2023 Munster Senior Football Championship

2023 Munster SFC
Tournament details
Year	2023
Winners
Champions	Kerry (84th win)
Manager	Jack O'Connor
Captain	David Clifford
Runners-up
Runners-up	Clare
Manager	Colm Collins
	← 2022 2024 →

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]

Draw edit

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 edit

General Information edit

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 edit

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 edit

Quarter-finals v t e		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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

7 May 2023

Kerry	5-14 - 0-15	Clare
David Clifford 2-6 (0-4f); Dara Moynihan, Tony Brosnan 1-1 each; Paudie Clifford 1-0; Seán O’Shea 0-2 (1 45); Dylan Casey, Gavin White, Paul Geaney, Killian Spillane 0-1 each.	Report	Eoin Cleary 0-6 (4f); Emmet McMahon 0-4 (2f); Stephen Ryan (2f), Keelan Sexton 0-2; Ciarán Russell 0-1.

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

Attendance: 12,499^[3]

Referee: Jerome Henry (Mayo)

Stadia and Attendance edit

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 edit

Scoring events edit

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 edit

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 which Kerry won by 3-15 to 0-8.

References edit

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

[KER_LIM_22-1] "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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