2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 128th edition of the GAA's premier inter-county Gaelic football since its establishment in 1887. 33 teams took part − 31 counties of Ireland (excluding Kilkenny), London and New York.

2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Championship details
Dates3 May — 20 September 2015
Teams33
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamDublin (25th win)
CaptainStephen Cluxton
ManagerJim Gavin
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamKerry
CaptainKieran Donaghy
ManagerÉamonn Fitzmaurice
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterDublin
UlsterMonaghan
ConnachtMayo
Championship statistics
No. matches played62
Top Scorer Cillian O'Connor (3-34)
Player of the Year Jack McCaffrey
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Dublin v. Fermanagh, All-Ireland quarter-final, Croke Park, 2 August 2015

Dublin dethroned defending champions Kerry in the final, winning by 0-12 to 0-9.[1][2]

Teams

A total of 33 teams contested the championship – 31 teams from Ireland plus London and New York. As in previous years, Kilkenny footballers did not field a team. New York does not participate in the qualifiers.

Format

Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster organise four provincial championships on a knock-out basis. All the teams beaten in the provincial matches (except New York) enter the All-Ireland Qualifiers in rounds 1, 2 and 4. The qualifier matches are knock-out and eventually result in four teams who play in the All-Ireland Quarter-Finals against the four provincial winners. From the quarter-finals onwards the competition is entirely knock-out.

Broadcasting

RTÉ, the national broadcaster in Ireland provided live television coverage of the championship. In the second year of a deal running from 2014 until 2016, a number of matches were also broadcast by Sky Sports, with Sky having exclusive rights to some games.[3][4]

Australia's terrestrial Seven Network announced it would not broadcast Gaelic games following its coverage of the 2014 Championship.[5]

As in the 2014 season, the GAA and RTÉ provided a streaming service called GAAGO intended to stream championship games worldwide.[6] The subscription-based service was available to fans everywhere in the world outside of the island of Ireland, including all the games broadcast in Ireland exclusively by Sky Sports.[7] All televised games from the football and hurling championships, as broadcast by both RTÉ and Sky were be available to watch on GAAGO.[8]

Stadia and locations
Team Location Stadium Stadium capacity
Antrim Belfast Casement Park 32,500
Armagh Armagh Athletic Grounds 19,500
Carlow Carlow Dr. Cullen Park 21,000
Cavan Cavan Kingspan Breffni Park 32,000
Clare Ennis Cusack Park 14,864
Cork Cork Páirc Uí Chaoimh 43,550
Derry Derry Celtic Park 22,000
Donegal Ballybofey MacCumhaill Park 18,000
Down Newry Páirc Esler 20,000
Dublin Dublin Parnell Park 13,500
Fermanagh Enniskillen Brewster Park 20,000
Galway Galway
Tuam		 Pearse Stadium
St Jarlath's Park		 26,197
25,000
Kerry Killarney Fitzgerald Stadium 43,180
Kildare Newbridge St. Conleth's Park 6,200
Laois Portlaoise O'Moore Park 27,000
Leitrim Carrick-on-Shannon Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada 9,331
Limerick Limerick Gaelic Grounds 49,866
London Ruislip Emerald GAA Grounds 5,000
Longford Longford Pearse Park 10,000
Louth Drogheda Drogheda Park 7,000
Mayo Castlebar MacHale Park 42,000
Meath Navan Páirc Tailteann 10,000
Monaghan Clones St. Tiernach's Park 36,000
New York Kingsbridge Gaelic Park 2,000
Offaly Tullamore O'Connor Park 20,000
Roscommon Roscommon Dr. Hyde Park 25,000
Sligo Sligo Markievicz Park 18,558
Tipperary Thurles Semple Stadium 53,500
Tyrone Omagh Healy Park 26,500
Waterford Waterford Walsh Park 17,000
Westmeath Mullingar Cusack Park 11,000
Wexford Wexford Wexford Park 20,000
Wicklow Aughrim Aughrim County Ground 10,000

Fixtures and results

Connacht Senior Football Championship
Preliminary Round Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Connacht Final
     
        London 0-10  
        Roscommon 1-14  
          Roscommon 0-13  
          Sligo 1-14  
             
             
          Sligo 2-11
New York 0-08       Mayo 6-25
Galway 2-18     Galway 1-13  
        Leitrim 0-08  
          Galway 2-08  
          Mayo 1-15  
                 
                 
     
