Republic of Ireland Under-17

Association

Confederation

UEFA (Europe)

Head coach

Colin O'Brien

FIFA code

IRL

First colours

Second colours

First international

Norway 2–2 vs Rep. of Ireland

(Kongsvinger, Norway; 13 October 1985)
(as U16s)

Rep. of Ireland 4–0 vs Cyprus

(Dublin, Ireland; 4 March 2002)
(as U17s)

Biggest win

Rep. of Ireland 8–0 vs Liechtenstein

(Almaty, Kazakhstan; 19 October 2011)

Biggest defeat

Rep. of Ireland 0–7 vs Germany

(Rijeka, Croatia; 10 May 2017)

European Championship

Appearances

10 (first in 1988)

Best result

Champions (1998)

Medal record

Men's football

UEFA European U-17 Championship Formerly U-16 Championship
	1998 Scotland

The Republic of Ireland national under-17 football team, is the national under-17 football team of the Republic of Ireland and is controlled by the Football Association of Ireland and competes in the annual UEFA European Under-17 Championship and the biennial FIFA U-17 World Cup.

History

The Republic of Ireland won the 1998 UEFA European Under-16 Championship in Scotland and the 1998 UEFA European Under-18 Championship.

Competitive record

FIFA Under-17 World Cup

The team has never qualified for the FIFA Under-17 World Cup (formerly the FIFA Under-17 World Championship and FIFA Under-16 World Championship), and did not enter the 1985 edition.

Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
FIFA Under-16 World Championship
1985	did not enter
1987	did not qualify
1989	did not qualify
FIFA Under-17 World Championship
1991 to 2005	did not qualify
FIFA Under-17 World Cup
2007 to 2019	did not qualify
~~2021~~	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic^[1]
2023	did not qualify

UEFA European Under-17 Championship

The Republic of Ireland Under-17s have qualified for the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (formerly the UEFA European Under-16 Championship) 11 times, winning the competition in 1998. They hosted the 1994 and 2019 editions and finished in the group stage for both.

Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
UEFA European Under-16 Championship
1982	did not enter
1984
1985
1986	did not qualify
1987	did not qualify
1988	Group stage	3	1	2	0	3	2	Squad
1989	did not qualify
1990
1991
1992	Group stage	3	0	2	1	1	3	Squad
1993	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	5	Squad
1994	Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	5	Squad
1995	did not qualify
1996	Quarter-final	4	2	1	1	2	2	Squad
1997	did not qualify
1998	Champions	6	5	1	0	9	1	Squad
1999	did not qualify
2000	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	5	Squad
2001	did not qualify
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
2002	did not qualify
2003
2004
2005	did not qualify (Elite round)
2006
2007
2008	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	6	Squad
2009	did not qualify
2010	did not qualify (Elite round)
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017	Quarter-final	4	1	0	3	2	10	Squad
2018	Quarter-final	4	2	1	1	4	3	Squad
2019	Group stage	3	0	3	0	3	3	Squad
~~2020~~	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic^[2]^[3]
~~2021~~	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic^[2]^[3]
2022	did not qualify (Elite round)
2023	Quarter-final	4	2	0	2	8	10	Squad
2024

Results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss Fixture

2022

23 March 2022 UEFA U-17 Euro qualifying Elite Group 8	Portugal	4–1	Republic of Ireland	Viseu, Portugal
15:00 WET	José Rodrigues 5', 45+4' João Veloso 19' Djaló 29' Rodrigo Ribeiro 43', 90+4' Ivan Lima 90+7'	Report	Ferizaj 65' O'Mahony 72'	Stadium: Estádio do Fontelo Referee: Adam Ladebäck (Sweden)

