Bohemian F.C. Women

Bohemians
Full nameBohemian Football Club Women
Nickname(s)Bohs
The Gypsies
Founded18 February 2020 (2020-02-18)
GroundDalymount Park, Phibsborough
Capacity3,640
ManagerAlban Hysa
LeagueLeague of Ireland Women's Premier Division
2024Women's Premier Division, 8th of 11
Websitebohemians.ie

Bohemian Football Club Women, 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.

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.[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.

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 Youths. Chloe Darby scored the consolation goal and wrote herself into the history books as Bohemians' first-ever goalscorer.[3][4]

Following a series of narrow defeats, Bohemians' inexperienced side finished bottom of the nine-team table in a truncated 2020 WNL season.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8] On the same day, the club announced Ken Kiernan as the new head coach.[9]

Ken Kiernan resigned at the end of the 2024 season and was replaced by Alban Hysa.[10][11]

Players

Current squad

As of 7 March 2025.[12][13][14]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  IRL Rachael Kelly (captain) [10]
2 DF  IRL Lynn Craven
3 DF  IRL Ciara Smith
4 DF  IRL Lisa Murphy
5 DF  IRL Roisin McGovern
6 MF  IRL Fiona Donnelly (vice captain) [10]
7 MF  IRL Aoibhe Brennan
8 MF  IRL Hannah Healy
9 FW  IRL Alannah McEvoy
10 MF  IRL Katie Malone
11 MF  IRL Sarah McKevitt
12 DF  IRL Sarah Power
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF  IRL Abbie O'Hara
16 FW  IRL Savannah Kane
17 DF  IRL Katie Lovely
18 FW  IRL Orlagh Fitzpatrick
19 FW  IRL Shauna Carroll
20 FW  IRL Katie McCarn
21 MF  IRL Mia Dodd
22 DF  IRL Leah Riley
23 MF  IRL Emma Gaughran
25 MF  IRL Leiagh Glennon
26 DF  IRL Robin Baird
29 FW  IRL Hannah O’Brien
30 FW  BUL Michelle Muddiman
32 GK  IRL Jenna Willoughby

Management team

As of 23 November 2024 [13][11]
Position Staff
Head Coach Alban Hysa
Assistant Manager Alan Murphy
Goalkeeping Coach John Deegan
Strength &
Conditioning Coach		 Oran Donovan
Physio Alan Dooley

Records

References

  1. ^ "Bohemian FC to join Under-17 Women's National League". FAI Women's National League. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Wexford Youth vs Bohemians". Extratime.com. 8 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Women's team | Bohemian FC". bohemianfc.com. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  5. ^ Kelly, David (3 April 2021). "Family affair for Darby as Bohs make early strides after their long road". Irish Independent. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Additional support for Bohemians WNL team in 2021". Bohemian F.C. 30 December 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  7. ^ Kisbey-Green, Stephen (22 January 2022). "Bohs confirm all home WNL games to be played at Dalymount Park". OTB Sports. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  8. ^ "DEPARTING WOMen's FIRST TEAM MANAGEMENT TEAM THANKED FOR DEDICATED SERVICE | Bohemian FC".
  9. ^ O'Riordan, Luke (3 December 2023). "Ken Kiernan appointed Bohemians women's team manager | Bohemian FC". Bohemianfc.com. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  10. ^ a b c "Ken Kiernan steps down as Bohemians Women's team manager". Bohemianfc.com. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  11. ^ a b "Alban Hysa appointed Bohemians Women's head coach". Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  12. ^ @thewnlshow (19 March 2022). "Teams are in for @bfcdublin versus @YouthsWomen" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. ^ a b "Women's Squad - Bohemians". bohemians.ie. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  14. ^ "Bohemians Women's Squad". Finalwhistle.ie. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  15. ^ "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.
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