Final
Sligo 2-11 – 6-25 Mayo
M Breheny (0-4), P Hughes, B Egan (1-0 each), A Marren (0-3), C Breheny, N Murphy, N Ewing, E McHugh (0-1 each) Report A O’Shea (3-4), C O’Connor (1-7), D O'Connor (0-4), L Keegan, S O’Shea (1-0 each), J Doherty (0-3), M Ronaldson, D Vaughan (0-2 each); P Durcan, B Moran and A Dillon (0-1 each).
Attendance: 23,149
Referee: P. O'Sullivan (Kerry)

Leinster Senior Football Championship
Preliminary Round Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Leinster Final
Offaly 0-13  
Longford 0-16     Longford 0-10  
        Dublin 4-25  
          Dublin 5-18  
Laois 3-16       Kildare 0-14  
Carlow 0-08     Laois 0-16 1-11  
        Kildare 0-16 3-18  
          Dublin 2-13
Louth 0-16       Westmeath 0-06
Westmeath 3-14     Westmeath 1-21  
        Wexford 0-15  
          Westmeath 3-19  
          Meath 2-18  
        Wicklow 3-12      
        Meath 2-19      
     
Final
Dublin 2-13 – 0-06 Westmeath
B Brogan (1-1), J McCaffrey (1-0), D Connolly, C Kilkenny (0-3 each), D Rock (0-2), P McMahon, J McCarthy, MD Macauley, A Brogan (0-1 each) Report J Heslin (0-3), K Martin (0-2), F Boyle (0-1)
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Joe Mc Quillan (Cavan)

Munster Senior Football Championship
Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Munster Final
Clare 0-15  
Limerick 0-13     Clare 1-08  
        Cork 1-20  
          Cork
(R)		 3-12
1-6
          Kerry
(R)		 2-15
1-11
        Kerry 2-14
Waterford 0-05     Tipperary 2-08    
Tipperary 1-24  
Final
Kerry 2-15 – 3-12 Cork
J O’Donoghue (1-2), B Sheehan (0-4), BJ Keane (0-3), K Donaghy (1-0), J Buckley, D Walsh, C Cooper, P Geaney, A Maher, F Fitzgerald (0-1 each) Report C O’Neill (1-6), D O’Connor (1-3), Ba O’Driscoll (1-1), K O’Driscoll (0-2)
Attendance: 35,651
Referee: P. Hughes (Armagh)
Final Replay
Kerry 1-11 – 1-06 Cork
P Geaney (1-3), B Sheehan (0-5), J O'Donoghue, D Walsh, J Lyne (0-1 each) Report P Kerrigan (1-0), C O'Neill (0-3), K O'Driscoll, D O'Connor, Br O'Driscoll (0-1 each)
Attendance: 32,233
Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)

Ulster Senior Football Championship
Preliminary Round Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Ulster Final
     
        Cavan 0-15  
        Monaghan 0-16  
          Monaghan 1-20  
          Fermanagh 0-13  
        Fermanagh 1-13  
        Antrim 0-08  
          Monaghan 0-11
          Donegal 0-10
        Derry 0-12  
        Down 0-11  
          Derry 0-10  
          Donegal 1-09  
        Armagh 0-08      
Donegal 1-13     Donegal 2-11      
Tyrone 1-10  
Final
Monaghan 0-11 – 0-10 Donegal
C McManus (0-6, 3 frees); K O'Connell, O Duffy, K Duffy, D Mone, O Lennon (0-1 each). Report P McBrearty (0-6, 4 frees); M Murphy (0-2, frees); K Lacey, F McGlynn (0-1 each).
St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
Attendance: 31,977
Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)

All-Ireland Qualifiers

A and B Teams

An A and B system for the qualifying draws was introduced in 2014 and continued in 2015. The teams were designated as A or B depending on which half of their provincial championships they were initially drawn to play in. Typically the provincial draws are not seeded resulting in random A and B team designations.

In all qualifier rounds A teams play A teams and B teams play B teams. Usually the A teams complete their provincial games before the B teams which allows the A qualifier games to be scheduled a week before the B qualifier games.

Round 1

The first round consists of all teams that fail to reach their provincial semi-finals with the exception of New York. 16 teams in total take part.

In round 1 four A teams play four A teams and four B teams play four B teams. The eight round 1 winners played the eight beaten provincial semi-finalists in round 2 of the qualifiers.

