2016 Connacht Senior Football Championship

2016 Connacht SFC
Winners
Champions Galway (45th win)
Captain Gary O'Donnell
Manager Kevin Walsh
Runners-up
Runners-up Roscommon
Captain Ciarán Murtagh
Manager Kevin McStay
Fergal O'Donnell
← 2015
2017 →

The 2016 Connacht Senior Football Championship will be the 117th installment of the annual Connacht Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of Connacht GAA. It is one of the four provincial competitions of the 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Mayo entered the competition as defending champions but were beaten by Galway in the semi-finals. Galway went on to win their first title in eight years by beating Roscommon after a replay.[1][2]

Teams

The Connacht championship is contested by the five counties in the Irish province of Connacht and the two foreign based teams of London and New York.

Team Colours Sponsor Manager Captain Most recent success
All-Ireland Provincial
Galway Maroon and white Supermac's Kevin Walsh Gary O'Donnell
2001
2008
Leitrim Green and gold The Bush Hotel Shane Ward Gary Reynolds
1994
London Green and white Clayton Hotels Ciaran Deely David McGreevy
Mayo Green and red Elverys Sports Stephen Rochford Cillian O'Connor
1951
2015
New York Red, white and blue Navillus Contracting Justin O’Halloran Johnny Duane
Roscommon Blue and yellow Club Rossie Kevin McStay
Fergal O'Donnell		 Ciaráin Murtagh
1944
2010
Sligo Black and white AbbVie Inc. Niall Carew Mark Breheny
2007

Bracket

Preliminary Round Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Connacht Final
  New York 0-17  
  Roscommon 1-15       Roscommon 1-21  
           Leitrim 0-11  
             Roscommon 4-16  
             Sligo 2-13  
               
               
             Roscommon
(R)		 1-10
0-14
             Galway
(R)		 0-13
3-16
           London 0-9  
           Mayo 2-16  
             Mayo 0-12  
             Galway 1-12  
                    
                    
      

Fixtures

Preliminary Round

1 May 2016
15:00 PM
Preliminary Round
New York 0-17 – 1-15 Roscommon
D Freeman (0-5), B Connor (0-4), L Loughlin, P McNeice (0-3 each), K Connolly, B Gallagher (0-1 each) Report C Murtagh (1-3), F Cregg (0-4), C Devaney (0-3), D Murtagh (0-2), C Connolly, C Cregg, S Kilbride (0-1 each)
Gaelic Park, New York City
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)

Quarter-Finals

22 May 2016
15:30
Quarter Final
Leitrim 0-11 – 1-21 Roscommon
K Conlan, E Mulligan (0-3 each), A Croal, R Kennedy, K McHugh, N O’Donnell, D Wrynn (0-1 each) Report C Devaney (1-1), F Cregg (0-4), C Murtagh, D Shine (0-3 each), C Cregg, N Daly, R Daly, D Murtagh (0-2 each), C McHugh, C Shine (0-1 each)
Pairc Sean Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon
Attendance: 8,157
Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry)

29 May 2016
15:00
Quarter-Final
London 0-09 – 2-16 Mayo
A Moyles (0-4), L Gavaghan (0-2), S Conroy, M Gottsche, E Murray (0-1 each) Report E Regan (0-7), C Loftus (1-2), J Doherty (1-0), A Moran (0-2), S Coen, A Dillon, R Hennelly, K McLoughlin, A O’Shea (0-1 each)
Emerald GAA Grounds, Ruislip
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Derek O’Mahony (Tipperary)

Semi-Finals

12 June 2016
16:00
Semi-Final
Roscommon 4-16 – 2-13 Sligo
C Murtagh (2-2), E Smith (1-1), S Kilbride (1-0), C Devaney, D Keenan (0-3 each), D Shine, D Smith (0-2 each), G Claffey, F Cregg, J McManus (0-1 each) Report A Marren (1-3), P Hughes (0-5), Kyle Cawley (1-0), M Breheny (0-3), N Murphy (0-2)
Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon
Attendance: 8,338
Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)

18 June 2016
19:00
Semi-Final
Mayo 0-12 – 1-12 Galway
C O’Connor (0-6), C Boyle, T Parsons, L Keegan, S Coen, J Doherty, E Regan (0-1 each) Report G Sice (0-4), T Flynn (1-0), E Brannigan (0-3), P Conroy (0-2), S Walsh, J Heaney, D Cummins (0-1 each)
McHale Park, Castlebar
Attendance: 21,784
Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)

Final

10 July 2016
14:00
Final
Galway 0-13 – 1-10 Roscommon
D Cummins (0-3), G Sice, D Comer (0-2 each), G Bradshaw, J Heaney, G O’Donnell, B Power, A Varley (0-1 each) Report E Smith (1-0), F Cregg, N Daly, C Murtagh (0-2 each), C Cregg, C Devaney, D O’Malley, D Smith (0-1 each)
Pearse Stadium, Galway
Attendance: 24,324
Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)

17 July 2016
15:30
Final
Replay
Galway 3-16 – 0-14 Roscommon
D Cummins (2-1), G Sice (1-2), D Comer, S Walsh (0-3 each), E Brannigan (0-2), P Conroy, E Kerin, G O’Donnell, B Power, P Varley (0-1 each) Report C Murtagh (0-4), S Kilbride, D Shine, E Smith (0-2 each), T Corcoran, C Cregg, U Harney, F Lennon (0-1 each)
McHale Park, Castlebar
Attendance: 15,960
Referee: Ciaran Branagan (Down)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Galway blitz Roscommon in replay to clinch first Connacht title in 8 years". The 42. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Galway 3-16 Roscommon 0-14". GAA.ie. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
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