2016 Down county football team season

The following is a summary of Down county football team's 2016 season. It was a first season in charge for newly appointed Down manager Éamonn Burns.

Down county football team

2016 season
Manager	Éamonn Burns
Stadium	Páirc Esler, Newry
NFL D1	8th (relegated)
All-Ireland SFC	Round 1 qualifier
Ulster SFC	Quarter-finalist
Dr McKenna Cup	Group stage (2nd)

Kits

Home

Away

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed/Cancelled

Dr McKenna Cup

Fixtures

Date	Round	Home	Score	Away	Ground
3 Jan	Group	Donegal	1-11 v 0-11	Down	MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey
10 Jan	Group	Down	0-08 v 0-14	Fermanagh	Páirc Esler, Newry
13 Jan	Group	Down	3-20 v 2-14	St Mary's	Páirc Esler, Newry

Table

  Qualification for next round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Fermanagh	3	3	0	0	1-39	0-30	12	6
Down	3	1	0	2	3-39	3-39	0	2
St Mary's	3	1	0	2	4-34	4-41	-7	2
Donegal	3	1	0	2	1-17	2-29	-15	2

National Football League Division 1

Main article: 2016 National Football League (Ireland)

Down played in Division One of the National Football League in 2016. The fixtures were announced on 16 November 2015.

Fixtures

Date	Round	Home	Score	Away	Ground
30 Jan	Group	Down	0-07 v 3-15	Donegal	Páirc Esler, Newry
7 Feb	Group	Monaghan	0-13 v 0-11	Down	St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
28 Feb	Group	Down	0-06 v 0-22	Kerry	Páirc Esler, Newry
6 Mar	Group	Roscommon	1-12 v 0-06	Down	Pearse Park, Longford
12 Mar	Group	Down	1-07 v 1-15	Dublin	Páirc Esler, Newry
27 Mar	Group	Cork	0-12 v 0-07	Down	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
3 Apr	Group	Mayo	1-19 v 1-16	Down	MacHale Park, Castlebar

Table

  Compete in Division 1 semi-finals
  Automatic relegation to Division 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Dublin	7	7	0	0	8-91	4-75	28	14
Kerry	7	5	0	2	5-109	5-77	32	10
Roscommon	7	4	0	3	9-98	8-77	24	8
Donegal	7	3	0	4	8-84	6-78	12	6
Mayo	7	3	0	4	5-88	7-91	-9	6
Monaghan	7	3	0	4	6-83	7-91	-11	6
Cork	7	3	0	4	9-89	9-105	-16	6
Down	7	0	0	7	2-60	6-108	-60	0

¹Donegal, Mayo, Monaghan and Cork are ranked by scoring difference.

Results

30/01/16 Round 1	Down	0-7 - 3-15	Donegal	Páirc Esler, Newry Referee: David Gough (Meath)
	D O'Hare (0-4), A McConville (0-2), C McGovern (0-1)	Report	M Murphy (0-8), P McBrearty (1-3), R McHugh (2-0), L McLoone (0-2), C Thompson (0-1), F McGlynn (0-1)

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07/02/16 Round 2	Monaghan	0-13 - 0-11	Down	St Tiernach's Park, Clones Referee: C Reilly
	C McManus (0-2), O Duffy (0-2), R McAnespie (0-2), S Carey (0-2), D Malone (0-1), D McKenna (0-1), F Kelly (0-1), R Beggan (0-1), T Kerr (0-1)	Report	C Harrison (0-4), D O'Hanlon (0-3), S McArdle (0-2), M McKay (0-1), P Downey (0-1)

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28/02/16 Round 3	Down	0-6 - 0-22	Kerry	Páirc Esler, Newry Referee: M Duffy
	B O'Hagan (0-2), C Harrison (0-2), C Maginn (0-1), R Mallon (0-1)	Report	B Sheehan (0-6), D O'Sullivan (0-4), A Fitzgerald (0-3), BJ Keane (0-3), C Cooper (0-3), B O'Sullivan (0-2), S O'Brien (0-1)

