2020 MAYO COUNTY FOOTBALL TEAM SEASON

Mayo county football team
2020 season
Manager	James Horan
Stadium	MacHale Park, Castlebar
NFL D1	7th (relegated)
All-Ireland SFC	Finalist
Connacht SFC	Winners
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The following is a summary of Mayo county football team's 2020 season. The season was suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] The season resumed in mid-October of the same year.^[2]

Competitions

National Football League Division 1

Table

Pos	Team v t e	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^[a]
4	Tyrone	7	4	0	3	109	126	−17	8^[a]
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

Updated to match(es) played on 24 October 2020. Source: GAA.ie
Rules for classification: 1) League points 2) Where only two teams are involved, the outcome of the meeting of the two teams in the competition 3) Scoring Difference 4) Highest Total Score For 5) A Play-Off.
(C) League champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head result: Galway 2-25 – 0-12 Tyrone.

Reports

25 January 2020 (2020-01-25) 1	Donegal	0-19 (19) – (19) 2-13	Mayo	Ballybofey
19:15 GMT ( UTC+0)				Venue: MacCumhaill Park
		Report		Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)

1 February 2020 (2020-02-01) 2	Mayo	0-08 (08) – (14) 1-11	Dublin	Castlebar
19:00 GMT ( UTC+0)				Venue: MacHale Park
		Report		Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry)

9 February 2020 (2020-02-09) 3	Meath	2-05 (11) – (12) 1-09	Mayo	Navan
14:00 GMT ( UTC+0)				Venue: Páirc Tailteann
				Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone)

23 February 2020 (2020-02-23) 4	Monaghan	2-16 (22) – (13) 0-13	Mayo	Clones
14:00 GMT ( UTC+0)				Venue: St Tiernach's Park
				Referee: Anthony Nolan (Wicklow)

1 March 2020 (2020-03-01) 5	Mayo	1-13 (16) – (17) 1-14	Kerry	Castlebar
13:30 GMT ( UTC+0)				Venue: MacHale Park
				Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan)

18 October 2020 (2020-10-18) 6	Galway	0-17 (17) – (32) 3-23	Mayo	Salthill
14:00 IST ( UTC+1)				Venue: Pearse Stadium
		^[3]		Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois) TV: TG4

25 October 2020 (2020-10-25) 7	Mayo	1-19 (22) – (23) 3-14	Tyrone	Castlebar
14:00 GMT ( UTC+0)				Venue: MacHale Park
				Referee: Niall Cullen (Fermanagh)

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Fixtures

1 November 2020 (2020-11-01) Quarter-final	Leitrim	0–10 (10) – (21) 2–15	Mayo	Carrick-on-Shannon
13:15 GMT ( UTC+0)		(HT: 0-06 – 1-06)		Venue: Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada
	Pts: K Beirne 5 (5f), C Dolan 1, S Quinn 1, E Sweeney 1, D Flynn 1, D Casey 1.	Report	Gls: C O'Connor 1, T Conroy 1. Pts: C O’Connor 9 (4f, 2 ’45), A O’Shea 2, B Walsh 1, M Runae 1, J Carr 1, C Loftus 1.	Referee: Paul Faloon (Down) Attendance: 0 TV: RTÉ News Now

8 November 2020 (2020-11-08) Semi-final	Roscommon	0–13 (13) – (19) 1–16	Mayo	Roscommon
13:30 GMT ( UTC±0)		(HT: 0-05 – 1-08)		Venue: Dr Hyde Park
	Pts: C Cox 2 (1m, 1f), C McKeon 2 (2f), D Smith 3 (1f); D Murtagh 2; N Daly 1, T O'Rourke 1.	Report	Gls: D O’Connor 1 Pts: C O'Connor 9 (6f); P Durcan 2; A O'Shea 1, T Conroy 1, K McLoughlin 1, C Loftus 1, D O'Connor 1.	Referee: David Gough (Meath) Attendance: 0 TV: RTÉ