26 March 2022 UEFA U-17 Euro qualifying Elite Group 8	Republic of Ireland	2–3	Finland	Penalva do Castelo, Portugal
11:00 WEST	Umeh 14', 51' O'Mahony 21' Mullen 79' Curtis 84'	Report	Freitas Von Hellens 43' Terrnava 51' Laine 78' Lika 82'	Stadium: Parque Desportivo de Sant'Ana Referee: Besfort Kasumi (Kosovo)

29 March 2022 UEFA U-17 Euro qualifying Elite Group 8	Republic of Ireland	2–2	Bulgaria	Santa Comba Dão, Portugal
15:00 WEST	Ferizaj 37' Vata 61', 66' O'Brien 64' Curtis 75' Umeh 88'	Report	Raychev 13', 41' Stoyanov 38' R. Marinov 56' Georgiev 60'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal Dr. Orlando Mendes Referee: Ion Orlic (Moldova)

21 September Friendly	Netherlands	1–1 (7–8 p)	Republic of Ireland	Escharen, Netherlands
18:00	Avery Appiah 74'	Report	Luke Kehir 90+2'	Stadium: Sportpark de Kranenhof Referee: Stijn van Zuilichem (Netherlands)

23 September Friendly	Netherlands	3–0	Republic of Ireland	Escharen, Netherlands
19:00	Sky Heesen 22' Julian Oerip 82' Yöel van den Ban 88' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Sportpark de Kranenhof Referee: Boyd van Kommer (Netherlands)

20 October 2023 UEFA U-17 Euro qualifying Group 10	Republic of Ireland	4–0	Armenia	Sarpsborg, Norway
18:00	Akachukwu 51' Melia 78' Razi 81' (pen.) Grante 86'	Report		Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion Referee: Miloš Bošković (Montenegro)

23 October 2023 UEFA U-17 Euro qualifying Group 10	Republic of Ireland	2–2	Belarus	Fredrikstad, Norway
13:00	Kehir 35' Wade 51'	Report	Mokin 17' Simanenka 77'	Stadium: Fredrikstad Stadion Referee: Miloš Bošković (Montenegro)

26 October 2023 UEFA U-17 Euro qualifying Group 10	Norway	1–1	Republic of Ireland	Sarpsborg, Norway
17:00	Temesgen Tewelde 29'	Report	Okosun 36'	Stadium: Sarpsborg Stadion, Sarpsborg Referee: Jan Machálek (Czech Republic)

2023

9 February Friendly	Republic of Ireland	1–0	Hungary	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
13:00	Naj Razi 19'	Report		Stadium: Pinatar Arena Referee: Ojas Valera (Spain)

11 February Friendly	Republic of Ireland	0–0	Hungary	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
13:00		Report		Stadium: Pinatar Arena Referee: Ojas Valera (Spain)

7 March 2023 UEFA U-17 Euro qualifying Elite Round	Italy	2–2	Republic of Ireland	Paphos, Greece
14:00	Ravaglioli 66' (pen.) Mannini 80'	Report	Akachukwu 24' Ramaj 38' (o.g.)	Stadium: Municipal Geroskipou Referee: Jasper Vergoote (Belgium)

10 March 2023 UEFA U-17 Euro qualifying Elite Round	Ukraine	0–3	Republic of Ireland	Paphos, Greece
14:00		Report	Melia 4', 12', 62'	Stadium: Municipal Geroskipou Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam (Norway)

13 March 2023 UEFA U-17 Euro qualifying Elite Round	Republic of Ireland	3–2	Cyprus	Paphos, Greece
14:00	Kehir 68' Razi 82' Okosun 90+6'	Report	Evangelou 39' Avramidis 73'	Stadium: Stelios Kyriakides Stadium Referee: Jasper Vergoote (Belgium)

17 May 2023 UEFA U-17 Euro Championship Group A	Poland	5–1	Republic of Ireland	Budapest, Hungary
16:30	Skoczylas 13', 49' Szala 44' Borys 54' Kądziołka 65'	Report	Orazi 5'	Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Attendance: 412 Referee: Atilla Karaoglan (Turkey)

