2016 Cavan Senior Football Championship

Cavan S.F.C.
Season 2016
Champions -
Relegated -
Ulster SCFC -
All Ireland SCFC -
2015
2017 →

The 2016 Cavan Senior Football Championship is the 108th edition of the Cavan GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Cavan, Ireland. The tournament consists of 16 teams, with the winner going on to represent Cavan in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.

Kingscourt Stars were the defending champions after they defeated Castlerahan in the previous years final.

This was Ballyhaise's return the senior grade after claiming the 2015 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship title.

The draw for the group stages of the championship were made on 11 April 2016.

Format

For the 2016 season the S.F.C. will take a Group stage progressing to a knock-out stage format rather than than the back-door system used in previous years. The 16 clubs will be divided into 4 groups of 4 with 2 teams in each group to be seeded. The top 2 in each group progress to the Quarter-Finals while the bottom placed team in each group enter a Relegation Playoff with 3 teams to be relegated to the 2017 I.F.C. This will leave 14 clubs to participate in the 2017 S.F.C.

Team Changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2015 championship season.

To S.F.C.

Promoted from I.F.C.

  • Ballyhaise - (Intermediate Champions)

From S.F.C.

Relegated to I.F.C.

Group Stage

All 16 teams enter the competition at this stage in 4 groups of 4. Two teams in each group are seeded. Seeds are determined by the 8 teams which reached the Quarter-Final the previous year. They are:

The top 2 teams in each group go into the Quarter-Finals while the bottom team of each group will enter a Relegation Playoff.

Group A

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts
Cavan Gaels 000000+00
Cootehill 000000+00
Cúchulainn's 000000+00
Lacken Celtic 000000+00

Round 1

  • Lacken Celtic -vs- Cootehill Celtic,
  • Cavan Gaels -vs- Cúchulainn's,

Round 2

  • Lacken Celtic -vs- Cavan Gaels,
  • Cootehill Celtic -vs- Cúchulainn's,

Round 3

  • Lacken Celtic -vs- Cúchulainn's,
  • Cavan Gaels -vs- Cootehill Celtic,

Group B

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts
Crosserlough 000000+00
Killeshandra 000000+00
Kingscourt 000000+00
Lavey 000000+00

Round 1

  • Kingscourt Stars -vs- Lavey,
  • Killeshandra -vs- Crosserlough,

Round 2

  • Kingscourt Stars -vs- Killeshandra,
  • Lavey -vs- Crosserlough,

Round 3

  • Kingscourt Stars -vs- Crosserlough,
  • Killeshandra -vs- Lavey,

Group C

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts
Ballyhaise 000000+00
Castlerahan 000000+00
Gowna 000000+00
Killygarry 000000+00

Round 1

  • Killygarry -vs- Gowna,
  • Castlerahan -vs- Ballyhaise,

Round 2

  • Killygarry -vs- Castlerahan,
  • Gowna -vs- Ballyhaise,

Round 3

  • Killygarry -vs- Ballyhaise,
  • Castlerahan -vs- Gowna,

Group D

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts
Ballinagh 000000+00
Denn 000000+00
Mullahoran 000000+00
Ramor United 000000+00

Round 1

  • Ramor United -vs- Denn,
  • Mullahoran -vs- Ballinagh,

Round 2

  • Ramor United -vs- Mullahoran,
  • Denn -vs- Ballinagh,

Round 3

  • Ramor United -vs- Ballinagh,
  • Mullahoran -vs- Denn,

Knock-Out Stages

Relegation Play-Offs

Relegation Round 1

The bottom placed team in each group play each other. The 2 winners will progress to the Relegation Final while the 2 losers will be relegated to the 2017 I.F.C.

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Relegation Final

The 2 winners of the Relegation Round 1 play each other. The winner retains their Senior status for 2017 while the loser will be relegated to the 2017 I.F.C.

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Finals

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