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.
Championship details | |
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Teams | 32 |
All-Ireland Champions | |
Winning team | Galway (5th win) |
Captain | Fiontán Ó Curraoin |
Manager | Alan Flynn |
All-Ireland Finalists | |
Losing team | Cork |
Captain | Damien Cahalane |
Manager | John Cleary |
Provincial Champions | |
Munster | Cork |
Leinster | Kildare |
Ulster | Cavan |
Connacht | Galway |
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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