document_title: Republic of Ireland national football team

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text: Republic of Ireland national football team

text: History[edit]

text: Irish Free State (1924–1936)[edit]

text: Between 1882 and 1924, Ireland was represented by a single national football team organised by the Belfast-based Irish Football Association (IFA). In 1920, Ireland was partitioned into Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State (the latter in turn becoming Éire or Ireland after adopting a new Constitution in 1937, followed by declaring itself a republic in 1948.) Following the initial political upheavals surrounding Partition, a Dublin-based organisation calling itself the Football Association of the Irish Free State (FAIFS) split from the IFA in 1921 and began organising its own league and national football team.[4]

text: In 1923, the FAIFS was recognised by FIFA as the governing body of the Irish Free State[5] and at the 1924 Summer Olympics, the Irish Free State made their international debut. On 28 May, at the Stade Olympique, they beat Bulgaria 1–0, with Paddy Duncan scoring the team's first ever goal. As a result, they qualified for the quarter-finals.[6][7] On 14 June 1924, the Irish Free State made their home debut against the United States, who had embarked on a brief European tour after competing in the same Summer Olympics. Ed Brookes scored a hat-trick in a 3–1 home win at Dalymount Park.[8]

text: The Irish Free State did not play their next game until 21 March 1926, an away game against Italy lost 3–0. In subsequent years, the status of the Olympic Games football competition was downgraded and as a result, this game is widely regarded as the Irish Free State's first official game. On 25 February 1934, the Irish Free State made their FIFA World Cup debut, drawing 4–4 with Belgium at Dalymount Park in a 1934 FIFA World Cup qualifier. Paddy Moore scored all four of the Free State's goals and became the first player ever to score four goals in a World Cup game.[9]

text: Ireland (1937–1952)[edit]

text: After 1936, they reverted to the designation "Football Association of Ireland" and began to refer to their team as Éire or "Ireland". During this entire period, there were two Irish international football teams, chosen by two rival Associations. Both Associations, the Northern Ireland-based IFA and the Irish Free State-based FAI claimed jurisdiction over the whole of Ireland and considered themselves entitled to select players from the entire island. At least 38 dual internationals were selected to represent both teams,[10] however the overwhelming majority of these were Southerners who also agreed to play for the IFA team, with only a bare handful "crossing the border" in the other direction.

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A 2–0 win over England at Goodison Park on 21 September 1949 was the first time England suffered a home defeat by a team outside the Home Countries of Scotland, Wales and the Ireland team run by the Belfast-based Irish FA.
FIFA eventually intervened when both teams entered 1950 World Cup qualification, the first time they had entered the same competition. Four players – Tom Aherne, Reg Ryan, Davy Walsh, Con Martin – actually played for the two different teams in the same FIFA World Cup tournament.[11] All four players concerned had been born in the Irish Free State and made their full international debut in FAI colours before agreeing to represent the IFA team. This may have alarmed the FAI, since they subsequently lobbied FIFA to prevent the IFA from picking Southern-born players (as well as attempting to exert pressure on the players themselves, sometimes through their clubs). FIFA's response was to restrict the eligibility of players on the basis of the (political) border, further ruling in 1953 that neither team could be referred to as Ireland in competitions which both teams were eligible to enter; i.e., initially the FIFA World Cup and subsequently the European Nations Cup (now the UEFA European Football Championship). FIFA decreed that the FAI team officially be called the Republic of Ireland while the IFA team was to be named Northern Ireland.[12]

text: Republic of Ireland (1953–1968)[edit]

text: In 1953, FIFA renamed the team from "Ireland" to "Republic of Ireland". The 1958 World Cup qualifiers saw the Republic of Ireland drawn with England. In their home game against England, Alf Ringstead put the hosts 1–0 up before John Atyeo equalised in the last minute to salvage a 1–1 draw for England. Under the rules of the day, a win for the Republic of Ireland would have meant a play-off with England for a place in the World Cup.[9]

text: After reaching the quarter-finals of the 1964 European Nations' Cup, the Republic of Ireland were drawn to face Spain and Syria in 1966 World Cup qualifying. Despite Syria's withdrawal, this was still considered a qualifying group with the Irish winning 1–0 at home and losing 4–1 away. This meant a play-off at the Parc des Princes in Paris, which Spain won 1–0[13] Eamon Dunphy made his Ireland debut in this game.[13] The play-off was originally scheduled to take place at Wembley Stadium in London, home to a large Irish diaspora, but the FAI agreed with the Royal Spanish Football Federation to have the match moved to Paris, where a large Spanish diaspora lived.[14] The FAI was criticised for this move to boost revenue from gate receipts.[13]

text: In 1965, the Republic of Ireland team made history when selecting Manchester United full-back Shay Brennan for the senior national team. This was the first instance of a player born outside the Republic being selected to play for the national team due to having an Irish parent. Since then, many of the Republic's most prominent players have been born in England, including Mark Lawrenson, David O'Leary, John Aldridge, Tony Cascarino and David Kelly. A number of Scottish-born players, including Ray Houghton, have since represented the Republic due to having Irish parentage. The selection rules were later relaxed to allow for the selection of players with an Irish grandparent.

text: Wilderness (1969–1985)[edit]

text: In 1969, the FAI appointed Mick Meagan as the first permanent manager of the national side. His two years in charge were marked by exceptionally poor results, however with the team losing five out of six matches and gaining just one point in their 1970 World Cup qualification, and doing no better in the UEFA Euro 1972 qualifiers, leading to his dismissal. His replacement, Liam Tuohy, did a somewhat better in the 1974 qualification, and more importantly oversaw major improvements to the national team's training facilities and persuaded many English club sides to end their policies of not releasing Irish players for international games during the domestic season. Ultimately, however, the team still failed to qualify for the World Cup, and Tuohy resigned following a dispute over his wages. Johnny Giles became the side's first player-manager in the 1970s. This was followed by the debut of a young Liam Brady and results improved markedly.[15] The side missed out on the 1978 World Cup by two points, having defeated France at home during qualification. After a less than impressive performance at Euro 1980 qualifying, in which the team finished well behind group winners England and Northern Ireland, Giles resigned, saying that he had taken the national side as far as he could.[16]

text: Eoin Hand took over as manager for the 1982 World Cup qualifiers, and once more the Republic of Ireland narrowly missed out on qualification, this time on goal difference behind France, whom they had defeated at home once more. Disappointing qualifying campaigns for both Euro 1984 and the 1986 World Cup followed, ending Hand's time in charge.

text: The Charlton years (1986–1995)[edit]

text: In 1986, the Republic of Ireland appointed Jack Charlton, a top rated English manager who had been part of England's World Cup-winning side of 1966. During the 1970s, he had developed Middlesbrough into a side which provided many players to the dominant Liverpool team of the time.

