2016 Galway Senior Football Championship

Galway S.F.C.
Season 2016
Champions ???
Relegated ???
Connacht SCFC ???
All Ireland SCFC ???
2015
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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 to claim a two-in-a-row.

This was Moycullen's return the senior grade after 2 years in the Intermediate grade.

Team Changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2015 championship season.

To S.F.C.

Promoted from I.F.C.

From S.F.C.

Relegated to I.F.C.

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.

14th May 2016
17:30
Round 1
Mountbellew-Moylough 0-17 - 1-12 Killanin
Kenny Park

14th May 2016
17:30
Round 1
St. Michael's 0-15 - 1-9 Barna
Moycullen

14th May 2016
17:45
Round 1
Corofin 2-20 - 0-8 Cárna-Caiseal

14th May 2016
17:45
Round 1
Tuam Stars 2-12 - 2-11 Cortoon Shamrocks



15th May 2016
13:45
Round 1
St. James' 3-9 - 1-14 Caherlistrane
Corofin


15th May 2016
15:45
Round 1
Moycullen 1-16 - 0-8 Kilconly

15th May 2016
18:30
Round 1
Caltra 2-13 - 0-10 Annaghdown

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.

28th May 2016
17:30
Round 2A
Tuam Stars 2-16 - 2-7 Carraroe

28th May 2016
17:30
Round 2A
Mountbellew-Moylough 0-11 - 0-9 Caltra
Kenny Park

28th May 2016
19:30
Round 2A
Corofin 1-11 - 1-6 Milltown

29th May 2016
14:00
Round 2A
Míchael Breathnach 3-11 - 0-12 St. Michael's

29th May 2016
15:45
Round 2A
Moycullen 0-16 - 0-13 St. James'

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.

28th May 2016
17:30
Round 2B
Cárna-Caiseal 3-8 - 1-11 Killererin
Inverin

28th May 2016
17:45
Round 2B
Cortoon Shamrocks 2-15 - 1-5 Kilconly


28th May 2015
19:15
Round 2B
Killanin 2-16 - 1-6 Barna

29th May 2016
18:00
Round 2B
Caherlistrane 3-12 - 1-15 Annaghdown

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.

13th August 2016
17:00
Round 3
Caherlistrane 2-18 - 4-6 St. James'

13th August 2016
18:45
Round 3
Carraroe 2-12 - 1-8 Cárna-Caiseal

28 August 2016
17:00
Round 3
Salthill-Knocknacarra 1-9 - 0-10 Caltra

28 August 2016
18:45
Round 3
Cortoon Shamrocks 0-14 - 1-6 St. Michael's

28 August 2016
18:45
Round 3
Milltown 1-11 - 0-10 Killanin

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

28 August 2016
17:00
Preliminary Quarter-Final
Caherlistrane 0-17 - 0-14 Moycullen

28 August 2016
18:00
Preliminary Quarter-Final
Míchael Breathnach w/o - scr N.U.I.G.

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
Referee: Gearóid O'Conamha

11 September 2016
15:30
Quarter-Final
Mountbellew-Moylough 0-9 - 0-9 Milltown
Tuam Stadium
Referee: James Molloy

11 September 2016
17:15
Quarter-Final
Corofin 2-10 - 0-9 Tuam Stars
Tuam Stadium
Referee: Tommy Faherty

25 September 2016
15:45
Quarter-Final
Salthill-Knocknacarra 2-7 - 1-5 Caherlistrane
Tuam Stadium
Referee: Noel Dempsey

25 September 2016
14:00
Quarter-Final Replay
Mountbellew-Moylough 3-12 - 0-10 Milltown
Tuam Stadium
Referee: Frank Kinneen

Semi-Finals

9 October 2016
2:30pm
Semi-Final
Salthill-Knocknacarra 1-11 - 0-8 Cortoon Shamrocks
Tuam Stadium
Referee: Shane Hehir

9 October 2016
4:15pm
Semi-Final
Corofin 3-13 - 1-11 Mountbellew-Moylough
Tuam Stadium
Referee: Gearoid O'Conamha

Final

Last Eleven

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
 Corofin 1-14        Corofin
 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

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

11 September 2016
13:30
Relegation Preliminary Round
Killanin 1-7 - 0-9 St. Michael's

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

24 September 2016
17:00
Relegation Quarter-Final
Kilconly 6-5 - 0-16 Annaghdown

25 September 2016
3:30pm
Relegation Quarter-Final
St. Michael's 4-14 - 3-5 Cárna-Caiseal

25 September 2016
5:15pm
Relegation Quarter-Final
Barna 3-11 - 2-11 Killererin

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

15 October 2016
3:45pm
Relegation Semi-Final
Annaghdown 0-15 - 0-12 Naomh Anna Leitir Móir

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
Cárna-Cáiseal -vs- Naomh Anna Leitir Móir

References

    External links

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