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All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship 2020

Championship details
Dates	31 October – 20 December 2020
Teams	12
All-Ireland champions
Winners	Dublin (5th win)
Captain	Sinéad Aherne
Manager	Mick Bohan
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Cork
Captain	Doireann O'Sullivan
Manager	Ephie Fitzgerald
Provincial champions
Championship Statistics
Matches Played	15
Total Goals	59 (3.93 per game)
Total Points	363 (24.20 per game)
Top Scorer	Aimee Mackin (5-17) (32 points)
Player of the Year	Aimee Mackin (Armagh)
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The 2020 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship was the 47th edition of the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association's premier inter-county ladies' Gaelic Football tournament.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games forced the delay of the tournament until late in the year, and it was shortened, with no provincial championships taking place.

Dublin were the winners for the fourth year in a row.

Format

Group stage

The 12 teams are drawn into four groups of three teams. Each team play each other team in its group once, earning three points for a win and one for a draw.

Knockout stage

The winners of each group compete in the All-Ireland semi-finals.

Teams

Counties	Flag colours	Captain (2020)	Manager (2020)	Championships won	Last championship
Armagh LGFA		Kelly Mallon	Ronan Murphy	—	—
Cavan LGFA		Neasa Byrd	James Daly	1	1977
Cork LGFA		Doireann O'Sullivan	Ephie Fitzgerald	11	2016
Donegal LGFA		Geraldine McLaughlin	Maxi Curran	—	—
Dublin LGFA		Sinéad Ahearne	Mick Bohan	5	2020
Galway LGFA		Louise Ward	Tim Rabbitt	1	2004
Kerry LGFA		Anna Galvin	Darragh Long & Declan Quill	11	1993
Mayo LGFA		Sinéad Cafferky	Peter Leahy	4	2003
Monaghan LGFA		Cora Courtney	Ciarán Murphy	2	1997
Tipperary LGFA		Samantha Lambert	Shane Ronayne	3	1980
Tyrone LGFA		Neamh Woods	Gerry Moane	—	—
Waterford LGFA		Karen McGrath	Ciaran Curran	5	1998

Venues

Fixtures and results

Group games took place between 30 October and 15 November 2020.

Group stage

Group 1 table result

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Group Points	Score Difference
Cork	2	2	0	0	6	+21
Kerry	2	1	0	1	3	+13
Cavan	2	0	0	2	0	–34

Group 1 results

Kerry	5–14 (29) – 0–13 (13)	Cavan
(HT: 2–07 – 0–6)
Gls: L Ní Mhuircheartaigh 2, S O'Shea 2, A Murphy 1 Pts: L Ní Mhuircheartaigh 4 (1f), S O'Shea 2, A Murphy 1, L Scanlon 2, F Tagney 2, D O'Leary 1, H O'Donoghue 1, E O'Leary 1.		Pts: A Gilsenan 0–5 (4f), A Sheridan 0–3, D English 0–2, L McVeety 0–1, G Sheridan 0–1, E Halton 0–1.

Cork	1–14 (17) – 0–14 (14)	Kerry
(HT: 0–9 – 1–5)
Gls: S Noonan 1 Pts: O Finn 0–5 (5f), S Noonan 2, D O'Sullivan 4, C O'Sullivan 2, A T O'Sullivan 1		Pts: L Ní Mhuircheartaigh 10 (8f), S O'Shea 2, A Galvin 1, A Murphy 1.

Cavan	2-06 (12) – 7-09 (30)	Cork
(HT: 2-2 – 3-4)
Gls: L McVeety 1 (1 pen), G Sheridan 1 Pts: A Gilsenan 4 (2f), D English 1, C Finnegan 1		Gls: Á O'Sullivan 3, O Finn 1, S Noonan 2, S O'Leary 1-0 Pts: Á O'Sullivan 1, O Finn 3 (2f), S Noonan 2, D O'Sullivan 3.

