2015 Cork Senior Football Championship

The 2015 Cork Senior Football Championship is the 127th edition of the Cork GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Cork, Ireland. The tournament consists of 18 teams (16 clubs and 2 divisional sides) with the winner going on to represent Cork in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship has a back-door format for the first three rounds before proceeding to a knock-out format. Generally, any team to lose two/three matches will be knocked out of the championship.

Ballincollig were the defending champions after they defeated Carbery Rangers in the previous years final, however they were knocked out at the Quarter-Final stage by eventual runners-up Castlehaven.

This was Valley Rovers' return to the senior grade after a three-year exodus since being relegated in 2011. They gained promotion to the senior grade by claiming the 2014 Premier Intermediate Football Championship title.

On 25 October 2015 Nemo Rangers won their 19th Cork S.F.C. title when beating Castlehaven 1-10 to 0-11 in Páirc Uí Rinn after a replay. This was a special win, as it was former Kerry star Tomás Ó Sé's first championship win for the club since transferring at the start of 2015 from An Ghaeltacht.

Aghada were relegated to the Intermediate grade after 24 years as a senior club.

Divisional Sides:

• Beara - Composed of Intermediate clubs Adrigole & Castletownbere and Junior clubs Bere Island, Garnish, Glengarriff and Urhan all from the Beara Peninsula.
• Duhallow - Composed of Premier Intermediate club Kiskeam, Intermediate clubs Ballydesmond & Kanturk, and Junior clubs Boherbue, Castlemagner, Cullen, Dromtarriffe, Freemount, Glenlara, Kilbrin, Knocknagree, Lismire, Lyre, Meelin, Millstreet, Newmarket, Rockchapel, St. John's & Tullylease all from the barony of Duhallow.

Team Changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2014 championship season.

Round 1

All 16 teams enter the competition in this round. The 8 winners progress to Round 4 while the 8 losers progress to Round 2.

• Nemo Rangers 1-18, 0-10 Ilen Rovers, Dunmanway, 2/5/2015,
• Dohenys 1-11, 0-10 Aghada, Páirc Uí Rinn, 2/5/2015,
• Newcestown 0-16, 0-8 Clonakilty, Dunmanway, 3/5/2015,
• Bishopstown 2-14, 2-11 O'Donovan Rossa, Clonakilty, 4/5/2015,
• Ballincollig 1-15, 1-12 St. Finbarr's, Páirc Uí Rinn, 4/5/2015,
• Valley Rovers 2-10, 0-14 Carbery Rangers, Ballinascarthy, 4/5/2015,
• Castlehaven 2-12, 0-9 Clyda Rovers, Carrigadrohid, 9/5/2015,
• Douglas 2-9, 1-7 St. Nicholas', Páirc Uí Rinn, 9/5/2015,

Round 2

The 8 Round 1 losers play each other in this round. The 4 winners from this round will enter the draw for Round 4, while the 4 losers enter Round 3.

• Carbery Rangers 1-7, 0-8 Clyda Rovers, Coachford, 17/5/2015,
• O'Donovan Rossa 2-15, 0-10 Clonakilty, Rossacarbery, 24/5/2015,
• St. Finbarr's 0-11, 0-8 Aghada, Carrigtwohill, 30/5/2015,
• Ilen Rovers 1-19, 1-11 St. Nicholas', Enniskeane, 30/5/2015,

Round 3

The 4 losers from Round 2 play each other in this round. The 2 winners enter Round 4 while the 2 losers must play in the Relegation Final.

• St. Nicholas' 1-8, 0-7 Clonakilty, Bandon, 20/6/2015,
• Clyda Rovers 0-12, 0-7 Aghada, Watergrasshill, 27/6/2015,

Round 4

The 8 winners from Round 1, 4 winners from Round 2, 2 winners from Round 3 and the 2 divisional sides (Beara and Duhallow) enter Round 4. The 8 winners proceed to the Quarter Finals while the losers are knocked out of the championship.

• Carbery Rangers 4-10, 1-4 Ilen Rovers, Skibbereen, 8/8/2015,
• Nemo Rangers 0-13, 1-10 Douglas, Páirc Uí Rinn, 9/8/2015,
• O'Donovan Rossa 2-11, 0-7 Beara, Bantry, 9/8/2015,
• St. Nicholas' 2-9, 0-15 Dohenys, Bandon, 15/8/2015,
• Duhallow 1-11, 0-9 Newcestown, Carrigadrohid, 16/8/2015,
• Ballincollig 0-13, 0-8 Valley Rovers, Kilmurry, 22/8/2015,
• Bishopstown 1-9, 0-8 Clyda Rovers, Páirc Uí Rinn, 22/8/2015,
• St. Nicholas' 1-5, 0-7 Dohenys, Bandon, 23/8/2015, (Replay)
• Castlehaven 1-14, 1-10 St. Finbarr's, Clonakilty, 29/8/2015,
• Nemo Rangers 1-15, 0-11 Douglas, Páirc Uí Rinn, 29/8/2015, (Replay)

Quarter-Finals

• O'Donovan Rossa 2-15, 1-10 Bishopstown, Dunmanway, 29/8/2015,
• Castlehaven 1-14, 1-11 Ballincollig, Dunmanway, 12/9/2015,
• Nemo Rangers 5-11, 0-3 St. Nicholas', Páirc Uí Rinn, 13/9/2015,
• Carbery Rangers 1-15, 1-7 Duhallow, Páirc Uí Rinn, 13/9/2015,

Semi-Finals

• Castlehaven 1-13, 1-10 O'Donovan Rossa, Páirc Uí Rinn, 4/10/2015,
• Nemo Rangers 1-11, 0-13 Carbery Rangers, Páirc Uí Rinn, 4/10/2015,

Final

• Nemo Rangers 0-10, 0-10 Castlehaven, Páirc Uí Rinn, 18/10/2015,
• Nemo Rangers 1-10, 0-11 Castlehaven, Páirc Uí Rinn, 24/10/2015, (Replay)

Relegation Playoff

• Clonakilty 3-13, 0-9 Aghada, Brinny, 27/9/2015,

Munster Senior Club Football Championship

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