2016 Galway Senior Football Championship

Galway S.F.C.
Season	2016
Champions	Corofin (18th Title)
Relegated	Cárna-Caiseal
All Ireland SCFC	Corofin
Winning Captain	Alan Burke
Man of the Match	Jason Leonard
Winning Manager	Kevin O'Brien
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The 2016 Galway Senior Football Championship is the 121st edition of the Galway GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Galway, Ireland. The tournament consists of 21 teams (N.U.I.G. only enter at the Preliminary Quarter-Final Stage), with the winner going on to represent Galway in the Connacht Senior Club Football Championship. The championship has a back-door format for the first two rounds before proceeding to a knock-out format. Generally, any team to lose two matches will be knocked out of the championship.

All-Ireland champions Corofin were the defending champions after they defeated Mountbellew/Moylough in the previous years final, and they claimed a 3-in-a-row of titles when defeating Salthill/Knocknacarra 0-16 to 0-11 in the final at Pearse Stadium on23rd October.

This was Moycullen's return the senior grade after 2 years in the Intermediate grade.

Cárna-Caiseal were relegated back to the I.F.C. for 2017 after 4 years as a senior club.

Team Changes

^[1] The following teams have changed division since the 2015 championship season.

To S.F.C.

Promoted from I.F.C.

Moycullen – (Intermediate Champions)

From S.F.C.

Relegated to I.F.C.

Kilkerrin-Clonberne

Round 1

All 20 teams enter the competition in this round. The 10 winners progress to Round 2A while the 10 losers progress to Round 2B.

14th May 201617:30

Round 1

Mountbellew-Moylough	0-17 – 1-12	Killanin

Kenny Park

14th May 201617:30

Round 1

St. Michael's	0-15 – 1-9	Barna

Moycullen

14th May 201617:45

Round 1

Corofin	2-20 – 0-8	Cárna-Caiseal

14th May 201617:45

Round 1

Tuam Stars	2-12 – 2-11	Cortoon Shamrocks

14th May 201619:30

Round 1

Milltown	2-7 – 1-8	Salthill-Knocknacarra

14th May 201619:30

Round 1

Carraroe	1-16 – 1-8	Naomh Anna Leitir Móir

15th May 201613:45

Round 1

St. James'	3-9 – 1-14	Caherlistrane

Corofin

15th May 201614:00

Round 1

Míchael Breathnach	5-10 – 1-10	Killererin

15th May 201615:45

Round 1

Moycullen	1-16 – 0-8	Kilconly

15th May 201618:30

Round 1

Caltra	2-13 – 0-10	Annaghdown

Round 2

Round 2A

The 10 winners from Round 1 enter this round. The 5 winners will enter the draw for the Preliminary Quarter Finals while the 5 losers will play in Round 3.

28th May 201617:30

Round 2A

Tuam Stars	2-16 – 2-7	Carraroe

28th May 201617:30

Round 2A

Mountbellew-Moylough	0-11 – 0-9	Caltra

Kenny Park

28th May 201619:30

Round 2A

Corofin	1-11 – 1-6	Milltown

29th May 201614:00

Round 2A

Míchael Breathnach	3-11 – 0-12	St. Michael's

29th May 201615:45

Round 2A

Moycullen	0-16 – 0-13	St. James'

Round 2B

The 10 losers from Round 1 enter this round. The 5 winners will go into the Round 3 while the 5 losers will enter the Relegation Playoffs.

28th May 201617:30

Round 2B

Cárna-Caiseal	3-8 – 1-11	Killererin

Inverin

28th May 201617:45

Round 2B

Cortoon Shamrocks	2-15 – 1-5	Kilconly

28th May 201619:15

Round 2B

Salthill-Knocknacarra	1-17 – 1-13	Naomh Anna Leitir Móir

Inverin

28th May 201519:15

Round 2B

Killanin	2-16 – 1-6	Barna

29th May 201618:00

Round 2B

Caherlistrane	3-12 – 1-15	Annaghdown

Round 3

The 5 losers from Round 2A enter this round and they play the 5 winners from Round 2B. The 5 winners will go into the draw for the Preliminary Quarter-Finals while the 5 losers will enter the Relegation Playoffs.

13th August 201617:00

Round 3

Caherlistrane	2-18 – 4-6	St. James'

13th August 201618:45

Round 3

Carraroe	2-12 – 1-8	Cárna-Caiseal

28 August 201617:00

Round 3

Salthill-Knocknacarra	1-9 – 0-10	Caltra

28 August 201618:45

Round 3

Cortoon Shamrocks	0-14 – 1-6	St. Michael's

28 August 201618:45

Round 3

Milltown	1-11 – 0-10	Killanin

Preliminary Quarter-Finals

The 5 Round 2A winners, the 5 Round 3 winners and N.U.I.G. enter the competition at this stage. A draw was conducted to choose 6 of these teams to play in this round. The 3 winners (along with the 5 teams who receive byes) will proceed to the Quarter-Finals.

