Republic of Ireland national under-21 football team

Republic of Ireland Under-21
Nickname	Boys in Green
Association	Football Association of Ireland (FAI)
Head coach	Jim Crawford
Captain	Joe Hodge
Most caps	Conor Coventry (28)
Top scorer	Robbie Brady (7); Kevin Doyle (7); Sinclair Armstrong (7)
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Rep. Ireland 1–1 Northern Ireland ; (Dublin; 8 March 1978)
Biggest win
	San Marino 0–7 Rep. Ireland ; (Serravalle, San Marino; 22 March 2024)
Biggest defeat
	Germany 8–0 Rep. Ireland ; (Baunatal, Germany; 23 March 1993)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	Have never qualified

The Republic of Ireland national under-21 football team is a representative team of Irish football players. It is governed by the Football Association of Ireland and represents them at Under-21 level against the national teams of other national associations. 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
2023									12	6	3	3	17	11
2025									10	5	4	1	24	12
2027	To be determined							3	2	1	0	5	3
Total	-								147	50	32	65	189	202

*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shootout.

UEFA European Under-21 Championship

2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	7	6	1	0	18	2	+16	19	Final tournament	—	2 Oct	2–0	1–0	4–1	25 Sep
2	Slovakia	7	5	1	1	15	10	+5	16	Final tournament or Play-offs	0–4	—	25 Sep	3–0	2–0	2–1
3	Republic of Ireland	7	3	2	2	7	10	−3	11		6 Oct	2–2	—	1–0	1–1	29 Sep
4	Andorra (E)	8	2	1	5	6	10	−4	7		1–1	6 Oct	4–0	—	2 Oct	1–0
5	Moldova (E)	8	1	2	5	9	17	−8	5		0–4	2–3	1–2	3–0	—	6 Oct
6	Kazakhstan (E)	7	1	1	5	4	10	−6	4		0–2	1–3	0–1	1–0	1–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 31 March 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

Win Draw Lose Fixture

2025

21 March Friendly	Republic of Ireland	0–2	Scotland	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
19:00 GMT	Joe Gardner 88'	Report	Bobby Wales 5' Jude Bonnar 77'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena

24 March Friendly	Republic of Ireland	3–1	Hungary	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
19:00 GMT	Mason Melia 16' (pen.) Conor McManus 79', 84'	Report	Gábor Jurek 33'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena

6 June Friendly	Croatia	1–0	Republic of Ireland	Zagreb, Croatia
16:00 GMT	Fabijan Krivak 52'	Report		Stadium: Gradski Stadion Referee: A. Culina

10 June Friendly	Republic of Ireland	0–0	Qatar	Zagreb, Croatia
17:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Gradski Stadion Referee: I. Vuckovic

4 September UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification	Moldova	1–2	Republic of Ireland	Nisporeni, Moldova
17:00 GMT	Mihai Lupan 23'	Report	Mason Melia 37', 74'	Stadium: Nisporeni Central Stadium Attendance: 1,180 Referee: Klym Zabroda

9 September UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification	Republic of Ireland	1–0	Andorra	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
19:30 GMT	Michael Noonan 66'	Report		Stadium: Tallaght Stadium Attendance: 1,387 Referee: Heini Ziskason Viðoy

10 October UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification	Republic of Ireland	2–2	Slovakia	Cork, Republic of Ireland
19:30 GMT	Jamie Mullins 4' Jad Hakiki 60'	Report	Mason Melia 3' (o.g.) Nino Marcelli 44'	Stadium: Turners Cross Attendance: 3,872 Referee: Lionel Tschudi

14 November UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification	England	2–0	Republic of Ireland	Birmingham, England
19:45 GMT	Divin Mubama 23' Divin Mubama 60' (pen.) Tyrique George 90+1'	Report		Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 9,961 Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu

18 November UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification	Andorra	4–0	Republic of Ireland	Andorra la Vella, Andorra
18:00 GMT	Gerard Sola 16' Hugo Ferreira 23' Ian Olivera 49' Gerard Sola 74' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadi Nacional Attendance: 250 Referee: Anton Lashuk

2026

26 March UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification	Republic of Ireland	1–1	Moldova	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
17:15 GMT	Jamie Mullins 26'	Report	Vasile Luchița 20'	Stadium: Tallaght Stadium Attendance: 860 Referee: Walter Altmann

