2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Format

• Round 1 of the qualifiers included all the counties that did not qualify for the Provincial Semi-Finals. An open draw was made to give eight pairings.
• Round 2 consisted of the eight defeated teams in the Provincial Semi-Finals playing against the eight winners from Round 1. A draw was made to determine the eight pairings.
• Round 3 consisted of the eight winners from Round 2. Another open draw was made to determine the four pairings.
• Round 4 consisted of the four winners from Round 3 playing against the beaten Provincial finalists. A draw was made to determine the pairings.

Results

[Connacht Senior Football Championship]

[Munster Senior Football Championship]

[Ulster Senior Football Championship]

[Leinster Senior Football Championship]

All-Ireland qualifiers

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

All Ireland series

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Miscellaneous

• Limerick beat Cork for the first time since 1965.
• The first Munster championship meeting between Limerick and Clare since 1988.
• Laois won their first Leinster title in 57 years for the first time since 1981 neither Dublin or Meath reached the Leinster final.
• Tyrone won their first All Ireland title marketing a historic 6th breakthrough of Ulster counties hitting the "Roll of Honor" after Cavan 1933, 1935, 1947, 1948, 1952, Down 1960, 1961, 1968, 1991, 1994 Donegal in 1992, Derry in 1993 & Armagh in 2002
• The old system would have seen a Galway vs Laois All Ireland semi-final.