2015 Ulster Senior Football Championship

The 2015 Ulster Senior Football Championship is the 127th instalment of the annual Ulster Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of Ulster GAA. It was one of the four provincial competitions of the 2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Donegal were the reigning champions following the 2014 Championship but lost to Monaghan in the final on 19 July by a point.^{[1] [2][3]}

The Ulster championship is contested by the nine county teams in the province of Ulster.

Team	Colours	Sponsor	Manager	Captain	Most recent success
					All-Ireland	Provincial
Antrim	Saffron and white	Creagh Concrete	Liam Bradley	Aodhán Gallagher		1951
Armagh	Orange and white	Rainbow Communications	Kieran McGeeney	Ciarán McKeever	2002	2008
Cavan	Royal blue and white	Kingspan Group	Terry Hyland	Alan Clarke	1952	1997
Derry	Red and white	Specialist Joinery Group	Brian McIver	Mark Lynch	1993	1998
Donegal	Gold and green	Donegal Creameries	Rory Gallagher	Michael Murphy	2012	2014
Down	Red and black	Canal Court Hotel	Jim McCorry	Mark Poland	1994	1994
Fermanagh	Green and white	Tracey Concrete	Pete McGrath	Eoin Donnelly
Monaghan	White and blue	Investec	Malachy O'Rourke	Conor McManus		2013
Tyrone	White and Red	McAleer & Rushe	Mickey Harte	Seán Cavanagh	2008	2010

	Preliminary round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
						Cavan		0-15
						Monaghan		0-16
											Monaghan		1-20
											Fermanagh		0-13
						Fermanagh		1-13
						Antrim		0-08
																Monaghan		0-11
																Donegal		0-10
						Derry		0-12
						Down		0-11
											Derry		0-10
											Donegal		1-09
						Armagh		0-08
	Donegal		1-13			Donegal		2-11
	Tyrone		1-10

17 May 2015

16:00

Preliminary round

Donegal	1–13 – 1–10	Tyrone
M McElhinney (1–2); M Murphy (0–3, 2 frees, 1 45); C Toye, C McFadden, P McBrearty (0–2 each); F McGlynn, K Lacey (0–1 each).	Report	S Cavanagh (0–4, 3 frees); D McCurry (1–0); C McAliskey (0–3); Justin McMahon, M Donnelly, R McNamee (0–1 each).

MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey

Attendance: 17,435

Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)

24 May 2015

14:00

Quarter-Final

Cavan	0–15 – 0–16	Monaghan
C Mackey (0–3, 2 frees); N McDermott (0–3 frees); G McKiernan and M Argue (both 0–2); M Dunne (0–2, 1 free); C Gilsenan (0–1 free); N Murray and R Flanagan (both 0–1).	Report	C McManus (0–7, 5 frees); P Finlay (0–3 frees); K Hughes (0–1 free); K O’Connell, D Hughes, D Clerkin, C Walshe and D Mone (all 0–1).

Kingspan Breffni Park, Cavan

Attendance: 18,541

Referee: Padraig Hughes (Armagh)

31 May 2015

16:00

Quarter-Final

Fermanagh	1–13 – 0–08	Antrim
S Quigley 1–4 (4f, 1pen), R Jones 0–3, B Mulrone 0–2, C Flaherty, T Corrigan, P McCusker, D Kille 0–1 each	Report	CJ McGourty 0–6 (6f), K McGourty 0–1, R Murray 0–1

Brewster Park, Enniskillen

Attendance: 7,726

Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)

7 June 2015

14:00

Quarter-Final

Derry	0–12 – 0–11	Down
M Lynch 0–5 (2f), E Bradley 0–5 (3f), E Lynn 0–1, C O'Boyle 0–1	Report	P Devlin 0–6 (6f), C Laverty, K McKernan 0–2 each, D O'Hare 0–1 (f)

Celtic Park, Derry

Attendance: 10,541

Referee: Eddie Kinsella (Laois)

14 June 2015

14:00

Quarter-Final

Armagh	0–08 – 2–11	Donegal
T Kernan 0–3 (1f), J Morgan, C McKeever, E Rafferty (f), A Findon, C Rafferty all 0–1 each.	Report	M Murphy 0–5 (5fs), P McBrearty 1–1, M O'Reilly 1–0, O MacNiallais 0–2, N Gallagher, M McElhinney, N Gallagher 0–1 each.

Athletic Grounds, Armagh

Attendance: 18,186

Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)

21 June 2015

16:00

Semi-Final

Monaghan	1–20 – 0–13	Fermanagh
C McManus 1–6 (5f), K Hughes 0–3 (1f), O Duffy 0–3, K Duffy, D Hughes, C McGuinness, S Gollogly, N McAdam, D Mone, K O’Connell 0–1 each, R Beggan 0–1 (1 ’45).	Report	S Quigley 0–5 (4f), T Corrigan, R Jones, D McCusker 0–2 each, E Donnelly, A Breen 0–1 each.

Kingspan Breffni Park, Cavan

Attendance: 16,572

Referee: Padraig O'Sullivan (Kerry)

27 June 2015

19:00

Semi-Final

Derry	0–10 – 1–09	Donegal
M Lynch 0-02, 1f, E Bradley 0-02, 2f, C O’Boyle 0-02, C McKaigue 0-01, C McFaul 0-01; N Holly 0-01, B Heron 0-01.	Report	M O’Reilly 1-00 P McBrearty, 0-02, 1f, M Murphy 0-02, C McFadden 0-02, M McElhinney 0-01; C Toye 0-01, O MacNiallais 0-01.

St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

Attendance: 19,237

Referee: Rory Hickey (Clare)

19 July 2015

14:00

Final

Monaghan	0–11 – 0–10	Donegal
C McManus 0–6 (4f), K O'Connell, O Duffy, K Duffy, D Mone, O Lennon 0–1 each.	Report	P McBrearty 0–6 (4f), M Murphy 0–2 (2f), K Lacey, F McGlynn 0–1 each

St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

Attendance: 31,997

Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)

• Fixtures and results
• 2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
  • 2015 Connacht Senior Football Championship
  • 2015 Leinster Senior Football Championship
  • 2015 Munster Senior Football Championship