27 August 201617:45

Preliminary Quarter-Final

Corofin	1-14 – 0-10	Carraroe

28 August 201617:00

Preliminary Quarter-Final

Caherlistrane	0-17 – 0-14	Moycullen

28 August 201618:00

Preliminary Quarter-Final

Míchael Breathnach	w/o – scr	N.U.I.G.

Quarter-Finals

The 3 winners from the Preliminary Quarter-Finals (along with the 5 teams who received byes) enter the Quarter-Finals.

11 September 201615:15

Quarter-Final

Cortoon Shamrocks	2-11 – 1-5	Míchael Breathnach

Referee: Gearóid O'Conamha

11 September 201615:30

Quarter-Final

Mountbellew-Moylough	0-9 – 0-9	Milltown

Referee: James Molloy

11 September 201617:15

Quarter-Final

Corofin	2-10 – 0-9	Tuam Stars

Referee: Tommy Faherty

25 September 201615:45

Quarter-Final

Salthill-Knocknacarra	2-7 – 1-5	Caherlistrane

Referee: Noel Dempsey

25 September 201614:00

Quarter-Final Replay

Mountbellew-Moylough	3-12 – 0-10	Milltown

Referee: Frank Kinneen

Semi-Finals

9 October 20162:30pm

Semi-Final

Salthill-Knocknacarra	1-11 – 0-8	Cortoon Shamrocks

Referee: Shane Hehir

9 October 20164:15pm

Semi-Final

Corofin	3-13 – 1-11	Mountbellew-Moylough

Referee: Gearoid O'Conamha

Final

23 October 2016 3:30 pm Final	Corofin	0-16 – 0-11	Salthill-Knocknacarra	Pearse Stadium Attendance: 4,463 Referee: Tommy Faherty Man of the Match: Jason Leonard
	Jason Leonard 0-9 (0-4f), Michael Lundy, Michael Farragher, Ian Burke 0-2 each, Kieran Molloy 0-1	Report	Sean Armstrong 0-6 (0-2f), Robert Finnerty 0-4 (0-3f), Tadhg Haran 0-1f

Last Eleven

Preliminary Quarter-Finals

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

Míchael Breathnach

w/o

scr

Cortoon Shamrocks

2-11

Míchael Breathnach

1-5

Cortoon Shamrocks

0-8

Caherlistrane

0-17

Salthill-Knocknacarra

1-11

0-14

Salthill-Knocknacarra

2-7

1-5

Salthill-Knocknacarra

0-11

1-14

Corofin

0-16

0-10

Corofin

2-10

0-9

Corofin

3-13

Mountbellew-Moylough

1-11

Mountbellew-Moylough

0-9
3-12

0-9
0-10

Relegation Playoffs

The 5 Round 2B losers and 5 Round 3 losers enter the Relegation Playoff.

Relegation Preliminary Round

A draw was conducted and 4 teams were chosen to play in the Relegation Preliminary Round. The 2 winners earn their place in the S.F.C. for 2017 while the losers enter the Relegation Quarter-Finals along with the 6 clubs who received byes.

27 August 201616:00

Relegation Preliminary Round

St. James'	1-16 – 1-10	Cárna-Caiseal

11 September 201613:30

Relegation Preliminary Round

Killanin	1-7 – 0-9	St. Michael's

Relegation Quarter-Finals

The 2 Relegation Preliminary Round losers enter the Relegation Quarter-Finals along with the 6 clubs who received byes. The 4 winners will earn their place in the 2017 S.F.C. while the 2 losers will enter the Relegation Semi-Finals.

10 September 201615:30

Relegation Quarter-Final

Caltra	4-10 – 1-12	Naomh Anna Leitir Móir

24 September 201617:00

Relegation Quarter-Final

Kilconly	6-5 – 0-16	Annaghdown

25 September 20163:30pm

Relegation Quarter-Final

St. Michael's	4-14 – 3-5	Cárna-Caiseal

25 September 20165:15pm

Relegation Quarter-Final

Barna	3-11 – 2-11	Killererin

Relegation Semi-Finals

The 4 Relegation Quarter-Final losers play against each other in this round. The 2 winners will earn their place in the 2017 S.F.C. while the 2 losers will enter the Relegation Final.

8 October 20163:00pm

Relegation Semi-Final

Killererin	2-13 – 1-14	Cárna-Caiseal

15 October 20163:45pm

Relegation Semi-Final

Annaghdown	0-15 – 0-12	Naomh Anna Leitir Móir

Relegation Final

The winner will earn their place in the 2017 S.F.C. while the loser will be relegated to the Intermediate grade.

12 November 20162:30pm

Relegation Final

Naomh Anna Leitir Móir	1-13 – 2-8	Cárna-Cáiseal

References

↑ "Connacht Tribune Archives". Irishnewsarchive.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

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