Women's Under 17 National League (Ireland)

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Women's Under 17 National League
Organising body Women's Football Association of Ireland
Football Association of Ireland
Founded 2018
Country Republic of Ireland
Confederation UEFA
Number of teams 15
Level on pyramid1
Current champions[Cork City WFC]
Most championships Shelbourne (1)
Galway (1) Cork City WFC (1)
Website wnl.fai.ie

The Women's Under-17 National League is the under-17 division of the Women's National League and the first under-age national league in women's football.

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The league was launched in 2018 with 11 clubs. Republic of Ireland internationals Heather Payne and Isibeal Atkinson, Tom Dennigan, Continental Tyres General Sales Manager and FAI Director of Competitions Fran Gavin helped launch the league in July 2018 at the FAI National Training Centre. [1]

Format

The inaugural season consisted of 11 teams and began mid-late July 2018 with a truncated season with two groups. Competing in Group One were: Athlone Town, Donegal League, Peamount United, Shelbourne, Sligo Rovers and Galway Women's and competing in Group Two were: Cork City, Greystones, Limerick, UCD Waves, and Wexford Youths. [2] Following the conclusion of the 10 rounds of fixtures, the top two teams from each group played in play-off mode the semi-finals and final to decide the winner. [3] [4]

In December 2018, the Women's National League Committee has accepted an expression of interest to compete in the 2019 Under-17 Women's National League season from Bohemian FC. With the addition of Bohemians, the League now consists of 12 teams, with six teams competing in two groups before the final stage of the competition. [5] [6] The 2019 season began on the weekend ending Sunday 7 April and there has also been a WU17 League Cup introduced along with a Shield competition in the finals stage of the competition.

The 2020 season saw the introduction of Bray Wanderers, Carlow-Kilkenny, and Shamrock Rovers to the Women's U17 League which now consists of 15 teams. The format of 2 groups before the final stage of the competition was initially maintained. [7] The start of the season fell victim to the lockdown measurements introduced by the government to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. A new format and start date were published on 23 July 2020 after the phased reopening of the country. The league would now be split into 3 groups of 5 teams each and the top two teams in each group and the two best third-placed teams will qualify for the quarter-finals with the competition then changing to a knock-out format. [8]

Teams

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Locations of Women's U17 National League Teams
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Locations of Women's U17 National League Teams in Dublin
TeamHome town/suburbStadium
Athlone Town U17 Athlone Athlone Town Stadium
Bray Wanderers U17 Bray Carlisle Grounds
Bohemians U17 Phibsborough Oscar Traynor Centre
Carlow-Kilkenny U17 Kilkenny Derdimus Park
Cork City U17 Cork Bishopstown Stadium
Donegal League U17 Donegal Diamond Park, Ballyare
Galway U17 Galway Dangan Sports Facilities
Greystones United U17 Greystones The Woodlands
Treaty United U17 Limerick Pike Rovers Sportsground
Peamount United U17 Newcastle, South Dublin Greenogue
Shamrock Rovers U17 Tallaght Roadstone Sports Ground
Shelbourne U17 Santry AUL Complex
Sligo Rovers U17 Sligo Sligo IT
DLR Waves U17 Dún Laoghaire Marley Park
Wexford Youths U17 Crossabeg Ferrycarrig Park

Timeline

Women's Under 17 National League (Ireland)

League memberFormer memberFuture member

Under 17 National League Champions

YearWinnerRunner UpResultVenueNotes
2018 Shelbourne Galway 2–0 Drom Soccer Park [9]
2019 Galway Wexford 3–1 Eamonn Deacy Park [10]
2020 Cork City Shamrock Rovers 2–0 Athlone Town Stadium [11]
2021 Treaty United Peamount United 3–2 Athlone Town Stadium [12]

Under 17 National League Cup Champions

YearWinnerRunner UpResultVenueNotes
2019 Galway Peamount United 2-1 Eamonn Deacy Park [13]

Under 17 Player of the Year

YearPlayerTeamNotes
2018 Emily Whelan Shelbourne [14]
2019Kayla Brady Galway [15]

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