2022 Shelbourne F.C. (women) season

Shelbourne F.C. (women)

2022 season
Shelbourne v Cork City at Tolka Park
Chairman	Andrew Doyle
Head Coach	Noel King
Stadium	Tolka Park, Dublin
Women's National League (Ireland)	1st
FAI Women's Cup	Winners
UEFA Women's Champions League	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Murray (11) All: Murray (12)
Highest home attendance	796
Biggest win	10–0 v Treaty United
Biggest defeat	0–2 v Athlone Town
Home colours Away colours
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All statistics correct as of 13:00 7 November 2022 (UTC).

The 2022 Shelbourne F.C. (women) season saw Shelbourne retain the Women's National League title for a second season and complete a double by winning the FAI Women's Cup. ^[1]

First team squad

Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 2022 season.

#	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)	Previous Club	Signed in	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Amanda Budden		GK	(1994-05-09)9 May 1994 (aged 27)	Galway	2021	[2]
38	Courtney Maguire		GK	(2002-10-01)1 October 2002 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2022	[3]
Defenders
2	Jessica Gargan		DF	(1997-03-10)10 March 1997 (aged 24)	Quinnipiac Bobcats	2019	[4]
3	Jessie Stapleton		DF	(2005-02-07)7 February 2005 (aged 17)	Shamrock Rovers	2021	[5]
4	Pearl Slattery		DF	(1989-04-11)11 April 1989 (aged 32)	Raheny United	2015	[6]
5	Shauna Fox		DF	Unknown (aged 24)	Galway	2021	[7]
8	Rachel Graham		DF/MF	(1989-07-18)18 July 1989 (aged 32)	Raheny United	2015	[8]
12	Keeva Keenan		DF/MF	(1997-08-16)16 August 1997 (aged 24)	Celtic	2021	[9]
13	Leah Doyle		DF	(2001-04-11)11 April 2001 (aged 20)	Kilkenny United	2021	[10]
Midfielders
6	Alex Kavanagh		MF	(1999-12-11)11 December 1999 (aged 22)	Youth Team	2016	[11]
7	Heather O'Reilly		MF	(1985-01-02)2 January 1985 (aged 37)	Unattached	2022	[12]
11	Megan Smyth-Lynch		MF	Unknown (aged 24)	Peamount United	2022	[13]
14	Isabelle Glennon		MF	Unknown	Dartmouth	2022	[3]
18	Aoife Kelly		MF	Unknown (aged 15)	St Patrick's Carlow	2022	[14]
19	Kate O'Dowd		MF	Unknown (aged 18)	Peamount United	2022	[15]
21	Emma Starr		MF	Unknown	Galway	2022	[3]
Attackers
9	Abbie Larkin		FW	(2005-04-27)27 April 2005 (aged 16)	Youth Team	2021	[16]
10	Noelle Murray		FW	(1989-12-25)25 December 1989 (aged 32)	Glasgow City	2018	[17]
15	Jemma Quinn		FW	Unknown (aged 32)	Killester Donnycarney	2022	[18]
16	Lia O'Leary		FW	Unknown (aged 17)	Youth Team	2022	[19]
17	Taylor White		FW	(2002-01-30)30 January 2002 (aged 20)	Youth Team	2019	[20]
22	Gloria Douglas		FW	(1992-05-04)4 May 1992 (aged 29)	FC Saarbrücken	2022	[21]
Players who appeared during the 2022 season but departed before the end of the season
7	Jessica Ziu		MF	(2002-06-06)6 June 2002 (aged 19)	Under 17s	2018	Joined West Ham June 2022 [22] [23]
14	Chloe Mustaki		DF/MF	(1995-07-29)29 July 1995 (aged 26)	Charlton Athletic	2021	Joined Bristol City July 2022 [24]
20	Amanda McQuillan		GK	(1998-03-24)24 March 1998 (aged 23)	Galway	2022	Returned to the United States [25] [26]
21	Saoirse Noonan		FW	(1999-07-13)13 July 1999 (aged 22)	Durham W.F.C.	2022	Returned to Durham W.F.C. June 2022 [27]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Previous Club	Ref.
12 January 2022	MF		Megan Smyth-Lynch	Peamount United	[13]
13 January 2022	GK		Amanda McQuillan	Galway	[25]
30 January 2022	FW		Jemma Quinn	Killester Donnycarney	[18]
11 February 2022	MF		Aoife Kelly	St Patrick's Carlow	[14]
11 February 2022	MF		Kate O'Dowd	Peamount United	[15]
5 March 2022	FW		Gloria Douglas	FC Saarbrücken	[21]
16 July 2022	MF		Isabelle Glennon	Dartmouth	[3]
28 July 2022	MF		Emma Starr	Galway	[3]
28 July 2022	GK		Courtney Maguire	Youth Team	[3]
29 July 2022	MF		Heather O'Reilly	Unattached	[12]

