2022 Galway county football team season

Galway
2022 season
Manager	Pádraic Joyce
Stadium	Pearse Stadium, Salthill
NFL D2	2nd (promoted)
All-Ireland SFC	Finalist
Connacht SFC	Winner
FBD	Winner
	← 2021 2023 →

The following is a summary of Galway county football team's 2022 season.

Competitions

FBD

Fixtures

7 January 2022 (2022-01-07) Semi-final	Mayo	0–13 (13) – (17) 0–17	Galway	Bekan
18:00 GMT (UTC±0)		(HT: 0–7 – 0–10)		Venue: Connacht GAA Centre of Excellence
		^[1]		Referee: John Gilmartin (Sligo)

14 January 2022 (2022-01-14) Final	Galway	1–18 (21) – (19) 1–16	Roscommon	Bekan
17:45 GMT (UTC±0)		(HT: 1–6 – 0–10)		Venue: Connacht GAA Centre of Excellence
		^[2]		Referee: John Gilmartin (Sligo)

National Football League Division 2

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Roscommon	7	5	2	0	123	87	+36	12	Advance to NFL Division 2 Final and promotion to 2023 NFL Division 1
2	Galway	7	6	0	1	141	100	+41	12
3	Derry	7	5	1	1	110	82	+28	11
4	Meath	7	2	2	3	93	111	−18	6
5	Clare	7	2	2	3	88	87	+1	6
6	Cork	7	2	1	4	112	138	−26	5
7	Offaly	7	1	1	5	98	133	−35	3	Relegation to 2023 NFL Division 3
8	Down	7	0	1	6	78	115	−37	1	Relegation to 2023 NFL Division 3

Updated to match(es) played on 27 March 2022. Source: GAA.ie
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Fixtures

30 January 2022 (2022-01-30) Round 1	Galway	1–14 (17) – (6) 0–6	Meath	Salthill
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Pearse Stadium
		Report		Referee: Patrick Maguire (Longford)

5 February 2022 (2022-02-05) Round 2	Down	0–9 (9) – (15) 1–12	Galway	Newry
				Venue: Páirc Esler
		Report		Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare)

6 March 2022 (2022-03-06) Round 3	Galway	2–17 (23) – (19) 3–10	Offaly	Salthill
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Pearse Stadium
		Report		Referee: David Murnane (Cork)

26 February 2022 (2022-02-26) Round 4	Cork	2–17 (23) – (31) 3–22	Galway	Cork
17:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Páirc Uí Chaoimh
		Report		Referee: Cormac Reilly (Meath)

13 March 2022 (2022-03-13) Round 5	Galway	2–8 (14) – (8) 1–5	Clare	Salthill
14:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Pearse Stadium
		Report		Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)

20 March 2022 (2022-03-20) Round 6	Derry	0–12 (12) – (23) 4–11	Galway	Owenbeg
13:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Owenbeg Derry GAA Centre
		Report

27 March 2022 (2022-03-27) Round 7	Roscommon	1–20 (23) – (18) 1–15	Galway	Roscommon
14:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Dr Hyde Park

3 April 2022
Division 2 Final

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Roscommon	1–20 (23) – 0–22 (22)	Galway

Croke Park, Drumcondra, Dublin
Referee: Niall Cullen (Fermanagh) (Fermanagh)
Attendance: 31,506

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

Mayo	0–16

Galway	1–14
		Galway	4–20

		Leitrim	0–09
London	2–11

Leitrim	3–12
				Galway	2–19

				Roscommon	2–16
New York	0–15

Sligo	1–16
		Sligo	0–11

		Roscommon	0–23

Fixtures

24 April 2022

Quarter-final

Mayo	0–16 - 1–14	Galway
Cillian O'Connor 0-6f, Ryan O'Donoghue 0-4 (0-1m), James Carr 0-2, Lee Keegan, Eoghan McLaughlin, Diarmuid O'Connor, Kevin McLoughlin 0-1 each	Report	Shane Walsh 0-5 (0-3f, 2 '45), Johnny Heaney 1-1, Paul Conroy 0-3, Kieran Molloy, Niall Daly, Robert Finnerty, Damien Comer, Cillian McDaid 0-1 each

MacHale Park, Castlebar

Attendance: 24,557^[4]

Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)

8 May 2022

Semi-final

Galway	4–20 - 0–9	Leitrim
	Report

Pearse Stadium, Galway

Attendance: 4,749^[5]

Referee: Paul Faloon (Down)

29 May 2022

Final

Galway	2–19 - 2–16	Roscommon
Shane Walsh 1-6 (1f, 245s), Rob Finnerty 0-5, Patrick Kelly 1-0, Damien Comer 0-3, Johnny Heaney 0-2, Kieran Molloy, Cillian McDaid, and Paul Conroy 0-1 each.	Report	Conor Cox 0-5 (3fs), Conor Daly and Diarmuid Murtagh (1f) 1-1 each, Ultan Harney 0-3, Donie Smith 0-2 (1f), Ciaráin Murtagh, Cian McKeon, Cathal Heneghan, and Enda Smith 0-1 each.

