| Competition: | Women's National League |
| Season: | 2016 |
| Winners: | Shelbourne Ladies F.C. |
| Continentalcup1: | 2017–18 Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Shelbourne Ladies F.C. |
| League Topscorer: | Amber Barrett (Peamount United; 16 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Shelbourne 10–0 Kilkenny United (24 September 2016) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Kilkenny United 0–10 Peamount United (13 November 2016) |
| Matches: | 42 |
| Total Goals: | 170 |
| Prevseason: | 2015–16 |
| Nextseason: | 2017 |
| Updated: | 12 January 2017 |
The 2016 Women's National League is the sixth season of the Women's National League, the highest women's association football league in the Republic of Ireland. It is a reduced season, running from 6 August to 4 December 2016,[1] held prior to the introduction of single-year league seasons from 2017 onward.
On the second last matchday Shelbourne Ladies beat UCD Waves to secure their first Women's National League title.[2]
Castlebar Celtic did not return after withdrawing mid-season 2015/16.
| Team | Home town/suburb | Stadium | 15/16 finish | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th | ||||
| 4th | ||||
| 7th | ||||
| 5th | ||||
| Santry | 2nd | |||
| 3rd | ||||
| 1st |
| Award | Winner | Club |
|---|---|---|
| WNL Player of the Year | Shelbourne | |
| Young Player of the Year | Leanne Kiernan | Shelbourne |
| WNL Team of the Year | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper |  Amanda McQuillan (Shelbourne) | |||||||||||
| Defenders | Jetta Berrill (UCD Waves) | Pearl Slattery (Shelbourne) | Chloe Moloney (Galway) | Niamh Prior (UCD Waves) | ||||||||
| Midfielders | Karen Duggan (UCD Waves) | Roma McLaughlin (Peamount United) | Noelle Murray (Shelbourne) | Leanne Kiernan (Shelbourne) | ||||||||
| Forwards | Amber Barrett (Peamount United) | Siobhán Killeen (Shelbourne) | ||||||||||