Republic of Ireland national football team

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Republic of Ireland
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) The Boys in Green (Irish: Na Buachaillí Glasa)
Association Football Association of Ireland (FAI)
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Giovanni Trapattoni
Asst coach Marco Tardelli
Captain Robbie Keane
Most caps Shay Given (120)
Top scorer Robbie Keane (53)
Home stadium Aviva Stadium
FIFA code IRL
FIFA ranking 20[1]
Highest FIFA ranking 6 (August 1993)
Lowest FIFA ranking 57 (November 1998)
Elo ranking 21
Highest Elo ranking 8 (April 2002, June 2002)
Lowest Elo ranking 67 (May 1972)
Home colours
Away colours
First international
Republic of Ireland Irish Free State 1–0 Bulgaria 
(Colombes, France; 28 May 1924)
Biggest win
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 8–0 Malta 
(Dublin, Ireland; 16 November 1983)
Biggest defeat
 Brazil 7–0 Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
(Uberlândia, Brazil; 27 May 1982)
World Cup
Appearances 3 (First in 1990)
Best result Quarter-finals, 1990
European Championship
Appearances 1 (First in 1988)
Best result First Round, 1988

The Republic of Ireland national football team represents Ireland in association football. It is run by the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) and currently plays home fixtures at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, which opened in May 2010.

The team made its debut at the 1924 Summer Olympics, reaching the quarter-finals, it also participated at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Between 1924 and 1936, the team competed as the Irish Free State and from then until 1950, it was referred to by the FAI as Éire or Ireland.[citation needed] In 1953, FIFA decreed that for competitive matches in tournaments that both Irish teams may enter, the FAI team would be officially called the Republic of Ireland while the IFA team was to be named Northern Ireland (The IFA continued to use the name "Ireland" until 1970 for non-FIFA competitions).[2]

Under the guidance of Jack Charlton and his successor Mick McCarthy, the team enjoyed its most successful era, qualifying for UEFA Euro 1988 in their first appearance at the UEFA European Championship, reaching the quarterfinals of the 1990 FIFA World Cup in their first ever appearance at the finals, and making the last 16 at both the 1994 and 2002 FIFA World Cups. Under the guidance of Giovanni Trapattoni, the team narrowly lost out on qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup during a controversial play-off but went on to qualify for UEFA Euro 2012.

The side was the first team from outside the United Kingdom to defeat England on home soil, at a fixture played at Goodison Park, Liverpool, in 1949. The team also reached the quarter-finals of the 1964 European Nations' Cup.

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[edit] History

[edit] Irish Free State

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). 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.

In 1923, the FAIFS was recognised by FIFA as the governing body of the Irish Free State[3] 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 of this they qualified for the quarter-finals.[4][5] 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.[6]

The Irish Free State did not play their next game until 21 March 1926. This was an away game against Italy which they 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 FIFA World Cup game.

[edit] Republic of Ireland

Immediately after Partition, the Association in Dublin styled itself the "Football Association of Ireland", but changed to the "Football Association of the Irish Free State" ("FAIFS") following its admission to FIFA in 1924, at which time its representative team called itself the "Irish Free State". However after 1936, they reverted to the designation "Football Association of Ireland" and began to refer to their team as Éire or "Ireland". During this whole 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 whole island. At least thirty-eight dual internationals were selected to represent both teams,[7] 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.

FIFA eventually intervened when both teams entered 1950 FIFA 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.[8] 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.[9]

[edit] Competitive history

See also: Matches of Republic of Ireland national football team

[edit] 1949 - 1985

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.

The 1958 FIFA 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 FIFA World Cup.

After reaching the quarter-finals of the 1964 European Nations' Cup, the Republic of Ireland were drawn to face Spain and Syria in 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification. 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, thanks to a José Ufarte goal, to take their place in the 1966 FIFA World Cup.[10] Eamon Dunphy made his Ireland début in this game.[10] 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 Spanish FA to have the match moved to Paris, where a large Spanish diaspora lived.[11] The FAI was criticised for this move to boost revenue from gate receipts.[10]

A run of poor results in the late 1960s and early 1970s followed until Johnny Giles became their first player-manager in the 1970s. This was followed by the debut of a young Liam Brady and results improved markedly. The side missed out on the 1978 FIFA World Cup by two points, having defeated France at home during qualification.