The following teams took part in this round:

Round 1A
London 0-11 – 2-22 Cavan
L Mulvey (0-6), A O'Hara (0-3), C Mackey, D McGreevy (0-1 each) Report G McKiernan (1-6), D McVeety (1-2), N McDermott (0-5), T Corr (0-3), N Murray, E Reilly, C Mackey, M McKeever, M Reilly, R Galligan (0-1 each)
Emerald GAA Grounds, Ruislip
Referee: Patrick Neilan (Roscommon)
Round 1A
Waterford 1-07 – 1-20 Offaly
J Veale (1-1), M Ferncombe (0-2), P Hurney, J Hutchinson, L Lawlor, T Prendergast (0-1 each) Report N Dunne (0-8), A Sullivan (1-1), G Guilfoyle (0-3), B Allen (0-2), P Cunningham, C McNamee, J Moloney, W Mulhall, J O'Connor (0-1 each)
Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford)
Round 1A
Laois 1-16 – 2-15 Antrim
D Kingston (0-7), R Munnelly (0-4), P Kingston (1-0), D Strong (0-2), N Donoher, E O’Carroll , J O’Loughlin (0-1 each) Report R Murray (1-4), M Pollock (0-5), P McBride (0-2), O Gallagher, B Hasson, C Kerr, C Murray (0-1 each)
Referee: Derek O'Mahoney (Tipperary)
Round 1A
Longford 2-15 – 1-08 Carlow
B Kavanagh (0-7), L Connerton (1-2), D Reynolds (1-1), D Masterson (0-2), F Battrim, R McEntire, M Quinn (0-1 each) Report D Roberts (1-0), B Murphy (0-3), D Bambrick, M Meaney, E Ruth, D St Ledger (0-1 each)
Referee: David Gough (Meath)
Round 1B
Armagh 2-17 – 2-07 Wicklow
J Clarke (2-4), E Rafferty (0-4), M McKenna (0-3), A Murnin, C Rafferty (0-2 each), S Campbell, A Forker (0-1 each) Report P Cronin (0-4), J McGrath, J Stafford (1-0 each), D Hayden, C Hyland, C McGraynor (0-1 each)
Attendance: 6,083
Referee: Eddie Kinsella (Laois)
Round 1B
Wexford 2-16 – 2-11 Down
C Lyng (0-6), T Rossiter (1-1), N Rossiter (1-0), B Brosnan (0-3), M O’Regan (0-3), K Butler, G Molloy, K O’Grady (0-1 each) Report J Johnston (1-1), A McConville (1-0), D O’Hare (0-3), C Laverty, C Mooney, M Poland (0-2 each), P Devlin (0-1)
Referee: Marty Duffy (Sligo)
Round 1B
Louth 1-17 – 0-11 Leitrim
C Grimes (1-1), J Califf, R Holcroft, P Smith (0-3 each), R Burns (0-2), D Byrne, B Duffy, T Durnin, C Judge, D Maguire (0-1 each) Report K Conlan (0-5), F Clancy (0-4), D Beck, A McLoughlin (0-1 each)
Referee: Ciaran Branagan (Down)
Round 1B
Tyrone 1-14 – 0-08 Limerick
C McAliskey (0-6), P Harte (1-0), S Cavanagh (0-2), M Bradley, R Brennan, M Donnelly, T McCann, D McCurry, R O'Neill (0-1 each) Report I Ryan (0-2), R Browne, S Buckley, G Hegarty, K Moore, B Scanlon, C Sheehan (0-1 each)
Attendance: 5,225
Referee: Patrick Neilan (Roscommon)

Round 2

In the second round of the qualifiers the eight winning teams from Round 1A and Round 1B played the eight beaten provincial semi-finalists. The round 2 draw was unrestricted − if two teams have played each other in a provincial match they can be drawn to meet again. The eight winners of these matches play each other in Round 3.

