2016 Ulster Senior Football Championship

The 2016 Ulster Senior Football Championship was the 128th instalment of the annual Ulster Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of the Ulster GAA. It is one of the four provincial competitions of the 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. The competition ran from to 15 May to 17 July 2016.

2016 Ulster SFC
Tournament details
Year2016
Winners
ChampionsTyrone (14th win)
ManagerMickey Harte
CaptainSeán Cavanagh
Runners-up
Runners-upDonegal
ManagerRory Gallagher
CaptainMichael Murphy

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. Armagh, Cavan, Derry, and Tyrone were named to the A side, with Antrim, Donegal, Down, Fermanagh and Monaghan on the B side.[1]

Monaghan were the defending champions following their victory over Donegal in the final of the 2015 Championship.[2]

Tyrone beat Donegal 0-13 to 0-11 in the 2016 final.[3][4][5]

Teams

The Ulster championship is contested by the nine traditional counties in the Irish province of Ulster. Ulster comprises the six counties of Northern Ireland as well as Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland.

Team Colours Sponsor Manager Captain Most recent success
All-Ireland Provincial
Antrim Saffron and white Creagh Concrete Frank Fitzsimmons
Gearoid Adams		 Kevin Niblock
1951
Armagh Orange and white Simply Fruit Kieran McGeeney Ciaran McKeever
2002
2008
Cavan Royal blue and white Kingspan Group Terry Hyland Gearoid McKiernan
1952
1997
Derry Red and white H&A Mechanical Services Damian Barton Chrissy McKaigue
1993
1998
Donegal Gold and green KN Group Rory Gallagher Michael Murphy
2012
2014
Down Red and black EOS IT Solutions Éamonn Burns Kevin McKernan
1994
1994
Fermanagh Green and white Tracey Concrete Pete McGrath Eoin Donnelly
Monaghan White and blue Investec Malachy O'Rourke Conor McManus
2015
Tyrone White and Red McAleer & Rushe Mickey Harte Seán Cavanagh
2008
2010

Bracket
Preliminary Round Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Ulster Final
     
        Derry 0-12  
        Tyrone 3-14  
          Tyrone
(R)		 0-16
5-18		  
          Cavan
(R)		 3-07
2-17		  
        Cavan 2-16  
        Armagh 0-14  
          Tyrone 0-13
          Donegal 0-11
        Monaghan 2-22  
        Down 0-09  
          Monaghan
(R)		 0-14
2-10		  
          Donegal
(R)		 1-11
0-17		  
        Donegal 2-12      
Fermanagh 1-12     Fermanagh 0-11      
Antrim 0-9  

Preliminary round
Preliminary Round
Fermanagh 1-12 – 0-9 Antrim
T Corrigan (0-9), S Quigley (1-0), A Breen, D McCusker, S Quigley (0-1 each) Report T McCann (0-3), B Neeson (0-2), S Burke, J Carron, R Murray, M Sweeney (0-1 each)
Attendance: 9,124
Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone)

Quarter-Finals
Quarter-Final
Derry 0-12 – 3-14 Tyrone
Kielt (0-5), R Bell, D Heavron (0-2 each), E Brown, M Lynch, K McKaigue (0-1 each) Report R O’Neill (2-2), D McCurry (0-4), P Harte (1-0), C McAliskey (0-2), S Cavanagh, M Donnelly, R Donnelly, C McShane, P McNulty, J Munroe (0-1 each)
Attendance: 12,011
Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)
Quarter-Final
Cavan 2-16 – 0-14 Armagh
S Johnston (0-7), D McVeety (1-1), M Reilly 1-0, G McKiernan (0-3), J Brady (0-2), R Galligan, D Givney, C Moynagh (0-1 each) Report S Campbell (0-7), E Rafferty (0-5), T Kernan (0-2)
Attendance: 15,236
Referee: Eddie Kinsella (Laois)
Quarter-Final
Monaghan 2-22 – 0-09 Down
C McManus (0-8), K Hughes (1-2), O Duffy (1-0), R Beggan (0-3), C McCarthy, D McKenna (0-2 each), S Carey, D Clerkin, D Malone, R McAnespie, K O’Connell (0-1 each) Report D O’Hare (0-3), C Maginn, D O’Hanlon (0-2 each), B O’Hagan, M Poland (0-1 each)
Attendance: 12,782
Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)
Quarter-Final
Donegal 2-12 – 0-11 Fermanagh
O MacNiallais (2-1), P McBrearty (0-3), E McHugh, M O'Reilly (0-2 each), M McElhinney, C McFadden, F McGlynn, M Murphy (0-1 each) Report T Corrigan (0-7), E Donnelly, B Mulrone, R Jones, S Quigley (0-1 each)
Attendance: 15,908
Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)

Semi-Finals
Semi-Final
Tyrone 0-16 – 3-07 Cavan
R O’Neill (0-5), M Donnelly, C McAliskey (0-2 each), C Cavanagh, S Cavanagh, R Donnelly, P Harte, D McCurry, C McShane, N Sludden (0-1 each) Report D Givney (2-0), C Moynagh (1-0), T Corr, F Flanagan, R Galligan, C Mackey, D McVeety, N Murray, S Johnston (0-1 each)
Attendance: 19,141
Referee: David Gough (Meath)
Semi-Final
Monaghan 0-14 – 1-11 Donegal
C McManus (0-8), C McCarthy, K O’Connell (0-2 each), S Carey, O Duffy (0-1 each) Report P McBrearty (0-5), M Murphy (0-3), O MacNiallais (1-0), K Lacey, E McHugh, C Toye (0-1 each)
Attendance: 16,287
Referee: Ciaran Branagan (Down)
Semi-Final
Replay
Monaghan 2-10 – 0-17 Donegal
C McManus (1-4), S Carey (1-1), J McCarron (0-2), C Boyle, O Duffy, C Walshe (0-1 each) Report M Murphy (0-5), P McBrearty (0-4), M O’Reilly (0-3), R Kavanagh, M McElhinney, F McGlynn, M McHugh, A Thompson (0-1 each)
Attendance: 17,174
Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)
Semi-Final
Replay
Tyrone 5-18 – 2-17 Cavan
P Harte (2-4), C McAliskey (1-2), M Bradley (1-1), R Brennan (1-0), M Donnelly (0-3), S Cavanagh, C McShane (0-2 each), J McMahon, N Morgan, J Munroe, N Sludden (0-1 each) Report G McKiernan (0-7), C Mackey (1-3), J Brady (1-0), C Moynagh (0-2), K Clarke, F Flanagan, R Galligan, D Givney, M Reilly (0-1 each)
Attendance: 20,223
Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)

Final
Final
Tyrone 0-13 – 0-11 Donegal
S Cavanagh (0-3), P Harte, N Morgan (0-2 each), R Brennan, C McCarron, D McCurry, C McGeary, C McShane, N Sludden (0-1 each) Report P McBrearty, R McHugh (0-3 each), O MacNiallais, M Murphy (0-2 each), C Toye (0-1)
Attendance: 33,433
Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)

See also

References
  1. "2016 GAA Championship fixtures revealed". RTÉ News. 16 October 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  2. "Monaghan hold on to dethrone Donegal in Ulster". Irish Examiner. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  3. "2016 Ulster Final: as it happened". The 42. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  4. "Tyrone dig deep to come from behind and beat Donegal in Ulster final". Irish Independent. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  5. "Analysis: How Tyrone finally wrestled back their Ulster crown from Donegal". The 42. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
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