2015 Mayo Senior Football Championship


The 2015 Mayo Senior Football Championship was the 114th edition of the Mayo GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Mayo, Ireland. The tournament consists of 16 teams, with the winner going on to represent Mayo in the Connacht Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.
Ballintubber were the defending champions after they defeated Castlebar Mitchels in the previous years final, however they lost their crown at the Semi-Final stage, being defeated by Breaffy.
This was Ballyhaunis' first return to the senior grade in over 20 years after claiming the Mayo Intermediate Football Championship title, 26 years after they won their last Intermediate crown in 1988.
On 26 October 2015, Castlebar Mitchels claimed their 29th S.F.C. title when defeating Breaffy 4-10 to 0-9 in McHale Park.
Shrule-Glencorrib were relegated to the Intermediate ranks for 2016 after 12 years as a senior club.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2014 championship season.

To S.F.C.

Promoted from I.F.C.

From S.F.C.

Relegated to I.F.C.

Group stage

All 16 teams enter the competition at this stage. The top 2 teams in each group go into the Quarter-Finals while the bottom team of each group will enter a Relegation Playoff. For all group matches the home team is named first.

Group A

Team
Breaffy33005833+256
Kncokmore32104239+34
Davitts30213342-91
Ballyhaunis30213554-191

Round 1:
Round 2:
  • Davitts 0-9, 1-14 Knockmore, 20/6/2015,Breaffy 5-12, 0-11 Ballyhaunis, 21/6/2015,
Round 3:
  • Knockmore 1-7, 3-9 Breaffy, 28/6/2015,
  • Ballyhaunis 0-12, 1-9 Davitts, 28/6/2015,

Group B

Team
Castlebar Mitchels33004724+236
Ballina Stephenites32103330+34
Ballaghaderreen31202729-22
Claremorris30302549-240

Round 1Ballina Stephenites 1-11, 0-7 Claremorris, 23/5/2015,Castlebar Mitchels 0-10, 0-6 Ballaghaderreen, 23/5/2015,
Round 2Castlebar Mitchels 1-12, 1-6 Ballina Stephenites, 20/6/2015,Ballaghaderreen 1-10, 0-9 Claremorris, 21/6/2015,
Round 3Ballina Stephenites 0-10, 0-8 Ballaghaderreen, 27/6/2015,
  • Claremorris 0-9, 2-16 Castlebar Mitchels, 27/6/2015,

Group C

Team
Ballintubber33005728+296
Aghamore31203533+22
Crossmolina Deel Rovers31203242-102
Ballinrobe31204061-212

Round 1Ballintubber 1-23, 1-8 Ballinrobe, 24/5/2015,
Round 2Ballinrobe 3-9, 2-11 Crossmolina Deel Rovers, 20/6/2015,
  • Aghamore 0-10, 2-8 Ballintubber, 21/6/2015,
Round 3Ballintubber 2-11, 0-7 Crossmolina Deel Rovers, 27/6/2015,
  • Ballinrobe 1-8, 1-15 Aghamore, 27/6/2015,

Group D

Team
Kiltane32014441+35
Garrymore32105635+214
Charlestown Sarsfields31114641+53
Shrule-Glencorrib30303665-290

Round 1Kiltane 1-16, 1-14 Shrule-Glencorrib, 24/5/2015,Garrymore 2-12, 1-11 Charlestown Sarsfields, 24/5/2015,
Round 2Kiltane 1-10, 1-9 Garrymore, 20/6/2015,
  • Shrule-Glencorrib 1-8, 2-14 Charlestown Sarsfields, 21/6/2015,
Round 3Garrymore 3-17, 0-8 Shrule-Glencorrib, 28/6/2015,
  • Charlestown Sarsfields 0-12, 1-9 Kiltane, 28/6/2015,

Knock-Out Stages

Relegation Playoffs

Relegation Semi-Finals:Claremorris 1-16, 0-12 Ballinrobe, Hollymount, 26/9/2015,Ballyhaunis 0-11, 0-10 Shrule/Glencorrib, Claremorris, 27/9/2015,
Relegation Final:Ballinrobe 5-6, 2-4 Shrule/Glencorrib, Hollymount, 4/10/2015,

Finals

The top 8 teams from the league stages qualify for a random unseeded draw for the Quarter-Finals.
Quarter-Finals: Knockmore 5-21, 3-7 Kiltane, James Stephens Park, 3/10/2015,Breaffy 2-12, 0-14 Garrymore, McHale Park, 26/9/2015,Castlebar Mitchels 5-13, 1-7 Aghamore, McHale Park, 26/9/2015,Ballintubber 0-16, 0-7 Ballina Stephenites, Pearse Park, 27/9/2015,
Semi-Finals:Breaffy 4-7, 1-12 Ballintubber, McHale Park, 11/10/2015,Castlebar Mitchels 4-15, 2-12 Knockmore, McHale Park, 11/10/2015,
Final:Castlebar Mitchels 4-10, 0-9 Breaffy, McHale Park, 26/10/2015,

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous