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2016 Galway county football team season

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Galway
2016 season
ManagerKevin Walsh
StadiumPearse Stadium, Galway City
NFL Division 23rd
All-Ireland SFCQuarter-finalist
Connacht SFCWinners
FBD Insurance LeagueWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: Danny Cummins (2–8)
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In the 2016 season, Galway started their campaign winning their 6th FBD Insurance League title with a win over Roscommon. Galway ended Mayo's bid for a 6th consecutive Connacht Senior Football Championship title with an unlikely 3 point victory in McHale Park. In the All-Ireland quarter-final Galway were defeated by Tipperary.[1]

Kits[edit]

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Competitions[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed/Cancelled

FBD League[edit]

Fixtures[edit]

Date Round Home Score Away Ground
3 Jan Group Galway 2-9 v 0-12 Sligo Tuam
10 Jan Group Galway 1-8 v 1-5 Leitrim Tuam
17 Jan Group Galway 0-13 v 0-10 GMIT Tuam

Table[edit]

Team Pld W D L Pts Diff
Galway 3 3 0 0 6 +14
Leitrim 3 2 0 1 4 +18
GMIT 3 1 0 2 2 –23
Sligo 3 0 0 3 0 –9

National Football League Division 2[edit]

Fixtures[edit]

Date Round Home Score Away Ground
31 Jan Group Laois 1-10 - 3-12 Galway O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
7 Feb Group Galway 1-9 - 1-11 Tyrone Pearse Stadium, Salthill
28 Feb Group Derry 2-12 - 1-18 Galway Páirc na gCeilteach, Derry
6 Mar Group Galway 0-15 - 1-12 Meath Pearse Stadium, Salthill
13 Mar Group Armagh 1-15 - 1-15 Galway Athletic Grounds, Armagh
27 Mar Group Galway 0-15 - 0-15 Fermanagh St. Jarlath's Park, Tuam
3 Apr Group Cavan 1-16 - 1-12 Galway Breffni Park, Cavan

Table[edit]

  Compete in Division 2 final and automatic promotion to Division 1
  Automatic relegation to Division 3

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Tyrone 7 5 2 0 6-89 3-76 22 12
Cavan 7 5 0 2 8-102 3-81 36 10
Galway 7 2 3 2 7-96 7-91 5 7
Fermanagh 7 2 2 3 2-85 6-75 -2 6
Meath 7 2 2 3 6-82 5-91 -6 6
Derry 7 2 2 3 13-86 9-106 -8 6
Armagh 7 2 2 3 4-86 6-96 -16 6
Laois 7 1 1 5 4-93 11-103 -31 3

1Fermanagh, Meath, Derry and Armagh are ranked by scoring difference.


Connacht Senior Football Championship[edit]

Fixtures[edit]

Date Round Team 1 Score Team 2 Ground
Sunday 5 June 2016 Semi Final Mayo 0-12 - 1-12 Galway McHale Park
Sunday 10 July 2016 Final Galway 0-13 - 1-10 Roscommon Pearse Stadium, Salthill
Sunday 17 July 2016 Final Replay Galway 3-16 - 0-14 Roscommon McHale Park

Bracket[edit]

Preliminary round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
New York 0-17
Roscommon 1-15 Roscommon 1-21
Leitrim 0-11
Roscommon 4-16
Sligo 2-13
Roscommon
(R)
1-10
0-14
Galway
(R)
0-13
3-16
London 0-9
Mayo 2-16
Mayo 0-12
Galway 1-12


2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship[edit]

Fixtures[edit]

Date Round Team 1 Score Team 2 Ground
Sunday 31 July 2016 AI Quarter Final Tipperary 3-13 - 1-10 Galway Croke Park

References[edit]

  1. ^ O'Brien, Kevin. "As it happened: Galway v Tipperary, All-Ireland SFC quarter-final". The42.