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

Qualification

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.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Liam Bossin	15 June 1996	1	0	Anderlecht
	GK	Kieran O'Hara	26 April 1996	0	0	Manchester United
	MF	Noe Baba	8 August 1996	1	0	Birmingham
	DF	Sean Heaney	27 January 1996	0	0	Shamrock Rovers
	DF	Liam Kinsella	23 February 1996	0	0	Walsall
	DF	Dylan Barnett	5 December 1996	0	0	Brighton
	DF	Ryan Sweeney	15 April 1997	0	0	Stoke
	DF	Danny Kane	23 April 1997	0	0	Huddersfield
	DF	Shaun Donnellan	22 May 1997	0	0	West Bromwich Albion
	DF	Corey Whelan	10 December 1997	0	0	Liverpool
	DF	Declan Rice	14 January 1999	0	0	West Ham
	MF	Jack Byrne	24 April 1996	13	0	Blackburn Rovers (on loan from Man City)
	MF	Josh Cullen	7 April 1996	8	1	Bradford City (on loan from West Ham)
	MF	Harry Charsley	1 November 1996	7	1	Everton
	MF	Connor Dimaio	28 January 1996	3	0	Chesterfield
	MF	Olamide Shodipo	5 July 1997	3	0	Queens Park Rangers
	MF	Jake Mulraney	5 April 1996	2	0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle
	MF	Ronan Curtis	29 March 1996	0	0	Derry City
	MF	Dylan Watts	11 April 1997	0	0	Leicester
	FW	Ciaran O'Connor	4 July 1996	0	0	Dundalk
	FW	Jamie McGrath	30 September 1996	0	0	St Patrick's Athletic
	FW	Tyrone Duffus	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	18 July 1996	0	0	Walsall (on loan from Aston Villa)	v.  Serbia, 6 September 2016
FW	Reece Grego-Cox	12 November 1996	3	1	Newport County F.C. (on loan from Queens Park Rangers)	v.  Slovenia, 2 September 2016
FW	Josh Barrett	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.

See also

• European Under-21 Football Championship
• Republic of Ireland national football team
• Republic of Ireland national under-19 football team
• Republic of Ireland national under-17 football team

References

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

External links

• U21 page on FAI website
• UEFA Under-21 website
• Full U21 results