2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the inter-county Gaelic football tournament played between 31 counties of Ireland, London and New York. The draw for the 2009 championship took place on 9 October 2008. The tournament began on 10 May 2009.
| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 10 May – 20 September 2009 |
| Teams | 33 |
| All-Ireland Champions | |
| Winning team | Kerry (36th win) |
| Captain | Darran O'Sullivan |
| Manager | Jack O'Connor |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Cork |
| Captain | Graham Canty |
| Manager | Conor Counihan |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Cork |
| Leinster | Dublin |
| Ulster | Tyrone |
| Connacht | Mayo |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 62 |
| Goals total | 108 (1.74 per game) |
| Points total | 1530 (24.68 per game) |
| Top Scorer | Colm Cooper (1-34) |
| Player of the Year | Paul Galvin |
← 2008 2010 → | |
The 2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final took place on 20 September 2009, contested by Cork and Kerry. This was the year Tadhg Kennelly made history by becoming the first person to ever hold AFL Premiership and All-Ireland winning medals in the sports of Australian rules football and Gaelic football—he previously won the biggest prize in Australian rules with Sydney Swans in 2005.
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