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

[edit] 1986 - 1995 (The Charlton Years)

In the late 1980s, the Republic of Ireland appointed Jack Charlton, a top rated English manager and FIFA World Cup winner as a player. He had recently built Middlesbrough into a side which provided many players to the Liverpool team of the time. Charlton influenced changes in the Republic of Ireland team which went on to produce a comparatively successful spell of its history, winning the Iceland Triangular Tournament by defeating Iceland and Czechoslovakia in May 1986 and [12] and qualifying for two FIFA World Cups and a European Championship.[13]

Robbie Keane, the current Irish captain

Ireland's first appearance at a major finals tournament came in UEFA Euro 1988, with qualification being secured through Gary Mackay's famous goal in Sofia that meant Scotland beat Bulgaria 1-0 and left Ireland on top of the group. 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 Holland 1–0 in Gelsenkirchen, coming within 8 minutes of a draw that would have meant a semi-final place.

The Republic of Ireland's longest competitive winning streak was achieved in 1989 during the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification 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 FIFA World Cup (Italia '90). Three draws in the group stage against England, Egypt and Holland was enough to make the knockout stage. Virtually the whole 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 Italy in the quarter final in the Olympic Stadium, Rome. During the tournament the team had an audience with Pope John Paul II, and were the only team to do so.[14]

After missing out on UEFA Euro 1992 (despite being unbeaten in qualifying), the Republic of Ireland qualified for the 1994 FIFA World Cup (USA '94), beating an opponent from the last FIFA World Cup, Italy, in their opening game. The side made it to the second round, eventually losing 2–0 to Holland. Ireland finished second behind Portugal in UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying Group 6 but narrowly missed out on UEFA Euro 1996 after losing by a score of 2-0 a play-off at Anfield between the two worst group runners-up to Holland, the other worst runner-up, with Patrick Kluivert scoring both goals to send his team through.[10] It was Jack Charlton's final game as manager.[10]

[edit] 1996 - 2002 (The McCarthy Years)

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 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign after Tony Cascarino scored a late goal to win the away match with Lithuania.[10] 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 FIFA World Cup.[10] 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".[15] Ireland's opponents in UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 8 were Yugoslavia, Croatia, Malta and Macedonia.[10] 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 UEFA Euro 2000.[10] The match in Dublin finished in a 1-1 draw and, after a logistical nightmare which saw Ireland traipse across Europe to Bursa, Turkey qualified with the away goal after a 0-0 draw at the end of which Tony Cascarino became involved in a fight and retired from international football.[10]

Ireland took on both Portugal and the Netherlands in 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2 and ended the group in second place with 24 points from ten matches; seven victories and three draws.[10] 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 for Iran, not enough to send them through.[10] So McCarthy did manage to lead Ireland to the 2002 FIFA World Cup (Japan/Korea '02), only for the team to lose inspirational captain Roy Keane due to the pair's infamous public spat in Saipan.[16] 1-1 draws with Cameroon and Germany were followed by a 3-0 victory over Saudi Arabia in Group E.[17][18][19] 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.[20]

Richard Dunne after a famous performance for Ireland against Russia in Moscow in September 2011. Dunne almost single-handedly stopped a Russian team which totally dominated midfield and created wave after wave of attacks, with his contributions helping seal eventual qualification for UEFA Euro 2012.

[edit] 2003 - 2007 (Kerr and Staunton)

After a poor start to qualifying for UEFA Euro 2004, McCarthy was replaced by Brian Kerr but he also struggled to guide the side to the tournament or the following 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany and was sacked in October 2005.[21][22] Kerr was replaced by Steve Staunton (assisted by Bobby Robson in the position of "international football consultant") in January 2006.[23] Under Staunton, results varied widely but the team still failed to qualify for UEFA Euro 2008 and Staunton lost the position in October 2007.[24] His reign included a humiliating 5-2 defeat to Cyprus during UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group D, one of the worst defeats in the team's history.[25]

[edit] 2008 - present (The Trapattoni Era)

