Republic of Ireland national under-21 football team

Republic of Ireland Under-21
Nickname(s)	Éire, Boys in Green
Association	Football Association of Ireland (FAI)
Head coach	Jim Crawford
Most caps	Graham Barrett (24)
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
Total								122	37	24	61	143	176

*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shootout.

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:

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: Referee: Parejo Nieto (Spain)

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

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	84' (pen.)	Report	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' 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	90+3'	Report		Stadium: Tallaght Stadium Attendance: 1,535 Referee: Peter Kralović (Slovakia)

2022[]

29 March 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification	Sweden	v	Republic of Ireland	Borås, Sweden
16:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Borås Arena

3 June 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification	Republic of Ireland	v	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
TBC IST		Report		Stadium: Tallaght Stadium

6 June 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification	Republic of Ireland	v	Montenegro	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
TBC IST		Report		Stadium: Tallaght Stadium

14 June 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification	Italy	v	Republic of Ireland	TBC, Italy
TBC CET		Report		Stadium: TBC

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 Italy on the 12th November & Sweden on the 16th November 2021.^[2]^[3]

Caps and goals updated as of 16th November 2021, 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)	9	0	Derry City
23	1GK	David Odumosu	(2001-03-23) 23 March 2001 (age 20)	0	0	St Patrick's Athletic
	1GK	Luke McNicholas	(2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Cliftonville

2	2DF	Lee O'Connor	(2000-07-28) 28 July 2000 (age 21)	20	1	Tranmere Rovers
4	2DF	Mark McGuinness	(2001-01-05) 5 January 2001 (age 21)	9	1	Cardiff City
13	2DF	Jake O'Brien	(2001-05-15) 15 May 2001 (age 20)	6	0	Swindon Town
3	2DF	Joel Bagan	(2001-09-03) 3 September 2001 (age 20)	5	0	Cardiff City
5	2DF	Oisin McEntee	(2001-01-05) 5 January 2001 (age 21)	5	0	Greenock Morton
21	2DF	Festy Ebosele	(2002-08-02) 2 August 2002 (age 19)	3	0	Derby County
	2DF	Andy Lyons	(2000-08-02) 2 August 2000 (age 21)	3	0	Shamrock Rovers

6	3MF	Conor Coventry	(2000-03-25) 25 March 2000 (age 21)	22	2	West Ham United
7	3MF	Gavin Kilkenny	(2000-02-01) 1 February 2000 (age 22)	16	0	AFC Bournemouth
8	3MF	Conor Noß	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 21)	9	0	Borussia Mönchengladbach
11	3MF	Will Ferry	(2000-12-07) 7 December 2000 (age 21)	9	0	Crawley Town
18	3MF	Tyreik Wright	(2001-09-22) 22 September 2001 (age 20)	9	1	Aston Villa
17	3MF	Ross Tierney	(2001-03-06) 6 March 2001 (age 20)	6	1	Motherwell
20	3MF	Dawson Devoy	(2001-11-20) 20 November 2001 (age 20)	4	0	Bohemians
10	3MF	Will Smallbone	(2001-02-21) 21 February 2001 (age 21)	3	0	Southampton
14	3MF	Ollie O'Neill	(2003-01-08) 8 January 2003 (age 19)	2	1	Fulham
	3MF	Liam Kerrigan	(2000-05-09) 9 May 2000 (age 21)	1	0	UCD
15	3MF	William Hondermarck	(2000-11-21) 21 November 2000 (age 21)	0	0	Barnsley
	3MF	Armstrong Oko-Flex	(2002-03-02) 2 March 2002 (age 19)	0	0	West Ham United

9	4FW	Joshua Kayode	(2000-05-04) 4 May 2000 (age 21)	10	2	Rotherham United
19	4FW	Evan Ferguson	(2004-10-19) 19 October 2004 (age 17)	5	0	Brighton & Hove Albion
22	4FW	Colm Whelan	(2000-06-29) 29 June 2000 (age 21)	3	1	UCD

