Republic of Ireland national under-19 football team

The Republic of Ireland national under-19 football team, is the national under-19 association football team of the Republic of Ireland, controlled by the Football Association of Ireland, and competes in the biennial European Under-19 Football Championship.

AssociationFootball Association of Ireland

Head coachTom Mohan

Appearances20 (first in 1948)

Best resultWinner: 1998

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Republic of Ireland Under-19

Association

Football Association of Ireland

Head coach

Tom Mohan

First colours

Second colours

European championships

Appearances

20 (first in 1948)

Best result

Winner: 1998

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The team has competed in several championships.

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup

The Republic of Ireland Under-19s have qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup (formerly the FIFA World Youth Championship) on 5 occasions, finishing 3rd in 1997.

More information Year, Round ...

Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
FIFA World Youth Championship
1977 to 1983	Did not qualify
1985	Group stage	3	0	0	3	3	7	Squad
1987	Did not qualify
1989	Did not qualify
1991	Group stage	3	0	2	1	3	5	Squad
1993	Did not qualify
1995	Did not qualify
1997	Third place play-off	7	4	1	2	9	7	Squad
1999	Round of 16	4	2	1	1	7	2	Squad
2001	Did not qualify
2003	Round of 16	4	2	1	1	8	6	Squad
2005	Did not qualify
FIFA U-20 World Cup
2007 to 2019	Did not qualify
~~2021~~	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic^[1]
2023	Did not qualify
2025
2027

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UEFA European Under-19 Championship

The Republic of Ireland Under-19s have qualified for the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (formerly the UEFA European Under-18 Championship) 20 times, winning the competition in 1998.

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Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
FIFA Youth Tournament
1948	First Round (5th)	2	1	0	1	1	2	Squad
1949	Did not enter
1950
1951
1952
1953	Quarter-final (6th)	4	2	0	2	4	8	Squad
1954	Group Stage (16th)	5	0	1	4	4	12	Squad
UEFA European Under-18 Championship
1955 to 1962	Did not enter
1963	Did not qualify
1964	Group Stage	2	0	0	2	0	7	Squad
1965	Quarter-final (7th)	5	2	1	2	5	7	Squad
1966	Did not enter
1967	Did not enter
1968	Did not qualify
1969	Did not enter
1970	Did not qualify
1971	Did not enter
1972	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	1	7	Squad
1973	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	3	5	Squad
1974	Did not qualify
1975	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	3	3	Squad
1976	Did not qualify
1977	Group Stage	3	1	1	1	2	4	Squad
1978	Did not qualify
1979
1980
1981
1982	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	2	7	Squad
1983	Group Stage	3	1	2	0	2	1	Squad
1984	Third place play-off	5	2	1	2	9	7	Squad
1986	Did not qualify
1988	Did not qualify
1990	Quarter-final	2	1	0	1	1	3	Squad
1992	Did not qualify
1993
1994
1995
1996	Group Stage	3	0	2	1	1	2	Squad
1997	Third place play-off	4	1	1	2	5	6	Squad
1998	Champions	4	2	1	1	9	4	Squad
1999	Third place play-off	4	1	1	2	5	6	Squad
2000	Did not qualify
2001	Did not qualify
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
2002	Third place play-off	4	2	0	2	6	8	Squad
2003	Did not qualify
2004	Did not qualify
2005	Did not qualify (Elite round)
2006
2007
2008	Did not qualify
2009	Did not qualify (Elite round)
2010	Did not qualify (Elite round)
2011	Semi-final	4	1	1	2	3	8	Squad
2012	Did not qualify (Elite round)
2013
2014
2015
2016	Did not qualify
2017	Did not qualify (Elite round)
2018	Did not qualify (Elite round)
2019	Semi-final	4	1	1	2	3	7	Squad
~~2020~~	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
~~2021~~	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022	Did not qualify (Elite round)
2023	Did not qualify (Elite round)
2024	Did not qualify
2025	Did not qualify (Elite round)
2026	Did not qualify
2027	To be determined

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Achievements

The Republic won the UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship in Cyprus in 1998 and that remains their best performance to date.

U-18 European Championship in 1998 – 1st place (Coach Brian Kerr)

In July 2011 Republic of Ireland national under-19 football team reached the semi-finals of the 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship held in Romania where they were eliminated by Spain.