Giovanni Trapattoni was then appointed manager in February 2008 following a spell with assistant coach Don Givens in charge.[26] Trapattoni went through all ten first round 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying games unbeaten, winning four of the ten games.[27] Ireland lost out on a place in the 2010 FIFA World Cup 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 handballed twice before crossing the ball.[28] This followed another controversy over FIFA's last-minute decision to seed the play-off draw.[29] Following an international political and media furore over the behaviour of Thierry Henry, FIFA later offered Ireland a Fair Play Award which FAI President John Delaney respectfully declined and said FIFA President Sepp Blatter was "an embarrassment to himself and an embarrassment to FIFA".[30] The only consolation for Ireland was that they had put on one of the best performances in their history and France's FIFA World Cup was soiled by woeful performances and a players mutiny.[10]

After the disappointment of not qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Ireland made a positive start to their UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying campaign with a 1-0 win in Yerevan against Armenia thanks to a strike by Keith Fahey, followed by a 3-1 win against Andorra at home.[31][32] Ireland then lost to Russia at home, drew with Slovakia in Zilina and won a crucial qualifying game against Macedonia to keep their hopes of qualifying alive.[33][34][35] In May 2011, Ireland won the Nations Cup against Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland without conceding a goal.[36][37][38] In June 2011, with a makeshift side, Ireland beat Macedonia 2-0 in Skopje as their UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying campaign resumed, with Robbie Keane netting his fiftieth and fifty-first international goals.[39] Ireland finished UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group B in second place after Richard Dunne's heroic performance against Russia in Moscow followed by the 2-1 home defeat of Armenia in the crucial last game in October 2011.[40] This meant that Ireland were through to the play-offs and were drawn against Estonia, with Ireland securing qualification on 15 November 2011 courtesy of an unprecedented 5-1 aggregate play-off win, which left them just outside the top twenty in the FIFA World Rankings.[41] UEFA Euro 2012 (Poland/Ukraine '12) is to be Ireland's first major tournament since 2002.[42]

Ireland have been drawn in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group C alongside Germany, Sweden, Austria, Faroe Islands and Khazahkstan.[43]

[edit] Media coverage

Ireland matches are currently broadcast by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), usually on RTÉ Two. RTÉ briefly lost its broadcast rights in 2002 when the FAI controversially sold them in a multi-million deal to Sky Sports, a channel not available terrestrially in the Republic of Ireland.[44] The decision was criticised by fans and politicians alike.[45][46] The Consumers' Association of Ireland (CAI) described the FAI as "greedy".[47] The FAI was eventually forced to backtrack on its decision and to allow RTÉ to continue its broadcasts after the government intervened to put a stop to the sale of important Irish sporting events to foreign broadcasters.[48]

[edit] Stadium

Ireland versus Argentina at the Aviva Stadium on 11 August 2010

[edit] Lansdowne Road and the Aviva Stadium

Main articles: Lansdowne Road and Aviva Stadium

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.[49] 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.[50] The first football international played at Lansdowne Road was a friendly against Italy in 1971; 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.[51]

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 manmanager Giovanni Trapattoni's absence due to surgery, with assistant manger Marco Tardelli taking charge.[52][53]

[edit] Croke Park

Croke Park
Main article: Croke Park

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 82,500 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.[54][55][56][57] 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.

[edit] Other venues

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.[58][59] Two further friendlies were played in the RDS Arena in May 2010.[60][61]

[edit] Controversies

The FAI have been involved in the controversial[62] selection[63][64][65] of Northern Irish-born players who have played for their neighbours youth teams, using their ability to claim Irish nationality even though born & brought up outside the Republic's territory. This has lead to accusations of unfairness and predatory behaviour.[66][67] 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.[68]

[edit] Kit

Traditionally, the team plays 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.

Ireland players (l-r) Robbie Keane, Liam Lawrence, Keith Andrews and Darron Gibson in a 2010 friendly against Algeria

Currently, the kit is supplied by Umbro, and has been since 1994. In March 2009, Umbro signed a deal with the FAI to keep them as kit suppliers to the team until 2020.[69]

Previously O'Neills and Adidas made the team's kit. Shirts carry the logo of telecommunications company 3 across the chest as per terms of a sponsorship agreement, but in all official international games, as per FIFA law, this advertising is absent.

