Republic of Ireland national under-21 football team

Republic of Ireland Under-21

Association

Football Association of Ireland (FAI)

Head coach

Noel King

Most caps

Shane Duffy (20)

Top scorer

Robbie Brady (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)

UEFA U-21 Championship

Appearances

None

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 and competes in the biennial European Under-21 Football Championship and has competed since 1978.

Competitive Record

As a European U21 team, the Republic of Ireland compete for the European Championship, with the finals every odd-numbered year, formerly even-numbered years. There is no Under-21 World Cup, although there is an Under-20 World Cup. For the first five (1978–1986) European Under-21 Football Championships, Ireland did not enter but in 1988 they entered for the first time but failed to qualify.

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
Total	0/20	0	0	0	0	0	0	102	27	21	54	116	153

*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shootout.

Results and fixtures 2015-16

2015 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

Main article: 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

Qualification

Main article: 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 2

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	10	7	3	0	17	3	+14	24	Final tournament
2	Serbia	10	7	2	1	27	8	+19	23	Play-offs
3	Slovenia	10	5	0	5	18	11	+7	15
4	Republic of Ireland	10	4	0	6	14	17	−3	12
5	Lithuania	10	3	1	6	5	17	−12	10
6	Andorra	10	1	0	9	1	26	−25	3

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Players

Current squad

Players born on or after 1 January 1996 are eligible for the next UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.

The following players played in the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualifying match against Serbia on 6 September 2016.^[1]

Caps and goals updated as of 17 April 2016.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Liam Bossin	(1996-06-15) 15 June 1996	1	0	Anderlecht
1GK	Kieran O'Hara	(1996-04-26) 26 April 1996	0	0	Manchester United

3MF	Noe Baba	(1996-08-08) 8 August 1996	1	0	Birmingham
2DF	Sean Heaney	(1996-01-27) 27 January 1996	0	0	Shamrock Rovers
2DF	Liam Kinsella	(1996-02-23) 23 February 1996	0	0	Walsall
2DF	Dylan Barnett	(1996-12-05) 5 December 1996	0	0	Brighton
2DF	Ryan Sweeney	(1997-04-15) 15 April 1997	0	0	Stoke
2DF	Danny Kane	(1997-04-23) 23 April 1997	0	0	Huddersfield
2DF	Shaun Donnellan	(1997-05-22) 22 May 1997	0	0	West Bromwich Albion
2DF	Corey Whelan	(1997-12-10) 10 December 1997	0	0	Liverpool
2DF	Declan Rice	(1999-01-14) 14 January 1999	0	0	West Ham

3MF	Jack Byrne	(1996-04-24) 24 April 1996	13	0	Blackburn Rovers (on loan from Man City)
3MF	Josh Cullen	(1996-04-07) 7 April 1996	8	1	Bradford City (on loan from West Ham)
3MF	Harry Charsley	(1996-11-01) 1 November 1996	7	1	Everton
3MF	Connor Dimaio	(1996-01-28) 28 January 1996	3	0	Chesterfield
3MF	Olamide Shodipo	(1997-07-05) 5 July 1997	3	0	Queens Park Rangers
3MF	Jake Mulraney	(1996-04-05) 5 April 1996	2	0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle
3MF	Ronan Curtis	(1996-03-29) 29 March 1996	0	0	Derry City
3MF	Dylan Watts	(1997-04-11) 11 April 1997	0	0	Leicester

4FW	Ciaran O'Connor	(1996-07-04) 4 July 1996	0	0	Dundalk
4FW	Jamie McGrath	(1996-09-30) 30 September 1996	0	0	St Patrick's Athletic
4FW	Tyrone Duffus	(1997-01-27) 27 January 1997	0	0	Everton

Recent call-ups

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
DF	Kevin Toner	(1996-07-18) 18 July 1996	0	0	Walsall (on loan from Aston Villa)	v. Serbia, 6 September 2016

FW	Reece Grego-Cox	(1996-11-12) 12 November 1996	3	1	Newport County F.C. (on loan from Queens Park Rangers)	v. Slovenia, 2 September 2016
FW	Josh Barrett	(1998-06-21) 21 June 1998	0	0	Reading	v. Slovenia, 28 March 2016

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

References

↑ "King's U21s focused on Serbia challenge". FAI. Retrieved 5 September 2016.

External links

Republic of Ireland national football team

Players Managers

Governing body	Football Association of Ireland

Venues	Aviva Stadium Lansdowne Road Croke Park Dalymount Park

Results	Complete list of matches (1924–present) Irish Free State results (1924–35) Ireland (FAI) results (1936–54) Republic of Ireland results (1954–present) — 1954–59 1960s 70s 80s 90s 2000s 10s

Players	Players Dual Ireland players Hat-trick scorers

World Cup finals	1990 1994 2002 (including Saipan incident) World Cup record

European finals	1988 2012 2016 Euro record

Other tournaments	1924 Olympic Football Tournament 1948 Olympic Football Tournament Brazil Independence Cup (1972) Kirin Cup (1984) Iceland Triangular Tournament (1986) U.S. Cup (1992 1996 2000) Unity Cup (2004) Nations Cup (2011)

Famous matches	1949 defeat of England 1995 friendly against England 2010 FIFA World Cup play-off against France

Songs	Olé, Olé, Olé Joxer Goes to Stuttgart Give It a Lash Jack Put 'Em Under Pressure Watch Your House for Ireland The Rocky Road to Poland

Other National teams	Women's B U-23 U-21 U-19 U-17 League of Ireland XI

Awards	FAI International Football Awards

Association football in the Republic of Ireland

Women's association football in the Republic of Ireland

Governing bodies

National teams

National leagues

Provincial leagues

County/local leagues

Leinster	AUL Wicklow Dublin

Munster	Cork AUL Kerry Desmond Limerick West Cork

Connacht	Galway Mayo Men's Women's

Ulster	Inishowen

National cups

Provincial cups

All-Ireland cups

National under-21 football teams of Europe (UEFA)

Active	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Defunct	Czechoslovakia East Germany USSR Yugoslavia

UEFA European U-21 and U-23 Championship

Under-23 Championship

Without host	1970–1972 1972–1974 1974–1976

Under-21 Championship

Without host	1976–1978 1978–1980 1980–1982 1982–1984 1984–1986 1986–1988 1988–1990 1990–1992

With host	France 1994 Spain 1996 Romania 1998 Slovakia 2000 Switzerland 2002 Germany 2004 Portugal 2006 Netherlands 2007 Sweden 2009 Denmark 2011 Israel 2013 Czech Republic 2015 Poland 2017 Italy 2019

Qualification	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

Finals	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Squads	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

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