UCD Women's Soccer Club

UCD Women's Soccer Club
Full nameUniversity College Dublin Women's Soccer Club
Nickname(s)Belfield's Belles[1]
Founded1966
GroundJackson Park
UCD Bowl
Belfield Park
LeagueWomen's National League
WSCAI Premier Division
Dublin Women's Soccer League

UCD Women's Soccer Club is an Irish association football club based in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown. It is the women's association football team of University College Dublin. Founded in 1966, UCD are one of the oldest women's football clubs in the Republic of Ireland. Like the UCD men's team, the women's football team has competed in national competitions, such as the FAI Women's Cup and the Women's National League, as well as intervarsity competitions. UCD has also represented the Republic of Ireland in the UEFA Women's Cup. Between 2014 and 2018, following a merger, with DLR Waves, the club played in the Women's National League and FAI Women's Cup as UCD Waves. However, in 2018 UCD withdrew from the WNL. DLR Waves was subsequently revived as a separate club, taking UCD Waves' place in the WNL.

  1. ^ "Uefa Womens Cup". foot.ie. 10 August 2005. Retrieved 13 June 2018.