Round 2A
Offaly 1-13 – 1-15 Kildare
W Mulhall 0-4(3f); P Cunningham 1-1; N Darby 0-2(fs); A Sullivan 0-2; C McNamee 0-1; B Allen 0-1; N Dunne 0-1; N McNamee 0-1 Report E O’Flaherty 1-7(4f); A Smith 0-3; E Bolton 0-2; C McNally 0-1; E Callaghan 0-1; N Kelly 0-1
Referee: C. Lane (Cork)
Round 2A
Clare 1-12 – 2-12 Longford
D Tubridy 0-5 (4f), D Ryan 1-1, E Cleary 0-2 (1f), G Brennan 0-2 (1f), P Burke 0-1, Sean Collins 0-1 Report B Kavanagh 1-5 (1-0 pen, 4f), D Reynolds 1-1, L Connerton 0-2, R Connor 0-2, M Quinn 0-1, D Masterson 0-1.
Referee: A. Nolan (Wicklow)
Round 2A
Cavan 1-16 – 3-17 Roscommon
M Reilly 1-3, C Mackey 0-3 (1f), B Reilly 0-3 (2f), N Murray 0-2, N McDermott 0-1 (1f), G McKiernan 0-1, M Argue 0-1, T Hayes 0-1, M Dunne 0-1 Report E Smith 2-1, C Cregg 1-1, D Shine 0-3 (2f), U Harney 0-3, C Murtagh 0-3 (1f), D Murtagh 0-3, C Daly 0-2, D Smith 0-1 (1 '45')
Referee: David Gough (Meath)
Round 2A
Fermanagh 1-21 – 0-11 Antrim
S Quigley 0-14 (6f, 2 '45s'), M O'Brien 1-0, N Cassidy, P McCusker, T Corrigan, B Mulrone, C Jones, D Kille, S McManus 0-1 each Report CJ McGourty 0-3 (1f), M Pollock 0-3 (2f), N McKeever, M Sweeney, J Crozier, O Gallagher 0-1 each, C Kerr 0-1 (a '45')
Referee: B. Cassidy (Derry)
Round 2B
Derry 1-16 – 0-10 Wexford
M Lynch 0-6 (0-5f), C O'Boyle 0-3, B Heron 0-2 (0-1f), L McGoldrick 0-1, E Lynn 0-1, E Bradley 0-1 (0-1f), C McAtamney 0-1, D Heavron 0-1. Report A Flynn 0-1, B Malone 1-0 (OG), B Brosnan 0-3 (0-3f), C Lynch 0-5 (0-3f), E Nolan 0-1.
Owenbeg GAA, Dungiven
Referee: F. Kelly (Longford)
Round 2B
Tipperary 3-21 – 0-07 Louth
K O’Halloran 0-7 (4f, 2 45s), C Sweeney 1-2 (1-0 pen, 0-1f), C O’Riordan 1-1, G Mulhair 1-0, P Acheson, M Quinlivan, P Austin 0-2 each, S Kennedy, L Casey, J Lonergan, B Fox, B Grogan (f) 0-1 each. Report D Byrne, R Burns (1f) 0-2 each, P Smith, R Holdcroft 0-1 each, C Judge 0-1 (1f).
Referee: R. Hickey (Clare)
Round 2B
Tyrone 1-10 – 0-11 Meath
R McNabb (0-01), P Harte (1-01, 1-0 pen), M Bradley (0-03, 1f), S Cavanagh (0-02), C McAliskey (0-01, f), D McCurry (0-01), T McCann (0-01) Report D Tobin (0-01), D Keogan (0-01), B Menton (0-01), G Reilly (0-03), M Newman (0-02, 2f), B McMahon (0-01)
Attendance: 6,895
Referee: C. Branagan (Down)
Round 2B
Armagh 0-12 – 1-12 Galway
J Morgan (0-01), E Rafferty (0-03, 2f), A Forker (0-02, 1f), M McKenna (0-02), A Murnin (0-01), J Clarke (0-01), M Shields (0-01), T Kernan (0-01) Report L Silke (0-01), G Sice (0-03, 2f), P Conroy (0-04, 4f), P Og O Griofa (0-01), D Comer (1-02), D Cummins (0-01)
Referee: David Gough (Meath)

Round 3

In the third round of the qualifiers winning teams from round 2A played against winning teams from round 2A and winning teams from round 2B played against winning teams from round 2B. Round 3 rules do not allow two teams that have played each other in a provincial match to meet again. The four winners of these matches play the four beaten provincial finalists in Round 4.

