2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship


The 2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 128th edition of the GAA's premier inter-county Gaelic football since its establishment in 1887. 33 teams took part − 31 counties of Ireland, London and New York.
Dublin dethroned defending champions Kerry in the final, winning by 0–12 to 0–9.

Teams

A total of 33 teams contested the championship – 31 teams from Ireland plus London and New York. As in previous years, Kilkenny footballers did not field a team. New York does not participate in the qualifiers.

Format

, Leinster, Munster and Ulster organise four provincial championships on a knock-out basis. All the teams beaten in the provincial matches enter the All-Ireland Qualifiers in rounds 1, 2 and 4. The qualifier matches are knock-out and eventually result in four teams who play in the All-Ireland Quarter-Finals against the four provincial winners. From the quarter-finals onwards the competition is entirely knock-out.

Broadcasting

RTÉ, the national broadcaster in Ireland provided live television coverage of the championship. In the second year of a deal running from 2014 until 2016, a number of matches were also broadcast by Sky Sports, with Sky having exclusive rights to some games.
Australia's terrestrial Seven Network announced it would not broadcast Gaelic games following its coverage of the 2014 Championship.
As in the 2014 season, the GAA and RTÉ provided a streaming service called GAAGO intended to stream championship games worldwide. The subscription-based service was available to fans everywhere in the world outside of the island of Ireland, including all the games broadcast in Ireland exclusively by Sky Sports.
All televised games from the football and hurling championships, as broadcast by both RTÉ and Sky were be available to watch on GAAGO.

Stadia and locations


Fixtures and results

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Leinster Senior Football Championship">2015 Leinster Senior Football Championship">Leinster Senior Football Championship

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Munster Senior Football Championship">2015 Munster Senior Football Championship">Munster Senior Football Championship

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Ulster Senior Football Championship">2015 Ulster Senior Football Championship">Ulster Senior Football Championship

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All-Ireland Qualifiers

A and B Teams

An A and B system for the qualifying draws was introduced in 2014 and continued in 2015. The teams were designated as A or B depending on which half of their provincial championships they were initially drawn to play in. Typically the provincial draws are not seeded resulting in random A and B team designations.
In all qualifier rounds A teams play A teams and B teams play B teams. Usually the A teams complete their provincial games before the B teams which allows the A qualifier games to be scheduled a week before the B qualifier games.

Round 1

The first round consists of all teams that fail to reach their provincial semi-finals with the exception of New York. 16 teams in total take part.
In round 1 four A teams play four A teams and four B teams play four B teams. The eight round 1 winners played the eight beaten provincial semi-finalists in round 2 of the qualifiers.
The following teams took part in this round:
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London '
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Offaly '
Laois '
Longford '
Louth '
Wexford '
Wicklow '
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Waterford '
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Antrim '
Cavan '
Armagh '
Down '
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Round 2

In the second round of the qualifiers the eight winning teams from Round 1A and Round 1B played the eight beaten provincial semi-finalists. The round 2 draw was unrestricted − if two teams have played each other in a provincial match they can be drawn to meet again. The eight winners of these matches play each other in Round 3.
Antrim
Cavan
Longford
Offaly
Clare
Kildare
Fermanagh
Roscommon
Armagh
Louth
Wexford
Tyrone
Derry
Galway
Tipperary
Meath
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Round 3

In the third round of the qualifiers winning teams from round 2A played against winning teams from round 2A and winning teams from round 2B played against winning teams from round 2B. Round 3 rules do not allow two teams that have played each other in a provincial match to meet again. The four winners of these matches play the four beaten provincial finalists in Round 4.
Kildare
Longford
Roscommon
Fermanagh
Derry
Tipperary
Tyrone
Galway
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Round 4

In the fourth round of the qualifiers, the four winning teams of Round 3A and Round 3B play the four provincial beaten finalists. Round 4 rules do not allow two teams that have played each other in a provincial match to meet again if such a pairing can be avoided. The four winners of these matches played the provincial winners in the All-Ireland Quarter-Finals.
Kildare
Fermanagh
Westmeath
Cork
Tyrone
Galway
Sligo
Donegal
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All-Ireland Knockout

= Draw = Replay

Quarter-Finals

The four provincial champions play the winners from Round 4 of the qualifiers. If one of the provincial champions has already met one of the qualifiers in an earlier match then those two teams cannot be drawn together.
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Semi-Finals

There is no draw for the semi-finals as the fixtures are pre-determined on a three yearly rotation. This rotation ensures that a provinces's champions play the champions of all the other provinces once every three years in the semi-finals if they each win their quarter-finals. If a qualifier team beats a provincial winner in a quarter-final, the qualifier team takes that provincial winner's place in the semi-final.
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Final