Group 2 table result

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Group Points	Score Difference
Galway	2	2	0	0	6	+2
Monaghan	2	1	0	1	3	0
Tipperary	2	0	0	2	0	–2

Group 2 results

Tipperary	1–14 (17) – 1–15 (18)	Galway
(HT: 0–5 – 1–10)
Gls: A Moloney 1 Pts: A Moloney 10 (7f), C Kennedy 0–1, O O'Dwyer 0–1, E Morrissey 0–1, R Howard 0–1		Gls: L Hannon 1 Pts: T Leonard 0–6 (6f), L Hannon 1, M Glynn 2, L Noone 1, O Divilly 1, M Seoighe 1, N Ward 1, A Davoren 1, L Ward 1.

Monaghan	0–17 (17) – 2–10 (16)	Tipperary
(HT: 0–12 – 2–6)
Pts: C McAnespie 3, L Kerley 3 (3f), E McCarron 3, M Atkinson 2, C Courtney 2, C Treanor 1, L McEnaney 1, A McAnespie 1, S Coyle 1		Gls: A Moloney 1, R Howard 1 Pts: A Moloney 7 (5f), R Howard 1, E Morrissey 1, S Lambert 1.

Galway	2–13 (19) – 3–09 (18)	Monaghan
(HT: 0–10 – 0–06)
Gls: L Ward 1, L Noone 1 Pts: O Divilly 5 (1f), T Leonard 5 (4f), L Ward 1, A Davoren 1, L Hannon 1		Gls: E McCarron 2, T McNally-Scott 1 Pts: E McCarron 7 (2f), R Courtney 1, C Courtney 1.

Group 3 table result

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Group Points	Score Difference
Dublin	2	2	0	0	6	+7
Donegal	2	1	0	1	3	+7
Waterford	2	0	0	2	0	–14

Group 3 results

Dublin	2–13 (19) – 2–10 (16)	Donegal
(HT: 1–07 – 1–02)
Gls: S Aherne 1, N Healy 1 Pts: S Aherne 6, N Healy 2, J Dunne 2, L Magee 1, S McCaffrey 1, S Goldrick 1		Gls: G McLaughlin 1, N Gordon 1 Pts: G McLaughlin 5 (5f), K Guthrie 3 (2f), Y Bonner 1, K Herron 1

Waterford	1–10 (13) – 0–17 (17)	Dublin
(HT: 0–09 – 0–07)
Gls: R Tobin 1 Pts: C Fennell 7 (5f), R Tobin 1, K Murray 1, A Wall 1		Pts: S Aherne 6 (4f), C Rowe 3, N McEvoy 2, C O'Connor 2, O Nolan 1, L Davey 1, S McCaffrey 1, L Collins 1

Donegal	2–13 (19) – 0–09 (9)	Waterford
(HT: 2–06 – 0–03)
Gls: G McLaughlin 1, K Guthrie 1 Pts: G McLaughlin 5 (3f), K Guthrie 3, Y Bonner 2, K Herron 2, N Gordon 1		Pts: C Fennell 6 (6f), A Wall 1, K Murray 1, R Tobin 1.

Group 4 table result

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Group Points	Score Difference
Armagh	2	2	0	0	6	+17
Mayo	2	1	0	1	3	+20
Tyrone	2	0	0	2	0	–37

Group 4 results

Tyrone	3–13 (22) – 6–16 (34)	Armagh
(HT: 2–09 – 5–07)
Gls: N O'Neill 2, C McCaffrey 1 Pts: N O'Neill 4, C McCaffrey 4, G Rafferty 3, E Brennan 1, C Kelly 1		Gls: A McCoy 3, A Mackin 1, K Mallon 1, C O'Hanlon 1 Pts: A Mackin 6 (1fs), K Mallon 3 (3f), C O'Hanlon 2, C Marley 2, Lavery 2, Grimes 1

Mayo	4–17 (29) – 0–4 (4)	Tyrone
(HT: 2–05 – 0–1)
Gls: S Rowe 2, D Doherty 1, T O'Connor 1 Pts: S Rowe 9 (4f), D Doherty 2, G Kelly 3, A Gilroy 1, F Doherty 1, Clodagh McManamon 1		Pts: E Brennan 0–2, N O'Neill 0–1, G Rafferty 0–1 (1f).