Round 3A
Longford 0-11 – 2-24 Kildare
R McEntire 0-1, D Reynolds 0-1, R Connor 0-1, B Kavanagh 0-7 (5fs), L Connerton 0-1 Report M Donnellan 0-2(45s), O Lyons 0-1, E Bolton 0-1, P Cribbin 0-4, P O’Neill 0-2, E O’Flaherty 0-5(4fs), C McNally 0-1, N Kelly 0-2, A Smith 1-1, E Callaghan 1-1, M Sherry 0-1, M Conway 0-3(fs)
Cusack Park, Mullingar
Referee: D. O'Mahoney (Tipperary)
Round 3A
Fermanagh 1-14 – 0-16 Roscommon
N Cassidy (0-02), B Mulrone (0-01); T Corrigan (0-05), S Quigley (1-03), R Jones (0-01), R Corrigan (0-01), D Kelly (0-01) Report D Shine (0-05), K Higgins (0-01), C Cregg (0-04), U Harney (0-03), C Murtagh (0-03)
Referee: C. Reilly (Meath)
Round 3B
Tipperary 0-07 – 0-19 Tyrone
K O'Halloran 0-5, M Quinlivan 0-1, R Kiely 0-1 Report D McCurry 0-5, C McAliskey 0-5, M Donnelly 0-3, S Cavanagh 0-3, P Harte 0-2, C McCann 0-1
Attendance: 4,620
Referee: David Gough (Meath)
Round 3B
Galway 1-11 – 0-08 Derry
G Sice 0-7, D Cummins 1-0, P Conroy 0-2, G Bradshaw 0-1, G O'Donnell 0-1 Report D Heavron 0-3, B Heron 0-2, E Bradley 0-1, C O'Boyle 0-1, N Forrester 0-1.
Referee: C. Lane (Cork)

Round 4

In the fourth round of the qualifiers, the four winning teams of Round 3A and Round 3B play the four provincial beaten finalists.[9] Round 4 rules do not allow two teams that have played each other in a provincial match to meet again if such a pairing can be avoided. The four winners of these matches played the provincial winners in the All-Ireland Quarter-Finals.

Round 4A
Westmeath 0-07 – 1-13 Fermanagh
J. Connellan 0-4, Shane Dempsey 0-1, D. Glennon 0-1, R. Connellan 0-1 Report T. Corrigan 1-7, S. Quigley 0-2, D. McCusker 0-1, N. Cassidy 0-1, D. McCusker 0-1, Damien Kelly 0-1
Referee: P. Hughes (Armagh)
Round 4A
Cork 1-13 – 1-21 Kildare
C O’Neill 1-4; D O’Connor 0-5; Brian O’Driscoll, M Collins, P Kerrigan, B Hurley 0-1 each Report N Kelly 1-4; E O’Flaherty 0-5; P Fogarty 0-3; A Smith, P O’Neill, M Donnellan 0-2 each; O Lyons, P O’Neill, C McNally 0-1 each
Referee: M. Duffy (Sligo)
Round 4B
Sligo 0-14 – 0-21 Tyrone
M Breheny 0-6 (3f), P Hughes 0-3, A Marren 0-2 (2f), D Kelly 0-1, C Breheny 0-1, N Murphy 0-1 Report D McCurry 0-8 (4f, 1 '45'), S Cavanagh 0-3, M Donnelly 0-3, M Bradley 0-2, C McAliskey 0-1, R Brennan 0-1, N Morgan 0-1 (1f), C Cavanagh 0-1, P Harte 0-1
Referee: R. Hickey (Clare)
Round 4B
Donegal 3-12 – 0-11 Galway
P McBrearty 1-1, C McFadden 0-4 (1f), R McHugh 1-0, C Toye 1-0, O MacNiallais 0-3, M Murphy 0-3 (2f), L McLoone 0-1 Report G Sice 0-5 (5f), D Cummins 0-1, T Flynn 0-1, A Varley 0-1, P Conroy 0-1, S Walsh 0-1, D Comer 0-1 (1f)
Referee: Eddie Kinsella (Laois)

All-Ireland Knockout

(D) = Draw (R) = Replay

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
2 August 2015– Croke Park
 
 
 Kerry7-16
 
23 August 2015 – Croke Park
 
 Kildare0-10
 
 Kerry0-18
 
8 August 2015– Croke Park
 
 Tyrone1-11
 
 Monaghan0-14
 
20 September 2015– Croke Park
 
 Tyrone0-18
 
 Kerry0-09
 
2 August 2015 – Croke Park
 
 Dublin0-12
 
 Dublin2-23
 
30 Aug (D) / 5 Sep 2015 (R)– Croke Park
 
 Fermanagh2-15
 
 Dublin 2-12 (D) 3-15 (R)
 
8 August 2015 – Croke Park
 
 Mayo 1-15 (D)1-14 (R)
 
 Mayo2-13
 
 
 Donegal0-11
 

Quarter-Finals

The four provincial champions play the winners from Round 4 of the qualifiers. If one of the provincial champions has already met one of the qualifiers in an earlier match then those two teams cannot be drawn together.

