# Villa FC

Villa Football Club. is an Irish association football club in Waterford, Ireland.

## History

Villa FC was founded in 1953 in Waterford City, Ireland. It has achieved a number of footballing successes in Waterford since its founding. Villa FC's Premier team plays in the Waterford & District Junior League, and has won the competition twice. Villa FC also won the FAI Junior Cup in 2022, winning 1:0 in the final, as well as a number of other honours at levels from schoolboy to senior. Villa FC operates from their home ground at Connor's Park in Poleberry, Waterford City. A number of former Villa FC players have gone on to success in football leagues outside Ireland, including Kenny McEvoy (Tottenham Hotspur), Lee O'Connor (Manchester United), Jayson Molumby (Brighton), and Timi Sobowale (Manchester City).

### FAI Junior Cup Win, 2022

In 2022 Villa won the FAI Junior Cup, defeating Pike Rovers from Limerick at Turners Cross in Cork with the winning goal scored by Conor Kilgannon. Speaking of the win after the match, Villa manager Conor Coad noted that it was "a historic day for us and it's been a massive season for us, we've never won our own local Premier League and to go and do that recently and back it up with this win is something we could have only dreamed of at the start of the year".
The cup winning team on the day were: Craig Dunphy, James Kennedy (Sean O'Keefe, 90+1), Conor Signorelli (Eoghan Rea, 75), Dylan Walsh, Adam Heaslip (C), Luke Walsh (Mark Walsh, 72), Conor Kilgannon, Aaron O'Connor, Dean Walsh, Cian Browne, John Frederick Tamen (Adam Conway, 67), and the panel during the campaign and on final day also included Ravelli Kilonda, Niall McCabe, Ivan Homoki, Jeff Da Silva, Daniel Pender, Scott Searson, Bobby Drohan, Matas Grinius, Hugh Munro, Shane O'Brien, Ross Cashin, Conor Fennell and Callum McFadden. The management of the cup winning team were: Manager - Conor Coad, Assistant Manager - Paddy Byrne, Coaches - Devan Morrissey, Paul Morrissey, Physio - John Butler.

## Current Premier Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | IRL | Craig Dunphy |
| — | GK | IRL | Dylan Nolan |
| — | GK | IRL | Kieran Doheny |
| — | DF | IRL | Eoghan Rea |
| — | DF | IRL | Adam Heaslip |
| — | DF | IRL | Dylan Walsh |
| — | DF | IRL | Conor Signorelli |
| — | DF | IRL | John Tamen (Irish/Cameroonian) |
| — | DF | IRL | James Kennedy |
| — | DF | IRL | Ravelli Kilonda |
| — | DF | IRL | Dylan Stickel |
| — | DF | IRL | Shane O'Brien |
| — | DF | IRL | Nils Lukaku |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | IRL | Aaron O'Connor |
| — | MF | IRL | Luke Walsh |
| — | MF | IRL | Conor Whittle |
| — | MF | IRL | Adam Conway |
| — | MF | IRL | Conor Kilgannon |
| — | MF | IRL | Evan Ryan |
| — | MF | IRL | Stephen Imiren |
| — | FW | IRL | Dean Walsh |
| — | FW | COD | Regix Madika |
| — | FW | IRL | Shane O'Brien |
| — | FW | IRL | Alex Phelan |
| — | FW | IRL | Dylan Butler |
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## Capped Players
### Republic of Ireland Senior Internationals

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | IRL | Jayson Molumby (Plays as a midfielder for EFL Championship club West Bromwich Albion) |
| — | DF | IRL | Lee O'Connor (Plays as a defender for EFL League Two club Tranmere Rovers) |

### Republic of Ireland U21 Internationals

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | IRL | Kenny McEvoy (Retired. Played for Tottenham Hotspur and other English league clubs.) |
| — | DF | IRL | Timi Sobowale (Plays as a defender, for Norwegian Third Division club Florø SK) |

## Club Honours
### Waterford and District Premier League

* Winners: 2021-22, 2022-23

### Ardagh Cup

* Winners: 1969-70, 1970-71, 2007-08

### FAI Junior Cup

* Winners: 2021-22

### All-Ireland President's Junior Cup

* Winners: 2022-23

### Munster Youth Cup

* Winners: 1958-59, 2019-20