2023 Connacht Senior Football Championship

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2023 Connacnt SFC
Tournament details
Year2023
Winners
Champions Colours of Galway.svg Galway (49th win)
Runners-up
Runners-up Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo
Other
Matches played6
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The 2023 Connacht Senior Football Championship was the 2023 iteration of the Connacht Senior Football Championship organised by Connacht GAA.

Contents

7 teams competed in the championship. Galway were the defending champions.

Teams

General Information

Seven counties will compete in the Connacht Senior Football Championship:

County Last Provincial TitleLast Championship TitlePosition in 2022 Championship
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 2022 2001 Champions
Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim 1994 —Semi-finals
Colours of London.svg London ——Quarter-finals
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 2021 1951 Quarter-finals
Colors of New York.svg New York ——Quarter-finals
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 2019 1944 Runners-up
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 2007 —Semi-finals

Personnel and kits

County Manager Captain(s) Sponsors
Colours of Galway.svg Galway Pádraic Joyce Seán Kelly Supermac's
Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim Andy Moran Donal WrynnJ. P. Clarke's Saloon, New York
Colours of London.svg London Michael MaherLiam Gavaghan Clayton Hotel
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo Kevin McStay Paddy Durcan Intersport Elverys
Colors of New York.svg New York Johnny McGeeneyJohnny GlynnNavillus
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon Davy Burke Brian Stack Ballymore
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo Tony McEntee Keelan Cawley AbbVie

Bracket

Quarter-finals
Semi-finals Final
      
Colours of London.svg London 0-12
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 2-20
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 2-16
Colors of New York.svg New York 0-06
Colors of New York.svg New York 0-15p
Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim 0-15
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 0-12
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 2-20
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 2-08
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 0-10
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 1-09
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 1-13

Quarter-finals

8 April 2023
15:00
Quarter-final		 Colours of London.svg London 0-12 - 2-20 Sligo Colours of Sligo.svg McGovern Park, Ruislip
Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare)
Christopher Farley (0-6, 6f), Aidan McLoughlin (0-2), Enda Lynn (0-1), Christopher Duggan (0-1), Liam Gavaghan (0-1), Conal Gallagher (0-1) Report Pat Spillane (1-4), Sean Carrabine (1-1,1f), Niall Murphy 0-3, 1f), Patrick O'Connor (0-3, 1m), Cian Lally (0-3), Paul Kilcoyne (0-1), Paul McNamara (0-1), Luke Towey (0-1), Nathan Mullen (0-1), Donal Conlon (0-1), Alan Reilly (0-1,1f)
8 April 2023
18:00 EDT (UTC−04:00)
Quarter-final		 Colors of New York.svg New York 0-15 – 0-15
(aet)
2–0 pens		 Leitrim Colours of Leitrim.svg Gaelic Park, New York
Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)
Connell Ahearne 0-4 (0-2f, 0-2m), Shane Carthy 0-3, (0-1f), Mick Cunningham 0-1 (0-1f), Shane Brosnan 0-1, Adrian Varley 0-2 (0-1f), Mikey Brosnan 0-1, Peter Fox 0-1, Daniel O’Sullivan 0-1, Jack Reilly 0-1. Report Keith Beirne 0-9, (0-5f, 0-1m), Evan Sweeney 0-3, Mark Plunkett 0-2, Paul Keaney 0-1 (0-1f)
9 April 2023
16:00
Quarter-final		 Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 0-10 - 2-8 Roscommon Colours of Roscommon.svg McHale Park, Castlebar
Attendance: 19,361
Referee: Noel Mooney (Cavan)
Colm Reape 0-2 (2fs), Ryan O’Donoghue 0-2 (2fs), Paddy Durcan 0-1, Donnacha McHugh 0-1, Matthew Ruane 0-1, Tommy Conroy 0-1, Aidan O’Shea 0-1, Cillian O’Connor 0-1. Report Diarmuid Murtagh 0-6 (4fs), Enda Smith 1-1 (1-0 pen), Donie Smith 1-0, Conor Cox 0-1.

Semi-finals

23 April 2023
16:00
Semi-final		 Roscommon Colours of Roscommon.svg 1-9 - 1-13 Galway Colours of Galway.svg Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon
Attendance: 16,917 [1]
Referee: D Gough (Meath)
Man of the Match: Ciarán Murtagh
Report
22 April 2023
14:30
Semi-final		 Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 2-16 - 0-6 New York Colors of New York.svg Markievicz Park, Sligo
Attendance: 5,677 [2]
Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry)
Report

Final

7 May 2023
13:45
Final		 Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 0-12 - 2-20 Colours of Galway.svg Galway McHale Park, Castlebar
Attendance: 11,867 [3]
Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare)
Man of the Match: Matthew Tierney
Report

Stadia and locations

County Location Province Stadium Capacity
Colours of Galway.svg Galway Galway Connacht Pearse Stadium 26,197
Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim Carrick-on-Shannon Connacht Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada 9,331
Colours of London.svg London South Ruislip Britain McGovern Park 3,000
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo Castlebar Connacht MacHale Park 25,369
Colors of New York.svg New York Bronx North America Gaelic Park 2,000
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon Roscommon Connacht Dr Hyde Park 18,890
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo Sligo Connacht Markievicz Park 18,558

Championship statistics

Scoring events

Miscellaneous

See also

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References

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  2. ↑ "Historic occasion a damp squib for New York as Sligo take a chunk out of Big Apple at Markievicz Park". Irish Independent. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Matthew Tierney inspires Galway to first successful defence of Connacht title in 20 years". Irish Times. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "Connacht SFC first round: New York 0-15 Leitrim 0-15 (After extra-time; New York win 2-0 on penalties)". Irish Times. 9 April 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
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