Republic of Ireland National Football Team 2023/2024 Squad, Players, Stadium, Kits, and much more

The Republic of Ireland national football team represents the Republic of Ireland in men’s international football. It is governed by the Football Association of Ireland (FAI).

Here in this article, you will get to know about the Republic of Ireland National Football Team 2023/24 Players, Squad, History, Stadium, Nickname, Kits, and more.

Republic of Ireland National Football Team Profile Summary

Nickname(s)	The Boys in Green (Irish: Na buachaillí i nglas)
Association	Football Association of Ireland (FAI)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Stephen Kenny
Captain	Séamus Coleman
Most caps	Robbie Keane (146)
Top scorer	Robbie Keane (68)
Home stadium	Aviva Stadium
FIFA code	IRL

About the Republic of Ireland National Football Team

The Republic of Ireland national football team represents the Republic of Ireland in men’s international football. It is governed by the Football Association of Ireland (FAI).

The team made its debut at the 1924 Summer Olympics, reaching the quarterfinals. Between 1924 and 1936, the team competed as the Irish Free State, and from then until 1950, the FAI referred to it as Éire or Ireland. During the same period, another team from Ireland also existed; this was overseen by the Irish Football Association (IFA) and had previously been Ireland’s only all-island national team.

Republic of Ireland National Football Team History

Giovanni Trapattoni was named manager in February 2008 following a spell with assistant coach Don Givens in charge. Trapattoni went through all ten first-round 2010 World Cup qualifying matches unbeaten, winning four of the ten matches.

However, Ireland missed out on a place in the final after a narrow and controversial loss to France in the play-offs. Ireland fell 1–0 in the first leg and lost 2–1 on aggregate, with William Gallas scoring a controversial extra-time goal in the second leg after Thierry Henry touched the ball before crossing for Gallas to score. This followed another controversy over FIFA’s last-minute decision to seed the play-off draw.

In 2011 Ireland hosted and won the inaugural Nations Cup with victories against Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland without conceding a goal.

In their Euro 2012 qualifying group, Ireland finished in second place, losing only the home game against Russia. Thus they reached the playoffs and were tied against Estonia, whom they beat 5-1 on aggregate. Euro 2012 was Ireland’s first major tournament since 2002, but in Group C they lost all three games, against Croatia, Spain, and Italy. UEFA, however, announced a special prize for the fans of the Irish team, who remarkably sang in the dying minutes against Spain, despite trailing 4-0.

Republic of Ireland National Football Team 2023/2024 players Squad?

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Gavin Bazunu	20-02-2002 (20)	13	0	Southampton
16	GK	Caoimhín Kelleher	28-11-1998 (24)	9	0	Liverpool
23	GK	Mark Travers	18-05-1999 (23)	3	0	Bournemouth
11	DF	James McClean	22-04-1989 (33)	96	11	Wigan Athletic
2	DF	Séamus Coleman (captain)	11-10-1988 (34)	67	1	Everton
10	DF	Robbie Brady	14-01-1992 (30)	60	9	Preston North End
3	DF	Matt Doherty	16-01-1992 (30)	33	1	Tottenham Hotspur
5	DF	John Egan (vice-captain)	20-10-1992 (30)	30	3	Sheffield United
4	DF	Dara O’Shea	04-03-1999 (23)	16	0	West Bromwich
12	DF	Nathan Collins	30-04-2001 (21)	10	1	Wolverhampton
22	DF	Darragh Lenihan	16-03-1994 (28)	3	0	Middlesbrough
21	DF	Liam Scales	08-08-1998 (24)	0	0	Aberdeen
13	MF	Jeff Hendrick	31-01-1992 (30)	77	2	Reading
8	MF	Alan Browne	15-04-1995 (27)	27	5	Preston North End
6	MF	Josh Cullen	07-04-1996 (26)	23	0	Burnley
15	MF	Jayson Molumby	06-08-1999 (23)	17	0	West Bromwich
18	MF	Jamie McGrath	26-09-1996 (26)	7	0	Dundee United
19	MF	Mark Sykes	04-08-1997 (25)	1	0	Bristol City
14	MF	Will Smallbone	21-02-2000 (22)	0	0	Stoke City
7	FW	Callum Robinson	02-02-1995 (27)	34	8	Cardiff City
17	FW	Callum O’Dowda	23-04-1995 (27)	25	0	Cardiff City
20	FW	Chiedozie Ogbene	01-05-1997 (25)	13	3	Rotherham United
9	FW	Michael Obafemi	06-07-2000 (22)	7	2	Swansea City
24	FW	Evan Ferguson	19-10-2004 (18)	2	0	Brighton & Hove Albion

Republic of Ireland National Football Team Home Stadium

Since the 1980s, most home games have been played at Lansdowne Road, Dublin, the national rugby stadium owned by the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU). The ground was closed for redevelopment in 2007, with the replacement ground, the Aviva Stadium, opening on 14 May 2010. The first football match at the Aviva was Manchester United’s against a League of Ireland team XI, directed by Damien Richardson, on August 4. 2010.

Manchester United won the match 7-1, with Park Ji-Sung scoring the opener at the Aviva Stadium. The Aviva Stadium is jointly owned by the IRFU and the FAI, although it will revert to the sole ownership of the IRFU at the expiration of the current 60-year lease. The first international football match played at Lansdowne Road by an FAI team was a friendly against Italy in 1971 (an IFA team first played in 1878 against England.

Republic of Ireland National Football Team Kit

Traditionally, the team has played with a local kit consisting of a green shirt, white shorts and green socks. The second stripe is usually the inverse of these colors, although there have been exceptions, such as an orange jersey in the late 1990s. Team numbers are white with an orange border, on home jerseys, or green with an orange border. The FAI logo appears at the bottom of the numbering.

Republic of Ireland National Football Team world rankings

Current	58 (2 December 2023)
Highest	6 (August 1993)
Lowest	70 (June–July 2014)

Republic of Ireland National Football Team trophies

• FIFA World Cup
  • Quarter Finalists: 1990
  • Round of 16: 1994, 2002
• UEFA European Championship
  • Round of 16: 2016
• Summer Olympics
  • Quarter-Finalists: 1924

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