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2017 Women's National League (Ireland)

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Women's National League
Season2017
ChampionsWexford Youths
Champions LeagueWexford Youths
Matches played63
Goals scored241 (3.83 per match)
Top goalscorerAmber Barrett (Peamount United, 16 goals)
Biggest home winPeamount United 9–0 Kilkenny United (20 May 2017)
Biggest away winKilkenny United 0–11 Shelbourne (31 May 2017)
Highest scoringKilkenny United 0–11 Shelbourne (31 May 2017)
2016
2018

The 2017 Women's National League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Continental Tyres Women's National League, was the seventh season of the Women's National League, the highest women's association football league in the Republic of Ireland. It was the second league season to run over an entire calendar year.

Wexford Youths won the season and their third National League title.[1] Amber Barrett from Peamount United won her second top scorer award with 16 goals.[2]

Teams

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Team Home town/suburb Stadium 2016 finish
Cork City W.F.C. Cork Bishopstown Stadium 6th
Galway W.F.C. Galway Eamonn Deacy Park 5th
Kilkenny United W.F.C. Kilkenny Buckley Park 7th
Peamount United Newcastle, South Dublin Greenogue 3rd
Shelbourne Ladies Santry Morton Stadium 1st
UCD Waves Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Jackson Park 2nd
Wexford Youths Crossabeg Ferrycarrig Park 4th

Format

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Teams play each other three times, either twice at home and once away, or once at home and twice away. Each team plays 18 games, 9 home and 9 away.

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Wexford Youths (C) 18 12 4 2 35 17 +18 40 2018–19 Champions League
2 Peamount United 18 12 2 4 47 23 +24 38
3 Shelbourne Ladies 18 8 7 3 57 22 +35 31
4 UCD Waves 18 8 3 7 37 23 +14 27
5 Cork City 18 7 1 10 32 33 −1 22
6 Galway W.F.C. 18 5 3 10 25 35 −10 18
7 Kilkenny United 18 1 0 17 8 88 −80 3
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions

Awards

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Monthly awards

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Month Player of the Month References
Player Club
March Eleanor Ryan-Doyle Peamount [3]
April Kylie Murphy Wexford [3]
May Ciara McNamara Cork [3]
June Lucy McCartan Peamount [4]
August Pearl Slattery Shelbourne [5]
October Heather Payne Peamount [6]

Annual awards

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Award Winner Club
WNL Player of the Year Amber Barrett Peamount United
Young Player of the Year Saoirse Noonan Cork City
WNL Team of the Year
Goalkeeper Republic of Ireland Amanda Budden (Cork City)
Defenders Republic of Ireland Claire Walsh (UCD Waves) Republic of Ireland Niamh Prior (Shelbourne) Republic of Ireland Chloe Moloney (Peamount United) Republic of Ireland Ciara McNamara (Cork City)
Midfielders Republic of Ireland Karen Duggan (UCD Waves) Republic of Ireland Kylie Murphy (Wexford Youths) Republic of Ireland Eleanor Ryan-Doyle (Peamount United)
Forwards Republic of Ireland Amber Barrett (Peamount United) Republic of Ireland Claire O'Riordan (Wexford Youths) Republic of Ireland Clare Shine (Cork City)

References

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  1. ^ "Wexford Youths claim Women's National League title". rte.ie. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Donegal's Amber Barrett named player of the year". 8 November 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "Continental Tyres WNL: Players of the Month honoured". Football Association of Ireland. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  4. ^ @LoiWomen (27 July 2017). "🏆 Congratulations to @PeamountUtd ace Lucy McCartan on claiming Continental Tyres #WNL Player of the Month for June 👏👏👏" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Grimes, Gerard (6 October 2017). "Shelbourne Ladies Captain Pearl Slattery named WNL Player of the Month for August". Extratime.com. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Peamount United winger Payne picks up October POTM award". Women's National League (Ireland). 22 November 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  7. ^ O'Toole, Fintan (8 November 2017). "Peamount and Cork City players claim major honours after 2017 league awards". The42.ie. TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
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