2019 Donegal Senior Football Championship

Donegal S.F.C.
Season	2019
Champions	Naomh Conaill (4th S.F.C. Title)
Relegated	Malin
All Ireland SCFC	Gaoth Dobhair
Winning Captain	???
Man of the Match	???
Winning Manager	???
Matches played	??
	← 2018 2020 →

The 2019 Donegal Senior Football Championship was the 97th official edition of Donegal GAA's premier Gaelic football tournament for senior graded clubs in County Donegal. 16 teams compete with the winner representing Donegal in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship begins with four groups of four and continues with a knock-out format.

Gaoth Dobhair were the defending Donegal and Ulster champions after they defeated Naomh Conaill of Glenties 0-17 to 1-7 in the 2018 final. However they failed to defend their crown, losing the final to Naomh Conaill by one point after a second replay.

This was Glenfin's return to the senior grade after a two-year exodus when claiming the 2018 I.F.C. title.

Malin were relegated back to the 2020 I.F.C. after 16 seasons in the top-flight when losing their Relegation Final to Ardara. Back in 2003, Malin gained promotion to the S.F.C. for the first time in the club's history. Although Malin lost the I.F.C. Quarter-Final to eventual champions St. Michael's that year, they earned promotion to Division 1 from Division 2 of the Donegal Leagues. At that time, promotion to the S.F.C. could be acquired through the leagues.

Team changes[]

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The following teams changed division since the 2018 championship season.

To S.F.C.[]

Promoted from 2018 I.F.C.

Glenfin - (I.F.C. Champions)

From S.F.C.[]

Relegated to 2019 I.F.C.

Burt

Format[]

The 2019 County Championship took the same format as previous championships in which there was four groups of four with the top two qualifying for the quarter-finals. Bottom of each group play in relegation play-offs to decide which team is relegated the 2020 Intermediate championship.

Group stage[]

All 16 teams enter the competition at this stage. The top 2 teams in each group go into the Quarter-Finals while the bottom team of each group entered a Relegation Playoff.

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Gaoth Dobhair	3	2	0	1	42	19	+23	5
St Eunan's	3	1	0	2	39	27	+12	4
St Michael's	3	1	1	1	48	39	+9	3
Ardara	3	0	3	0	32	76	-44	0

Round 1

Ardara 2-10, 4-18 St Michael's, 7/9/2019,
Gaoth Dobhair 1-3, 0-6 St Eunan's, 8/9/2019,

Round 2

St Michael's 1-3, 1-8 Gaoth Dobhair, 14/9/2019,
St Eunan's 1-18, 1-6 Ardara, 15/9/2019,

Round 3

Ardara 0-7, 2-19 Gaoth Dobhair, 22/9/2019,
St Michael's 0-12, 0-12 St Eunan's, 22/9/2019,

Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Naomh Conaill	3	3	0	52	27	+25	6
Killybegs	3	2	1	42	39	+3	4
	3	1	2	50	41	+9	2
An Clochán Liath	3	0	3	36	67	-31	0

Round 1

Seán MacCumhaills 5-14, 1-18 An Clochán Liath, 7/9/2019,
Naomh Conaill 1-15, 1-9 Killybegs, 8/9/2019,

Round 2

An Clochán Liath 1-3, 2-16 Naomh Conaill, 14/9/2019,
Killybegs 2-8, 1-9 Seán MacCumhaills, 15/9/2019,

Round 3

Naomh Conaill 0-12, 0-9 Seán MacCumhaills, 21/9/2019,
Killybegs 0-16, 0-9 An Clochán Liath, 21/9/2019,

Group C[]

Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Milford	3	2	1	0	47	43	+4	4
Glenfin	3	1	1	1	48	44	+4	3
Glenswilly	3	1	1	1	36	44	-8	3
Four Masters	3	1	2	0	37	37	+0	2

Round 1

Four Masters 0-10, 0-14 Milford, 7/9/2019,
Glenfin 1-11, 0-14 Glenswilly, 8/9/2019,

Round 2

Milford 1-17, 3-8 Glenfin, 14/9/2019,
Glenswilly 0-6, 2-11 Four Masters, 15/9/2019,

Round 3

Glenfin 1-14, 1-7 Four Masters, 22/9/2019,
Glenswilly 1-13, 2-7 Milford, 22/9/2019,

Group D[]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Kilcar	3	3	0	75	32	+43	6
Réalt na Mara	3	2	1	56	54	+2	4
Termon	3	1	2	37	53	-16	2
Malin	3	0	3	41	70	-29	0

