# 2016 Dublin Senior Football Championship

The 2016 Dublin Senior Football Championship was the 130th edition of Dublin GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior clubs in County Dublin, Ireland. 32 teams participate, with the winner representing Dublin in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship.
Ballyboden St. Enda's were the defending Dublin (and All-Ireland champions) having defeated St. Vincent's in the 2015 Dublin championship final. They gave up their titles in the last sixteen stage when losing to Kilmacud Crokes.
On 5 November 2016, St. Vincent's claimed their 28th Dublin S.F.C. title and 4th in 5 years when defeating Castleknock (who reached their first final after only two years in the senior grade and only their 18th year in existence after being established in 1998) in Parnell Park in the final by 0-15 to 0-10.
O'Tooles were relegated to the Intermediate Football Championship for 2017 after they failed to fulfill their Round 1 Senior 'B' Replay with Naomh Mearnóg this year. They will be replaced by Paul Flynn's Fingallians who claimed this year's I.F.C. title.

## Format

The championship has a straight knock-out format. The losers of the Round 1 matches enter the Senior 'B' Football Championship. Losers of Round 1 of the Senior 'B' Championship enter a relegation playoff if a non-reserve side wins the Dublin Intermediate Football Championship.

## Promoted to SFC in 2015

* None

## Relegated from SFC in 2015

* None

## Senior 'A' Football Championship
### Senior 'A' Round 1

All 32 teams enter the championship at this stage. The 16 winners enter Round 2 while the 16 losers enter the Senior 'B' Football Championship.
| 28 April 2016 18:45 Round 1 | St. Vincent's | 2-16 - 0-4 | Erin's Isle | Parnell Park |
| 28 April 2016 18:45 Round 1 | Shane B. Carthy and Tomas Quinn 1-0 each | | | Parnell Park |
| 28 April 2016 19:00 Round 1 | St. Sylvester's | 1-13 - 1-8 | UCD | Balgriffin |
| 28 April 2016 19:00 Round 1 | Whitehall Colmcille | 2-17 - 1-7 | St. Patrick's Palmerstown | Blakestown |
| 28 April 2016 19:00 Round 1 | Lucan Sarsfields | 2-10 - 1-7 | Round Towers Clondalkin | Newcastle |
| 28 April 2016 19:00 Round 1 | St. Jude's | 0-15 - 0-5 | Cuala | O'Toole Park Referee: James King (Garda) |
| 28 April 2016 19:00 Round 1 | Niall Coakley 0-7 (0-2f), Kevin McManamon 0-3 (0-2f, 1 '45), Tom Lahiff 0-2, Rob Martina, Paul Courtney, Declan Donnelly 0-1 each | | Martin Cahilan, John Sheanon, Con O'Callaghan, Luke Keating (0-1f), S O'Brien 0-1 each | O'Toole Park Referee: James King (Garda) |
| 28 April 2016 19:00 Round 1 | Raheny | 5-18 - 2-1 | St. Mary's Saggart | St. Margaret's |
| 28 April 2016 19:00 Round 1 | Darren Byrne, Brian Fenton, David Shatwell, Eoghan Smyth, Shane Homan 1-0 each | | | St. Margaret's |
| 28 April 2016 20:15 Round 1 | Skerries Harps | 1-12 - 1-11 | Thomas Davis | Parnell Park |
| 28 April 2016 20:15 Round 1 | Harry Dawson 0-7 (0-4f), Gerry Daly 1-0, Paul Cashman and Bryan Cullen 0-2 each, Shane Davis (1 '45) | | Paul Hudson 0-6 (0-1f), Ryan Deegan 1-0, Ciarán Farrelly 0-1 | Parnell Park |
| 29 April 2016 18:45 Round 1 | Castleknock | 2-12 - 1-12 | St. Oliver Plunkett's/Eoghan Ruadh | Parnell Park Referee: Danny Harrington (St. Sylvester's) |