RTÉ

15 November 2020
13:30 GMT ( UTC+0)
Final

Report

Galway	0-13 (13) – (14) 0-14	Mayo
(HT: 0-05 - 0-08)
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

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Galway

w/o

Sligo

conc

Galway

0-13

Mayo

0-14

Roscommon

0-13

Mayo

2-15

Mayo

1-16

Leitrim

0-10

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

RTÉ
Sky Sports

6 December 2020
15:30 GMT ( UTC+0)
Semi-Final

Report

Mayo	5–20 (35) – (22) 3–13	Tipperary
(HT: 4–12 – 1-05)
Gls: C O'Connor 4, D O'Connor 1. Pts: C O’Connor 9 (6fs); T Conroy 4 (1m); D Coen 2; M Ruane 1, P Durcan 1, K McLoughlin 1, A O’Shea 1, C Loftus 1.		Gls: C Sweeney 1, B Fox 1, P Feehan 1. Pts: C Sweeney 9 (8fs); C O’Riordan 2; S O’Brien 1, K Fahey 1.

Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: David Gough (Meath)
Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

RTÉ
Sky Sports

19 December 2020
17:00 GMT ( UTC+0)
Final

Report

Dublin	2–14 (20) – (15) 0–15	Mayo
(HT: 2-06 – 0–10)
Gls: D Rock 1, C O'Callaghan 1. Pts: D Rock 4 (fs); C Kilkenny 3; C O'Callaghan 1, S Bugler 1, P Small 1, N Scully 1, B Fenton 1, P Mannion 1 (f), B Howard 1.		Pts: C O’Connor 9 (5fs, 2ms); R O’Donoghue 2; O Mullen 1, C Loftus 1, S Coen 1 (m), D Coen 1.

Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: D Coldrick (Meath)
Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

Notes

^ ^a ^b The game was played behind closed doors due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games.

Management team

As of December 2020:^[4]

Manager: James Horan
Coach– selectors: James Burke, Ciarán McDonald
Selector: Martin Lally
Goalkeeping coach: Tom Higgins
Strength and conditioning coach: Conor Finn
Statistics: Jack Murray, Evan Gannon
Team doctor: Seán Moffatt
Physiotherapists: Mark Gallagher, Brendan Butler, Darren Flannery
Kitman: Liam Ludden
Logistics: Joe Doyle
Nutritionist: Evan Regan
Performance coach: Martin McIntyre
Values and behaviours coach: Ger Cafferkey
Player welfare: Noel Howley

References

^ "GAA, FAI & IRFU suspend all games, Euro 2020 under review". RTÉ. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
^ Ryan, Eoin (25 September 2020). "Leinster bides time as GAA confirms 2020 inter-county fixtures". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
^ "Allianz FL D1: Mayo cruise to victory against Galway". www.gaa.ie. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
^ O'Kane, Cahair (18 December 2020). "Mayo's backroom team of 17". The Irish News.

[table_hth_GAL0.89946016152364-3] Head-to-head result: Galway 2-25 – 0-12 Tyrone.

[Behind_closed_doors-5] The game was played behind closed doors due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games.

[1] "GAA, FAI & IRFU suspend all games, Euro 2020 under review". RTÉ. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.

[2] Ryan, Eoin (25 September 2020). "Leinster bides time as GAA confirms 2020 inter-county fixtures". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 25 September 2020.

[4] "Allianz FL D1: Mayo cruise to victory against Galway". www.gaa.ie. Retrieved 19 October 2020.

[6] O'Kane, Cahair (18 December 2020). "Mayo's backroom team of 17". The Irish News.

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Competitions

National Football League Division 1

Table

Reports

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Fixtures

Bracket

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Notes

Management team

References

Competitions

National Football League Division 1

Table

Reports

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Fixtures

Bracket

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Notes

Management team

References

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