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 and Women's Under 19 National League level.
| Full name | Bohemian Football Club Women | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Bohs The Gypsies | ||
| Founded | 2020 | ||
| Ground | Dalymount Park, Phibsborough | ||
| Capacity | 3,640 | ||
| Manager | Ken Kiernan | ||
| League | SSE Airtticity Women's Premier Division | ||
| 2024 | 8th | ||
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History
editOn 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.[1] 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.[citation needed]
Just one year after being accepted to compete in the Under-17 Women's National League, Bohemians were accepted to the Women's National League on 18 February 2020.[2] 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.[3]
Following a series of narrow defeats, Bohemians' inexperienced side finished bottom of the nine-team table in a truncated 2020 WNL season.[4] In the off-season the club launched a third team to compete in the new Under-19 Women's National League and announced plans to pay first team players' expenses.[5] After finishing sixth in the 2021 WNL season, the club announced that they would play all their 2022 home fixtures at Dalymount Park, instead of at the Oscar Traynor Centre where they had been based previously.[6]#
After the 2023 season, an article was published the 3rd of the December from the Bohemians website that Sean Byrne and has management team would be parting ways with the team.[7] On the same day. an article was posted announcing Ken Kiernan as the new head coach.[8]
Management team
edit- As of 22 July 2024
| Position | Staff | ||
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| Senior Manager/Coach |  Ken Kiernan[9]
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| Senior Assistant manager/Goalkeeping coach | David Henderson
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| Assistant coach | Alan Murphy
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Strength & Conditioning coach | Oran Donovan
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| Physio | Paul Kirwan
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Players
editCurrent squad
edit- As of 22 July 2024.[10]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Records
edit- First goalscorer Chloe Darby (8 August 2020 vs Wexford Youths in the Women's National League)[11]
References
edit- ^ "Bohemian FC to join Under-17 Women's National League". FAI Women's National League. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^ "2020 Women's National League to expand to nine teams". FAI Women's National League. 18 February 2020. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ "Wexford Youth vs Bohemians". Extratime.com. 8 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- ^ Kelly, David (3 April 2021). "Family affair for Darby as Bohs make early strides after their long road". Irish Independent. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "Additional support for Bohemians WNL team in 2021". Bohemian F.C. 30 December 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ Kisbey-Green, Stephen (22 January 2022). "Bohs confirm all home WNL games to be played at Dalymount Park". OTB Sports. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ https://bohemianfc.com/?p=19740
- ^ https://bohemianfc.com/?p=19745
- ^ https://bohemianfc.com/?p=19745
- ^ @thewnlshow (19 March 2022). "Teams are in for @bfcdublin versus @YouthsWomen" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "WNL Round-Up: Steph Roche on target on Peamount return while Chloe Darby writes her name in Bohemians folklore". Extratime.com. Retrieved 8 August 2020.