The 2023 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship was the fifth staging of the All-Ireland Under-20 Championship and the 60th staging overall of a Gaelic football championship for players between the minor and senior grades. The competition ran from 21 March to 13 May 2023.
The defending champion was Tyrone; however, the team was beaten by Down in the Ulster quarter-final.
The All-Ireland final was played at Kingspan Breffni Park in Cavan on 13 May 2023 between Kildare and Sligo, in what was their first ever championship meeting. Kildare won the match by 1–17 to 0–12 to claim a third All-Ireland title overall and a first title in five years.
Sligo's Luke Marren was the competition's top scorer with 0–31. Kildare's James McGrath was named U20 Footballer of the Year.
Connacht Under-20 Football Championship Connacht quarter-final
Connacht semi-finals
Connacht final
Leinster Under-20 Football Championship Group 1 Table
TeamQualification1 Laois 33004838106Advance to semi-finals2 Meath 32013923164Advance to quarter-finals3 Longford 31023039-924 Carlow 30032643-170
Group 1 fixtures and results
Group 2 Table TeamQualification1 Dublin 33005734236Advance to semi-finals2 Louth 31113549-143Advance to quarter-finals3 Wicklow 31024648-224 Offaly 30123542-71
Group 2 fixtures and results
Group 3 Table TeamQualification1 Westmeath 22003522134Advance to quarter-finals2 Kildare 21012624223 Wexford 20022035-150
Group 3 fixtures
Leinster quarter-finals
Leinster semi-finals
Leinster final
Munster Under-20 Football Championship Munster quarter-finals
Munster semi-finals
Munster final
Ulster Under-20 Football Championship Ulster preliminary round
Ulster quarter-finals
Ulster semi-finals
Ulster final
All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship All-Ireland semi-finals
All-Ireland final
Statistics Top scorers Top scorers overall Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average1Luke MarrenSligo0-313156.202Oisín SavageDown2-212746.753Shane FarrellKildare0-232373.284Eoghan FrayneMeath0-212154.205William ShineKerry0-202036.666Stephen MooneyMonaghan2-111735.667Davy CostelloLaois3-071644.00Ryan SinkeyKildare0-161672.289Joe QuigleyDublin1-111443.5010Senan BakerWestmeath1-101334.33Bryan McMahonCarlow0-131334.33Luke BreathnachDublin0-131343.25Ross KeoghDublin0-131352.60
In a single game Rank Player County Tally Total Opposition1Oisín SavageDown1-0710MonaghanLuke MarrenSligo0-1010RoscommonWilliam ShineKerry0-1010Clare4Seán ReynoldsLouth2-039WicklowMatthew DowneyDerry1-069FermanaghJamie GuingOffaly0-099Wicklow7Ruairí KinsellaMeath2-028CarlowEoin CullyKildare1-058LaoisRyan McQuillanAntrim0-088DonegalOisín SavageDown0-088Derry
Miscellaneous Sligo retained the Connacht Championship for the first time in their history.
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