2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
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| Event | 2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 22 September 2013 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Bernard Brogan | ||||||
| Referee | Joe McQuillan (Cavan) | ||||||
| Attendance | 82,274 | ||||||
| Weather | Sunny 22 °C (72 °F) |
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The 2013 All-Ireland Football Final, the 126th event of its kind and the culmination of the 2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, was played between Dublin and Mayo at Croke Park, Dublin on 22 September 2013. Mayo were defeated by Dublin by a single point on a scoreline of 2-12 to 1-14.
Dublin went into the final looking for their second All-Ireland in three seasons. Mayo entered the 2013 final without a title since 1951, amassing a trail of six finals losses since then, most recently in the previous decider against Donegal. They continued their losing streak for a seventh time, adding Dublin to a list of teams to have defeated them on All-Ireland final days of recent times, among them Donegal, Kerry, Meath and Cork.
The match was shown live on television in Ireland on the Sunday Game on RTÉ Two which was presented by Michael Lyster from Croke Park, with studio analysis from Joe Brolly, Pat Spillane, and Colm O'Rourke. Match commentary was by Ger Canning with comments by Martin Carney. An audience of 1.5 million people watched the final live, a 74% share of those watching television at the time.
Dublin defeated Westmeath, Kildare and Meath to win the Leinster Senior Football Championship. Their defeat of Kildare was their biggest Championship win over the team since 1897. Dublin defeated Cork in the All-Ireland quarter-final and Kerry in the semi-final. Many people hailed the Dublin versus Kerry semi-final as the greatest game of the modern era.
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