Raheny United F.C.

Raheny United Football Club 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 2017–18 their senior men's team compete in the Premier A division of the Athletic Union League. An over–35s team compete in the Amateur Football League. They also have 35 schoolboy teams competing in both the Dublin & District Schoolboy League and the North Dublin Schoolboys/Girls League.

Raheny United

Full name	Raheny United Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Pandas
Founded	1994
Ground	St. Anne's Park
Chairman	Aidan O’Looney
League	Dublin District Schoolboy League North Dublin Schoolboys/Girls League Athletic Union League Amateur Football League
Website	http://www.rahenyunited.ie/#!
Home colours Away colours

The club's senior women's team became founder members of the Women's National League in 2011–12. 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.^[1][2] 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.^[3] The club currently cater for four senior teams, thirty schoolboy teams, and host their own youth academy every Saturday morning, making them one of the larger junior soccer clubs in Ireland.

History

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.^[4] 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.^[5][6] They also won the FAI Women's Cup in 2012, 2013^[7] and 2014 .^[8] 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.

Raheny United in Europe

2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League

Group 3

This article is about the 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League. For the 2013–14 UEFA Men's Champions League, see 2013–14 UEFA Champions League.

2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League

The Estádio do Restelo hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	8 August 2013 to 22 May 2014
Teams	54
Final positions
Champions	Wolfsburg (2nd title)
Runners-up	Tyresö
Tournament statistics
Matches played	109
Goals scored	447 (4.1 per match)
Attendance	151,010 (1,385 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Milena Nikolić (11 goals)
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 13th edition of the European women's championship for football clubs. The final was held at Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal.

German team VfL Wolfsburg won the title over Swedish club Tyresö FF after turning a 0–2 into a 4–3 win. Wolfsburg became the third side to defend the Champions League title.

Team allocation and distribution

Austria had overtaken Norway for 8th place in the UEFA coefficient ranking and thus assured themselves a second entry.

Countries were allocated places according to their UEFA league coefficient for women. Here CH denotes the national champion, RU the national runner-up, Ned 1 and Bel 1 the best placed Belgian and Dutch team in their joint league.

54 teams entered the competition, with KÍ Klaksvík retaining their record being the only team to play all editions of the UEFA Women's Cup and Women's Champions League so far.^[9]

Round of 32
Wolfsburg (CH)	Potsdam (RU)	Lyon (CH)	Paris Saint-Germain (RU)
Tyresö (CH)	Malmö (RU)	Zorkiy Krasnogorsk (CH)	Rossiyanka (RU)
Arsenal (CH)	Birmingham City (RU)	Torres (CH)	Tavagnacco (RU)
Brøndby (CH)	Fortuna Hjørring (RU)	Neulengbach (CH)	Spratzern (RU)
Barcelona (CH)	Sparta Prague (CH)	Lillestrøm SK (CH)	Standard Liège (Bel 1)
Thór/KA (CH)	CSHVSM Kairat (CH)
Qualifying round
Babruichanka Babruisk (CH)	Glasgow City (CH)	Unia Racibórz (CH)	Zürich (CH)
Twente (Ned 1)	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (CH)	PK-35 Vantaa (CH)	PAOK (CH)
MTK (CH)	Olimpia Cluj (CH)	Spartak Subotica (CH)	Apollon Limassol (CH)
Atlético Ouriense (CH)	ASA Tel Aviv University (CH)	NSA Sofia (CH)	SFK 2000 (CH)
Raheny United (CH)	Pomurje (CH)	Nové Zámky (CH)	Gintra Universitetas (CH)
Osijek (CH)	KÍ Klaksvík (CH)	Cardiff City (CH)	Biljanini Izvori (CH)
Pärnu JK (CH)	Konak Belediyesi (CH)	Goliador Chişinău (CH)	Crusaders Strikers (CH)
Birkirkara (CH)	Liepājas Metalurgs (CH)	Ada (CH)	Ekonomist (CH)

Round and draw dates

UEFA has scheduled the competition as follows.^[10]

Round	Draw	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying round	27 June 2013	8–13 August 2013
Round of 32	5 September 2013	9–10 October 2013	16–17 October 2013
Round of 16		9–10 November 2013	13–14 November 2013
Quarterfinals	21 November 2013	22–23 March 2014	29–30 March 2014
Semifinals		19–20 April 2014	26–27 April 2014
Final		22 May 2014

Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		KBB	SFK	NSA	CAR
1	Konak Belediyesi	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9	Advance to main round		—	–	–	1–0
2	SFK 2000	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6			1–2	—	–	3–0
3	NSA Sofia	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3			0–2	2–3	—	–
4	Cardiff City	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0			–	–	0–2	—

