Raheny United Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Ráth Éanna Aontaithe) is an Irish association football club based in

Raheny Raheny () is a northern suburb of Dublin, Ireland, halfway from the city centre to Howth. It is centred on a historic settlement, first documented in 570 CE ( Mervyn Archdall). The district shares Dublin's two largest municipal parks, Saint An ...

, Dublin. Raheny United was founded in 1994 following the amalgamation of Raheny Boys and Dunseedy United. In 2017–18 their senior men's team compete in the Premier A division of the Athletic Union League. An over–35s team compete in the Amateur Football League. They also have 35 schoolboy teams competing in both the Dublin & District Schoolboy League and the North Dublin Schoolboys/Girls League. The club's senior women's team became founder members of the Women's National League in 2011–12. They were league champions in both

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and 2013–14 and also competed in both the 2013–14 and the

2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League The 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 14th edition of the European women's club football championship organised by UEFA. The final was played on 14 May 2015 at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin, Germany. Unlike recent ye ...

. In 2015 Raheny United's senior women's team merged with

Shelbourne Ladies F.C. Shelbourne Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Shíol 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 ...

This effectively saw Shelbourne take Raheny United's place in the WNL. The club currently cater for four senior teams, thirty schoolboy teams, and host their own youth academy every Saturday morning, making them one of the larger junior soccer clubs in Ireland.

History

Women's team

In August 2011 the Football Association of Ireland announced that Raheny United would be one of seven founding members of the Women's National League. In their debut season, 2011–12 they finished as runners-up to

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. The following two seasons,

and 2013–14, saw them finish as league champions. They also won the

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in 2012, 2013 and 2014 . In the

2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League The 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 13th edition of the European women's championship for football clubs. The final was held at Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal. German team VfL Wolfsburg won the title over Swedish club Ty ...

they finished third in their qualifying group. In the

they became the first Irish team to qualify from the group stage with a 100% record, having beaten CFF Olimpia Cluj,

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and

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In the round of 32 they lost to Bristol Academy.

Raheny United in Europe

2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League

Group 3

2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League

Group 2

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Rround of 32

First Leg

Second Leg

''Bristol Academy won 6–1 on aggregate.''

Location

Raheny United Football Club, All Saints Drive

Raheny United's clubhouse is located on All Saints Drive beside both the local Garda station and

Raheny GAA Raheny GAA (Irish: ''CLG Rath Éanna'' ), founded 1958, is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Raheny, Dublin. History The club was established in 1958, and was at first one of two clubs in the area, though the other, St Vincent's, w ...

club. It is also near

Raheny railway station Raheny railway station ( ga, Ráth Eanaigh), opened at the establishment of the Dublin-Drogheda line, serves the village and core of the district of Raheny in Dublin. Parts of Raheny are also served by Harmonstown and Kilbarrack stations. Rahe ...

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/ref> The club plays the majority of their home games at the nearby St. Anne's Park.

Notable former players

Republic of Ireland women's internationals

* Diane Caldwell * Megan Campbell * Ciara Grant * Siobhán Killeen * Katie McCabe * Noelle Murray *

Olivia O'Toole Olivia Christina O'Toole (born 25 February 1971) is an Irish former international association football forward. She made her debut for the Republic of Ireland women's national football team in 1991 and captained the team before retiring in 2009 ...

Niamh Reid Burke Niamh Reid Burke (born 6 August 1991) is an Irish association footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Women's National League (WNL) team Peamount United. She made five appearances for the senior Republic of Ireland national team, from her d ...

Sarah Rowe Sarah Rowe (born 25 July 1995) is a triple code sportswoman. She is a former Republic of Ireland women's association football international. In addition to association football, Rowe has also played two other football codes at a senior level. ...

* Stephanie Roche *

Clare Shine Clare Shine (born 18 May 1995) is an Irish former international footballer who most recently played for SWPL club Glasgow City. She previously played for Women's National League (WNL) club Cork City. She made her debut for the Republic of Ir ...

* Caroline Thorpe *

Mary Waldron Mary Veronica Waldron (born 5 May 1984) is an Irish association football player and cricketer who has represented both the Republic of Ireland women's national football team and the Ireland women's cricket team. She has also stood as an umpire ...

* Ciaran Bernard

Honours

Women's team

* Women's National League **''Winners'':

, 2013–14 : 2 **''Runners-up'': 2011–12: 1 *

**''Winners'': 2012, 2013, 2014: 3 **''Runners-up'': 2007: 1 * WNL Cup **''Winners'': 2015: 1

References

{{Authority control Athletic Union League (Dublin) clubs Women's association football clubs in the Republic of Ireland Association football clubs in Dublin (city) Association football clubs established in 1994 1994 establishments in Ireland Former Women's National League (Ireland) teams Dublin Women's Soccer League teams