2016 Connacht Senior Football Championship

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]

2016 Connacht SFC
Tournament details
Year2016
Winners
ChampionsGalway (45th win)
ManagerKevin Walsh
CaptainGary O'Donnell
Runners-up
Runners-upRoscommon
ManagerKevin McStay
Fergal O'Donnell
CaptainCiarán Murtagh

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
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)
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)

Quarter-Finals
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)
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
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)
Attendance: 8,338
Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
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
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)
Attendance: 24,324
Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)
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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