Loans in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Previous Club	Date Ended	Ref.
2 March 2022	FW		Saoirse Noonan	Durham	June 2022	[27]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	New Club	Ref.
5 January 2022	FF		Mia Dodd	DLR Waves	[28]
28 January 2022	MF		Ciara Grant	Rangers	[29]
28 January 2022	FW		Saoirse Noonan	Durham	[30]
17 March 2022	MF		Jessica Ziu	West Ham United	From June 2022 [23]
8 July 2022	MF		Chloe Mustaki	Bristol City	[31]
7 August 2022	GK		Amanda McQuillan	Released	[26]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Starting round	Record
		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Women's National League	Matchday 1	27	19	3	5	66	13	+53	070.37
FAI Women's Cup	First round	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	100.00
UEFA Women's Champions League	First round	2	1	0	1	1	3	−2	050.00
Total		32	23	3	6	73	18	+55	071.88

Source: Soccerway

Women's National League

Main article: Women's National League (Ireland)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shelbourne	27	19	3	5	66	13	+53	60	Qualification for the UEFA Women's Champions League
2	Athlone Town	27	18	4	5	53	24	+29	58
3	Peamount United	27	17	5	5	80	26	+54	56
4	Wexford Youths	27	17	5	5	61	33	+28	56
5	DLR Waves	27	11	7	9	51	30	+21	40
6	Galway	27	11	6	10	48	38	+10	39
7	Bohemians	27	10	6	11	36	35	+1	36
8	Sligo Rovers	27	6	2	19	32	66	−34	20
9	Cork City	27	6	0	21	25	82	−57	18
10	Treaty United	27	0	2	25	5	110	−105	2

Updated to match(es) played on 29 October 2022. Source: FAI Women’s National League, Soccerway, Extratime.com

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
27	19	3	5	66	13	+53	60	9	3	2	29	5	+24	10	0	3	37	8	+29

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	W
Position	5	4	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1

Source: extratime.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Shelbourne v Bohemians

5 March 20221	Shelbourne	1–0	Bohemians	Drumcondra, Dublin
14:00 IST	Slattery 75'	Report Highlights		Stadium: Tolka Park

Wexford Youths v Shelbourne

12 March 2022Postponed	Wexford Youths	P – P	Shelbourne	Crossabeg, County Wexford
				Stadium: Ferrycarrig Park

Athlone Town v Shelbourne

19 March 20223	Athlone Town	0–2	Shelbourne	Athlone, County Westmeath
19:00 IST		Report Highlights	Murray 28' Keenan 82'	Stadium: Athlone Town Stadium

Shelbourne v Cork City

26 March 20224	Shelbourne	7–0	Cork City	Drumcondra, Dublin
14:00 IST	Fox 14' Murray 37' Stapleton 39', 44' Douglas 47' Quinn 70' O'Dowd 90+1'	Report Highlights		Stadium: Tolka Park

Shelbourne v Sligo Rovers

2 April 20225	Shelbourne	1–0	Sligo Rovers	Drumcondra, Dublin
14:00 IST	Keenan 90+2'	Report Highlights		Stadium: Tolka Park

Galway v Shelbourne

16 April 20226	Galway	0–2	Shelbourne	Galway, County Galway
18:00 IST		Report Highlights	Murray 10' Fox 58'	Stadium: Eamonn Deacy Park

DLR Waves v Shelbourne

23 April 20227	DLR Waves	1–0	Shelbourne	Belfield, Dublin
14:00 IST	Malone 43'	Report Highlights		Stadium: UCD Bowl

Wexford Youths v Shelbourne

26 April 20222	Wexford Youths	0–2	Shelbourne	Crossabeg, County Wexford
19:45 IST		Report Highlights	Noonan 5' Keenan 29'	Stadium: Ferrycarrig Park

Shelbourne v Treaty United

30 April 20228	Shelbourne	5–0	Treaty United	Drumcondra, Dublin
14:00 IST	Douglas 3', 65' Stapleton 5' Noonan 23', 34'	Report Highlights		Stadium: Tolka Park

Shelbourne v Peamount United

7 May 20229	Shelbourne	1–0	Peamount United	Drumcondra, Dublin
14:00 IST	Stapleton 29'	Report Highights		Stadium: Tolka Park

Bohemians v Shelbourne

14 May 202210	Bohemians	0–3	Shelbourne	Phibsborough, Dublin
14:00 IST		Report Highlights	Noonan 29' Ziu 58' Murray 65'	Stadium: Dalymount Park

Shelbourne v DLR Waves

21 May 202211	Shelbourne	4–0	DLR Waves	Drumcondra, Dublin
14:00 IST	Noonan 52' Ziu 54' (75) Fox 80'	Report Highlights		Stadium: Tolka Park

