| Competition: | Armagh SFC |
| Season: | 2016 |
| Winners: | Maghery (1st S.F.C. Title) |
| Relegated: | Forkhill (7th in the IFL) Grange (8th in the IFL) |
| Continentalcup1: | Ulster SCFC |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Maghery |
| Continentalcup2: | All Ireland SCFC |
| Continentalcup3: | Winning Captain |
| Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | ???Ben Crealy=Man Of The Match |
| Continentalcup4 Qualifiers: | ??? |
| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 2017 |
The 2016 Armagh Senior Football Championship is the 116th official edition of the Armagh GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior club in County Armagh. The tournament consists of 16 teams with the winner going on to represent Armagh in the Ulster 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.
Crossmaglen Rangers are the defending champions after they defeated Armagh Harps 2-22 to 0-10 in the 2015 final, however they were knocked out at the semi-final stage this season by close rivals St. Patrick's Cullyhanna. This was only Crossmaglen's second loss in 20 years of Armagh Senior championship football.
This was Clann Éireann, Madden and Grange's return to the senior grade.
Forkhill and Grange were relegated to the I.F.C. for 2017 after finishing 7th and 8th respectively in this year's Senior 'B' Football League. They will be replaced next year by Whitecross and Culloville Blues after they claimed the 2016 I.F.C. and I.A.F.L. titles respectively.
On 16 October 2016, Maghery Sean MacDermott's claimed their first ever S.F.C. title when defeating St. Patrick's Cullyhanna in the Athletic Grounds on a score line of 1-13 to 0-13.
All 16 teams play in this round. The 8 winners progress to Round 2A while the 8 losers progress to Round 2B.
The 8 winners from Round 1 enter this round. The 4 winners enter the draw for the quarter-finals while the 4 losers play in Round 3.
The 8 losers from Round 1 enter this round. The 4 winners advance to Round 3 while the 4 losers exit the Championship.
The 4 losers from Round 2A play the 4 winners from Round 2B. The 4 winners enter the draw for the quarter-finals.
The four winners from Round 2A play the four winners from Round 3. The 4 winners advance to the semi-finals.
See main article: 2016–17 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.