2016 Women's National League (Ireland)

Football league season

Women's National League
Season	2016
Champions	Shelbourne Ladies F.C.
2017–18 Champions League	Shelbourne Ladies F.C.
Matches played	42
Goals scored	170 (4.05 per match)
Top goalscorer	Amber Barrett (Peamount United; 16 goals)
Biggest home win	Shelbourne 10–0 Kilkenny United (24 September 2016)
Biggest away win	Kilkenny United 0–10 Peamount United (13 November 2016)
← 2015–16 2017 → All statistics correct as of 12 January 2017.

The 2016 Women's National League is the sixth season of the Women's National League, the highest women's association football league in the Republic of Ireland. It is a reduced season, running from 6 August to 4 December 2016, held prior to the introduction of single-year league seasons from 2017 onward.

On the second last matchday Shelbourne Ladies beat UCD Waves to secure their first Women's National League title.

Teams

Castlebar Celtic did not return after withdrawing mid-season 2015/16.

Team	Home town/suburb	Stadium	15/16 finish
Cork City W.F.C.	Cork	Bishopstown Stadium	6th
Galway W.F.C.	Galway	Eamonn Deacy Park	4th
Kilkenny United W.F.C.	Kilkenny	Buckley Park	7th
Peamount United	Newcastle, South Dublin	Greenogue	5th
Shelbourne Ladies	Santry	Morton Stadium	2nd
UCD Waves	Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown	Jackson Park	3rd
Wexford Youths	Crossabeg	Ferrycarrig Park	1st

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Shelbourne Ladies (C)	12	10	2	0	43	8	+35	32	2017–18 Champions League
2	UCD Waves	12	7	3	2	33	10	+23	24
3	Peamount United	12	7	2	3	30	19	+11	23
4	Wexford Youths	12	7	1	4	29	15	+14	22
5	Galway W.F.C.	12	3	2	7	19	23	−4	11
6	Cork City	12	3	0	9	14	26	−12	9
7	Kilkenny United	12	0	0	12	2	69	−67	0

Source:
(C) Champions

Awards

Annual awards

Award	Winner	Club
WNL Player of the Year	Noelle Murray	Shelbourne
Young Player of the Year	Leanne Kiernan	Shelbourne

WNL Team of the Year
Goalkeeper	Amanda McQuillan (Shelbourne)
Defenders	Jetta Berrill (UCD Waves)	Pearl Slattery (Shelbourne)		Chloe Moloney (Galway)	Niamh Prior (UCD Waves)
Midfielders	Karen Duggan (UCD Waves)	Roma McLaughlin (Peamount United)		Noelle Murray (Shelbourne)	Leanne Kiernan (Shelbourne)
Forwards	Amber Barrett (Peamount United)		Siobhán Killeen (Shelbourne)

References

"2016 Season". Archived from the original on 2017-11-18. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
"Shelbourne Ladies wrap up league title". 30 November 2016.
Ring, Alison (12 January 2017). "Shelbourne star Noelle Murray wins Women's National League Player of the Year". Evoke.ie. TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 3 June 2022.

v t e League of Ireland Women's Premier Division
2024 clubs	Athlone Town Bohemians Cork City DLR Waves Galway Peamount United Shamrock Rovers Shelbourne Sligo Rovers Treaty United Wexford Youths
Former clubs	Castlebar Celtic Kilkenny United Raheny United UCD Waves
Defunct clubs	Limerick
Seasons	2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
See also	Women's Under 17 National League FAI Women's Cup

2016 in Republic of Ireland football

Leagues

Cup competitions

National teams

Men (UEFA Euro 2016)
Women

Club seasons

Premier Division	Dundalk St Patrick's Athletic
First Division	Shelbourne

v t e 2016–17 in European women's football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Austria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark England '16, Spring Series Estonia '16, '17 Faroe Islands '16, '17 France Germany Gibraltar Hungary Iceland '16 '17 Israel Italy Moldova Netherlands Norway '16 '17 Portugal Republic of Ireland '16 '17 Romania Russia '16 '17 Scotland '16 '17 Spain Sweden '16 '17 Turkey Wales
Domestic cups	England Germany Iceland '16 '17 Israel Moldova Poland Romania Scotland '16 '17 Spain Sweden
League cups	England '16 Scotland '16 '17
UEFA competitions	Women's Champions League qualifying round knockout phase Final
International competitions	2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2017 Women's Euro qualification 2017 Women's Euro Under-19 qualification 2017 Women's Euro Under-17 qualification

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