2020 Donegal county football team season
The following is a summary of Donegal 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. Jason McGee had hip surgery in Coventry, England, on 28 November 2019, causing him to miss the opening part of the season. Odhrán Mac Niallais did not return, having previously opted out of the 2019 season. Eamonn Doherty, Hugh McFadden and Odhrán McFadden-Ferry were all struck down by "January flu" as the season opened. Eight players completed the  league and championship season while awaiting the outcome of the 2020 Donegal Senior Football Championship final (postponed following a case of COVID-19 at the Kilcar club); these were Patrick McBrearty, Ryan McHugh, Eoin McHugh and Andrew McClean, as well as the following from their opponents Naomh Conaill: Ciarán Thompson, Jeaic Mac Ceallbhuí, Eoghan McGettigan and Ethan O'Donnell. National Football League Division 1. Donegal competed in Division 1 for the 2020 National League season. The GAA published the fixture schedule 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. The footballers travelled the round-trip of 900 kilometres to Tralee in their own cars to play Kerry in the first game, a feat described in the "Irish Independent" as the "most eye-catching example of GAA expeditions in the Covid era". Ulster Senior Football Championship. The draw for the 2020 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on RTÉ Radio 1 on the morning of 9 October 2019. Paddy McGrath sustained an injury during training ahead of the 2020 Ulster Senior Football Championship semi-final, which ruled him out. Ciarán Thompson and Oisín Gallen  sustained injuries during training ahead of the 2020 Ulster Senior Football Championship final; Thompson could only make a substitute appearance in the game and Gallen could not play at all. 2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the GAA announced that there would be no back-door route into the All-Ireland Championship. Therefore, because Donegal did not win the Ulster Championship, they did not qualify for the 2020 All-Ireland Championship.