2016 Kerry Senior Football Championship

The 2016 Kerry Senior Football Championship was the 115th edition of Kerry GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior teams in County Kerry, Ireland. The tournament consists of 17 teams (8 club teams and 9 divisional teams), with the winners representing Kerry in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship if they are a club team. If the winners are a divisional team the winners of the Kerry Club Football Championship represent the county.

Kerry SFC
Season2016
ChampionsDr. Crokes
(11th S.F.C. Title)
RelegatedMilltown/Castlemaine
Munster SCFC???
All Ireland SCFC???
Winning CaptainJohnny Buckley
Man of the MatchColm Cooper
Matches played???
2015
2017

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.

On 16 October 2016, Dr. Crokes won their 16th senior football championship when defeating Kenmare District in the final at Fitzgerald Stadium on a scoreline of 2-16 to 1-12.

South Kerry were the defending champions after they defeated Killarney Legion after extra time and a replay in the 2015 final.

Austin Stacks won the 2016 senior club championship having defeated Dr. Crokes in the final.

Milltown/Castlemaine were relegated on 1 October 2016 when losing the relegation final to Kilcummin. This ended their 5-year stay at senior level while Kilcummin preserved their top flight status which spans 19 season to 1998.

Format Structure Change

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This year only 8 club teams are taking part in the championship instead of 11 as in previous years. This leaves a total of 8 clubs and 9 divisional team (17 in total). It was decided that only 8 divisional sides would take part so the 2 lowest ranked divisional sides from the previous 5 years would play off in a qualification match with the winner entering the draw for the 2016 County Championship proper.

Relegation (See below): The club team to be relegated from the Senior County Championship will be the same team to be relegated from the Senior Club Championship (The 8 senior clubs play off against each other in Round 1 of the Club Championship. The 4 losers enter a relegation playoff with the losers entering a relegation final. This loser will be relegated to the I.F.C. for 2017. Should a club reach the final of the County championship they will be exempt from the Relegation process in the Club championship).

The winner of the 2016 I.F.C. will be promoted to the 2017 Senior County and Club Championships.

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Relegated from SFC to IFC in 2015

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Participating teams

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The teams taking part in the 2016 Kerry Senior Football Championship are:

Team Team Location Club/Divisional Club's Divisional Side
Austin Stacks Tralee Club St. Brendan's
Dingle Dingle Club West Kerry
Dr. Crokes Killarney Club East Kerry
East Kerry x Divisional (Firies, Fossa, Glenflesk, Gneevguilla, Listry, Spa) x
Feale Rangers x Divisional (Clounmacon, Duagh, Finuge, Listowel Emmets, Moyvane, St. Senan's) x
Kenmare District x Divisional (Templenoe, Kenmare Shamrocks, Tousist, Kilgarvan) x
Kerins O'Rahillys Tralee Club St. Brendan's
Killarney Legion Killarney Club East Kerry
Kilcummin Kilcummin Club East Kerry
Mid Kerry x Divisional (Beaufort, Cromane, Glenbeigh-Glencar, Keel, Laune Rangers) x
Milltown/Castlemaine Milltown Club Mid Kerry
Rathmore Rathmore Club East Kerry
Shannon Rangers x Divisional (Asdee, Ballydonoghue, Ballyduff, Ballylongford, Beale, Tarbert) x
South Kerry x Divisional (Derrynane, Dromid Pearses, Renard, Skellig Rangers, Sneem, St. Mary's, St. Michael's/Foilmore, Valentia Young Islanders, Waterville) x
St. Brendan's x Divisional (Ardfert, Churchill, John Mitchell's, Na Gaeil, St. Patrick's Blennerville) x
St. Kieran's x Divisional (Ballymacelligott, Brosna, Castleisland Desmonds, Cordal, Currow, Knocknagoshel, Scartaglin) x
West Kerry x Divisional (An Ghaeltacht, Annascaul, Castlegregory, Lispole) x

Qualification

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It had been decided that only 8 of the 9 Divisional Teams would play in the Senior Championship. To decide which team would be excluded, all divisional teams were ranked on their performances in the County Championship over the most recent 5-year period (2011-2015 inclusive). These rankings were based on a win counting for 2 points and a draw counting for 1 point.

The 2 lowest placed sides were St. Brendan's and Shannon Rangers. These sides then met in a qualifier to decide who would make it into the championship proper. The loser of this qualifier will play the lowest ranked team on completion of the 2016 Championship, to decide the 8 group teams for the 2017 Championship, except in the event of more than one team giving a walk over in this year’s Championship. In that case the teams that conceded walkovers would play in the 2017 Championship Qualifier.

Qualification
St. Brendan's3-14 - 3-5Shannon Rangers
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Group stage

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Round 1

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The Qualification winner and the remaining 15 teams play in eight matches. The winners proceed to Round 2A while the losers play in Round 2B.

