2013 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

The 2013 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship was the 50th staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964.

2013 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
Championship details
Teams32
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamGalway (5th win)
CaptainFiontán Ó Curraoin
ManagerAlan Flynn
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamCork
CaptainDamien Cahalane
ManagerJohn Cleary
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterKildare
UlsterCavan
ConnachtGalway
Championship statistics
2012
2014

Dublin entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Longford in the Leinster quarter-finals.

The All-Ireland final was played on 4 May 2013 at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick, between Galway and Cork, in what was their third meeting in the final overall and a first meeting in 24 years. Galway won the match by 1–14 to 1–11 to claim their fifth championship title overall and a first tile in two years.

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