31 March UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification	Kazakhstan	0–1	Republic of Ireland	Turkistan, Kazakhstan
16:00 GMT		Report	Oisin Gallagher 89'	Stadium: Turkestan Arena Referee: Karl Koppel

25 September UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification	Slovakia	v	Republic of Ireland	TBC, Slovakia
TBC GMT		Report		Stadium: TBC

29 September UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification	Republic of Ireland	v	Kazakhstan	TBC, Republic of Ireland
TBC GMT		Report		Stadium: TBC

6 October UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification	Republic of Ireland	v	England	TBC, Republic of Ireland
TBC GMT		Report		Stadium: TBC

Staff

The Under-21s' management team includes:^[1]

Position	Name	Appointed
Head coach	Jim Crawford	5 April 2020
Assistant coach	Paul McShane	28 August 2023
Goalkeeping coach	Rene Gilmartin	24 April 2020
Lead Performance Analyst	Martin Doyle	April 2020
Sports Scientist	Paul Walsh	18 March 2023
Sports Scientist	Paul Gavin	18 March 2025
Chartered Physiotherapist	Glauber Barduzzi	24 April 2019
Athletic Therapist	Kieran Murray	19 March 2022
Doctor	Dr Mortimer O'Connor	March 2021
Kitman	John Crudden	May 2023

Players

Current squad

Players born on or after 1 January 2004 are eligible for the 2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

The following players were called up for the 2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification fixtures against Moldova and Kazakhstan on 26 and 31 March 2026.^[2]

Caps and goals updated as of 31 March 2026, after the game vs Kazakhstan.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Noah Jauny	(2004-08-26) 26 August 2004	9	0	Brest
16	1GK	Aaron Maguire	(2004-07-25) 25 July 2004	4	0	Tottenham Hotspur
23	1GK	Conor Walsh	(2005-03-17) 17 March 2005	2	0	Shelbourne

2	2DF	Sam Curtis	(2005-12-01) 1 December 2005	17	1	Chesterfield
5	2DF	Alex Murphy	(2004-06-25) 25 June 2004	12	0	Newcastle United
4	2DF	David Okagbue	(2004-02-04) 4 February 2004	8	0	Peterborough United
3	2DF	Conor McManus	(2004-06-16) 16 June 2004	5	2	Brentford
14	2DF	Cathal McCarthy	(2006-08-31) 31 August 2006	3	0	Hull City
	2DF	Gabriel Otegbayo	(2005-02-11) 11 February 2005	2	0	Sheffield Wednesday
12	2DF	Cory O'Sullivan	(2006-05-02) 2 May 2006	1	0	Shamrock Rovers

8	3MF	Jamie Mullins	(2004-09-29) 29 September 2004	13	3	Wycombe Wanderers
19	3MF	Darius Lipsiuc	(2005-09-16) 16 September 2005	10	0	Solihull Moors
6	3MF	Jacob Devaney	(2007-06-11) 11 June 2007	7	0	St Mirren
20	3MF	Jack Moorhouse	(2005-11-29) 29 November 2005	5	0	Manchester United
18	3MF	Romeo Akachukwu	(2006-05-28) 28 May 2006	2	0	Southampton
10	3MF	Aarón Ochoa Moloney	(2007-04-18) 18 April 2007	1	0	Malaga
22	3MF	Oisin Gallagher	(2004-12-02) 2 December 2004	1	1	Boston United

7	4FW	Trent Koné-Doherty	(2006-06-30) 30 June 2006	6	0	Molde FK
17	4FW	Tommy Lonergan	(2004-01-02) 2 January 2004	5	0	Waterford
9	4FW	Michael Noonan	(2008-07-31) 31 July 2008	4	1	Shamrock Rovers
11	4FW	Leon Ayinde	(2004-09-05) 5 September 2004	2	0	Boreham Wood
21	4FW	Jaden Umeh	(2008-03-18) 18 March 2008	2	0	Benfica
13	4FW	Sean Patton	(2006-07-25) 25 July 2006	1	0	Reading

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
GK	Andrew Wogan	(2005-12-01) 1 December 2005	1	0	Stockport County	v. Andorra, 9 September 2025
GK	Killian Barrett	(2004-03-15) 15 March 2004	0	0	Barrow	v. Qatar, 10 June 2025
GK	Owen Mason	(2004-03-24) 24 March 2004	0	0	Mansfield Town	v. Latvia, 13 October 2023^PRE