Quarter-Final
Kerry 7-16 – 0-10 Kildare
C Cooper 2-3 (1f), D O'Sullivan 2-1, S O'Brien 1-4, BJ Keane 1-3, D Walsh 1-0, J O'Donoghue 0-3 (1f), P Geaney 0-2 Report N Kelly 0-2, A Smith 0-2, P O'Neill 0-2, E Doyle 0-1, E O'Flaherty 0-1, O Lyons 0-1, F Dowling 0-1
Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)
Quarter-Final
Dublin 2-23 – 2-15 Fermanagh
B Brogan 1-6; D Rock 0-7 (2f, 1 ’45’), C Kilkenny 0-3; P Andrews 0-3, P Flynn 1-1, D Connolly 0-2, B Fenton 0-1 Report S Quigley 1-8 (4f), T Corrigan 1-2 (1f), B Mulrone 0-3, C Jones 0-2
Referee: P. O'Sullivan (Kerry)
Quarter-Final
Monaghan 0-14 – 0-18 Tyrone
C McManus 0-7 (0-5f), O Duffy 0-2, D Hughes, D Mone, F Kelly, D Clerkin, P Finlay (0-1f) 0-1. Report D McCurry 0-6 (0-3f, 0-1 45), C McAliskey 0-5 (0-4f), M Donnelly 0-2, Joe McMahon, P Harte, S Cavanagh, R McNabb, R McNamee 0-1.
Referee: Marty Duffy (Sligo)
Quarter-Final
Mayo 2-13 – 0-11 Donegal
Lee Keegan 1-2, Aidan O'Shea 1-0, Jason Doherty 0-3, Cillian O'Connor 0-3 (0-2f), Kevin McLoughlin 0-2, Keith Higgins 0-1, A Freeman 0-1, A Moran 0-1. Report Michael Murphy 0-8 (0-5f), Christy Toye 0-1, Leo McLoone 0-1, Anthony Thompson 0-1.
Referee: David Gough (Meath)

Semi-Finals

There is no draw for the semi-finals[10] as the fixtures are pre-determined on a three yearly rotation. This rotation ensures that a provinces's champions play the champions of all the other provinces once every three years in the semi-finals if they each win their quarter-finals. If a qualifier team beats a provincial winner in a quarter-final, the qualifier team takes that provincial winner's place in the semi-final.

Semi-Final
Kerry 0-18 – 1-11 Tyrone
James O'Donoghue 0-4 (0-3f, 1 '45), Johnny Buckley and Paul Geaney (0-1f) 0-3 each, Stephen O'Brien and Colm Cooper (0-1f) 0-2 each, Anthony Maher, Donnchadh Walsh, Kieran Donaghy, Barry John Keane 0-1 each Report Peter Harte 1-0 pen, Darren McCurry 0-3 (0-1f), Mark Bradley and Conor McAliskey 0-2 each, Niall Morgan (0-1f), Ronan McNabb, Colm Cavanagh, Mattie Donnelly 0-1 ech
Attendance: 53,044
Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)
30 August
3.30PM
Semi-Final		 Dublin 2-12 – 1-15 Mayo Croke Park
Attendance: 82,300
Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
Diarmuid Connolly 1-2 (1-0 pen, 0-1f), Kevin McManamon 1-1, Ciaran Kilkenny 0-3, Paddy Andrews and Bernard Brogan 0-2 each, Jack McCaffrey and Alan Brogan 0-1 each Report Cillian O’Connor 1-9 (1-0 pen, 0-8f, 1 '45), Andy Moran 0-2, Keith Higgins, Lee Keegan, Diarmuid O’Connor, Alan Freeman 0-1 each
5 September
5.00PM
Semi-Final Replay		 Dublin 3-15 – 1-14 Mayo Croke Park
Attendance: 82,300
Referee: Eddie Kinsella (Laois)
Philly McMahon 1-2, Paddy Andrews 0-5, Bernard Brogan and Kevin McManamon 1-1 each, Ciaran Kilkenny and Dean Rock (0-2f) 0-2 each, James McCarthy and Brian Fenton 0-1 each Report Cillian O'Connor 1-6 (0-5f), Diarmuid O'Connor 0-2, Lee Keegan, Barry Moran, Aidan O’Shea, Kevin McLoughlin, Patrick Durcan, Andy Moran (0-1f) 0-1 each

