Ireland national football team (FAI) results

This article contains the results of the Ireland team selected by the Football Association of Ireland. It was previously known as the Irish Free State. After a FIFA ruling they became the Republic of Ireland in 1954.

1936[]

17 March 1936

Ireland ^[1]	1–0	Switzerland
Jimmy Dunne 34'	(Report)

Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Langenus (Belgium)

3 May 1936

Hungary	3–3	Ireland
Sárosi 7', 48' (pen) Sas 75'	(Report)	Dunne 12', O'Reilly19' Dunne^[2] or Madden^[3] 68'

Hungária Úti Stadium, Budapest, Hungary
Friendly

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Bruell (Czechoslovakia)

6 May 1936

Rhineland XI ^[4]	4–1	Ireland
	(Report)	Jimmy Dunne

Cologne, Germany
Friendly

Attendance: 10,000 (estimate)

9 May 1936

Luxembourg	1–5	Ireland
Mart 59' (pen)	(Report)	Jimmy Dunne 9', 86' Donnelly 65' Kelly 71', 87'

Stade Municipal, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Friendly

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Bauwens (Germany)

17 October 1936

Ireland	5–2	Germany
Donnelly 25', 69' Davis 35' (pen), 65' Geoghegan 58'	(Report)	Kobierski 26' Szepan 32'

Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: (Scotland)

6 December 1936

Ireland	2–3	Hungary
Fallon 20' Davis 72' (pen)	(Report)	Titkos 37' Cseh 38' Toldi 48'

Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: (England)

1937[]

17 May 1937

Switzerland	0–1	Ireland
	(Report)	Jimmy Dunne 30'

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern, Switzerland
Friendly

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: (England)

23 May 1937

France	0–2	Ireland
	(Report)	Jordan 52' Brown 58'

Colombes Stadium, Paris, France
Friendly

Attendance: 16,688

Referee: Krist (Czechoslovakia)

10 October 1937

Norway	3–2	Ireland
Kvammen 30', 64' Martinsen 78'	(Report)	Geoghegan 37' Jimmy Dunne 49'

Ullevaal, Oslo, Norway
World Cup Qualifier

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Bauwens (Germany)

7 November 1937

Ireland	3–3	Norway
Jimmy Dunne 10' O'Flanagan 62' Duggan 88'	(Report)	Kvammen 16', 33' Martinsen 49'

Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland
World Cup Qualifier

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: (England)

1938[]

18 May 1938

Czechoslovakia	2–2	Ireland
Nejedly 3' (pen), 46'	(Report)	Davis 42' Jimmy Dunne 89'

AC Sparta Stadium, Prague, Czechoslovakia
Friendly

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Barlassina (Italy)

22 May 1938

Poland	6–0	Ireland
Wasiewicz 12' Wodarz 21', 78' Piątek 43', 50' Wilimowski 58'	(Report)

Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw, Poland
Friendly

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: (Hungary)

18 September 1938

Ireland	4–0	Switzerland
Bradshaw 1', 20' Jimmy Dunne 8' Donnelly ??'	(Report)

Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly

Attendance: 31,000

Referee: (England)

13 November 1938

Ireland	3–2	Poland
Fallon 10' Carey 12' Jimmy Dunne 68'	(Report)	Wilimowski 17' Piątek 83'

Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly

Attendance: 34,295

Referee: Bauwens (Germany)

1939[]

19 March 1939

Ireland	2–2	Hungary
Bradshaw 14' Carey 87'	(Report)	Zsengellér 35' Kolláth 50'

Mardyke Arena, Cork, Ireland
Friendly

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: (England)

18 May 1939

Hungary	2–2	Ireland
Kolláth 41', 86'	(Report)	O'Flanagan 53', 80'

Hungária Úti Stadium, Budapest, Hungary
Friendly

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Bauwens (Germany)

23 May 1939

Germany	1–1	Ireland
Schön 38'	(Report)	Bradshaw 65'

Weserstadion, Bremen, Germany
Friendly

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Remke (Denmark)

1940-1945[]

No matches played due to World War II

1946[]

16 June 1946

Portugal	3–1	Ireland
Araujo 7' 17' Peyroteo 20'	(Report)	O'Reilly

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal
Friendly

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: (Switzerland)

23 June 1946

Ireland	1–0	Spain
Sloan 37'	(Report)

Metropolitano, Madrid, Spain
Friendly

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: (Switzerland)

30 September 1946

Ireland	0–1	England
	(Report)	Finney 82'

Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly

Attendance: 31,988

Referee: (Scotland)

1947[]

2 March 1947

Ireland	3–2	Spain
Walsh 16', 79' Coad 23'	(Report)	Zarra 26', 59'

Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly

Attendance: 42,102

Referee: (England)

4 May 1947

Ireland	0–2	Portugal
	(Report)	Correia ??' Araujo ??'

Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly

Attendance: 31,618

Referee: (England)

1948[]

23 May 1948

Portugal	2–0	Ireland
Peyroteo 22' Albano 26'	(Report)

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal
Friendly

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: (Italy)

30 May 1948

Spain	2–1	Ireland
Igoa 32', 71'	(Report)	Moroney ??'

Montjuic Stadium, Barcelona, Spain
Friendly

Attendance: ??,???

