# 2021 Galway county football team season

The following is a summary of Galway county football team's 2021 season.

## Competitions
### FBD

There was no FBD Insurance League in 2021 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games.

### National Football League Division 1 South

The National League was split into North and South Divisions, also because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and Galway played the season in Division 1 South.

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Kerry (C) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 47 | +28 | 5 | Advance to NFL semi-finals |
| 2 | Dublin (C) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 55 | +13 | 5 | Advance to NFL semi-finals |
| 3 | Galway (R) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 71 | −20 | 2 | Advance to Division 1 relegation playoffs; two losers are relegated to Division 2 |
| 4 | Roscommon (R) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 68 | −21 | 0 | Advance to Division 1 relegation playoffs; two losers are relegated to Division 2 |

#### Fixtures

* TG4
* 13 June 2021 15:45 IST (UTC+1) Relegation play-off
| Monaghan | 1-21 (24) – (23) 2-17 (a.e.t.) | Galway |
* St Tiernach's Park, Clones Referee: David Gough (Meath)

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

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | Leitrim | Leitrim | 0-11 | | | |
| | | | Mayo | Mayo | 5-20 | | | |
| Mayo | Mayo | 3-23 | Mayo | Mayo | 5-20 | | | |
| Sligo | Sligo | 0-12 | | | | | | |
| Sligo | Sligo | 0-12 | | | | Mayo | Mayo | 2-14 |
| | | | | | | Galway | Galway | 2-8 |
| | | | Galway | Galway | 2-11 | | | |
| | | | Roscommon | Roscommon | 0-12 | | | |

#### Fixtures

| 4 July 2021 13:15 Semi-final | Galway (1) | 2-11 - 0-12 | Roscommon (1) | Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon Attendance: 1,049 Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan) Man of the Match: Matthew Tierney (Oughterard) |
| 4 July 2021 13:15 Semi-final | Matthew Tierney 1-3 (0-2f, 1 '45), Paul Kelly 1-2, Robert Finnerty and Shane Walsh (0-2f) 0-2 each, Seán Kelly and Damien Comer 0-1 each | | Enda Smith 0-3, Conor Daly and Donie Smith (1 '45) 0-2 each, Brian Stack, Conor Hussey, Ciarán Murtagh (0-1f), Diarmuid Murtagh, Cathal Cregg 0-1 each | Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon Attendance: 1,049 Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan) Man of the Match: Matthew Tierney (Oughterard) |
| 25 July 2021 13:30 Final | Mayo | 2-14 - 2-8 | Galway | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Conor Lane (Cork) Man of the Match: Matthew Ruane (Breaffy) |
| 25 July 2021 13:30 Final | Ryan O'Donoghue 1-3 (1-0 pen, 0-2f), Matthew Ruane 1-2, Conor Loftus and Tommy Conroy 0-2 each, Rob Hennelly (1 '45), Paddy Durcan, Darren McHale, Kevin McLoughlin, James Carr 0-1 each | | Shane Walsh 1-1, Matthew Tierney 0-4 (0-3f), Damien Comer 1-0, Paul Conroy 0-2, Cathal Sweeney 0-1 | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Conor Lane (Cork) Man of the Match: Matthew Ruane (Breaffy) |

### All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games, there was no back-door route into the All-Ireland Championship. Therefore, because Galway did not win the Connacht Championship, they did not qualify for the 2021 All-Ireland Championship.