# 2017 Offaly Senior Football Championship

The 2017 Offaly Senior Football Championship was the 120th edition of Offaly GAA's premier Gaelic football competition for senior graded clubs in County Offaly, Ireland. Eight teams compete, with the winner representing Offaly in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship.
The championship starts a league stage and progresses to a knockout stage.
Rhode were the defending champions after they defeated Ferbane in the previous years final.
This was Cappincur's return to the senior grade after claiming the 2016 Offaly Senior B Football Championship title.
St Rynagh's were relegated to the 2018 S.B.F.C. after 7 years in the top-flight.

## Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2016 championship season.

## League Phase

The top two in the group went directly to the semi-final. The third through sixth place teams contested the quarter-finals. The two bottom finishers qualified for the Relegation Final.

## Knock-out Stage
### Last Four

The top four finishers in the league qualified for the quarter-finals.
| Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Gracefield | Gracefield | 2-8 | | | | | | |
| Tullamore | Tullamore | 0-8 | Rhode | Rhode | 1-15 | | | |
| | | | Gracefield | Gracefield | 1-7 | | | |
| | | | | | | Rhode | Rhode | 0-12 |
| Clara | Clara | 1-11 | | | | Clara | Clara | 0-9 |
| Edenderry | Edenderry | 0-9 | Clara | Clara | 1-13 | | | |
| | | | Ferbane | Ferbane | 1-12 | | | |

### Quarter-finals

| 16 September 2017 16:15 Semi-Final | Clara | 1-11 – 0-9 | Edenderry | O'Connor Park, Offaly Referee: Alan McKnight |
| 16 September 2017 17:45 Semi-Final | Gracefield | 2-8 – 0-8 | Tullamore | O'Connor Park, Offaly Referee: Gerard Keyes |

### Semi-finals

| 24 September 2017 2:30 pm Semi-Final | Clara | 1-13 – 1-12 | Ferbane | O'Connor Park Attendance: 2,419 Referee: Fergal Smyth (Kilclonfert) |
| 24 September 2017 2:30 pm Semi-Final | Thomas Deehan 0-5 (0-4f), John O'Hara and Graham Guilfoyle 0-3 each, Scott Brady 1-0, Matthew Mitchell and Pa Smith (0-1f) 0-1 each | Report | Ryan Heavin 0-4 (0-3f), Aidan Kennaghan 1-0, Joseph Maher and Colin Kenny 0-2 each, Oisin Kelly, David Cox, Leon Fox, Cian Johnson 0-1 each | O'Connor Park Attendance: 2,419 Referee: Fergal Smyth (Kilclonfert) |
| 24 September 2017 4:00 pm Semi-Final | Rhode | 1-15 – 1-7 | Gracefield | O'Connor Park Attendance: 2,419 Referee: Fintan Pierce (Raheen) |
| 24 September 2017 4:00 pm Semi-Final | Niall McNamee 0-7 (0-4f, 1 '45), Anton Sullivan 1-2, James McPadden 0-2, Darren Garry, Niall Darby, Pauric Sullivan, Shane Lowry 0-1 each | Report | Stephen Flanagan 0-5 (0-4f), Stephen Slattery 1-0, Keith Mullally and Padraig Duffy 0-1 each | O'Connor Park Attendance: 2,419 Referee: Fintan Pierce (Raheen) |

### Final

| 15 October 2017 3:30 pm Final | Rhode | 0-12 – 0-9 | Clara | O'Connor Park Attendance: 5,272 Referee: Ger Keyes (Shamrocks) Man of the Match: Niall McNamee |
| 15 October 2017 3:30 pm Final | Niall McNamee 0-8 (0-5f, 1 '45), Ruairi McNamee 0-2, Paul McPadden and Stephen Hannon 0-1 each | Report | Thomas Deehan 0-3 (0-2f), John O'Hara and Pa Smith 0-2 each, Robert Mitchell and Graham Guilfoyle 0-1 each | O'Connor Park Attendance: 5,272 Referee: Ger Keyes (Shamrocks) Man of the Match: Niall McNamee |

## Relegation play-off

The two bottom-placed teams from each group play off in the relegation final with the loser relegated to the 2018 Senior B Championship.
* Cappincur 0-16, 2-7 St Rynagh's, Pullough, 15/9/2017,