20 May 2023 UEFA U-17 Euro Championship Group A	Republic of Ireland	3–0	Wales	Felcsút, Hungary
16:30	Razi 24' Orazi 34' Akachukwu 61'	Report		Stadium: Pancho Aréna Attendance: 714 Referee: Elchin Masiyev (Azerbaijan)

23 May 2023 UEFA U-17 Euro Championship Group A	Republic of Ireland	4–2	Hungary	Felcsút, Hungary
20:00	Kehir 5', 61' Melia 24', 31'	Report	Grante 10' (o.g.) Kern 72'	Stadium: Pancho Aréna Attendance: 2,577 Referee: Atilla Karaoglan (Turkey)

27 May 2023 UEFA U-17 Euro Championship QF	Spain	3–0	Republic of Ireland	Budapest, Hungary
20:00	Granados 22' Guiu 69' Yamal 72'	Report		Stadium: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Attendance: 893 Referee: Miloš Milanović (Serbia)

9 September Friendly	Belgium	0–0	Republic of Ireland	Tubize, Belgium
15:00		Report		Stadium: Belgium Football Centre

11 September Friendly	Belgium	0–1	Republic of Ireland	Tubize, Belgium
13:00		Report	William Martin 10'	Stadium: Belgium Football Centre

11 October 2024 UEFA U-17 Euro qualifying Group 10	Republic of Ireland	4–0	Armenia	Fermoy, Republic of Ireland
20:00	Mason Melia 13' Jaden Umeh 38' Mason Melia 87' Mason Melia 90+4'	Report	Karen Hovakimyan 81'	Stadium: Carrig Park Referee: Jakob Alexander Sundberg (Denmark)

14 October 2024 UEFA U-17 Euro qualifying Group 10	Republic of Ireland	0–0	Iceland	Cork, Republic of Ireland
19:00		Report		Stadium: Turners Cross Referee: Dario Bel (Croatia)

17 October 2024 UEFA U-17 Euro qualifying Group 10	Switzerland	0–0	Republic of Ireland	Cork, Republic of Ireland
12:00		Report		Stadium: Turners Cross Referee: Jakob Alexander Sundberg (Denmark)

2024

14 February Friendly	Republic of Ireland	0–2	Hungary	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
13:00		Report	Patrik Kovacs 15' Zsombor Hos	Stadium: Pinatar Arena

17 February Friendly	Republic of Ireland	v	Denmark	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
13:00				Stadium: Pinatar Arena

Honours

UEFA European Under-17 Championship, formerly UEFA European Under-16 Championship
- Champions (1998)

Players

Current squad

The following players were named in the squad for the Friendly games against Hungary, Denmark on 14 & 17 February 2024.^[4]

Caps and goals correct as of 15 February 2024, after the match against Hingary.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Joe Collins	(2007-02-25) 25 February 2007 (age 17)	6	0	Bohemians
16	1GK	Oisin Cooney	(2007-02-19) 19 February 2007 (age 17)	1	0	Finn Harps
	1GK	Marcus Gill	(2007-05-11) 11 May 2007 (age 16)	0	0	Celtic

2	2DF	James Roche	(2007-10-07) 7 October 2007 (age 16)	5	0	Shamrock Rovers
3	2DF	Harry McGlinchey	(2007-12-10) 10 December 2007 (age 16)	6	0	Chelsea
4	2DF	Luca Cailloce	(2007-11-01) 1 November 2007 (age 16)	5	0	Shelbourne
5	2DF	Taylor McCarthy	(2007-04-14) 14 April 2007 (age 16)	4	0	Shelbourne
13	2DF	Fiachra Coffey	(2007-01-27) 27 January 2007 (age 17)	4	0	Shelbourne
	2DF	Ivan Graminschii		1	0	St Patrick's Athletic
	2DF	Egor Vassenin		1	0	Klub Kildare

