Shamrock Rovers Ladies F.C.

Shamrock Rovers Ladies Football Club is an Irish association football club based in Dublin. It is the women's section of Shamrock Rovers F.C.. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, Shamrock Rovers Ladies were one of the most successful teams in women's association football in the Republic of Ireland, winning both the Dublin Women's Soccer League and the FAI Women's Cup five times in a row. In 2002–03 Rovers became the first women's team to represent the Republic of Ireland in Europe and in 2011–12 they were founder members of the Women's National League.

Shamrock Rovers Ladies
Full nameShamrock Rovers Ladies Football Club
Founded1996
GroundRoadstone Sports Ground
LeagueDublin Women's Soccer League
Women's National League
Metropolitan Girls League[1]

History

1990s

In the early 1990s Denis Power helped establish Castle Rovers F.C., a women's football club founded by employees of the Irish civil service. Castle Rovers played in the Dublin Women's Soccer League and were league champions in 1995 and 1996. In 1996 they also won the FAI Women's Cup. In 1996 this club was taken over by Shamrock Rovers F.C.. With a team that included Olivia O'Toole and Sharon Boyle, Rovers went on to become one of the leading Republic of Ireland women's football teams during the late 1990s and early 2000s, winning four successive Dublin Women's Soccer League/FAI Women's Cup doubles between 1998 and 2001.[2][3][4][5][6] [7][8]

2002–03 UEFA Women's Cup

After winning the 2001 FAI Women's Cup, Shamrock Rovers Ladies qualified for the 2002–03 UEFA Women's Cup. They played in Group 3, finishing third.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Frankfurt 3 3 0 0 17 1 +16 9
2 Masinac Niš 3 2 0 1 10 3 +7 6
3 Shamrock Rovers 3 1 0 2 5 12 −7 3
4 Osijek 3 0 0 3 1 17 −16 0
Source:
Shamrock Rovers 3–1 Osijek
O'Toole  5'
O'Neill  48'
Kirwan  65'		 Koljenik  33'
Masinac Niš 4–1 Shamrock Rovers
Vukčević  33'
Mladenović  56'
Stefanović  74', 79'		 O'Toole  45'
Frankfurt 7–1 Shamrock Rovers
Jones  7', 30'
Wunderlich  26'
Barucha  42'
Woock  62'
Lingor  72'
Meier  86'		 O'Toole  21'

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Women's National League

In 2011–12 , together with Peamount United, Castlebar Celtic , Cork Women's F.C., Raheny United and Wexford Youths, Rovers were founder members of the Women's National League.[10] Rovers played just three seasons in the WNL. In both 2011–12[11] and 2012–13[12] they finished bottom of the league and at the end of the 2013–14 season they withdrew.[13]

Notable former players
Republic of Ireland women's internationals
Ireland women's rugby union international

Notable former coaches

Honours

Castle Rovers

Shamrock Rovers

References
  1. Metropolitan Girls League
  2. "EL Clubs with Women's teams". foot.ie. 14 February 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  3. www.fai.ie
  4. FAI Women's Cup Rsssf
  5. Women's league champions Rsssf
  6. www.fai.ie
  7. Fan Hong, J. A. Mangan (2004). Soccer, Women, Sexual Liberation: Kicking Off a New Era. Frank Cass Publishers.
  8. Kausik Bandyopadhyay, Sabyasachi Mallick (2008). Fringe Nations in World Soccer. Routledge.
  9. 2002–03 UEFA Women's Cup Rsssf
  10. "UEFA funding helps women's national football league launch in Republic of Ireland". UEFA. 20 October 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  11. 2011–12 WNL season Rsssf
  12. 2012–13 WNL season Rsssf
  13. "Fixtures 2014–15 announced". wnl.fai.ie. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  14. "Dundalk City cup joy". The Irish Independent. 17 October 2003. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
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