| 2017 Mayo Senior Football Championship | |
| County: | Mayo |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Trophy: | Paddy Moclair Cup |
| Sponsor: | Treanlaur Catering |
| Date: | 6 May - 22 October 2018 |
| Num Teams: | 16 |
| Defending Champions: | Castlebar Mitchels |
| Winners: | Castlebar Mitchels |
| Ordinal: | 31 |
| Manager: | Declan Shaw & Declan O'Reilly |
| Captain: | Rory Byrne |
| Qualify For: | Connacht Club SFC |
| Runnersup: | Ballintubber |
| Runnerupmanager: | Tom Prendergast |
| Relegated: | Ballinrobe |
| Matches: | 37 (including replays) |
| Poty: | Ger McDonagh |
| Topscorer: | Cillian O'Connor |
| Previous: | 2016 |
| Next: | 2018 |
The 2017 Mayo Senior Football Championship was the 116th edition of the Mayo GAA's premier Gaelic football tournament for senior clubs in County Mayo, Ireland. Sixteen teams competed with the winner representing Mayo in the Connacht Senior Club Football Championship. The championship started with a group stage and progressed to a knock out stage. The winners received the Paddy Moclair Cup.
Castlebar Mitchels were the defending champions after they defeated Knockmore in the 2016 final. They successfully defended their title to claim a "3-in-a-row" and their 31st title overall when they defeated Ballintubber on a scoreline of 0–15 to 0–13 in McHale Park on 22 October 2017.
The year saw Westport's return to the senior grade after just two seasons outside of the top-flight following relegation in 2014. In March 2017, they claimed the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship title, defeating Meath champions St Colmcille's in the final.
The 2017 Championship was contested by 16 clubs: 5 from South Mayo, 4 from North Mayo, 4 from West Mayo, 3 from East Mayo.
| Team | Team colours | Position in 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aghamore | Quarter-finalists | ||
| Ballaghaderreen | Quarter-finalists | ||
| Ballina Stephenites | Group Stage | ||
| Ballinrobe | Relegation Final | ||
| Ballintubber | Semi-Finalists | ||
| Breaffy | Semi-Finalists | ||
| Castlebar Mitchels | champions | ||
| Charlestown Sarsfields | Group Stage | ||
| Claremorris | Relegation Semi-Final | ||
| Crossmolina Deel Rovers | Quarter-finalists | ||
| Davitts | Group Stage | ||
| Quarter-finalists | |||
| Hollymount-Carramore | Relegation Semi-Final | ||
| Kiltane | Group Stage | ||
| Knockmore | Finalists | ||
| Westport | Intermediate Champions |
All 16 teams entered the competition at this stage. The top 2 teams in each group progressed to the quarter-finals while the bottom team of each group entered a Relegation Playoff. All teams played one home match, one away match and one match at a neutral venue. In the event of two teams finishing on the same points total, placings were decided by head-to-head record between the teams, then by scoring difference.
| Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knockmore | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 41 | +16 | 5 | |
| Garrymore | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 57 | -9 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 49 | +5 | 3 | ||
| Westport | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 48 | -12 | 1 |
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| Team | |||||||||
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| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 34 | +43 | 6 | ||
| Hollymount-Carramore | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 78 | -37 | 2 | ||
| Davitts | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 67 | -26 | 0 |
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| Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 31 | +24 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 47 | -1 | 3 | ||
| Kiltane | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 49 | -13 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 56 | -10 | 1 |
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| Team | |||||||||
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| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 38 | +19 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 53 | -15 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 56 | -20 | 0 |
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Round 3
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The top two teams in each group progressed to the knock-out stage. Group winners were drawn against group runners-up, and all games were played at neutral venues.
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The four teams who finished bottom of their groups entered the relegation play-offs, with the two losers of the semi-finals meeting in the relegation play-off final. All games were played at neutral venues. Ballinrobe, as losers of the final, were relegated to the Intermediate Championship for 2018.
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See main article: 2017–18 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. Castlebar Mitchels went forward to represent Mayo in the Connacht Senior Club Football Championship. In the quarter-final they defeated Mohill of Leitrim by five points. They played Tourlestrane of Sligo in the semi-final, winning by seven points. The Connacht final took place in Tuam Stadium, where Castlebar faced reigning champions Corofin. A tightly fought contest ended level at full time, with Corofin eventually winning on a scoreline of 2–13 to 1–12 after extra time.
The Club Stars, sponsored by The Mayo News, AIB and O'Neills, honoured the best 15 players in the Senior Championship in 2017. The team was selected by Sean Rice (The Mayo News), John Casey (RTÉ Radio analyst), Eamon Clarke (former Knockmore manager) and Austin Garvin (The Mayo News). Awards were also presented for Footballer of the Year, Young Player of the Year, Manager of the Year and Personality of the Year.[4]
| Pos. | Player | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Rory Byrne | Castlebar | |
| RCB | Michael Plunkett | Ballintubber | |
| FB | Ger McDonagh FOTY | Castlebar | |
| LCB | Donie Newcombe | Castlebar | |
| RWB | Trevor Nally | Garrymore | |
| CB | James McCormack | Claremorris | |
| LWB | Castlebar | ||
| MD | Jason Gibbons | Ballintubber | |
| MD | Castlebar | ||
| RWF | Knockmore | ||
| CF | Ballintubber | ||
| LWF | Kevin Feerick | Hollymount Carramore | |
| RCF | David Stenson | Castlebar | |
| FF | Cillian O'Connor | Ballintubber | |
| LCF | Danny Kirby | Castlebar | |
| Sub | Gary Loftus | Ballintubber | |
| Sub | Jamie Oates | Garrymore | |
| Sub | Cian Costello | Castlebar | |
| Sub | James Shaughnessy | Claremorris | |
| Sub | Brian Reape | Moy Davitts |