# 2022 Galway county football team season

The following is a summary of Galway county football team's 2022 season.

## Competitions
### National Football League Division 2
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Roscommon | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 123 | 87 | +36 | 12 | Advance to NFL Division 2 Final and promotion to 2023 NFL Division 1 |
| 2 | Galway | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 141 | 100 | +41 | 12 | Advance to NFL Division 2 Final and promotion to 2023 NFL Division 1 |
| 3 | Derry | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 110 | 82 | +28 | 11 | |
| 4 | Meath | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 93 | 111 | −18 | 6 | |
| 5 | Clare | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 88 | 87 | +1 | 6 | |
| 6 | Cork | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 112 | 138 | −26 | 5 | |
| 7 | Offaly | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 98 | 133 | −35 | 3 | Relegation to 2023 NFL Division 3 |
| 8 | Down | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 78 | 115 | −37 | 1 | Relegation to 2023 NFL Division 3 |

#### Fixtures

* 3 April 2022 (2022-04-03) Division 2 Final
| Roscommon | 1–20 (23) – 0–22 (22) | Galway |
* Croke Park, Drumcondra, Dublin Referee: Niall Cullen (Fermanagh)
* (Fermanagh) Attendance: 31,506

### Connacht Senior Football Championship
#### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Mayo | 0–16 | | | | |
| Galway | 1–14 | | | | |
| Galway | 1–14 | Galway | 4–20 | | |
| | | Leitrim | 0–09 | | |
| London | 2–11 | Leitrim | 0–09 | | |
| Leitrim | 3–12 | | | | |
| Leitrim | 3–12 | | | Galway | 2–19 |
| | | | | Roscommon | 2–16 |
| New York | 0–15 | | | | | Roscommon | 2–16 |
| Sligo | 1–16 | | | | |
| Sligo | 1–16 | Sligo | 0–11 | | |
| | | Roscommon | 0–23 | | |

#### Fixtures
### All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Galway advanced to the 2022 All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals.

#### Bracket

| Quarter-finals 25/26 June | Quarter-finals 25/26 June | Semi-finals 9/10 July | Semi-finals 9/10 July | Final 24 July | Final 24 July |
| Galway (p) | 2–21(4) | | | | |
| Armagh | 3–18(1) | | | | |
| Armagh | 3–18(1) | Galway | 2–8 | | |
| | | Derry | 1–6 | | |
| Derry | 5–13 | Derry | 1–6 | | |
| Clare | 2–8 | | | | |
| Clare | 2–8 | | | Galway | 0–16 |
| | | | | Kerry | 0–20 |
| Dublin | 0–21 | | | | | Kerry | 0–20 |
| Cork | 0–10 | | | | |
| Cork | 0–10 | Dublin | 1–13 | | |
| | | Kerry | 1–14 | | |
| Kerry | 1–18 | Kerry | 1–14 | | |
| Mayo | 0–13 | | | | |

#### Fixtures

| 26 June 2022 13:45 Quarter-final | Galway | 2–21 (27) – (27) 3–18 (a.e.t.)(4–1 pen) | Armagh | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 71,353 Referee: David Coldrick (Meath) Man of the Match: Cillian McDaid |
| 26 June 2022 13:45 Quarter-final | Shane Walsh 0–6 (0-5f), Cillian McDaid 1–2, Robert Finnerty 0–4, Johnny Heaney 1–0, Damien Comer 0–3, Matthew Tierney 0–2, Patrick Kelly 0–1, Finnian O Laoi 0–1, Kieran Molloy 0–1, Paul Conroy 0–1. Penalty kicks Shane Walsh Y Damien Comer Y Robert Finnerty Y Matthew Tierney Y | Report | Rory Grugan 1–3 (0-2f), Aidan Nugent 1–2 (0-1m), Conor Turbitt 1–1, Rian O'Neill 0–4 (0-3f), Stefan Campbell 0–3, Jarlath Óg Burns 0–1, Conor O'Neill 0–1, Eoin Woods 0–1, Jemar Hall 0–1, Justin Kieran 0–1. Penalty kicks Stefan Campbell N Rian O'Neill Y Conor Turbitt N | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 71,353 Referee: David Coldrick (Meath) Man of the Match: Cillian McDaid |
There was no semi-final draw as the pairings were arranged by rota.
| 9 July 2022 17:30 Semi-final | Galway | 2–8 (14) – (9) 1–6 | Derry | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 68,830 Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare) Man of the Match: Damien Comer |
| 9 July 2022 17:30 Semi-final | Damien Comer 2–2, Shane Walsh 0–4 (0-3f and 0–1 45), John Daly and Johnny Heaney 0–1 each | Report | Lachlan Murray 1–0, Shane McGuigan 0–3 (0-2f), Brendan Rogers 0–2, Niall Loughlin 0–1 | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 68,830 Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare) Man of the Match: Damien Comer |
* RTÉ Sky Sports
* 24 July 2022 15:30 IST (UTC+1) Final
* Report
| Galway | 0–16 – 0–20 | Kerry |
| (HT: 0–08 – 0–07) |||
| Pts: Shane Walsh 9 (4f, 1 '45), Cillian McDaid 4, Jack Glynn 1, Kieran Molloy 1, Johnny Heaney 1 | | Pts: David Clifford 8 (3f, 2 mark), Seán O'Shea 3 (3f), Paudie Clifford 2, Killian Spillane 2, Graham O’Sullivan 1, Paul Geaney 1 (1 mark), Diarmuid O'Connor 1, Stephen O’Brien 1, Gavin White 1 |
* Croke Park, Dublin Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone) Attendance: 82,300Standby: Paddy Neilan (Roscommon) Linesman: Barry Cassidy (Derry) Sideline: Sean Laverty (Antrim) Umpires: Mark Coney (Ardboe O'Donovan Rossa), Mel Taggart (Clonoe O'Rahilly's), Cathal Forbes (Ardboe O'Donovan Rossa), Martin Conway (Moortown St Malachy's)