Championship venues
Celtic Park in the City of Derry
Healy Park in Omagh
St Tiernach's Park in Clones
and others elsewhere...

The 2013 Ulster Senior Football Championship was the 125th[1] installment of the annual Ulster Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of the Ulster GAA. Donegal were the defending Ulster and All-Ireland champions and were aiming for their third consecutive provincial title.

The final of the competition was contested by two teams from south of the border for the first time since 1983. This was confirmed when Donegal defeated Down in the first semi-final, with the second semi-final between Monaghan and Cavan still to play. Monaghan won that semi-final and went on to win their first Ulster title in 25 years when they overcame Donegal on a scoreline of 0-13 to 0-7 in Clones. They had previously lost finals in 2007 and 2010.[2] They received the Anglo-Celt Cup, and automatically advanced to the quarter-final stage of the 2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.

Bracket

Preliminary Round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Ulster final
Cavan 1-15
Armagh 1-11 Cavan 0-13
Fermanagh 0-11
Cavan 0-12
Monaghan 1-10
Antrim 0-06
Monaghan 0-11
Monaghan 0-13
Donegal 0-07
Tyrone 0-10
Donegal 2-10
Donegal 0-12
Down 0-09
Derry 1-15
Down 2-17

Preliminary round

Preliminary Round
Cavan1-15 - 1-11Armagh
M Dunne 0-9 (1f), C Mackey 1-0, E Keating, N McDermott (2f) 0-2 each, J McEnroe, D O'Reilly 0-1 each. Report S Forker 0-4 (2f), E Rafferty 1-0, A Kernan (2f), T Kernan (1 sideline) 0-2 each, M Shields, C Rafferty, E McVerry 0-1 each.
Breffni Park, Cavan
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)

Quarter-finals

Quarter Final
Donegal2-10 - 0-10Tyrone
C McFadden 1-3 (2f), R Wherity 1-0, M Murphy 0-3 (2f), P McBrearty 0-2, R Kavanagh, David Walsh 0-1 each. Report M Donnelly, S Cavanagh (1f) 0-2 each, N Morgan (1f), J McMahon, C Cavanagh, S O'Neill, C McAliskey, K Coney 0-1 each.
MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey
Attendance: 17,519
Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
Quarter Final
Derry1-15 - 2-17Down
J Kielt 0-5 (1f), M Lynch 1-1, E Bradley 0-4, B Heron 0-2 (1 '45), C Kielt, B McCallion, E Lynn 0-1 each. Report D O'Hare 1-4 (0-2f), K McKernan 0-4, M Poland 1-2, N Madine 0-3, D Rooney, K King, A Rogers, J Johnston 0-1 each.
Celtic Park, Derry
Attendance: 10,509
Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)
Quarter Final
Antrim0-06 - 0-11Monaghan
S McVeigh, K Niblock (1f) 0-2 each, P Cunningham (1f), M Pollock (1f) 0-1 each. Report C McManus 0-4 (3f), C McGuinness (0-2), D Mone, D Hughes, P Finlay (1f), O Duffy, T Freeman 0-1 each.
Casement Park, Belfast
Attendance: 7,713
Referee: David Gough (Meath)
Quarter Final
Fermanagh0-11 - 0-13Cavan
D Kille 0-4 (4f), T Corrigan 0-2, D McCusker, E Donnelly, M McGrath, R Jones, S Quigley 0-1 each. Report M Dunne 0-5 (2f), E Keating 0-3, N McDermott 0-2 (1f), D O'Reilly, C Mackey, M Reilly 0-1 each.
Brewster Park, Enniskillen
Attendance: 9,352
Referee: Cormac Reilly (Meath)

Semi-finals

Semi Final
Donegal0-12 - 0-09Down
M Murphy (4f), C McFadden (2f) 0-5 each, R Kavanagh, P McBrearty 0-1 each. Report D O'Hare 0-6 (5f), M Poland, J Johnston, D Savage 0-1 each.
Breffni Park, Cavan
Attendance: 21,715
Referee: Eddie Kinsella (Laois)
Semi Final
Monaghan1-10 - 0-12Cavan
C McManus 0-6 (3f), C McGuinness 1-0, P Finlay 0-2 (2f), D Hughes, K Hughes 0-1 each. Report M Dunne (2f), N McDermott (2f) 0-3 each, D Givney 0-2, E Keating, C Mackey, J McEnroe, C Gilsenan (1 '45) 0-1 each.
St Tiernach's Park, Clones
Attendance: 15,644
Referee: Marty Duffy (Sligo)

Final

Final
Donegal0-07 - 0-13Monaghan
C McFadden (4f) 0-4, F McGlynn, R Kavanagh, R McHugh 0-1 each. Report C McManus (3f), K Hughes 0-3 each, R Beggan (1f 1 '45) 0-2, D Mone, D Hughes, P Donaghy, C McGuinness, T Freeman 0-1 each.
St Tiernach's Park, Clones
Attendance: 31,812
Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)

References

  1. ^ "Summer begins with the Ulster GAA Championships". 1 May 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013. 2013 marks the 125th Anniversary of the Ulster Football Championship and the Ulster Museum in Botanic Gardens was transformed into an exhibition of Ulster's finest memories over those 125 years.
  2. ^ "As it happened: Monaghan v Donegal, Ulster senior football final". The Score. 21 July 2013. Archived from the original on 24 July 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.

External links

Ulster Senior Football Championship
2013 GAA season
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