The 2015–16 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship was the 46th annual Gaelic football club championship since its establishment in the 1970–71 season.
The defending champion was Corofin; however, the club was knocked out by Castlebar Mitchels in the Connacht Club SFC final.
Ballyboden St Enda's defeated Castlebar Mitchels by 2–14 to 0–7 in the final at Croke Park on 17 March 2016. It was the club's first title. The winning team received the Andy Merrigan Cup.
Connacht
Quarter-final
Semi-finals
Final
Leinster
First round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Munster
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Ulster
Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Quarter-final
Semi-finals
Final
Daragh Nelson was the winning captain, while Bob Dwan claimed the man of the match award.
Finalists Ballyboden St Enda's – 2016 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Champions (1st title) Andy McEntee managed the winning team, with Paul Waters as coach. Paul Durcan Bob Dwan Stephen Hiney Shane Clayton Stephen O'Connor Darragh Nelson Shane Durkin M. D. MacAuley Aran Waters Darren O'Reilly Colm Basquel Robbie McDaid Ryan Basquel Conal Keaney Andrew Kerin
Subs used Simon Lambert for M. D. MacAuley Sam Molony for R. Basquel Daniel Davey for D. O'Reilly Donogh McCabe for A. Waters Seán Gibbons for R. McDaid
Statistics Top scorers Overall Rank Player Club Tally Total Matches Average1Andrew KerinBallyboden St Enda's2-202655.202Darren HughesScotstown4-061836.00Tony KernanCrossmaglen Rangers1-151844.503Michael QuinlivanClonmel Commercials2-111753.404Conal KeaneyBallyboden St Enda's0-161653.205Martin FarragherCorofin3-061535.00Paul CahillanePortlaoise2-091543.75Neil DouglasCastlebar Mitchels1-121543.756Chrissy BradleySlaughtneil2-071326.507John HeslinSt Loman's0-111125.50
In a single game Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition1Martin FarragherCorofin3-0211St Mary's2Chrissy BradleySlaughtneil2-039Derrygonnelly HarpsTony KernanCrossmaglen Rangers1-069ScotstownDonie ShineClann na nGael0-099Castlebar Mitchels3Darren HughesScotstown2-028Trillick St Macartan'sJames MastersNemo Rangers1-058Stradbally4Mark HughesKilloe Young Emmets2-017St James'Darren HughesScotstown1-047SlaughtneilSeán DoyleEdenderry0-077RathnewJohn HeslinSt Loman's0-077Ballyboden St Enda'sPaul BradleySlaughtneil0-077ScotstownAndrew KerinBallyboden St Enda's0-077Clonmel Commercials
Miscellaneous On Monday 9 November 2015, Killarney Legion were chosen to represent Kerry in the Munster Championship even though they had not won the county championship at that time. This ruling by the Kerry County Board appears to be in breach of Rule 6.24(a) of the GAA official guide. The Kerry S.F.C. final ended in a draw the day before, meaning that the replay would have to be held on Saturday 14 November, in time for the Munster Semi-Final on Sunday 15th. Because of this, the Kerry County Board decided that Killarney Legion would represent Kerry regardless of whether they beat South Kerry or not in the replay, which was put back to Sunday 22 November (South Kerry can't represent Kerry in the provincial championship as they are a divisional side). This meant that Dingle, the Kerry club champions, were not permitted to represent Kerry in the Munster championship as they normally would if Killarney Legion had lost the county final.
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