Shamrock Rovers Ladies F.C.

Shamrock Rovers F.C.

Full name	Shamrock Rovers Football Club
Nickname(s)	Hoops, Rovers
Founded	1996;29 years ago (1996)
Ground	Tallaght Stadium
Capacity	8,000 [1] [2]
Head Coach	Collie O'Neill
League	Women's National League
2024	5th
Website	http://www.shamrockrovers.ie
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Shamrock Rovers Football Club is an Irish association football club based in Tallaght, South Dublin. It is the women's section of the League of Ireland club Shamrock Rovers FC.

During the late 1990s and early 2000s, Shamrock Rovers 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 Shamrock 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. In November 2022, it was confirmed that Shamrock Rovers would be re-entering the Women's National League for the 2023 season after a nine-year hiatus.

History

1990s

In the early 1990s Denis Power helped establish Castle Rovers FC, 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. With a team that included Olivia O'Toole, 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 and FAI Women's Cup "doubles" between 1998 and 2001. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}

2002–03 UEFA Women's Cup

25 September 2002

Shamrock Rovers	3–1	Osijek
O'Toole 5' O'Neill 48' Kirwan 65'		Koljenik 33'

Niš

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27 September 2002

Masinac Niš	4–1	Shamrock Rovers
Vukčević 33' Mladenović 56' Stefanović 74', 79'		O'Toole 45'

Niš

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29 September 2002

Frankfurt	7–1	Shamrock Rovers
Jones 7', 30' Wunderlich 26' Barucha 42' Woock 62' Lingor 72' Meier 86'		O'Toole 21'

Niš

2024

Shamrock Rovers confirmed that 50% of their season ticket sales would be donated to Women's Aid. A charitable foundation that combats domestic abuse. ^[10]

Women's National League

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

Revival

In November 2022 it was confirmed that Rovers' senior women's team would come back ahead of the 2023 season, with former UCD manager Collie O'Neill managing them. ^[15] That month Áine O'Gorman became their first signing, from Peamount United. They then signed two more from Peamount: first young goalkeeper Summer Lawless, then Alannah McEvoy. ^{[16] [17]} On 4 December they signed their first non-Peamount signing, Jessica Hennessey from Athlone Town. ^[18] On 7 December, four of Rovers' U19 players (Maria Reynolds, Abby Tuthill, Jaime Thompson and Orlaith O'Mahony) were promoted to the WNL team. ^[19] On 8 December, Rovers announced the signing of the 2014 Puskás Award runner-up and Republic of Ireland international Stephanie Roche. ^[20]

Players

Current squad

As of 30 June 2025. ^[21]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   IRL Summer Lawless 2 DF   IRL Fiona Owens 4 DF   IRL Scarlett Herron 6 DF   IRL Maria Reynolds 7 FW   IRL Katie O'Reilly 8 MF   IRL Melissa O'Kane 9 FW   IRL Joy Ralph 10 FW   IRL Emily Corbet

No. Pos. Nation Player 11 FW   IRL Ella Kelly 13 MF   IRL Áine O'Gorman 14 FW   IRL Anna Butler 15 DF   IRL Aoife Brophy 17 DF   IRL Keelin Comiskey 18 DF   IRL Hannah Martin 21 MF   IRL Jaime Thompson 24 MF   IRL Claire O'Reilly

Former players

For a list of all current and former Shamrock Rovers F.C. (women) players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Shamrock Rovers Ladies F.C. players.

Notable former coaches

• Synan Braddish
• Grainne Kierans

Honours

Castle Rovers

• Dublin Women's Soccer League
  • Winners: 1995, 1996: 2
• FAI Women's Cup
  • Winners: 1996: 1

Shamrock Rovers

• Dublin Women's Soccer League
  • Winners: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002: 5
  • Runners-up: 1997, 2003, 2004: 3
• FAI Women's Cup
  • Winners: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001: 5
  • Runners-up: 2002: 1
• DWSL Premier Cup
  • Winners: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002: 5 ^[22]
• WNL Cup
  • Runners-up: 2012: 1

References

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10. Diamond, Drew (1 February 2024). "Shamrock Rovers give 50% of season ticket sales to Women's Aid". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
11. "UEFA funding helps women's national football league launch in Republic of Ireland". UEFA. 20 October 2011. Archived from the original on 22 October 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
12. 2011–12 WNL season Rsssf
13. 2012–13 WNL season Rsssf
14. "Fixtures 2014–15 announced". wnl.fai.ie. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
15. Locke, Cian (8 November 2022). "Galway and Shamrock Rovers approved to enter Women's National League". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
16. Gleeson, Bill (26 November 2022). "Summer's Here! - Shamrock Rovers - Ireland U19 goalie signs for the Hoops". Shamrock Rovers. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
17. Lynch, Mark (30 November 2022). "Shamrock Rovers F.C. announces its third Women's National League signing - Shamrock Rovers - The club is delighted to announce the signing of striker, Alannah McEvoy, for our new WNL team for next season. The former Peamount United player". Shamrock Rovers. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
18. Lynch, Mark (4 December 2022). ".Jessica Hennessy signs! - Shamrock Rovers - Latest addition to our WNL squad". Shamrock Rovers. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
19. Gleeson, Bill (7 December 2022). "More signings for Shamrock Rovers 2023 Women's Senior Squad - Shamrock Rovers - Graduates from the 2022 U19 WNL squad". Shamrock Rovers. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
20. Gleeson, Bill (8 December 2022). "Stephanie Roche joins the Hoops! - Shamrock Rovers - Legendary Irish International star signs for Rovers". Shamrock Rovers. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
21. "Player Profiles". Shamrock Rovers F.C. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
22. "Dundalk City cup joy". The Irish Independent. 17 October 2003. Retrieved 15 February 2016.