2016 Galway Senior Football Championship
| Season | 2016 |
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| Champions | ??? |
| Relegated | ??? |
| Connacht SCFC | ??? |
| All Ireland SCFC | ??? |
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← 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 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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
- 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 |
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Pearse Stadium Referee: Gearóid O'Conamha |
11 September 2016 15:30 Quarter-Final |
| Mountbellew-Moylough | 0-9 - 0-9 | Milltown |
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Tuam Stadium Referee: James Molloy |
11 September 2016 17:15 Quarter-Final |
| Corofin | 2-10 - 0-9 | Tuam Stars |
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Tuam Stadium Referee: Tommy Faherty |
25 September 2016 15:45 Quarter-Final |
| Salthill-Knocknacarra | 2-7 - 1-5 | Caherlistrane |
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Tuam Stadium Referee: Noel Dempsey |
25 September 2016 14:00 Quarter-Final Replay |
| Mountbellew-Moylough | 3-12 - 0-10 | Milltown |
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Tuam Stadium Referee: Frank Kinneen |
Semi-Finals
9 October 2016 2:30pm Semi-Final |
| Salthill-Knocknacarra | 1-11 - 0-8 | Cortoon Shamrocks |
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Tuam Stadium Referee: Shane Hehir |
9 October 2016 4:15pm Semi-Final |
| Corofin | 3-13 - 1-11 | Mountbellew-Moylough |
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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 |
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| Milltown | 0-9 0-10 |
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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.
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.
25 September 2016 3:30pm Relegation Quarter-Final |
| St. Michael's | 4-14 - 3-5 | Cárna-Caiseal |
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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.
Relegation Final
The winner will earn their place in the 2017 S.F.C. while the loser will be relegated to the Intermediate grade.
References
External links
Template:Galway clubs competitions