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 (25)
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[edit]

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[edit]

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	To be decided								Ongoing
Total								122	37	24	61	143	176

*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shootout.

Results and fixtures[edit]

2021[edit]

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[edit]

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)

Staff[edit]

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[edit]

Current squad[edit]

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 Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Italy on 3, 6 & 14 June respectively.^[2] Caps and goals updated as of 14 June 2022, after the game vs Italy.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Brian Maher	(2000-11-01) 1 November 2000 (age 21)	13	0	Derry City
16	1GK	Luke McNicholas	(2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Sligo Rovers
	1GK	David Harrington	(2000-07-01) 1 July 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Cork City

2	2DF	Lee O'Connor	(2000-07-28) 28 July 2000 (age 21)	24	1	Tranmere Rovers
4	2DF	Mark McGuinness	(2001-01-05) 5 January 2001 (age 21)	13	1	Cardiff City
13	2DF	Jake O'Brien	(2001-05-15) 15 May 2001 (age 21)	9	0	Crystal Palace
3	2DF	Joel Bagan	(2001-09-03) 3 September 2001 (age 20)	8	0	Cardiff City
15	2DF	Andy Lyons	(2000-08-02) 2 August 2000 (age 21)	5	0	Shamrock Rovers
5	2DF	Eiran Cashin	(2001-11-09) 9 November 2001 (age 20)	2	0	Derby County
	2DF	Tayo Adaramola	(2003-11-14) 14 November 2003 (age 18)	1	0	Crystal Palace

6	3MF	Conor Coventry	(2000-03-25) 25 March 2000 (age 22)	26	3	West Ham United
7	3MF	Gavin Kilkenny	(2000-02-01) 1 February 2000 (age 22)	20	0	AFC Bournemouth
12	3MF	Conor Noß	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 21)	11	0	Borussia Mönchengladbach
17	3MF	Ross Tierney	(2001-03-06) 6 March 2001 (age 21)	8	2	Motherwell
10	3MF	Will Smallbone	(2001-02-21) 21 February 2001 (age 21)	6	3	Southampton
8	3MF	Dawson Devoy	(2001-11-20) 20 November 2001 (age 20)	5	0	Bohemians
	3MF	Joe Hodge	(2002-09-14) 14 September 2002 (age 19)	0	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers

9	4FW	Joshua Kayode	(2000-05-04) 4 May 2000 (age 22)	13	2	Rotherham United
18	4FW	Tyreik Wright	(2001-09-22) 22 September 2001 (age 20)	13	3	Aston Villa
19	4FW	Evan Ferguson	(2004-10-19) 19 October 2004 (age 17)	8	0	Brighton & Hove Albion
14	4FW	Ollie O'Neill	(2003-01-08) 8 January 2003 (age 19)	4	1	Fulham
20	4FW	Mipo Odubeko	(2002-10-21) 21 October 2002 (age 19)	3	1	West Ham United
22	4FW	Liam Kerrigan	(2000-05-09) 9 May 2000 (age 22)	3	1	UCD
	4FW	Darragh Burns	(2002-08-06) 6 August 2002 (age 19)	0	0	St Patrick's Athletic
	4FW	Sinclair Armstrong	(2003-06-22) 22 June 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Queens Park Rangers

Recent call-ups[edit]

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	David Odumosu	(2001-03-23) 23 March 2001 (age 21)	0	0	St Patrick's Athletic	v. Sweden, 29 March 2022
GK	Sam Blair	(2002-12-27) 27 December 2002 (age 19)	0	0	Norwich City	v. Luxembourg, 8 October 2021
GK	Dan Rose	(2003-12-11) 11 December 2003 (age 18)	1	0	Schalke 04	v. Luxembourg, 7 September 2021