Source: UEFA

Bracket

	Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Final
	Thór/KA	1	1	2
	Z. Krasnogorsk	2	4	6
							Zorkiy Krasnogorsk	0	2	2
							Birmingham City	2	5	7
	PK-35 Vantaa	0	0	0
	Birmingham City	3	1	4
													Birmingham City	1	2	3
													Arsenal	0	0	0
	CSHVSM Kairat	1	1	2
	Arsenal	7	11	18
							Arsenal	3	3	6
							Glasgow City	0	2	2
	Standard Liège	2	1	3
	Glasgow City	2	3	5
																			Birmingham City	0	0	0
																			Tyresö	0	3	3
	Tavagnacco	3	0	3
	Fortuna Hjørring	2	2	4
							Fortuna Hjørring	1	0	1
							Tyresö	2	4	6
	Tyresö	2	0	2
	Paris Saint-Germain	1	0	1
													Tyresö	8	0	8
													Neulengbach	1	0	1
	Konak Belediyesi	2	0	2
	Unia Racibórz	1	0	1
							Konak Belediyesi	0	0	0
							Neulengbach	3	3	6
	Apollon Limassol	1	1	2
	Neulengbach	2	1	3
																									Tyresö	3
																									Wolfsburg	4
	Spartak Subotica	2	1	3
	Rossiyanka	4	1	5
							Rossiyanka	1	0	1
							Torres	0	2	2
	Spratzern	2	1	3
	Torres	2	3	5
													Torres	0	1	1
													Turbine Potsdam	8	4	12
	MTK	0	0	0
	Turbine Potsdam	5	6	11
							Turbine Potsdam (a)	0	2	2
							Lyon	1	1	2
	Twente	0	0	0
	Lyon	4	6	10
																			Turbine Potsdam	0	2	2
																			Wolfsburg	0	4	4
	Lillestrøm SK	1	0	1
	Malmö	3	5	8
							Malmö	1	1	2
							Wolfsburg	2	3	5
	Pärnu JK	0	0	0
	Wolfsburg	14	13	27
													Wolfsburg	3	2	5
													Barcelona	0	0	0
	Barcelona (a)	0	2	2
	Brøndby	0	2	2
							Barcelona	3	3	6
							Zürich	0	1	1
	Zürich	2	1	3
	Sparta Prague	1	1	2

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	Minutes played
1	Martina Müller	Wolfsburg	10	715'
2	Christen Press	Tyresö	9	810'
3	Marta	Tyresö	7	719'
4	Conny Pohlers	Wolfsburg	6	170'
	Danielle Carter	Arsenal	6	440'
	Nina Burger	Neulengbach	6	540'
7	Kim Little	Arsenal	5	360'
	Alexandra Popp	Wolfsburg	5	612'
	Nadine Kessler	Wolfsburg	5	734'
10	Lina Magull	Wolfsburg	4	270'
	Jordan Nobbs	Arsenal	4	341'
	Kirsty Linnett	Birmingham City	4	648'

Source:^[15]

References

1. www.rahenyunited.ie
2. Junior Soccer Portal
3. "wnl.fai.ie". Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
4. RTÉ Sport (3 August 2011). "FAI announce new Women's League". RTÉ.ie. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
5. "Raheny United claim Women's National League title (2012–2013)". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 12 May 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
6. "Raheny United claim Women's National League title (2013–2014)". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 27 April 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
7. "Raheny triumph in Women's FAI Cup final report". The Irish Times. 4 November 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
8. "Killeen grabs extra-time winner as Raheny win Cup". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 3 November 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
9. "Strongest ever Women's Champions League lineup". UEFA. 19 June 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
10. "2013/14 regulations" (PDF). UEFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
11. "Eight more through as qualifying round concludes". UEFA. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
12. "British teams competing in Women's Champions League receive 'farcical' funding from Uefa". telegraph.co.uk. 6 October 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
13. "Holders Wolfsburg land Barcelona in last eight". UEFA. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
14. "Nikolić, Müller top score". UEFA. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
15. "Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics". UEFA. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013.

External links

• Official website

8 August 2013

14:00

MTK	3–2	Raheny United
Vágó 12', 39' Papp 69'	Report	McCabe 15' Creagh 52'

Seaview, Belfast

Referee: Christina W. Pedersen (Norway)

10 August 2013

14:00

Raheny United	1–2	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
Murray 16'	Report	Ovdiychuk 39' Tykhonova 44' (pen.)

Seaview, Belfast

Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

13 August 2013

16:00

Crusaders Strikers	1–2	Raheny United
McDowell 11'	Report	Murray 29' Waldron 58'

Seaview, Belfast

Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League

Group 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RAH	CLU	SOF	HIB
1	Raheny United	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9	Advance to knockout phase		—	—	2–0	—
2	Olimpia Cluj (H)	3	2	0	1	10	3	+7	6			1–2	—	—	5–0
3	NSA Sofia	3	1	0	2	6	6	0	3			—	1–4	—	5–0
4	Hibernians	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0			1–2	—	—	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

9 August 2014

17:30

Olimpia Cluj	1–2	Raheny United
Voicu 62'	Report	Murray 23' Shine 81'

Cluj Arena, Cluj-Napoca

Attendance: 300

Referee: Elia Martínez (Spain)

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11 August 2014

14:00

Raheny United	2–0	NSA Sofia
Shine 45+2', 50'	Report

Cluj Arena, Cluj-Napoca

Attendance: 30

Referee: Ana Minić (Serbia)

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14 August 2014

17:00

Hibernians	1–2	Raheny United
Tonna 15'	Report	Cronin 38' Shine 79'

Stadionul Victoria Someșeni, Cluj-Napoca

Attendance: 45

Referee: Tânia Morais (Luxembourg)

Rround of 32

First leg

9 October 2014

20:30

Raheny United	0–4	Bristol Academy
	Report	Harding 29', 78' Watts 90+2' (pen.) Natalia 90+4'

Richmond Park, Dublin

Attendance: 1,248

Referee: Eleni Lampadariou (Greece)

Second leg

16 October 2014

20:30

Bristol Academy	2–1	Raheny United
Natalia 50' James 59'	Report	Slattery 74'

Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol

Attendance: 816

Referee: Marija Kurtes (Germany)

Bristol Academy won 6–1 on aggregate.