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, Lee O'Connor, Jayson Molumby, and Timi Sobowale.
In April 2022, Villa beat Inchicore Athletic to qualify for the first round of the FAI Cup.

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".

Current squad

As of 2023/2024 season, the club's "premier" squad included:

Honours

FAI Junior Cup: 2021–22All-Ireland President's Junior Cup: 2022–23Munster Youth Cup: 1958–59, 2019–20Waterford and District Premier League: 2021–22, 2022–23Ardagh Cup: 1969-70, 1970-71, 2007-08