2016 Kildare Senior Football Championship

The 2016 Kildare Senior Football Championship is the 123rd edition of the Kildare GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Kildare, Ireland. The tournament consists of 16 teams with the winner going on to represent Kildare in the Leinster 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.

Sarsfields were the defending champions after they defeated Athy in the previous years final.

This was Castledermot's return to the senior grade.

On 16 October 2016 Sarsfields won their 15th S.F.C. title (24th including 9 won as Roseberry) when beating Moorefield in the final at St. Conleth's Park 2-13 to 0-15.

Monastervan were relegated after 4 years as a senior club when failing to win a match in this year's championship.

Team Changes

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

Round 1

All 16 teams enter the competition in this round. The 8 winners progress to Round 2A while the 8 losers progress to Round 2B.

• Moorefield 3-17, 0-8 Clane, St. Conleth's Park, 28/5/2016,
• Johnstownbridge 2-8, 0-7 Monasterevan, Hawkfield, 28/5/2016,
• Naas 1-14, 0-8 Allenwood, Hawkfield, 28/5/2016,
• Leixlip 1-15, 0-8 Eadestown, Clane, 28/5/2016,
• Confey 0-10, 0-10 St. Laurence’s, St. Conleth's Park, 28/5/2016,
• Maynooth 1-14, 0-13 Castledermot, St. Conleth's Park, 29/5/2016,
• Celbridge 2-15, 1-8 Athy, St. Conleth's Park, 29/5/2016,
• Sarsfields 1-15, 1-13 Carbury, St. Conleth's Park, 29/5/2016,
• Confey 1-16, 1-11 St. Laurence's, St. Conleth's Park, 4/6/2016, (Replay)

Round 2

Round 2A

The 8 winners from Round 1 enter this round. The 4 winners will enter the draw for the Quarter Finals while the 4 losers will play in Round 3.

• Sarsfields 3-12, 2-11 Maynooth, St. Conleth's Park, 6/8/2016,
• Naas 2-13, 0-19 Celbridge, St. Conleth's Park, 13/8/2016,
• Moorefield 8-13, 0-9 Johnstownbridge, St. Conleth's Park, 14/8/2016,
• Confey 0-9, 1-6 Leixlip, St. Conleth's Park, 14/8/2016,

• Confey 2-9, 1-7 Leixlip, Kilcock, 17/8/2016, (Replay)
• Celbridge 2-8, 1-6 Naas, Hawkfield, 17/8/2016, (Replay)

Replays

Round 2B

The 8 losers from Round 1 enter this round. The 4 winners will go into the Round 3 while the 4 losers will enter the Relegation Playoffs.

• Castledermot 1-11, 0-9 Monasterevan, St. Conleth's Park, 5/8/2016,
• St. Laurence's 3-19, 0-4 Eadestown, St. Conleth's Park, 6/8/2016,
• Athy 3-22, 1-6 Clane, St. Conleth's Park, 7/8/2016,
• Carbury 2-18, 0-7 Allenwood, St. Conleth's Park, 13/8/2016,

Round 3

The 4 losers from Round 2A enter this round and they play the 4 winners from Round 2B. The 4 winners will go into the draw for the Quarter-Finals.

• Carbury 3-14, 1-14 Castledermot, St. Conleth's Park, 27/8/2016,
• Naas 2-16, 3-7 Leixlip, St. Conleth's Park, 27/8/2016,
• Athy 1-17, 2-8 St. Laurence's, St. Conleth's Park, 27/8/2016,
• Maynooth 3-9, 1-13 Johnstownbridge, Hawkfield, 2/9/2016,

Quarter-Finals

• Confey 3-11, 1-13 Naas, St. Conleth's Park, 10/9/2016,
• Celbridge 3-22, 1-11 Carbury, St. Conleth's Park, 10/9/2016,
• Sarsfields 3-12, 0-13 Athy, St. Conleth's Park, 17/9/2016,
• Moorefield 2-16, 2-11 Maynooth, St. Conleth's Park, 17/9/2016,

Semi-Finals

• Moorefield 0-11, 1-6 Celbridge, St. Conleth's Park, 25/9/2016,
• Sarsfields 1-14, 1-9 Confey, St. Conleth's Park, 1/10/2016,

Final

Relegation Playoff

Relegation Semi-Finals

• Clane 0-15, 0-8 Eadestown, St. Conleth's Park, 11/9/2016,
• Allenwood 1-11, 1-9 Monasterevan, Hawkfield, 11/9/2016,

Relegation Final

• Eadestown 3-6, 0-13 Monasterevan, Hawkfield, 17/9/2016,

Leinster Senior Club Football Championship

References

External links

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