W.F.A.I. Senior Challenge Cup
Year Winners Runners-Up
1975 Limerick 2-1 C.S.O. (Dublin) [first ever ed.]
1976 Dublin Castle Waterford
1977 Suffragettes Avengers (Dublin)
1978 Dublin Castle Green Angels (Dublin)
1979 Dublin Castle Avengers (Dublin)
1980 Suffragettes 4-1 Rathfarnham United
1981 Suffragettes Rathfarnham United
1982 Dublin Castle 5-0 Cork Celtic
1983 Glade Celtic 2-0 Dublin Castle
1984 Dublin Castle 2-2 Killeady Rangers (Cork) [Dublin Castle on pen]
1985 Rathfarnham United 0-0 2-0 Belvedere [1st match aet]
1986 Dublin Castle 1-0 Benfica LFC (Waterford)
1987 Benfica LFC (Waterford) 3-2 Boyne Rovers
1988 Rathfarnham United 2-0 Boyne Rovers
1989 Benfica LFC (Waterford) 4-2 Rathfarnham United [aet]
1990 Rathfarnham United Boyne Rovers
1991 Rathfarnham United 3-1 Belvedere A
1992 Welsox 1-1 Benfica LFC (Waterford) [aet, 4-1 pen]
1993 Benfica LFC (Waterford) 0-1 3-0 College Corinthians
1994 Welsox 4-0 Verona FC
1995 Rathfarnham United 3-0 College Corinthians
1996 Castle Rovers 3-0 O'Connell Chics
1997 Shamrock Rovers 4-0 Shelbourne
1998 Shamrock Rovers 10-3 Listowel Celtic
1999 Shamrock Rovers 2-0 Shelbourne
2000 Shamrock Rovers 7-0 Bealnamulla
2001 Shamrock Rovers 3-1 Saint Catherine's LFC
2002 University College Dublin 2-1 Shamrock Rovers
2003 University College Dublin 2-0 Lifford (Clare)
2004 University College Dublin 4-1 Dundalk
2005 Dundalk 1-0 Peamount United
2006 Mayo 1-0 University College Dublin
2007 Galway LL 1-0 Raheny United
2008 Saint Francis FC 2-1 Peamount United
2009 Saint Francis FC 1-0 Saint Catherine's LFC
2010 Peamount United 4-2 Salthill Devon
2011 Saint Catherine's LFC 3-1 Wilton United
2012 Raheny United 2-1 Peamount United
2013 Raheny United 3-2 Castlebar Celtic [aet]
2014 Raheny United 2-1 UCD Waves [aet]
2015 Wexford Youths WAFC 2-2 Shelbourne [aet, 4-2 pen]
2016 Shelbourne 5-0 Wexford Youth WAFC
2017 Cork City 1-0 UCD Waves
2018 Wexford Youths WAFC 1-0 Peamount United
2019 Wexford Youths WAFC 3-2 Peamount United
2020 Peamount United 6-0 Cork City
2021 Wexford Youths WAFC 3-1 Shelbourne
2022 Shelbourne 2-0 Athlone Town
2023 Athlone Town 2-2 Shelbourne [aet, 4-3 pen]
Number of Wins (49, lost finals between square brackets)
6 [ 1] Dublin Castle
5 [ 3] Rathfarnham United
5 [ 1] Shamrock Rovers
4 [ 1] Wexford Youths WAFC
3 [ 3] UCD Waves [includes University College Dublin]
3 [ 2] Benfica LFC (Waterford)
3 [ 1] Raheny United
3 Suffragettes
2 [ 5] Peamount United
2 [ 5] Shelbourne
2 Saint Francis FC
2 Welsox
1 [ 2] Saint Catherine's LFC
1 [ 1] Athlone Town
1 [ 1] Cork City
1 [ 1] Dundalk
1 Castle Rovers
1 Galway LL
1 Glade Celtic
1 Limerick
1 Mayo
[ 3] Boyne Rovers
[ 2] Avengers (Dublin)
[ 2] Belvedere
[ 2] College Corinthians
[ 1] Bealnamulla
[ 1] Castlebar Celtic
[ 1] Cork Celtic
[ 1] C.S.O. [Central Statistics Office] (Dublin)
[ 1] Green Angels (Dublin)
[ 1] Killeady Rangers (Cork)
[ 1] Lifford (Clare)
[ 1] Listowel Celtic
[ 1] O'Connell Chics
[ 1] Salthill Devon
[ 1] Verona FC
[ 1] Waterford
[ 1] Wilton United
DWSL Premier Cup
NB: in 1994, the Leinster Ladies League and the Civil Service League merged into the
Dublin Women's Soccer League (DWSL), consisting mostly but not exclusively of clubs
from the Greater Dublin Area.
Year Winners Runners-Up
1997 Shamrock Rovers
1998 Shamrock Rovers
1999 Shamrock Rovers
2000 Shamrock Rovers
2001 Shamrock Rovers
2002 Shamrock Rovers
2003 Dundalk City 3-2 Saint James's Gate
2004 University College Dublin 6-1 Saint James's Gate
2005 University College Dublin 2-0 Dundalk City
2006 not known
2007 University College Dublin
2008 not known
2009 Saint Francis
2010 Peamount United 5-1 Saint Francis
2011-12 not known
2013 not known [final: Peamount United vs. Saint Catherine's]
2014 not known
2015 Peamount United 2-0 Shelbourne
2016 T.E.K. United 2-1 Boyne Rovers
Prepared and maintained by Declan Hughes, Daniel Mooney and Hans Schöggl for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Authors: Declan Hughes (dwsl2004@eircom.net,
Daniel Mooney and Hans Schöggl
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