2017 Ulster Senior Football Championship

The 2017 Ulster Senior Football Championship was the 129th instalment of the annual Ulster Senior Football Championship organised by the Ulster GAA. It is one of the four provincial competitions of the 2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. The winners receive The Anglo-Celt Cup.

Tyrone are the defending champions.^[1] The draw for the Championship was made on 13 October 2016.^[2] Tyrone beat Down in the final with a score of 2-17 to 0-15.

Teams[]

The Ulster championship is contested by the nine counties in the Irish province of Ulster. Ulster comprises the six counties of Northern Ireland as well as Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland.

Team	Colours	Sponsor	Manager	Captain	Most recent success
					All-Ireland	Provincial
Antrim	Saffron and white	Creagh Concrete	Frank Fitzsimmons Gearoid Adams	Kevin Niblock		1951
Armagh	Orange and white	Simply Fruit	Kieran McGeeney	Ciaran McKeever	2002	2008
Cavan	Royal blue and white	Kingspan Group	Mattie McGleenan	Gearoid McKiernan	1952	1997
Derry	Red and white	H&A Mechanical Services	Damian Barton	Enda Lynn	1993	1998
Donegal	Gold and green	KN Group	Rory Gallagher	Michael Murphy	2012	2014
Down	Red and black	EOS IT Solutions	Éamonn Burns		1994	1994
Fermanagh	Green and white	Tracey Concrete	Pete McGrath	Eoin Donnelly
Monaghan	White and blue	Investec	Malachy O'Rourke	Conor McManus		2015
Tyrone	White and Red	McAleer & Rushe	Mickey Harte	Seán Cavanagh	2008	2016

Championship draw[]

	Preliminary Round					Quarter-Finals					Semi-Finals					Ulster Senior Football Final
						Derry		0-11
						Tyrone		0-22
											Tyrone		1-21
											Donegal		1-12
						Donegal		3-19
						Antrim		1-09
																Tyrone		2-17
																Down		0-15
						Down		0-15
						Armagh		2-07
											Down		1-14
											Monaghan		0-15
						Cavan		0-15
	Monaghan		1-20			Monaghan		1-15
	Fermanagh		1-11

Preliminary round[]

20 May 2017 (2017-05-20)

7:00 pm

Monaghan	1-20 - 1-11	Fermanagh
Conor McManus 1-3 (0-1f), Owen Duffy 0-3, Colin Walshe, Jack McCarron (0-1f), Conor McCarthy 0-2 each, Fintan Kelly, Karl O'Connell, Neil McAdam, Kieran Hughes, Shane Carey, Gavin Doogan, Dermot Malone, Dessie Mone 0-1 each	Report	Tomas Corrigan 0-5 (0-4f), Ryan Lyons 1-0, Aidan Breen and Sean Quigley (0-1f) 0-2 each, Lee Cullen and Eddie Courtney 0-1 each

St. Tiernach's Park, Clones, Clones

Attendance: 7,473

Referee: Derek O'Mahony (Tipperary)

Quarter-finals[]

21 May 2017

4:00 pm

Donegal	3-19 - 1-09	Antrim
M Murphy 0-6 (5f), P McBrearty 1-2 (2f), J Brennan 1-1, C Thompson 0-4 (3f), P McGrath 1-0, M Langan 0-2, H McFadden, K Lacey, F McGlynn, M McHugh 0-1 each	Report	CJ McGourty 0-6 (6f), C Small 1-0, T McCann 0-2, S Beatty 0-1

MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey, Ballybofey

Attendance: 10,083

Referee: Paddy Neilan (Roscommon)

28 May 2017

2:00 pm

Derry	0-11 - 0-22	Tyrone
Niall Loughlin 0-4 (0-3f), Niall Keenan, Ciaran McFaul, Carlus McWilliams, Danny Heavron (0-1f), Enda Lynn, Benny Heron (0-1f), Shane McGuigan (0-1f) 0-1 each	Report	Sean Cavanagh 0-7 (0-6f), Darren McCurry 0-3, Peter Harte (0-1f, 1 '45), Conal McCann, Lee Brennan (0-1f) 0-2 each, Tiernan McCann, Ruairi Brennan, Colm Cavanagh, Mark Bradley, David Mulgrew, Declan McClure 0-1 each

