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| Nickname(s) | The Boys in Green The Green Army | ||
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| Association | Football Association of Ireland (FAI) | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Martin O'Neill [1] | ||
| Asst coach | Roy Keane [1] | ||
| Captain | Robbie Keane | ||
| Most caps | Robbie Keane (138) | ||
| Top scorer | Robbie Keane (65) | ||
| Home stadium | Aviva Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | IRL | ||
| FIFA ranking | 61  (18 December 2014) | ||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 6 (August 1993) | ||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 70 (June–July 2014) | ||
| Elo ranking | 29 | ||
| Highest Elo ranking | 8 (April 2002, June 2002) | ||
| Lowest Elo ranking | 67 (May 1972) | ||
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| First international | |||
 Irish Free State 1–0 Bulgaria  (Stade Colombes, France; 28 May 1924) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Republic of Ireland 8–0 Malta  (Dublin, Ireland; 16 November 1983) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Brazil 7–0 Republic of Ireland (Uberlândia, Brazil; 27 May 1982) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 3 (First in 1990) | ||
| Best result | 8th, 1990 | ||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 2 (First in 1988) | ||
| Best result | Group Stage, 1988 & 2012 | ||
| Summer Olympics | |||
| Appearances | 2 (First in 1924) | ||
| Best result | 5th, 1924 | ||
Republic of Ireland national football team
The Republic of Ireland national football team represents Ireland in association football. It is governed by the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) and plays its home fixtures at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.
The team made its debut at the 1924 Summer 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 Éire or Ireland. In 1953, FIFA decreed that for competitive matches in tournaments that both Irish teams may enter, the FAI team would be officially called the Republic of Ireland while the IFA team was to be named Northern Ireland.[2] Northern Ireland was allowed to use the title Ireland by FIFA in the Home International Competition until it was discontinued in 1984. Ireland was the first nation from outside the United Kingdom to defeatEngland at home at a fixture played at Goodison Park, Liverpool, in 1949. The team also reached the Quarter Final stage of the1964 European Nations' Cup, where they lost to the eventual winners Spain.
Under the guidance of Jack Charlton, the team enjoyed its most successful era, reaching their highest FIFA ranking ever which was 6th in the world in August 1993, and qualifying for UEFA Euro 1988 in their first appearance at the UEFA European Championship, reaching the quarterfinals of the 1990 FIFA World Cup in their first ever appearance at the finals, and making the last 16 at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Charlton's successor Mick McCarthy lost out on the next 2 major tournaments but ultimately qualified for the 2002 World Cup, making it to the last 16. Under Giovanni Trapattoni, the team narrowly lost out on qualification for the 2010 World Cup during a controversial play-off, but went on to qualify for UEFA Euro 2012.
The team failed to qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil which marked the end of Giovanni Trapattoni's tenure as manager. Ireland also fell to a record low FIFA ranking of 59th. The team fell further to a new record low of 70th in June 2014.[3] For the nextEuro qualifying campaign under manager Martin O'Neill, Ireland were drawn in the same qualifying group as Germany, Poland,Scotland, Georgia, and Gibraltar.
History
Irish Free State
Between 1882 and 1924, Ireland was represented by a single national football team organised by the Belfast-based Irish Football Association (IFA). In 1920, Ireland was partitioned into Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State (the latter in turn becoming Éire or Ireland after adopting a new Constitution in 1937, followed by declaring itself a republic in 1948.) Following the initial political upheavals surrounding Partition, a Dublin-based organisation calling itself the Football Association of the Irish Free State (FAIFS) split from the IFA in 1921 and began organising its own league and national football team.
In 1923, the FAIFS was recognised by FIFA as the governing body of the Irish Free State[4] and at the 1924 Summer Olympics, the Irish Free State made their international debut. On 28 May, at the Stade Olympique, they beat Bulgaria 1–0, with Paddy Duncan scoring the team's first ever goal. As a result of this they qualified for the quarter-finals.[5][6] On 14 June 1924, the Irish Free State made their home debut against the United States, who had embarked on a brief European tour after competing in the same Summer Olympics. Ed Brookes scored a hat-trick in a 3–1 home win at Dalymount Park.[7]
The Irish Free State did not play their next game until 21 March 1926. This was an away game against Italy which they lost 3–0. In subsequent years the status of the Olympic Games football competition was downgraded and as a result this game is widely regarded as the Irish Free State's first official game. On 25 February 1934, the Irish Free State made their FIFA World Cup debut, drawing 4–4 with Belgium at Dalymount Park in a 1934 FIFA World Cup qualifier. Paddy Moore scored all four of the Free State's goals and became the first player ever to score four goals in a FIFA World Cup game.
Team image
Kit
Traditionally, the team has played in a home strip of green shirt, white shorts, and green socks. The second strip is usually the reverse of these colours, although there have been exceptions, such as an orange shirt in the late 1980s. Squad numbers are either white with an orange trim, on the home shirts, or green with an orange trim. The FAI logo appears at the bottom of the numbering.
A limited edition grey shirt was used just once, in a match against Wales on 17 November 2007.[35] A black jersey with a green stripe across the chest was worn in the final game of the 2011 Nations Cup against Scotland and in a friendly against Italy in Liège inBelgium.[36][37]
The current kit has been supplied by Umbro since 1994. In March 2009, Umbro signed a deal with the FAI to keep them as kit suppliers to the team until 2020.[38]
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| Year | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
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 1924 Olympics | 5th | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
 1948 Olympics | 17th | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1972 Brazil Independence Cup | 13th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
 1984 Kirin Cup | 2nd | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
 1986 Iceland Triangular Tournament | 1st | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
 1992 U.S. Cup | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 1996 U.S. Cup | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| 2000 U.S. Cup | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
 2004 Unity Cup | 2nd | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 Nations Cup | 1st | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Total | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 38 | 29 |
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