2017 Connacht Senior Football Championship

The 2017 Connacht Senior Football Championship was the 118th installment of the annual Connacht Senior Football Championship organised by Connacht GAA. It is one of the four provincial competitions of the 2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Defending champions from 2016, Galway were dethroned by Roscommon,^[1] who won their first Connacht title since 2010.

2017 Connacht SFC

Tournament details
Year	2017
Winners
Champions	Roscommon (23rd win)
Manager	Kevin McStay
Captain	Ciarán Murtagh
Runners-up
Runners-up	Galway
Manager	Kevin Walsh
Captain	Gary O'Donnell
Other
Top Scorer	Cillian O'Connor (Mayo) 15 points (1-12)
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Teams

The Connacht championship is contested by the five counties in the Irish province of Connacht plus London and New York.

Team	Colours	Sponsor	Manager	Captain	Most recent success
All-Ireland	Provincial
Galway	Maroon and white	Supermac's	Kevin Walsh	Gary O'Donnell	2001	2016
Leitrim	Green and gold	The Bush Hotel	Brendan Guckian	Donal Wrynn		1994
London	Green and white	Clayton Hotels	Ciarán Deely	Liam Gavaghan
Mayo	Green and red	Elverys Sports	Stephen Rochford	Cillian O'Connor	1951	2015
New York	Red, white and blue	Navillus Contracting	Justin O'Halloran	Gerard McCartan
Roscommon	Primrose and royal blue	Club Rossie	Kevin McStay	Ciaráin Murtagh	1944	2010
Sligo	Black and white	AbbVie Inc.	Niall Carew	Neil Ewing		2007

Bracket

	Preliminary round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
											Galway		0-15
											Mayo		1-11
						Mayo		2-14
	New York		1-13			Sligo		0-11
	Sligo		1-21													Galway		0-12
																Roscommon		2-15
											Roscommon		2-23
											Leitrim		1-09
						London		0-16
						Leitrim		3-10

Fixtures

Preliminary round

7 May 2017

15:15 PM

Preliminary round

New York	1-13 – 1-21	Sligo
Eugene McVerry 1-5 (0-5f), Conor McGraynor 0-2 (2 '45), Shane Hogan, David Culhane, Ross Wherity, Daniel McKenna, Paddy Boyle, Kevin Connolly 0-1 each	Report	Mark Breheny (0-3f) and Adrian Marren (0-2f) 0-5 each, Kyle Cawley 1-1 (0-1f), Stephen Coen 0-3f, Paddy O’Connor and David Kelly 0-2 each, Aidan Devaney (1 '45), Keelan Cawley, Neil Ewing 0-1 each

Gaelic Park, New York City

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: David Gough (Meath)

Quarter-finals

21 May 2017

14:00

Quarter-Final

Mayo	2-14 – 0-11	Sligo
Cillian O’Connor 1-6 (0-5f), Diarmuid O’Connor 1-0, Fergal Boland and Andy Moran 0-2 each, Patrick Durcan, Kevin McLoughlin, Jason Doherty, Danny Kirby 0-1 each	Report	Adrian Marren 0-4 (0-2f, 1 '45), Mark Breheny (0-2f) and Stephen Coen 0-2 each, Aidan Devaney (0-1f), Paddy O'Connor, Niall Murphy 0-1 each

MacHale Park, Castlebar

Attendance: 14,661

Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone)

28 May 2017

15:30

Quarter-Final

London	0-16 – 3-10	Leitrim
Liam Gavaghan 0-8 (0-2f), Rory Mason 0-4 (0-1f), Conor Doran 0-2, Mark Gottsche (0-1f) and Owen Mulligan 0-1 each Report	Report	Ronan Kennedy 2-0, Darragh Rooney 1-2, Damien Moran 0-3, Keith Beirne 0-2 (0-1f), Dean McGovern, Brendan Gallagher (0-1f), Gary Plunkett 0-1 each

Emerald GAA Grounds, Ruislip

Referee: Noel Mooney (Cavan)

Semi-finals

11 June 2017

16:00

Semi-Final

Galway	0-15 – 1-11	Mayo
Sean Armstong 0-6 (3f, 3 '45), Damien Comer 0-2, G Sice 0-2 (2f), G Bradshaw, Johnny Heaney, Shane Walsh, Michael Daly, Eamonn Brannigan 0-1 each.	Report	Cillian O'Connor 0-6 (5f), Kevin McLoughlin 1-1, P Durcan, Fergal Boland, Diarmuid O'Connor, Andy Moran 0-1 each.

Pearse Stadium, Galway

Attendance: 22,046

Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)

18 June 2017

15:30

Semi-Final

Roscommon	2-23 – 1-09	Leitrim
Diarmuid Murtagh 0-7 (1f), Conor Devaney 2-1, Ciaran Murtagh 0-4 (3fs, 0-1 pen), Enda Smith 0-3, Fintan Cregg, Brian Stack 0-2 each, Donie Smith, Niall Kilroy, Cian Connolly, Shane Killoran 0-1 each	Report	Darragh Rooney 1-2, Keith Beirne 0-3 (1f), Ronan Kennedy 0-2, Damien Moran, Brendan Gallagher 0-1 each

Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon

Attendance: 8,844

Referee: Anthony Nolan (Wicklow)

Final

9 July 2017 14:00 Final	Galway	0-12 - 2-15	Roscommon	Pearse Stadium, Galway Attendance: 18,287 Referee: David Gough (Meath) Man of the Match: Enda Smith
	Shane Walsh 0-6 (4f), Paul Conroy 0-2 (1f), Damien Comer 0-2, Michael Daly, Gary O’Donnell 0-1 each.	Report	Diarmuid Murtagh 0-5 (3f), Cian Connolly 1-1, Ciaráin Murtagh 0-3 (2f), Brian Stack 1-0, Conor Devaney 0-3, Donie Smith 0-2 (1f), Shane Killoran 0-1.

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See also

• 2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
  • 2017 Leinster Senior Football Championship
  • 2017 Munster Senior Football Championship
  • 2017 Ulster Senior Football Championship