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.
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
CountiesFlagcoloursCaptain (2020)Manager (2020)Championships wonLast championshipArmagh LGFAKelly MallonRonan Murphy——Cavan LGFANeasa ByrdJames Daly11977Cork LGFADoireann O'SullivanEphie Fitzgerald112016Donegal LGFAGeraldine McLaughlinMaxi Curran——Dublin LGFASinéad AhearneMick Bohan52020Galway LGFALouise WardTim Rabbitt12004Kerry LGFAAnna GalvinDarragh Long & Declan Quill111993Mayo LGFASinéad CafferkyPeter Leahy42003Monaghan LGFACora CourtneyCiarán Murphy21997Tipperary LGFASamantha LambertShane Ronayne31980Tyrone LGFANeamh WoodsGerry Moane——Waterford LGFAKaren McGrathCiaran Curran51998
Venues
Fixtures and results
Group games took place between 30 October and 15 November 2020. + Key to colours Advance to All-Ireland semi-finals
Group stage
Group 1 table result
TeamPldWDLGroupPointsScoreDifference 220 0 6 +21 210 1 3 +13 200 2 0 –34
Group 1 results
Group 2 table result
TeamPldWDLGroupPointsScoreDifference 220 0 6 +2 210 1 3 0 200 2 0 –2
Group 2 results
Group 3 table result
TeamPldWDLGroupPointsScoreDifference 220 0 6 +7 210 1 3 +7 200 2 0 –14
Group 3 results
Group 4 table result
TeamPldWDLGroupPointsScoreDifference 220 0 6 +17 210 1 3 +20 200 2 0 –37
Group 4 results
All-Ireland semi-finals
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.
All-Ireland final
Awards
Player of the Year
TG4 Senior Players' Player of the Year – Aimee Mackin
Senior Team of the Year
No.PositionPlayerTeamFlagNo. of All Stars 1GoalkeeperMartina O'Brien12Right corner backMartha Byrne13Full backClodagh McCambridge14Left corner backEimear Meaney15Right half backMelissa Duggan26Centre half backBlaithin Mackin17Left half backSinéad Goldrick88MidfieldJennifer Dunne19MidfieldLouise Ward210Right half forwardCarla Rowe411Centre half forwardLyndsey Davey612Left half forwardAimee Mackin313Right corner forwardÁine O'Sullivan114Full forwardAishling Moloney115Left corner forwardNoëlle Healy5
Championship statistics
Scoring list
Scoring list No.NameTeamFlagGoalsPointsTotal points 1 Aimee Mackin51732 2 Aishling Moloney21723 Orla Finn12023 3 Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh21420 4 Carla Rowe31019 5 Sarah Rowe21117 Sinéad Ahearne11417 Tracey Leonard01717 6 Aine O'Sullivan4416 Geraldine McLaughlin21016 7 Ellen McCarron2814 Kelly Mallon2814 8 Aoife McCoy4113 Saoirse Noonan3413 Chloe Fennell01313 9 Niamh O'Neill2511 10 Síofra O'Shea2410 Noëlle Healy1710 11 Karen Guthrie169 Deirdre Doherty169 Aisling Gilsenan099 12 Ciara O'Sullivan158 Doireann O'Sullivan088 13 Chloe McCaffrey147 Grace Kelly077 Olivia Divilly077 14 Catherine Marley136 15 Louise Ward125 Fiona Doherty125 Andrea Murphy125 Nicole Owens125 Roisin Howard125 Caroline O'Hanlon125 Roisin Tobin125 Lucy Hannon125 16 Lynsey Noone114 Melissa Duggan144 Geraldine Sheridan114 Sadhbh O'Leary114 Nicole Gordon114 Lauren McVeety114 Mairéad Seoighe044 Gráinne Rafferty044 17 Tamara O'Connor103 Therese Scott103 Louise Kerley033 Donna English033 Katy Herron033 Sarah McCaffrey033 Aishling Sheridan033 Emma Brennan033 Shauna Coyle033 Lyndsey Davey033 Ciara McAnespie033 Yvonne Bonner033 Cora Courtney033 18 Blaithin Mackin022 Emma Morrissey022 Niamh McEvoy022 Megan Glynn022 Jennifer Dunne022 Sinéad Cafferky022 Kate Sullivan022 Muireann Atkinson022 Andrea Trill022 Eve Lavery022 Katie Murray022 Lorraine Scanlon022 Aileen Gilroy022 Fiadhna Tangney022 Ailbhe Davoren022 Aileen Wall022 Mary McHale022 19 Sinéad Goldrick011 Orlagh Nolan011 Emma Halton011 Lauren Magee011 Aoife McAnespie011 Orla O'Dwyer011 Anna Galvin011 Eilish O'Leary011 Caitlin Kelly011 Ciara Finnegan011 Clodagh McManamon011 Tiarna Grimes011 Samantha Lambert011 Aoife Kane011 Nicole Ward011 Máire O'Callaghan011 Siobhán Killeen011 Lucy Collins011 Rosemary Courtney011 Laura McEneaney011 Caitlin Kennedy011 Eimear Kiely011 Hannah O'Donoghue011 Danielle O'Leary011
Team statistics
Team statistics breakdownTeamsTotal scoreGamesPoints per game averagePoints Per Game RankGoalsPointsGoals RankPoints RankFirst half (total score)Average points (first half)Second half (total score)Average points (second half)Clean sheets (goals)No. of scoring players in season 78419.54th11452nd2nd399.75399.7529 753251st13361st4th4715.67289.3308 71417.755th6533rd1st328399.75016 49316.338th3406th3rd279227.33010 482242nd5334th5th2211261319 43221.53rd5284th6th2110.5221119 35217.56th4235th9th178.518915 35217.56th3266th7th189178.5011 33216.57th3246th8th178.516816 262139th3176th11th16810505 25212.510th2197th10th147115.507 2221111th1198th10th12610514
Miscellaneous statistics
Most goals by team in the season – 13 goals Most points by team in the season – 53 points Top scorer in a single game – Sarah Rowe (2,09) 15 points ( vs ) (Group 4 Round 2) Widest winning margin – 25 points ( (4–17) vs (0–04) ) (Group 4 Round 2) Most goals in a single match – 9 goals (3–13) vs (6–16) & (2–06) vs (7–09) Most points in a single match – 30 points (2–17) vs (0–13) (Semi-Final 2) Most goals by one team in a match – 7 goals (2–06) vs (7–09) (Group 1 Round 3) Highest aggregate score in a single match – 56 points (3–13) vs (6–16) (Group 4 Round 1) Lowest aggregate score in a single match – 21 points (1–10) vs (1–05) (Final)
See also 2020 All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship 2020 All-Ireland Junior Ladies' Football Championship All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
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