2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
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| Event | 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 18 September 2016 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | Conor Lane (Cork) | ||||||
| Weather | 16°C, fine | ||||||
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| Date | 1 October 2016 | ||||||
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| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | Maurice Deegan (Laois) | ||||||
| Weather | Showers which cleared | ||||||
The 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, the 129th event of its kind and the culmination of the 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, was a Gaelic football match played at Croke Park in Dublin on 18 September 2016 and was replayed on 1 October 2016. Defending champions Dublin and qualifiers Mayo competed for the Sam Maguire Cup, in a repeat of the 2013 final. The first match ended in a draw, Mayo 0–15 Dublin 2–9. The replay finished Dublin 1–15 Mayo 1–14, meaning Dublin retained the Sam Maguire Cup for the first time since 1977. This was the eighth final that Mayo have lost since their last success in 1951.
Dublin entered the final having won the Leinster championship (by defeating Laois, Meath and Westmeath) and then overcoming the challenges presented by both Donegal and Kerry. Mayo became the first team to reach the final via the qualifier route since 2010, when both Cork and Down did so. In doing so they overcame London then lost to Galway in the Connacht Championship, then overcame Fermanagh,KildareWestmeath,Tyrone and Tipperary.
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