2023 Munster Senior Football Championship

The 2023 Munster Senior Football Championship was the 2023 installment of the annual Munster Senior Football Championship organised by the Munster GAA. Kerry were defending champions.[1]

2023 Munster SFC
Tournament details
Year2023
Winners
Champions Kerry (84th win)
ManagerJack O'Connor
CaptainDavid Clifford
Runners-up
Runners-up Clare
ManagerColm Collins

Draw

Limerick and Kerry, finalists from the 2022 championship, received a bye to the semi-finals.

Seeded Unseeded

Kerry (1st)

Limerick (2nd)

Cork (SF)

Tipperary (SF)

Clare (QF)

Waterford (QF)

Teams

General Information

Six counties will compete in the Munster Senior Football Championship:

County Last Championship Title Last All-Ireland Title Position in 2022 Championship
Clare 1992 — Quarter-finals
Cork 2012 2010 Semi-finals
Kerry 2022 2022 Champions
Limerick 1896 1896 Runners-up
Tipperary 2020 1920 Semi-finals
Waterford 1898 — Quarter-finals

Personnel and kits
County Manager Captain(s) Sponsors
Clare Colm Collins Eoin Cleary Pat O’Donnell
Cork John Cleary Brian Hurley Sports Direct
Kerry Jack O'Connor David Clifford Kerry Group
Limerick Ray Dempsey Iain Corbett and Donal O’Sullivan None
Tipperary David Power Conor Sweeney Fiserv
Waterford Ephie Fitzgerald Dermot Ryan Cognizant

Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals Final
      
Clare 1-16
Limerick 0-16
Cork 0-13
Clare 0-14
Clare 0-15
Kerry 5-14
Tipperary 3-09
Waterford 1-11
Tipperary 0-05
Kerry 0-25

Quarter-finals
9 April 2023
Quarter-final		 Clare 0-14 - 0-13 Cork Cusack Park, Ennis
Attendance: 3,661
Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford)
Keelan Sexton and Eoin Cleary (1f) 0-4 each, Emmet McMahon 0-2, Jamie Malone, Padraic Collins, Gavin Cooney, and Cillian Rouine 0-1 each. Report Steven Sherlock 0-10 (7fs, 145), Sean Powter, Rory Maguire, and Kevin O'Donovan 0-1 each.
9 April 2023
Quarter-final		 Tipperary 3-09 - 1-11 Waterford Semple Stadium, Thurles
Attendance: 1,443
Referee: James Molloy (Galway)
Steven O'Brien 1-3, Stephen Quirke 1-1, Sean O'Connor 0-2, Jack Kennedy 0-2, Paudie Feehan 1-0, Colman Kennedy 0-1 Report Darragh Corcoran 1-4, Jason Curry 0-5, Dermot Ryan 0-2

Semi-finals
22 April 2023
7:00pm
Semi-final		 Limerick 0-15 - 1-15 Clare Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Attendance: 3,616
Referee: Liam Devanney (Mayo)
Report
22 April 2023
4:00pm
Semi-final		 Kerry 0-25 - 0-05 Tipperary Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney
Attendance: 6,939[2]
Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)
Report

Final
Kerry5-14 - 0-15Clare
Report
Attendance: 12,499[3]
Referee: Jerome Henry (Mayo)

Stadia and locations
County Location Province Stadium Capacity
Clare Ennis Munster Cusack Park 19,000
Cork Cork Munster Páirc Uí Chaoimh 45,000
Kerry Tralee Munster Fitzgerald Stadium 38,000
Limerick Limerick Munster Gaelic Grounds 44,023
Tipperary Thurles Munster Semple Stadium 45,690
Waterford Waterford Munster Fraher Field 15,000

Championship statistics

Scoring events
  • Widest winning margin: 20 points
  • Most goals in a match: 5
  • Most points in a match: 30
  • Most goals by one team in a match: 5
  • Most points by one team in a match: 25
  • Highest aggregate score: 44 points
  • Lowest aggregate score: 27 points

Miscellaneous
  • Clare beat Cork for the first time since 1997.[4]
  • Clare qualified for their first Munster final since 2012.
  • It was the first Munster final between Clare and Kerry since 2000.

See also

References
  1. "Kerry cruise to another Munster senior title with 23-point win over Limerick". the42. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  2. "Tipperary no match for All-Ireland champions Kerry in one-sided semi-final". Tipperary Live. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  3. "Goal-happy Kerry rout Clare in one-sided Munster final". Irish Examiner. 7 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  4. "Elation for Clare in dramatic late point win over Cork". Irish Examiner. 9 April 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
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