2016 Kerry Senior Football Championship
| Season | 2016 |
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| Champions | ??? |
| Relegated | ??? |
| Munster SCFC | ??? |
| All Ireland SCFC | ??? |
| Winning Captain | ??? |
| Man of the Match | ??? |
| Matches played | ??? |
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The 2016 Kerry Senior Football Championship is the 115th edition of the Kerry GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Kerry, Ireland. The tournament consists of 17 teams (8 clubs & 9 divisionals), with the winner going on to represent Kerry in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship, unless they are a divisional club. In this case, the winner of the Kerry Club Football Championship will represent the county. The championship has a back-door format for the first two rounds before proceeding to a knock-out format. Generally, any team to lose two matches will be knocked out of the championship.
South Kerry were the defending champions after they defeated Killarney Legion after extra time and a replay in the previous years final.
Format Structure Change
This year only 8 club teams are taking part in the championship instead of 11 as in previous years. This leaves a total of 8 clubs and 9 divisional team (17 in total). It was decided that only 8 divisional sides would take part so the 2 lowest ranked divisional sides from the previous 5 years would play off in a qualification match with the winner entering the draw for the 2016 County Championship proper.
Relegation: The club team to be relegated from the Senior County Championship will be the same team to be relegated from the Senior Club Championship (The 8 senior clubs play off against each other in Round 1 of the Club Championship. The 4 losers enter a relegation playoff with the losers entering a relegation final. This loser will be relegated to the I.F.C. for 2017. Should a club reach the final of the County championship they will be exempt from the Relegation process in the Club championship).
The winner of the 2016 I.F.C. will be promoted to the 2017 Senior County and Club Championships.
Team Changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2015 championship season.
To S.F.C.Promoted from 2015 Kerry I.F.C.
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From S.F.C.Relegated to 2016 Kerry I.F.C. |
Participating Teams
The teams taking part in the 2016 Kerry Senior Football Championship are:
| Team | Team Location | Club/Divisional | Club's Divisional Side |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Stacks | Tralee | Club | St. Brendan's |
| Dingle | Dingle | Club | West Kerry |
| Dr. Crokes | Killarney | Club | East Kerry |
| East Kerry | x | Divisional (Firies, Fossa, Glenflesk, Gneevguilla, Listry, Spa, St. Patrick's) | x |
| Feale Rangers | x | Divisional (Clounmacon, Duagh, Finuge, Listowel Emmets, Moyvane, St. Senan's) | x |
| Kenmare District | x | Divisional (Templenoe, Kenmare Shamrocks, Tousist, Kilgarvan) | x |
| Kerins O'Rahillys | Tralee | Club | St. Brendan's |
| Killarney Legion | Killarney | Club | East Kerry |
| Kilcummin | Kilcummin | Club | East Kerry |
| Mid Kerry | x | Divisional (Beaufort, Cromane, Glenbeigh-Glencar, Keel, Laune Rangers) | x |
| Milltown/Castlemaine | Milltown | Club | Mid Kerry |
| Rathmore | Rathmore | Club | East Kerry |
| Shannon Rangers | x | Divisional (Asdee, Ballydonoghue, Ballyduff, Ballylongford, Beale, Tarbert) | x |
| South Kerry | x | Divisional (Derrynane, Dromid Pearses, Renard, Skellig Rangers, Sneem, St. Mary's, St. Michael's/Foilmore, Valentia Young Islanders, Waterville) | x |
| St. Brendan's | x | Divisional (Ardfert, Churchill, John Mitchell's, Na Gaeil, St. Patrick's Blennerville) | x |
| St. Kieran's | x | Divisional (Ballymacelligott, Brosna, Castleisland Desmonds, Cordal, Currow, Knocknagoshel, Scartaglin) | x |
| West Kerry | x | Divisional (An Ghaeltacht, Annascaul, Castlegregory, Lispole) | x |
Results
Qualification
It had been decided that only 8 of the 9 Divisional Teams would play in the Senior Championship. To decide which team would be excluded, all divisional teams were ranked on their performances in the County Championship over the most recent 5 year period (2011-2015 inclusive). These rankings were based on a win counting for 2 points and a draw counting for 1 point.
The 2 lowest placed sides were St. Brendan's and Shannon Rangers. These sides then met in a qualifier to decide who would make it into the championship proper. The loser of this qualifier will play the lowest ranked team on completion of the 2016 Championship, to decide the 8 group teams for the 2017 Championship, except in the event of more than one team giving a walk over in this year’s Championship. In that case the teams that conceded walk-overs play in 2017 Championship Qualifier.
Round 1
The Qualification winner and the remaining 15 teams enter at this stage. Winners proceed to Round 2A while losers must play in Round 2B.
Round 1 |
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Round 2
Round 2A
The 8 winners from Round 1 play against each other in this round. The winner proceed to the Quarter-Finals while the losers must play in Round 3.
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Round 2A
The 8 losers from Round 1 play against each other in this round. The winner proceed to Round 3 while the losers exit the championship.
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Round 3
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Quarter-Finals
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Final
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