2016 Donegal county football team season

The following is a summary of Donegal county football team's 2016 season.[1]

Donegal county football team
2016 season
StadiumMacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey
NFL D1Semi-finalist
All Ireland SFCQuarter-finalist
Ulster ChampionshipFinalist

National Football League Division 1

The fixtures were announced on 16 November 2015.[2]

Table

  Compete in Division 1 semi-finals
  Automatic relegation to Division 2

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Dublin 77008-914-752814
Kerry 75025-1095-773210
Roscommon 74039-988-77248
Donegal 73048-846-78126
Mayo 73045-887-91-96
Monaghan 73046-837-91-116
Cork 73049-899-105-166
Down 70072-606-108-600

1Donegal, Mayo, Monaghan and Cork are ranked by scoring difference.

Reports
30/01/16
Round 1		 Down 0-7 - 3-15 Donegal Páirc Esler, Newry
Referee: D Gough
D O'Hare (0-4), A McConville (0-2), C McGovern (0-1) Report M Murphy (0-8), P McBrearty (1-3), R McHugh (2-0), L McLoone (0-2), C Thompson (0-1), F McGlynn (0-1)
07/02/16
Round 2		 Donegal 2-14 - 1-7 Cork Fr Tierney Park, Ballyshannon
Referee: J McQuillan
O MacNiallais (1-4), P McBrearty (0-4), M O'Reilly (1-1), A Thompson (0-2), C Thompson (0-1), F McGlynn (0-1), M Murphy (0-1) Report D Goulding (0-5), D Og Hodnett (1-0), B O'Driscoll (0-1)
28/02/16
Round 3		 Donegal 1-14 - 1-12 Mayo MacCumhail Park, Ballybofey
Referee: B Cassidy
M Murphy (0-5), P McBrearty (0-4), L McLoone (1-0), O MacNiallais (0-2), R McHugh (0-2), R Kavanagh (0-1) Report E Regan (0-4), D O'Connor (1-0), R Hennelly (0-2), A O'Shea (0-1), B Harrison (0-1), C Loftus (0-1), L Keegan (0-1), S Nally (0-1), S O'Shea (0-1)
06/03/16
Round 4		 Kerry 1-13 - 1-8 Donegal Austin Stack Park, Tralee
Attendance: 7,056
Referee: E Kinsella
B Sheehan (0-8), D Walsh (0-3), P Crowley (1-0), BJ Keane (0-1), C Cooper (0-1) Report M Murphy (1-4), P McBrearty (0-3), N Gallagher (0-1)
13/03/16
Round 5		 Donegal 0-17 - 1-19 Roscommon O'Donnell Park, Letterkenny
Referee: P Hughes
M Murphy (0-7), P McBrearty (0-6), C Toye (0-1), E McHugh (0-1), O MacNiallais (0-1), R McHugh (0-1) Report C Murtagh (0-6), F Cregg (0-5), C Cregg (1-2), N Daly (0-3), C Daly (0-1), C Devaney (0-1), E Smith (0-1)
26/03/16
Round 6		 Dublin 1-10 - 0-7 Donegal Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: C Lane
Man of the Match: Kevin McManamon
C Costello (0-3), K McManamon (0-3), P McMahon (1-0), B Fenton (0-1), C Kilkenny (0-1), D Rock (0-1), P Andrews (0-1) Report P McBrearty (0-3), E McGee (0-1), M Murphy (0-1), O MacNiallais (0-1), R Kavanagh (0-1)
03/04/16
Round 7		 Monaghan 1-10 - 1-9 Donegal St Tiernach's Park, Clones
Referee: R Hickey
C McManus (0-6), D McKenna (1-1), C Walshe (0-1), D Hughes (0-1), R McAnespie (0-1) Report M Murphy (0-3), M McElhinney (1-0), P McBrearty (0-2), A Thompson (0-1), E McHugh (0-1), O MacNiallais (0-1), R McHugh (0-1)
10/04/16
4:00 pm
Semi-final		 Dublin 1-20 - 0-13 Donegal Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: M Deegan
Man of the Match: Ciaran Kilkenny
D Rock (0-5), B Brogan (1-2), C Kilkenny (0-3), P Mannion (0-2), P Andrews (0-2), P McMahon (0-1), J Cooper (0-1), J McCarthy (0-1), J Small (0-1), C Costello (0-1), E Lowndes (0-1) Report P McBrearty (0-8), M Murphy (0-4), M McElhinney (0-1)