| 29 April 2016 18:45 Round 1 | James Sherry 2-1, Des Carlos 0-4f, John Kindlon 0-2, Tom Shiels, Matt Griffin, Shane Boland, Collie Lynch, Tommy Corcoran 0-1 each | Report | Gareth Smith 0-6 (0-4f), Declan Lally 1-0, Tomas Corrigan, Alan Brogan, Bernard Brogan (0-1f) 0-2 each | Parnell Park Referee: Danny Harrington (St. Sylvester's) |
| 29 April 2016 19:00 Round 1 | Ballymun Kickhams | 9-15 - 1-3 | O'Tooles | Garristown |
| 29 April 2016 19:00 Round 1 | Ballinteer St. John's | 2-13 - 0-8 | St. Peregrine's | Monastery Road |
| 29 April 2016 19:00 Round 1 | Robbie Gaughan 2-0 | | | Monastery Road |
| 29 April 2016 19:00 Round 1 | Ballyboden St. Enda's | 2-12 - 0-12 | Naomh Olaf | O'Toole Park |
| 29 April 2016 19:00 Round 1 | Ryan Basquel 1-1 Sam Molony 1-0, Colm Basquel 0-2 | Report | David Byrne 0-1 | O'Toole Park |
| 29 April 2016 19:00 Round 1 | Parnells | 2-9 - 0-13 | St. Anne's | Kilbarrack |
| 29 April 2016 19:00 Round 1 | Na Fianna | 2-17 - 0-15 | Templeogue Synge Street | Finglas |
| 29 April 2016 19:00 Round 1 | JJ Martin and David Quinn 1-0 each | | | Finglas |
| 29 April 2016 19:00 Round 1 | Clontarf | 2-8 - 0-6 | Fingal Ravens | Drumnigh |
| 29 April 2016 19:00 Round 1 | Kilmacud Crokes | 2-11 - 1-6 | Naomh Mearnóg | Cloughran |
| 29 April 2016 19:00 Round 1 | Ross McGowan and Callum Pearson 1-0 each | | Andrew Sheppard 1-0 | Cloughran |
| 29 April 2016 20:15 Round 1 | St. Brigid's | 3-15 - 2-5 | St. Maur's | Parnell Park |
| 29 April 2016 20:15 Round 1 | Lorcan McCarthy 0-6, Niall O'Dea 1-2, Alan McCarrick 1-1, Kevin Bonner 1-0, Sean Murray and Emlyn Mulligan 0-2 each, Alan Daly 0-1 | | Conor McGuire 1-1, Conor McGuiness 1-0, Eoin Fletcher, Michael Reilly, Danny Byrne, Ciaran Reddin (0-1f) 0-1 each | Parnell Park |

### Senior 'A' Round 2

The 16 winners of the First Round matches play each other in this round. The 8 winners proceed to the Quarter-Finals while the 8 losers exit the championship.
| 7 October 2016 19:30 Round 2 | Lucan Sarsfields | 3-17 - 1-10 | Ballinteer St. John's | Kiltipper Road |
| 7 October 2016 19:30 Round 2 | | Report | | Kiltipper Road |
| 8 October 2016 15:00 Round 2 | St. Jude's | 1-15 - 1-3 | Clontarf | Parnell Park |
| 8 October 2016 15:00 Round 2 | | Report | | Parnell Park |
| 8 October 2016 16:45 Round 2 | Kilmacud Crokes | 1-14 - 0-9 | Ballyboden St. Enda's | Parnell Park |
| 8 October 2016 16:45 Round 2 | | Report | | Parnell Park |
| 9 October 2016 14:15 Round 2 | Ballymun Kickhams | 1-16 - 0-13 | St. Brigid's | Parnell Park |
| 9 October 2016 14:15 Round 2 | | Report | | Parnell Park |
| 9 October 2016 14:15 Round 2 | Skerries Harps | 2-20 - 1-10 | Whitehall Colmcille | Garristown |
| 9 October 2016 14:15 Round 2 | | Report | | Garristown |
| 9 October 2016 15:00 Round 2 | Castleknock | 1-13 - 0-12 | St. Sylvester's | Drumnigh |
| 9 October 2016 15:00 Round 2 | | Report | | Drumnigh |
| 9 October 2016 15:45 Round 2 | Raheny | 2-16 - 0-7 | Parnells | Garristown |
| 9 October 2016 15:45 Round 2 | | Report | | Garristown |
| 9 October 2016 16:00 Round 2 | St. Vincent's | 1-14 - 1-6 | Na Fianna | Parnell Park |
| 9 October 2016 16:00 Round 2 | | Report | | Parnell Park |