Cork City v Shelbourne

28 May 202212	Cork City	0–4	Shelbourne	Turners Cross, Cork
17:00 IST		Report Highlights	Larkin 4' Noonan 35' Murray 86' O'Leary 90+2'	Stadium: Turners Cross

Shelbourne v Galway

4 June 202213	Shelbourne	1–1	Galway	Drumcondra, Dublin
14:00 IST	Noonan 13'	Report Highlights	Slattery 72'	Stadium: Tolka Park

Shelbourne v Wexford Youths

11 June 202214	Shelbourne	0–1	Wexford Youths	Drumcondra, Dublin
14:00 IST		Report Highlights	Lawlor 75'	Stadium: Tolka Park

Treaty United v Shelbourne

2 July 202215	Treaty United	0–10	Shelbourne	Garryowen, Limerick
17:00 IST		Report Highlights	Quinn 4', 59', 66' Doyle 9' Deegan 40' (o.g.) Murray 42', 45+3', 85', 90' Slattery 45+8'	Stadium: Markets Field

Peamount United v Shelbourne

16 July 202216	Peamount United	0–4	Shelbourne	Newcastle, County Dublin
17:00 IST		Report Highlights	Stapleton 23' (.pen) Larkin 80', 85', 90+1'	Stadium: Greenogue

Shelbourne v Athlone Town

23 July 202217	Shelbourne	1–1	Athlone Town	Drumcondra, Dublin
14:00 IST	Murray 90+4', .pen'	Report Highlghts		Stadium: Tolka Park

Shelbourne v Bohemians

27 July 202220	Shelbourne	0–0	Bohemians	Drumcondra, Dublin
19:45 IST		Report		Stadium: Tolka Park

Sligo Rovers v Shelbourne

30 July 202218	Sligo Rovers	3–2	Shelbourne	Sligo, County Sligo
14:00 IST		Report	Slattery 10' Kavanagh 8'	Stadium: The Showgrounds

Shelbourne v Treaty United

13 August 202219	Shelbourne	4–0	Treaty United	Drumcondra, Dublin
14:00 IST	Kavanagh 5' Starr 8' Quinn 12' Smyth-Lynch 84'	Report		Stadium: Tolka Park

Galway v Shelbourne

27 August 202221	Galway	1-2	Shelbourne	Galway, County Galway
19:35 IST	Reynolds 73'	Report Highlights	Stapleton 37' (.pen) Murray 66'	Stadium: Eamonn Deacy Park

Shelbourne v Peamount United

10 September 202222	Shelbourne	0-1	Peamount United	Drumcondra, Dublin
19:35 IST		Report Highlights		Stadium: Tolka Park

Athlone Town v Shelbourne

17 September 202223	Athlone Town	2-0	Shelbourne	Athlone, County Westmeath
16:30 IST		Report Highlights		Stadium: Athlone Town Stadium

Shelbourne v Cork City

1 October 202224	Shelbourne	2-1	Cork City	Drumcondra, Dublin
14:00 IST	Cassin 45' (.og) Smyth-Lynch 88'	Report Highlights		Stadium: Tolka Park

DLR Waves v Shelbourne

15 October 202225	DLR Waves	1-2	Shelbourne	Belfield, Dublin
14:00 IST		Report Highlights	Smyth-Lynch 9' Stapleton 15'	Stadium: UCD Bowl

Shelbourne v Sligo Rovers

22 October 202226	Shelbourne	2-0	Sligo Rovers	Drumcondra, Dublin
14:00 IST	Larkin 3', 1'	Report Highlights		Stadium: Tolka Park Referee: Declan Toland

Wexford Youths v Shelbourne

29 October 202227	Wexford Youths	0-4	Shelbourne	Crossabeg, County Wexford
18:00 IST		Report Highlights	Stapleton 45' Kavanagh 60' Smyth-Lynch 73' Larkin 76'	Stadium: Ferrycarrig Park Attendance: 1000

FAI Cup

Main article: 2022 FAI Women's Cup

Matches

Shelbourne v Peamount United

6 August 2022Quarter Final	Shelbourne	3–2	Peamount United	Drumcondra, Dublin
14:00 IST	Quinn 24', 45' Gargan 37'	Report	McEvoy 9', 13'	Stadium: Tolka Park Attendance: c.200

Shelbourne v Bohemians

24 September 2022Semi Final	Shelbourne	1–0	Bohemians	Drumcondra, Dublin
14:00 IST	Murray 28' (.pen)	Report Highlights		Stadium: Tolka Park Attendance: 796 Referee: Neil Doyle

