2016 Galway Senior Football Championship

July 2019 Galway S.F.C. 2016 Corofin (18th Title) Cárna-Caiseal Connacht SCFC Corofin All Ireland SCFC Corofin Winning Captain Alan Burke Man of the Match Jason Leonard Winning Manager Kevin O'Brien 2015 2017 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. 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 http://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/INA.Edu/Default.aspx#panel=document Connacht Tribune Archives 16 January 2018 Irishnewsarchive.com 16 January 2018 17 May 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200517081432/https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/#panel=document dead The following teams have changed division since the 2015 championship season. To S.F.C. Promoted from I.F.C. Moycullen – (Intermediate Champions) From S.F.C. Relegated to I.F.C. Kilkerrin-Clonberne Round 1 All 20 teams enter the competition in this round. The 10 winners progress to Round 2A while the 10 losers progress to Round 2B. 14 May 2016 17:30 Round 1 Mountbellew-Moylough 0-17 – 1-12 Killanin Kenny Park 14 May 2016 17:30 Round 1 St Michael's 0-15 – 1-9 Barna Moycullen 14 May 2016 17:45 Round 1 Corofin 2-20 – 0-8 Cárna-Caiseal Pearse Stadium 14 May 2016 17:45 Round 1 Tuam Stars 2-12 – 2-11 Cortoon Shamrocks Tuam Stadium 14 May 2016 19:30 Round 1 Milltown 2-7 – 1-8 Salthill-Knocknacarra Tuam Stadium 14 May 2016 19:30 Round 1 Carraroe 1-16 – 1-8 Naomh Anna Leitir Móir Pearse Stadium 15 May 2016 13:45 Round 1 St James' 3-9 – 1-14 Caherlistrane Corofin 15 May 2016 14:00 Round 1 Míchael Breathnach 5-10 – 1-10 Killererin Pearse Stadium 15 May 2016 15:45 Round 1 Moycullen 1-16 – 0-8 Kilconly Pearse Stadium 15 May 2016 18:30 Round 1 Caltra 2-13 – 0-10 Annaghdown Tuam Stadium Round 2 Round 2A The 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. 28 May 2016 17:30 Round 2A Tuam Stars 2-16 – 2-7 Carraroe Pearse Stadium 28 May 2016 17:30 Round 2A Mountbellew-Moylough 0-11 – 0-9 Caltra Kenny Park 28 May 2016 19:30 Round 2A Corofin 1-11 – 1-6 Milltown Tuam Stadium 29 May 2016 14:00 Round 2A Míchael Breathnach 3-11 – 0-12 St Michael's Pearse Stadium 29 May 2016 15:45 Round 2A Moycullen 0-16 – 0-13 St James' Pearse Stadium Round 2B The 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. 28 May 2016 17:30 Round 2B Cárna-Caiseal 3-8 – 1-11 Killererin Inverin 28 May 2016 17:45 Round 2B Cortoon Shamrocks 2-15 – 1-5 Kilconly Tuam Stadium 28 May 2016 19:15 Round 2B Salthill-Knocknacarra 1-17 – 1-13 Naomh Anna Leitir Móir Inverin 28 May 2015 19:15 Round 2B Killanin 2-16 – 1-6 Barna Pearse Stadium 29 May 2016 18:00 Round 2B Caherlistrane 3-12 – 1-15 Annaghdown Tuam Stadium Round 3 The 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. 13 August 2016 17:00 Round 3 Caherlistrane 2-18 – 4-6 St James' Pearse Stadium 13 August 2016 18:45 Round 3 Carraroe 2-12 – 1-8 Cárna-Caiseal Pearse Stadium 28 August 2016 17:00 Round 3 Salthill-Knocknacarra 1-9 – 0-10 Caltra Tuam Stadium 28 August 2016 18:45 Round 3 Cortoon Shamrocks 0-14 – 1-6 St Michael's Tuam Stadium 28 August 2016 18:45 Round 3 Milltown 1-11 – 0-10 Killanin Pearse Stadium Preliminary Quarter-Finals The 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. 