2022 Connacht Senior Football Championship

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2022 Connacnt SFC
Tournament details
Year17.04.2022. - 29.05.2022.
TrophyJ. J. Nestor Cup
Winners
Champions Galway (48th win)
Runners-up
Runners-up Roscommon
Other
Matches played6
←  2021
2023  →

The 2022 Connacht Senior Football Championship was the 2022 iteration of the Connacht Senior Football Championship organised by Connacht GAA.

Contents

London and New York were withdrawn from the 2020 and 2021 Connacht championships as part of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games, due to international travel restrictions, but both returned for the 2022 season.

Galway won the competition. [1]

Teams

The 2022 Connacht championship is contested by the five counties in the Irish province of Connacht and the two foreign-based teams of London and New York.

CountySponsorManagerCaptainLast Connacht Title
Colours of Galway.svg Galway Supermac's Pádraic Joyce Seán Kelly [2]
Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim J. P. Clarke's Saloon, New York Andy Moran Wayne McKeon
Colours of London.svg London -Michael Maher-
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Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo Intersport Elverys James Horan Stephen Coen [3]
Colors of New York.svg New York -Johnny McGeeney [4] -
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Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon Ballymore Anthony Cunningham Enda Smith [5]
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo AbbVie Tony McEntee Keelan Cawley [6]

Draw

One team received a bye to the semi-finals. London and New York had home advantage in the quarter-finals.

Predetermined Match APredetermined Match BUnseeded

Colors of New York.svg New York

Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo

Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim

Colours of London.svg London

Colours of Galway.svg Galway

Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo

Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
      
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 0–16
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 1–14
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 4–20
Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim 0–09
Colours of London.svg London 2–11
Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim 3–12
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 2–19
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 2–16
Colors of New York.svg New York 0–15
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 1–16
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 0–11
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 0–23

Quarter-finals

17 April 2022
Quarter-final		 New York Colors of New York.svg 0-15 - 1-16 Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo Gaelic Park, New York
Attendance: 4,000 [7]
Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone)
A Varley 0-6 (0-3f), N Madine 0-4 (0-2f), D O’Sullivan 0-2, P Fox 0-2, M Brosnan 0-1. Report S Carrabine 1-3 (0-2f), N Murphy 0-5 (0-4f), P O’Connor 0-3, N Mullen 0-1, B Gorman 0-1, K Cawley 0-1, C Griffin 0-1, A Devanney 0-1.
17 April 2022
Quarter-final		 London Colours of London.svg 2-11 - 3-12 Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim McGovern Park, Ruislip
Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan)
H Walsh (0-2), C Farley (0-2, frees 0-2), T Lenihan (0-1), L Gavaghan (0-4, frees 0-4), S Dornan (0-1), S Hickey (1-0), F McMahon (1-0), J Hynes (0-1) Report R O’Rourke (2-2), D Wrynn (1-3, 0-1 45'), P Dolan (0-3), D Rooney (0-2, 0-1 free), C Dolan (0-1), E Sweeney (0-1),
Quarter Final
Mayo Colours of Mayo.svg 0-16 - 1-14 Colours of Galway.svg 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 [8]
Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)

Semi-finals

Semi Final
Sligo Colours of Sligo.svg 0-11 - 0-23 Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon
Report
Markievicz Park, Sligo
Attendance: 6,059 [9]
Semi Final
Galway Colours of Galway.svg 4-20 - 0-09 Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim
Report
Pearse Stadium, Galway
Attendance: 4,749 [10]
Referee: P Faloon (Down)

Final

Final
Galway Colours of Galway.svg 2-19 - 2-16 Colours of Roscommon.svg 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 [1]
Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)

Galway advanced to the 2022 All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals, while Roscommon advanced to the 2022 All-Ireland SFC qualifiers.

All-Ireland/Tailteann Cup qualification

NFL Rank TeamChampionshipQualification Method
2 Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo Advance to the 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Via the 2022 National Football League
7 Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon Via Provincial Final
8 Colours of Galway.svg Galway
27 Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo Advance to the 2022 Tailteann Cup Via the 2022 National Football League
28 Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim
29 Colours of London.svg London
- Colours of New York.svg New York

See also

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