2022 Kerry county football team season

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Kerry county football team
2022 season
Manager Jack O'Connor
Stadium Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney
NFL D1 1st (winners)
All-Ireland SFC Winners
Munster SFC Winners
  2021
2023  

The following is a summary of Kerry county football team's 2022 season. It was a first season back in charge for newly reappointed Kerry manager Jack O'Connor.

Contents

Competitions

National Football League Division 1

Table

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry 751111891+2711Advance to National League Final
2 Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 741210894+149
3 Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh 731310898+107
4 Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal 73139510387
5 Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 73138596117
6 Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan 7223100113136
7 Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 721410411175Relegation to 2023 NFL Division 2
8 Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 7205106118124
Updated to match(es) played on 27 March 2022. Source: GAA.ie
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Reports

30 January 2022 (2022-01-30)Round 1 Kildare Colours of Kildare.svg 0-13 (13)(13) 1-10 Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry Newbridge  
13:45 GMT (UTC+0)Venue: St Conleth's Park
Report Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)


5 February 2022 (2022-02-05)Round 2 Kerry Colours of Kerry.svg 1-15 (18)(11) 0-11 Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin Tralee  
19:00 GMT (UTC+0)Venue: Austin Stack Park
Report [1] Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)
Attendance: 12,000 [2]


20 February 2022 (2022-02-20)Round 3 Kerry Colours of Kerry.svg 1-13 (16)(7) 0-07 Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal Killarney  
13:45 GMT (UTC+0)Venue: Fitzgerald Stadium
Report Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)


27 February 2022 (2022-02-27)Round 4 Monaghan Colours of Monaghan.svg 1-12 (15)(23) 3-14 Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry Inniskeen  
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)Venue: Inniskeen Park
Referee: Paddy Neilan (Roscommon)


12 March 2022 (2022-03-12)Round 5 Kerry Colours of Kerry.svg 1-12 (15)(14) 0-14 Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo Tralee  
19:30 GMT (UTC+0)Venue: Austin Stack Park
Report Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare)


20 March 2022 (2022-03-20)Round 6 Armagh Colours of Armagh.svg 0-13 (13)(16) 1-13 Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry Armagh  
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)Venue: Athletic Grounds


27 March 2022 (2022-03-27)Round 7 Kerry Colours of Kerry.svg 2-11 (17)(18) 1-15 Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone Killarney  
13:45 IST (UTC+1)Venue: Fitzgerald Stadium


TG4
3 April 2022 (2022-04-03)
Final
Kerry Colours of Kerry.svg 3-19 (28) 0-13 (13) Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo
(HT: 1-10 (13) - 0-7 (7))
Croke Park , Drumcondra, Dublin
Referee: N Mooney (Cavan)
Attendance: 31,506 [3]

Munster Senior Football Championship

Fixtures

7 May 2022 Colours of Cork.svg Cork 0-11 - 0-23 Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry Pairc Ui Rinn
Attendance: 10,743
Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare)
Report

Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry 1-28 - 0-08 Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick
Report
Attendance: 14,587 [4]
Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan)

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford 0-9
Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick 2-14 Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick 2-11
Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary 2-11 Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary 1-15
Colours of Clare.svg Clare 1-11 Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary 0-17
Colours of Cork.svg Cork 0-14
Colours of Cork.svg Cork 1-12
Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry 0-13

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

26 June 2022
17:00
Quarter-final
Kerry Colours of Kerry.svg 1–18 (21)(13) 0–13 Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 71,353
Referee: David Gough (Meath)
David Clifford 1–3 (2 marks, 1 free), Paul Geaney 0–4 (1 mark), Tom O’Sullivan 0–3, Sean O’Shea 0–3 (1f), David Moran 0–2, Graham O’Sullivan, Gavin White, Killian Spillane all 0–1. Report Cillian O’Connor 0–3 (2f), Jordan Flynn 0–2, Stephen Coen, Aidan O’Shea, Matthew Ruane, Conor Loftus, James Carr, Kevin McLoughlin, Jack Carney, Rob Hennelly (free) all 0–1

10 July 2022
15:30
Semi-final
Dublin Colours of Dublin.svg 1–13 (16)(17) 1–14 Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 73,609 [5]
Referee: Paddy Neilan (Roscommon)
Man of the Match: Paudie Clifford
Ciarán Kilkenny 0–3, Dean Rock 0–3 (0–3f), Cormac Costello 1–0, Lee Gannon 0–1, John Small 0–1, Seán Bugler 0–1, Brian Fenton 0–1, Paddy Small 0–1, Brian Howard 0–1, James McCarthy 0–1 Report Seán O'Shea 1–4 (0–2f), David Clifford 0–6 (0–1f, 0–1 mark), Paudie Clifford 0–2, Dara Moynihan 0–1, Tom O’Sullivan 0–1

24 July 2022
15:30 IST (UTC+1)
Final
Galway Colours of Galway.svg 0–16 0–20 Colours of Kerry.svg 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 [6]
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)

Management team

Jack O'Connor managed Kerry to the 2022 National Football League title, the 2022 Munster Senior Football Championship and the 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Jack O'Connor (cropped).jpg
Jack O'Connor managed Kerry to the 2022 National Football League title, the 2022 Munster Senior Football Championship and the 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.
Appointed 4 October 2021: [7]

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