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2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Championship details
Dates	11 May - 21 September 2008
Teams	33
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Tyrone (3rd win)
Captain	Brian Dooher
Manager	Mickey Harte
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Kerry
Captain	Tomás Ó Sé
Manager	Pat O'Shea
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Dublin
Ulster	Armagh
Connacht	Galway
Championship statistics
No. matches played	55
Goals total	110 (2.00 per game)
Points total	1348 (24.51 per game)
Top Scorer	John Doyle (2-26)
Player of the Year	Seán Cavanagh
← 2007 2009 →

The 2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was that year's Gaelic football championship, having thrown-in on 11 May 2008 and concluded with the All-Ireland Final at Croke Park on 21 September 2008. Tyrone beat Kerry in the decider.

The draw for the provincial championships took place on 14 October 2007.

Results

Munster Senior Football Championship

	Quarter Finals					Semi Finals					Final
	Waterford		0-07
	Clare		0-09			Clare		0-05
						Kerry		1-14
											Cork		1-16
											Kerry		1-11
						Cork		2-09
	Tipperary		1-05			Limerick		0-12
	Limerick		1-08

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Top Scorer: D Goulding (Cork); 1-08

Leinster Senior Football Championship

	Preliminary Round					Quarter Finals					Semi Finals					Final
	Meath		1-25
	Carlow		0-08			Meath		2-13
						Wexford		2-14
											Wexford		0-18
	Kildare		0-09								Laois		0-12
	Wicklow		0-13			Wicklow		0-13
						Laois		0-15
																Wexford		0-09
	Westmeath		2-10													Dublin		3-23
	Longford		1-10			Westmeath		2-11
						Offaly		1-08
											Westmeath		1-08
											Dublin		0-13
						Dublin		1-22
						Louth		0-12

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Top Scorer: A Brogan (Dublin); 2-12

Connacht Senior Football Championship

	Quarter Finals					Semi Finals					Final
	New York		0-06
	Leitrim		0-17			Leitrim		1-13
	Roscommon		0-06			Galway		2-14
	Galway		2-16								Galway		2-12
											Mayo		1-14
						Mayo		3-11
	London		0-07			Sligo		0-07
	Sligo		2-17

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Top Scorer: E Mulligan (Leitrim); 0-20

Ulster Senior Football Championship

	Preliminary Round					Quarter Finals					Semi Finals					Final
						Tyrone		0-21
						Down		1-19
											Down		0-11
	Antrim		1-14								Armagh		1-12
	Cavan		1-19			Cavan		0-13
						Armagh		0-17
																Armagh		1-11
																Fermanagh		0-08
						Monaghan		0-10
						Fermanagh		2-08
											Fermanagh		1-11
											Derry		1-09
						Donegal		1-12
						Derry		1-14

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Top Scorer: S McDonnell; 1-17

All-Ireland qualifiers

Round 1

The first round of the All-Ireland Qualifier Series included all the counties that did not qualify for their respective provincial final with the exceptions of Antrim, Carlow, Clare, Kilkenny, Leitrim, London, Sligo, Waterford and Wicklow. (These nine teams played in the Tommy Murphy Cup as a result of their participation in Division 4 of the 2009 National Football League.)

The sixteen teams competing in the first round were Cavan, Derry, Donegal, Down, Kildare, Laois, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Tipperary, Tyrone and Westmeath. Unlike previous years, teams that played each other in their provincial championships were permitted to meet again in the qualifiers. The first round draw took place on 29 June 2008. The first team drawn had home venue provided their ground meets the minimum safety requirements. The first round of games took place on 19 July 2008.

Round 2

The second round featured the eight winning teams from the first round in an open draw. The second round draw took place on 20 July 2008. As in the first round, the first drawn team had home advantage. These games were played on 26 July 2008.

Round 3

In the third round, the four winning teams from the second round were drawn against the four losing provincial finalists. The third round draw took place on 27 July 2008. Venues were decided by the Central Competitions Control Committee. These games were played on 2 and 3 August 2008. The winners of these games went on to play the four provincial champions in the All-Ireland quarter-finals.

All-Ireland series

This stage of the competition is a pure knockout, with teams competing facing off in a single match. The draw for the quarter finals took place on August 3, and it involved the four winning teams from round 3 of the qualifier series being drawn against the four provincial winners; Galway, Cork, Dublin and Armagh.

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
	Galway		1-16
	Kerry		1-21
						Kerry		3-14
						Cork		2-13
	Cork		2-11
	Kildare		1-11
											Kerry		0-14
											Tyrone		1-15
	Dublin		1-08
	Tyrone		3-14
						Tyrone		0-23
						Wexford		1-14
	Armagh		0-12
	Wexford		1-14

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• 
  Fermanagh reach Ulster final for the first time since 1982.


• 
  Wexford reach Leinster final for the first time since 1956.


• In the old system All Ireland semi-final would have been Galway vs Cork and Dublin vs Armagh.


• The Munster football championship seeded for the first time since 1990.


• This was the first time that neither All Ireland finalist won their provincial championship since the introduction of the back door.

Top scorers

Season

Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
John Doyle	Kildare	2-26	32	5	6.4
Colm Cooper	Kerry	2-25	31	7	4.43
Seán Cavanagh	Tyrone	2-24	30	8	3.75
Ian Ryan	Limerick	3-20	29	4	7.25
Mattie Forde	Wexford	1-24	27	6	4.5
Ciarán Lyng	Wexford	2-21	27	6	4.5

Single game

Player	County	Tally	Opposition
Ian Ryan	Limerick	3-07	Meath
Mark Brehony	Sligo	1-11	London
Colm Cooper	Kerry	1-08	Cork
Michael Meehan	Galway	0-10	Kerry
Emlyn Mulligan	Leitrim	0-10	Galway
Paddy Bradley	Derry	0-10	Donegal

Discipline

Team	Red Cards	Players
Kerry	4	Paul Galvin, Marc Ó Sé (later rescinded), Darragh Ó Sé (twice)
Cork	2	N Murphy, D O'Connor (later rescinded)
Westmeath	2	D Healy, D Harte
Roscommon	1	G Cox
Tipperary	1	A Foley
Waterford	1	J Walsh
Meath	1	M Ward
Offaly	1	S Sullivan
Monaghan	1	G McQuaid
Down	1	Dan Gordon (later rescinded)

See also

• 2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

External links

• All-Ireland SFC Results