Referee: (France)

26 July 1948

Netherlands	3–1	Ireland ^[5]
Wilkes 1' 74' Roosenburg 11'	(Report)	O'Kelly 52'

Fratton Park, Portsmouth, England
1948 Summer Olympics

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: George Reader (England)

5 December 1948

Ireland	0–1	Switzerland
	(Report)	Bickel 53'

Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly

Attendance: 25,563

Referee: George Reader (England)

1949[]

24 April 1949

Ireland	0–2	Belgium
	(Report)	Lemberechts 54' Mermans 84'

Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly

Attendance: 28,018

Referee: (France)

22 May 1949

Ireland	1–0	Portugal
Coad 35' (pen)	(Report)

Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly

Attendance: 28,108

Referee: (France)

2 June 1949

Sweden	3–1	Ireland
17' (pen) Jeppson 37' Liedholm 69'	(Report)	Walsh 9'

Råsunda Stadion, Stockholm, Sweden
World Cup Qualifier

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: Baert (Belgium)

12 June 1949

Ireland	1–4	Spain
Martin 14' (pen)	(Report)	Zarra 30', 36' Basora 35' Igoa 86'

Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly

Attendance: 30,171

Referee: Ellis (England)

8 September 1949

Ireland	3–0	Finland
Gavin 35' Martin 44' (pen), 68'	(Report)

Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland
World Cup Qualifier

Attendance: 22,479

Referee: (England)

21 September 1949

England	0–2	Ireland
	(Report)	Martin 33' (pen) Farrell 85'

Goodison Park, Liverpool, England
Friendly

Attendance: 51,047

Referee: Mowat (Scotland)

9 October 1949

Ireland	1–1	Finland
Farrell 65'	(Report)	Vaihela 89'

Olympiastadion, Helsinki, Finland
World Cup Qualifier

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: (Netherlands)

13 November 1949

Ireland	1–3	Sweden
Martin 61' (pen)	(Report)	Palmér 4', 40', 68'

Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland
World Cup Qualifier

Attendance: 41,031

Referee: Ling (England)

1950[]

10 May 1950

Belgium	5–1	Ireland
Mermans 3', 33', 84' De Hert 19' Chaves 56'	(Report)	Duffy 72'

Century Stadium, Brussels, Belgium
Friendly

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: (Netherlands)

26 November 1950

Ireland	2–2	Norway
Carey 24' (pen) Walsh 61'	(Report)	Bredesen 6' Andresen 11'

Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly

Attendance: 31,215

Referee: (England)

1951[]

13 May 1951

Ireland	0–1	Argentina
	(Report)	Labruna 54'

Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Leafe (England)

30 May 1951

Norway	2–3	Ireland
14' Hvidsten 55'	(Report)	Farrell 17' Ringstead 67' Coad 82'

Ullevaal, Oslo, Norway
Friendly

Attendance: 20,900

Referee: (Denmark)

17 October 1951

Ireland	3–2	West Germany
Posipal 9' (og) Fitzsimons 40' Glynn 85'	(Report)	Morlock 63' Fritz Walter 75'

Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly

Attendance: 29,451

Referee: Ling (England)

1952[]

4 May 1952

West Germany	3–0	Ireland
Posipal 31' Ottmar Walter 77' Termath 87'	(Report)

Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne, West Germany
Friendly

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Ellis (England)

7 May 1952

Austria	6–0	Ireland
Huber 22', 24', 26' Haummer 36' Dienst 58', 81'	(Report)

Praeter Park, Vienna, Austria
Friendly

Attendance: 64,000

Referee: (West Germany)

1 June 1952

Spain	6–0	Ireland
3' Gainza 10' Cesar 13' Basora 43', 70' Panizo 67'	(Report)

Nuevo Estadio Chamartín, Madrid, Spain
Friendly

Attendance: 75,000

Referee: Leafe (England)

16 November 1952

Ireland	1–1	France
Fallon 24'	(Report)	Piantoni 67'

Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: (Belgium)

1953[]

25 March 1953

Ireland	4–0	Austria
Ringstead 46', 53' Eglington 74' O'Farrell 80'	(Report)

Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Ellis (England)

4 October 1953

Ireland	3–5	France
Ryan 58' Walsh 83' O'Farrell 88'	(Report)	Glovacki 23' Penverne 40' Ujlaki 50',69' Flamion 72'

Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland
World Cup Qualifier

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: (Belgium)

28 October 1953

Ireland	4–0	Luxembourg
Fitzsimons 18', 59' Ryan 48' Eglington 62'	(Report)

Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland
World Cup Qualifier

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Bond (England)

25 November 1953

France	1–0	Ireland
Piantoni 73'	(Report)

Parc des Princes, Paris, France
World Cup Qualifier

Attendance: 32,256

Referee: (Belgium)

1954[]

7 March 1954

Luxembourg	0–1	Ireland
	(Report)	Cummins 62'

Stade Municipal, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
World Cup Qualifier

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: (Netherlands)

References[]

^ This was the first game that the FAI referred to the team as Ireland
^ www.soccerscene.ie
^ www.kickinmagazine.ie
^ Unofficial international
^ Recognised as full international by FIFA, the IFFHS and by Netherlands national football team. See also 1924 Results.

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References[]

See also[]