Bohemian F.C. Women

Bohemian Football Club Women (Irish: Cumann Peile Bóithéamaigh na mBan), more commonly referred to as Bohemians or Bohs, is an Irish association football club based in Dublin. In February 2020 the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) announced the formation of the club as an expansion team for the upcoming 2020 Women's National League season. It is the women's section of Bohemian FC. The senior team plays in the Women's National League while a junior team competes at Women's Under 17 National League level.

Bohemian F.C. Women
Full nameBohemian Football Club Women
Nickname(s)Bohs
The Gypsies
Founded2020
GroundOscar Traynor Centre, Coolock
Capacity1,000
ManagerSean Byrne
LeagueWomen's National League[1]

History

On 27 November 2018 Bohemians were accepted into the Under-17 Women's National League, beginning with the 2019 season. Their aim was to grow the number of girls and women members in the club and eventually compete in the Women's National League.[2] The historic first game in the Under-17 Women's National League for Bohemians was played on 13 April 2019 against Cork City and ended in 0–2 defeat.

Just one year after being accepted to compete in the Under-17 Women's National League, Bohemians was accepted to the Women's National League on 18 February 2020.[3] The first match was originally scheduled for 15 March 2020, however, the team was made to wait until 8 August 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland which delayed the start of the season. The game ended in a 4–1 defeat by Wexford Youth. Chloe Darby scored the consolation goal and wrote herself into the history books as Bohemians' first-ever goalscorer.[4]

Players

Current squad
As of 22 August 2020.[5][6][7]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  IRL Rugile Auskalnyte
2 FW  IRL Annmarie Byrne
3 DF  IRL Alannah Maxwell
4 DF  IRL Katie Lovely
5 DF  IRL Jessica Darby
6 MF  IRL Aisling Spillane
7 DF  IRL Jennifer Cosgrave
8 FW  IRL Robyn Bolger
9 FW  IRL Ally Cahill
10 MF  IRL Chloe Darby
11 FW  IRL Abbie Brophy
12 FW  IRL Aoife Robinson
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF  IRL Keelin McEntee
14 DF  IRL Ciara Mulligan
15 MF  IRL Nicole Plunkett
16 MF  IRL Niamh Kenna
19 MF  IRL Sophie Watters
20 FW  IRL Georgia Monks
21 DF  IRL Sinead O'Farrelly (captain)
22 DF  IRL Chloe Flynn
23 FW  IRL Bronagh Kane
24 DF  IRL Shauna Newman
25 GK  IRL Courtney Maguire
— DF  IRL Chelsea Snell

References
  1. "Extratime.com - Extratime.com - Fixtures - 2020 Women's National League". www.extratime.com.
  2. "Bohemian FC to join Under-17 Women's National League". FAI Women's National League. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  3. "2020 Women's National League to expand to nine teams". FAI Women's National League. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  4. "Wexford Youth vs Bohemians". Extratime.com. 8 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  5. "A club-by-club guide to the 2020 Women's National League". Irish Independent. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  6. @BohemianWNL (22 August 2020). "Today's team sheet @BohemianWNL v @peamountutd @bfcdublin @FAI_WNL @thewnlshow" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. @TreatyUnitedFC (30 August 2020). "Treaty UTD Senior Women's Match Day Programme #TreatyUTD" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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