Republic of Ireland national under-17 football team

Republic of Ireland Under-17
Association	Football Association of Ireland
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	13 (first in 1988)
Best result	Champions (1998)
Medal record
Men's football
UEFA European U-17 Championship ; Formerly U-16 Championship

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
2025	to be determined

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	did not qualify
2025	to be determined

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

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	1–5	Denmark	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
13:00	Michael Noonan 59'	Report	Noah Markmann 4' Jonathan Moalem 7' Sebastian Lodberg 17' Nicolaj Hansen 39' Chido Obi 66'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Attendance: 53

20 March 2024 UEFA U-17 Euro qualifying Elite Round	Portugal	4–1	Republic of Ireland	Braga, Portugal
16:00	João Simões 16' Gabriel Silva 30' Gabriel Silva 52' Rodrigo Mora 60'	Report	Mason Melia 33' (pen.)	Stadium: Cidade Desportiva do SC Braga Referee: Marc Nagtegaal

23 March 2024 UEFA U-17 Euro qualifying Elite Round	Germany	2–0	Republic of Ireland	Arcos de Valdevez, Portugal
11:00	Kilian Sauck 19' Onyeka 36'	Report		Stadium: Municipal Stadium Coutada Referee: Bence Csonka

26 March 2024 UEFA U-17 Euro qualifying Elite Round	Republic of Ireland	0–5	Croatia	Viana do Castelo, Portugal
11:00		Report	Mislav Čutuk 34' (pen.) Marko Zebić 45+1' Patrik Marić 80' Mislav Čutuk 85' (pen.) Ljubo Puljić 90+6'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal Manuela Machado Referee: Kamal Umudlu

5 September Friendly	Republic of Ireland	1–2	Denmark	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
19:00	Grady McDonnell 5'	Report	Mark Ian Frokjaer Steffensen 47' Jacob Brochner Ambaek 53'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena

8 September Friendly	Republic of Ireland	0–2	Denmark	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
10:00		Report	Malik Pingpong 38' Sander Larsen 69'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena

29 October 2025 UEFA U-17 Euro qualifying Group 8	Republic of Ireland	2–2	Lithuania	Larne, Northern Ireland
12:00	Brody Lee 32' Michael Noonan 49'	Report	Carmine Mennea 79' Carmine Mennea 84'	Stadium: Inver Park Referee: Peiman Simani

1 November 2025 UEFA U-17 Euro qualifying Group 8	Republic of Ireland	1–3	Northern Ireland	Belfast, Northern Ireland
18:00	Michael Noonan 80'	Report	Oisin McDonagh 4' (o.g.) Ceadach O'Neill 54' Cead McGrath 67'	Stadium: Seaview Referee: Stefan Ebner

4 November 2025 UEFA U-17 Euro qualifying Group 8	Scotland	0–3	Republic of Ireland	Larne, Northern Ireland
15:00		Report	Ramón Martos 36' Michael Noonan 76' (pen.) Goodness Ogbonna 90+4'	Stadium: Inver Park Referee: Heini Ziskason Viðoy

2025

12 February Friendly	Republic of Ireland	0–3	Finland	Oliva, Spain
11:00		Report	Valtteri Lehtomäki 32' Alberto Velásquez 68' Alex Myntti 79'	Stadium: Oliva Nova Sports Center Referee: Jose Francisco

15 February Friendly	Hungary	3–4	Republic of Ireland	Oliva, Spain
11:00	TBC TBC TBC 64'	Report	Brody Lee Aidan Gabbidon 31' Charles Akrintayo 51' Cillian Tollett 87'	Stadium: Oliva Nova Sports Center

19 March 2025 UEFA U-17 Euro qualifying Round 2	Belgium	v	Republic of Ireland	Gryfice, Poland
13:00		Report		Stadium: Stadion Miejski im. Karola Kucharskiego

22 March 2025 UEFA U-17 Euro qualifying Round 2	Poland	v	Republic of Ireland	Koszalin, Poland
13:00		Report		Stadium: Baltyk Koszalin

25 March 2025 UEFA U-17 Euro qualifying Round 2	Republic of Ireland	v	Iceland	Gryfice, Poland
13:00		Report		Stadium: Stadion Miejski im. Karola Kucharskiego

Honours

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

Players

Current squad

Players born on or after 1 January 2008 are eligible for the 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification campaign.

