Shelbourne Ladies F.C.

In 1995 Shelbourne F.C. took over the women's football club Welsox F.C.. Welsox played in both the Civil Service League and the Dublin Women's Soccer League and had won the FAI Women's Cup in both 1992 and 1994. They were also DWSL runners-up in 1995. After coming under the Shelbourne umbrella, they also finished as FAI Women's Cup runners-up in 1997 and 1999 and were DWSL runners-up in 1998, 1999 and 2000. Future Republic of Ireland women's national football team manager Susan Ronan played for both Welsox and Shelbourne during this era. Following its integration into Shelbourne, the club was administered mainly, though not exclusively, by women on a voluntary basis while it received financial and logistical support from the men's club. However, in 2002, following a change in management and coaching staff, the original Shelbourne Ladies team disbanded and a core group of players moved to Templeogue United to merge with an existing girls' team.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

After a five-year period of inactivity, Shelbourne Ladies F.C. was revived in 2007 by Mick Neville, then serving as a director of coaching at Shelbourne F.C., and coach Keith O'Neill. The club initially fielded schoolgirl teams in the North Dublin Schoolboys/girls League before also joining the Metropolitan Girls League and the Dublin Women's Soccer League.[9][10][11]

In 2015 Shelbourne Ladies merged with Raheny United's senior women's team. This effectively saw Shelbourne Ladies takeover Raheny United's place in the Women's National League.[12] During the subsequent 2015–16 season, Shelbourne Ladies finished as runners-up in FAI Women's Cup, the WNL Shield and the Women's National League. All three competitions were won by Wexford Youths.[13][14][15] However Shelbourne Ladies did win the WNL Cup after defeating UCD Waves 3–2 in the final at Richmond Park on 1 May 2016.[16] In 2016 Shelbourne won the FAI Women's Cup after defeating Wexford Youths 5–0 in the final.[17] The most notable individual performance to come out of the game was undoubtedly that of Shels' Leanne Kiernan, who scored a hat-trick and picked up the 'player of the match' award for her efforts.[18]

The team won their first league championship when the finished the shortened 2016 season on first place.[19] The qualified to the 2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League with that title.

Shelbourne Ladies U18 won the 2015 WFAI Intermediate Cup, defeating St Catherine's 6–0 in the final.[20] Shelbourne Ladies U18 also reached the semi-finals of the 2015 FAI Women's Cup, defeating two members of the Women's National League along the way.[21] In the last sixteen they defeated Cork City 3–2[22] and in the quarter finals they won 4–0 against Castlebar Celtic. In the semi-final they lost 4–0 to the Shelbourne Ladies senior team. [23]

As of 8 May 2020.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Rachael Kelly DF Rachel Graham DF Jessica Gleeson DF Courtney Higgins MF Jamie Finn DF Mia Dodd FW Emily Whelan MF Alex Kavanagh DF Leah Doyle DF Jess Gargan MF Jessica Ziu FW Kate Mooney MF Ciara Grant

No. Position Player DF Pearl Slattery MF Ella O'Connell FW Niamh McLaughlin FW Rebecca Cooke FW Taylor White FW Isibeal Atkinson

• Susan Ronan

• FAI Women's Cup
  • Winners: 2016: 1
  • Runners-up: 1997, 1999, 2015: 3
• WNL Cup
  • Winners: 2016, 2017
• Women's National League
  • Winners: 2016
  • Runners-up: 2015–16, 2018
• Dublin Women's Soccer League
  • Winners: 2015: 1
  • Runners-up: 1998, 1999, 2000: 3
• WNL Shield
  • Runners-up: 2015

• Dublin Women's Soccer League
  • Runners-up: 1995: 1
• FAI Women's Cup
  • Winners: 1992, 1994: 2

Source:[4][5][25][17]