The 2016 Leinster Senior Football Championship was the 2016 installment of the annual Leinster Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of Leinster GAA. The competition ran from 14 May 2016 to 17 July 2016.
Dublin came into the competition as the defending champions, having won their 54th title and completed a 5-in-a-row the previous season. The draw for the championship was made on 16 October 2015. As in the previous two seasons, the two sides were named as A and B, to allow for teams to more easily predict the dates of their qualifier matches. Carlow, Dublin, Laois, Louth, Meath and Wicklow were named to the A side, with Kildare, Longford, Offaly, Westmeath and Wexford on the B side.
The final was a replay of the previous year's decider, with Dublin facing Westmeath. Dublin won 2–19 to 0–10 in the final at Croke Park, the county's first six-in-a-row since the 1970s.
Teams The Leinster championship was contested by 11 of the 12 county teams in Leinster, a province of Ireland. Kilkenny was the only county team not to compete.
TeamColoursSponsorManagerCaptainMost recent successAll-IrelandProvincialCarlow Red, green and goldTickets.ieTurlough O'BrienDarragh FoleyDublin Sky blue and navyAmerican International GroupJim GavinStephen CluxtonKildare WhiteBrady Family HamCian O'NeillEoin DoyleLaois Blue and whiteMW Hire ServicesMick LillisDonal KingstonLongford Royal blue and goldGlennon BrothersDenis ConnertonMickey QuinnLouth Red and whiteMorgan FuelsColin KellyPádraig RathMeath Green and goldTayto ParkMick O'DowdDonal KeoganOffaly White, green and goldCarroll's CuisinePat FlanaganAlan MulhallWestmeath Maroon and whiteRenaultTom CribbinGer EganWexford Purple and goldGain FeedsDavid PowerGraeme MolloyWicklow Blue and goldArklow Bay HotelJohnny MageeRory Finn
Bracket
Preliminary round refs Quarter-final refs
Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
See also 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2016 Connacht Senior Football Championship 2016 Munster Senior Football Championship 2016 Ulster Senior Football Championship
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