2023 Leinster Senior Football Championship

The 2023 Leinster Senior Football Championship was the 2023 iteration of the Leinster Senior Football Championship organised by Leinster GAA.

2023 Leinster SFC

Tournament details
Year	2023
Winners
Champions	Dublin (62nd win)
Captain	James McCarthy
Runners-up
Runners-up	Louth
← 2022 2024 →

Dublin were defending champions.^[1]

Teams

General Information

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

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

	Preliminary round v t e					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

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.

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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

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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)

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Quarter-finals

23 April 2023 3:30pm Quarter-final	Laois	2-9 4-30	Dublin	Laois Hire O'Moore Park, Portlaoise Referee: Barry Judge (Sligo)
		Report

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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

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23 April 2023 2:00pm Quarter-final	Kildare	1-17 0-10	Wicklow	Netwatch Cullen Park, Carlow Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan)
		Report

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23 April 2023 2:30pm Quarter-final	Westmeath	1-11 2-10	Louth	Netwatch Cullen Park, Carlow Referee: James Molloy (Galway)
		Report

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Semi-finals

30 April 2023 Semi-final	Kildare	0-12 - 0-14	Dublin	Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 30,499[6] Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford)

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30 April 2023 Semi-final	Offaly	2-15 - 0-27	Louth	Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 30,499 Referee: J McQuillan (Cavan)
		Report

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Final

Main article: 2023 Leinster Senior Football Championship final

14 May 2023

13:45 (UTC+1)

Louth	0–15 – 5–21	Dublin
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)

Croke Park, Dublin

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 Conall 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 (Ballyboden St Enda's) for Mannion 20 Seán McMahon (Raheny) for Howard

Stadia and locations

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

Scoring events

• Widest winning margin: 27 points
  • Dublin 4-30 - 2-09 Laois (Quarter-finals)
• Most goals in a match: 6
  • Dublin 4-30 - 2-09 Laois (Quarter-finals)
• Most points in a match: 39
  • Dublin 4-30 - 2-09 Laois (Quarter-finals)
• Most goals by one team in a match: 4
  • Dublin 4-30 - 2-09 Laois (Quarter-finals)
• Most points by one team in a match: 30
  • Dublin 4-30 - 2-09 Laois (Quarter-finals)
• Highest aggregate score: 57 points
  • Dublin 4-30 - 2-09 Laois (Quarter-finals)
• Lowest aggregate score: 24 points
  • Offaly 1-11 - 0-10 Meath (Quarter-finals)

Miscellaneous

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

See also

• 2023 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
• 2023 Connacht Senior Football Championship
• 2023 Munster Senior Football Championship
• 2023 Ulster Senior Football Championship
• 2023 Tailteann Cup (Tier 2)
• 2023 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship (Tier 3)