27 August 2016 17:45 Preliminary Quarter-Final Corofin 1-14 – 0-10 Carraroe Pearse Stadium 28 August 2016 17:00 Preliminary Quarter-Final Caherlistrane 0-17 – 0-14 Moycullen Pearse Stadium 28 August 2016 18:00 Preliminary Quarter-Final Míchael Breathnach w/o – scr N.U.I.G. Spiddal Cortoon Shamrocks – Bye Milltown – Bye Mountbellew-Moylough – Bye Salthill-Knocknacarra – Bye Tuam Stars – Bye Quarter-finals The 3 winners from the Preliminary Quarter-Finals (along with the 5 teams who received byes) enter the quarter-finals. 11 September 2016 15:15 Quarter-Final Cortoon Shamrocks 2-11 – 1-5 Míchael Breathnach Pearse Stadium Gearóid O'Conamha 11 September 2016 15:30 Quarter-Final Mountbellew-Moylough 0-9 – 0-9 Milltown Tuam Stadium James Molloy 11 September 2016 17:15 Quarter-Final Corofin 2-10 – 0-9 Tuam Stars Tuam Stadium Tommy Faherty 25 September 2016 15:45 Quarter-Final Salthill-Knocknacarra 2-7 – 1-5 Caherlistrane Tuam Stadium Noel Dempsey 25 September 2016 14:00 Quarter-Final Replay Mountbellew-Moylough 3-12 – 0-10 Milltown Tuam Stadium Frank Kinneen Semi-finals 9 October 2016 2:30pm Semi-Final Salthill-Knocknacarra 1-11 – 0-8 Cortoon Shamrocks Tuam Stadium Shane Hehir 9 October 2016 4:15pm Semi-Final Corofin 3-13 – 1-11 Mountbellew-Moylough Tuam Stadium Gearoid O'Conamha Final 23 October 2016 3:30 pm Final Corofin 0-16 – 0-11 Salthill-Knocknacarra Jason Leonard 0-9 (0-4f), Michael Lundy, Michael Farragher, Ian Burke 0-2 each, Kieran Molloy 0-1 Sean Armstrong 0-6 (0-2f), Robert Finnerty 0-4 (0-3f), Tadhg Haran 0-1f Jason Leonard Pearse Stadium Tommy Faherty Report 4,463 Last Eleven Preliminary Quarter-Finals Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final Míchael Breathnach w/o N.U.I.G. scr Caherlistrane 0-17 Moycullen 0-14 Corofin 1-14 Carraroe 0-10 Cortoon Shamrocks 2-11 Míchael Breathnach 1-5 Salthill-Knocknacarra 2-7 Caherlistrane 1-5 Corofin 2-10 Tuam Stars 0-9 Mountbellew-Moylough 0-9 3-12 Milltown 0-9 0-10 Cortoon Shamrocks 0-8 Salthill-Knocknacarra 1-11 Corofin 3-13 Mountbellew-Moylough 1-11 Salthill-Knocknacarra 0-11 Corofin 0-16 Relegation Playoffs The 5 Round 2B losers and 5 Round 3 losers enter the Relegation Playoff. Relegation preliminary round A 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. 27 August 2016 16:00 Relegation preliminary round St James' 1-16 – 1-10 Cárna-Caiseal Pearse Stadium 11 September 2016 13:30 Relegation preliminary round Killanin 1-7 – 0-9 St Michael's Pearse Stadium Relegation Quarter-Finals The 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. 10 September 2016 15:30 Relegation Quarter-Final Caltra 4-10 – 1-12 Naomh Anna Leitir Móir Pearse Stadium 24 September 2016 17:00 Relegation Quarter-Final Kilconly 6-5 – 0-16 Annaghdown Tuam Stadium 25 September 2016 3:30pm Relegation Quarter-Final St Michael's 4-14 – 3-5 Cárna-Caiseal Pearse Stadium 25 September 2016 5:15pm Relegation Quarter-Final Barna 3-11 – 2-11 Killererin Pearse Stadium Relegation Semi-Finals The 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. 8 October 2016 3:00pm Relegation Semi-Final Killererin 2-13 – 1-14 Cárna-Caiseal Inverin 15 October 2016 3:45pm Relegation Semi-Final Annaghdown 0-15 – 0-12 Naomh Anna Leitir Móir Spiddal Relegation Final The winner will earn their place in the 2017 S.F.C. while the loser will be relegated to the Intermediate grade. 12 November 2016 2:30pm Relegation Final Naomh Anna Leitir Móir 1-13 – 2-8 Cárna-Cáiseal Pearse Stadium References Galway Senior Football Championship Category:Galway Senior Football Championship