Championship statistics

;Overall
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Cillian O'Connor Mayo3-344358.60
2Seán Quigley Fermanagh2-364267.50
3Bernard Brogan Dublin6-213975.57
4Eoghan O'Flaherty Kildare2-313775.29
5Brian Kavanagh Longford1-293256.40
6John Heslin Westmeath1-262947.25
6Conor McManus Monaghan1-262947.25
6Dean Rock Dublin2-232974.14
9Donie Kingston Laois2-222847.00
10Darren McCurry Tyrone1-242773.86
11Tomás Corrigan Fermanagh2-182464.00
11Colm O'Neill Cork2-182446.00
13Connor McAliskey Tyrone0-232373.29
13Michael Murphy Donegal0-232363.83
15Diarmuid Connolly Dublin4-102273.14
16Gary Sice Galway1-182163.50
17Donncha O'Connor Cork2-142045.00
18Ciarán Lyng Wexford0-191936.33

;Single game
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition
1Seán Quigley Fermanagh0-1414 Antrim
2Aidan O'Shea Mayo3-0413 Sligo
3Cillian O'Connor Mayo1-0912 Dublin
3Andrew Tormey Meath1-0912 Wicklow
3John Heslin Westmeath1-0912 Meath
6Seán Quigley Fermanagh1-0811 Dublin
7Tomás Corrigan Fermanagh1-0710 Cork
7Cillian O'Connor Mayo1-0710 Sligo
7Eoghan O'Flaherty Kildare1-0710 Offaly
7Gearóid McKiernan Cavan1-0710 London
7Adrian Marren Sligo1-0710 Roscommon
7Jamie Clarke Armagh2-0410 Wicklow
13John Heslin Westmeath0-099 Louth
13Cillian O'Connor Mayo0-099 Galway
13Cillian O'Connor Mayo1-069 Dublin
13Conor McManus Monaghan1-069 Fermanagh
13Bernard Brogan Dublin1-069 Longford
13Bernard Brogan Dublin1-069 Fermanagh
13Colm O'Neill Cork1-069 Kerry
13Dean Rock Dublin1-069 Longford
13Bernard Brogan Dublin2-039 Kildare
13Diarmuid Connolly Dublin2-039 Kildare
13Colm Cooper Kerry2-039 Kildare
13Kieran Martin Westmeath2-039 Meath

Discipline

ProvinceRefereeCounty
Ciaran Branagan Down
Barry Cassidy Derry
David Coldrick Meath
Maurice Deegan Laois
Marty Duffy Sligo
David Gough Meath
Rory Hickey Clare
Pádraig Hughes Armagh
Seán Hurson Tyrone
Fergal Kelly Longford
Eddie Kinsella Laois
Conor Lane Cork
Patrick Neilan Roscommon
Anthony Nolan Wicklow
Cormac Reilly Meath
Joe McQuillan Cavan
Pádraig O'Sullivan Kerry
Derek O'Mahoney Tipperary

Live broadcast matches

These matches were broadcast live on television in Ireland
RoundRTÉSky Sports
Connacht ChampionshipMayo vs Galway
Mayo vs Sligo
Sligo vs Roscommon
Munster ChampionshipKerry vs Cork
Kerry vs Cork
Leinster ChampionshipDublin vs Longford
Westmeath vs Meath
Dublin vs Kildare
Dublin vs Westmeath
Laois vs Kildare
Ulster ChampionshipDonegal vs Tyrone
Cavan vs Monaghan
Derry vs Down
Armagh vs Donegal
Monaghan vs Donegal
Derry vs Donegal
QualifiersCavan vs RoscommonTipperary vs Tyrone
Galway vs Derry
Westmeath vs Fermanagh
Cork vs Kildare
Sligo vs Tyrone
Donegal vs Galway
Quarter-finalsKerry v Kildare
Dublin v Fermanagh
Monaghan v Tyrone
Mayo v Donegal
Semi-finalsKerry v Tyrone
Dublin v Mayo
Kerry v Tyrone
Dublin v Mayo
FinalKerry v DublinKerry v Dublin

Awards

;Sunday Game Team of the Year
The Sunday Game team of the year was picked on 20 September, the night of the final. Dublin's Jack McCaffrey was named as the Sunday Game player of the year.
;All Star Team of the Year
The All Star football team was announced on 6 November. Dublin's Jack McCaffrey was named as the All Stars Footballer of the Year with Diarmuid O'Connor of Mayo being named as the All Stars Young Footballer of the Year.