2016 Galway county football team season
| 2016 season | |
|---|---|
| Manager | Kevin Walsh |
| Stadium | Pearse Stadium, Galway City |
| NFL Division 2 | 3rd |
| All-Ireland SFC | Quarter-finalist |
| Connacht SFC | Winner |
| FBD Insurance League | Winner |
| Top goalscorer | League: All: Danny Cummins (2–8) |
The following is a summary of Galway county football team's 2016 season.
Galway began their campaign by securing a 6th FBD Insurance League title, with a win over Roscommon. Galway ended Mayo's bid for a sixth consecutive Connacht SFC title with an unlikely three-point victory at McHale Park. In the 2016 All-Ireland SFC quarter-final Galway were defeated by Tipperary.[1]
Kits
          Home
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   Change
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Competitions
Win Draw Loss Postponed/Cancelled
Fixtures
| 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
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galway
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +14 |
| Leitrim
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | +18 |
| GMIT
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | –23 |
| Sligo
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | –9 |
Fixtures
| 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
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
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7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6-89 | 3-76 | 22 | 12 |
| Cavan
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7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8-102 | 3-81 | 36 | 10 |
| Galway
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7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7-96 | 7-91 | 5 | 7 |
| Fermanagh
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7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2-85 | 6-75 | -2 | 6 |
| Meath
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7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6-82 | 5-91 | -6 | 6 |
| Derry
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7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13-86 | 9-106 | -8 | 6 |
| Armagh
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7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4-86 | 6-96 | -16 | 6 |
| Laois
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7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4-93 | 11-103 | -31 | 3 |
1Fermanagh, Meath, Derry and Armagh are ranked by scoring difference.
Fixtures
| 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
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
Fixtures
| Date | Round | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Ground |
| Sunday 31 July 2016 | AI SFC quarter-final | Tipperary |
3-13 - 1-10 | Galway |
Croke Park |
References
- ^ O'Brien, Kevin. "As it happened: Galway v Tipperary, All-Ireland SFC quarter-final". The42.