The 2017 Galway Senior Football Championship is the 122nd edition of

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's premier

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tournament for senior graded clubs in

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. The winners receive the Frank Fox Cup and represent Galway in the Connacht Senior Club Football Championship. Twenty teams compete. The championship has a back-door format for the first two rounds before proceeding to a knock-out format. Generally, any team to lose two matches will be knocked out of the championship. Corofin were the defending champions after they defeated Salthill/Knocknacarra in the previous year's final. This was Monivea-Abbey's return the senior grade.

Team Changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2016 championship season.

To S.F.C.

Promoted from 2016 Galway Intermediate Football Championship * Monivea-Abbey - (Intermediate Champions)

From S.F.C.

Relegated to 2018 Galway Intermediate Football Championship * Cárna-Caiseal

Rounds 1 to 3

Round 1

All 20 teams enter the competition in this round. The 10 winners progress to Round 2A while the 10 losers progress to Round 2B. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Round 2

Round 2A

The 10 winners from Round 1 enter this round. The 5 winners will enter the draw for the Preliminary Quarter Finals while the 5 losers will play in Round 3. ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Round 2B

The 10 losers from Round 1 enter this round. The 5 winners will go into the Round 3 while the 5 losers will enter the Relegation Playoffs. ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Round 3

The 5 losers from Round 2A enter this round and they play the 5 winners from Round 2B. The 5 winners will go into the draw for the Preliminary Quarter-Finals while the 5 losers will enter the Relegation Playoffs. ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Knockout stage

Preliminary Quarter-Finals

The 5 Round 2A winners and the 5 Round 3 winners are entered into a draw to choose 4 teams to play in this round. The 2 winners (along with the 6 teams who receive byes) will proceed to the quarter-finals. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Quarter-finals

The 2 winners from the Preliminary Quarter-Finals (along with the 6 teams who received byes) enter the quarter-finals. ---- ---- ---- ----

Semi-finals

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Final

Last Ten

Relegation Playoffs

The 5 Round 2B losers and 5 Round 3 losers enter the Relegation Playoff.

Relegation preliminary round

A draw was conducted and 4 teams were chosen to play in the Relegation Preliminary Round. The 2 winners earn their place in the S.F.C. for 2017 while the losers enter the Relegation Quarter-Finals along with the 6 clubs who received byes. ---- ----

Relegation Quarter-Finals

The 2 Relegation Preliminary Round losers enter the Relegation Quarter-Finals along with the 6 clubs who received byes. The 4 winners will earn their place in the 2017 S.F.C. while the 4 losers will enter the Relegation Semi-Finals. ---- ---- ---- ----

Relegation Semi-Finals

The 4 Relegation Quarter-Final losers play against each other in this round. The 2 winners will earn their place in the 2017 S.F.C. while the 2 losers will enter the Relegation Final. ---- ----

Relegation Final

The winner will earn their place in the 2017 S.F.C. while the loser will be relegated to the Intermediate grade. ----

References

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