2019 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship

The 2019 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship was the second staging of the All-Ireland Under-20 Championship and the 56th staging overall of a Gaelic football championship for players between the minor and senior grades. The championship began on 22 June 2019 and ended on 3 August 2019.

2019 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship
Championship details
Dates22 June – 3 August 2019
Teams31
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamCork (12th win)
CaptainPeter O'Driscoll
ManagerKeith Ricken
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamDublin
CaptainJames Doran
ManagerTom Gray
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterDublin
UlsterTyrone
ConnachtGalway
Championship statistics
No. matches played30
Top Scorer Ciarán Archer (9–35)
Player of the Year Ciarán Archer
2018
2020

Kildare entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Laois in the Leinster Championship.

The All-Ireland final was played on 3 August 2019 at O'Moore Park in Portlaoise, between Cork and Dublin, in what was their first meeting in a final in 39 years. Cork won the match by 3-16 to 1-14 to claim their 12th championship title overall and a first title since 2009.

Dublin's Ciarán Archer was the championship's top scorer with 9-35.

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