# 2016 Down county football team season

The following is a summary of Down county football team's 2016 season. It was a first season in charge for newly appointed Down manager Éamonn Burns.

## Kits

| Home | Away |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed/Cancelled

### Dr McKenna Cup
#### Fixtures

| Date | Round | Home | Score | Away | Ground |
| 3 Jan | Group | Donegal | 1-11 v 0-11 | Down | MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey |
| 10 Jan | Group | Down | 0-08 v 0-14 | Fermanagh | Páirc Esler, Newry |
| 13 Jan | Group | Down | 3-20 v 2-14 | St Mary's | Páirc Esler, Newry |

#### Table

Qualification for next round
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | Pts |
| Fermanagh | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1-39 | 0-30 | 12 | 6 |
| Down | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3-39 | 3-39 | 0 | 2 |
| St Mary's | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4-34 | 4-41 | -7 | 2 |
| Donegal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1-17 | 2-29 | -15 | 2 |

### National Football League Division 1

Down played in Division One of the National Football League in 2016. The fixtures were announced on 16 November 2015.

#### Fixtures

| Date | Round | Home | Score | Away | Ground |
| 30 Jan | Group | Down | 0-07 v 3-15 | Donegal | Páirc Esler, Newry |
| 7 Feb | Group | Monaghan | 0-13 v 0-11 | Down | St. Tiernach's Park, Clones |
| 28 Feb | Group | Down | 0-06 v 0-22 | Kerry | Páirc Esler, Newry |
| 6 Mar | Group | Roscommon | 1-12 v 0-06 | Down | Pearse Park, Longford |
| 12 Mar | Group | Down | 1-07 v 1-15 | Dublin | Páirc Esler, Newry |
| 27 Mar | Group | Cork | 0-12 v 0-07 | Down | Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork |
| 3 Apr | Group | Mayo | 1-19 v 1-16 | Down | MacHale Park, Castlebar |

#### Table

Compete in Division 1 semi-finals  Automatic relegation to Division 2
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | Pts |
| Dublin | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8-91 | 4-75 | 28 | 14 |
| Kerry | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5-109 | 5-77 | 32 | 10 |
| Roscommon | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9-98 | 8-77 | 24 | 8 |
| Donegal | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8-84 | 6-78 | 12 | 6 |
| Mayo | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5-88 | 7-91 | -9 | 6 |
| Monaghan | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6-83 | 7-91 | -11 | 6 |
| Cork | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9-89 | 9-105 | -16 | 6 |
| Down | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2-60 | 6-108 | -60 | 0 |
$^1$Donegal, Mayo, Monaghan and Cork are ranked by scoring difference.

#### Results

| 30/01/16 Round 1 | Down | 0-7 - 3-15 | Donegal | Páirc Esler, Newry Referee: David Gough (Meath) |
| 30/01/16 Round 1 | D O'Hare (0-4), A McConville (0-2), C McGovern (0-1) | Report | M Murphy (0-8), P McBrearty (1-3), R McHugh (2-0), L McLoone (0-2), C Thompson (0-1), F McGlynn (0-1) | Páirc Esler, Newry Referee: David Gough (Meath) |
| 07/02/16 Round 2 | Monaghan | 0-13 - 0-11 | Down | St Tiernach's Park, Clones Referee: C Reilly |
| 07/02/16 Round 2 | C McManus (0-2), O Duffy (0-2), R McAnespie (0-2), S Carey (0-2), D Malone (0-1), D McKenna (0-1), F Kelly (0-1), R Beggan (0-1), T Kerr (0-1) | Report | C Harrison (0-4), D O'Hanlon (0-3), S McArdle (0-2), M McKay (0-1), P Downey (0-1) | St Tiernach's Park, Clones Referee: C Reilly |
| 28/02/16 Round 3 | Down | 0-6 - 0-22 | Kerry | Páirc Esler, Newry Referee: M Duffy |
| 28/02/16 Round 3 | B O'Hagan (0-2), C Harrison (0-2), C Maginn (0-1), R Mallon (0-1) | Report | B Sheehan (0-6), D O'Sullivan (0-4), A Fitzgerald (0-3), BJ Keane (0-3), C Cooper (0-3), B O'Sullivan (0-2), S O'Brien (0-1) | Páirc Esler, Newry Referee: M Duffy |
| 06/03/16 Round 4 | Roscommon | 1-12 - 0-6 | Down | Pearse Park, Longford Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry) |
| 06/03/16 Round 4 | C Murtagh (1-6), F Cregg (0-3), C Daly (0-2), C Cregg (0-1) | Report | C Harrison (0-2), B O'Hagan (0-1), D O'Hanlon (0-1), M Poland (0-1), P Devlin (0-1) | Pearse Park, Longford Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry) |
| 12/03/16 Round 5 | Down | 1-7 - 1-15 | Dublin | Páirc Esler, Newry Referee: D O'Mahoney |
| 12/03/16 Round 5 | D O'Hare (1-2), J Murphy (0-2), D O'Hanlon (0-1), M McKay (0-1), P Devlin (0-1) | Report | C Costello (1-4), D Rock (0-3), C Kilkenny (0-2), K McManamon (0-2), P Flynn (0-2), J Cooper (0-1), P Andrews (0-1) | Páirc Esler, Newry Referee: D O'Mahoney |
| 27/03/16 Round 6 | Cork | 0-12 - 0-7 | Down | Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone) |
| 27/03/16 Round 6 | C O'Neill (0-4), L Connolly (0-3), M Collins (0-3), P Kerrigan (0-2) | Report | D O'Hare (0-3), C McGovern (0-1), D O'Hanlon (0-1), M Cunningham (0-1), M Poland (0-1) | Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone) |
| 03/04/16 Round 7 | Mayo | 1-19 - 1-16 | Down | MacHale Park, Castlebar Attendance: 8,352 Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan) |
| 03/04/16 Round 7 | E Regan (0-9), C O'Connor (1-4), A Freeman (0-2), A Moran (0-1), A O'Shea (0-1), C Barrett (0-1), J Doherty (0-1) | Report | D O'Hare (1-5), M Cunningham (0-2), S Dornan (0-2), D McKibbon (0-1), D O'Hanlon (0-1), K McKernan (0-1), M Poland (0-1), P Devlin (0-1), P Turley (0-1), R Mallon (0-1) | MacHale Park, Castlebar Attendance: 8,352 Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan) |

### Ulster Senior Football Championship

The draw for the 2016 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on 15 October 2015.

#### Fixtures

| Date | Round | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Ground |
| Sunday 5 June 2016 | Quarter Final | Monaghan | 2-22 v 0-09 | Down | St Tiernach's Park, Clones |

#### Bracket

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

#### Results
### All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
#### Fixtures

| Date | Round | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Ground |
| 25 June 2016 | Round 1B | Down | 3-17 v 2-24 | Longford | Páirc Esler, Newry |

#### Results
## Notable events

* On Thursday 5 November 2015, Down appointed Éamonn Burns as new football manager.