2016 Connacht SFC | |
Year: | 2016 |
Manager: | Kevin Walsh |
Captain: | Gary O'Donnell |
Winners: | Galway |
Ordinal: | 45 |
Runnersup: | Roscommon |
Runnerupcaptain: | Ciarán Murtagh |
Runnerupmanager: | Kevin McStay Fergal O'Donnell |
Previous: | 2015 |
Next: | 2017 |
The 2016 Connacht Senior Football Championship will be the 117th installment of the annual Connacht Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of Connacht GAA. It is one of the four provincial competitions of the 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Mayo entered the competition as defending champions but were beaten by Galway in the semi-finals. Galway went on to win their first title in eight years by beating Roscommon after a replay.[1] [2]
Due to Covid-19 it's still last meeting of Mayo hosting London and Roscommon day for a New York there 2021 meetings were both cancelled before the draws had taken place the next time we will see those rotational fixtures will possibly in the 2026 season.
The Connacht championship is contested by the five counties in the Irish province of Connacht and the two foreign based teams of London and New York.
Team | Colours | Sponsor | Manager | Captain | Most recent success | ||
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All-Ireland | Provincial | ||||||
Galway | Maroon and white | Supermac's | Kevin Walsh | Gary O'Donnell | |||
Leitrim | Green and gold | The Bush Hotel | Shane Ward | Gary Reynolds | |||
London | Green and white | Clayton Hotels | Ciarán Deely | David McGreevy | |||
Mayo | Green and red | Elverys Sports | Stephen Rochford | Cillian O'Connor | |||
New York | Red, white and blue | Navillus Contracting | Justin O'Halloran | Johnny Duane | |||
Roscommon | Blue and yellow | Club Rossie | Kevin McStay Fergal O'Donnell | Ciarán Murtagh | |||
Sligo | Black and white | AbbVie Inc. | Niall Carew | Mark Breheny |