text: After taking charge of the Republic of Ireland, Charlton influenced changes in the national side which resulted in arguably the most successful period of its history, qualifying for two World Cups and a European Championship.[17]

text: Ireland's first appearance at a major finals tournament came in Euro 1988. With Ireland's fixtures already complete, Qualification was secured through Gary Mackay's 87th-minute goal in Sofia when Scotland beat Bulgaria 1–0. The Scottish win left Ireland top of the group.[18] In the finals in West Germany, Ireland beat England 1–0 in Stuttgart with a header from Ray Houghton; drew 1–1 with the Soviet Union in Hannover, with Ronnie Whelan the scorer; and lost to eventual champions the Netherlands 1–0 in Gelsenkirchen, coming within seven minutes of a draw that would have meant a semi-final place.[19]

text: The Republic of Ireland's longest competitive winning streak was achieved in 1989 during the 1990 World Cup qualifying campaign. Five games against Spain, Northern Ireland, Hungary and Malta twice, were all wins for the Irish. Subsequently, the side made it to the 1990 World Cup in Italy. Three draws in the group stage against England, Egypt and the Netherlands was enough to make the knockout stage. Virtually the entire country watched as they beat Romania on penalties, with Packie Bonner making a vital save and David O'Leary scoring the decisive spot-kick. Ireland were then beaten 1–0 by hosts Italy in the quarter-final at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. During the tournament, the team had an audience with Pope John Paul II, the only team to do so.[20]

text: After missing out on Euro 1992 (despite being unbeaten in qualifying), the Republic of Ireland qualified for the 1994 World Cup, held in the United States. In their first match, they beat the previous World Cup hosts and third-place finishers, Italy, 1–0 in their opening game at Giants Stadium just outside New York City, but lost to Mexico 2–1 at the Citrus Bowl in the heat and humidity of Orlando, Florida. They ended the group stage with a 0–0 draw with Norway at Giants Stadium, in East Rutherford, New Jersey. With these results, they made it to the second round, eventually losing 2–0 to the Netherlands in Orlando. In 1996, Ireland finished second behind Portugal in Euro 1996 qualifying's Group 6, but narrowly missed out on Euro 1996 after losing 2–0 in a play-off, played at Anfield between the two worst group runners-up, to the Netherlands (the other worst runner-up), with Patrick Kluivert scoring both goals to send his team through.[13] It was Jack Charlton's final game as manager.[13]

text: Mick McCarthy era (1996–2002)[edit]

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Charlton was replaced by Mick McCarthy but Ireland still missed out on the next two major tournaments. Ireland just managed to finish second to Romania in their 1998 World Cup qualification campaign after Tony Cascarino scored a late goal to win the away match with Lithuania.[13] A play-off with Belgium followed, with the match at Lansdowne Road finishing in a 1–1 draw, the match in Belgium finishing 2–1 to the home team and substitute David Connolly being sent off in the latter, preventing Ireland from progressing to the 1998 World Cup.[21]
[13] FIFA awarded the FIFA Fair Play Award for 1997 to the Irish supporters "for their exemplary behaviour at Ireland team matches, especially the FIFA World Cup qualifying play-offs against Belgium".[22] Ireland's opponents in UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 8 were Yugoslavia, Croatia, Malta and Macedonia.[13] Macedonia scored a last-minute equaliser that denied Ireland top spot in the group; instead, they faced Turkey in a play-off to decide which team would participate in Euro 2000.[13] The match in Dublin finished in a 1–1 draw, although Turkey qualified through the away goals rule after a 0–0 draw, at the end of which Tony Cascarino became involved in a fight and retired from international football.[13][23]

text: Ireland took on both Portugal and the Netherlands in 2002 World Cup qualifiers in UEFA's Group 2, ending the group in second place with 24 points from 10 matches (seven victories and three draws).[13] Despite this unbeaten run, Ireland were drawn in a play-off with Iran. The match in Dublin finished in a 2–0 victory to Ireland with goals from Ian Harte (penalty) and Robbie Keane, while the match in Tehran, played in front of 100,000 spectators, finished in a 1–0 win for Iran.[13] McCarthy thus managed to lead Ireland to the 2002 World Cup final stages, though only for the team to lose inspirational captain Roy Keane due to the pair's infamous public spat in Saipan.[24] 1–1 draws with Cameroon and Germany were followed by a 3–0 victory over Saudi Arabia in Group E.[25][26][27] The Irish once again progressed to the knockout stage, only losing narrowly 3–2 on penalties to Spain in Suwon after Robbie Keane's last minute equalising penalty kick forced the game into extra-time.[28]

text: Decline (2003–2007)[edit]

text: After a poor start to qualifying for Euro 2004, McCarthy was replaced by Brian Kerr, but he too struggled to guide the side to the tournament or the subsequent 2006 World Cup in Germany, and was ultimately sacked in October 2005.[29][30] Kerr was replaced by Steve Staunton (assisted by Bobby Robson in the position of "international football consultant") in January 2006.[31] Under Staunton, results varied widely but the team still failed to qualify for Euro 2008 and Staunton lost the position in October 2007.[32] His reign included a humiliating 5–2 defeat to Cyprus during the qualifiers' Group D, one of the worst defeats in the team's history.[33]

text: The Trapattoni years (2008–2013)[edit]

text: Giovanni Trapattoni was appointed manager in February 2008 following a spell with assistant coach Don Givens in charge.[34] Trapattoni went through all ten first round 2010 World Cup qualifying games unbeaten, winning four of the ten games.[35] Ireland lost out on a place in the finals, however, after a controversial, narrow loss to France in the play-offs. Ireland went down 0–1 in the first leg, and lost 2–1 on aggregate, with William Gallas scoring a controversial goal in extra time in the second leg after Thierry Henry had handled the ball before crossing for Gallas to score.[36] This followed another controversy over FIFA's last-minute decision to seed the play-off draw.[37]

text: In 2011, Ireland hosted and won the inaugural Nations Cup with wins against Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland without conceding a goal.[38]

text: In their Euro 2012 qualifying group, Ireland finished second, losing only the home fixture against Russia. They thus reached the play-offs and were drawn against Estonia, whom they beat 5–1 on aggregate. Euro 2012 was Ireland's first major tournament since 2002, but in Group C they lost all three matches, against Croatia, Spain and Italy. UEFA, however, announced a special award for the fans of the Irish team, who notably sang in the last few minutes against Spain, despite trailing 4–0.[39]

text: Ireland were drawn in Group C of UEFA's 2014 World Cup qualification alongside Germany, Sweden, Austria, the Faroe Islands and Kazakhstan.[40] On 12 October, Ireland suffered their largest ever competitive home defeat, 6–1 against Germany, at the Aviva Stadium. Ireland then lost against Sweden and Austria in early September 2013, effectively ending the qualification campaign, and Giovanni Trapattoni resigned as team manager the following day.[41] Noel King was appointed interim senior manager on 23 September 2013 following his resignation.

text: On 5 November 2013, the FAI announced that Martin O'Neill would be Trapattoni's replacement as manager, with former team captain Roy Keane as his assistant. They assumed their roles when the team met on 11 November where they won against Latvia 3–0 and drew against Poland 0–0.[1]

text: Recent history (2014–present)[edit]

text: For the Euro 2016 qualification phase, the Republic of Ireland were drawn in Group D against Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Poland and Scotland.[42] The team played against Gibraltar for the first time, beating them 7–0, and scored an away draw against World Cup champions, Germany, a few days later in October 2014.[43]

text: On 8 October 2015, the Republic of Ireland beat world champions Germany 1-0 in a Euro 2016 qualifier at the Aviva Stadium. Shane Long scored the game's only goal with an excellent finish[44] in the 70th minute, rewarding the Republic of Ireland's impressive defensive display.[45] The result, hailed as one of the Republic of Ireland's greatest,[46] guaranteed[47] the Republic of Ireland a play-off place at least, with hopes of automatic qualification still a reality going into the final group game against Poland in Warsaw.[48] A win, or a draw of 2–2 or more,[47] would guarantee at least second place in the group and ensure automatic qualification[49] for the finals in France. The Republic of Ireland, however, lost 2–1,[50] thus entering them into the play-offs.[51]

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The draw for the Euro 2016 Play-off was held in Nyon, Switzerland, on 18 October 2015.[52] Ireland were unseeded in the draw, meaning they could face one of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, Sweden or Hungary.[53] Ireland were drawn against Bosnia and Herzegovina, the top seeded team in the play-off.[54] The only previous meeting between the teams resulted in a 1–0 win for the Republic of Ireland in a friendly in 2012, Shane Long scoring the game's only goal.[55]
Owing to injuries and suspensions, Ireland had only the "B" squad available for the first leg of the play-off, played in Bilino Polje Stadium. A goal from Robbie Brady almost secured a victory for the Irish until Edin Džeko equalized 1–1 to end off the match. In the second leg played at the Aviva Stadium, Jonathan Walters scored two goals leading to a 2–0 victory for the Irish. In the end, Ireland won the play-off 3–1 on aggregate, qualifying them for Euro 2016.

