# 2020 Dublin county football team season

The following is a summary of Dublin county football team's 2020 season. It was a first season in charge for newly appointed Dublin manager Dessie Farrell. The season was suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The season resumed in mid-October of the same year.

## Competitions
### National Football League Division 1
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Kerry (C) | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 133 | 112 | +21 | 11 | National Football League champions |
| 2 | Dublin | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 126 | 112 | +14 | 10 | Runners–up |
| 3 | Galway | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 128 | 127 | +1 | 8 | |
| 4 | Tyrone | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 109 | 126 | −17 | 8 | |
| 5 | Donegal | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 117 | 109 | +8 | 7 | |
| 6 | Monaghan | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 113 | 114 | −1 | 6 | |
| 7 | Mayo (R) | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 122 | 123 | −1 | 5 | Relegation to 2021 NFL Division 2 |
| 8 | Meath (R) | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 103 | 128 | −25 | 1 | Relegation to 2021 NFL Division 2 |
* 1 2 Head-to-head result: Galway 2-25 – 0-12 Tyrone.

#### Reports
### Leinster Senior Football Championship

The draw for the preliminary rounds and quarter-finals was released by Leinster GAA on 7 October 2019. In a change to previous years' championships, a separate draw for the semi-finals was due to take place once the quarter-final ties had been played. However, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games and the resultant rescheduling of the 2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the draw for the semi-finals was made on 26 June 2020.

#### Fixtures

| 7 November 2020 18:15 Quarter-final | Dublin | 0-22 - 0-11 | Westmeath | O'Moore Park, Portlaoise Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan) Man of the Match: Ciarán Kilkenny (Castleknock) |
| 7 November 2020 18:15 Quarter-final | Dean Rock 0-7 (0-6f), Ciarán Kilkenny 0-5, Sean Bugler and Paddy Small 0-2 each, Eoin Murchan, Jonny Cooper, Robbie McDaid, James McCarthy, Niall Scully, Con O’Callaghan 0-1 each | Report | John Heslin 0-3 (0-2f), Ray Connellan, Luke Loughlin, Kieran Martin (0-1m) 0-2 each, Ronan O’Toole and Jack Smith 0-1 each | O'Moore Park, Portlaoise Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan) Man of the Match: Ciarán Kilkenny (Castleknock) |
| 15 November 2020 15:30 Semi-final | Dublin | 2-23 - 0-7 | Laois | Croke Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Ciaran Branagan (Down) Man of the Match: Ciarán Kilkenny (Castleknock) |
| 15 November 2020 15:30 Semi-final | Ciarán Kilkenny 1-4, Cormac Costello 0-7 (0-3f, 0-1m, 1 '45), Brian Fenton 0-4, Sean Bugler 1-0, Niall Scully 0-3, Dean Rock 0-2 (0-1f, 1 '45), Robbie McDaid, Paddy Small, Con O'Callaghan 0-1 each | Report | Paul Kingston and Gary Walsh (0-1f) 0-2 each, Brian Byrne, Evan O'Carroll (0-1m), Ross Munnelly (0-1f) 0-1 each | Croke Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Ciaran Branagan (Down) Man of the Match: Ciarán Kilkenny (Castleknock) |

#### Bracket

| Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Carlow | Carlow | 0-20 | | | | | | | | | |
| Offaly | Offaly | 3-14 | Offaly | Offaly | 0-16 | | | | | | |
| | | | Kildare | Kildare | 0-20 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Kildare | Kildare | 0-15 | | | |
| Wexford | Wexford | 0-11 | | | | Meath | Meath | 5-09 | | | |
| Wicklow | Wicklow | 2-09 | Wicklow | Wicklow | 0-07 | | | | | | |
| | | | Meath | Meath | 7-14 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Meath | Meath | 0-09 |
| Louth | Louth | 1-07 | | | | | | | Dublin | Dublin | 3-21 |
| Longford | Longford | 1-09 | Longford | Longford | 1-14 | | | | | | |
| | | | Laois | Laois | 1-16 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Laois | Laois | 0-07 | | | |
| | | | | | | Dublin | Dublin | 2-23 | | | |
| | | | Westmeath | Westmeath | 0-11 | | | | | | |
| | | | Dublin | Dublin | 0-22 | | | | | | |

### All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

* RTÉ Sky Sports
* 5 December 2020 (2020-12-05) 17:30 GMT (UTC+0) Semi-final
* Report
| Dublin | 1–24 (27) – (12) 0–12 | Cavan |
| (HT: 0–12 – 0-07) |||
| Gls: R McDaid 1 Pts: D Rock 6 (2f); C Kilkenny 4 (1m), C O’Callaghan 4, B Fenton 4; R McDaid 2, P Small 2 (1f); B Howard 1, C Costello 1. | | Pts: M Reilly 3; O Kiernan 2; J Smith 1, R Galligan 1, C Brady 1, G McKiernan 1 (f), C Conroy 1 (f), C Madden 1, J Smith 1. |
* Croke Park, Dublin Referee: Ciaran Branagan (Down) Attendance: 0
* RTÉ Sky Sports
* 19 December 2020 (2020-12-19) 17:00 GMT (UTC+0) Final
* Report
| Dublin | 2–14 (20) – (15) 0–15 | Mayo |
| (HT: 2-06 – 0–10) |||
| Gls: D Rock 1, C O'Callaghan 1. Pts: D Rock 4 (fs); C Kilkenny 3; C O'Callaghan 1, S Bugler 1, P Small 1, N Scully 1, B Fenton 1, P Mannion 1 (f), B Howard 1. | | Pts: C O’Connor 9 (5fs, 2ms); R O’Donoghue 2; O Mullen 1, C Loftus 1, S Coen 1 (m), D Coen 1. |
* Croke Park, Dublin Referee: David Coldrick (Meath) Attendance: 0