Pearse Stadium, Galway

Attendance: 21,419 ^[6]

Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Galway advanced to the 2022 All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals.

Bracket

Quarter-finals 25/26 June		Semi-finals 9/10 July		Final 24 July

Galway (p)	2–21(4)

Armagh	3–18(1)
		Galway	2–8

		Derry	1–6
Derry	5–13

Clare	2–8
				Galway	0–16

				Kerry	0–20
Dublin	0–21

Cork	0–10
		Dublin	1–13

		Kerry	1–14
Kerry	1–18

Mayo	0–13

Fixtures

26 June 2022 13:45 Quarter-final	Galway	2–21 (27) – (27) 3–18 (a.e.t.) (4–1 pen)	Armagh	Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 71,353 Referee: David Coldrick (Meath) Man of the Match: Cillian McDaid
	Shane Walsh 0–6 (0-5f), Cillian McDaid 1–2, Robert Finnerty 0–4, Johnny Heaney 1–0, Damien Comer 0–3, Matthew Tierney 0–2, Patrick Kelly 0–1, Finnian O Laoi 0–1, Kieran Molloy 0–1, Paul Conroy 0–1. Penalty kicks Shane Walsh Y Damien Comer Y Robert Finnerty Y Matthew Tierney Y	Report	Rory Grugan 1–3 (0-2f), Aidan Nugent 1–2 (0-1m), Conor Turbitt 1–1, Rian O'Neill 0–4 (0-3f), Stefan Campbell 0–3, Jarlath Óg Burns 0–1, Conor O'Neill 0–1, Eoin Woods 0–1, Jemar Hall 0–1, Justin Kieran 0–1. Penalty kicks Stefan Campbell N Rian O'Neill Y Conor Turbitt N

There was no semi-final draw as the pairings were arranged by rota.

9 July 2022 17:30 Semi-final	Galway	2–8 (14) – (9) 1–6	Derry	Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 68,830^[7] Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare) Man of the Match: Damien Comer
	Damien Comer 2–2, Shane Walsh 0–4 (0-3f and 0–1 45), John Daly and Johnny Heaney 0–1 each	Report	Lachlan Murray 1–0, Shane McGuigan 0–3 (0-2f), Brendan Rogers 0–2, Niall Loughlin 0–1

RTÉ
Sky Sports

24 July 2022
15:30 IST (UTC+1)
Final

Report

Galway	0–16 – 0–20	Kerry
(HT: 0–08 – 0–07)
Pts: Shane Walsh 9 (4f, 1 '45), Cillian McDaid 4, Jack Glynn 1, Kieran Molloy 1, Johnny Heaney 1		Pts: David Clifford 8 (3f, 2 mark), Seán O'Shea 3 (3f), Paudie Clifford 2, Killian Spillane 2, Graham O’Sullivan 1, Paul Geaney 1 (1 mark), Diarmuid O'Connor 1, Stephen O’Brien 1, Gavin White 1

Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone)
Attendance: 82,300^[8]

Standby: Paddy Neilan (Roscommon)
Linesman: Barry Cassidy (Derry)
Sideline: Sean Laverty (Antrim)
Umpires: Mark Coney (Ardboe O'Donovan Rossa), Mel Taggart (Clonoe O'Rahilly's), Cathal Forbes (Ardboe O'Donovan Rossa), Martin Conway (Moortown St Malachy's)

References

^ Report
^ Report
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^ "Brave and convincing Galway make statement with Mayo win". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
^ "Galway thrash Leitrim as gap between elite and rest shown in Salthill". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
^ Fallon, John (29 May 2022). "Galway gain revenge over Roscommon to land Connacht SFC title". RTE. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
^ "Galway 2-8 Derry 1-6: Tribesmen crack Oak Leaf conundrum to reach All-Ireland final". Sky Sports. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
^ Barry, Brian (24 July 2022). "Kerry 0-20 Galway 0-16: Kingdom defeat Tribesmen to end wait for All-Ireland glory". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 24 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.

[1] Report

[2] Report

[3] Report

[MAY_GAL_22-4] "Brave and convincing Galway make statement with Mayo win". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 May 2022.

[GAL_LEI_22-5] "Galway thrash Leitrim as gap between elite and rest shown in Salthill". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 May 2022.

[GAL_ROS_22-6] Fallon, John (29 May 2022). "Galway gain revenge over Roscommon to land Connacht SFC title". RTE. Retrieved 29 May 2022.

[GAL_DER_SF-7] "Galway 2-8 Derry 1-6: Tribesmen crack Oak Leaf conundrum to reach All-Ireland final". Sky Sports. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

[8] Barry, Brian (24 July 2022). "Kerry 0-20 Galway 0-16: Kingdom defeat Tribesmen to end wait for All-Ireland glory". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 24 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.

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