Shamrock Rovers Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Ruagairí na Seamróige) is an Irish association football club based in

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. It is the women's section of the

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club Shamrock Rovers FC. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, Shamrock Rovers were one of the most successful teams in

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, winning both the

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and the

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five times in a row. In 2002–03 Shamrock Rovers became the first women's team to represent the Republic of Ireland in

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, 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

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. Castle Rovers played in the

and were league champions in 1995 and 1996. In 1996 they also won the

. In 1996 this club was taken over by

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. With a team that included

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, Rovers went on to become one of the leading

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women's football teams during the late 1990s and early 2000s, winning four successive

and

" doubles" between 1998 and 2001.

2002–03 UEFA Women's Cup

After winning the 2001

, Shamrock Rovers qualified for the

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. They played in Group 3, finishing third. ---- ----

Women's National League

In 2011–12, together with

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, Cork Women's FC, Raheny United and

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, Rovers were founder members of the Women's National League (WNL). Rovers played just three seasons in the WNL. In both 2011–12 and

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they finished bottom of the league and at the end of the 2013–14 season they withdrew.

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. That month

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became their first signing, from

. They then signed two more from Peamount: first young goalkeeper Summer Lawless, then Alannah McEvoy. On 4 December they signed their first non-Peamount signing, Jessica Hennessey from

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. On 7 December, four of Rovers' U19 players (Maria Reynolds, Abby Tuthill, Jaime Thompson and Orlaith O'Mahony) were promoted to the WNL team. On 8 December, Rovers announced the signing of the 2014 Puskás Award runner-up and

international

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Players

Current squad

Former players

Notable former coaches

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* Ian Nesbitt

Honours

Castle Rovers

**''Winners'': 1995, 1996: 2 *

**''Winners'': 1996: 1

Shamrock Rovers

**''Winners'': 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002: 5 **''Runners-up'': 1997,

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, 2004: 3 *

**''Winners'': 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001: 5 **''Runners-up'': 2002: 1 *

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**''Winners'': 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002: 5 *

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**''Runners-up'':

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References

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