Honours

UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship
- Under-19 era, 2002–present

Champions (0):

Runner-up (0):

Third Place (0):

Fourth Place (1): 2002

Semi-Finalist (1): 2011, 2019

- Under-18 era, 1957–2001

Champions (1): 1998

Runner-up (0):

Third Place (1): 1999

Fourth Place (2): 1984, 1997

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Champions (0):

Runner-up (0):

Third Place (1): 1997

Fourth Place (0):

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

5 September Friendly	France	4–1	Republic of Ireland	Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines, France
15:00 (16:00 CET)	Enzo Molebe Enzo Molebe Zaid Seha Quentin Ndjantou Mbitcha	Report	Alfie Lynskey 47'	Stadium: INF Clairefontaine

9 September Friendly	France	1–0	Republic of Ireland	Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines, France
10:00 (11:00 CET)	Axel Tape 57'	Report		Stadium: INF Clairefontaine

10 October Friendly	Albania	1–2	Republic of Ireland	Durrës, Albania
10:00 (11:00 CET)	Huqi Mattia 36' Joi Nuredini 87' (pen.)	Report	Zak O'Sullivan 75'

12 October Friendly	Albania	2–2	Republic of Ireland	Durrës, Albania
10:00 (11:00 CET)	Bjorni Duka 62' Joi Nuredini 70'	Report	Daniel Mare 52' Pijus Otegbayo 90+2'

12 November 2026 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification	Republic of Ireland	0–1	Kazakhstan	Oldenzaal, Netherlands
18:00 GMT		Report	Azamat Tuyakbayev 56' Karim Makhametzhan 90'	Stadium: Sportpark Vondersweijde Referee: Bence Csonka

15 November 2026 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification	Republic of Ireland	1–0	Cyprus	Oldebroek, Netherlands
12:00 GMT	Alfie Lynskey 11'	Report	Michail Theodosiou 56'	Stadium: Sportpark Bovenmolen Referee: Danilo Nikolić

18 November 2026 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification	Netherlands	4–2	Republic of Ireland	Oldebroek, Netherlands
18:00 GMT	Nassim El Harmouz 11' Shane Kluivert 79' Luca Messori 83' Tobias van den Elshout 90+2'	Report	Taylor McCarthy 37' Adam Brennan 51'	Stadium: Sportpark Bovenmolen Referee: Damian Kos

2026

25 March 2027 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification	Poland	1–1	Republic of Ireland	Glasgow, Scotland
11:00 GMT	Filip Przybyłko 65'	Report	Rory Finneran 13' Kian McMahon-Brown 79'	Stadium: Kirkintilloch Community Sports Complex Referee: Rares Vidican

28 March 2027 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification	Republic of Ireland	3–3	Scotland	Glasgow, Scotland
15:30 GMT	Oisin McDonagh 39' Kian McMahon-Brown 50' Cillian Tollett 69'	Report	Aiden McCallion 30' Tommy North 54' Joseph Teasdale 81'	Stadium: Kirkintilloch Community Sports Complex Referee: Karel Rouček

31 March 2027 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification	Republic of Ireland	1–2	Italy	Glasgow, Scotland
19:00 GMT	Kian McMahon-Brown 56'	Report	Antonio Arena 3' Antonio Arena 46'	Stadium: Kirkintilloch Community Sports Complex Referee: Karel Rouček

Players

Current squad

Players born on or after 1 January 2008 are eligible for the 2027 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification campaign.

The following players were called up for the 2027 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification matches against Poland, Scotland and Italy on 25, 28 and 31 March 2026; respectively in Scotland.^[2]

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

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No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Alex Noonan	(2008-07-15) 15 July 2008 (age 17)	3	0	Shamrock Rovers
16	1GK	Luke Cullen	(2008-12-10) 10 December 2008 (age 17)	0	0	St Patrick's Athletic

2	2DF	Ryan Butler	(2008-01-15) 15 January 2008 (age 18)	2	0	Wexford
3	2DF	Ade Solanke	(2008-01-09) 9 January 2008 (age 18)	2	0	Bournemouth
4	2DF	Finn Sherlock	(2008-07-04) 4 July 2008 (age 17)	3	0	1899 Hoffenheim
5	2DF	Oisin McDonagh	(2008-06-27) 27 June 2008 (age 17)	3	1	Venezia
13	2DF	Sean Murphy		2	0	UCD
17	2DF	Josh Cullen	(2008-03-30) 30 March 2008 (age 18)	2	0	Finn Harps

6	3MF	Rory Finneran (captain)	(2008-02-29) 29 February 2008 (age 18)	3	1	Newcastle United
7	3MF	Grady McDonnell	(2008-02-17) 17 February 2008 (age 18)	3	0	Club Brugge
8	3MF	Gavin McAteer	(2008-07-02) 2 July 2008 (age 17)	2	0	Finn Harps
11	3MF	Ramón Martos	(2008-05-20) 20 May 2008 (age 17)	3	0	Almería
14	3MF	Goodness Ogbonna	(2008-01-02) 2 January 2008 (age 18)	1	0	UCD
19	3MF	Muhammad Oladiti	(2008-03-25) 25 March 2008 (age 18)	0	0	Wexford

