2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 4 May - 21 September 2003 |
| Teams | 33 |
| All-Ireland Champions | |
| Winning team | Tyrone (1st win) |
| Captain | Peter Canavan |
| Manager | Mickey Harte |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Armagh |
| Captain | Kieran McGeeney |
| Manager | Joe Kernan |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Kerry |
| Leinster | Laois |
| Ulster | Tyrone |
| Connacht | Galway |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 65 |
| Goals total | 97 (1.49 per game) |
| Points total | 1478 (22.73 per game) |
| Top Scorer | Peter Canavan (1-48) |
| Player of the Year | Steven McDonnell |
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The 2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 117th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 4 May 2003 and ended on 28 September 2003.
Armagh entered the championship as the defending champions.
On 28 September 2003, Tyrone won the championship following a 0-12 to 0-9 defeat of Armagh in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title.
Tyrone's Peter Canavan was the championship's top scorer with 1-48. His teammate Steven McDonnell was the choice for the Vodafone Footballer of the Year award.
The provincial championships in Munster, Leinster, Ulster and Connacht were run as usual on a "knock-out" basis. These provincial games were then followed by the "Qualifier" system:
The All-Ireland Quarter-Finals: Each of the four Provincial Champions played one of the four winners from Round 4. The All-Ireland Semi-Finals were played on a Provincial rota basis, initially determined by the Central Council. If a Provincial Championship winning team was defeated in its Quarter-Final, the team that defeated it took its place in the Semi-Final.
Quarter-finals
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Preliminary round
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