Armagh	4–12 (24) – 1–16 (19)	Mayo
(HT: 2–07 – 0–11)
Gls: A Mackin 2, K Mallon 1, C Marley 1 Pts: A Mackin 7 (2f), K Mallon 3 (2f), B Mackin 1, A McCoy 1.		Gls: F Doherty 1 Pts: G Kelly 4, A Gilroy 1, S Rowe 2, S Cafferky 2, D Doherty 4 (2f), M McHale 2, F Doherty 1.

All-Ireland semi-finals

Armagh	3–08 (17) – (22) 3–13	Dublin
(HT: 2–06 – 2–06)
Gls: A Mackin 2 (1pen), A McCoy 1 Pts: A Mackin 4 (2fs), K Mallon 2fs, C Marley 1, B Mackin 1		Gls: C Rowe 2 (1pen), N Owens 1 Pts: C Rowe 4 (2fs), N Healy 3, L Davey 2, S McCaffrey 1, S Aherne 1f, S Killeen 1, K Sullivan 1

After the semi-final between Cork and Galway, LGFA president Marie Hickey criticised the Galway ladies for not vacating their dressing room in sufficient time to complete their warm-up, after they complained about being hurried into doing so.

Cork	2–17 (23) – (13) 0–13	Galway
(HT: 2–05 – 0–04)
Gls: C O'Sullivan 1, M Duggan 1 Pts: O Finn 9 (8f), C O'Sullivan 2, M Duggan 1, Á O'Sullivan 1, E Kiely 1, D O'Sullivan 1, S O'Leary 1, M O'Callaghan 1		Pts: T Leonard 6 (5f), M Seoighe 3, O Divilly 2, A Trill 1, A Morrissey 1

All-Ireland final

Dublin	1–10 (13) – (8) 1–05	Cork
(HT: 0–03 – 1–03)
Gls: C Rowe 1(pen) Pts: C Rowe (3fs), N Healy 2, N Owens 2, A Kane 1, S Aherne (1f), K Sullivan 1		Gls: A O'Sullivan 1 Pts: O Finn 3 (2fs), A O'Sullivan 1, C O'Sullivan 1

Awards

Player of the Year

TG4 Senior Players' Player of the Year – Aimee Mackin Armagh

Senior Team of the Year

No.	Position	Player	Team	Flag	No. of All Stars
1	Goalkeeper	Martina O'Brien	Cork		1
2	Right corner back	Martha Byrne	Dublin		1
3	Full back	Clodagh McCambridge	Armagh		1
4	Left corner back	Eimear Meaney	Cork		1
5	Right half back	Melissa Duggan	Cork		2
6	Centre half back	Blaithin Mackin	Armagh		1
7	Left half back	Sinéad Goldrick	Dublin		8
8	Midfield	Jennifer Dunne	Dublin		1
9	Midfield	Louise Ward	Galway		2
10	Right half forward	Carla Rowe	Dublin		4
11	Centre half forward	Lyndsey Davey	Dublin		6
12	Left half forward	Aimee Mackin	Armagh		3
13	Right corner forward	Áine O'Sullivan	Cork		1
14	Full forward	Aishling Moloney	Tipperary		1
15	Left corner forward	Noëlle Healy	Dublin		5

