Group stage
There are two groups of four teams. The top two teams in each group compete in the semi-finals. The bottom team in each group compete in the relegation Final.
Group A
| Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
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Group B
| Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
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| Season | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Éire Óg |
| Relegated | No Relegation (Covid) |
| All Ireland SCFC | ??? |
| Winning Captain | Sean Gannon |
| Man of the Match | Colm Hulton |
| Winning Manager | Joe Murphy |
| Matches played | 17 |
← 2019 2021 → | |
The 2020 Carlow Senior Football Championship is the 120th edition of the Carlow GAA's premier club gaelic football tournament for senior graded clubs in County Carlow, Ireland. The tournament consists of 8 teams, with the winner going on to represent Carlow in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.
Éire Óg were the defending champions after they defeated Palatine in the previous years final.
This was O'Hanrahans return to the senior grade after claiming the 2019 Carlow Intermediate Football Championship title, thus ending a 3-year exodus since being relegated in 2017. There was no Relegation Playoff in 2020 due to COVID-19.
The following teams have changed division since the 2018 championship season.
To S.F.C.Promoted from 2019 Carlow Intermediate Football Championship
| From S.F.C.Relegated to 2019 Carlow Intermediate Football Championship
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There are two groups of four teams. The top two teams in each group compete in the semi-finals. The bottom team in each group compete in the relegation Final.
| Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
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| Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
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The winners and runners up of each group qualify for the quarter-finals.
| Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Mt. Leinster Rangers | 1-9 | |||||||||||||
| Old Leighlin | 1-5 | Rathvilly | 0-11 | |||||||||||
| Palatine | 0-9 | |||||||||||||
| Rathvilly | 0-9 | |||||||||||||
| Éire Óg | 0-15 | |||||||||||||
| Éire Óg | 3-19 | |||||||||||||
| Palatine | 2-11 | Mt. Leinster Rangers | 0-8 | |||||||||||
| O'Hanrahans | 0-12 | |||||||||||||
| 9 October 2020 20:00 | Palatine  | 2-11 - 0-12 |  O'Hanrahans | Dr Cullen Park |
| Conor Crowley (1-1), Cathal O’Neill (1-1), Shane O’Neill (0-3, 0-1 f), Andrew Kehoe 0-2, Tomás Kenny (0-2), Jamie Kenny (0-1), David Reid (0-1) | Danny Thompson (0-4, 0-2 f), Mark Davies (0-3), Cian Dowling (0-2), Graham Delaney (0-1), Chris Bermingham (0-1), James McGrath (0-1) |
| 26 September 2020 19:00 | Mt. Leinster Rangers  | 1-9 - 1-5 | Old Leighlin | Dr Cullen Park |
| Diarmuid Byrne 0-4 (0-3f), Edward Byrne 0-3, Joe Nolan 0-1, Gary Kelly 0-1, Ted Joyce 0-1, Denis Murphy 0-1, Kevin McDonald 0-1 | Cathal Coughlan 1-1 (0-1 f), Seamus Kinsella 0-2 (0-2 f), Mikey Bambrick 0-1, Aaron Amond 0-1 |
| 1 August 2021 19:30 | Palatine | 1-9 - 1-12 |  Rathvilly | Dr Cullen Park |
| 1 August 2021 19:30 | Éire Óg  | 3-19 - 0-8 | Mt. Leinster Rangers | Dr Cullen Park |
| 8 August 2021 3:45pm | Éire Óg | 0-15 - 0-9 | Rathvilly | Dr Cullen Park |
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