# 2020 Galway county football team season

The following is a summary of Galway 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
### FBD

Fixtures were confirmed in November 2019.

#### Fixtures
### National Football League Division 2

The league was originally scheduled to end in March 2020, but the public health measures introduced to combat the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the final two league rounds being delayed to October.

#### 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.

#### Fixtures
### Connacht Senior Football Championship

On 17 March, the GAA confirmed that the opening fixture – due to have taken place at Gaelic Park in The Bronx on 3 May – had been postponed due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games. The Galway vs Sligo Connacht SFC semi-final was not played as Sligo were affected by COVID-19 cases. As a result, Galway advanced to the provincial final without playing a single match for the first time since 1965. So Galway's first (and, as it turned out, last) match was the Connacht SFC final. The Connacht SFC had only four teams instead of the usual seven. This previously only ever happened during the period when all Connacht SFC finals were between Galway and Mayo (1933–1940), and again in 1965.
Since 2020 been postponed of hosting Sligo they hosted them in the 2023 Connacht final and Connacht semi-final in 2024. In 2025 will finally be hosting New York at the Quarter final stage of the Connacht championship.

#### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | Galway | Galway | w/o | | | |
| | | | Sligo | Sligo | conc | | | |
| | | | | | | Galway | Galway | 0-13 |
| | | | | | | Mayo | Mayo | 0-14 |
| | | | Roscommon | Roscommon | 0-13 | | | |
| Mayo | Mayo | 2-15 | Mayo | Mayo | 1-16 | | | |
| Leitrim | Leitrim | 0-10 | | | | | | |

#### Fixtures

* RTÉ
* 15 November 2020 (2020-11-15) 13:30 GMT (UTC+0) Final
* Report
| Galway | 0-13 (13) – (14) 0-14 | Mayo |
| (HT: 0-5 - 0-8) |||
| Pts: S Walsh 7 (4f), P Conroy 3, D Conneely 1, P Kelly 1, G O'Donnell 1. | | Pts: C O'Connor 4 (2f), T Conroy 3, M Ruane 2, B Walsh 2, P Durcan 1, D O'Connor 1, R O'Donoghue 1. |
* Pearse Stadium, Galway Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone) Attendance: 0

### 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 2020 All-Ireland Championship.