9	4FW	Kian McMahon-Brown	(2008-08-03) 3 August 2008 (age 17)	3	2	Burnley
10	4FW	Christopher Atherton	(2008-10-19) 19 October 2008 (age 17)	2	0	Chelsea
12	4FW	Cillian Tollett	(2008-02-09) 9 February 2008 (age 18)	1	1	Athlone Town
15	4FW	Charles Akinrintayo	(2008-06-06) 6 June 2008 (age 17)	2	0	UCD
20	4FW	Brody Lee	(2008-07-31) 31 July 2008 (age 17)	2	0	Cork City
21	4FW	Billy O'Neill	(2008-03-12) 12 March 2008 (age 18)	0	0	Bray Wanderers

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Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Republic of Ireland under-19 squad and remain eligible:

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Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up

DF	Rafe McCormack	(2008-12-14) 14 December 2008 (age 17)	3	0	Manchester United	v. Albania, 12 October 2025

MF	Jay McEvoy	(2008-10-16) 16 October 2008 (age 17)	2	0	Manchester United	v. Albania, 12 October 2025
MF	Daire Patton	(2008-01-15) 15 January 2008 (age 18)	1	0	Sligo Rovers	v. Iceland, 19 November 2024

FW	Shay Reid	(2008-07-18) 18 July 2008 (age 17)	1	0	Preston North End	v. France, 9 September 2025
FW	Michael Noonan^U21	(2008-07-31) 31 July 2008 (age 17)	3	0	Shamrock Rovers	v. Germany, 25 March 2025
^U21 With U21 squad ^INJ Withdrew from latest squad due to injury ^WD Withdrew from latest squad ^SUS Player is suspended

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

Ireland Under 18s

Caps and goals updated as of November 2024, after the game vs Portugal.

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No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Cian O'Shea		2	0	Avro
16	1GK	Alex Noonan	(2008-07-15) 15 July 2008 (age 17)	1	0	Shamrock Rovers

	2DF	Luca Cailloce	(2007-11-01) 1 November 2007 (age 18)	2	0	Shelbourne
	2DF	Fiachra Coffey	(2007-01-27) 27 January 2007 (age 19)	1	0	Shelbourne
	2DF	Daniel Mare	(2007-02-12) 12 February 2007 (age 19)	1	0	Shamrock Rovers
	2DF	Taylor McCarthy	(2007-04-14) 14 April 2007 (age 19)	2	0	Shelbourne
	2DF	Harry McGlinchey	(2007-12-10) 10 December 2007 (age 18)	2	0	Chelsea
17	2DF	Raymond Offer	(2007-08-26) 26 August 2007 (age 18)	3	0	Shelbourne
	2DF	James Roche	(2007-10-07) 7 October 2007 (age 18)	3	0	Shelbourne
	2DF	Kaylem Harnett	(2007-05-22) 22 May 2007 (age 18)	3	0	Wexford
	2DF	Egor Vassenin	(2007-10-24) 24 October 2007 (age 18)	1	0	Shamrock Rovers

	3MF	Adam Brennan	(2007-05-29) 29 May 2007 (age 18)	2	0	UCD
	3MF	Sean Moore	(2007-03-08) 8 March 2007 (age 19)	2	0	Bohemians
	3MF	Luke O'Donnell	(2007-06-27) 27 June 2007 (age 18)	3	0	Wolves
	3MF	Joe Sheridan	(2007-10-29) 29 October 2007 (age 18)	3	0	Cliftonville
19	3MF	Keilan Quinn	(2007-09-17) 17 September 2007 (age 18)	2	1	Aston Villa

10	4FW	Kyle Fitzgerald	(2007-01-28) 28 January 2007 (age 19)	3	0	Newcastle United
12	4FW	Ajibola Oluwabiyi		3	0	Wexford
	4FW	Dan Ring	(2007-02-03) 3 February 2007 (age 19)	3	0	Shelbourne
	4FW	Matt Murray	(2007-10-01) 1 October 2007 (age 18)	3	0	Cork City
	4FW	Zak O'Sullivan	(2007-04-26) 26 April 2007 (age 19)	2	0	Waterford

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Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Argentina	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Australia	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
Brazil	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
China	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Colombia	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Ghana	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Ivory Coast	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Korea	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Mexico	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	050.00
Morocco	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Nigeria	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Portugal	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Saudi Arabia	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	066.67
Spain	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	050.00
United States	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Total	21	8	5	8	30	27	+3	038.10

Republic of Ireland national under-19 football team

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup

UEFA European Under-19 Championship

Achievements

Honours

Results and fixtures

2025

2026

Players

Current squad

Recent call-ups

Ireland Under 18s

See also

References

External links

Head-to-head record

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