Round 1
Austin Stacks1-16 - 2-8East Kerry
Report
Lewis Road

Round 1
Dr. Crokes5-19 - 1-9West Kerry
Report
Lewis Road

Round 1
Killarney Legion5-11 - 0-7Milltown/Castlemaine
Report
Killorglin


Round 1
Mid Kerry3-12 - 1-13Kilcummin
Report
Killorglin

Round 1
St. Kieran's1-17 - 1-15Feale Rangers
Report
Cordal

Round 1
Dingle1-16 - 2-8Rathmore
Report
Rathbeg

Round 1
Kenmare District1-16 - 1-10St. Brendan's
Report

Round 2

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Round 2A

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The 8 winners from Round 1 play each other in this round. The winners proceed to the quarter-finals while the losers play in Round 3.

Round 2A
Dr. Crokes2-16 - 3-12St. Kieran's
Report
Cordal

Round 2A
Kenmare District1-11 - 0-10Killarney Legion
Report
Kenmare

Round 2A
South Kerry1-13 - 1-13 (a.e.t.)Austin Stacks
Report
Chaerciveen

Round 2A
Mid Kerry3-14 - 2-15Dingle
Report
Killorglin

Round 2A Replay
South Kerry2-10 - 0-8Austin Stacks
Report
Connolly Park, Tralee

Round 2B

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The 8 losers from Round 1 play each other in this round. The winners proceed to Round 3 while the losers exit the championship.

Round 2B
Rathmore3-14 - 1-16St. Brendan's
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Round 2B
Kerins O'Rahilly's3-11 - 1-11Feale Rangers
Report

Round 2B
West Kerry1-15 - 1-10Kilcummin
Report
Kilcummin

Round 2B
Milltown/Castlemaine1-15 - 1-14 (a.e.t.)East Kerry
Report
Killorglin

Round 3

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The four Round 2A losers play the four Round 2B winners in this round. The four winners progress to the quarter-finals while the losers exit the championship.

Round 3
Dingle2-13 - 1-11Milltown/Castlemaine
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Round 3
Austin Stacks0-21 - 1-13West Kerry
Report

Round 3
Rathmore1-18 - 0-20 (a.e.t.)St. Kieran's
Report

Round 3
Kerins O'Rahilly's3-12 - 2-12Killarney Legion
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Knock-Out Stage

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Quarter-finals

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The 4 Round 2A winners play the 4 Round 3 winners.[1]

Quarter-Final
Dr. Crokes1-16 - 0-14Kerins O'Rahillys
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Quarter-Final
Dingle0-12 - 0-11South Kerry
Report

Quarter-Final
Rathmore1-12 - 0-13Mid Kerry
Report

Quarter-Final
Kenmare District0-15 - 0-12Austin Stacks
Report

Semi-finals

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Semi-Final
Dr. Crokes1-15 - 0-15Dingle
Colm Cooper 0-4 (0-1f), Brian Looney 0-3, Daithí Casey 0-2, Gavin White, Ambrose O’Donovan, Kieran O’Leary, Tony Brosnan, Shane Murphy (0-1f) and Micheál Burns 0-1 each Report Conor Geaney 0-5 (0-4f), Paul Geaney 0-3 (0-1f), Tom O’Sullivan and Cathal Bambury 0-2 each, Aidan O’Connor, Michael Geaney (0-1f), Breándan Kelliher 0-1 each
Referee: Sean Joy

Semi-Final
Kenmare District0-20 - 0-19Rathmore
Paul O’Connor 0-7 (0-3f), Adrian Spillane 0-3, Sean O’Shea, Killian Spillane, Patrick Clifford 0-2 each, John Spillane, Tadhg Morley, Peter O’Shea, and Stephen O’Brien 0-1 each Report Brendan O’Keeffe 0-7 (0-6f), Shane Ryan and Mark Reen (0-3f) 0-3 each, Paul Murphy and John Moynihan 0-2 each, Aidan O’Mahony and Mark Ryan 0-1 each
Referee: Brendan Griffin

Final

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Final
Dr. Crokes2-16 - 1-12Kenmare District
Colm Cooper, Brian Looney 0-4, Kieran O’Leary 1-1, Johnny Buckley 1-0, Shane Murphy (0-1 ’45), Ambrose O’Donovan, Jordan Kiely, Micheál Burns 0-1 each Report [1] Paul O’Connor 0-8 (0-7f), Teddy Doyle 1-0, Adrian Spillane and Killian Spillane 0-2 each
Referee: Brendan Grifin

Relegation

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The club team to be relegated from the Senior County Championship will be the same team to be relegated from the Senior Club Championship. The 8 senior clubs play off against each other in Round 1 of the Club Championship. The 4 losers enter a relegation playoff with the losers entering a relegation final. This loser will be relegated to the I.F.C. for 2017. Should a club reach the final of the County championship they will be exempt from the Relegation process in the Club championship.


Relegation Final
Kilcummin1-15 - 0-15Milltown/Castlemaine

Championship statistics

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Miscellaneous

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References

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  1. ^ O'Toole, Fintan. "Here's this year's Kerry senior football quarter-final draw". Retrieved 17 July 2016.
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