| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 4 May – 21 September 2003 |
| Teams | 33 |
| All-Ireland Champions | |
| Winning team | Tyrone (1st win) |
| Captain | Peter Canavan |
| Manager | Mickey Harte |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Armagh |
| Captain | Kieran McGeeney |
| Manager | Joe Kernan |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Kerry |
| Leinster | Laois |
| Ulster | Tyrone |
| Connacht | Galway |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 65 |
| Goals total | 97 (1.49 per game) |
| Points total | 1478 (22.73 per game) |
| Top Scorer |  Peter Canavan (1-48) |
| Player of the Year |  Steven McDonnell |
← 2002 2004 → | |
The 2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 117th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 4 May 2003 and ended on 28 September 2003.
Armagh entered the championship as the defending champions.[1]
On 28 September 2003, Tyrone won the championship following a 0-12 to 0-9 defeat of Armagh in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title.[2]
Tyrone's Peter Canavan was the championship's top scorer with 1-48. Armagh forward Steven McDonnell was the choice for the Vodafone Footballer of the Year award.
- ^ Breheny, Martin (23 September 2002). "Armagh's deliverance". Irish Independent. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
- ^ Breheny, Martin (28 September 2003). "Tyrone gain historic first All-Ireland title". Breaking News. Retrieved 23 November 2016.