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At the tournament's final stages in France, Ireland were drawn into Group E against Italy, Belgium and Sweden. In their opener at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Paris, Wes Hoolahan scored the opener with a spectacular half-volley off a Séamus Coleman cross, but Sweden equalised after Ciaran Clark headed into his own net attempting to clear a cross from Zlatan Ibrahimović, leading to a 1–1 draw. At the Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux against Belgium, the Belgians cruised to a 3–0 victory after two goals from Romelu Lukaku and one from Axel Witsel, leaving Ireland needing to win their final match against Italy to qualify for the knockout stage. Against Italy at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, Lille, Ireland played strongly but were five minutes plus stoppage time away from elimination when Robbie Brady headed in Hoolahan's cross. The Republic held on to win 1–0, sending Ireland through as one of the four best third-place teams. On 26 June, Ireland played France in the round of 16 in Lyon.[56]
Ireland took the lead in the match with an early penalty from Robbie Brady, but France went on to win 2–1 to advance to the quarter-finals.[57]

text: The 2018 World Cup qualification draw took place on 25 July 2015 when the team were drawn in Group D against Austria, Georgia, Moldova, Serbia and Wales.[58]

text: Ireland started qualifying well with a well-fought 2-2 draw away to Serbia preceding two impressive victories over Georgia and Moldova.

text: On 12 November 2016, Ireland beat Austria in Vienna to go top of the 2018 World Cup qualifying group. However, a run of three draws against Wales, Austria and Georgia followed by a devastating 1-0 loss at home to Serbia looked to have diminished any chances of the Republic of Ireland qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The Republic of Ireland were soon back on form however after securing a 2-0 victory at home to Moldova thanks to a brace from Daryl Murphy.[59]

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On 9 October 2017, Ireland defeated Wales 1–0 in Cardiff to qualify for the qualification play-offs after a James McClean goal fired Ireland to second place in the group.[60]
They went on to play Denmark in the play-offs.[61]

text: In the first leg of the play-offs on 11 November, Ireland drew 0–0 against Denmark in Copenhagen.[62] In the second leg on 14 November in Dublin, Ireland lost 5–1 to Denmark after taking the lead in the game. Shane Duffy’s early header looked to have given the Republic of Ireland hope in qualifying for their first World Cup since 2002, however, a Cyrus Christie own goal, a Christian Eriksen hat-trick and a late Nicklas Bendtner penalty shattered Irish dreams.[63]

text: Team image[edit]

text: Kits[edit]

text: Traditionally, the team has played in a home strip of green shirt, white shorts and green socks. The second strip is usually the reverse of these colours, although there have been exceptions, such as an orange shirt in the late 1990s. Squad numbers are either white with an orange trim, on the home shirts, or green with an orange trim. The FAI logo appears at the bottom of the numbering.

text: A limited edition grey shirt was used just once, in a match against Wales on 17 November 2007.[64] A black jersey with a green stripe across the chest was worn in the final game of the 2011 Nations Cup against Scotland and in a friendly against Italy in Liège, Belgium.[65][66]

text: The previous kit was supplied by Umbro since 1994. In March 2009, Umbro signed a deal with the FAI to keep them as kit suppliers to the team until 2020.[67] However New Balance have been kit suppliers since August 2017.

text: Kit sponsorship[edit]

text:
Kit supplier

Period

Notes

 Adidas
1980s-1994

 Umbro
1994–2017

 New Balance
2017–present

text: Kit evolution[edit]

text: Home

text:
Classic

1978–83

1983–84

1984–85

1985

1988

1990[68]

1994

1996

1998

2002[69]

2004

2006

2012

2014

2016

text: Away

text:
1990

1994

2002

2010

2012[70]

2013

2014

2016

2017

text: Home stadium and other venues[edit]

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Since the 1980s, most home matches have been played at Lansdowne Road, Dublin, the national rugby stadium owned by the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU). The ground was closed for redevelopment in 2007, with the replacement ground, the Aviva Stadium, opening on 14 May 2010. The first football match in the Aviva was Manchester United against a League of Ireland XI side, managed by Damien Richardson, on 4 August 2010.[43] Manchester United won the game 7–1, with Park Ji-Sung scoring the first ever goal in the Aviva Stadium.[71] Aviva Stadium is jointly owned by the IRFU and FAI, although it will return to solely IRFU ownership on expiry of the current 60-year lease.[72] The first football international played at Lansdowne Road by a FAI team was a friendly against Italy in 1971 (an IFA team first played in 1878 against England[73]); a 5–0 victory over San Marino in a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group D match on 15 November 2006 was the last game there before the reconstruction.[74]
The all-seater capacity of Lansdowne Road prior to the renovation was 36,000, although higher attendances, using the standing only areas, were permitted for friendly matches. The Aviva Stadium's status as an all-seater increased capacity for competitive games to 51,700. The opening game at the Aviva Stadium, a controversial 1–0 friendly defeat to Argentina, was noted for Robbie Keane securing his membership in the FIFA Century Club and manager Giovanni Trapattoni's absence due to surgery, with assistant manager Marco Tardelli taking charge.[75][76]

text: With the announcement of the rebuilding of Lansdowne Road, a new venue was required to stage the Republic of Ireland's home internationals. The only stadium in Ireland deemed suitable to stage international football was the 84,500 capacity Croke Park, home of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). To accommodate this, the GAA temporarily relaxed its rule governing the playing of "foreign" games on its property. Initially, four UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group D matches were played at Croke Park in 2007, resulting in two wins and two draws.[77] The GAA initially agreed to allow the FAI use until the end of 2008, and later extended the permission until the completion of Aviva Stadium. The Hill 16 end of Croke Park is a terrace, which means like Lansdowne Road before it, the capacity of the stadium was reduced to around 74,500 for competitive matches as temporary seating must be used.

