2003 Dublin Women's Soccer League

The 2003 Dublin Women's Soccer League was the 10th season of the women's association football league featuring teams mainly from the Greater Dublin Area. The season began on 27 April and concluded on 28 September. UCD won their first DWSL title, the first of four successive league titles. They also completed a double after winning the 2003 FAI Women's Cup.[1][2] In October 2003, with a team that included Grace Murray, Dundalk City won the DWSL Premier Cup, beating a St James's Gate team featuring Katie Taylor. City defeated Gate in the final 3–2 after extra time. The final was played at the home of Bluebell United and City were presented with the trophy by future Republic of Ireland women's national football team manager Susan Ronan.[3]

Dublin Women's Soccer League
Season2003
ChampionsUCD
Matches played55
Goals scored249 (4.53 per match)
Biggest home win25 May
Benfica 10–0 Bank of Ireland
Biggest away win30 July
Rathfarnham United 0–8 UCD
Highest scoring25 May
Benfica 10–0 Bank of Ireland
1 September
Rathfarnham United 5-5 Bank of Ireland
2002
2004

Final table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 UCD (C) 14 11 3 0 55 13 +42 36
2 Shamrock Rovers 14 11 2 1 52 20 +32 35
3 Benfica 13 7 2 4 38 21 +17 23
4 Dundalk City 14 6 2 6 17 36 −19 20
5 St Catherine's 14 5 0 9 22 37 −15 15
6 Peamount United 13 3 2 8 20 29 −9 11
7 Rathfarnham United 14 2 5 7 24 43 −19 11
8 Bank of Ireland 14 1 2 11 21 50 −29 5
Source: [1]
(C) Champions

Matches

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Home \ Away BOI BEN DUN PEA RTH SHA STC UCD
Bank of Ireland 0–5 1–1 0–3 1–3 2–4 3–0 1–5
Benfica 10–0 2–0 n/a[a] 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–1
Dundalk City 2–1 2–5 2–0 3–3 1–5 1–0 1–5
Peamount United 3–3 4–0 0–2 2–2 1–4 1–3 0–5
Rathfarnham United 5–5 0–3 0–0 1–4 0–5 2–3 0–8
Shamrock Rovers 3–2 3–1 9–0 3–1 2–0 5–1 2–5
St Catherine's 3–2 4–3 0–1 3–1 3–6 1–2 0–5
UCD 2–0 5–2 5–0 1–0 2–2 3–3 3–1
Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Benfica v Peamount United not played

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Ireland (Women) 2003". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Ireland - List of Women Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Dundalk City cup joy". www.independent.ie. 17 October 2003. Retrieved 15 February 2016.