Republic of Ireland national under-21 football team

Republic of Ireland Under-21
Nickname(s)	Boys in Green
Association	Football Association of Ireland (FAI)
Head coach	Jim Crawford
Most caps	Conor Coventry (28)
Top scorer	Robbie Brady (7); Kevin Doyle (7)
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Rep. Ireland U21 1–1 Northern Ireland U21; (Dublin; 8 March 1978)
Biggest win
	Rep. Ireland U21 5–0 Estonia U21 ; (Tallaght Stadium, Dublin; 10 August 2010)
Biggest defeat
	Germany U21 8–0 Rep. Ireland ; (Baunatal; 23 March 1993)
Best result	Have never qualified

The Republic of Ireland national under-21 football team, is the national under-21 football team of the Republic of Ireland and is controlled by the Football Association of Ireland. The team played its first match in 1978 and has competed in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship since 1988.

History

As a European under-21 team, the Republic of Ireland participates in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, which takes place every two years. There is no Under-21 World Cup, although there is an Under-20 World Cup. Ireland did not enter the first five Under-21 Championships, entering for the first time in 1988 but failing to qualify. Ireland have never qualified for the European Under-21 Championships.

UEFA European Under-21 Championship record

UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship record									UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship Qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1978	Did not enter								–	–	–	–	–	–
1980									–	–	–	–	–	–
1982									–	–	–	–	–	–
1984									–	–	–	–	–	–
1986									–	–	–	–	–	–
1988	Did not qualify								4	0	2	2	3	7
1990	Did not enter								–	–	–	–	–	–
1992	Did not qualify								6	1	0	5	5	14
1994									8	1	1	6	7	20
1996									8	2	2	4	7	9
1998									8	3	0	5	11	7
2000									8	4	2	2	13	12
2002									8	4	1	3	10	7
2004									8	2	2	4	8	11
2006									8	1	2	5	10	14
2007									2	1	0	1	2	1
2009									8	1	2	5	4	14
2011									10	1	4	5	5	11
2013									8	4	1	3	15	10
2015									8	2	2	4	10	12
2017									10	4	0	6	14	17
2019									10	4	2	4	12	15
2021									10	6	1	3	15	8
2023	Did Not Qualify								Ongoing
Total								122	37	24	61	143	176

*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shootout.

UEFA European Under-21 Championship

2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	10	7	3	0	19	5	+14	24	Final tournament	—	4–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–0
2	Republic of Ireland	10	6	1	3	16	10	+6	19	Play-offs	0–2	—	1–0	3–0	3–1	2–0
3	Sweden	10	5	3	2	22	8	+14	18		1–1	0–2	—	4–0	3–1	6–0
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10	3	2	5	9	16	−7	11		1–2	0–2	1–1	—	2–1	1–0
5	Montenegro	10	3	2	5	14	17	−3	11		1–1	2–1	1–3	2–2	—	3–0
6	Luxembourg	10	0	1	9	2	26	−24	1		0–3	1–1	0–3	0–2	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship play-offs

The four play-off winners qualify for the final tournament.

All times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Croatia	1	Denmark	23 September 2022	27 September 2022
Slovakia	2	Ukraine	23 September 2022	27 September 2022
Republic of Ireland	3	Israel	23 September 2022	27 September 2022
Iceland	4	Czech Republic	23 September 2022	27 September 2022

Results and fixtures

2021

26 March 2021 Friendly	Wales	1–2	Republic of Ireland	Gresford, Wales
13:00 GMT	Adams 12'	Report	Afolabi 76' Boyes 77' (o.g.)	Stadium: Colliers Park

30 May 2021 Friendly	Switzerland	2–0	Republic of Ireland	Marbella, Spain
12:00 EST	Stergiou 13' Barès 52'	Report		Stadium: Marbella Football Centre

2 June 2021 Friendly	Australia U23	1–2	Republic of Ireland	Marbella, Spain
13:00 EST	Najjarine 72'	Report	Rich-Baghuelou 57' (o.g.) Tierney 90'	Stadium: Marbella Football Centre Referee: Parejo Nieto (Spain)

5 June 2021 Friendly	Denmark	1–0	Republic of Ireland	Marbella, Spain
17:00 EST	Frederiksen 30'	Report		Stadium: Marbella Football Centre

3 September 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–2	Republic of Ireland	Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
16:30 CET		Report	Wright 52' (pen.) Coventry 73'	Stadium: FA Training Centre Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes (Norway)

7 September 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification	Luxembourg	1–1	Republic of Ireland	Dudelange, Luxembourg
16:00 CET	Kuete Nsidjine 84' (pen.)	Report	Whelan 70'	Stadium: Stade Jos Nosbaum Referee: Loukas Sotiriou (Cyprus)

8 October 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification	Republic of Ireland	2–0	Luxembourg	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
17:15 IST	Kayode 18' Coventry 64' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Tallaght Stadium Referee: Besfort Kasumi (Kosovo)

