Sam Maguire Cup for the first time.
Match summary Derry won their first and only All-Ireland with a Seamus Downey goal. Cork's Tony Davis was sent off harshly.High Ball magazine, issue 6, 1998
Henry Downey captained the victorious Derry team.
Match details
1 Damien McCusker 2 Kieran McKeever 3 Tony Scullion 4 Fergal McCusker 5 Johnny McGurk 6 Henry Downey (c) 7 Gary Coleman 8 Anthony Tohill 9 Brian McGilligan 10 Dermot Heaney 11 Damian Barton 12 Damian Cassidy 13 Joe Brolly 14 Seamus Downey 15 Enda Gormley Substitutes:16 Don Kelly 17 Danny Quinn 18 Dermot McNicholl 19 Karl Diamond 20 Éamonn Burns 21 Declan Bateson 22 Brian McCormick 23 Richard Ferris 24 Stephen Mulvenna Manager:Eamonn Coleman1 John Kerins 2 Brian Corcoran 3 Mark O'Connor 4 Niall Cahalane 5 Ciarán O'Sullivan 6 Steven O'Brien 7 Tony Davis 8 Shea Fahy 9 Teddy McCarthy 10 Don Davis 11 Joe Kavanagh 12 Barry Coffey 13 Colin Corkery 14 John O'Driscoll 15 Mick McCarthy (c) Substitutes:16 Kevin O'Dwyer 17 Mark Farr 18 Conor Counihan 19 Danny Culloty 20 Liam Honohan 21 John Cleary 22 Paul Coleman 23 Pat Hegarty 24 Brian Murphy Manager:Billy Morgan
Aftermath Derry's manager that day was Eamonn Coleman. When Coleman died in 2007, the All-Ireland winning squad formed a guard of honour at his funeral.
Cork player Joe Kavanagh, who also played in their 1999 defeat to Meath, described 1999 as being as bad as 1993.
References
External links Match Highlights Front Page of Irish Independent 20 September 1993 My Greatest Game: 1993 All-Ireland winning Derry hero Enda Gormley