Squad numbers are either white with an orange trim, as is the case with the home shirts, or green with an orange trim. At the bottom of the numbering there is a logo of the FAI.

There is also a limited edition grey shirt available. The team have only ever used it once and that was in a 2-2 draw with Wales on 17 November 2007.[70] 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 which Ireland won 2-0 against Italy in Liège, Belgium.[71][72]

[edit] Kit Evolution

Classic
1978-83
1983-84
1984-85
1985
1990
1994 Home
1994 Away
1998
2002
2004
2006

[edit] Competitive record

See also: Republic of Ireland national football team – record in major tournaments, Republic of Ireland at the FIFA World Cup, and Republic of Ireland at the UEFA European Football Championship

[edit] FIFA World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA Pld W D * L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Did not enter – – – – – –
Italy 1934 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 6 9
France 1938 2 0 1 1 5 6
Brazil 1950 4 1 1 2 6 7
Switzerland 1954 4 2 0 2 8 6
Sweden 1958 4 2 1 1 6 7
Chile 1962 4 0 0 4 3 17
England 1966 3 1 0 2 3 4
Mexico 1970 6 0 1 5 3 14
West Germany 1974 4 1 1 2 4 5
Argentina 1978 4 1 1 2 2 4
Spain 1982 8 4 2 2 17 11
Mexico 1986 8 2 2 4 5 10
Italy 1990 Quarter final 7th 5 0 4 1 2 3 8 5 2 1 10 2
United States 1994 Round of 16 15th 4 1 1 2 2 4 12 7 4 1 19 6
France 1998 Did not qualify 12 5 4 3 25 11
South Korea Japan 2002 Round of 16 12th 4 1 3 0 6 3 12 8 3 1 25 6
Germany 2006 Did not qualify 10 4 5 1 12 5
South Africa 2010 12 4 7 1 13 10
Total 3/19 13 2 8 3 10 10 119 47 36 36 141 177
'*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shootout.

[edit] UEFA European Championship record

UEFA Euro Championship record UEFA Euro Championship Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA Pld W D * L GF GA
France 1960 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 2 4
Spain 1964 6 2 2 2 9 12
Italy 1968 6 2 1 3 5 8
Belgium 1972 6 0 1 5 3 17
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1976 6 3 1 2 11 5
Italy 1980 8 2 3 3 9 8
France 1984 8 4 1 3 20 10
West Germany 1988 Group stage 5th 3 1 1 1 2 2 8 4 3 1 10 5
Sweden 1992 Did not qualify 6 2 4 0 13 6
England 1996 11 5 2 4 17 13
Belgium Netherlands 2000 10 5 3 2 15 7
Portugal 2004 8 3 2 3 10 11
Austria Switzerland 2008 12 4 5 3 17 14
Poland Ukraine 2012 Qualified 12 7 4 1 20 8
Total Group Stage 1/13 3 1 1 1 2 2 101 44 31 33 148 128

[edit] Overall

Their head to head records against all nations, including friendlies:[73] As of 15 November 2011[74]