### Senior 'A' Quarter Finals

| 19 October 2016 18:45 Quarter-Final | Castleknock | 2-14 - 0-10 | Skerries Harps | Parnell Park |
| 19 October 2016 18:45 Quarter-Final | Des Carlos 0-7 (0-6f), Shane Boland 1-2, Mikey Galvin 1-2 (0-1f), Ciaran Kilkenny, Graham Hannigan, Colin Lynch 0-1 each | | Steven Smith 0-8 (0-7f), Colin Daly and Graham Cullen 0-1 each | Parnell Park |
| 19 October 2016 20:15 Quarter-Final | St. Jude's | 0-14 - 1-8 | Kilmacud Crokes | Parnell Park |
| 19 October 2016 20:15 Quarter-Final | Kevin McManamon 0-5 (0-3f), Niall Coakley 0-3 (0-1f), Declan Donnelly 0-2 (0-1f), Seamus Ryan, Ross O’Brien, Kieran Doherty, Ronan Joyce 0-1 each | | Mark Vaughan 0-4 (0-3f), Pat Burke 1-0, Paul Mannion 0-2 (0-1f), Callum Pearson, Ross O’Carroll 0-1 each | Parnell Park |
| 20 October 2016 18:45 Quarter-Final | Ballymun Kickhams | 2-23 - 1-8 | Raheny | Parnell Park |
| 20 October 2016 18:45 Quarter-Final | Dean Rock 0-9 (0-6f, 0-1 45), Ted Furman 1-3, Paddy Small 1-1, Jason Whelan 0-4, Alan Hubbard and Karl Connolly, 0-2 each, John Small, Kevin Leahy 0-1 each | | Gavin Ivory 0-3, Sean McMahon 1-0, David Shatwell 0-2, Brian Fenton, James O’Kane (f), Donal Ryan 0-1 each | Parnell Park |
| 20 October 2016 20:15 Quarter-Final | St. Vincent's | 1-14 - 2-8 | Lucan Sarsfields | Parnell Park |
| 20 October 2016 20:15 Quarter-Final | Ruairi Trainor 1-1, Shane B. Carthy 0-4, Tomas Quinn 0-2(1f), Albert Martin, Diarmuid Connolly, Enda Varley (f), Nathan Mullins, Cormac Diamond, Joe Feeney, Gavin Burke 0-1 each | | Brendan Gallagher 1-4 (1-0 pen, 0-1f), Andrew Hope 1-0, CJ Smyth, Dan Gallagher, Rory Kelly, Thomas Brennan (1f) 0-1 each | Parnell Park |

