# 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.

## 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 | Mark Fitzgerald | Iain Corbett and Donal O’Sullivan | None |
| Tipperary | David Power | Conor Sweeney | Fiserv |
| Waterford | Ephie Fitzgerald | Dermot Ryan | Cognizant |

## Bracket

| Quarter-finalsvte | Quarter-finalsvte | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| | | Clare | 1-16 | | |
| | | Limerick | 0-16 | | |
| Cork | 0-13 | Limerick | 0-16 | | |
| Clare | 0-14 | | | | |
| Clare | 0-14 | | | Clare | 0-15 |
| | | | | Kerry | 5-14 |
| Tipperary | 3-09 | | | | | Kerry | 5-14 |
| Waterford | 1-11 | | | | |
| 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) |
| 9 April 2023 Quarter-final | 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. | Cusack Park, Ennis Attendance: 3,661 Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford) |
| 9 April 2023 Quarter-final | Tipperary | 3-09 - 1-11 | Waterford | Semple Stadium, Thurles Attendance: 1,443 Referee: James Molloy (Galway) |
| 9 April 2023 Quarter-final | 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 | Semple Stadium, Thurles Attendance: 1,443 Referee: James Molloy (Galway) |

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

## Stadia and Attendance

| 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 |
Total attendance :
* 28,158 ||
* Average attendance ||
* 5,632 ||
* Highest attendance ||
* 12,499 Kerry 5-14 - 0-15 Clare 7 May 2023 ||

## Championship statistics
### Scoring events

* Widest winning margin: 20 points
** Kerry 0-25 - 0-05 Tipperary (Semi-finals)
* Most goals in a match: 5
** Kerry 5-14 - 0-15 Clare (Final)
* Most points in a match: 30
** Kerry 0-25 - 0-05 Tipperary (Semi-finals)
** Limerick 0-15 - 1-15 Clare (Semi-finals)
* Most goals by one team in a match: 5
** Kerry 5-14 - 0-15 Clare (Final)
* Most points by one team in a match: 25
** Kerry 0-25 - 0-05 Tipperary (Semi-finals)
* Highest aggregate score: 44 points
** Kerry 5-14 - 0-15 Clare (Final)
* Lowest aggregate score: 27 points
** Clare 0-14 - 0-13 Cork (Quarter-finals)

## Miscellaneous

* Clare beat Cork for the first time since 1997.
* Clare qualified for their first Munster final since 2012.
* It was the first Munster final between Clare and Kerry since 2000 which Kerry won by 3-15 to 0-8.