text: Prior to the 1980s, the Republic of Ireland played most home games at Dalymount Park, home of Bohemians, but progressively more games were played at Lansdowne Road following a safety review which reduced Dalymount's capacity. The last international match played there was against Morocco in 1990. The Republic of Ireland have also played home matches in Tolka Park (twice) and the RDS Arena in Dublin as well at the Mardyke and Flower Lodge grounds in Cork. These games in Cork were, until 2009, the only two home Irish internationals played outside of Dublin. During the construction of the Aviva Stadium, two friendly games were played in Thomond Park, Limerick, in 2009.[78][79] Two further friendlies were played in the RDS Arena in May 2010.[80][81] Ireland played a friendly against Belarus in Cork's 7,000 capacity Turners Cross stadium in May 2016.[82]

text: Media coverage[edit]

text: Ireland matches are broadcast by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), Sky Sports, and Setanta Ireland. Sky Sports shows most of Irelands friendly matches, while RTÉ shows competitive games such as World Cup and European Championship qualifiers.[83][not in citation given] RTÉ briefly lost its broadcast rights in 2002 when the FAI controversially sold them in a multi-million deal to Sky Sports, a subscription based satellite channel.[84] The decision was criticised by fans and politicians,[85][86] and the Consumers' Association of Ireland (CAI) described the FAI as "greedy".[87] The FAI was eventually forced to reverse its decision and to allow RTÉ to continue its broadcasts after the government intervened to stop the sale of important Irish sporting events to non-terrestrial television broadcasters.[88] RTÉ will hold the rights until 2018.[89]

text: Selection and nationality issues[edit]

text: The selection[90][91][92] of young Northern Irish born players, especially those who have already represented Northern Ireland at youth level, into Republic of Ireland national teams has been controversial,[93] as these players are able to claim Irish nationality even though born and brought up outside the Republic's territory. This has led to accusations of unfairness and predatory behaviour.[94][95] In Northern Ireland it is seen by Northern Ireland supporters as having the effect of dividing international football in their country along sectarian lines, whereby Nationalists will declare for the Republic of Ireland while Unionists continue to play for Northern Ireland.[96] It has also been argued that it is actually the sectarian divisions, which already existed in Northern Irish football, that are a factor in a number of players switching to the Republic.[97][98] Traditionally, those in the North who identify as Irish, predominantly Catholics and nationalists, support the Republic of Ireland team.[99]

text: Staff[edit]

text: The senior men's management team includes:[100]

text:
Position

Name

Appointed

Manager

 Martin O'Neill

[1]

Assistant manager

 Roy Keane

5 November 2013[1]

Assistant coach

 Steve Walford

[100]

Assistant coach

 Steve Guppy

[100]

Goalkeeping coach

 Jim McDonagh

8 November 2013[101][100]

High Performance Director

 Ruud Dokter

5 April 2013 (commenced 1 August)[102][103]

text: Squad[edit]

text: Current squad[edit]

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The following 26 players were called up for the friendlies against France and United States on 28 May and 2 June 2018.[104]
Caps and goals updated as of 2 June 2018 after the match against United States.

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No.

Pos.

Player

Date of birth (age)

Caps

Goals

Club

1

1GK

Colin Doyle

 (1985-06-12) 12 June 1985 (age 33)

4

0

 Heart of Midlothian

16

1GK

Conor O'Malley

 (1994-08-01) 1 August 1994 (age 24)

0

0

 Peterborough United

23

1GK

Shane Supple

 (1987-05-04) 4 May 1987 (age 31)

0

0

 Bohemians

26

2DF

John O'Shea RET

 (1981-04-30) 30 April 1981 (age 37)

118

3

 Reading

2

2DF

Séamus Coleman (captain)

 (1988-10-11) 11 October 1988 (age 29)

46

1

 Everton

5

2DF

Shane Duffy

 (1992-01-01) 1 January 1992 (age 26)

20

2

 Brighton & Hove Albion

21

2DF

Kevin Long

 (1990-08-18) 18 August 1990 (age 27)

7

0

 Burnley

7

2DF

Greg Cunningham

 (1991-01-31) 31 January 1991 (age 27)

4

0

 Cardiff City

4

2DF

Declan Rice

 (1999-01-14) 14 January 1999 (age 19)

3

0

 West Ham United

3

2DF

Matt Doherty

 (1992-01-16) 16 January 1992 (age 26)

2

0

 Wolverhampton Wanderers

10

2DF

John Egan

 (1992-10-20) 20 October 1992 (age 25)

2

0

 Sheffield United

12

2DF

Darragh Lenihan

 (1994-03-16) 16 March 1994 (age 24)

1

0

 Blackburn Rovers

20

2DF

Enda Stevens

 (1990-07-09) 9 July 1990 (age 28)

1

0

 Sheffield United

17

2DF

Derrick Williams

 (1993-01-17) 17 January 1993 (age 25)

1

0

 Blackburn Rovers

11

3MF

James McClean

 (1989-04-22) 22 April 1989 (age 29)

60

10

 Stoke City

13

3MF

Jeff Hendrick

 (1992-01-31) 31 January 1992 (age 26)

40

1

 Burnley

18

3MF

David Meyler

 (1989-05-29) 29 May 1989 (age 29)

26

0

 Reading

22

3MF

Harry Arter

 (1989-12-28) 28 December 1989 (age 28)

13

0

 Cardiff City

8

3MF

Callum O'Dowda

 (1995-04-23) 23 April 1995 (age 23)

10

0

 Bristol City

3MF

Eunan O'Kane

 (1990-07-10) 10 July 1990 (age 28)

7

0

 Leeds United

6

3MF

Alan Judge

 (1988-11-11) 11 November 1988 (age 29)

4

1

 Brentford

15

3MF

Daryl Horgan

 (1992-08-10) 10 August 1992 (age 26)

4

0

 Hibernian

14

3MF

Alan Browne

 (1995-04-15) 15 April 1995 (age 23)

3

0

 Preston North End

25

3MF

Shaun Williams

 (1986-10-19) 19 October 1986 (age 31)

1

0

 Millwall

9

4FW

Shane Long

 (1987-01-22) 22 January 1987 (age 31)

81

17

 Southampton

19

4FW

Jonathan Walters

 (1983-09-20) 20 September 1983 (age 34)

53

14

 Burnley

24

4FW

Graham Burke

 (1993-09-21) 21 September 1993 (age 24)

2

1

 Preston North End

text: Recent call-ups[edit]

text:
The following players have been selected by the Republic of Ireland in the past 12 months, but were not selected in the final squad for the play-off games against Denmark in November 2017, or withdrew from that squad due to injury or suspension.
[105][106]
[107][108][109][110][111][112][113]

text:
Pos.

Player

Date of birth (age)

Caps

Goals

Club

Latest call-up

GK

Aaron McCarey

 (1992-01-14) 14 January 1992 (age 26)

0

0

unattached

v.  Turkey, 23 March 2018

GK

Kieran O'Hara

 (1996-04-22) 22 April 1996 (age 22)

0

0

 Manchester United

v.  Turkey, 23 March 2018

GK

Darren Randolph

 (1987-05-12) 12 May 1987 (age 31)

28

0

 Middlesbrough

v.  Denmark, 14 November 2017

GK

Keiren Westwood

 (1984-10-23) 23 October 1984 (age 33)

21

0

 Sheffield Wednesday

v.  Denmark, 14 November 2017

GK

Rob Elliot

 (1986-04-30) 30 April 1986 (age 32)

4

0

 Newcastle United

v.  Wales, 9 October 2017

DF

Ciaran Clark

 (1989-09-26) 26 September 1989 (age 28)

31

2

 Newcastle United

v.  Turkey, 23 March 2018

DF

Cyrus Christie

 (1992-09-30) 30 September 1992 (age 25)

17

2

 Fulham

v.  Turkey, 23 March 2018

DF

Alex Pearce

 (1988-11-09) 9 November 1988 (age 29)

9

2

 Derby County

v.  Turkey, 23 March 2018

DF

Stephen Ward

 (1985-08-20) 20 August 1985 (age 32)

49

3

 Burnley

v.  Denmark, 11 November 2017

DF

Paul McShane

 (1986-01-06) 6 January 1986 (age 32)