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	Sam Blair	(2002-12-27) 27 December 2002 (age 19)	0	0	Bury Town	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	Josh Honohan	(2001-03-28) 28 March 2001 (age 20)	0	0	Cork City	v. Montenegro, 12 October 2021
DF	Ronan Boyce	(2001-05-12) 12 May 2001 (age 20)	0	0	Derry City	v. Montenegro, 12 October 2021
DF	Luke Turner	(2002-05-20) 20 May 2002 (age 19)	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 20)	0	0	Shelbourne	v. Montenegro, 12 October 2021^PRE
DF	Alex Murphy	(2004-06-25) 25 June 2004 (age 17)	0	0	Galway United	v. Montenegro, 12 October 2021^PRE
DF	Evan Weir	(2002-04-16) 16 April 2002 (age 19)	0	0	Drogheda United	v. Montenegro, 12 October 2021^PRE
DF	Anselmo Garcia MacNulty	(2003-02-13) 13 February 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Wolfsburg	v. Luxembourg, 7 September 2021
DF	Shane Flynn	(2001-10-14) 14 October 2001 (age 20)	1	0	Leicester City	v. Denmark, 8 June 2021
DF	Lewis Richards	(2001-10-15) 15 October 2001 (age 20)	1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	v. Denmark, 8 June 2021
DF	Sean Roughan	(2003-03-14) 14 March 2003 (age 18)	0	0	Drogheda United	v. Denmark, 8 June 2021
DF	Ciaran Brennan	(2000-05-05) 5 May 2000 (age 21)	0	0	Sheffield Wednesday	v. Switzerland, 30 May 2021^INJ
DF	Andrew Omobamidele	(2002-06-23) 23 June 2002 (age 19)	1	0	Norwich City	v. Wales, 26 March 2021^{With senior squad}
DF	Mason O'Malley	(2001-06-08) 8 June 2001 (age 20)	1	0	Scunthorpe United	v. Wales, 26 March 2021

MF	Ryan Johansson	(2001-02-15) 15 February 2001 (age 21)	5	0	Fortuna Sittard	v. Italy, 12 November 2021^INJ
MF	Alex Gilbert	(2001-12-28) 28 December 2001 (age 20)	6	0	Swindon Town	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 21)	0	0	Sligo Rovers	v. Montenegro, 12 October 2021
MF	Killian Phillips	(2002-03-30) 30 March 2002 (age 19)	0	0	Crystal Palace	v. Montenegro, 12 October 2021
MF	Louie Watson	(2001-06-07) 7 June 2001 (age 20)	5	0	Derby County	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 19)	0	0	Derry City	v. Montenegro, 12 October 2021^PRE
MF	Darragh Nugent	(2001-03-01) 1 March 2001 (age 20)	0	0	Drogheda United	v. Montenegro, 12 October 2021^PRE
MF	Conor Grant	(2001-07-23) 23 July 2001 (age 20)	3	0	Rochdale	v. Denmark, 8 June 2021
MF	Luca Connell	(2001-04-20) 20 April 2001 (age 20)	3	0	Queen's Park	v. Denmark, 8 June 2021
MF	Bosun Lawal	(2003-05-30) 30 May 2003 (age 18)	1	0	Celtic	v. Denmark, 8 June 2021
MF	John Patrick	(2003-09-24) 24 September 2003 (age 18)	0	0	Getafe	v. Switzerland, 30 May 2021^WD

FW	Johnny Kenny	(2003-06-06) 6 June 2003 (age 18)	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
FW	Jonathan Afolabi	(2000-01-14) 14 January 2000 (age 22)	5	1	Airdrieonians	v. Denmark, 8 June 2021
FW	Ethon Varian	(2002-08-11) 11 August 2002 (age 19)	1	0	Raith Rovers	v. Wales, 26 March 2021
FW	Ademipo Odubeko	(2002-10-21) 21 October 2002 (age 19)	0	0	Doncaster Rovers	v. Wales, 26 March 2021^WD
^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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Crawford names squad for Italy/Sweden qualifiers | Football Association of Ireland".
^ "French-born Barnsley midfelder called into Ireland U21 squad for Euro qualifiers".

External links[]

[mgmtstaff-1] "Management Profiles". Football Association of Ireland.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[2] "Crawford names squad for Italy/Sweden qualifiers | Football Association of Ireland".

[3] "French-born Barnsley midfelder called into Ireland U21 squad for Euro qualifiers".

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