2019 Women's National League (Ireland)

The 2019 Women's National League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Só Hotels Women's National League, was the ninth season of the Women's National League, the highest women's association football league in the Republic of Ireland.^[1][2] It began on 9 March 2019 and concluded on 10 November 2019. Wexford Youths were the defending champions, but Peamount United won to secure their first League title since the inaugural 2011–12 season.^[3]

Women's National League

Season	2019
Dates	9 March 2019 – 10 November 2019
Champions	Peamount United
Matches played	84
Goals scored	399 (4.75 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rianna Jarrett (26)
Biggest home win	Peamount United 9–0 Kilkenny United (22 June 2019)
Biggest away win	Kilkenny United 2–12 Peamount United (22 September 2019)
Highest scoring	Kilkenny United 2–12 Peamount United (22 September 2019)
← 2018 2020 →

Teams

Cork City

Galway

Kilkenny United

Peamount United

Shelbourne

DLR Waves

Wexford Youths

Limerick

Team	Home town/suburb	Stadium	2018 finish
Cork City	Cork	Bishopstown Stadium	5th[4]
Galway	Galway	Eamonn Deacy Park	4th
Kilkenny United	Kilkenny	Buckley Park	8th
Limerick	Limerick	Markets Field	7th
Peamount United	Newcastle, County Dublin	Greenogue	3rd
Shelbourne	Drumcondra, Dublin	Tolka Park	2nd
DLR Waves	Dún Laoghaire	Jackson Park	6th (UCD Waves)
Wexford Youths	Crossabeg	Ferrycarrig Park	1st

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Cork City	Frank Kelleher	Katie McCarthy	Adidas	Clonakilty Food Company
DLR Waves	Graham Kavanagh		Jako	Eversheds Sutherland
Galway	Billy Clery	Keara Cormican	Uhlsport	Lough Rea Hotel and Spa
Kilkenny United	James Dermody	Bronagh Kane	Errea
Limerick	Dave Rooney		Umbro
Peamount United	James O'Callaghan	Áine O'Gorman	O'Neills	Texaco Newcastle Service Station
Shelbourne	Dave Bell	Pearl Slattery	Umbro	Dublin City University
Wexford Youths	Tom Elmes	Kylie Murphy	Bodibro	Energia

Format

Teams played each other three times, either twice at home and once away, or once at home and twice away. Each team played 21 games, either 10 home and 11 away, or 11 home and 10 away.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Peamount United	21	18	2	1	93	13	+80	56	2020–21 Champions League
2	Shelbourne	21	17	3	1	83	16	+67	54
3	Wexford Youths	21	13	3	5	70	22	+48	42
4	Galway	21	11	4	6	56	37	+19	37
5	Cork City	21	7	3	11	39	55	−16	24
6	DLR Waves	21	5	1	15	18	64	−46	16
7	Limerick	21	4	0	17	26	84	−58	12
8	Kilkenny United	21	0	2	19	14	108	−94	2

Source: Extratime.com

Results

Matches 1–14

Teams played each other twice (once at home, once away).

Home \ Away	COR	GAL	PEA	KIL	LIM	SHE	DLR	WEX
Cork City	—	3–5	0–3	7–1	3–0	2–7	3–4	0–3
Galway	4–1	—	1–2	3–2	3–0	0–3	3–0	2–6
Peamount United	2–1	3–2	—	9–0	7–0	2–0	5–0	2–1
Kilkenny United	0–3	0–3	0–7	—	0–1	1–10	0–1	1–4
Limerick	0–1	3–6	0–4	4–1	—	0–5	3–2	1–6
Shelbourne	5–0	1–1	1–1	8–1	5–0	—	5–0	0–0
DLR Waves	0–3	1–2	0–7	2–0	1–0	0–4	—	0–3
Wexford Youths	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	7–0	1–2	3–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 2019. Source: Extratime.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Matches 15–21

Teams played each other once.

Home \ Away	COR	GAL	PEA	KIL	LIM	SHE	DLR	WEX
Cork City	—	2–2	—	—	—	0–4	—	1–1
Galway	—	—	1–1	5–0	—	—	2–1	—
Peamount United	8–1	—	—	—	—	1–2	—	2–1
Kilkenny United	1–1	—	2–12	—	1–7	1–11	—	—
Limerick	2–3	1–6	0–7	—	—	—	—	1–11
Shelbourne	—	3–2	—	—	4–2	—	1–0	2–1
DLR Waves	1–3	—	0–8	1–1	2–1	—	—	—
Wexford Youths	—	2–2	—	7–1	—	—	7–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 2019. Source: Extratime.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Rianna Jarrett	Wexford Youths	26
2	Áine O'Gorman	Peamount United	20
3	Megan Smyth-Lynch	Peamount United	19
4	Eleanor Ryan Doyle	Peamount United	18
5	Amber Barrett	Peamount United	16

Last updated: 10 November 2019.
Source: Extratime.com

Awards

Player of the Month

Month	Player of the Month		References
	Player	Club
March	Alex Kavanagh	Shelbourne	[5]
April	Katie McCarthy	Cork City	[6]
May	Jamie Finn	Shelbourne	[7]
June	Eleanor Ryan-Doyle	Peamount United	[8]

Apparently no awards were made from July to October.

Annual awards

^[3][9]

Award	Winner	Club
WNL Player of the Year	Rianna Jarrett	Wexford Youths
Young Player of the Year	Emily Whelan	Shelbourne
Services to the Women's National League	Eamon Naughton

WNL Team of the Year
Goalkeeper	Naoisha McAloon (Peamount United)
Defenders	Sadhbh Doyle (Galway)			Claire Walsh (Peamount United)			Jamie Finn (Shelbourne)			Lauren Dwyer (Wexford Youths)
Midfielders	Eleanor Ryan Doyle (Peamount United)			Megan Smyth-Lynch (Peamount United)			Alex Kavanagh (Shelbourne)			Kylie Murphy (Wexford Youths)
Forwards	Emily Whelan (Shelbourne)					Rianna Jarrett (Wexford Youths)