33

0

 Reading

v.  Denmark, 11 November 2017

DF

Richard Keogh

 (1986-08-11) 11 August 1986 (age 32)

17

1

 Derby County

v.  Wales, 9 October 2017

MF

Conor Hourihane

 (1991-02-02) 2 February 1991 (age 27)

5

0

 Aston Villa

v.  Turkey, 23 March 2018

MF

Glenn Whelan

 (1984-01-13) 13 January 1984 (age 34)

84

2

 Aston Villa

v.  Denmark, 11 November 2017

MF

Aiden McGeady

 (1986-04-04) 4 April 1986 (age 32)

93

5

 Sunderland

v.  Denmark, 11 November 2017

MF

Wes Hoolahan RET

 (1982-05-20) 20 May 1982 (age 36)

43

3

unattached

v.  Denmark, 11 November 2017

MF

Robbie Brady

 (1992-01-14) 14 January 1992 (age 26)

39

7

 Burnley

v.  Denmark, 11 November 2017

MF

Jonny Hayes

 (1987-07-09) 9 July 1987 (age 31)

4

0

 Celtic

v.  Serbia, 5 September 2017

FW

Seán Maguire

 (1994-05-01) 1 May 1994 (age 24)

2

0

 Preston North End

v.  Turkey, 23 March 2018

FW

Scott Hogan

 (1992-04-13) 13 April 1992 (age 26)

1

0

 Aston Villa

v.  Turkey, 23 March 2018

FW

Daryl Murphy RET

 (1983-03-15) 15 March 1983 (age 35)

32

3

 Nottingham Forest

v.  Denmark, 11 November 2017

text: Previous squads[edit]

text:
FIFA World Cup squads

1990 FIFA World Cup squad
1994 FIFA World Cup squad
2002 FIFA World Cup squad

UEFA European Football Championship squads

UEFA Euro 1988 squad
UEFA Euro 2012 squad
UEFA Euro 2016 squad

text: Competitive record[edit]

text: FIFA World Cup[edit]

text: Ireland Competed as "Irish Free State". Paddy Moore (v. Belgium) became the first player anywhere to score 4 goals in a World Cup match. For the 1950 World Cup, after three qualified teams withdrew, FIFA invited the FAI to compete as a replacement, however they declined.[114] During qualification for the 1962 World Cup, it was the only qualifying tournament in which the team had a 0% record. During qualification for the 1966 World Cup, Ireland reached their first playoff against Spain. Goal difference did not count, so a playoff was played at the Stade Colombes, Paris, and Ireland failed to progress. Ireland almost qualified but lost on goal difference to France in a tough and tight group. Fans lamented some controversial refereeing decisions[115]

text: For the 1990 World Cup, Ireland reached the quarter finals of the tournament for the first time in their history. It was Ireland's first ever participation in a FIFA World Cup. Ireland played England in the first drawing 1–1.[116] Ireland drew the next two matches but ultimately qualified for the knockout stages where they played Romania. The match ended 0–0 and Ireland won on penalties 5–4 which sent Ireland into the quarter-final showdown against the tournament host Italy.  There Ireland lost 1–0 via a Salvatore Schillaci goal in the 38th minute that sent the Irish out of the competition.

text: In 1994, Ireland participated in their second consecutive World Cup.[117] This time they were drawn with Mexico, Norway and Italy. Ireland won their first game against Italy which was the first time Ireland had won a World Cup match and their first ever victory over Italy with a spectacular goal from Ray Houghton. Ireland lost against Mexico in the second group match and drew with Norway but still made to the knockout phase where they faced the Netherlands. Ireland lost 2–0.

text: For the 1998 qualification campaign, Ireland scraped into the playoffs largely due to Tony Cascarino's seven goals in ten games. They lost in the playoff against Belgium, drawing 1–1 in the first leg then losing 2–1 in the second leg.[118] Although for next campaign Ireland were drawn with two big European nations, the Netherlands, Portugal. Ireland went the whole campaign unbeaten, beating the Netherlands 1–0 in the process courtesy of a Jason McAteer goal that helped Ireland qualify.[119]

text: At the start of the tournament, captain Roy Keane and manager Mick McCarthy where involved in a "bust up" and Keane was sent home. Despite this, McCarthy did not call up a replacement and continued with 22 players. Ireland drew in their first match against Cameroon and in their second match they drew again against the tournaments runner up Germany. In Ireland's final group match, they defeated Saudi Arabia, their second ever victory in a World Cup and progressed them to the round of 16. Ireland met Spain and lost in penalty shootout.[120]

text: With failure to qualify for the 2006 World Cup, Ireland reached a playoff against France for a place at the 2010 World Cup.[121]

text: France's Thierry Henry's handball stirred international controversy after the move set up William Gallas to score in extra-time of the second leg of the playoff; the referee did not notice and allowed the goal to stand, leading to widespread media controversy, protests at the French embassy in Dublin and comments from senior government officials from both countries.[122][123][124]

text:
FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup qualification record

Year

Round

Position

Pld

W

D*

L

GF

GA

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

Position

 1930

Did not enter

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

 1934

Did not qualify

2

0

1

1

6

9

3/3

 1938

2

0

1

1

5

6

2/2

 1950

4

1

1

2

6

7

2/3

 1954

4

2

0

2

8

6

2/3

 1958

4

2

1

1

6

7

2/3

 1962

4

0

0

4

3

17

3/3

 1966

3

1

0

2

2

5

Lost Playoff

 1970

6

0

1

5

3

14

4/4

 1974

4

1

1

2

4

5

2/3

 1978

4

1

1

2

2

4

3/3

 1982

8

4

2

2

17

11

3/5

 1986

8

2

2

4

5

10

4/5

 1990

Quarter-finals

8th

5

0

4

1

2

3

8

5

2

1

10

2

2/5

 1994

Round of 16

15th

4

1

1

2

2

4

12

7

4

1

19

6

2/7

 1998

Did not qualify

12

5

4

3

24

11

2/6 Lost Playoff

  2002

Round of 16

12th

4

1

3

0

6

3

12

8

3

1

25

6

2/6 Won Playoff

 2006

Did not qualify

10

4

5

1

12

5

4/6

 2010

12

4

7

1

13

10

2/6 Lost Playoff

 2014

10

4

2

4

16

17

4/6

 2018

12

5

5

2

13

11

2/6 Lost Playoff

 2022

To be determined

To be determined

   2026

Total

Quarter-finals

3/21

13

2

8

3

10

10

141

56

43

42

199

169

text:
showFIFA World Cup history

Year
Round
Score
Result
Republic of Ireland scorers

1990

Round 1
 Republic of Ireland 1 – 1  England
Draw
Kevin Sheedy  73'

Round 1
 Republic of Ireland 1 – 1  Netherlands
Draw
Niall Quinn  71'

Round 1
 Republic of Ireland 0 – 0  Egypt
Draw

Round 2
 Republic of Ireland 0(5) – 0(4)  Romania
Draw

Quarter-finals
 Republic of Ireland 0 – 1  Italy
Loss

1994

Round 1
 Republic of Ireland 1 – 0  Italy
Win
Ray Houghton  11'

Round 1
 Republic of Ireland 1 – 2  Mexico
Loss
John Aldridge  84'

Round 1
 Republic of Ireland 0 – 0  Norway
Draw

Round 2
 Republic of Ireland 0 – 2  Netherlands
Loss

2002

Round 1
 Republic of Ireland 1 – 1  Cameroon
Draw
Matt Holland  52'

