2016 Donegal Senior Football Championship

Donegal S.F.C.
Season	2016
Champions	Glenswilly (3rd S.F.C. Title)
Relegated	Glenfin
Ulster SCFC	???
All Ireland SCFC	n/a
Winning Captain	Gary McFadden (Glenswilly)
Man of the Match	Michael Murphy (Glenswilly)
Matches played	??
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The 2016 Donegal Senior Football Championship is the 94th official edition of the Donegal GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Donegal. The tournament consists of 16 teams with the winner going on to represent Donegal in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship has a straight knock-out format.

Naomh Conaill were the defending champions after they defeated St. Eunan's 0-11 to 0-10 in the previous years final however they relinquished their crown when losing to Kilcar at the Semi-Final stage.

This was Bundoran Réalt na Mara's return to the senior grade after making the straight bounce back up from the I.F.C. since being relegated in 2014.

On 16 October 2016, Glenswilly claimed their 3rd S.F.C. title when defeating Kilcar in the final in MacCumhail Park 1-10 to 0-12.

Glenfin were relegated to the 2017 I.F.C. after losing a replay of the Relegation final to Killybegs, and thus ending their 15 year stay in the top flight of Donegal football.

Team Changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2015 championship season.

To S.F.C.

Promoted from I.F.C.

Réalt na Mara - (I.F.C. Champions)

From S.F.C.

Relegated to I.F.C.

Cloughaneely

Format

The 2016 County Championship took the same format as the 2015 championship in which there was four groups of four with the top two qualifying for the quarter-finals. Bottom of each group play in relegation play-offs to decide which team is relegated the 2017 Intermediate championship.

Group stage

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Glenswilly	3	2	1	40	25	+15	4
Dungloe	3	2	1	44	35	+9	4
Réalt na Mara	3	1	2	32	51	-19	2
Ardara	3	1	2	36	41	-5	2

Round 1:

Dungloe 2-11, 0-7 Réalt na Mara, Dungloe, 14/5/2016,
Ardara 0-8, 0-6 Glenswilly, Ardara, 15/5/2016,

Round 2:

Réalt na Mara 1-15, 0-13 Ardara, Bundoran, 27/8/2016,
Glenswilly 1-10, 0-10 Dungloe, Glenswilly, 28/8/2016,

Round 3:

Réalt na Mara 0-7, 3-12 Glenswilly, Bundoran, 4/9/2016,
Dungloe 0-17, 2-9 Ardara, Dungloe, 4/9/2016,

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Kilcar	3	2	0	1	58	27	+31	5
St. Eunan's	3	2	0	1	56	44	+12	5
St. Michael's	3	2	1	0	46	52	-6	2
Killybegs	3	0	3	0	24	63	-39	0

Round 1'

St. Eunan's 0-13, 1-10 Kilcar, O'Donnell Park, 15/5/2016,
St. Michael's 2-13, 0-8 Killybegs, Dunfanaghy, 15/5/2016,

Round 2

St. Eunan's 2-14, 1-6 Killybegs, Killybegs, 27/8/2016,
Kilcar 2-15, 0-7 St. Michael's, Kilcar, 28/8/2016,

Round 3

Killybegs 0-7, 0-24 Kilcar, Killybegs, 4/9/2016,
St. Michael's 2-14, 3-14 St. Eunan's, Dunfanaghy, 4/9/2016,

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Malin	3	2	0	1	52	39	+13	5
Seán MacCumhail's	3	2	1	0	59	45	+14	4
Naomh Mhuire	3	1	1	1	44	44	+0	3
Glenfin	3	0	3	0	40	67	-27	0

Round 1

Malin 2-9, 1-9 Seán MacCumhail's, Connolly Park, 15/5/2016,
Naomh Mhuire 3-7, 0-11 Glenfin, Glenfin, 15/5/2016,

Round 2

Seán MacCumhail's 3-16, 1-10 Glenfin, MacCumhail Park, 27/8/2016
Naomh Mhuire 1-8, 1-8 Malin, The Banks, 28/8/2016

Round 3

Seán MacCumhail's 4-10, 0-17 Naomh Mhuire, MacCumhail Park, 4/9/2016,
Malin 2-20, 1-13 Glenfin, Malin, 4/9/2016,

Group 4

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Naomh Conaill	3	3	0	65	30	+35	6
Termon	3	2	1	38	40	-2	4
Gweedore	3	1	2	38	50	-12	2
Four Masters	3	0	3	43	64	-21	0

Round 1

Naomh Conaill 1-11, 1-2 Termon, Glenties, 14/5/2016,
Gweedore 2-12, 1-9 Four Masters, Gweedore, 15/5/2016,

Round 2

Termon 1-11, 0-9 Gweedore, Termon, 27/8/16,
Four Masters 1-11, 5-12 Naomh Conaill, Pairc Tir Conaill, 28/8/16,

Round 3

Termon 2-13, 2-11 Four Masters, Termon, 4/9/2016,
Naomh Conaill 2-18, 0-11 Gweedore, Glenties, 4/9/2016,

Knockout stage

Last Eight

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

Naomh Conaill

1-13

St. Eunan's

1-8

Naomh Conaill

1-11

Kilcar

0-19

Kilcar

5-10

Termon

0-4

Kilcar

0-12

Glenswilly

2-20

Glenswilly

1-10

Seán MacCumhail's

1-14

Glenswilly

0-9

Malin

0-13

Malin

0-7

Dungloe

1-8

Quarter Finals

Kilcar 0-19, 0-4 Termon, MacCumhail Park, 24/9/2016,
Glenswilly 2-20, 1-14 Seán MacCumhail's, O'Donnell Park, 24/9/2016,
Naomh Conaill 1-13, 1-8 St. Eunan's, MacCumhail Park, 25/9/2016,
Malin 0-13, 1-8 Dungloe, O'Donnell Park, 25/9/2016,

Semi Finals

Kilcar 5-10, 1-11 Naomh Conaill, MacCumhail Park, 2/10/2016,
Glenswilly 0-9, 0-7 Malin, O'Donnell Park, 2/10/2016,

Final

Glenswilly v Kilcar

16 October 2016
15:30
Final

Glenswilly	1-10 - 0-12	Kilcar
	Report

MacCumhail Park
Referee: S McLaughlin (Malin)

Relegation Playoffs

Relegation Semi-Finals

Four Masters 1-13, 0-7 Glenfin, Killygordon, 24/9/2016
Ardara 1-9, 1-5 Killybegs, Dunkineely, 25/9/2016

Relegation Final

Killybegs 1-11, 2-8 Glenfin, O'Donnell Park, 15/10/2016,
Killybegs 2-13, 1-6 Glenfin, O'Donnell Park, 22/10/2016, (Replay)

Ulster Senior Club Football Championship

Main article: 2016–17 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship

References

External links

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