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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
← 2014
2016 →
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

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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

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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

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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 available to watch on GAAGO.[8]

Stadia and locations

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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

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Connacht Senior Football Championship

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Main article: 2015 Connacht Senior Football Championship
Preliminary round Quarter-finals Semi-finals 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
Connacht 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

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Main article: 2015 Leinster Senior Football Championship
Preliminary round Quarter-finals Semi-finals 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
Leinster 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

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Main article: 2015 Munster Senior Football Championship
Quarter-finals Semi-finals 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
Munster 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

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Main article: 2015 Ulster Senior Football Championship
Preliminary round Quarter-finals Semi-finals 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
Ulster 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).
Attendance: 31,977
Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)

All-Ireland Series

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Qualifiers

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A and B teams

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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 were not seeded, resulting in random A and B team designations.

In all qualifier rounds A teams played A teams and B teams played B teams. Usually the A teams completed their provincial games before the B teams, which allowed the A qualifier games to be scheduled a week before the B qualifier games.

Round 1

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The first round consisted of all teams that failed to reach their provincial semi-finals, with the exception of New York. 16 teams in total took part.

In round 1 four A teams played four A teams and four B teams played 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)
Referee: Paddy 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: Paddy Neilan (Roscommon)

Round 2

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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 had played each other in a provincial match they could be drawn to meet again. The eight winners of these matches played 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: Conor 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: Barry 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

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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 did not allow two teams that had played each other in a provincial match to meet again. The four winners of these matches played 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)
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: Conor Lane (Cork)

Round 4

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In the fourth round of the qualifiers, the four winning teams of Round 3A and Round 3B played the four provincial beaten finalists.[9] Round 4 rules did not allow two teams that had played each other in a provincial match to meet again if such a pairing could 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

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(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

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The four provincial champions played the winners from Round 4 of the qualifiers. If one of the provincial champions had already met one of the qualifiers in an earlier match then those two teams could not 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

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There was no draw for the semi-finals[10] as the fixtures were pre-determined on a three yearly rotation. This rotation ensured that a province's champions played the champions of all the other provinces once every three years in the semi-finals if they each won their quarter-finals. If a qualifier team defeated a provincial winner in a quarter-final, the qualifier team took 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

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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

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

Scoring

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  • First goal of the championship:
  • 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

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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

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

Miscellaneous

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  • Tipperary and Waterford meet in the Munster championship for the first time since 2003.
  • 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.

Referees' Panel 2015

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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
  Paddy Neilan   Roscommon
  Anthony Nolan   Wicklow
  Cormac Reilly   Meath
  Joe McQuillan   Cavan
  Pádraig O'Sullivan   Kerry
  Derek O'Mahoney   Tipperary

Live broadcast matches

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The following 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

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The 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. Ciarán 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. Ciarán Kilkenny (Dublin)
  • 12. Donnchadh Walsh (Kerry)
  • 13. Conor McManus (Monaghan)
  • 14. Aidan O'Shea (Mayo)
  • 15. Bernard Brogan (Dublin)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Dublin grind down Kerry to win 25th All-Ireland". RTÉ Sport. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  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.
  5. ^ "Gaelic games exclusive to GAAGO.ie in 2015". Irish Echo. 28 January 2015. Archived from the original on 23 April 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  6. ^ "GAAGO launched to stream live and on-demand games worldwide". Irish Independent. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  7. ^ "GAA and RTE Digital launch GAAGO". GAA.ie. 14 May 2014. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  8. ^ "GAAGO to stream up to 45 games per year worldwide". RTÉ Sport. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  9. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2015.{{cite web}}: 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. ^ "Football and Hurling Top Scorers 2015 - HoganStand".
  13. ^ "GAA Confirms Referees' Championship Panels | Daily News | GAA News | GAA.ie". Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  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. Archived from the original on 7 September 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
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