2019 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship


The 2019 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship was the second staging of the All-Ireland Under-20 Championship and the 56th staging overall of a Gaelic football championship for players between the minor and senior grades. The competition began on 22 June 2019 and ended on 3 August 2019.
The defending champion was Kildare; however, the team was beaten by Laois in the Leinster Championship.
The All-Ireland final was played on 3 August 2019 at O'Moore Park in Portlaoise, between Cork and Dublin, in what was their first meeting in a final in 39 years. Cork won the match by 3-16 to 1-14 to claim a 12th title and a first since 2009.
Dublin's Ciarán Archer was the competition's top scorer with 9-35.

Statistics

Top scorers

;Top scorers overall
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Ciarán ArcherDublin9-3562512.40
2Diarmuid WhelanLaois0-282847.00
3Cathail O'MahonyCork2-202646.50
4Mark CroninCork3-142345.75
5Cian FarrellOffaly0-161628.00
6Darragh CanavanTyrone2-081443.50
6Darragh CorcoranWaterford1-111427.00
6Donal O'SullivanKerry0-141427.00
6Paddy LynchCavan0-141427.00
7Jamie MylerWexford2-071334.33
7Ronan DowdRoscommon1-101326.50

;Top scorers in a single game
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalOpposition
1Ciarán ArcherDublin3-0817Laois
2Ciarán ArcherDublin2-0814Longford
3Ciarán ArcherDublin2-0612Galway
4Ciarán ArcherDublin1-0811Wexford
5Mark DiffleyLeitrim2-0410Roscommon
5Ronan DowdRoscommon1-0710Leitrim
5Darragh CorcoranWaterford1-0710Clare
5Diarmuid WhelanLaois0-1010Kildare
6Jamie MylerWexford2-039Louth
6Cian FarrellOffaly0-099Carlow
6Donal O'SullivanKerry0-099Limerick
6Paddy LynchCavan0-099Monaghan