title: 2017 Connacht Senior Football Championship
text: # 2017 Connacht Senior Football Championship
  
  The 2017 Connacht Senior Football Championship was the 118th installment of the annual Connacht Senior Football Championship organised by Connacht GAA. It is one of the four provincial competitions of the 2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Defending champions from 2016, Galway were dethroned by Roscommon, who won their first Connacht title since 2010.
  
  ## Teams
  
  The Connacht championship is contested by the five counties in the Irish province of Connacht plus London and New York.
  
  | Team | Colours | Sponsor | Manager | Captain | Most recent success | Most recent success |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Team | Colours | Sponsor | Manager | Captain | All-Ireland | Provincial |
  | Galway | Maroon and white | Supermac's | Kevin Walsh | Gary O'Donnell | 2001 | 2016 |
  | Leitrim | Green and gold | The Bush Hotel | Brendan Guckian | Donal Wrynn | | 1994 |
  | London | Green and white | Clayton Hotels | Ciarán Deely | Liam Gavaghan | | |
  | Mayo | Green and red | Elverys Sports | Stephen Rochford | Cillian O'Connor | 1951 | 2015 |
  | New York | Red, white and blue | Navillus Contracting | Justin O'Halloran | Gerard McCartan | | |
  | Roscommon | Primrose and royal blue | Club Rossie | Kevin McStay | Ciaráin Murtagh | 1944 | 2010 |
  | Sligo | Black and white | AbbVie Inc. | Niall Carew | Neil Ewing | | 2007 |
  
  ## Bracket
  
  | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | | | | Galway | Galway | 0-15 | | | |
  | | | | | | | Mayo | Mayo | 1-11 | | | |
  | | | | Mayo | Mayo | 2-14 | | | | | | |
  | New York | New York | 1-13 | Sligo | Sligo | 0-11 | | | | | | |
  | Sligo | Sligo | 1-21 | | | | | | | Galway | Galway | 0-12 |
  | | | | | | | | | | Roscommon | Roscommon | 2-15 |
  | | | | | | | Roscommon | Roscommon | 2-23 | | | |
  | | | | | | | Leitrim | Leitrim | 1-09 | | | |
  | | | | London | London | 0-16 | | | | | | |
  | | | | Leitrim | Leitrim | 3-10 | | | | | | |
  
  ## Fixtures
  
  ### Final
  
  | 9 July 2017 14:00 Final | Galway | 0-12 - 2-15 | Roscommon | Pearse Stadium, Galway Attendance: 18,287 Referee: David Gough (Meath) Man of the Match: Enda Smith |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 9 July 2017 14:00 Final | Shane Walsh 0-6 (4f), Paul Conroy 0-2 (1f), Damien Comer 0-2, Michael Daly, Gary O’Donnell 0-1 each. | Report | Diarmuid Murtagh 0-5 (3f), Cian Connolly 1-1, Ciaráin Murtagh 0-3 (2f), Brian Stack 1-0, Conor Devaney 0-3, Donie Smith 0-2 (1f), Shane Killoran 0-1. | Pearse Stadium, Galway Attendance: 18,287 Referee: David Gough (Meath) Man of the Match: Enda Smith |
  