# 2023 Louth county football team season

The following is a summary of Louth county football team's 2023 season.

## Competitions
### O'Byrne Cup

Games took place 4–11 January 2023. Louth were placed in Group A.

#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Louth | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 22 | +3 | 4 | Advance to semi-final |
| 2 | Westmeath | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 17 | +11 | 4 | |
| 3 | Kildare | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 2 | |
| 4 | Wexford | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 40 | −23 | 2 | |
* 1 2 Wexford received a walkover from Louth.
* 1 2 Louth are ranked ahead of Westmeath as they won the head-to-head game between the teams
* 1 2 Westmeath received a walkover from Kildare.
* 1 2 Kildare are ranked ahead of Wexford as they won the head-to-head game between the teams

#### Fixtures

* 15 January 2023 (2023-01-15) 14:00 IWT (UTC±0) Semi-final
* Report
| Louth | w/o – scr. | Offaly |
* Páirc Naomh Bríd, Dowdallshill, Dundalk Referee: Keith O'Brien
* TG4
* 21 January 2023 (2023-01-21) 14:00 IWT (UTC±0) Final
* Report
| Longford | 3-13 (22) – (12) 0-12 | Louth |
| (HT: 1-07 – 0-07) |||
* Pearse Park, Longford Referee: Keith O'Brien (Westmeath)

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Derry | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 69 | +51 | 13 | Advance to NFL Division 2 Final and promotion to 2024 NFL Division 1 |
| 2 | Dublin | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 125 | 95 | +30 | 12 | Advance to NFL Division 2 Final and promotion to 2024 NFL Division 1 |
| 3 | Louth | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 102 | 99 | +3 | 8 | |
| 4 | Cork | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 137 | 101 | +36 | 7 | |
| 5 | Kildare | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 87 | 98 | −11 | 6 | |
| 6 | Meath | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 107 | 129 | −22 | 5 | |
| 7 | Clare | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 98 | 106 | −8 | 4 | Relegation to 2024 NFL Division 3 |
| 8 | Limerick | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 85 | 153 | −68 | 1 | Relegation to 2024 NFL Division 3 |

#### Fixtures
### Leinster Senior Football Championship

The draw for the 2023 Leinster Championship was made on 15 October 2022.

#### Bracket

| Preliminary roundvte | Preliminary roundvte | Preliminary roundvte | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | Offaly | Offaly | 1-11 | | | | | | |
| Longford | Longford | 1-11 | Meath | Meath | 0-10 | | | | | | |
| Offaly | Offaly | 1-12 | | | | Offaly | Offaly | 2-15 | | | |
| | | | | | | Louth | Louth | 0-27* | | | |
| | | | Westmeath | Westmeath | 1-11 | | | | | | |
| | | | Louth | Louth | 2-10 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Louth | Louth | 0-15 |
| Wicklow | Wicklow | 2-12 | | | | | | | Dublin | Dublin | 5-21 |
| Carlow | Carlow | 0-10 | Wicklow | Wicklow | 0-10 | | | | | | |
| | | | Kildare | Kildare | 1-17 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Kildare | Kildare | 0-12 | | | |
| Wexford | Wexford | 2-13 | | | | Dublin | Dublin | 0-14 | | | |
| Laois | Laois | 2-17 | Laois | Laois | 2-09 | | | | | | |
| | | | Dublin | Dublin | 4-30 | | | | | | |

#### Fixtures

| 23 April 2023 2:30pm Quarter-final | Westmeath | 1-11 2-10 | Louth | Netwatch Cullen Park, Carlow Referee: James Molloy (Galway) |
| 23 April 2023 2:30pm Quarter-final | | Report | | Netwatch Cullen Park, Carlow Referee: James Molloy (Galway) |
| 30 April 2023 Semi-final | Offaly | 2-15 - 0-27 | Louth | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 30,499 Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan) |
| 30 April 2023 Semi-final | | Report | | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 30,499 Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan) |
| GK | 1 | James Califf (Dreadnots) |
| RCB | 2 | Dan Corcoran (Geraldines) |
| FB | 3 | Peter Lynch (Roche Emmets) |
| LCB | 4 | Donal McKenny (St Mary's) |
| RHB | 5 | Leonard Grey (St Patrick's) |
| CHB | 6 | Niall Sharkey (Glyde Rangers) |
| LHB | 7 | Ciarán Murphy (St Patrick's) |
| MF | 8 | Tommy Durnin (Inniskeen Grattans, Monaghan) |
| MF | 9 | Conor Early (Na Fianna, Dublin) |
| RHF | 10 | Conal McKeever (Clan Na Gael) |
| CHF | 11 | Ciarán Downey (Newtown Blues) |
| LHF | 12 | Conor Grimes (Glen Emmets) |
| RCF | 13 | Dáire McConnon (St Mary's) |
| FF | 14 | Sam Mulroy (Naomh Máirtin) (c) |
| LCF | 15 | Liam Jackson (St Mary's) |
| Substitutes: ||
| | 16 | Craig Lennon (St Mochta's) for McConnon |
| | 17 | Anthony Williams (Dreadnots) for Murphy |
| | 18 | Conal McCaul (St Joseph's) for Jackson |
| | 19 | Paul Matthews (St Fechin's) for Early |
| | 20 | Ryan Burns (Hunterstown Rovers) for Corcoran |
| GK | 1 | Stephen Cluxton (Parnells) |
| RCB | 2 | Dáire Newcombe (Lucan Sarsfields) |
| FB | 3 | David Byrne (Naomh Ólaf) |
| LCB | 4 | Lee Gannon (Whitehall Colmcille) |
| RHB | 5 | Brian Howard (Raheny) |
| CHB | 6 | John Small (Ballymun Kickhams) |
| LHB | 7 | Jack McCaffrey (Clontarf) |
| MF | 8 | Brian Fenton (Raheny) |
| MF | 9 | James McCarthy (Ballymun Kickhams) (c) |
| RHF | 10 | Niall Scully (Templeogue Synge Street) |
| CHF | 11 | Seán Bugler (St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh) |
| LHF | 12 | Ciarán Kilkenny (Castleknock) |
| RCF | 13 | Paul Mannion (Kilmacud Crokes) |
| FF | 14 | Con O'Callaghan (Cuala) |
| LCF | 15 | Cormac Costello (St Vincent's) |
| Substitutes: ||
| | 16 | Cian Murphy (Thomas Davis) for McCaffrey |
| | 17 | Paddy Small (Ballymun Kickhams) for Scully |
| | 18 | Dean Rock (Ballymun Kickhams) for Costello |
| | 19 | Colm Basquel (Ballyboden St Enda's) for Mannion |
| | 20 | Seán McMahon (Raheny) for Howard |

### All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Louth were drawn into Group 1.

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Kerry | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 48 | +25 | 4 | Advance to quarter-final |
| 2 | Cork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 51 | +3 | 4 | Advance to preliminary quarter-final |
| 3 | Mayo | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 4 | Advance to preliminary quarter-final |
| 4 | Louth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 75 | −31 | 0 | |
* 1 2 3 Kerry, Cork and Mayo are ranked by score difference. Cork are placed above Mayo because of their greater number of total points scored.

#### Fixtures
## Notable events

* Mickey Harte resigned as manager on 18 September.