2019 FAI Women's Cup final

The 2019 FAI Women's Cup Final, known as the 2019 Só Hotels FAI Women's Cup Final for sponsorship reasons, was the final match of the 2019 FAI Women's Cup, the national association football Cup of the Republic of Ireland. The match took place on 3 November 2019 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Peamount United and Wexford Youths contested the match.

2019 FAI Women's Cup Final

Event	2019 FAI Women's Cup
Peamount United Wexford Youths 2 3
Date	3 November 2019
Venue	Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Player of the Match	Lauren Kelly (Wexford Youths)[1][2]
Referee	Sarah Dyas (Louth)[3]
Attendance	2,000[4]
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The match was shown live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ2 HD in Ireland, and via the RTÉ Player worldwide with commentary from Ger Canning and Lisa Fallon. It was refereed by Sarah Dyas, assisted by Michelle O'Neill and Katie Hall with Emma Cleary as Fourth Official.^[5]

Underdogs Wexford Youths won the Cup to retain the trophy they won for a second time in 2018. League champions Peamount United were unable to emulate their only previous Cup win in 2010 and were denied a "double".^[6][7]

Match

Summary

Wexford Youths took the lead after three minutes, when Lauren Kelly dribbled through the Peamount defence and shot low past a surprised Niamh Reid Burke. Karen Duggan scored a long-range equaliser for Peamount on 32 minutes, only for Kelly to reinstate Wexford's lead two minutes later.^[8][9]

Seven minutes into the second half, Eleanor Ryan-Doyle brought the score back to 2–2 with another long range-goal from outside the penalty area. Wexford captain Kylie Murphy scored what proved to be the winning goal on 64 minutes, when she was assisted by Rianna Jarrett and curled a composed shot past Reid Burke from 12 yards (11m).^[10][11]

Details

3 November 2019 (2019-11-03)

12:05 BST

Peamount United	2–3	Wexford Youths
Duggan 32' Ryan-Doyle 52'	Report	Kelly 3', 34' Murphy 64'

Aviva Stadium, Dublin

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Sarah Dyas (Louth)

Peamount

Wexford

GK 23 Niamh Reid Burke RB 2 Lauryn O'Callaghan  68' CB 14 Claire Walsh CB 4 Louise Corrigan LB 17 Dearbháile Beirne DM 6 Lucy McCartan  55' DM 16 Karen Duggan RW 7 Áine O'Gorman (c) AM 8 Niamh Farrelly LW 7 Megan Smyth-Lynch FW 10 Eleanor Ryan-Doyle Substitutions: GK 1 Naoisha McAloon FW 20 Naima Chemaou  55' DF 13 Niamh Barnes  68' MF 12 Louise Masterson MF 5 Chloe Moloney DF 3 Lauren Kealy DF 22 Fiona Owens Manager: James O'Callaghan

GK 18 Ciamh Dolland RB 11 Lynn Craven  90+1' CB 16 Nicola Sinnott CB 5 Lauren Dwyer LB 3 Orlaith Conlan RM 15 Aisling Frawley  86' CM 6 Kylie Murphy (c) CM 8 Edel Kennedy LM 12 Ciara Rossiter  61' FW 9 Lauren Kelly FW 19 Rianna Jarrett Substitutions: GK 21 Maeve Williams MF 4 Aoife Slattery FW 14 Vanessa Ogbonna MF 7 Becky Cassin DF 10 McKenna Davidson  61' MF 17 Fiona Ryan MF 23 Blessing Kingsley  86' Manager: Tom Elmes

Match officials Assistant referees: Michelle O'Neill Katie Hall Fourth official: Emma Cleary

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores level. Seven substitutes named. Maximum of five substitutions.