2022 Kerry county football team season

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

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.

Competitions

National Football League Division 1

Main article: 2022 National Football League (Ireland)

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kerry	7	5	1	1	118	91	+27	11	Advance to National League Final
2	Mayo	7	4	1	2	108	94	+14	9
3	Armagh	7	3	1	3	108	98	+10	7
4	Donegal	7	3	1	3	95	103	−8	7
5	Tyrone	7	3	1	3	85	96	−11	7
6	Monaghan	7	2	2	3	100	113	−13	6
7	Kildare	7	2	1	4	104	111	−7	5	Relegation to 2023 NFL Division 2
8	Dublin	7	2	0	5	106	118	−12	4

Updated to match(es) played on 27 March 2022. Source: GAA.ie
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Reports

Kildare v Kerry

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

Kerry v Dublin

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

Kerry v Donegal

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

Monaghan v Kerry

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

Kerry v Mayo

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

Armagh v Kerry

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

Kerry v Tyrone

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

Kerry v Mayo

TG4

3 April 2022 (2022-04-03) Final

Report

Kerry	3-19 (28) – 0-13 (13)	Mayo
(HT: 1-10 (13) - 0-7 (7))

Croke Park, Drumcondra, Dublin Referee: N Mooney (Cavan) Attendance: 31,506[3]

Munster Senior Football Championship

Main article: 2022 Munster Senior Football Championship

Fixtures

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

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28 May 2022 2022

Kerry	1-28 - 0-08	Limerick
	Report

Fitzgerald Stadium

Attendance: 14,587[4]

Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan)

Bracket

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

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Main article: 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

26 June 2022 17:00 Quarter-final	Kerry	1–18 (21) – (13) 0–13	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

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10 July 2022 15:30 Semi-final	Dublin	1–13 (16) – (17) 1–14	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

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Main article: 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

Galway v Kerry

RTÉ Sky Sports

24 July 2022 15:30 IST (UTC+1) Final

Report

Galway	0–16 – 0–20	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.

Appointed 4 October 2021:[7]

• Bainisteóir: Jack O'Connor (Piarsaigh Na Dromada)
• Roghnóirí: Micheál Quirke (Kerins O'Rahilly's), Diarmuid Murphy (Dingle)
• Later additions:[8]
  • Head coach: Paddy Tally, as of 8 October 2021[9]
  • Performance coach: Tony Griffin
  • Head of athletic development: Jason McGahan
  • Strength and conditioning coach: Arthur Fitzgerald
  • Sports science: John Barry
  • Statistics: Colin Trainor
  • Video: John C. O'Shea
  • Team doctors: Dr Mike Finnerty and John Rice
  • Physiotherapists: Jimmy Galvin and Paudie McQuinn
  • Masseurs: Harry O'Neill and Liam O'Regan
  • Goalkeeping coach: Brendan Kealy
  • Nutritionists: Kevin Beasley and Gavin Rackard (Rackard is also performance nutritionist for Connacht Rugby)[8]
  • Equipment: Colm Whelan
  • Equipment/in-house referee: Brendan Griffin

References

1. "Kerry produce biggest-ever home win over Dublin to claim Allianz NFL spoils in Tralee". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 14 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
2. "Kerry v Dublin game is a sell-out as supporters snap up tickets by Monday afternoon". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 14 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
3. Finnerty, Mike (3 April 2022). "Clifford inspires Kerry to comfortable Allianz League title against Mayo". RTE. Archived from the original on 4 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
4. "Kerry cruise to another Munster senior title with 23-point win over Limerick". the42. Archived from the original on 28 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
5. "Kerry 1-14 Dublin 1-13: Late Sean O'Shea free sends Kingdom into All-Ireland final after epic contest". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
6. Barry, Brian (24 July 2022). "Kerry 0-20 Galway 0-16: Kingdom defeat Tribesmen to end wait for All-Ireland glory". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 24 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
7. "Kerry chairman defends 'disgraceful' attacks as Jack O'Connor ratified on two-year term". The42.ie. 4 October 2021. Archived from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2022. His backroom team will include Diarmuid Murphy and Micheál Quirke, with the rest of it yet to be finalised by O'Connor.
8. Keys, Colm (30 July 2022). "Meet the multi-layered group of experts behind the team that Jack built". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 31 July 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
9. "Paddy Tally confirmed as Kerry coach as backroom team takes shape". Radio Kerry. 8 October 2021. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2022.