Round 1
 Republic of Ireland 1 – 1  Germany
Draw
Robbie Keane  90+2'

Round 1
 Republic of Ireland 3 – 0  Saudi Arabia
Win
Robbie Keane  7'  Gary Breen  61'  Damien Duff  87'

Round 2
 Republic of Ireland 1(2) – 1(3)  Spain
Draw
Robbie Keane  90' (pen.)

text: UEFA European Championship[edit]

text: Ireland reached the quarter finals of the 1964 European Nations Cup.[125]

text: Ireland did not qualify for a European Championship until Euro 1988. On 12 June 1988 in Stuttgart, the Irish team took to the pitch in its first match at a major championship finals against England. Ray Houghton of Liverpool scored the only goal of the match as Ireland recorded a memorable and historic victory.[126] The game is fondly remembered in Irish folklore through the song "Joxer goes to Stuttgart" by Irish folk legend Christy Moore.[127] Ireland took on the former Soviet Union next and took the lead late in the first half via a spectacular volley from Liverpool's Ronnie Whelan. Unfortunately for both Whelan and Ireland the lead was cancelled out midway through the second half by Oleh Protasov as the match ended in a 1–1 draw.[128] In their final match, Ireland lost out to the Netherlands 1–0.

text: It was not until 2011 that Ireland clinched a place at another European Championship, qualifying for Euro 2012 with a 5–1 aggregate victory over Estonia.[129] At the tournament itself, however, Ireland lost all three of its matches and conceded nine goals, the nation's worst performance in a major tournament to date.[130]

text: Ireland qualified to Euro 2016 following a play-off victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina.[131] In the group stages they drew 1–1 with Sweden, having initially taken the lead through a Wes Hoolahan strike, before being beaten 3–0 by Belgium in the following game. However, a 1–0 victory over Italy in their final game, courtesy of a late header from Robbie Brady, earned the side a spot in the round of 16, the first time the team had ever advanced from the group stage at a European Championship. In the round of 16, Ireland faced the hosts France and, after taking an early lead through a Brady penalty, were beaten 2–1.[132]

text:
Championship record

UEFA European Championship qualifying record

Year

Round

Position

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

Position

 1960

Did not qualify

2

1

0

1

2

4

Preliminary round

 1964

6

2

2

2

9

12

Quarter-finals

 1968

6

2

1

3

5

8

3/4

 1972

6

0

1

5

3

17

4/4

 1976

6

3

1

2

11

5

2/4

 1980

8

2

3

3

9

8

3/5

 1984

8

4

1

3

20

10

3/5

 1988[133]

Group stage

5th

3

1

1

1

2

2

8

4

3

1

10

5

1/5

 1992

Did not qualify

6

2

4

0

13

6

2/4

 1996

11

5

2

4

17

13

2/6 Lost Playoff

  2000

10

5

3

2

15

7

2/5 Lost Playoff

 2004

8

3

2

3

10

11

3/5

  2008

12

4

5

3

17

14

3/7

  2012[134]

Group stage

16th

3

0

0

3

1

9

12

7

4

1

20

8

2/6 Won Playoff

 2016

Round of 16

15th

4

1

1

2

3

6

12

6

4

2

22

8

3/6 Won Playoff

 2020

To be determined

To be determined

Total

Round of 16

3/15

10

2

2

6

6

17

113

46

33

34

166

132

text:
showUEFA Euro history

Year
Round
Score
Result
Republic of Ireland scorers

1988

Round 1
 Republic of Ireland 1 – 0  England
Win
Ray Houghton  6'

Round 1
 Republic of Ireland 1 – 1  Soviet Union
Draw
Ronnie Whelan  38'

Round 1
 Republic of Ireland 0 – 1  Netherlands
Loss

2012

Round 1
 Republic of Ireland 1 – 3  Croatia
Loss
Sean St Ledger  19'

Round 1
 Spain 4 – 0  Republic of Ireland
Loss

Round 1
 Italy 2 – 0  Republic of Ireland
Loss

2016

Round 1
 Republic of Ireland 1 – 1  Sweden
Draw
Wes Hoolahan  48'

Round 1
 Belgium 3 – 0  Republic of Ireland
Loss

Round 1
 Italy 0 – 1  Republic of Ireland
Win
Robbie Brady  85'

Round of 16
 France 2 – 1  Republic of Ireland
Loss
Robbie Brady  2'

text: Other tournaments[edit]

text:
Year

Position

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

 1924 Olympics
5th
2
1
0
1
2
2

 1948 Olympics
17th
1
0
0
1
1
3

 1972 Brazil Independence Cup
13th
4
2
0
2
7
7

 1984 Kirin Cup
2nd
4
1
2
1
2
2

 1986 Iceland Triangular Tournament
1st
2
2
0
0
3
1

 1992 U.S. Cup
3rd
3
1
0
2
3
5

 1996 U.S. Cup
2nd
3
1
1
1
6
4

 2000 U.S. Cup
2nd
3
1
2
0
5
4

 2004 Unity Cup
2nd
2
1
0
1
1
3

 2011 Celtic Nations Cup
1st
3
3
0
0
9
0

Total

24
13
3
8
38
29

text: Opponents[edit]

text: The team's head-to-head records against all 78 nations whom they have played to date, including friendly internationals:[135] Three of these teams no longer exist (Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia), so Ireland have played against 76 of the 211 FIFA members: 50 UEFA, 8 CONMEBOL, 7 CAF, 6 CONCACAF and 5 AFC members as of 1 September 2016.[136] The only UEFA members against whom Ireland have not played are: Azerbaijan, Kosovo, Slovenia and Ukraine.

text: As of  23 March 2018[update].

text:
showAgainst

Region

P

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Win %

First match

Last match

 Albania
UEFA
4
3
1
0
6
2
+4
75%
26 May 1992
2003-06-07

 Algeria
CAF
2
1
0
1
3
2
+1
50%
28 April 1982
2010-05-29

 Andorra
UEFA
4
4
0
0
11
2
+9
100%
28 March 2001
2011-10-07

 Argentina
CONMEBOL
4
0
0
4
0
5
−5
0%
13 May 1951
2010-08-11

 Armenia
UEFA
2
2
0
0
3
1
+2
100%
3 September 2010
2011-10-11

 Australia
AFC
2
1
0
1
2
4
−2
50%
19 August 2003
2009-08-12

 Austria
UEFA
16
3
4
9
19
37
−18
18.75%
7 May 1952
2017-06-11

 Belarus
UEFA
1
0
0
1
1
2
−1
0%
31 May 2016
2016-05-31

 Belgium
UEFA
15
4
5
6
24
28
−4
26.67%
12 February 1928
2016-06-18

 Bolivia
CONMEBOL
3
2
1
0
5
1
+4
66.67%
24 May 1994
2007-05-26

 Bosnia and Herzegovina
UEFA
3
2
1
0
4
1
+3
66.67%
26 May 2012
2015-11-16

 Brazil
CONMEBOL
6
1
1
4
2
12
−10
16.67%
5 May 1974
2010-03-02

 Bulgaria
UEFA
10
3
4
3
11
8
+3
30%
28 May 1924
2009-06-06

 Cameroon
CAF
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0%
1 June 2002
2002-06-01