Celtic Park, Derry, Derry

Attendance: 10,017

Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)

04 June 2017

2:00 pm

Down	0-15 - 2-07	Armagh
Darragh O’Hanlon 0-4 (2f); Connaire Harrison 0-3; Caolan Mooney 0-2; Michael Cunningham (f), Jerome Johnston (f), Shea Millar, Conor Maginn, Barry O’Hagan, David McKibben 0-1 each	Report	Mark Shields, Andrew Murnin 1-0 each; Aaron McKay, Aidan Forker, Paul Hughes, Stephen Sheridan, Anthony Duffy, Gavin McParland (f), Jamie Clarke (f) 0-1 each

Páirc Esler, Newry, Newry

Attendance: 16,168

Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)

11 June 2017

2:00 pm

Cavan	0-15 - 1-15	Monaghan
Seanie Johnston 0-4 (4f); Cian Mackey 0-3; Niall McDermott 0-3 (3f); James McEnroe, Conor Moynagh, Liam Buchanan, Gearoid McKiernan, Martin Reilly (f) 0-1 each	Report	Conor McManus 1-4 (2f); Owen Duffy 0-4; Rory Beggan 0-3 (2 '45, 1f); Conor McCarthy 0-2; Colin Walshe, Jack McCarron 0-1 each.

Breffni Park, Cavan, Cavan

Attendance: 12,993

Referee: Paddy Neilan (Roscommon)

Semi-finals[]

18 June 2017 2:00 pm	Tyrone	1-21 - 1-12	Donegal	St. Tiernach's Park, Clones Attendance: 22,609 Referee: David Gough (Meath) Man of the Match: Padraig Hampsey
	Tiernan McCann 1-1, Niall Sludden 0-4, Kieran McGeary 0-3, Mark Bradley 0-2, Mattie Donnelly 0-2, Peter Harte 0-2, Padraig Hampsey 0-2, David Mulgrew 0-1, Sean Cavanagh 0-1 (f), Declan McClure 0-1, Ronan O'Neill 0-1, Niall Morgan 0-1 (45).	Report	Patrick McBrearty 0-6 (2fs), Michael Murphy 0-3 (2 '45's), Micheal Carroll 1-0, Martin Reilly 0-1, Michael Langan 0-1, Hugh McFadden 0-1.

24 June 2017 7:00 pm	Down	1-14 - 0-15	Monaghan	Athletic Grounds, Armagh Attendance: 13,396 Referee: D Coldrick & P Neilan (Meath and Roscommon) Man of the Match: Connaire Harrison
	C Harrison 0-3, D O'Hanlon 1-5, S Millar, K McKernan 0-2, C Maginn, M Cunningham, D O'Hare	Report [1]	R Wylie, D Hughes 0-2, J McCarron 0-3, C McManus 0-6, C McCarthy, O Duffy, K Hughes

Final[]

16 July 2017 2:00 pm	Tyrone	2-17 - 0-15	Down	St Tiernach's Park, Clones Attendance: 31,912 Referee: Joe Mc Quillan (Cavan) Man of the Match: Padraig Hampsey
	R O’Neill 2-0, P Hampsey 0-3, P Harte 0-2, M Donnelly 0-2, N Sludden 0-1, S Cavanagh 0-2, D Mulgrew 0-1, M Bradley 0-2, C McCann 0-1.	Report	S Millar 0-1, R Johnston 0-2, N Donnelly 0-1, D O’Hanlon 0-5, C Mooney 0-2, C Maginn 0-1, M Cunningham 0-1, J Murphy 0-1, D McKibbin 0-1.

See also[]

• 2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
  • 2017 Connacht Senior Football Championship
  • 2017 Leinster Senior Football Championship
  • 2017 Munster Senior Football Championship

References[]

External links[]

• http://munster.gaa.ie/