DF	James Abankwah^SEN (captain)	(2004-01-16) 16 January 2004	14	0	Watford	v. Andorra, 18 November 2025
DF	Seán Grehan	(2004-01-08) 8 January 2004	13	0	Doncaster Rovers	v. Andorra, 18 November 2025
DF	Jacob Slater	(2004-10-05) 5 October 2004	8	0	Harrogate Town	v. Andorra, 18 November 2025
DF	Freddie Turley	(2006-07-03) 3 July 2006	0	0	Derby County	v. Andorra, 9 September 2025
DF	Connor O'Brien	(2004-07-12) 12 July 2004	7	0	Accrington Stanley	v. Hungary, 24 March 2025
DF	Connor Barratt	(2004-04-05) 5 April 2004	2	0	Galway United	v. Hungary, 24 March 2025

MF	Adam Murphy	(2005-04-08) 8 April 2005	9	0	Bristol City	v. Andorra, 18 November 2025
MF	Harry Vaughan	(2004-04-06) 6 April 2004	7	0	Bohemians	v. Andorra, 18 November 2025
MF	James McManus	(2005-03-16) 16 March 2005	0	0	Bohemians	v. Slovakia, 10 October 2025
MF	Ed McJannet	(2004-01-25) 25 January 2004	6	0	Ternana	v. Qatar, 10 June 2025
MF	Joe O'Brien-Whitmarsh	(2005-05-11) 11 May 2005	4	0	Southampton	v. Qatar, 10 June 2025
MF	Cathal O'Sullivan	(2007-03-05) 5 March 2007	2	0	Cork City	v. Qatar, 10 June 2025
MF	Ronan Maher	(2004-12-30) 30 December 2004	2	0	Tamworth	v. Hungary, 24 March 2025
MF	Glory Nzingo	(2004-11-04) 4 November 2004	2	0	St Patrick's Athletic	v. Sweden, 17 November 2024

FW	Adam Brennan	(2007-05-29) 29 May 2007	0	0	Shamrock Rovers	v. Moldova, 26 March 2026^INJ
FW	Mark O'Mahony	(2005-01-15) 15 January 2005	15	1	Reading	v. Andorra, 18 November 2025
FW	Jad Hakiki	(2004-06-23) 23 June 2004	10	1	Sligo Rovers	v. Andorra, 18 November 2025
FW	Mason Melia	(2007-09-22) 22 September 2007	6	3	Tottenham Hotspur	v. Andorra, 18 November 2025
FW	Cian Dillon	(2006-04-04) 4 April 2006	2	0	Queens Park Rangers	v. Andorra, 18 November 2025
FW	Joe Gardner	(2005-06-06) 6 June 2005	3	0	Mansfield Town	v. England, 14 November 2025^INJ
FW	Rocco Vata	(2005-04-18) 18 April 2005	10	6	Watford	v. Slovakia, 10 October 2025
FW	Warren Davis	(2005-04-02) 2 April 2005	2	0	Drogheda United	v. Qatar, 10 June 2025
FW	Franco Umeh	(2005-01-26) 26 January 2005	2	0	Portsmouth	v. Hungary, 24 March 2025
FW	Sean Moore	(2005-08-13) 13 August 2005	2	0	Shelbourne	v. Sweden, 17 November 2024
FW	Kevin Zefi	(2005-02-11) 11 February 2005	1	0	Free agent	v. Sweden, 17 November 2024
FW	Ben Quinn	(2004-11-11) 11 November 2004	1	0	Portadown	v. Sweden, 17 November 2024
FW	Adrien Thibaut	(2004-07-11) 11 July 2004	1	0	Crewe Alexandra	v. Sweden, 17 November 2024
^INJ Withdrew from latest squad due to injury ^WD Withdrew from latest squad ^PRE Preliminary squad / standby ^SUS Player is suspended ^SEN Player called up to Senior squad

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

References

^ "Jim Crawford names Under-21 squad for Türkiye & Latvia EURO Qualifiers". www.fai.ie.
^ "Under-21s squad names for March EURO qualifiers". www.fai.ie.

External links

[mgmtstaff-1] "Jim Crawford names Under-21 squad for Türkiye & Latvia EURO Qualifiers". www.fai.ie.

[2] "Under-21s squad names for March EURO qualifiers". www.fai.ie.

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Republic of Ireland national football team
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