Championship statistics

Scoring list

Scoring list

No.	Name	Team	Flag	Goals	Points	Total points
1	Aimee Mackin	Armagh		5	17	32
2	Aishling Moloney	Tipperary		2	17	23
	Orla Finn	Cork		1	20	23
3	Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh	Kerry		2	14	20
4	Carla Rowe	Dublin		3	10	19
5	Sarah Rowe	Mayo		2	11	17
	Sinéad Ahearne	Dublin		1	14	17
	Tracey Leonard	Galway		0	17	17
6	Aine O'Sullivan	Cork		4	4	16
	Geraldine McLaughlin	Donegal		2	10	16
7	Ellen McCarron	Monaghan		2	8	14
	Kelly Mallon	Armagh		2	8	14
8	Aoife McCoy	Armagh		4	1	13
	Saoirse Noonan	Cork		3	4	13
	Chloe Fennell	Waterford		0	13	13
9	Niamh O'Neill	Tyrone		2	5	11
10	Síofra O'Shea	Kerry		2	4	10
	Noëlle Healy	Dublin		1	7	10
11	Karen Guthrie	Donegal		1	6	9
	Deirdre Doherty	Mayo		1	6	9
	Aisling Gilsenan	Cavan		0	9	9
12	Ciara O'Sullivan	Cork		1	5	8
	Doireann O'Sullivan	Cork		0	8	8
13	Chloe McCaffrey	Tyrone		1	4	7
	Grace Kelly	Mayo		0	7	7
	Olivia Divilly	Galway		0	7	7
14	Catherine Marley	Armagh		1	3	6
15	Louise Ward	Galway		1	2	5
	Fiona Doherty	Mayo		1	2	5
	Andrea Murphy	Kerry		1	2	5
	Nicole Owens	Dublin		1	2	5
	Roisin Howard	Tipperary		1	2	5
	Caroline O'Hanlon	Armagh		1	2	5
	Roisin Tobin	Waterford		1	2	5
	Lucy Hannon	Galway		1	2	5
16	Lynsey Noone	Galway		1	1	4
	Melissa Duggan	Cork		1	4	4
	Geraldine Sheridan	Cavan		1	1	4
	Sadhbh O'Leary	Cork		1	1	4
	Nicole Gordon	Donegal		1	1	4
	Lauren McVeety	Cavan		1	1	4
	Mairéad Seoighe	Galway		0	4	4
	Gráinne Rafferty	Tyrone		0	4	4
17	Tamara O'Connor	Mayo		1	0	3
	Therese Scott	Monaghan		1	0	3
	Louise Kerley	Monaghan		0	3	3
	Donna English	Cavan		0	3	3
	Katy Herron	Donegal		0	3	3
	Sarah McCaffrey	Dublin		0	3	3
	Aishling Sheridan	Cavan		0	3	3
	Emma Brennan	Tyrone		0	3	3
	Shauna Coyle	Monaghan		0	3	3
	Lyndsey Davey	Dublin		0	3	3
	Ciara McAnespie	Monaghan		0	3	3
	Yvonne Bonner	Donegal		0	3	3
	Cora Courtney	Monaghan		0	3	3
18	Blaithin Mackin	Armagh		0	2	2
	Emma Morrissey	Tipperary		0	2	2
	Niamh McEvoy	Dublin		0	2	2
	Megan Glynn	Galway		0	2	2
	Jennifer Dunne	Dublin		0	2	2
	Sinéad Cafferky	Mayo		0	2	2
	Kate Sullivan	Dublin		0	2	2
	Muireann Atkinson	Monaghan		0	2	2
	Andrea Trill	Galway		0	2	2
	Eve Lavery	Armagh		0	2	2
	Katie Murray	Waterford		0	2	2
	Lorraine Scanlon	Kerry		0	2	2
	Aileen Gilroy	Mayo		0	2	2
	Fiadhna Tangney	Kerry		0	2	2
	Ailbhe Davoren	Galway		0	2	2
	Aileen Wall	Waterford		0	2	2
	Mary McHale	Mayo		0	2	2
19	Sinéad Goldrick	Dublin		0	1	1
	Orlagh Nolan	Dublin		0	1	1
	Emma Halton	Cavan		0	1	1
	Lauren Magee	Dublin		0	1	1
	Aoife McAnespie	Monaghan		0	1	1
	Orla O'Dwyer	Tipperary		0	1	1
	Anna Galvin	Kerry		0	1	1
	Eilish O'Leary	Kerry		0	1	1
	Caitlin Kelly	Tyrone		0	1	1
	Ciara Finnegan	Cavan		0	1	1
	Clodagh McManamon	Mayo		0	1	1
	Tiarna Grimes	Galway		0	1	1
	Samantha Lambert	Tipperary		0	1	1
	Aoife Kane	Dublin		0	1	1
	Nicole Ward	Galway		0	1	1
	Máire O'Callaghan	Cork		0	1	1
	Siobhán Killeen	Dublin		0	1	1
	Lucy Collins	Dublin		0	1	1
	Rosemary Courtney	Monaghan		0	1	1
	Laura McEneaney	Monaghan		0	1	1
	Caitlin Kennedy	Tipperary		0	1	1
	Eimear Kiely	Cork		0	1	1
	Hannah O'Donoghue	Kerry		0	1	1
	Danielle O'Leary	Kerry		0	1	1

