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.
| 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 |
← 2015 2017 → | |
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 on 23 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
edit[1] The following teams have changed division since the 2015 championship season.
Round 1
editAll 20 teams enter the competition in this round. The 10 winners progress to Round 2A while the 10 losers progress to Round 2B.
Round 2
editRound 2A
editThe 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.
Round 2B
editThe 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.
Round 3
editThe 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.
Preliminary Quarter-Finals
editThe 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.
- Cortoon Shamrocks – Bye
- Milltown – Bye
- Mountbellew-Moylough – Bye
- Salthill-Knocknacarra – Bye
- Tuam Stars – Bye
Quarter-finals
editThe 3 winners from the Preliminary Quarter-Finals (along with the 5 teams who received byes) enter the quarter-finals.
Semi-finals
editFinal
edit| 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 [1] | Sean Armstrong 0-6 (0-2f), Robert Finnerty 0-4 (0-3f), Tadhg Haran 0-1f |
Last Eleven
edit| Preliminary Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Míchael Breathnach | w/o | ||||||||||||||||||
| N.U.I.G. | scr | Cortoon Shamrocks | 2-11 | ||||||||||||||||
| Míchael Breathnach | 1-5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cortoon Shamrocks | 0-8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Caherlistrane | 0-17 | Salthill-Knocknacarra | 1-11 | ||||||||||||||||
| Moycullen | 0-14 | Salthill-Knocknacarra | 2-7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Caherlistrane | 1-5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salthill-Knocknacarra | 0-11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Corofin | 1-14 | Corofin | 0-16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Carraroe | 0-10 | Corofin | 2-10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tuam Stars | 0-9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Corofin | 3-13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mountbellew-Moylough | 1-11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mountbellew-Moylough | 0-9 3-12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Milltown | 0-9 0-10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Relegation Playoffs
editThe 5 Round 2B losers and 5 Round 3 losers enter the Relegation Playoff.
Relegation preliminary round
editA 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.
Relegation Quarter-Finals
editThe 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.
Relegation Semi-Finals
editThe 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.
Relegation Final
editThe winner will earn their place in the 2017 S.F.C. while the loser will be relegated to the Intermediate grade.
References
edit- ^ "Connacht Tribune Archives". Irishnewsarchive.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.