Republic of Ireland women's national football team

Republic of Ireland

Nickname(s)	The Girls in Green
Association	Football Association of Ireland
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Susan Ronan
Captain	Ciara Grant
Top scorer	Olivia O'Toole (54)
Home stadium	Various
FIFA ranking	34 2
Highest FIFA ranking	27 (December 2008)
Lowest FIFA ranking	38 (July 2003)
First colours Second colours
First international
Scotland 10–1 Republic of Ireland (Greenock, Scotland; 22 April 1973)
Biggest win
Malta 0–9 Republic of Ireland (Ta' Qali, Malta; 22 October 2003)
Biggest defeat
Sweden 10–0 Republic of Ireland (Borås, Sweden; 20 September 1992)

The Republic of Ireland women's national football team, selects players from both the 350 Women's Football Association of Ireland (WFAI) teams, in 21 affiliate leagues throughout the nation, and the international women's football community. The WFAI was founded in 1973. It provided player and squad development which, in 1990, brought the FAI to finally recognize and support women's football. The squad beat Romania, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, and Malta in the 2004 "second division" UEFA Women's Championship and was promoted to the FIFA first division (teams that compete for direct qualification to the FIFA Women's World Cup). The Women's Team has also competed in recent versions of the Algarve Cup. The Women's team play home internationals at Richmond Park in Dublin, home ground of St Patrick's Athletic.

Competitive Record

FIFA World Cup Record

World Cup Finals
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	To Be Determined	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	0/6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA European Championship record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1984	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1987	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1989	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1991	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1993	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
& 1997	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Recent history

2007 Algarve Cup

Ireland finished eleventh of twelve teams competing for the 2007 Algarve Cup. In four matches, they won one, drew two, and lost one. They won the 11th-place match versus hosts Portugal 5-4 on penalty kicks, after finishing extra time 0-0.

2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Qualification

Ireland competed in Group 4 of the UEFA qualification for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. In eight qualification matches, they won one, drew one and lost six, for a total of four points, placing fourth of five teams in the group. They did not qualify for the World Cup.

2008 Algarve Cup

Ireland finished twelfth of twelve teams competing for the 2008 Algarve Cup. In four matches, they won one and lost three. They lost the 11th-place match versus Poland 6-5 on penalty kicks, after finishing extra time 2-2.

2009 UEFA Women's Championship

Ireland competed for one of eleven qualifying slots for the UEFA Women's Championship, to be contested in Finland in 2009. They finished in third place of five teams in Group 2, behind Sweden and Italy, thereby qualifying to play-off for a spot in the finals against Iceland. On 26 October 2008 Ireland and Iceland drew 1-1 in Dublin, then on 30 October in Reykjavík, Iceland won 3-0 to end Ireland's dream of qualifying for the 2009 Championship.

2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Qualification

Ireland rose one place, to 27th in the world FIFA rankings, above Argentina, their best ever ranking. They are ranked 17th in Europe. Ireland were drawn in Group 6 alongside Russia, Switzerland, Israel and Kazakhstan. Switzerland won the group and advanced to the final, with Ireland coming third.

Results and fixtures

19 September 2009 17:00 UTC+2	Switzerland	2 – 0	Republic of Ireland	Stadion Niedermatten, Wohlen Referee: Christine Beck (Switzerland)
	Martina Moser  56' Lara Dickenmann  64' (pen.)	Report

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24 September 2009 19:30 UTC+1	Republic of Ireland	2 – 1	Kazakhstan	Turners Cross, Cork Referee: Aneliya Sinabova (Bulgaria)
	Fiona O'Sullivan  43' Stephanie Roche  87'	Report	Yekaterina Krassyukova  64'

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25 October 2009 15:00 UTC+3	Russia	3 – 0	Republic of Ireland	Krasnoarmeysk Stadium, Krasnoarmeysk Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)
	Elena Morozova  12' Valentina Savchenkova  52' Olga Petrova  90+1'	Report

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29 October 2009 14:00 UTC+6	Kazakhstan	1 – 2	Republic of Ireland	Zhetysu Stadium, Taldykorgan Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)
	Mariya Yalova  6'	Report	Stephanie Roche  64' Yvonne Tracy  70'

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21 March 2010 17:00 UTC+2	Israel	0 – 3	Republic of Ireland	Ness Ziona Stadium, Ness Ziona Referee: Ann-Helen Østervold (Norway)
		Report	Fiona O'Sullivan  32', 52' Michele O'Brien  81'

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31 March 2010 19:30 UTC+1	Republic of Ireland	1 – 2	Switzerland	Richmond Park (football ground) Referee: Jana Adamkova (Football Association of the Czech Republic)
	Ciara Grant  57'	Report	Sandy Maendly  21' Noémie Beney  54'

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21 August 2010 15:00 UTC+1	Republic of Ireland	1 – 1	Russia	Ferrycarrig Park Referee: Cristina Dorcioman (Romanian Football Federation)
	Ciara Grant  59'	[1]	Anna Kozhnikova  64'

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25 August 2010 19:30 UTC+1	Republic of Ireland	3 – 0	Israel	Carlisle Grounds Referee: Elia Maria Martinez Martinez (Royal Spanish Football Federation)
	Fiona O'Sullivan  59', 64', 80'	[2]

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2013 UEFA Women's Championship

Ireland were drawn in Group 4 alongside France, Scotland, Wales and Israel when the draw for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 was made in Nyon, Switzerland on March 14, 2011 [3].