Athlone Town v Shelbourne

6 November 2022 Final	Athlone Town	0–2	Shelbourne	Tallaght, Dublin
15:00 IST		Report	Stapleton 6' Slattery 23'	Stadium: Tallaght Stadium Attendance: 5073 Referee: Séan Grant

UEFA Women's Champions League

Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League

Matches

ŽNK Pomurje v Shelbourne

18 August 20221st Round Semi-Final	ŽNK Pomurje	0-1	Shelbourne	Murska Sobota, Slovenia
17:30 CET		Report Highlights	O'Reilly 4'	Stadium: Fazanerija City Stadium Referee: Frederikke Lydia Søkjær

Valur v Shelbourne

21 August 20221st Round Final	Valur	3-0	Shelbourne	Murska Sobota, Slovenia
17:30 CET	Hintzen 20' Jóhannesdóttir 45' Vidardóttir 46'	Report Highlights		Stadium: Fazanerija City Stadium Referee: Volha Tsiareshka

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 6 November 2022

No	Pos	Nat	Name	League		FAI Cup		Champions League		Total
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Amanda Budden	23	0	3	0	2	0	28	0
2	DF		Jessica Gargan	23	0	2	1	1	0	26	1
3	DF		Jessie Stapleton	25	8	2	0	2	0	29	8
4	DF		Pearl Slattery	27	3	3	0	2	0	31	3
5	DF		Shauna Fox	24 (2)	3	3	0	2	0	29 (2)	3
6	MF		Alex Kavanagh	14 (2)	3	3	0	0 (2)	0	17 (4)	3
7	MF		Jessica Ziu	12	3	0	0	0	0	12	3
7	MF		Heather O'Reilly	1 (3)	0	1 (1)	0	2	1	4 (4)	1
8	MF		Rachel Graham	21 (2)	0	1 (1)	0	2	0	24 (3)	0
9	FW		Abbie Larkin	14 (8)	7	2 (1)	0	0 (2)	0	16 (11)	7
10	FW		Noelle Murray	25 (1)	11	3	1	2	0	30 (1)	12
11	MF		Megan Smyth-Lynch	15 (6)	3	1 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	16 (9)	3
12	DF/MF		Keeva Keenan	19 (5)	3	3	0	2	0	24 (5)	3
13	DF		Leah Doyle	11 (5)	1	2	0	1 (1)	0	14 (6)	1
14	DF/MF		Chloe Mustaki	14	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
14	MF		Isabelle Glennon	0 (4)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (5)	0
15	FW		Jemma Quinn	7 (14)	5	1 (1)	2	2	0	10 (15)	7
16	FW		Lia O'Leary	1 (10)	1	1 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	2 (12)	1
17	FW		Taylor White	0 (8)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (9)	0
18	MF		Aoife Kelly	3 (6)	0	0 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	3 (9)	0
19	MF		Kate O'Dowd	0 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	1
20	GK		Amanda McQuillan	2 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	2 (2)	0
21	FW		Saoirse Noonan	8 (3)	7	0	0	0	0	8 (3)	7
21	MF		Emma Starr	6 (3)	1	2 (1)	0	2	0	10 (4)	1
22	FW		Gloria Douglas	2 (9)	3	0	0	0	0	2 (9)	3
25	DF		Leah Riley	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
38	GK		Courtney Maguire	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

• Players listed in italics left the club mid-season
• Source: RedsStats1895

Goalscorers

As of match played 6 November 2022

No	Pos	Nat	Player	LOI	FAIC	WCL	Total
10	FW		Noelle Murray	11	1	0	12
2	DF		Jessie Stapleton	8	1	0	9
21	FW		Saoirse Noonan	7	0	0	7
15	FW		Jemma Quinn	5	2	0	7
9	FW		Abbie Larkin	7	0	0	7
4	DF		Pearl Slattery	3	1	0	4
11	MF		Megan Smyth-Lynch	4	0	0	4
12	DF		Keeva Keenan	3	0	0	3
22	DF		Gloria Douglas	3	0	0	3
5	DF		Shauna Fox	3	0	0	3
7	MF		Jessica Ziu	3	0	0	3
6	MF		Alex Kavanagh	3	0	0	3
19	MF		Kate O'Dowd	1	0	0	1
16	FW		Lia O'Leary	1	0	0	1
13	MF		Leah Doyle	1	0	0	1
7	MF		Heather O'Reilly	0	0	1	1
21	MF		Emma Starr	1	0	0	1
2	DF		Jessica Gargan	0	1	0	1
			Own Goal	2	0	0	2
Total				66	6	1	73

• Players listed in italics left the club mid-season
• Source: RedsStats1985

Kit

The 2022 home shirt was released on 10 December 2021. ^[32]

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): Technological University Dublin (Front of Jersey) ^[33]

Home

Away

Source:

References

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External links

• Official website