Against Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Win %
 Albania 4 3 1 0 6 2 75
 Algeria 2 1 0 1 3 2 50
 Andorra 4 4 0 0 11 2 100
 Argentina 5 0 1 4 0 5 0
 Armenia 2 2 0 0 3 1 100
 Australia 2 1 0 1 2 4 50
 Austria 12 2 2 8 15 33 16.67
 Belgium 14 4 5 5 24 25 28.57
 Bolivia 3 2 1 0 5 1 66.67
 Brazil 6 1 1 4 2 12 16.67
 Bulgaria 10 3 4 3 11 8 30
 Cameroon 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
 Canada 1 1 0 0 3 0 100
 Chile 6 2 1 3 6 6 33.33
 China PR 2 2 0 0 2 0 100
 Colombia 1 1 0 0 1 0 100
 Croatia 6 2 3 1 7 7 33.33
 Cyprus 10 8 1 1 27 9 80
 Czechoslovakia 12 4 1 7 14 29 33.33
 Czech Republic 7 2 1 4 8 12 28.57
 Denmark 12 5 4 3 19 15 41.67
 Ecuador 2 1 1 0 4 3 50
 Egypt 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
 England 13 2 6 5 12 19 15.38
 Estonia 5 4 1 0 12 2 80
 Faroe Islands 2 2 0 0 4 0 100
 Finland 5 3 2 0 11 2 60
 France 15 4 5 6 14 18 26.67
 Georgia 4 4 0 0 8 3 100
 Germany 16 5 4 7 21 25 31.25
 Greece 2 0 1 1 0 1 0
 Hungary 10 2 4 4 16 21 20
 Iceland 7 5 2 0 16 6 71.43
 Iran 3 2 0 1 4 2 66.67
 Israel 5 1 3 1 8 6 20
 Italy 11 2 2 7 9 18 18.18
 Jamaica 1 1 0 0 1 0 100
 Latvia 4 4 0 0 11 1 100
 Liechtenstein 4 3 1 0 14 0 75
 Lithuania 4 3 1 0 5 1 75
 Luxembourg 5 5 0 0 14 2 100
 Macedonia 6 4 1 1 11 5 66.67
 Malta 7 7 0 0 24 2 100
 Mexico 5 0 4 1 5 6 0
 Montenegro 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
 Morocco 1 1 0 0 1 0 100
 Netherlands 21 7 3 11 28 39 33.33
 Nigeria 3 0 1 2 2 6 0
 Northern Ireland 10 4 4 2 17 4 40
 Norway 18 7 8 3 29 19 38.89
 Paraguay 2 2 0 0 4 1 100
 Poland 23 5 8 10 25 40 21.74
 Portugal 12 4 2 6 9 15 33.33
 Romania 5 2 2 1 4 2 40
 Russia 7 1 3 3 7 10 14.29
 San Marino 2 2 0 0 7 1 100
 Saudi Arabia 1 1 0 0 3 0 100
 Scotland 9 4 2 3 8 10 44.44
 Serbia 3 1 1 1 3 3 33.33
 Slovakia 4 1 3 0 4 3 25
 South Africa 2 2 0 0 3 1 100
 Soviet Union 8 3 1 4 8 8 37.5
 Spain 24 4 7 13 18 48 16.67
 Sweden 8 3 1 4 12 14 37.5
 Switzerland 15 7 3 5 17 10 46.67
 Trinidad and Tobago 1 0 0 1 1 2 0
 Tunisia 1 1 0 0 4 0 100
 Turkey 12 5 6 1 26 13 41.67
 United States 8 4 2 2 16 12 50
 Uruguay 3 0 1 2 3 6 0
 Wales 12 5 2 5 15 12 41.67
 Yugoslavia 2 1 0 1 3 4 50
Total 478 191 128 159 671 600 39.96

NOTES: Germany includes 9 games v. West Germany

[edit] Titles

[edit] Friendly Titles

Champions (1): 2011
Champions (1): 1986

[edit] Other Awards

Years (1): 1997
Holders (2): 30 March 1977 - 1 June 1977, 31 March 2004 - 29 May 2004

[edit] Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

See also: Republic of Ireland national football team 2000s results and Republic of Ireland national football team 2010s results

For UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying, Ireland were placed in the third of six pots, organised by rankings in the UEFA national team coefficients. They were drawn into Group B with Russia, Slovakia, Macedonia, Armenia, and Andorra.[75][76] Ireland finished second in their group and in the play-off drew Estonia, whom they beat by a 5-1 aggregate score to secure qualification for Poland/Ukraine '12.

For UEFA Euro 2012, Ireland were drawn into Group C alongside the holders Spain, Croatia and Italy. Ireland will begin their Euro campaign against Croatia.