Fixtures

All times are UTC+1.

17 September 2011 18:00	Wales	0 – 2	Republic of Ireland	Newport Stadium, Newport Attendance: 440 Referee: Marina Mamaeva (Russia)
		Report	D. O'Sullivan  27', 70'

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22 September 2011 19:45	Republic of Ireland	1-3	France	Turner's Cross Attendance: 2,235 Referee: Simona Ghisletta (Switzerland)
	O'Gorman  90+2'	Report	Nécib  62' Delie  69' Le Sommer  74'

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22 October 2011 15:00	Republic of Ireland	2-0	Israel	Tallaght Stadium Attendance: 1,010 Referee: Petra Chudá (Slovakia)
	D. O'Sullivan  74' Grant  87'	Report

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5 April 2012 19:00	Scotland	2-1	Republic of Ireland	Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh Attendance: 1,703 Referee: Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary)
	Rhonda Jones  86' Christie Murray  87'	Report	D. O'Sullivan  4'

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16 June 2012 17:00	Republic of Ireland	0 – 1	Wales	Turners Cross, Cork Attendance: 653 Referee: Sofia Karagiorgi (Cyprus)
		Report	Lander  71'

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21 June 2012 19:30	Republic of Ireland	0 – 1	Scotland	Turners Cross, Cork Attendance: 827 Referee: Teodora Albon (Romania)
		Report	Corsie  25'

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15 September 2012 20:50	France	4 – 0	Republic of Ireland	Stade du Roudourou, Guingamp Referee: Mihaela Gurdon Basimamović (Croatia)
	Thomis  8' Le Sommer  13', 43' Morel  86'	Report

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19 September 2012 15:00	Israel	0 – 2	Republic of Ireland	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan Referee: Paloma Quintero Siles (Spain)
		Report	O'Sullivan  65' Russell  67'

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2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

Ireland were drawn in 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1 alongside Germany, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Croatia when the draw for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup was made in Nyon, Switzerland on April 15, 2013 [4]

Fixtures

All times are UTC+1.

22 September 2013	Republic of Ireland	v	Slovakia

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26 September 2013	Croatia	v	Republic of Ireland

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30 October 2013	Slovenia	v	Republic of Ireland

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5 April 2014	Republic of Ireland	v	Germany

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7 May 2014	Republic of Ireland	v	Russia

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7 June 2012	Republic of Ireland	v	Croatia

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19 June 2014	Russia	v	Republic of Ireland

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20 August 2014	Republic of Ireland	v	Slovenia

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13 September 2014	Slovakia	v	Republic of Ireland

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17 September 2014	Germany	v	Republic of Ireland

Current squad

The following players were named in the squad for two friendly matches against the United States; at Jeld-Wen Field, Portland, Oregon on 28 November 2012 and University of Phoenix Stadium on 1 December 2012.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Emma Byrne (1979-06-14) June 14, 1979 92 0 Arsenal 1GK Eve Badana (1993-07-09) July 9, 1993 2 0 Drexel Dragons 2DF Yvonne Tracy (1981-02-27) February 27, 1981 70 3 Arsenal 2DF Louise Quinn (1990-06-17) June 17, 1990 16 1 Peamount United 2DF Megan Campbell (1993-06-28) June 28, 1993 11 0 Raheny United 2DF Sophie Perry (1986-11-11) November 11, 1986 9 0 Chelsea 2DF Mary Therese McDonnell (1986-08-26) August 26, 1986 19 0 Chicago Red Stars 2DF Shannon McDonnell (1984-09-28) September 28, 1984 8 0 Free agent 2DF Méabh De Búrca (1988-08-11) August 11, 1988 23 0 Amazon Grimstad 2DF Niamh Fahey (1987-10-13) October 13, 1987 46 0 Arsenal 3MF Diane Caldwell (1988-09-11) September 11, 1988 19 0 Avaldsnes IL 3MF Ciara Grant (1993-06-11) June 11, 1993 1 0 Raheny United 3MF Julie-Ann Russell (1991-03-28) March 28, 1991 20 2 Peamount United 3MF Aine O'Gorman (1989-05-13) May 13, 1989 51 4 Doncaster Rovers Belles 4FW Ruesha Littlejohn (1990-07-03) July 3, 1990 6 0 Glasgow City 4FW Denise O'Sullivan (1994-02-04) February 4, 1994 12 4 Cork Women's FC 4FW Shannon Smyth (1987-06-22) June 22, 1987 16 0 Amazon Grimstad 4FW Fiona O'Sullivan (1986-09-17) September 17, 1986 22 7 SC Freiburg

See also

• List of women's national football teams
• Women's football around the world

External links

• FAI Women's Official Site and Upcoming Fixtures
• Senior Women's Squad Profiles
• Women's Football Contacts (Rep. of Ireland clubs and leagues)
• Republic of Ireland Senior Women’s side