Republic of Ireland National Football Team

The Republic of Ireland national football team represents Ireland in Association Football. It is run by the Football Association of Ireland and currently plays home fixtures at Croke Park in Dublin.

The team made its debut at the 1924 Olympics reaching the quarter finals. Between 1924 and 1936 the team competed as the Irish Free State and from then until 1950 it was referred to by the FAI as Ireland. The current name was adopted after a FIFA ruling to disambiguate it from the Ireland team run by the IFA, which is now commonly known as Northern Ireland.

Under the guidance of Jack Charlton and his successor Mick McCarthy the team enjoyed its most successful era, qualifying for Euro 88, reaching the quarterfinals of the 1990 World Cup and making the last sixteen at both the 1994 and 2002 World Cups.

The side was the first team from outside the UK to defeat England on home soil, at a fixture played at Goodison Park, Liverpool in 1949. The team also reached the quarterfinals of the 1964 European Nations' Cup.




Competitive record

FIFA World Cup record
1930 - Did Not Enter
1934 - Did Not Qualify
1938 - Did Not Qualify
1950 - Did Not Enter
1954 - Did Not Qualify
1958 - Did Not Qualify
1962 - Did Not Qualify
1966 - Did Not Qualify
1970 - Did Not Qualify
1974 - Did Not Qualify
1978 - Did Not Qualify
1982 - Did Not Qualify
1986 - Did Not Qualify
1990 - Quarter-finals
1994 - Second round
1998 - Did Not Qualify
2002 - Second round
2006 - Did Not Qualify
2010 - Qualification underway

UEFA European Championship record
1960 - Did not qualify
1964 - Did not qualify
1968 - Did not qualify
1972 - Did not qualify
1976 - Did not qualify
1980 - Did not qualify
1984 - Did not qualify
1988 - Group Stage
1992 - Did not qualify
1996 - Did not qualify
2000 - Did not qualify
2004 - Did not qualify
2008 - Did not qualify