Peamount United Football Club () is an Irish association football club based in

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. 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

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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 Women's Soccer League was a women's association football league featuring teams from the Republic of Ireland. While the majority of the participating clubs were based in the Greater Dublin Area, the DWSL had regularly included teams f ...

, the Dublin and District Schoolboys League and the Metropolitan Girls League.

History

2010 treble

Peamount United won a "

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" in 2010, winning the

, the

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and the

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. The 4–2 FAI Women's Cup final win over

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, secured by

Áine O'Gorman Áine Marie O'Gorman (born 13 May 1989) is an Irish footballer who plays for Women's National League club Shamrock Rovers. At club level, O'Gorman began her senior career with Stella Maris, played for Peamount United and UCD Waves, and also s ...

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, was Peamount's first Cup success, following two previous final defeats in 2005 and 2008. In August 2011,

Louise Quinn Louise Quinn (born 17 June 1990) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for the Women's Championship club Birmingham City and the Ireland national soccer team. At club level Quinn began her senior career with Peamount ...

scored a

against

ŽNK Krka Ženski nogometni klub Krka ( en, Women's Football Club Krka), commonly referred to as ŽNK Krka or simply Krka, was a Slovenian women's football club from Novo Mesto. Krka won the Slovenian Women's League eight times, and played several seasons i ...

, as Peamount won 7–0 in the

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qualifying round in Slovenia. Peamount's Champions League run ended with a last-32 elimination by

Paris Saint-Germain Féminine Paris Saint-Germain Féminine (), commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain, Paris SG, or simply Paris or PSG, are a French professional football club based in Paris. Founded in 1971, they compete in Division 1 Féminine, the top divis ...

in September and October 2011, 5–0 on

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WNL era

In November 2011, together with

Shamrock Rovers Shamrock Rovers Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Ruagairí na Seamróige) is an Irish association football club based in Tallaght, South Dublin. The club's senior team competes in the League of Ireland Premier Division and it is the most su ...

, Castlebar Celtic, Cork Women's F.C., Raheny United and Wexford Youths, Peamount United were founder members of the Women's National League. Peamount United were also the inaugural 2011–12 league champions, finishing three points clear of second placed Raheny United. They completed a league double by also winning the

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, defeating Shamrock Rovers 1–0 in the final.

Stephanie Roche Stephanie Roche (born 13 June 1989) is an Irish association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), striker for Shamrock Rovers Ladies F.C., Shamrock Rovers of Dublin and the Republic of Ireland women's national foot ...

was the league's top goalscorer with 26 goals. She also scored the winner in the WNL Cup final. Roche formed a strike partnership with

Sara Lawlor Sara Lawlor (born 11 November 1987) is an Irish international footballer who played for Peamount United of the Women's National League (WNL). She made her debut for the Republic of Ireland women's national football team in February 2012. A for ...

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. Peamount were beaten 2–1 by Raheny United in the 2012 FAI Women's Cup final. Raheny also beat Peamount to the

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league title by one point. Peamount's Sara Lawlor was the top goalscorer with 28 goals, and won a second consecutive Player of the Year award. Although Peamount won the WNL Cup final, 6–3 over Castlebar Celtic in May 2013, to retain the trophy. In 2013–14, while playing for Peamount United against Wexford Youths, Roche also scored an acclaimed goal which went viral on

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. The match was not televised but footage of the goal was uploaded to the internet by team manager

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. Later that year Roche,

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and

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were finalists for the 2014

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, for the best goal of the year. At the

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awards ceremony on 12 January 2015, Roche finished in second place to Rodríguez. Roche finished as Top Goalscorer in 2013–14, and

Julie-Ann Russell Julie-Ann Russell (born 28 March 1991) is a Republic of Ireland women's international footballer who currently plays for Galway in the Irish Women's National League. In 2014, Russell was voted both FAI Senior Women's International Player of ...

was named WNL Player of the Season, but Peamount were edged out by one point in another close title race with Raheny United. When WNL rivals

DLR Waves Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Waves, also referred to as DLR Waves is an Irish association football club based in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown. It was originally founded in 2012. The club enters teams in the FAI Women's Cup and the Women's National L ...

secured backing from

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and became UCD Waves in 2014, Peamount's manager Eileen Gleeson departed to take over at

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, taking several Peamount players with her. Peamount regrouped with new manager James O'Callaghan placing a strong emphasis on youth development. Peamount finished second in

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with Amber Barrett Top Goalscorer and WNL Player of the Season. Ahead of

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some experienced players including Áine O'Gorman and

Karen Duggan Karen Duggan (born 29 May 1991) is an Irish footballer who plays for Peamount United of the Women's National League (WNL). She has previously played for UCD Waves and the Republic of Ireland women's national football team. Between 2013 and 20 ...

returned to Peamount from the Waves, who had lost the backing of UCD. Peamount finished third in 2018, and lost the 2018 FAI Women's Cup final 1–0 to Wexford Youths, but did collect their first trophy for five years in a 2–1 WNL Cup final win over Wexford. In

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Peamount recaptured the League title for the first time since 2011–12. They lost their second successive FAI Women's Cup final to Wexford Youths, 3–2 this time. In the delayed and shortened

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season Peamount retained their WNL title with Áine O'Gorman as Top Goalscorer and Karen Duggan as Player of the Year. In the 2020 FAI Women's Cup Final Peamount thrashed

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6–0 at

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to secure a "

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". A dramatic conclusion to the

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season saw defending champions Peamount United unexpectedly squander a two-goal lead to lose 5–2 at home to

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on the final match day, allowing Shelbourne to claim the title with their 3–2 win over Wexford Youths. Both matches were subject to live television coverage, following the WNL's agreement of a broadcast arrangement with

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in September 2021. During the season a number of Peamount's players transferred to

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clubs in England and Scotland without the club receiving any compensation. Manager James O'Callaghan called for the formation of a task force, to examine the possibility of making the WNL

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in future: "It's great for those players that they are getting to play professionally, but it's not great for the league to be losing them." Before the

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season "exploratory negotiations" on a merger with

failed.

Players

Current squad

Former players

;WNL Top Goalscorer *

– 2011–12, 2013–14 *

–

* Amber Barrett –

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;WNL Player of the Season *

– 2011–12,

– 2013–14 * Amber Barrett –

;FIFA Puskás Award nominee *

–

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;Others ; Ireland women's field hockey international *

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Katie Taylor Katie Taylor (born 2 July 1986) is an Irish professional boxer and former footballer. She is a two-weight world champion and the current undisputed lightweight champion, having held the WBA title since 2017; the IBF title since 2018; and the ...

–

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and

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boxing champion ; Scotland women's international * Vaila Barsley

Peamount United in Europe

2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League

After winning the 2010

, Peamount United qualified for the

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. 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.

Squad

Group 3

Round of 32

=First leg

=Second leg

2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League

After winning the inaugural 2011–12 Women's National League, Peamount United qualified for the

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Group 5

Honours

Women's team

* Women's National League **''Winners'': 2011–12,

and

: 3 **''Runners-up'':

, 2013–14,

and

: 4 *

**''Winners'': 2010: 1 **''Runners-up'': 2005, 2008, 2018, 2019: 4 *

**''Winners'':

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, 2018: 3 *

**''Winners'': 2010: 1 **''Runners-up'': 2005,

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: 2 *

**''Winners'': 2010: 1

References

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