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| Sport: | Football | ||
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| Irish: | Gaillimh[1] | ||
| Nickname(s): | The Tribesmen[2] | ||
| County board: | Galway GAA | ||
| Manager: | Pádraic Joyce | ||
| Captain: | Seán Kelly[3] | ||
| Home venue(s): | Pearse Stadium, Salthill | ||
| Recent competitive record | |||
| Current All-Ireland status: | Connacht W in 2024 | ||
| Last championship title: | 2001 | ||
| Current NFL Division: | 1 (6th in 2024) | ||
| Last league title: | 1981 | ||
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The Galway county football team (/ˈɡɔːlweɪ/ GAWL-way) represents Galway in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Galway GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Connacht Senior Football Championship and the National Football League.
Galway's home ground is Pearse Stadium, Salthill. The team's manager is Pádraic Joyce.
Galway was the first Connacht county to win an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC), but the second to appear in the final, following Mayo. It has nine All-Ireland SFCs, the third highest total after Kerry and Dublin. It won three consecutive All-Ireland SFCs in the mid-1960s and, from 1998 onwards, two All-Ireland SFC titles in four years. The team last won the Connacht Senior Championship in 2024, the All-Ireland Senior Championship in 2001 and the National League in 1981.
- ^ "Galway fans take issue with questionable spelling of 'Gaillimh'". Hogan Stand. 7 June 2022.
- ^ "Tribesmen win with ease on the road against Derry in Division 2". RTÉ. 28 February 2016.
- ^ Keys, Colm (10 January 2022). "Sean Kelly takes the Galway captain's armband for 2022". Irish Independent. Retrieved 28 June 2022.