Shelbourne F.C.

Shelbourne Football Club (Irish: Cumann Peile Shiol Bhroin) is an Irish association football club based in Northside, Dublin. It is the women's section of the League of Ireland club Shelbourne FC. The senior women's team currently plays in the Women's National League. They have also fielded teams in the Dublin Women's Soccer League, the Metropolitan Girls League and the North Dublin Schoolboys/Girls League.

History

1990s

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.

Revival

After a five-year period of inactivity, Shelbourne Women's 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.

Women's National League

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'

Republic Of Ireland. Women Premier Division Women. League Table. Season 2023/2024
Pos	Team	Home	Away	Total	GD	Goals
P	W	D	L	GS	GC	Pts	P	W	D	L	GS	GC	Pts	P	W	D	L	GS	GC	Pts
1	Galway United FC	2	2	0	0	9	0	6	2	2	0	0	5	2	6	4	4	0	0	14	2	12	12	3.5
2	Athlone Town (W)	3	1	1	1	4	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	4	2	1	1	5	4	7	1	1.3
3	Shelbourne (W)	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	3	1	4	4	1	3	0	3	1	6	2	0.8
4	Peamount United (W)	2	1	0	1	1	2	3	2	1	0	1	3	3	3	4	2	0	2	4	5	6	-1	1
5	Treaty United (W)	2	1	1	0	2	0	4	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	3	1	2	0	4	2	5	2	1.3
6	Shamrock Rovers Women	2	0	2	0	3	3	2	2	0	2	0	1	1	2	4	0	4	0	4	4	4	0	1
7	Cork City (W)	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	1	1	1	2	6	4	4	1	1	2	2	8	4	-6	0.5
8	Bohemians (W)	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	2	4	3	4	1	0	3	2	6	3	-4	0.5
9	Sligo Rovers (W)	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	3	0	2	1	2	3	2	-1	0.7
10	DLR Waves (W)	2	0	2	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	2	1	2	4	2	-2	0.7
11	Wexford Youths (W)	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	1	2	1	3	0	1	2	1	4	1	-3	0.3