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2016 Ulster Senior Football Championship

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The 2016 Ulster Senior Football Championship is the 128th instalment of the annual Ulster Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of Ulster GAA. It is one of the four provincial competitions of the 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Monaghan are the reigning champions following the 2015 Championship when they beat 2014 Ulster champions Donegal in the final on 19 July by a score of 0-11 v 0-10.[1] [2][3]

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

Fixtures

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: S. 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
Attendance: 15,236
Referee: E Kinsella (Laois)

Quarter-Final
Monaghan 2-22 – 0-09 Down
Attendance: 12,782
Referee: C Lane (Cork)

Quarter-Final
Donegal 2-12 – 0-11 Fermanagh
Attendance: 15,908

Semi-Finals

Semi-Final
Tyrone 0-16 – 3-07 Cavan
Attendance: 19,141

Semi-Final
Replay
Tyrone 5-18 – 2-17 Cavan
Attendance: 20,223

Semi-Final
Monaghan 0-14 – 1-11 Donegal
Attendance: 16,287

Semi-Final
Replay
Monaghan 2-10 – 0-17 Donegal
Attendance: 17,174

Final

Final
Tyrone 0-13 – 0-11 Donegal

See also

References

  1. ^ "MONAGHAN 0-11 DONEGAL 0-10". GAA.ie. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Monaghan hold on to dethrone Donegal in Ulster". Irish Examiner. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Ulster Final: As it happened". The 42. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.