Irish National Football Team (U-20 Men)

Nickname (s)	The boys in green The Green Army
Association	Football Association of Ireland
confederacy	UEFA
Home stadium	Aviva Stadium
FIFA code	IRL
(Status: unknown)

The Irish National Under-20 Football Team is a national team of Irish football players. It is subject to the Football Association of Ireland and represents them internationally at the U-20 level , for example in friendly matches against the national teams of other national associations or at the U-20 World Cup .

The team achieved their best result at a world championship in 1997 in Nigeria , when they won the game for third place against Ghana after the semi-final defeat against eventual world champions Argentina . In addition, the team reached the round of 16 in 1999 and 2003 . In 1985 and 1991 she was eliminated in the preliminary round.

Participation in U20 soccer world championships

1977	not qualified
1979
1981
1983
1985	Preliminary round
1987	not qualified
1989
1991	Preliminary round
1993	not qualified
1995
1997	3rd place
1999	Round of 16
2001	not qualified
2003	Round of 16
2005	not qualified
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019

See also

• Irish national football team
• Irish National Football Team (U-17 Youth)
• Irish National Football Team (U-21 Men)