| 2006 All-Ireland Football Championship final | |
| Event: | 2006 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship |
| Team1score: | 4-15 (27) |
| Team2score: | 3-5 (14) |
| Date: | 17 September 2006 |
| Stadium: | Croke Park |
| City: | Dublin |
| Referee: | Brian Crowe (Cavan)[1] [2] |
| Attendance: | 82,289 |
| Previous: | 2005 |
| Next: | 2007 |
The 2006 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 119th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 2006 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Kerry won by 13 points, the widest winning margin in an All-Ireland final since 1978.
Mayo were hoping to bridge a gap that stretched back to their All-Ireland football title winning team of 1951.[3] They failed yet again, having lost to Kerry in 2004 and 1997, Meath in 1996 and Cork in 1989.[4]
Mayo were 2–4 down with no score after 13 minutes, the Kerry total of 4–15 was the highest in a final since Dublin's 5–12 total against Armagh in the 1977 final; in 2022, Martin Breheny listed it among "five of the worst" All-Ireland SFC finals since 1972, commenting: "Kerry's awesome scoring power against a weak Mayo defence robbed the final of a competitive edge, the basic requirement to make a game entertaining".[5]
| width=33% valign=top | Kerry Green and Yellow Shirts/White shorts/Green Socks | width=33% valign=top align=center | 4–15 – 3–5 (final score after 70 minutes) | width=33% valign=top | Mayo Green and Red shirts/White shorts/Red socks | |
| valign=top | Manager: Jack O'Connor----Team: Diarmuid Murphy (GK) Marc Ó Sé Michael McCarthy Tom O'Sullivan Tomás Ó Sé Séamus Moynihan (0-1) Aidan O'Mahony (0-2) Darragh Ó Sé Tommy Griffin Seán O'Sullivan (0-01) Declan O'Sullivan (1-2) (Capt.) Paul Galvin (0-1) Colm Cooper (1-2) Kieran Donaghy (1-2) Mike Frank Russell (0-2)----Substitutes: Eoin Brosnan (1-1) Darran O'Sullivan Bryan Sheehan (0-1) Éamonn Fitzmaurice B. Guiney | valign=middle align=center | Half-time: 3-08 - 3-02 Competition: Date: Venue: Attendance: Referee: Match rules: | valign=top | Manager: Mickey Moran----Team: David Clarke (GK) Dermot Geraghty David Heaney Keith Higgins Aidan Higgins James Nallen Peadar Gardiner Ronan McGarrity Pat Harte (1-0) Billy Joe Padden (0-1) Ger Brady Alan Dillon Kevin O'Neill (2-0) Conor Mortimer (0-3) Ciarán McDonald (0-1)----Substitutes: David Brady Trevor Mortimer Barry Moran Aidan Kilcoyne Andy Moran |