# 2023 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

The 2023 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 92nd staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1929. The championship ran from 5 April to 9 July 2023.
Galway entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Derry in the All-Ireland quarter-final.
The All-Ireland final, the first to feature two Ulster teams, was played on 9 July 2023 at the Athletic Grounds in Armagh, between Monaghan and Derry, in what was their first ever meeting in an All-Ireland final but their third meeting in that year's championship. Derry won the match by 1-13 to 0-09 to claim their sixth All-Ireland title overall and a first title in three years.
Derry's Max McGinnity was the championship's top scorer with 3-46.

## Connacht Minor Football Championship
### Group Stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | SF | SA | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Galway | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 50 | 17 | 8 | Advance to final |
| 2 | Mayo | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 71 | 56 | 15 | 5 | Advance to semi-finals |
| 3 | Roscommon | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 43 | 9 | 4 | Advance to semi-finals |
| 4 | Sligo | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 56 | −13 | 2 | Advance to shield final |
| 5 | Leitrim | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 55 | 75 | −20 | 1 | Advance to shield final |

#### Connacht group stage fixtures
### Connacht final
## Leinster Minor Football Championship
### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | SF | SA | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Kildare | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 30 | 24 | 6 | Advance to semi-finals |
| 2 | Offaly | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 46 | 11 | 4 | Advance to quarter-finals |
| 3 | Laois | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 2 | Advance to preliminary quarter-finals |
| 4 | Longford | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 44 | −23 | 0 | |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | SF | SA | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Dublin | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 43 | 21 | 6 | Advance to semi-finals |
| 2 | Meath | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 35 | 7 | 4 | Advance to quarter-finals |
| 3 | Louth | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 40 | 2 | 2 | Advance to preliminary quarter-finals |
| 4 | Westmeath | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 66 | −30 | 0 | |

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | SF | SA | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Wicklow | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 4 | Advance to preliminary quarter-finals |
| 2 | Wexford | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 2 | Advance to preliminary quarter-finals |
| 3 | Carlow | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 33 | −11 | 0 | |

### Leinster final
## Munster Minor Football Championship
### Phase 1 Group Stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | SF | SA | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tipperary | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 21 | 32 | 6 | Advance to phase 1 final |
| 2 | Limerick | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 34 | 2 | 4 | Advance to phase 1 final |
| 3 | Clare | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 38 | 6 | 2 | |
| 4 | Waterford | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 32 | −19 | 0 | |

#### Munster phase 1 group stage fixtures
### Munster final
## Ulster Minor Football Championship
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | SF | SA | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Derry | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 17 | 69 | 8 | Advance to quarter-finals |
| 3 | Monaghan | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 46 | 21 | 6 | Advance to quarter-finals |
| 2 | Donegal | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 52 | 7 | 4 | Advance to quarter-finals |
| 4 | Fermanagh | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 73 | −36 | 2 | Advance to quarter-finals |
| 5 | Down | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 97 | −61 | 0 |

#### Ulster group A fixtures
### Group B

    Pos Team Pld W D L SF SA Diff Pts Quarter-finals 1 Tyrone33006921486 Advance to quarter-finals 2 Cavan32016030304 3 Armagh30122542−171 4 Antrim30121778−611

#### Ulster group B fixtures
### Ulster final
## All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
### All-Ireland final
## Championship statistics
### Top scorers
#### Overall

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Max McGinnity | Monaghan | 3-46 | 55 | 10 | 5.50 |
| 2 | Lenny Cahill | Dublin | 2-42 | 48 | 7 | 6.85 |
| 3 | Paul Honeyman | Leitrim | 3-30 | 39 | 5 | 7.80 |
| 4 | Paddy Lane | Kerry | 2-32 | 38 | 5 | 7.60 |
| 5 | Adam Gillespie | Louth | 2-30 | 36 | 5 | 7.20 |
| 6 | Joey Cunningham | Kildare | 0-33 | 33 | 6 | 5.50 |
| 6 | Ger Dillon | Kildare | 0-33 | 33 | 10 | 3.30 |
| 8 | Matthew Finn | Monaghan | 3-22 | 31 | 9 | 3.44 |
| 9 | Conall Higgins | Derry | 2-23 | 29 | 8 | 3.62 |
| 10 | Darragh Beirne | Mayo | 2-21 | 27 | 7 | 3.85 |

#### In a single game

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Lenny Cahill | Dublin | 2-10 | 16 | Westmeath |
| 2 | Niall Heneghan | Roscommon | 3-04 | 13 | Leitrim |
| 3 | Darragh Donaghy | Tyrone | 3-03 | 12 | Antrim |
| 3 | Barry Goodwin | Fermanagh | 3-03 | 12 | Down |
| 3 | Ben O'Hara | Cavan | 2-06 | 12 | Antrim |
| 6 | Rory Gilbert | Wexford | 3-02 | 11 | Laois |
| 6 | Max McGinnity | Monaghan | 1-08 | 11 | Down |
| 8 | Paddy Lane | Kerry | 1-07 | 10 | Kildare |
| 8 | John Boyle | Derry | 0-10 | 10 | Down |
| 10 | Andrew Lyons | Limerick | 2-03 | 9 | Clare |
| 10 | Darragh Donaghy | Tyrone | 2-03 | 9 | Fermanagh |
| 10 | Paul Honeyman | Leitrim | 1-06 | 9 | Galway |
| 10 | Paul Honeyman | Leitrim | 1-06 | 9 | Mayo |
| 10 | Shane Callaghan | Donegal | 1-06 | 9 | Down |
| 10 | Adam Gillespie | Louth | 1-06 | 9 | Meath |
| 10 | Joey Cunningham | Kildare | 0-09 | 9 | Offaly |
| 10 | Paul Honeyman | Leitrim | 0-09 | 9 | Roscommon |