[edit] Match fixtures

Future scheduled matches.[77]

[edit] Squad

[edit] Current squad

The following players were called up for the international friendly against Czech Republic on 29 February 2012.[80]

Caps and goals updated as of November 15, 2011.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club
GK Shay Given 20 April 1976 (1976-04-20) (age 35) 120 0 England Aston Villa
GK Keiren Westwood 23 October 1984 (1984-10-23) (age 27) 8 0 England Sunderland
GK David Forde 20 December 1979 (1979-12-20) (age 32) 2 0 England Millwall
DF John O'Shea 30 April 1981 (1981-04-30) (age 30) 74 1 England Sunderland
DF Shane Duffy 1 January 1992 (1992-01-01) (age 20) 0 0 England Everton
DF Stephen Kelly 6 September 1983 (1983-09-06) (age 28) 29 0 England Fulham
DF Sean St Ledger 28 December 1984 (1984-12-28) (age 27) 24 2 England Leicester City
DF Darren O'Dea 4 February 1987 (1987-02-04) (age 25) 12 0 England Leeds United
DF Stephen Ward 20 August 1985 (1985-08-20) (age 26) 9 2 England Wolverhampton Wanderers
DF Kevin Foley 1 November 1984 (1984-11-01) (age 27) 8 0 England Wolverhampton Wanderers
MF Damien Duff 2 March 1979 (1979-03-02) (age 32) 94 8 England Fulham
MF Aiden McGeady 4 April 1986 (1986-04-04) (age 25) 46 2 Russia Spartak Moscow
MF Stephen Hunt 1 August 1981 (1981-08-01) (age 30) 37 1 England Wolverhampton Wanderers
MF Glenn Whelan 13 January 1984 (1984-01-13) (age 28) 36 2 England Stoke City
MF Keith Andrews 13 September 1980 (1980-09-13) (age 31) 26 3 England West Bromwich Albion
MF Darron Gibson 25 October 1987 (1987-10-25) (age 24) 17 1 England Everton
MF Keith Fahey 15 January 1983 (1983-01-15) (age 29) 15 3 England Birmingham City
MF Séamus Coleman 11 October 1988 (1988-10-11) (age 23) 4 0 England Everton
MF James McCarthy 12 November 1990 (1990-11-12) (age 21) 3 0 England Wigan Athletic
FW Robbie Keane (C) 8 July 1980 (1980-07-08) (age 31) 114 53 United States Los Angeles Galaxy
FW Kevin Doyle 18 September 1983 (1983-09-18) (age 28) 46 10 England Wolverhampton Wanderers
FW Shane Long 22 January 1987 (1987-01-22) (age 25) 23 6 England West Bromwich Albion
FW Simon Cox 28 April 1987 (1987-04-28) (age 24) 10 2 England West Bromwich Albion
FW Jonathan Walters 20 September 1983 (1983-09-20) (age 28) 4 1 England Stoke City

[edit] Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up on the past 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club Latest Call-up
GK Brian Murphy 7 May 1983 (1983-05-07) (age 28) 0 0 England Queens Park Rangers v.  Macedonia, 4 June 2011
DF Damien Delaney 20 July 1981 (1981-07-20) (age 30) 5 0 England Ipswich Town v.  Armenia, 11 October 2011
DF Kevin Kilbane 1 February 1977 (1977-02-01) (age 35) 110 8 England Derby County v.  Russia, 6 September 2011
DF Marc Wilson 17 August 1987 (1987-08-17) (age 24) 1 0 England Stoke City v.  Croatia, 10 August 2011
DF Ciaran Clark 26 September 1989 (1989-09-26) (age 22) 2 0 England Aston Villa v.  Uruguay, 29 March 2011
MF Keith Treacy 13 September 1988 (1988-09-13) (age 23) 6 0 England Burnley v.  Russia, 6 September 2011
MF Conor Clifford 1 October 1991 (1991-10-01) (age 20) 0 0 England Chelsea v.  Croatia, 10 August 2011
MF Paul Green 10 April 1983 (1983-04-10) (age 28) 9 1 England Derby County v.  Uruguay, 29 March 2011
FW Anthony Stokes 25 July 1988 (1988-07-25) (age 23) 4 0 Scotland Celtic v.  Uruguay, 29 March 2011

[edit] Previous squads

FIFA World Cup squads
UEFA European Football Championship squads

[edit] Most-capped players

As of 15 November 2011 (2011 -11-15), 33 Republic of Ireland players have been capped on more than 50 occasions; four have made 100 or more appearances and are members of the FIFA Century Club.[81]

Players in bold are still active.

