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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. 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.

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. In 2015 Raheny United's senior women's team merged with Shelbourne Ladies F.C., with Shelbourne taking Raheny United's place in the Women's National League. 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.

Raheny United was founded in 1994 following the amalgamation of Raheny Boys and Dunseedy United. In November 2003, the clubhouse was redeveloped to include dressing rooms, players lounge, a gym and a bar.

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 (WNL). In their debut season, 2011–12, Raheny finished as runners-up to Peamount United. The following two seasons, 2012–13 and 2013–14, saw them finish as league champions. They also won the FAI Women's Cup in 2012, 2013 and 2014. 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.

In 2015, the women's senior team merged with Shelbourne Ladies, who fielded teams in the Metropolitan Girls League, the Dublin Women’s League and Leinster Leagues. This effectively saw Shelbourne take Raheny United's place in the WNL.

In 2015, the club entered into a partnership with Dublin City Council and Raheny GAA for the creation of an all-weather pitch in St. Anne's Park. The pitch opened in May 2017 with floodlights to facilitate seasonal training. In 2017–18 the club's senior men's team competed in the Premier A division of the Athletic Union League. As of August 2023, the men's team had moved to the Leinster Senior League.

The club's colours are black and white. Their kit is black and white striped shirts, black shorts with black socks.

Bristol Academy won 6–1 on aggregate.

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