Final
Main article: 2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
20 September
3.30 p.m.
Final		 Kerry 0-9 – 0-12 Dublin Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 82,300
Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)
Man of the Match: Brian Fenton
J O'Donoghue 0-3, D O'Sullivan 0-2, P Geaney 0-2, J Lyne 0-1, B Sheehan 0-1 (1f). Report P Flynn 0-2, B Brogan 0-2 (1f), D Rock 0-2 (2f), B Fenton 0-1, S Cluxton 0-1 (1f), J McCaffrey 0-1, P Andrews 0-1, P McMahon 0-1, A Brogan 0-1

Championship statistics
  • All scores correct as of September 20, 2015[11]

Scoring
  • First goal of the championship:
    • Shane Walsh for Galway against New York (3 May 2015)
  • Widest winning margin: 27 points
  • Most goals in a match: 8
  • Most points in a match: 38
  • Most goals by one team in a match: 7
  • Highest aggregate score: 60
  • Lowest aggregate score: 21
  • Most goals scored by a losing team: 3

Top scorers
Overall
Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average
1 Cillian O'Connor Mayo 3-34 43 5 8.60
2 Seán Quigley Fermanagh 2-36 42 6 7.50
3 Bernard Brogan Dublin 6-21 39 7 5.57
4 Eoghan O'Flaherty Kildare 2-31 37 7 5.29
5 Brian Kavanagh Longford 1-29 32 5 6.40
6 John Heslin Westmeath 1-26 29 4 7.25
Conor McManus Monaghan 1-26 29 4 7.25
Dean Rock Dublin 2-23 29 7 4.14
9 Donie Kingston Laois 2-22 28 4 7.00
10 Darren McCurry Tyrone 1-24 27 7 3.86
11 Tomás Corrigan Fermanagh 2-18 24 6 4.00
Colm O'Neill Cork 2-18 24 4 6.00
13 Connor McAliskey Tyrone 0-23 23 7 3.29
Michael Murphy Donegal 0-23 23 6 3.83
15 Diarmuid Connolly Dublin 4-10 22 7 3.14
16 Gary Sice Galway 1-18 21 6 3.50
17 Donncha O'Connor Cork 2-14 20 4 5.00
18 Ciarán Lyng Wexford 0-19 19 3 6.33
Single game
Rank Player County Tally Total Opposition
1 Seán Quigley Fermanagh 0-14 14 Antrim
2 Aidan O'Shea Mayo 3-04 13 Sligo
3 Cillian O'Connor Mayo 1-09 12 Dublin
Andrew Tormey Meath 1-09 12 Wicklow
John Heslin Westmeath 1-09 12 Meath
6 Seán Quigley Fermanagh 1-08 11 Dublin
7 Tomás Corrigan Fermanagh 1-07 10 Cork
Cillian O'Connor Mayo 1-07 10 Sligo
Eoghan O'Flaherty Kildare 1-07 10 Offaly
Gearóid McKiernan Cavan 1-07 10 London
Adrian Marren Sligo 1-07 10 Roscommon
Jamie Clarke Armagh 2-04 10 Wicklow
13 John Heslin Westmeath 0-09 9 Louth
Cillian O'Connor Mayo 0-09 9 Galway
Cillian O'Connor Mayo 1-06 9 Dublin
Conor McManus Monaghan 1-06 9 Fermanagh
Bernard Brogan Dublin 1-06 9 Longford
Bernard Brogan Dublin 1-06 9 Fermanagh
Colm O'Neill Cork 1-06 9 Kerry
Dean Rock Dublin 1-06 9 Longford
Bernard Brogan Dublin 2-03 9 Kildare
Diarmuid Connolly Dublin 2-03 9 Kildare
Colm Cooper Kerry 2-03 9 Kildare
Kieran Martin Westmeath 2-03 9 Meath

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Discipline
  • First red card of the championship: Neil Gallagher for Donegal against Tyrone (17 May 2015)

Miscellaneous
  • Westmeath recorded their first ever championship win over Meath in the Leinster semi-final.
  • Tyrone met Limerick and Tipperary for the first time in championship history, with Tyrone coming out on top of both games.
  • In the old system we would have seen a Kerry vs Monaghan All Ireland semi-final.

