| 2016 Leinster SFC | |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Manager: | Jim Gavin |
| Captain: | Stephen Cluxton |
| Winners: | Dublin |
| Ordinal: | 55 |
| Runnersup: | Westmeath |
| Runnerupcaptain: | Ger Egan |
| Runnerupmanager: | Tom Cribbin |
| Previous: | 2015 |
| Next: | 2017 |
The 2016 Leinster Senior Football Championship was the 2016 installment of the annual Leinster Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of Leinster GAA. The competition ran from 14 May 2016 to 17 July 2016.
Dublin came into the competition as the defending champions, having won their 54th title and completed a 5-in-a-row the previous season. The draw for the championship was made on 16 October 2015. As in the previous two seasons, the two sides were named as A and B, to allow for teams to more easily predict the dates of their qualifier matches. Carlow, Dublin, Laois, Louth, Meath and Wicklow were named to the A side, with Kildare, Longford, Offaly, Westmeath and Wexford on the B side.[1]
The final was a replay of the previous year's decider, with Dublin facing Westmeath. Dublin won 2–19 to 0–10 in the final at Croke Park, the county's first six-in-a-row since the 1970s.[2] [3]
The Leinster championship was contested by 11 of the 12 county teams in Leinster, a province of Ireland. Kilkenny was the only county team not to compete.
| Team | Colours | Sponsor | Manager | Captain | Most recent success | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All-Ireland | Provincial | ||||||
| Carlow | Red, green and gold | Tickets.ie | Turlough O'Brien | Darragh Foley | |||
| Dublin | Sky blue and navy | American International Group | Jim Gavin | Stephen Cluxton | |||
| Kildare | White | Brady Family Ham | Cian O'Neill | Eoin Doyle | |||
| Laois | Blue and white | MW Hire Services | Mick Lillis | Donal Kingston | |||
| Longford | Royal blue and gold | Glennon Brothers | Denis Connerton | Mickey Quinn | |||
| Louth | Red and white | Morgan Fuels | Colin Kelly | Pádraig Rath | |||
| Meath | Green and gold | Tayto Park | Mick O'Dowd | Donal Keogan | |||
| Offaly | White, green and gold | Carroll's Cuisine | Pat Flanagan | Alan Mulhall | |||
| Westmeath | Maroon and white | Renault | Tom Cribbin | Ger Egan | |||
| Wexford | Purple and gold | Gain Feeds | David Power | Graeme Molloy | |||
| Wicklow | Blue and gold | Arklow Bay Hotel | Johnny Magee | Rory Finn | |||
Preliminary round refs[4] [5] [6] Quarter-final refs[7]