2023 Connacht Senior Football Championship

The 2023 Connacht Senior Football Championship was the 2023 iteration of the Connacht Senior Football Championship organised by Connacht GAA.

2023 Connacht SFC

Tournament details
Year	2023
Winners
Champions	Galway (49th win)
Runners-up
Runners-up	Sligo
Other
Matches played	6
← 2022 2024 →

7 teams competed in the championship. Galway were the defending champions.

Teams

General Information

Seven counties will compete in the Connacht Senior Football Championship:

County	Last Provincial Title	Last Championship Title	Position in 2022 Championship
Galway	2022	2001	Champions
Leitrim	1994	—	Semi-finals
London	—	—	Quarter-finals
Mayo	2021	1951	Quarter-finals
New York	—	—	Quarter-finals
Roscommon	2019	1944	Runners-up
Sligo	2007	—	Semi-finals

Personnel and kits

County	Manager	Captain(s)	Sponsors
Galway	Pádraic Joyce	Seán Kelly	Supermac's
Leitrim	Andy Moran	Donal Wrynn	J. P. Clarke's Saloon, New York
London	Michael Maher	Liam Gavaghan	Clayton Hotel
Mayo	Kevin McStay	Paddy Durcan	Intersport Elverys
New York	Johnny McGeeney	Johnny Glynn	Navillus
Roscommon	Davy Burke	Brian Stack	Ballymore
Sligo	Tony McEntee	Keelan Cawley	AbbVie

Bracket

	Quarter-finals v t e				Semi-finals				Final
	London	0-12
	Sligo	2-20
					Sligo	2-16
					New York	0-06
	New York	0-15 (2)
	Leitrim	0-15 (0)
									Sligo	0-12
									Galway	2-20
	Roscommon	2-08
	Mayo	0-10
					Roscommon	1-09
					Galway	1-13

Quarter-finals

8 April 2023 15:00 Quarter-final	London	0-12 - 2-20	Sligo	McGovern Park, Ruislip Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare)
	Christopher Farley (0-6, 6f), Aidan McLoughlin (0-2), Enda Lynn (0-1), Christopher Duggan (0-1), Liam Gavaghan (0-1), Conal Gallagher (0-1)	Report	Pat Spillane (1-4), Sean Carrabine (1-1,1f), Niall Murphy 0-3, 1f), Patrick O'Connor (0-3, 1m), Cian Lally (0-3), Paul Kilcoyne (0-1), Paul McNamara (0-1), Luke Towey (0-1), Nathan Mullen (0-1), Donal Conlon (0-1), Alan Reilly (0-1,1f)

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8 April 2023 18:00 EDT (UTC−04:00) Quarter-final	New York	0-15 – 0-15 (aet) 2–0 pens	Leitrim	Gaelic Park, New York Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)
	Connell Ahearne 0-4 (0-2f, 0-2m), Shane Carthy 0-3, (0-1f), Mick Cunningham 0-1 (0-1f), Shane Brosnan 0-1, Adrian Varley 0-2 (0-1f), Mikey Brosnan 0-1, Peter Fox 0-1, Daniel O’Sullivan 0-1, Jack Reilly 0-1.	Report	Keith Beirne 0-9, (0-5f, 0-1m), Evan Sweeney 0-3, Mark Plunkett 0-2, Paul Keaney 0-1 (0-1f)

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9 April 2023 16:00 Quarter-final	Mayo	0-10 - 2-8	Roscommon	McHale Park, Castlebar Attendance: 19,361 Referee: Noel Mooney (Cavan)
	Colm Reape 0-2 (2fs), Ryan O’Donoghue 0-2 (2fs), Paddy Durcan 0-1, Donnacha McHugh 0-1, Matthew Ruane 0-1, Tommy Conroy 0-1, Aidan O’Shea 0-1, Cillian O’Connor 0-1.	Report	Diarmuid Murtagh 0-6 (4fs), Enda Smith 1-1 (1-0 pen), Donie Smith 1-0, Conor Cox 0-1.

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Semi-finals

23 April 2023 16:00 Semi-final	Roscommon	1-9 - 1-13	Galway	Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon Attendance: 16,917[1] Referee: D Gough (Meath) Man of the Match: Ciarán Murtagh
		Report

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22 April 2023 14:30 Semi-final	Sligo	2-16 - 0-6	New York	Markievicz Park, Sligo Attendance: 5,677[2] Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry)
		Report

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Final

7 May 2023 13:45 Final	Sligo	0-12 - 2-20	Galway	McHale Park, Castlebar Attendance: 11,867[3] Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare) Man of the Match: Matthew Tierney
		Report

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Stadia and locations

County	Location	Province	Stadium	Capacity
Galway	Galway	Connacht	Pearse Stadium	26,197
Leitrim	Carrick-on-Shannon	Connacht	Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada	9,331
London	South Ruislip	Britain	McGovern Park	3,000
Mayo	Castlebar	Connacht	MacHale Park	25,369
New York	Bronx	North America	Gaelic Park	2,000
Roscommon	Roscommon	Connacht	Dr Hyde Park	18,890
Sligo	Sligo	Connacht	Markievicz Park	18,558

Championship statistics

Scoring events

• Widest winning margin: 16 points
  • Sligo 2-16 - 0-06 New York (Semi-finals)
• Most goals in a match: 2
  • Sligo 2-20 - 0-12 London (Quarter-finals)
  • Roscommon 2-08 - 0-10 Mayo (Quarter-finals)
  • Sligo 2-16 - 0-06 New York (Semi-finals)
  • Roscommon 1-09 - 1-13 Galway (Semi-finals)
  • Sligo 0-12 - 2-20 Galway (Final)
• Most points in a match: 32
  • Sligo 2-20 - 0-12 London (Quarter-finals)
  • Sligo 0-12 - 2-20 Galway (Final)
• Most goals by one team in a match: 2
  • Sligo 2-20 - 0-12 London (Quarter-finals)
  • Roscommon 2-08 - 0-10 Mayo (Quarter-finals)
  • Sligo 2-16 - 0-06 New York (Semi-finals)
  • Sligo 0-12 - 2-20 Galway (Final)
• Most points by one team in a match: 20
  • Sligo 2-20 - 0-12 London (Quarter-finals)
  • Sligo 0-12 - 2-20 Galway (Final)
• Highest aggregate score: 38 points
  • Sligo 2-20 - 0-12 London (Quarter-finals)
  • Sligo 0-12 - 2-20 Galway (Final)
• Lowest aggregate score: 24 points
  • Roscommon 2-08 - 0-10 Mayo (Quarter-finals)

Miscellaneous

• New York won their first ever Connacht Senior Football Championship game.^[4]
• Sligo qualify to their first Connacht final since 2015.
• Its the first Connacht final between Galway and Sligo since 2007.

See also

• 2023 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
• 2023 Leinster Senior Football Championship
• 2023 Munster Senior Football Championship
• 2023 Ulster Senior Football Championship
• 2023 Tailteann Cup (Tier 2)
• 2023 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship (Tier 3)

References

1. "Galway respond to Roscommon surge to seal their place in the Connacht final". Irish Times. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
2. "Historic occasion a damp squib for New York as Sligo take a chunk out of Big Apple at Markievicz Park". Irish Independent. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
3. "Matthew Tierney inspires Galway to first successful defence of Connacht title in 20 years". Irish Times. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
4. "Connacht SFC first round: New York 0-15 Leitrim 0-15 (After extra-time; New York win 2-0 on penalties)". Irish Times. 9 April 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.