Round 1

Termon 0-11, 0-12 Réalt na Mara, 8/9/2019,
Kilcar 3-16, 0-7 Malin, 8/9/2019,

Round 2

Réalt na Mara 1-13, 1-20 Kilcar, 15/9/2019,
Malin 1-11, 0-17 Termon, 15/9/2019,

Round 3

Malin 2-14, 2-22 Réalt na Mara, 22/9/2019,
Kilcar 3-18, 1-6 Termon, 22/9/2019,

Knock-out stage[]

Quarter-finals[]

28 September 2019	Kilcar	2-14 - 0-11	Killybegs	MacCumhaill Park Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ???
				MacCumhaill Park Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ???

28 September 2019	St Eunan's	5-22 - 0-11	Milford	MacCumhaill Park Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ???
				MacCumhaill Park Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ???

29 September 2019	Gaoth Dobhair	2-20 - 2-17	Réalt na Mara	O'Donnell Park Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ???
				O'Donnell Park Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ???

29 September 2019	Naomh Conaill	1-14 - 0-13	Glenfin	Glenswilly Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ???
				Glenswilly Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ???

Semi-finals[]

6 October 2019	Naomh Conaill	0-15 - 1-11	St Eunan's	MacCumhaill Park Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ???
				MacCumhaill Park Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ???

6 October 2019	Gaoth Dobhair	3-8 - 0-12	Kilcar	MacCumhaill Park Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ???
				MacCumhaill Park Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ???

Final[]

20 October 2019 16:00	Naomh Conaill	0-08 - 0-08	Gaoth Dobhair	MacCumhaill Park Referee: Enda McFeely (St Mary's, Convoy). Man of the Match: Ciarán Thompson
		Report

Final replay[]

27 October 2019 15:00	Naomh Conaill	1-11 - 0-14	Gaoth Dobhair	MacCumhaill Park Referee: ???
		Report		MacCumhaill Park Referee: ???

Final second replay[]

30 October 2019 20:00	Naomh Conaill	0-8 - 0-7	Gaoth Dobhair	MacCumhaill Park Referee: Seamus McGonagle (Aodh Ruadh)
	Charlie McGuinness 0-2 (2f), Ciarán Thompson 0-2 (45), Leo McLoone, Ethan O'Donnell, and John O'Malley 0-1	Report	Michael Carroll 0-3, Cian Mulligan 0-2, Odhrán Mac Niallais 0-1, Eamonn Collum 0-1 (1f)	MacCumhaill Park Referee: Seamus McGonagle (Aodh Ruadh)

Relegation playoffs[]

Relegation semi-Finals[]

5 October 2019	Four Masters	2-13 - 1-7	Malin	Convoy Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ???
				Convoy Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ???

5 October 2019	An Clochán Liath	3-9 - 2-10	Ardara	Killybegs Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ???
				Killybegs Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ???

Relegation Final[]

20 October 2019 19:00	Ardara	2-14 - 3-8	Malin	Convoy Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ???
				Convoy Referee: ??? Man of the Match: ???

Television rights[]

The following matches were broadcast live on national television, unless otherwise indicated:

Round	RTÉ	TG4
Quarter-finals^[4]	St Eunan's v Milford Kilcar v Killybegs	—
Semi-finals^[5]	—	Kilcar v Gaoth Dobhair (deferred)
Final^[5]	—	Gaoth Dobhair v Naomh Conaill

Ulster Senior Club Football Championship[]

References[]

^ "Donegal Democrat Archives". Irishnewsarchive.com. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
^ "Donegal GAA Club Draws". Highlandradio.com. 24 March 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
^ "Donegal HoganStand". Hoganstand.com. 24 March 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
^ McNulty, Chris (24 September 2019). "Two Donegal SFC quarter-finals set for live TV coverage". Retrieved 24 September 2019.
^ ^a ^b McNulty, Chris (10 October 2019). "TG4 to show Donegal SFC final live". Retrieved 10 October 2019.

[1] "Donegal Democrat Archives". Irishnewsarchive.com. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

[2] "Donegal GAA Club Draws". Highlandradio.com. 24 March 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2019.

[3] "Donegal HoganStand". Hoganstand.com. 24 March 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2019.

[4] McNulty, Chris (24 September 2019). "Two Donegal SFC quarter-finals set for live TV coverage". Retrieved 24 September 2019.

[dd_10102019-5] McNulty, Chris (10 October 2019). "TG4 to show Donegal SFC final live". Retrieved 10 October 2019.

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