| Year: | 2013 |
| Type: | Under-21 |
| Teams: | 32 |
| Team: | Galway |
| Titles: | 5th |
| Captain: | Fiontán Ó Curraoin |
| Manager: | Alan Flynn |
| Team2: | Cork |
| Captain2: | Damien Cahalane |
| Manager2: | John Cleary |
| Munster: | Cork |
| Leinster: | Kildare |
| Ulster: | Cavan |
| Connacht: | Galway |
| Previous: | 2012 |
| Next: | 2014 |
The 2013 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship was the 50th staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964.
Dublin entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Longford in the Leinster quarter-finals.[1] [2]
The All-Ireland final was played on 4 May 2013 at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick, between Galway and Cork, in what was their third meeting in the final overall and a first meeting in 24 years. Galway won the match by 1–14 to 1–11 to claim their fifth championship title overall and a first tile in two years.[3]