### Senior 'A' Semi-Finals

| 26 October 2016 19:30 Semi-Final | St. Vincent's | 0-12 - 0-11 | Ballymun Kickhams | Parnell Park Referee: Barry Tiernan |
| 26 October 2016 19:30 Semi-Final | Diarmuid Connolly 0-4, Tomas Quinn 0-3f, Enda Varley 0-2f, Albert Martin, Ruairi Trainor, Ger Brennan 0-1 each | Report | Dean Rock 0-8 (0-6f), Ted Furman 0-2, James Burke 0-1. | Parnell Park Referee: Barry Tiernan |
| 27 October 2016 19:30 Semi-Final | Castleknock | 0-11 - 1-4 | St. Jude's | Parnell Park Referee: James King |
| 27 October 2016 19:30 Semi-Final | Des Carlos 0-9 (0-7f), Mikey Galvin, Ben Galvin 0-1 each | Report | Kevin McManamon 1-1, Kieran Doherty, Declan Donnelly, Niall Coakley (0-1f) 0-1 each | Parnell Park Referee: James King |

### Senior 'A' Final

| 5 November 2016 3:00pm Final | St. Vincent's | 0-15 - 0-10 | Castleknock | Parnell Park Referee: D. Sheppard |
| 5 November 2016 3:00pm Final | Tomas Quinn (0-5, 2 frees); Enda Varley (0-4, 1 free); Gavin Burke (0-2); Shane B. Carthy, Cormac Diamond, Ruari Trainor and Joe Feeney 0-1 each | Report | Des Carlos (0-5 frees); Ciaran Kilkenny and K Kindlon 0-2 each, E O’Brien (0-1). | Parnell Park Referee: D. Sheppard |

## Senior 'B' Football Championship
### Senior 'B' Round 1

The 16 losers from the First Round play off in this round. The 8 winners proceed to the Senior 'B' Quarter-Finals while the 8 losers will exit the championship. One team was designated home advantage for each tie in a random draw. The match involving O'Toole's and Naomh Mearnóg was abandoned while the teams were level after 55 minutes due to a brawl involving players, management and supporters.
| 9 October 2016 Round 1 | St. Maur's | 0-14 - 3-9 | Templeogue Synge Street | Rush |
| 9 October 2016 Round 1 | St. Peregrine's | 2-7 - 1-7 | Fingal Ravens | Blakestown |
| 9 October 2016 Round 1 | UCD | scr - w/o | St. Anne's | Belfield |
| 9 October 2016 Round 1 | O'Toole's | abandoned | Naomh Mearnóg | Blunden Drive |
| 9 October 2016 Round 1 | Naomh Olaf | 3-16 - 1-4 | Erin's Isle | O'Brien Park |
| 9 October 2016 Round 1 | Round Towers Clondalkin | 2-6 - 2-11 | Cuala | Monastery Road |
| 9 October 2016 Round 1 | St. Oliver Plunkett's/Eoghan Ruadh | 2-15 - 0-5 | St. Patrick's Palmerstown | Martin Savage Park |
| 9 October 2016 Round 1 | St. Mary's Saggart | 1-19 - 4-19 | Thomas Davis | Saggart |
| Not Played Round 1 Replay | Naomh Mearnóg | null & viod | O'Toole's |

### Senior 'B' Quarter-Finals

| 23 October 2016 Quarter-Final | Naomh Olaf | 1-7 - 2-14 | Cuala | O'Brien Park |
| 29 October 2016 Quarter-Final | Thomas Davis | 1-14 - 1-9 | St. Peregrine's | Kiltipper Road |
| 29 October 2016 Quarter-Final | Templeogue Synge Street | 2-11 - 0-12 | St. Anne's | Dolphin Park |
| 29 October 2016 Quarter-Final | Bye | -vs- | St. Oliver Plunkett's/Eoghan Ruadh | ??? |

### Senior 'B' Semi-Finals

| 16 November 2016 18:45 Semi-Final | St. Oliver Plunkett's/Eoghan Ruadh | 1-14 - 1-13 | Thomas Davis | Parnell Park |
| 16 November 2016 20:15 Semi-Final | Cuala | 2-10 - 1-10 | Templeogue Synge Street | Parnell Park |

### Senior 'B' Final

| 23 November 2016 Senior 'B' Final | St. Oliver Plunkett's/Eoghan Ruadh | 0-12 - 0-11 | Cuala | Parnell Park |