Referee's Panel 2015
Province Referee [13] County
Ciaran Branagan Down
Barry Cassidy Derry
David Coldrick Meath
Maurice Deegan Laois
Marty Duffy Sligo
David Gough Meath
Rory Hickey Clare
Pádraig Hughes Armagh
Seán Hurson Tyrone
Fergal Kelly Longford
Eddie Kinsella Laois
Conor Lane Cork
Patrick Neilan Roscommon
Anthony Nolan Wicklow
Cormac Reilly Meath
Joe McQuillan Cavan
Pádraig O'Sullivan Kerry
Derek O'Mahoney Tipperary

Live broadcast matches

These matches were broadcast live on television in Ireland

Round RTÉ Sky Sports
Connacht Championship Mayo vs Galway
Mayo vs Sligo
Sligo vs Roscommon
Munster Championship Kerry vs Cork
Kerry vs Cork (replay)
Leinster Championship Dublin vs Longford
Westmeath vs Meath
Dublin vs Kildare
Dublin vs Westmeath
Laois vs Kildare
Ulster Championship Donegal vs Tyrone
Cavan vs Monaghan
Derry vs Down
Armagh vs Donegal
Monaghan vs Donegal
Derry vs Donegal
Qualifiers Cavan vs Roscommon Tipperary vs Tyrone
Galway vs Derry
Westmeath vs Fermanagh
Cork vs Kildare
Sligo vs Tyrone
Donegal vs Galway
Quarter-finals Kerry v Kildare
Dublin v Fermanagh
Monaghan v Tyrone
Mayo v Donegal
Semi-finals Kerry v Tyrone
Dublin v Mayo
Kerry v Tyrone
Dublin v Mayo
Final Kerry v Dublin Kerry v Dublin

Awards
Sunday Game Team of the Year

The Sunday Game team of the year was picked on 20 September, the night of the final. Dublin's Jack McCaffrey was named as the Sunday Game player of the year.[14]

  • 1. Brendan Kealy (Kerry)
  • 2. Shane Enright (Kerry)
  • 3. Rory O’Carroll (Dublin)
  • 4. Philly McMahon (Dublin)
  • 5. Lee Keegan (Mayo)
  • 6. Cian O’Sullivan (Dublin)
  • 7. Jack McCaffrey (Dublin)
  • 8. Anthony Maher (Kerry)
  • 9. Brian Fenton (Dublin)
  • 10. Mattie Donnelly (Tyrone)
  • 11. Ciaran Kilkenny (Dublin)
  • 12. Donnchadh Walsh (Kerry)
  • 13. Conor McManus (Monaghan)
  • 14. Aidan O’Shea (Mayo)
  • 15. Bernard Brogan (Dublin)
All Star Team of the Year

The All Star football team was announced on 6 November. Dublin's Jack McCaffrey was named as the All Stars Footballer of the Year with Diarmuid O'Connor of Mayo being named as the All Stars Young Footballer of the Year.[15][16]

  • 1. Brendan Kealy (Kerry)
  • 2. Shane Enright (Kerry)
  • 3. Rory O'Carroll (Dublin)
  • 4. Philly McMahon (Dublin)
  • 5. Lee Keegan (Mayo)
  • 6. Cian O'Sullivan (Dublin)
  • 7. Jack McCaffrey (Dublin)
  • 8. Brian Fenton (Dublin)
  • 9. Anthony Maher (Kerry)
  • 10. Mattie Donnelly (Tyrone)
  • 11. Ciaran Kilkenny (Dublin)
  • 12. Donnchadh Walsh (Kerry)
  • 13. Conor McManus (Monaghan)
  • 14. Aidan O'Shea (Mayo)
  • 15. Bernard Brogan (Dublin)

See also

References
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  2. "Frank Roche picks his footballer, goal, point of the year and his end-of-season awards". Irish Independent. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  3. "GAA must be cautious after reaching for Sky". Irish Independent. 1 April 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  4. "Media Rights Press Release". GAA.ie. 2 April 2014. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
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  7. "GAA and RTE Digital launch GAAGO". GAA.ie. 14 May 2014. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
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  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. "GAA Football All Ireland Senior Championship 2015 Round 1A" Archived 13 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine. GAA.ie.
  11. "Daily news". GAA. 9 September 2015. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  12. http://hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=185112
  13. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. "The Sunday Game panel have selected their football team of the year". The 42. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  15. "GAA GPA Opel Hurling All Stars 2015". Irish Independent. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  16. "GAA GPA Opel Hurling All Stars 2015". GAA.ie. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
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