 Canada
CONCACAF
1
1
0
0
3
0
+3
100%
18 November 2003
2003-11-18

 Chile
CONMEBOL
6
2
1
3
6
6
0
33.33%
30 March 1960
2006-05-24

 China PR
AFC
2
2
0
0
2
0
+2
100%
3 June 1984
2005-03-29

 Colombia
CONMEBOL
1
1
0
0
1
0
+1
100%
29 May 2008
2008-05-29

 Costa Rica
CONCACAF
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0%
6 June 2014
2014-06-06

 Croatia
UEFA
7
2
3
2
8
8
0
28.57%
2 June 1996
2012-06-10

 Cyprus
UEFA
10
8
1
1
27
9
+18
80%
26 March 1980
2009-09-05

 Czech Republic
UEFA
8
2
2
4
9
13
−4
25%
5 June 1994
2012-02-29

 Czechoslovakia
UEFA
12
4
1
7
14
29
−15
33.33%
18 May 1938
1986-05-27

 Denmark
UEFA
15
5
6
4
21
21
0
33.33%
3 October 1956
2017-11-14

 Ecuador
CONMEBOL
2
1
1
0
4
3
+1
50%
18 June 1972
2007-05-23

 Egypt
CAF
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0%
17 June 1990
1990-06-17

 England
UEFA
16
3
8
5
14
20
−6
18.75%
30 September 1946
2015-06-07

 Estonia
UEFA
5
4
1
0
12
2
+10
80%
3 June 1924
2011-11-15

 Faroe Islands
UEFA
4
4
0
0
11
1
+10
100%
13 October 2004
2013-06-07

 Finland
UEFA
5
3
2
0
11
2
+9
60%
8 September 1949
2002-08-21

 France
UEFA
16
4
5
7
15
20
−5
25%
23 May 1937
2016-06-26

 Georgia
UEFA
9
8
1
0
17
5
+12
88.89%
29 March 2003
2017-09-02

 Germany a
UEFA
20
6
5
9
24
35
−11
30%
8 May 1935
2015-10-08

 Germany 'B'
UEFA
2
1
0
1
1
3
−2
50%
1 March 1975
1981-05-21

 Gibraltar
UEFA
2
2
0
0
11
0
+11
100%
11 October 2014
2015-09-04

 Greece
UEFA
3
0
1
2
0
2
−2
0%
26 April 2000
2012-11-14

 Hungary
UEFA
11
2
5
4
16
21
−5
18.18%
15 December 1934
2012-06-04

 Iceland
UEFA
8
5
2
1
16
7
+9
62.5%
12 August 1962
2017-03-28

 Iran
AFC
3
2
0
1
4
2
+2
66.67%
11 June 1972
2001-11-15

 Israel
UEFA
5
1
3
1
8
6
+2
20%
4 April 1984
2005-06-04

 Italy
UEFA
14
3
3
8
10
20
−10
21.43%
21 March 1926
2016-06-22

 Italy 'B'
UEFA
1
0
0
1
1
2
−1
0%
23 April 1927
1927-04-23

 Jamaica
CONCACAF
1
1
0
0
1
0
+1
100%
2 June 2004
2004-06-02

 Kazakhstan
UEFA
2
2
0
0
5
2
+3
100%
7 September 2012
2013-10-15

 Latvia
UEFA
5
5
0
0
14
1
+13
100%
9 September 1992
2013-11-15

 Liechtenstein
UEFA
4
3
1
0
14
0
+14
75%
12 October 1994
1997-05-21

 Lithuania
UEFA
4
3
1
0
5
1
+4
75%
16 June 1993
1997-09-10

 Luxembourg
UEFA
5
5
0
0
14
2
+12
100%
9 May 1936
1987-09-09

 Macedonia
UEFA
6
4
1
1
11
5
+6
66.67%
9 October 1996
2011-06-04

 Malta
UEFA
7
7
0
0
24
2
+22
100%
30 March 1983
1999-09-08

 Mexico
CONCACAF
6
0
4
2
6
9
−3
0%
8 August 1984
2017-06-02

 Moldova
UEFA
2
2
0
0
5
1
+4
100%
9 October 2016
2017-10-06

 Montenegro
UEFA
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0%
10 September 2008
2009-10-14

 Morocco
CAF
1
1
0
0
1
0
+1
100%
12 September 1990
1990-09-12

 Netherlands
UEFA
22
7
4
11
29
40
−11
31.82%
2 June 1924
2016-05-27

 Nigeria
CAF
3
0
1
2
2
6
−4
0%
16 May 2002
2009-05-29

 Northern Ireland
UEFA
10
4
4
2
17
4
+13
40%
20 September 1978
2011-05-24

 Norway
UEFA
18
7
8
3
29
19
+10
38.89%
10 October 1937
2010-11-17

 Oman
AFC
3
3
0
0
10
1
+9
100%
11 September 2012
2016-08-31

 Paraguay
CONMEBOL
2
2
0
0
4
1
+3
100%
10 February 1999
2010-05-25

 Poland
UEFA
27
6
10
11
29
43
−14
22.22%
22 May 1938
2015-10-11

 Portugal
UEFA
13
4
2
7
10
20
−10
30.77%
16 June 1946
2014-06-10

 Romania
UEFA
5
2
2
1
4
2
+2
40%
23 March 1988
2004-05-27

 Russia
UEFA
7
1
3
3
7
10
−3
14.29%
23 March 1994
2011-09-06

 San Marino
UEFA
2
2
0
0
7
1
+6
100%
15 November 2006
2007-02-07

 Saudi Arabia
AFC
1
1
0
0
3
0
+3
100%
11 June 2002
2002-06-11

 Scotland
UEFA
11
4
3
4
9
12
−3
36.36%
3 May 1961
2015-06-13

 Serbia b
UEFA
9
2
3
4
9
12
−3
22.22%
19 October 1955
2017-09-05

 Slovakia
UEFA
5
1
4
0
6
5
+1
20%
28 March 2007
2016-03-29

 South Africa
CAF
2
2
0
0
3
1
+2
100%
11 June 2000
2009-09-08

 Soviet Union
UEFA
8
3
1
4
8
8
0
37.5%
18 October 1972
1990-04-25

 Spain
UEFA
26
4
7
15
18
54
−36
15.38%
26 April 1931
2013-06-11

 Sweden
UEFA
11
3
3
5
14
17
−3
27.27%
2 June 1949
2016-06-13

  Switzerland
UEFA
16
8
3
5
18
10
+8
50%
5 May 1935
2016-03-25

 Trinidad and Tobago
CONCACAF
1
0
0
1
1
2
−1
0%
30 May 1982
1982-05-30

 Tunisia
CAF
1
1
0
0
4
0
+4
100%
19 October 1988
1988-10-19

 Turkey
UEFA
14
5
6
3
27
16
+11
35.71%
16 November 1966
2018-03-23

 United States
CONCACAF
9
5
2
2
20
13
+7
55.56%
14 June 1924
2014-11-18

 Uruguay
CONMEBOL
4
1
1
2
6
7
−1
25%
8 May 1974
2017-06-04

 Wales
UEFA
15
6
4
5
17
13
+4
40%
28 September 1960
2017-10-09

Total
78 nations
553
219
151
183
770
684
+86
39.6%

a.^ "Germany" includes nine games against West Germany which were played between 1950 and German reunification in 1990.b.^ "Serbia" includes four games against Serbian predecessor (YUG/SFRY and FRY/SCG) teams.

