2000 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 2000 Bank of Ireland All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 114th edition of the GAA's premier Gaelic football competition. The championship began on 7 May 2000 and ended on 7 October 2000.
| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 7 May – 7 October 2000 |
| Teams | 33 |
| All-Ireland Champions | |
| Winning team | Kerry (32nd win) |
| Captain | Séamus Moynihan |
| Manager | Páidí Ó Sé |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Galway |
| Captain | Pádraic Joyce |
| Manager | John O'Mahony |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Kerry |
| Leinster | Kildare |
| Ulster | Armagh |
| Connacht | Galway |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 36 |
| Goals total | 74 (2.06 per game) |
| Points total | 898 (24.95 per game) |
| Top Scorer | Dara Ó Cinnéide (3-22) |
| Player of the Year | Séamus Moynihan |
← 1999 2001 → | |
Meath entered the championship as the defending champions; however, they were beaten by Offaly in the Leinster quarter-final.
On 24 September 2000, the All-Ireland final between Kerry and Galway ended in a draw, 0-14 apiece. Kerry won the replay two weeks later by 0–17 to 1-10, thus claiming their 32nd All-Ireland title.
This was the final year that the provincial knockout format was used, before the qualifier system was introduced in 2001.
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