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06/03/16 Round 4	Roscommon	1-12 - 0-6	Down	Pearse Park, Longford Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry)
	C Murtagh (1-6), F Cregg (0-3), C Daly (0-2), C Cregg (0-1)	Report	C Harrison (0-2), B O'Hagan (0-1), D O'Hanlon (0-1), M Poland (0-1), P Devlin (0-1)

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12/03/16 Round 5	Down	1-7 - 1-15	Dublin	Páirc Esler, Newry Referee: D O'Mahoney
	D O'Hare (1-2), J Murphy (0-2), D O'Hanlon (0-1), M McKay (0-1), P Devlin (0-1)	Report	C Costello (1-4), D Rock (0-3), C Kilkenny (0-2), K McManamon (0-2), P Flynn (0-2), J Cooper (0-1), P Andrews (0-1)

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27/03/16 Round 6	Cork	0-12 - 0-7	Down	Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone)
	C O'Neill (0-4), L Connolly (0-3), M Collins (0-3), P Kerrigan (0-2)	Report	D O'Hare (0-3), C McGovern (0-1), D O'Hanlon (0-1), M Cunningham (0-1), M Poland (0-1)

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03/04/16 Round 7	Mayo	1-19 - 1-16	Down	MacHale Park, Castlebar Attendance: 8,352 Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
	E Regan (0-9), C O'Connor (1-4), A Freeman (0-2), A Moran (0-1), A O'Shea (0-1), C Barrett (0-1), J Doherty (0-1)	Report	D O'Hare (1-5), M Cunningham (0-2), S Dornan (0-2), D McKibbon (0-1), D O'Hanlon (0-1), K McKernan (0-1), M Poland (0-1), P Devlin (0-1), P Turley (0-1), R Mallon (0-1)

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Ulster Senior Football Championship

Main article: 2016 Ulster Senior Football Championship

The draw for the 2016 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on 15 October 2015.

Fixtures

Date	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Ground
Sunday 5 June 2016	Quarter Final	Monaghan	2-22 v 0-09	Down	St Tiernach's Park, Clones

Bracket

	Preliminary round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
						Derry		0-12
						Tyrone		3-14
											Tyrone (R)		0-16 5-18
											Cavan (R)		3-07 2-17
						Cavan		2-16
						Armagh		0-14
																Tyrone		0-13
																Donegal		0-11
						Monaghan		2-22
						Down		0-09
											Monaghan (R)		0-14 2-10
											Donegal (R)		1-11 0-17
						Donegal		2-12
	Fermanagh		1-12			Fermanagh		0-11
	Antrim		0-9

Results

5 June 2016

14:00

Quarter-Final

Monaghan	2-22 – 0-09	Down
C McManus (0-8), K Hughes (1-2), O Duffy (1-0), R Beggan (0-3), C McCarthy, D McKenna (0-2 each), S Carey, D Clerkin, D Malone, R McAnespie, K O’Connell (0-1 each)	Report	D O'Hare (0-3), C Maginn, D O'Hanlon (0-2 each), B O’Hagan, M Poland (0-1 each)

St Tiernach's Park, Clones

Attendance: 12,782

Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Main article: 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Fixtures

Date	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Ground
25 June 2016	Round 1B	Down	3-17 v 2-24	Longford	Páirc Esler, Newry

Results

25 June 2016

2.00 PM

Round 1B

Down	3-17 – 2-24 (AET)	Longford
Donal O'Hare 2-9 (0-8f), Conor Maginn 1-1, Ryan Mallon 0-4, Barry O'Hagan, S Dornan, Mark Poland 0-1 each.	Report	Brian Kavanagh 0-6 (0-5f), Michael Quinn, Robbie Smyth (0-1f) 0-4 each, Seamus Hannon 1-1, James McGivney, Diarmuid Masterson 0-3 each, Mark Hughes 1-0, Barry McKeon 0-2, D Reynolds 0-1.

Pairc Esler, Newry

Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry)

Notable events

• On Thursday 5 November 2015, Down appointed Éamonn Burns as new football manager.