DF	Oisin McEntee	(2001-01-05) 5 January 2001 (age 21)	7	0	Walsall	v. Montenegro, 6 June 2022^INJ
DF	Festy Ebosele	(2002-08-02) 2 August 2002 (age 19)	3	0	Udinese	v. Sweden, 29 March 2022
DF	Joe Redmond	(2000-01-23) 23 January 2000 (age 22)	0	0	St Patrick's Athletic	v. Sweden, 29 March 2022
DF	Josh Honohan	(2001-03-28) 28 March 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Cork City	v. Montenegro, 12 October 2021
DF	Ronan Boyce	(2001-05-12) 12 May 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Derry City	v. Montenegro, 12 October 2021
DF	Luke Turner	(2002-05-20) 20 May 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Cliftonville	v. Montenegro, 12 October 2021
DF	Andrew Quinn	(2002-01-24) 24 January 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Drogheda United	v. Montenegro, 12 October 2021
DF	Kameron Ledwidge	(2001-04-07) 7 April 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Shelbourne	v. Montenegro, 12 October 2021^PRE
DF	Alex Murphy	(2004-06-25) 25 June 2004 (age 18)	0	0	Galway United	v. Montenegro, 12 October 2021^PRE
DF	Evan Weir	(2002-04-16) 16 April 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Drogheda United	v. Montenegro, 12 October 2021^PRE
DF	Anselmo Garcia MacNulty	(2003-02-13) 13 February 2003 (age 19)	0	0	VfL Wolfsburg	v. Luxembourg, 7 September 2021

MF	Will Ferry	(2000-12-07) 7 December 2000 (age 21)	9	0	Southampton	v. Sweden, 29 March 2022
MF	Killian Phillips	(2002-03-30) 30 March 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Crystal Palace	v. Sweden, 29 March 2022
MF	William Hondermarck	(2000-11-21) 21 November 2000 (age 21)	0	0	Barnsley	v. Sweden, 16 November 2021
MF	Armstrong Oko-Flex	(2002-03-02) 2 March 2002 (age 20)	0	0	West Ham United	v. Sweden, 16 November 2021
MF	Ryan Johansson	(2001-02-15) 15 February 2001 (age 21)	5	0	Sevilla	v. Italy, 12 November 2021
MF	Alex Gilbert	(2001-12-28) 28 December 2001 (age 20)	6	0	Brentford	v. Montenegro, 12 October 2021
MF	Andrew Moran	(2003-10-15) 15 October 2003 (age 18)	2	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	v. Montenegro, 12 October 2021
MF	Brandon Kavanagh	(2000-09-21) 21 September 2000 (age 21)	1	0	Derry City	v. Montenegro, 12 October 2021
MF	Niall Morahan	(2000-05-30) 30 May 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Sligo Rovers	v. Montenegro, 12 October 2021
MF	Louie Watson	(2001-06-07) 7 June 2001 (age 21)	5	0	Luton Town	v. Luxembourg, 8 October 2021
MF	Niall O'Keeffe	(2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Waterford	v. Montenegro, 12 October 2021^PRE
MF	Evan McLaughlin	(2002-03-30) 30 March 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Derry City	v. Montenegro, 12 October 2021^PRE
MF	Darragh Nugent	(2001-03-01) 1 March 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Drogheda United	v. Montenegro, 12 October 2021^PRE

FW	Colm Whelan	(2000-06-29) 29 June 2000 (age 22)	3	1	UCD	v. Sweden, 29 March 2022
FW	Johnny Kenny	(2003-06-06) 6 June 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Celtic	v. Montenegro, 12 October 2021
FW	Cian Kavanagh	(2003-01-03) 3 January 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Waterford	v. Montenegro, 12 October 2021^PRE
FW	Dean Williams	(2000-02-09) 9 February 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Drogheda United	v. Montenegro, 12 October 2021^PRE
^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[edit]

^ "Management Profiles". Football Association of Ireland. 24 January 2019.
^ "Crawford names U21s squad for June qualifiers | Football Association of Ireland".

External links[edit]

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

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

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History[edit]

UEFA European Under-21 Championship record[edit]