2016 Mayo county football team season

Mayo county football team
2016 season
ManagerStephen Rochford
StadiumMacHale Park, Castlebar
NFL D15th
All-Ireland SFCFinalist (replay)
Connacht SFCSemi-finalist
FBD Insurance LeagueGroup stage (2nd)
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: Cillian O'Connor (2–28)

The following is a summary of Mayo county football team's 2016 season. It was a first season in charge for newly appointed Mayo manager Stephen Rochford.

Kits

Home
Change

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed/Cancelled

Fixtures

Date Round Home Score Away Ground References
3 Jan Group Mayo 1-12 v 1-10 NUIG McHale Park, Castlebar [1][2]
10 Jan Group Mayo 1-16 v 0-8 IT Sligo Ballina [3]
17 Jan Group Mayo 0-13 v 0-10 Roscommon McHale Park, Castlebar [4][5]

Table

  Qualification for next round

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Roscommon 3 3 0 0 0-25 0-10 +20 6
Mayo 3 2 0 1 2-31 0-13 +10 4
NUI Galway 3 1 0 2 4-10 1-24 +10 2
IT Sligo 3 0 0 3 0-14 5-26 -40 0

Fixtures

Date Round Home Score Away Ground References
31 Jan Group Cork 0-12 v 1-18 Mayo Páirc Ui Rinn, Cork [6][7][8]
6 Feb Group Mayo 0-7 v 0-9 Dublin McHale Park, Castlebar [9][10]
28 Feb Group Donegal 1-14 v 1-12 Mayo MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey [11][12][13]
6 Mar Group Monaghan 1-12 v 2-11 Mayo Castleblayney [14][15]
13 Mar Group Mayo 0-14 v 2-13 Kerry McHale Park, Castlebar [16][17]
27 Mar Group Roscommon 1-7 v 1-11 Mayo Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon [18][19][20]
3 Apr Group Mayo 1-19 v 1-16 Down MacHale Park, Castlebar [21]

Table

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

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Dublin 7 7 0 0 8-91 4-75 28 14
Kerry 7 5 0 2 5-109 5-77 32 10
Roscommon 7 4 0 3 9-98 8-77 24 8
Donegal 7 3 0 4 8-84 6-78 12 6
Mayo 7 3 0 4 5-88 7-91 -9 6
Monaghan 7 3 0 4 6-83 7-91 -11 6
Cork 7 3 0 4 9-89 9-105 -16 6
Down 7 0 0 7 2-60 6-108 -60 0

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


Fixtures

Date Round Team 1 Score Team 2 Ground References
Sunday 29 May 2016 Quarter Final Mayo 2-16 v 0-09 London Ruislip [22]
Sunday 20 June 2016 Semi Final Mayo 0-12 v 1-12 Galway McHale Park [23][24]

Bracket

Preliminary round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
New York 0-17
Roscommon 1-15 Roscommon 1-21
Leitrim 0-11
Roscommon 4-16
Sligo 2-13
Roscommon
(R)
1-10
0-14
Galway
(R)
0-13
3-16
London 0-9
Mayo 2-16
Mayo 0-12
Galway 1-12


Fixtures

Date Round Team 1 Score Team 2 Ground References
Saturday 9 July 2016 Qualifiers R1 Mayo 2-14 – 1-12 Fermanagh McHale Park [25][26][27]
Saturday 16 July 2016 Qualifiers R2 Mayo 2-17 – 0-14 Kildare McHale Park [28][29][30]
Saturday 30 July 2016 Qualifiers R3 Mayo 3-15 – 1-14 Westmeath Croke Park [31][32]
Saturday 6 August 2016 AI Quarter Final Mayo 0-13 – 0-12 Tyrone Croke Park [33]
Sunday 21 August 2016 AI Semi Final Mayo 2-13 – 0-14 Tipperary Croke Park [34]
Sunday 18 September 2016 AI Final Mayo 0-15 – 2-09 Dublin Croke Park [35][36]
Saturday 1 October 2016 AI Final Replay Mayo 1-14 – 1-15 Dublin Croke Park [37][38]

References

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