2016 Ulster Senior Football Championship

2016 Ulster SFC

Tournament details
Year	2016
Winners
Champions	Tyrone (14th win)
Manager	Mickey Harte
Captain	Seán Cavanagh
Runners-up
Runners-up	Donegal
Manager	Rory Gallagher
Captain	Michael Murphy
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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.

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 county teams in the province of Ulster.

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	Ciarán McKeever	2002	2008
Cavan	Royal blue and white	Kingspan Group	Terry Hyland	Gearóid 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					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

15 May 2016

16:00

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)

Brewster Park, Enniskillen

Attendance: 9,124

Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone)

Quarter-finals

22 May 2016

14:00

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)

Celtic Park (Derry), Derry

Attendance: 12,011

Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)

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29 May 2016

15:30

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)

Kingspan Breffni Park, Cavan

Attendance: 15,236

Referee: Eddie Kinsella (Laois)

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5 June 2016

14:00

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)

St Tiernach's Park, Clones

Attendance: 12,782

Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)

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12 June 2016

14:00

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)

MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey

Attendance: 15,908

Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)

Semi-finals

19 June 2016

14:00

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)

St Tiernach's Park, Clones

Attendance: 19,141

Referee: David Gough (Meath)

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25 June 2016

19:00

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)

Breffni Park, Cavan

Attendance: 16,287

Referee: Ciaran Branagan (Down)

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2 July 2016

19:00

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)

Breffni Park, Cavan

Attendance: 17,174

Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)

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3 July 2016

16:00

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)

St Tiernach's Park, Clones

Attendance: 20,223

Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)

Final

17 July 2016

14:00

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)

St Tiernach's Park, Clones

Attendance: 33,433

Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)

See also

• Fixtures and results
• 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
  • 2016 Connacht Senior Football Championship
  • 2016 Leinster Senior Football Championship
  • 2016 Munster Senior Football Championship

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.