12 October 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification	Montenegro	2–1	Republic of Ireland	Podgorica, Montenegro
17:30 CET	Krstović 3' Vukcevic 9'	Report	McGuinness 74' Coventry 83'	Stadium: Podgorica City Stadium Referee: Barbeno Luca (San Marino)

12 November 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification	Republic of Ireland	0–2	Italy	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
17:30 IST		Report	Lucca 31' Cancellieri 90'	Stadium: Tallaght Stadium Attendance: 2,161 Referee: Horatiu Fesnic (Romania)

16 November 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification	Republic of Ireland	1–0	Sweden	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
19:00 IST	O'Neill 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Tallaght Stadium Attendance: 1,535 Referee: Peter Kralović (Slovakia)

2022

29 March 2022 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification	Sweden	0–2	Republic of Ireland	Borås, Sweden
16:00 CET		Report	Tierney 12' Wright 89'	Stadium: Borås Arena Referee: Vitor Ferreira (Portugal)

3 June 2022 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification	Republic of Ireland	3–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
19:30 IST	Smallbone 16', 81' Odubeko 63'	Report		Stadium: Tallaght Stadium Attendance: 3,057 Referee: Luca Cibelli (Switzerland)

6 June 2022 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification	Republic of Ireland	3–1	Montenegro	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
17:00 IST	Smallbone 41' Kerrigan 56' Wright 67'	Report	Ðukanović 76'	Stadium: Tallaght Stadium Attendance: 3,126 Referee: Jan Petrik (Czech Republic)

14 June 2022 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification	Italy	4–1	Republic of Ireland	Ascoli Piceno, Italy
16:30 CET	Rovella 20' (pen.) Cambiaghi 35' Pellegri 46' Quagliata 86'	Report	Coventry 62' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Referee: Gergo Bogár (Hungary)

23 September 2022 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification Play-off 1st leg	Republic of Ireland	1–1	Israel	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
19:00 IST (21:00 IST)	Evan Ferguson 65'	Report	Idan Gorno 45' Stav Lemkin 80'	Stadium: Tallaght Stadium Attendance: 6,786 Referee: Dario Bel (Croatia

27 September 2022 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification Play-off 2nd leg	Israel	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Republic of Ireland	Tel Aviv, Israel
18:15 IST (20:15 IST)		Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Referee: Nathan Verboomen (Belgium)
	Penalties
	Eden Kartsev Daniel Peretz Gil Cohen Osher Davida		Conor Coventry Tyreik Wright Evan Ferguson Dawson Devoy

Staff

The Under-21s' management team includes:^[1]

Position	Name	Appointed
Head Coach	Jim Crawford	5 April 2020
Assistant Coach	John O'Shea	5 April 2020
Assistant Coach	Alan Reynolds	9 July 2020
Goalkeeping Coach	Rene Gilmartin	24 April 2020
Strength & Conditioning Coach	Eoin Clarkin	24 April 2020
Lead Performance Analyst	Martin Doyle	2020
Performance Analyst	Aaron Roe	2021
Sports Scientist	Adam Fox	2021
Physiotherapist	Glauber Barduzzi	24 April 2019
Sports Therapist	Conor Sheils	2020
Doctor	Dr Mortimer O'Connor	2021
Kitman	Neil Fox	2020

Players

Current squad

Players born on or after 1 January 2000 are eligible for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

The following players were called up for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifiers against Israel U-21 on 23 and 27 September respectively.^[2]^[3]^[4] Caps and goals updated as of 27 September 2022, after the game vs Israel.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Brian Maher	(2000-11-01) 1 November 2000 (age 23)	15	0	Derry City
16	1GK	David Odumosu	(2001-03-23) 23 March 2001 (age 23)	0	0	St Patrick's Athletic
	1GK	Josh Keeley	(2003-05-17) 17 May 2003 (age 20)	0	0	Tottenham Hotspur

2	2DF	Lee O'Connor	(2000-07-28) 28 July 2000 (age 23)	26	1	Tranmere Rovers
13	2DF	Jake O'Brien	(2001-05-15) 15 May 2001 (age 22)	11	0	RWD Molenbeek
15	2DF	Andy Lyons	(2000-08-02) 2 August 2000 (age 23)	6	0	Shamrock Rovers
5	2DF	Eiran Cashin	(2001-11-09) 9 November 2001 (age 22)	4	0	Derby County
22	2DF	Festy Ebosele	(2002-08-02) 2 August 2002 (age 21)	4	0	Udinese
4	2DF	Joe Redmond	(2000-01-23) 23 January 2000 (age 24)	2	0	St Patrick's Athletic
3	2DF	Sean Roughan	(2003-03-14) 14 March 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Lincoln City
21	2DF	Anselmo García MacNulty	(2003-02-19) 19 February 2003 (age 21)	0	0	NAC Breda