The following players were named in the squad for the Friendly games against Finland & Hungary on 12 & 15 February 2025.^[4]

Caps and goals correct as of 17 February 2025, after the match against Hungary.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Ali Topçu	(2008-04-01) 1 April 2008 (age 16)	2	0	Shelbourne
16	1GK	Darragh Brunton	(2009-06-01) 1 June 2009 (age 15)	1	0	St Patrick's Athletic
23	1GK	George Moloney	(2009-11-17) 17 November 2009 (age 15)	1	0	Southampton

5	2DF	Oisin McDonagh	(2008-06-27) 27 June 2008 (age 16)	6	0	Venezia
2	2DF	Billy Canny	(2008-05-28) 28 May 2008 (age 16)	6	0	St Patrick's Athletic
4	2DF	Vincent Leonard	(2008-03-21) 21 March 2008 (age 16)	3	0	Dundalk
17	2DF	Aidan Gabbidon	(2009-01-23) 23 January 2009 (age 16)	2	1	Malmö
20	2DF	Sean Spaight	(2009-01-25) 25 January 2009 (age 16)	2	0	Dundalk

6	3MF	Rory Finneran (Captain)	(2008-02-29) 29 February 2008 (age 16)	14	0	Newcastle United
10	3MF	Ramón Martos	(2008-05-20) 20 May 2008 (age 16)	7	1	Almería
7	3MF	Brody Lee	(2008-07-31) 31 July 2008 (age 16)	7	2	Shamrock Rovers
8	3MF	Kian McMahon Brown	(2008-08-03) 3 August 2008 (age 16)	7	0	Burnley
11	3MF	Goodness Ogbonna	(2008-02-01) 1 February 2008 (age 17)	5	1	Shamrock Rovers
21	3MF	Oskar Skoubo Keely	(2008-02-22) 22 February 2008 (age 16)	5	0	Bohemians
3	3MF	Billy Hayes	(2008-06-06) 6 June 2008 (age 16)	4	0	St Patrick's Athletic
14	3MF	Gavin McAteer	(2008-07-02) 2 July 2008 (age 16)	2	0	Finn Harps
18	3MF	Niall Sullivan	(2009-02-11) 11 February 2009 (age 16)	1	0	St Patrick's Athletic

13	4FW	Billy O'Neill	(2008-03-12) 12 March 2008 (age 16)	5	0	Bray Wanderers
9	4FW	Cillian Tollett	(2008-02-09) 9 February 2008 (age 17)	3	1	Galway United
19	4FW	Charles Akinrintayo		2	1	Shamrock Rovers
12	4FW	David Dunne	(2009-02-01) 1 February 2009 (age 16)	2	0	Cork City
15	4FW	Chris Idah		2	0	Klub Kildare

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Republic of Ireland under-17 squad and remain eligible:

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Alex Noonan	(2008-07-15) 15 July 2008 (age 16)	4	0	Shamrock Rovers	v. Scotland, 4 November 2024

DF	Ade Solanke	(2008-01-09) 9 January 2008 (age 17)	5	0	Shamrock Rovers	v. Scotland, 4 November 2024
DF	Finn Sherlock	(2008-05-04) 4 May 2008 (age 16)	5	0	TSG Hoffenheim	v. Scotland, 4 November 2024
DF	Muhammad Oladiti	(2008-03-25) 25 March 2008 (age 16)	3	0	Shamrock Rovers	v. Scotland, 4 November 2024
DF	Sam Steward		1	0	St Patrick's Athletic	v. Denmark, 8 September 2024
DF	Ben Dumigan	(2009-01-12) 12 January 2009 (age 16)	1	0	Cork City	v. Denmark, 8 September 2024

MF	Grady McDonnell	(2008-02-17) 17 February 2008 (age 17)	8	1	Club NXT	v. Scotland, 4 November 2024
MF	Killian Ryan		1	0	Shelbourne	v. Denmark, 8 September 2024

FW	Jaden Umeh	(2008-03-18) 18 March 2008 (age 16)	10	1	Benfica	v. Scotland, 4 November 2024
FW	Michael Noonan	(2008-07-31) 31 July 2008 (age 16)	10	4	Shamrock Rovers	v. Scotland, 4 November 2024
FW	Luke Chukwu	(2008-01-03) 3 January 2008 (age 17)	2	0	St Patrick's Athletic	v. Denmark, 8 September 2024
FW	Sam Rooney		1	0	St Patrick's Athletic	v. Denmark, 8 September 2024
^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.

References

^ "Update on FIFA Women's World Cup and men's youth competitions". FIFA. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
^ "U17 finals in Estonia cancelled". UEFA. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
^ "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
^ https://www.fai.ie/latest/mu17-squad-named-finland-and-hungary-friendlies/

External links

UEFA Under-17 website

[1] "Update on FIFA Women's World Cup and men's youth competitions". FIFA. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2021.

[2020_Cancellation-2] "U17 finals in Estonia cancelled". UEFA. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

[3] "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2021.

[4] ttps://www.fai.ie/latest/mu17-squad-named-finland-and-hungary-friendlies/

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