2013 Ulster Senior Football Championship

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.

Championship venues

Celtic Park in the City of Derry

Healy Park in Omagh

St Tiernach's Park in Clones

Brewster Park in Enniskillen

and others elsewhere...

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

19 May 2013

2:00pm

Preliminary Round

Cavan	1-15 - 1-11	Armagh
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 (1s/l) 0-2 each, M Shields, C Rafferty, E McVerry 0-1 each.

Breffni Park, Cavan

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)

Quarter-finals

26 May 2013

4:00pm

Quarter Final

Donegal	2-10 - 0-10	Tyrone
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)

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2 June 2013

2:00pm

Quarter Final

Derry	1-15 - 2-17	Down
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)

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9 June 2013

3:30pm

Quarter Final

Antrim	0-06 - 0-11	Monaghan
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)

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16 June 2013

2:00pm

Quarter Final

Fermanagh	0-11 - 0-13	Cavan
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

23 June 2013

2:00pm

Semi Final

Donegal	0-12 - 0-09	Down
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)

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29 June 2013

7:00pm

Semi Final

Monaghan	1-10 - 0-12	Cavan
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

21 July 2013

4:00pm

Final

Donegal	0-07 - 0-13	Monaghan
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 GAA website