# 2020 Armagh county football team season

The following is a summary of Armagh county football team's 2020 season. The season was suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The season resumed in mid-October of the same year.

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed/Cancelled

### Dr McKenna Cup

The draw for the 2020 Dr McKenna Cup was made on 4 December 2019.

#### Table

Section C :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PR | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tyrone | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 37 | 1.243 | 4 | Advance to semi-final |
| 2 | Armagh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 43 | 1.093 | 2 | |
| 3 | Cavan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 42 | 0.690 | 0 | |

#### Ranking of section runners-up

| Pos | Grp | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PR | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | A | Monaghan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 29 | 1.172 | 2 | Advance to semi-final |
| 2 | C | Armagh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 43 | 1.093 | 2 | |
| 3 | B | Antrim | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 36 | 0.778 | 2 | |

#### Reports
### National Football League Division 2

Armagh competed in Division Two for the 2020 National League season. Fixtures were published by the GAA on 26 November 2019.
On 12 March 2020 the GAA suspended the National League in mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Games resumed in October 2020.

#### Fixtures

| Competition | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Link to report |
| NFL 2020 Round 1 | Armagh | 2-18 | Cavan | 1-08 | Match Report |
| NFL 2020 Round 2 | Laois | 0-16 | Armagh | 0-10 | Match Report |
| NFL 2020 Round 3 | Armagh | 0-16 | Kildare | 0-10 | Match Report |
| NFL 2020 Round 4 | Westmeath | 3-12 | Armagh | 2-15 | Match Report |
| NFL 2020 Round 5 | Fermanagh | 0-10 | Armagh | 3-14 | Match Report |
| NFL 2020 Round 6 | Armagh | 0-15 | Roscommon | 3-10 | Enter Link |
| NFL 2020 Round 7 | Clare | 1-13 | Armagh | 1-18 | Enter Link |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Roscommon (P) | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 113 | 90 | +23 | 11 | NFL Division 2 champions and promotion to 2021 NFL Division 1 |
| 2 | Armagh (P) | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 130 | 103 | +27 | 9 | Promotion to 2021 NFL Division 1 |
| 3 | Kildare | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 106 | 99 | +7 | 8 | |
| 4 | Westmeath | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 106 | 111 | −5 | 7 | |
| 5 | Laois | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 104 | 113 | −9 | 7 | |
| 6 | Clare | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 90 | 99 | −9 | 6 | |
| 7 | Cavan (R) | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 115 | 119 | −4 | 6 | Relegation to 2021 NFL Division 3 |
| 8 | Fermanagh (R) | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 85 | 115 | −30 | 2 | Relegation to 2021 NFL Division 3 |
* 1 2 Head-to-head result: Westmeath 1-18 – 0-13 Laois.
* 1 2 Head-to-head result: Clare 1-14 – 0-15 Cavan.

#### Reports
### Ulster Senior Football Championship

The draw for the 2020 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on 9 October 2019.

#### Fixtures

| Ulster Quarter Final | Derry | 0-15 | Armagh | 0-17 | Enter Link |

#### Bracket

| Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | Donegal | Donegal | 1–13 | | | | | | |
| | | | Tyrone | Tyrone | 1–11 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Donegal | Donegal | 1–22 | | | |
| | | | | | | Armagh | Armagh | 0–13 | | | |
| | | | Derry | Derry | 0–15 | | | | | | |
| | | | Armagh | Armagh | 0–17 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Donegal | Donegal | 0–12 |
| | | | | | | | | | Cavan | Cavan | 1–13 |
| | | | Fermanagh | Fermanagh | 0–11 | | | | | | |
| | | | Down | Down | 1–15 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Down | Down | 1–13 | | | |
| | | | | | | Cavan | Cavan | 1–14 | | | |
| | | | Antrim | Antrim | 0–9 | | | | | | |
| Monaghan | Monaghan | 1–17 | Cavan | Cavan | 0–13 | | | | | | |
| Cavan | Cavan | 2–15 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Reports

* BBC NI
* 1 November 2020 (2020-11-01) 16:00 GMT (UTC+0) Quarter-final
* Report
| Derry | 0-15 (15) – (17) 0-17 | Armagh |
| (HT: 0-5 – 0–11) |||
| Pts: S McGuigan 7 (7f); N Loughlin 4 (3f); E Doherty 1, C McFaul 1, P Kearney 1, C McKaigue 1. | | Pts: R O'Neill 4 (4f); R Grugan 3 (1f), J Clarke 3; A Forker 2, O O'Neill 2; C O'Neill 1, M Shields 1, J Óg Burns 1 |
* Celtic Park, Derry Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone) Attendance: 0
* Sky Sports Mix
* 14 November 2020 (2020-11-14) 13:15 GMT (UTC+0) Semi-final
* Report
| Donegal | 1-22 (25) – (13) 0-13 | Armagh |
| (HT: 1-12 – 0-3) |||
| Gls: P Mogan 1. Pts: M Langan 3, P Mogan 2, R McHugh 2, J Brennan 2, C McGonigle 2 (1m), C Thompson 2 (1f), N O’Donnell 2 (1m), M Murphy 2 (2f), EB Gallagher 1, H McFadden 1 (m), P McBrearty 1, O Gallen 1, A McClean 1 | | Pts: R O’Neill 7 (6f, 1x’45′), J Clarke 2, C Turbitt 2 (1m), O O’Neil 1, N Grimley 1 (1m). |
* Breffni Park, Cavan Referee: David Coldrick (Meath) Attendance: 0

### All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games, the GAA announced that there would be no back-door route into the All-Ireland Championship. Therefore, because Armagh did not win the Ulster Championship, they did not qualify for the 2020 All-Ireland Championship.