Team statistics

Team statistics breakdown

Teams	Total score	Games	Points per game average	Points Per Game Rank	Goals	Points	Goals Rank	Points Rank	First half (total score)	Average points (first half)	Second half (total score)	Average points (second half)	Clean sheets (goals)	No. of scoring players in season
Cork	78	4	19.5	4th	11	45	2nd	2nd	39	9.75	39	9.75	2	9
Armagh	75	3	25	1st	13	36	1st	4th	47	15.67	28	9.33	0	8
Dublin	71	4	17.75	5th	6	53	3rd	1st	32	8	39	9.75	0	16
Galway	49	3	16.33	8th	3	40	6th	3rd	27	9	22	7.33	0	10
Mayo	48	2	24	2nd	5	33	4th	5th	22	11	26	13	1	9
Kerry	43	2	21.5	3rd	5	28	4th	6th	21	10.5	22	11	1	9
Donegal	35	2	17.5	6th	4	23	5th	9th	17	8.5	18	9	1	5
Monaghan	35	2	17.5	6th	3	26	6th	7th	18	9	17	8.5	0	11
Tipperary	33	2	16.5	7th	3	24	6th	8th	17	8.5	16	8	1	6
Tyrone	26	2	13	9th	3	17	6th	11th	16	8	10	5	0	5
Cavan	25	2	12.5	10th	2	19	7th	10th	14	7	11	5.5	0	7
Waterford	22	2	11	11th	1	19	8th	10th	12	6	10	5	1	4

Miscellaneous statistics

• Most goals by team in the season – 13 goals Armagh
• Most points by team in the season – 53 points Dublin
• Top scorer in a single game – Sarah Rowe (2,09) 15 points ( Mayo vs Tyrone) (Group 4 Round 2)
• Widest winning margin – 25 points ( Mayo (4–17) vs (0–04) Tyrone) (Group 4 Round 2)
• Most goals in a single match – 9 goals Tyrone (3–13) vs (6–16) Armagh & Cavan (2–06) vs (7–09) Cork
• Most points in a single match – 30 points Cork (2–17) vs (0–13) Galway (Semi-Final 2)
• Most goals by one team in a match – 7 goals Cavan (2–06) vs (7–09) Cork (Group 1 Round 3)
• Highest aggregate score in a single match – 56 points Tyrone (3–13) vs (6–16) Armagh (Group 4 Round 1)
• Lowest aggregate score in a single match – 21 points Dublin (1–10) vs (1–05) Cork (Final)

See also

• 2020 All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship
• 2020 All-Ireland Junior Ladies' Football Championship
• All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship
• All-Ireland Junior Ladies' Football Championship
• Ladies' Gaelic football
• Ladies' Gaelic Football Association
• Previous Ladies' Gaelic Football All Stars Awards
• All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
• Ladies' National Football League

References

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2. Audley, Fiona. "London Ladies call for decision barring them from 2020 All-Ireland Championship to be reviewed". The Irish Post.
3. "Tipperary drawn with Galway and Monaghan in Ladies Football Championship". Nenagh Guardian. July 2020.
4. Duffy, Emma (20 December 2020). "As it happened: Dublin v Cork, All-Ireland senior ladies football final". The42.
5. "2020 TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Championship Fixtures revealed". 21 July 2020.
6. "LGFA President blames Galway for changing slowly in semi-final". 7 December 2020.
7. "'We thought we were doing something brilliant by getting the game into Croke Park'". 7 December 2020.
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