2023 Connacht Senior Football Championship

The 2023 Connacht Senior Football Championship was the 2023 iteration of the Connacht Senior Football Championship organised by Connacht GAA.

2023 Connacht SFC
Tournament details
Year2023
Winners
Champions Galway (49th win)
Runners-up
Runners-up Sligo
Other
Matches played6
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2024 →

7 teams competed in the championship. Galway were the defending champions.

Teams edit

General Information edit

Seven counties will compete in the Connacht Senior Football Championship:

County Last Provincial Title Last Championship Title Position in 2022 Championship
  Galway 2022 2001 Champions
  Leitrim 1994 Semi-finals
  London Quarter-finals
  Mayo 2021 1951 Quarter-finals
  New York Quarter-finals
  Roscommon 2019 1944 Runners-up
  Sligo 2007 Semi-finals

Personnel and kits edit

County Manager Captain(s) Sponsors
  Galway Pádraic Joyce Seán Kelly Supermac's
  Leitrim Andy Moran Donal Wrynn J. P. Clarke's Saloon, New York
  London Michael Maher Liam Gavaghan Clayton Hotel
  Mayo Kevin McStay Paddy Durcan Intersport Elverys
  New York Johnny McGeeney Johnny Glynn Navillus
  Roscommon Davy Burke Brian Stack Ballymore
  Sligo Tony McEntee Keelan Cawley AbbVie

Bracket edit

Semi-finals Final
      
  London 0-12
  Sligo 2-20
  Sligo 2-16
  New York 0-06
  New York 0-15 (2)
  Leitrim 0-15 (0)
  Sligo 0-12
  Galway 2-20
  Roscommon 2-08
  Mayo 0-10
  Roscommon 1-09
  Galway 1-13

Quarter-finals edit

8 April 2023
15:00
Quarter-final
  London 0-12 - 2-20 Sligo   McGovern Park, Ruislip
Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare)
Christopher Farley (0-6, 6f), Aidan McLoughlin (0-2), Enda Lynn (0-1), Christopher Duggan (0-1), Liam Gavaghan (0-1), Conal Gallagher (0-1) Report Pat Spillane (1-4), Sean Carrabine (1-1,1f), Niall Murphy 0-3, 1f), Patrick O'Connor (0-3, 1m), Cian Lally (0-3), Paul Kilcoyne (0-1), Paul McNamara (0-1), Luke Towey (0-1), Nathan Mullen (0-1), Donal Conlon (0-1), Alan Reilly (0-1,1f)

8 April 2023
18:00 EDT (UTC−04:00)
Quarter-final
  New York 0-15 – 0-15
(aet)
2–0 pens
Leitrim   Gaelic Park, New York
Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)
Connell Ahearne 0-4 (0-2f, 0-2m), Shane Carthy 0-3, (0-1f), Mick Cunningham 0-1 (0-1f), Shane Brosnan 0-1, Adrian Varley 0-2 (0-1f), Mikey Brosnan 0-1, Peter Fox 0-1, Daniel O’Sullivan 0-1, Jack Reilly 0-1. Report Keith Beirne 0-9, (0-5f, 0-1m), Evan Sweeney 0-3, Mark Plunkett 0-2, Paul Keaney 0-1 (0-1f)

9 April 2023
16:00
Quarter-final
  Mayo 0-10 - 2-8 Roscommon   McHale Park, Castlebar
Attendance: 19,361
Referee: Noel Mooney (Cavan)
Colm Reape 0-2 (2fs), Ryan O’Donoghue 0-2 (2fs), Paddy Durcan 0-1, Donnacha McHugh 0-1, Matthew Ruane 0-1, Tommy Conroy 0-1, Aidan O’Shea 0-1, Cillian O’Connor 0-1. Report Diarmuid Murtagh 0-6 (4fs), Enda Smith 1-1 (1-0 pen), Donie Smith 1-0, Conor Cox 0-1.

Semi-finals edit

23 April 2023
16:00
Semi-final
Roscommon   1-9 - 1-13 Galway   Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon
Attendance: 16,917[1]
Referee: D Gough (Meath)
Man of the Match: Ciarán Murtagh
Report

22 April 2023
14:30
Semi-final
  Sligo 2-16 - 0-6 New York   Markievicz Park, Sligo
Attendance: 5,677[2]
Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry)
Report

Final edit

7 May 2023
13:45
Final
  Sligo 0-12 - 2-20   Galway McHale Park, Castlebar
Attendance: 11,867[3]
Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare)
Man of the Match: Matthew Tierney
Report

Stadia and locations edit

County Location Province Stadium Capacity
  Galway Galway Connacht Pearse Stadium 26,197
  Leitrim Carrick-on-Shannon Connacht Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada 9,331
  London South Ruislip Britain McGovern Park 3,000
  Mayo Castlebar Connacht MacHale Park 25,369
  New York Bronx North America Gaelic Park 2,000
  Roscommon Roscommon Connacht Dr Hyde Park 18,890
  Sligo Sligo Connacht Markievicz Park 18,558

Championship statistics edit

Scoring events edit

Miscellaneous edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Galway respond to Roscommon surge to seal their place in the Connacht final". Irish Times. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Historic occasion a damp squib for New York as Sligo take a chunk out of Big Apple at Markievicz Park". Irish Independent. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Matthew Tierney inspires Galway to first successful defence of Connacht title in 20 years". Irish Times. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Connacht SFC first round: New York 0-15 Leitrim 0-15 (After extra-time; New York win 2-0 on penalties)". Irish Times. 9 April 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.