2016 Ulster Senior Football Championship

The draw for the 2016 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on 15 October 2015.[3]

Bracket
Preliminary Round Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Ulster Final
Derry 0-12
Tyrone 3-14
Tyrone
(R) 		0-16
5-18
Cavan
(R) 		3-07
2-17
Cavan 2-16
Armagh 0-14
Tyrone 0-13
Donegal 0-11
Monaghan 2-22
Down 0-09
Monaghan
(R) 		0-14
2-10
Donegal
(R) 		1-11
0-17
Donegal 2-12
Fermanagh 1-12 Fermanagh 0-11
Antrim 0-9

Reports
Quarter-Final
Donegal 2-12 – 0-11 Fermanagh
O MacNiallais (2-1), P McBrearty (0-3), E McHugh, M O'Reilly (0-2 each), M McElhinney, C McFadden, F McGlynn, M Murphy (0-1 each) Report T Corrigan (0-7), E Donnelly, B Mulrone, R Jones, S Quigley (0-1 each)
Attendance: 15,908
Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)
Semi-Final
Monaghan 0-14 – 1-11 Donegal
C McManus (0-8), C McCarthy, K O’Connell (0-2 each), S Carey, O Duffy (0-1 each) Report P McBrearty (0-5), M Murphy (0-3), O MacNiallais (1-0), K Lacey, E McHugh, C Toye (0-1 each)
Attendance: 16,287
Referee: Ciaran Branagan (Down)
Semi-Final
Replay
Monaghan 2-10 – 0-17 Donegal
C McManus (1-4), S Carey (1-1), J McCarron (0-2), C Boyle, O Duffy, C Walshe (0-1 each) Report M Murphy (0-5), P McBrearty (0-4), M O’Reilly (0-3), R Kavanagh, M McElhinney, F McGlynn, M McHugh, A Thompson (0-1 each)
Attendance: 17,174
Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)
Final
Tyrone 0-13 – 0-11 Donegal
S Cavanagh (0-3), P Harte, N Morgan (0-2 each), R Brennan, C McCarron, D McCurry, C McGeary, C McShane, N Sludden (0-1 each) Report P McBrearty, R McHugh (0-3 each), O MacNiallais, M Murphy (0-2 each), C Toye (0-1)
Attendance: 33,433
Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)

2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
30 July 2016
4.00 PM
Round 4B		 Cork 1-15 – 0-21 Donegal Croke Park
Attendance: 27,615
Referee: P Neilan (Roscommon)
Paul Kerrigan 1-1, Colm O’Driscoll, Tom Clancy (Clonakilty), Kevin O’Driscoll, Colm O’Neill (0-1f), Donncha O’Connor 0-2 each, Mark Collins, Tomás Clancy (Fermoy), Seán Powter, Aidan Walsh 0-1 each Report Patrick McBrearty 0-11 (0-4f), Ryan McHugh 0-3, Eoin McHugh, Michael Murphy (0-1f) 0-2 each, Karl Lacey, Frank McGlynn, Odhrán MacNiallais 0-1 each.
6 August
6.00 PM		 Dublin 1-15 – 1-10 Donegal Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: C Branagan (Down)
Man of the Match: Ciaran Kilkenny (Castleknock)
D Rock (0-5f), P Mannion (1-1), D Connolly, K McManamon, P McMahon (0-2 each), P Andrews, C Kilkenny, J Cooper (0-1 each) Report M Murphy (0-6 5f, 1 45), R McHugh (1-0), P McBrearty (0-3, 2f), A Thompson (0-1)

References
  1. Ferry, Ryan (16 August 2016). "A–Z of Donegal's 2016 season". Donegal News. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  2. "Football League fixtures: Down face Donegal on opening weekend". BBC Sport. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  3. "2016 Ulster Championship Draw". 15 October 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
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