Bohemian F.C. Women

This article is about the women's football club. For the men's football club, see Bohemian F.C.
Bohemians
Full nameBohemian Football Club Women
NicknamesBohs
The Gypsies
Founded20 March 2009 (2009-03-20)
GroundDalymount Park, Phibsborough
Capacity3,640
ManagerAlan Murphy
LeagueLeague of Ireland Women's Premier Division
2025Women's Premier Division, 7th 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.

The team first formed in 2009 and played in the Dublin Women's Soccer League. The team played out of its home pitch at DCU Sports Grounds in Glasnevin, Dublin.

The team were successful in winning the very first silverware for a Bohemians Women's team by claiming the league title and promotion on their opening season.

In the following 2010 season, the women's team further cemented their status in the game by winning a historic treble of silverware. The team won the DWSL Intermediate Division 1, the DWSL Intermediate Cup and the FAI Womens Junior Cup.

This historic first all Ireland Cup winning title for Bohemians FC Women, was played on October 10th 2010 in Jackman Park, Limerick against Kilmallock Ladies FC. Bohemians won the game 1-0 capping off a truly outstanding year on the field.

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. 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.

The official Bohemian FC website publish match previews written by life long fan Gary O’Connor.

History

Bohemian FC Womens team was first founded in 2009. This was an amateur senior team and played out of DCU Sports Grounds in Glasnevin. They competed in the Dublin Women's Soccer League which was the largest women's league in Ireland, and national cup competitions. Ireland had no national women's league at that time as the Women's National League was still some years away from being formed.

On 27 November 2018, Bohemians were accepted into the Under-17 Women's National League for 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 national league 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, Bohemians announced on their website that Sean Byrne and his management team's four year spell at the club had come to an end.[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] Hysa guided Bohs to two cups finals, including the 2025 Women's FAI Cup final, and won the 2025 Manager of the Year award in his first season but stepped down in January 2026.[12][13] Alan Murphy was announced as the new manager on 11 January 2026 after having previously served as assistant manager for the past two seasons.

Players

Current squad

As of 6 February 2026 [14][10]

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)
3 DF  IRL Ciara Maher
4 DF  IRL Lisa Murphy
6 MF  IRL Fiona Donnelly (vice captain)
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
14 DF  IRL Eimear Lafferty
15 DF  IRL Aoife Brophy
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW  IRL Savannah Kane
17 DF  IRL Katie Lovely
19 FW  IRL Shauna Carroll
21 DF  IRL Robin Baird
22 MF  IRL Aoife Sheridan
23 DF  IRL Sophie Clarke
25 MF  IRL Leiagh Glennon
27 DF  IRL Alex Devoy
28 MF  IRL Lauryn McCabe
29 FW  IRL Hannah O’Brien
32 GK  IRL Kate Foley

Internationals

  • Antea Guvo

Management team

Position Staff
Head Coach Alan Murphy

Records

  • First league title - 2009 DWSL league winners
  • League title - 2010 DWSL Intermediate Division 1 winners
  • Cup winners - 2010 DWSL Intermediate Cup
  • FAI Womens Junior Cup - 2010 winners
  • First national league goalscorer Chloe Darby (8 August 2020 vs Wexford Youths in the Women's National League)[15][4]

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. ^ O'Riordan, Luke (3 December 2023). "Departing Women's first team management team thanked for dedicated service | Bohemian FC". Bohemianfc.com. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  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 "Ken Kiernan steps down as Bohemians Women's team manager". Bohemianfc.com. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  11. ^ "Alban Hysa appointed Bohemians Women's head coach". Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  12. ^ O'Gorman, Simon. "Hysa steps down at Bohemians". extratime.com. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  13. ^ "Kelly Brady takes top prize at 2025 SSE Airtricity Women's Premier Division Awards". www.leagueofireland.ie. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  14. ^ O'Gorman, Simon. "Bohemians announce women's squad for 2026". extratime.com. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  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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