Peamount United F.C.

Peamount United Football Club (Irish: Club Sacair Mullaigh na Pise) is an Irish association football club based in Newcastle, South Dublin. The club is best known for its senior women's team who in 2011–12 became founder members and inaugural champions of the Women's National League. They have also represented the Republic of Ireland in Europe and in 2011–12 they became the first Republic of Ireland team, including men's teams, to qualify from their group for the knockout stages of a European competition. The club's senior men's team compete in the Leinster Senior League. Peamount United have also fielded teams in the Dublin Women's Soccer League, the Dublin and District Schoolboys League and the Metropolitan Girls League.

Peamount United

Full name	Peamount United F.C.
Nickname(s)	The Peas
Founded	1983
Ground	Greenogue
Chairman	Bill McMahon
Manager	James O'Callaghan
League	Women's National League (women) Leinster Senior League (men)
2020	Champions
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

History

2010 treble

With a squad that included Nicola Sinnott, Aine O'Gorman, Sara Lawlor, Katie Taylor and Louise Quinn, Peamount United won a treble in 2010, winning the Dublin Women's Soccer League, the DWSL Premier Cup and the FAI Women's Cup.[1][2][3][4]

WNL era

In 2011–12, together with Shamrock Rovers, Castlebar Celtic, Cork Women's F.C., Raheny United and Wexford Youths, Peamount United were founder members of the Women's National League.[5] Peamount United were also the inaugural league champions, finishing three points clear of second placed Raheny United. They completed a league double by also winning the WNL Cup, defeating Shamrock Rovers 1–0 in the final.[6] Stephanie Roche was the league's top goalscorer with 26 goals.[7] She also scored the winner in the WNL Cup final.[8] Roche formed a strike partnership with Sara Lawlor who contributed 15 goals to Peamount United's league success. Lawlor was named Player of the Season at the inaugural end of season awards ceremony.[9] In 2013–14, while playing for Peamount United against Wexford Youths, Roche also scored an acclaimed goal which went viral on YouTube.[10][11] The match was not televised but footage of the goal was uploaded to the internet by team manager Eileen Gleeson.[12] Later that year Roche, James Rodríguez and Robin van Persie were finalists for the 2014 FIFA Puskás Award, for the best goal of the year. At the 2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or awards ceremony on 12 January 2015, Roche finished in second place to Rodríguez.[13]

Players

Current squad

As of 28 November 2020.[14][15]

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 Naoisha McAloon 2 DF  IRL Lauryn O’Callaghan 3 DF  IRL Lauren Kealy 4 DF  IRL Dora Gorman 5 DF  IRL Chloe Moloney 6 MF  IRL Lucy McCartan 7 FW  IRL Megan Smyth-Lynch 8 MF  IRL Niamh Farrelly 9 FW  IRL Alannah McEvoy 10 FW  IRL Eleanor Ryan-Doyle 11 FW  IRL Áine O'Gorman (captain) 12 MF  IRL Louise Masterson

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 DF  IRL Tiegan Ruddy 14 DF  IRL Claire Walsh 15 DF  IRL Jade Reddy 16 MF  IRL Karen Duggan 17 DF  IRL Dearbhaile Beirne 18 DF  IRL Niamh Barnes 19 DF  IRL Sabhdh Doyle 21 MF  IRL Della Doherty 22 FW  IRL Rebecca Watkins 23 GK  IRL Niamh Reid Burke 25 FW  IRL Stephanie Roche

Former players

WNL Top Goalscorer

• Stephanie Roche – 2011–12,[16] 2013–14
• Sara Lawlor – 2012–13[17]
• Amber Barrett – 2016, 2017

WNL Player of the Season

• Sara Lawlor – 2011–12,[18] 2012–13
• Julie-Ann Russell – 2013–14[19]
• Amber Barrett – 2017

FIFA Puskás Award nominee

• Stephanie Roche – 2014

Others

Ireland women's field hockey international

• Emily Beatty
• Katie Taylor – Irish, European, World and Olympic boxing champion

Scotland women's international

• Vaila Barsley

Peamount United in Europe

2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League

After winning the 2010 FAI Women's Cup, Peamount United qualified for the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League. They finished second in their group and, as the best runners-up, they qualified for the Round of 32. They were the first Republic of Ireland team, including men's team, to qualify for the knockout stages of a European competition.[20]

Squad

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 Linda Meehan 2 DF  IRL Nicola Sinnott 3 DF  IRL Grace Murray 4 DF  IRL Sue Hackett 5 DF  IRL Susan Byrne 6 MF  IRL Emma Donohoe 7 MF  IRL Rachel Jenkins 8 MF  IRL Louise Quinn (captain) 9 MF  IRL Wendy McGlone 10 MF  IRL Ruth Comerford 11 FW  IRL Sara Lawlor

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 FW  IRL Clare Kinsella 13 MF  IRL Claire Walsh 14 FW  IRL Karen Duggan 15 DF  IRL Cathriona Dunne 16 FW  IRL Stephanie Roche 17 MF  IRL Dora Gorman 18 FW  IRL Amanda Parkes 19 MF  IRL Julie-Ann Russell 20 GK  IRL Sarah Finnerty 21 GK  IRL Eilish McManus 22 MF  IRL Aoife Caulfield

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Rayo Vallecano	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9
Peamount United	3	2	0	1	12	2	+10	6
Pärnu JK	3	1	0	2	4	10	–6	3
Krka (host)	3	0	0	3	1	13	–12	0

11 August 2011
Rayo Vallecano	1–0	Peamount United
Natalia  90'
13 August 2011
Peamount United	7–0	Krka
Roche  18', 33' Lawlor  31', 78' Quinn  37', 52', 65'
16 August 2011
Pärnu JK	1–5	Peamount United
Ivanova  56' 0 0		Jenkins  5' Lawlor  30', 33' Roche  80', 90+2'

First leg

28 September 2011

20:45

Peamount United	0 – 2	Paris Saint-Germain
	Report	Coton-Pélagie  72' Thomas  90+3'

Tallaght Stadium, Dublin

Attendance: 2,109[21]

Referee: Ausra Kance (Lithuania)

Second leg

5 October 2011

17:00

Paris Saint-Germain	3 – 0	Peamount United
Coton-Pélagie  49' Debonne  66' Dali  85'	Report

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

Attendance: 1,956[22]

Referee: Karolina Radzik-Johan (Poland)

2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League

After winning the inaugural 2011–12 Women's National League, Peamount United qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League.

Group 5

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
SFK 2000 (host)	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
Peamount United	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	6
ASA Tel Aviv University	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
Cardiff Met. Ladies	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0

11 August 2012
SFK 2000	4–0	Peamount United
Šešlija  3' Hadžić  30' Fetahović  32', 43'
Peamount United	5–0	ASA Tel Aviv University
Russell  5' Lawlor  41', 62', 90' Roche  58'
Cardiff Met. Ladies	0–4	Peamount United
		Roche  2', 58' O'Sullivan  9' Lawlor  48'

Honours

Women's team

• Women's National League
  • Winners: 2011–12, 2019 and 2020: 3
  • Runners-up: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2017: 3
• FAI Women's Cup
  • Winners: 2010: 1
  • Runners-up: 2005, 2008, 2018, 2019: 4
• WNL Cup
  • Winners: 2012, 2013, 2018:[23] 3
• Dublin Women's Soccer League
  • Winners: 2010: 1
  • Runners-up: 2005, 2006: 2
• DWSL Premier Cup
  • Winners: 2010: 1

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