6	3MF	Conor Coventry	(2000-03-25) 25 March 2000 (age 24)	28	3	West Ham United
17	3MF	Ross Tierney	(2001-03-06) 6 March 2001 (age 23)	9	2	Motherwell
10	3MF	Will Smallbone	(2001-02-21) 21 February 2001 (age 23)	8	3	Stoke City
8	3MF	Dawson Devoy	(2001-11-20) 20 November 2001 (age 22)	7	0	Milton Keynes Dons
7	3MF	Joe Hodge	(2002-09-14) 14 September 2002 (age 21)	2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
12	3MF	Finn Azaz	(2000-09-07) 7 September 2000 (age 23)	1	0	Plymouth Argyle
	3MF	Adam O'Reilly	(2001-05-11) 11 May 2001 (age 22)	0	0	St Patrick's Athletic

18	4FW	Tyreik Wright	(2001-09-22) 22 September 2001 (age 22)	15	3	Bradford City
9	4FW	Joshua Kayode	(2000-05-04) 4 May 2000 (age 24)	13	2	Milton Keynes Dons
11	4FW	Aaron Connolly	(2000-01-28) 28 January 2000 (age 24)	13	1	Venezia
19	4FW	Evan Ferguson	(2004-10-19) 19 October 2004 (age 19)	10	1	Brighton & Hove Albion
20	4FW	Mipo Odubeko	(2002-10-21) 21 October 2002 (age 21)	4	1	Port Vale
14	4FW	Ollie O'Neill	(2003-01-08) 8 January 2003 (age 21)	5	1	Fulham
	4FW	Dara Costelloe	(2002-12-11) 11 December 2002 (age 21)	0	0	Burnley

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Republic of Ireland under-21 squad in the last 12 months and remain eligible:

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Luke McNicholas	(2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 24)	0	0	Sligo Rovers	v. Israel, 23 September 2022^INJ
GK	David Harrington	(2000-07-01) 1 July 2000 (age 23)	0	0	Cork City	v. Israel, 23 September 2022^INJ

DF	Mark McGuinness	(2001-01-05) 5 January 2001 (age 23)	13	1	Sheffield Wednesday	v. Israel, 23 September 2022^INJ
DF	Tayo Adaramola	(2003-11-14) 14 November 2003 (age 20)	1	0	Coventry City	v. Italy, 14 June 2022
DF	Joel Bagan	(2001-09-03) 3 September 2001 (age 22)	8	0	Cardiff City	v. Italy, 14 June 2022
DF	Oisin McEntee	(2001-01-05) 5 January 2001 (age 23)	7	0	Walsall	v. Montenegro, 6 June 2022^INJ

MF	Luca Connell	(2001-05-20) 20 May 2001 (age 22)	3	0	Barnsley	v. Israel, 23 September 2022^INJ
MF	Gavin Kilkenny	(2000-02-01) 1 February 2000 (age 24)	20	0	Stoke City	v. Italy, 14 June 2022
MF	Conor Noß	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 23)	11	0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	v. Italy, 14 June 2022
MF	Will Ferry	(2000-12-07) 7 December 2000 (age 23)	9	0	Cheltenham Town	v. Sweden, 29 March 2022
MF	Killian Phillips	(2002-03-30) 30 March 2002 (age 22)	0	0	Crystal Palace	v. Sweden, 29 March 2022

FW	Liam Kerrigan	(2000-05-09) 9 May 2000 (age 23)	3	1	Como	v. Israel, 23 September 2022^INJ
FW	Darragh Burns	(2002-08-06) 6 August 2002 (age 21)	0	0	Milton Keynes Dons	v. Italy, 14 June 2022
FW	Sinclair Armstrong	(2003-06-22) 22 June 2003 (age 20)	0	0	Queens Park Rangers	v. Italy, 14 June 2022
FW	Colm Whelan	(2000-06-29) 29 June 2000 (age 23)	3	1	UCD	v. Sweden, 29 March 2022
^INJ Withdrew from latest squad due to injury ^WD Withdrew from latest squad ^PRE Preliminary squad / standby ^SUS Player is suspended ^COVID Withdrew from latest squad due to Covid-19 protocols Game v Republic of Ireland Amateur XI not an official game, therefore no caps given.

Note: Names in italics denote players that have been capped for the senior team.

References

^ "Management Profiles". Football Association of Ireland. 24 January 2019.
^ "Crawford names U21s squad for June qualifiers | Football Association of Ireland".
^ "SQUAD UPDATE | Four called into U21 squad | Football Association of Ireland".
^ "PREVIEW | Ireland U21 v Israel U21 | Football Association of Ireland".

External links

[mgmtstaff-1] "Management Profiles". Football Association of Ireland. 24 January 2019.

[2] "Crawford names U21s squad for June qualifiers | Football Association of Ireland".

[3] "SQUAD UPDATE | Four called into U21 squad | Football Association of Ireland".

[4] "PREVIEW | Ireland U21 v Israel U21 | Football Association of Ireland".

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