text: Honours[edit]

text: Major[edit]

text: FIFA World Cup

text: Friendly titles[edit]

text: Celtic Nations Cup

text: Iceland Triangular Tournament

text: Other awards[edit]

text: FIFA Fair Play Award

text: Unofficial Football World Championships

text: Recent results and forthcoming fixtures[edit]

text: Ireland began their qualification campaign for the UEFA Euro 2016 tournament with a 2–1 away victory against Georgia.[137] This was followed by a 7–0 home victory against Gibraltar,[138] and on 14 October 2014, the team played a 1–1 away draw against world champions, Germany, when a goal by John O'Shea won Ireland a late point in the 94th minute.[139] They then suffered their first defeat of the campaign to Scotland; losing 1–0, before scoring another late goal through Shane Long to make it 1–1 and earn a well-deserved point against Poland at home. They then drew 1–1 at home to Scotland, before winning 3 games in a row against Gibraltar, Georgia and Germany; 4–0, 1–0 and 1–0 respectively. Shane Long scored the memorable winner against the World Champions Germany. However, in their last group game, they lost 2–1 away to Poland and missed out on an qualifying spot, finishing third in the group and advancing to the play-offs. They were drawn against Bosnia and Herzegovina in the play-offs. They drew the first leg away 1–1, and won the second leg 2–0, winning 3–1 on aggregate and qualifying for UEFA Euro 2016 in France.

text: Schedule[edit]

text: Republic of Ireland goal tally first.[140]

text:
Date

Competition

Venue

Opponent

Result

Scorers

11 June 2017

World Cup 2018 qualifier

Dublin, Ireland

 Austria

1–1

Martin Hinteregger  31', Jonathan Walters  85'[141]

2 September 2017

World Cup 2018 qualifier

Tbilisi, Georgia

 Georgia

1–1

Shane Duffy  4', Valeri Qazaishvili  34'[142]

5 September 2017

World Cup 2018 qualifier

Dublin, Ireland

 Serbia

0–1

Aleksandar Kolarov  55'[143]

6 October 2017

World Cup 2018 qualifier

Dublin, Ireland

 Moldova

2–0

Daryl Murphy  2', 19'[144]

9 October 2017

World Cup 2018 qualifier

Cardiff, Wales

 Wales

1–0

James McClean  57'[144]

11 November 2017

World Cup 2018 play-off

Copenhagen, Denmark

 Denmark

0–0

[145]

14 November 2017

World Cup 2018 play-off

Dublin, Ireland

 Denmark

1–5

Shane Duffy  6', Cyrus Christie  29' (og), Christian Eriksen  32', 63', 74', Nicklas Bendtner  90' (pen)[146][147]

23 March 2018

Friendly match

Antalya, Turkey

 Turkey

0–1

Mehmet Topal  52'[148]

20 May 2018

Unofficial friendly

Glasgow, Scotland

 Celtic

2–2

Alan Browne , Ross Doohan  og', Leigh Griffiths , Patrick Roberts  [149]

28 May 2018

Friendly match

Saint Denis, France

 France

0–2

Olivier Giroud  40', Nabil Fekir  44'[150]

2 June 2018

Friendly match

Dublin, Ireland

 United States

2–1

Bobby Wood  45+1', Graham Burke  57', Alan Judge  90'[151][152]

6 September 2018

UEFA Nations League

Cardiff, Wales

 Wales

[153]

11 September 2018

Friendly match

Wrocław, Poland

 Poland

[154]

13 October 2018

UEFA Nations League

Dublin, Ireland

 Denmark

[153]

16 October 2018

UEFA Nations League

Dublin, Ireland

 Wales

[153]

15 November 2018

Friendly match

Dublin, Ireland

 Northern Ireland

[155]

19 November 2018

UEFA Nations League

Aarhus, Denmark

 Denmark

[153]

text: Records[edit]

text: Most capped players[edit]

text:
#

Player

National  career

Caps

Goals

1.

Robbie Keane

1998–2016

146

68

2.

Shay Given

1996–2016

134

0

3.

John O'Shea

2001–2018

118

3

4.

Kevin Kilbane

1997–2011

110

8

5.

Steve Staunton

1988–2002

102

7

6.

Damien Duff

1998–2012

100

8

7.

Aiden McGeady

2004–

93

5

8.

Niall Quinn

1986–2002

91

21

9.

Tony Cascarino

1985–2000

88

19

10.

Glenn Whelan

2008–

84

2

text: Top goalscorers[edit]

text:
#

Player

National career

Goals

Caps

Average

1.

Robbie Keane (list)

1998–2016

68

146

0.47

2.

Niall Quinn

1986–2002

21

91

0.23

3.

Frank Stapleton

1977–90

20

71

0.28

4.

Don Givens

1969–81

19

56

0.34

John Aldridge

1986–97

19

69

0.28

Tony Cascarino

1985–2000

19

88

0.22

7.

Shane Long

2007–

17

81

0.21

8.

Noel Cantwell

1953–67

14

36

0.39

Kevin Doyle

2006–17

14

63

0.22

Jonathan Walters

2010–

14

53

0.26

10.

Jimmy Dunne

1930–39

13

15

0.87

Gerry Daly

1973–86

13

48

0.27

text: Managers[edit]

text: Between 1921 and 1969, a committee of selectors chose the team, on occasions a coach or team manager was appointed; Mick Meagan was the first manager to actually select the team.[157] Managers from the periods in which the national side was known as the Irish Free State or simply Ireland are obscure and many are not currently known, however it is known that Val Harris, Bill Lacey and Alex Stevenson managed the side.[158]

text: Manager records[edit]

text:
Manager

Career

P

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Win %

Loss %

Notes

 Mick Meagan

1969–1971

12

0

3

9

7

26

−19

0%

75%

 Liam Tuohy

1971–1973

10

3

1

6

11

20

−9

30%

60%

 Seán Thomas

1973

1

0

1

0

1

1

0

0%

0%

Caretaker

 Johnny Giles

1973–1980

36

13

9

14

48

45

3

36.1%

38.9%

 Alan Kelly, Sr.

1980

1

1

0

0

2

0

2

100%

0%

Caretaker

 Eoin Hand

1980–1985

39

11

9

19

47

56

−9

28.2%

48.7%

 Jack Charlton

1986–1995

93

47

29

17

132

67

65

50.5%

18.3%

Qualified for Euro 1988, and World Cups 1990 and 1994

 Mick McCarthy

1996–2002

68

29

19

20

113

68

45

42.6%

29.4%

Qualified for 2002 World Cup

 Don Givens

2002, 2007–08

3

0

2

1

2

3

−1

0%

33.3%

Caretaker

 Brian Kerr

2003–2005

33

18

11

4

39

20

19

54.5%

12.1%

 Steve Staunton

2006–2007

17

6

6

5

24

19

5

35.3%

29.4%

 Giovanni Trapattoni

2008–2013

64

26

22

16

86

64

22

40.6%

25%

Qualified for Euro 2012

 Noel King

2013

2

1

0

1

3

4

−1

50%

50%

Caretaker

 Martin O'Neill

2013–

49

19

14

14

66

50

16

38.3%

27.7%

Qualified for Euro 2016

text: Pictures[edit]

text:
Roy Keane was team captain from 1997 to 2002. He is now the assistant manager.

Shay Given is Ireland's second most capped player and played in two major tournaments.

Ronnie Whelan played in two World Cups and one European Championship.

John Aldridge scored 19 goals for Ireland played in two World Cups and one European Championship.

Mick McCarthy captained Ireland in the 1990 World Cup and managed Ireland in the 2002 World Cup.

Richard Dunne played in 2 major championships and won 80 caps.