Rank Name Career Caps Goals
1 Shay Given 1996– 120 0
2 Robbie Keane 1998– 114 53
3 Kevin Kilbane 1997– 110 8
4 Steve Staunton 1988–2002 102 7
5 Damien Duff 1998– 94 8
6 Niall Quinn 1986–2002 91 21
7 Tony Cascarino 1986–2000 88 19
8 Paul McGrath 1985–1997 83 8
9 Packie Bonner 1981–1996 80 0
10 John O'Shea 2001– 74 1
11 Ray Houghton 1986–1998 73 6
12 Kenny Cunningham 1996–2005 72 0
Liam Brady 1975–1990 72 9
14 Kevin Moran 1980–1994 71 6
15 Frank Stapleton 1977–1990 71 20
Richard Dunne 2000– 71 8
17 Andy Townsend 1989–1997 70 7
18 John Aldridge 1986–1997 69 19
19 David O'Leary 1977–1993 68 1
20 Roy Keane 1991–2005 67 9

[edit] Record goal scorers

As of 15 November 2011

Rank Name Goals (Caps)
1 Robbie Keane 53 (114)
2 Niall Quinn 21 (91)
3 Frank Stapleton 20 (71)
4 Don Givens 19 (56)
Tony Cascarino 19 (88)
John Aldridge 19 (69)
7 Noel Cantwell 14 (36)
8 Gerry Daly 13 (48)
Jimmy Dunne 13 (15)
10 Ian Harte 11 (64)

[edit] Managers

Mick McCarthy managed the Irish national football team to the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Japan and South Korea.
Giovanni Trapattoni is the current manager of the Irish national football team.

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. 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 current known, however it is known that Val Harris and Bill Lacey managed the side in the 1930s. Below is a list of managers from 1951 onwards, around the time when the national side became known as the Republic of Ireland:[82]

As of 16 November 2011
Manager Career Played Won Drawn Lost Win % Loss % Notes
Scotland Livingstone, DougDoug Livingstone 1951–1953
Republic of Ireland Stevenson, AlexAlex Stevenson 1953–1955
Republic of Ireland Carey, JohnnyJohnny Carey 1955–1967
Republic of Ireland Cantwell, NoelNoel Cantwell 1967
Republic of Ireland Hurley, CharlieCharlie Hurley 1967–1969
Republic of Ireland Meagan, MickMick Meagan 1969–1971 12 0 3 9 0.00 75.00
Republic of Ireland Tuohy, LiamLiam Tuohy 1971–1973 10 3 1 6 30.00 60.00
Republic of Ireland Thomas, SeánSeán Thomas (caretaker) 1973 1 0 1 0 0.00 0.00
Republic of Ireland Giles, JohnnyJohnny Giles 1973–1980 37 14 9 14 37.84 37.84
Republic of Ireland Kelly Snr, AlanAlan Kelly Snr (caretaker) 1980 1 1 0 0 100.00 0.00
Republic of Ireland Hand, EoinEoin Hand 1980–1985 40 11 9 20 27.50 50
England Charlton, JackJack Charlton 1986–1995 94 47 30 17 50.00 18.1 Iceland Triangular Tournament, Qualified for the UEFA Euro 1988, 1990 FIFA World Cup, 1994 FIFA World Cup
Republic of Ireland McCarthy, MickMick McCarthy 1996–2002 68 29 19 20 42.65 29.4 Qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup
Republic of Ireland Givens, DonDon Givens (caretaker) 2002 1 0 1 0 0 0
Republic of Ireland Kerr, BrianBrian Kerr 2003–2005 32 17 11 4 53.13 12.5
Republic of Ireland Staunton, SteveSteve Staunton 2006–2007 17 6 5 6 35.29 35.29
Republic of Ireland Givens, DonDon Givens (caretaker) 2007–2008 2 0 1 1 0 50
Italy Trapattoni, GiovanniGiovanni Trapattoni 2008–present 42 19 15 8 43.28 19.51 Carling Nations Cup, Qualified for the UEFA Euro 2012

[edit] Current staff

The senior men's management team are as follows:[83]

[edit] See also

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