6	3MF	Matthew Moore (Captain)	(2007-03-27) 27 March 2007 (age 16)	14	0	TSG Hoffenheim
7	3MF	Rory Finneran	(2008-02-29) 29 February 2008 (age 15)	6	0	Blackburn Rovers
12	3MF	Luke O'Donnell	(2007-06-27) 27 June 2007 (age 16)	5	0	Derry City
17	3MF	Aarón Ochoa Moloney	(2007-04-18) 18 April 2007 (age 16)	4	0	Málaga
8	3MF	Niall McAndrew	(2007-05-02) 2 May 2007 (age 16)	3	0	Derby County
15	3MF	Grady McDonnell	(2008-02-17) 17 February 2008 (age 16)	2	0	Vancouver
	3MF	Richard Vodo	(2007-01-06) 6 January 2007 (age 17)	1	0	Shamrock Rovers

18	4FW	Matthew Murray	(2007-10-01) 1 October 2007 (age 16)	11	0	Cork City
20	4FW	Kyle Fitzgerald	(2007-01-28) 28 January 2007 (age 17)	4	0	Galway United
9	4FW	William Martin	(2007-04-23) 23 April 2007 (age 16)	3	1	Odense BK
	4FW	Michael Noonan	(2008-07-31) 31 July 2008 (age 15)	1	0	St Patrick's Athletic
	4FW	Daniel Ring		0	0	Shelbourne

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Republic of Ireland under-19 squad in the last 12 months and remain eligible:

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

DF	Kaylem Harnett	(2007-05-22) 22 May 2007 (age 16)	5	0	Wexford	v. Switzerland, 17 October 2023

MF	Sean Moore		2	0	Shamrock Rovers	v. Belgium, 11 September 2023
MF	Cathal O'Sullivan		2	0	Cork City	v. Belgium, 11 September 2023

FW	Mason Melia	(2007-09-22) 22 September 2007 (age 16)	19	9	St Patrick's Athletic	v. Switzerland, 17 October 2023
FW	Ike Orazi	(2007-06-11) 11 June 2007 (age 16)	17	2	Stade de Reims	v. Switzerland, 17 October 2023
FW	Jaden Umeh	(2008-03-18) 18 March 2008 (age 15)	5	1	Cork City	v. Switzerland, 17 October 2023
^U19 With U19 squad ^INJ Withdrew from latest squad due to injury ^WD Withdrew from latest squad ^SUS Player is suspended ^COVID Withdrew from latest squad due to Covid-19 protocols

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

Republic of Ireland national football team
General	Football Association of Ireland Players Managers
Venues	Aviva Stadium Lansdowne Road Croke Park Dalymount Park
Results	Complete list of matches (1924–present) Irish Free State results (1924–35) Ireland (FAI) results (1936–54) Republic of Ireland results (1954–present) — 1954–59 1960s 70s 80s 90s 2000s 10s 20s Major tournament record
Players	Players Dual Ireland players Born outside RoI
Goals	Robbie Keane Hat-tricks
World Cup finals	1990 1994 2002 (including Saipan incident) World Cup record
European finals	1988 2012 2016 Euro record
Other tournaments	1924 Olympic Football Tournament 1948 Olympic Football Tournament Brazil Independence Cup (1972) Kirin Cup (1984) Iceland Triangular Tournament (1986) U.S. Cup (1992 1996 2000) Unity Cup (2004) 2011 Nations Cup UEFA Nations League
Rivalries	England Northern Ireland
Songs	"Olé, Olé, Olé" "Joxer Goes to Stuttgart" "The Boys in Green" "Give It a Lash Jack" "Put 'Em Under Pressure" "Watch Your House for Ireland" "Here Come the Good Times" "The Rocky Road to Poland" "The Irish Roar"
Other National teams	Women's B U-23 U-21 U-19 U-17 League of Ireland XI
Awards	FAI International Football Awards