Nickname(s) The Pandas Website Club home page Ground Saint Anne's Park | Chairman Peter McGonigle Founded 1994 Parent organization Shelbourne F.C. | |
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Full name Raheny United Football Club League Dublin District Schoolboy League
North Dublin Schoolboys/Girls League
Athletic Union League
Amateur Football League | ||
Raheny United Football Club (Irish: Cumann Peile Ráth Éanna Aontaithe) is an Irish association football club based in Raheny, Dublin. Raheny United was founded in 1994 following the amalgamation of Raheny Boys and Dunseedy United. In 2016-17 their senior men's team compete in the Premier B division of the Athletic Union League. An over–35s team compete in the Amateur Football League. They also have 21 schoolboy teams competing in both the Dublin & District Schoolboy League and the North Dublin Schoolboys/Girls League. The club however is perhaps best known for its senior women's team who in 2011–12 became founder members of the Women's National League. They were league champions in both 2012–13 and 2013–14 and also competed in both the 2013–14 and the 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League. In 2015 Raheny United's senior women's team merged with Shelbourne Ladies F.C.. This effectively saw Shelbourne take Raheny United's place in the WNL.The club currently cater for four senior teams, twenty schoolboy teams, and host their own youth academy every Saturday morning, making them one of the larger junior soccer clubs in Ireland.
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Women's team
In August 2011 the Football Association of Ireland announced that Raheny United would be one of seven founding members of the Women's National League. In their debut season, 2011–12 they finished as runners-up to Peamount United. The following two seasons, 2012–13 and 2013–14, saw them finish as league champions. They also won the FAI Women's Cup in 2012, 2013 and 2014 . In the 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League they finished third in their qualifying group. In the 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League they became the first Irish team to qualify from the group stage with a 100% record, having beaten CFF Olimpia Cluj, FC NSA Sofia and Hibernians F.C.. In the round of 32 they lost to Bristol Academy.
Second Leg
Bristol Academy won 6–1 on aggregate.
Location
Raheny United's clubhouse is located on All Saints Drive beside both the local Garda station and Raheny GAA club. It is also near Raheny railway station. The club plays the majority of their home games at the nearby St. Anne's Park.