Irish women's national soccer team

Republic of Ireland
Poblacht na hÉireann
Republic of Ireland

Association	Football Association of Ireland (FAI)
confederacy	UEFA
Technical sponsor	New Balance
Head coach	Vera Pauw
Assistant coach	Eileen Gleeson
Record scorer	-
Record player	Emma Byrne (134)
Home stadium	Changing stages
FIFA code	IRL
FIFA rank	31st (1666 points) (as of August 14, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
statistics
First international match Scotland 10-1 Ireland ( Greenock , Scotland ; April 22, 1973 )
Biggest wins Malta 9-0 Ireland ( Ta 'Qali , Malta ; October 22, 2003 ) Ireland 9-0 Montenegro ( Dublin , Ireland ; June 7, 2016 )
Biggest defeat Sweden 10-0 Ireland ( Borås , Sweden ; September 20, 1992 )
(As of October 8, 2019 )

The Irish national football team for women ( English Republic of Ireland women's national football team , Irish foireann sacair náisiúnta ban Phoblacht na hÉireann ) represents Ireland in international women's football . The national team reports to the Irish Football Association. Until today the Irish selection could not qualify for a world or European championship. The best- known player is goalkeeper Emma Byrne from Arsenal Ladies FC , who retired in 2007. In December 2008, March 2009 and June 2009, the team achieved the best place in the FIFA world rankings with the 27th place.

Tournament balance sheet

World Championship

1991 : not qualified 1995 : not qualified 1999 : not qualified

2003 : not qualified 2007 : not qualified 2011 : not qualified

2015 : not qualified 2019 : not qualified

European Championship

1984 : not qualified 1987 : not qualified 1989 : not qualified 1991 : not qualified 1993 : not qualified 1995 : not qualified

1997 : not qualified 2001 : not qualified 2005 : not qualified 2009 : not qualified 2013 : not qualified 2017 : not qualified

Olympic games

1996 : not qualified 2000 : not qualified 2004 : not qualified

2008 : not qualified 2012 : not qualified 2016 : not qualified 2020 : not qualified

Algarve Cup

The national team took part in five events of the Algarve Cup , in which almost all of the best women's national teams take part every year. The team always played in group C, in which the weaker teams play, and has never been able to qualify for a placement game against one of the teams from group A or B.

1994 to 2002 : did not participate 2003 : 11th place 2004 and 2005 : did not participate 2006 : 10th place 2007 : 11th place 2008 : 12th place 2009 to 2011 : did not participate 2012 : 11th place 2013 to 2016 : did not participate

Cyprus Cup

In 2013 the team took part in the Cyprus Cup , which was taking place in parallel for the first time .

• 2008 to 2012 : did not participate
• 2013 : 8th place
• 2014 : 6th place
• 2016 : 7th place
• 2017 : 4th place

Istria Cup

• 2015 : 9th place

Squad

Squad for the European Championship qualifiers against Greece and Montenegro in March 2020:

Player	Date of birth	society	Games	Gates	Last use Last nomination
goal
Courtney Brosnan	Nov 10, 1995	West Ham United	000	00
Niamh Reid Burke	Aug 6, 1991	Peamount United FC	004th	00	?
Marie Hourihan	March 10, 1987	SC Braga	022nd	00	11/12/2019
Grace Moloney	March 1, 1993	Reading FC	002	00	02.03.2016
Defense
Diane Caldwell	Sep 11 1988	SC sand	074	01	11/12/2019
Jamie Finn	Apr 21, 1998	Shelbourne FC	001	00	11/12/2019
Chloe Mustaki	July 29, 1995	Charlton Athletic LFC	000	00
Aine O'Gorman	May 13, 1989	Peamount United	100	13	06/12/2018
Claire O'Riordan	Oct 12, 1994	MSV Duisburg	005	00	09/03/2019
Louise Quinn	June 17, 1990	Arsenal Women FC	077	11	11/12/2019
Harriet Scott	Feb 10, 1993	Birmingham City LFC	007th	00	09/03/2019
Claire Walsh	Oct 28, 1994	Peamount United	002	00	09/03/2019
midfield
Megan Connolly	May 29, 1987	Brighton & Hove Albion	019th	01	08/10/2019
Niamh Fahey	Oct 13, 1987	Liverpool WFC	088	00	11/12/2019
Niamh Farrelly	Apr 15, 1999	Peamount United	002	00	08/04/2019
Ruesha Littlejohn	3rd July 1990	West Ham United	024	01	04/10/2018
Hayley Nolan	March 7, 1997	University of Hartford	000	00
Denise O'Sullivan	July 18, 1989	North Carolina Courage	075	10	11/12/2019
Julie-Ann Russell	March 28, 1991	Sydney University	058	04th	11/12/2019
Jessica Ziu	May 26, 1994	Shelbourne ladies	002	00	January 20, 2019
attack
Amber Barrett	Jan. 10, 1996	1. FC Cologne	016	02	11/12/2019
Leanne Kiernan	Apr 27, 1999	West Ham United	019th	04th	11/12/2019
Katie McCabe	21 Sep 1995	Arsenal Women FC	043	08th	11/12/2019
Heather Payne	Jan. 20, 2000	Florida State University	004th	00	08/10/2019
Clare Shine	May 18, 1995	Glasgow City FC	005	00	09/20/2016
Rianna Jarrett	5th July 1994	Brighton & Hove Albion	008th	01	08/10/2019

Games against national teams from German-speaking countries

All results from an Irish perspective.

Germany

date	place	Result	occasion
May 10, 2006	cottbus	0: 1	World Cup qualification
August 26, 2006	Dublin	0: 3	World Cup qualification
5th April 2014	Dublin	2: 3	World Cup qualification
17th September 2014	Heidenheim an der Brenz	0: 2	World Cup qualification
19th September 2020	eat		European Championship qualification
1st December 2020			European Championship qualification

Switzerland

date	place	Result	occasion
March 25, 2006	Biel	0: 2 (0: 2)	World Cup qualification
April 22, 2006	Dublin	2: 0 (1: 0)	World Cup qualification
September 19, 2009	Well	0: 2 (0: 0)	World Cup qualification
March 31, 2010	Dublin	1: 2 (0: 1)	World Cup qualification
August 24, 2011	Dublin	0: 1 (0: 0)
May 26, 2012	Well	0: 1 (0: 0)	Friendly match
March 10 , 2014	Paralimni ( CYP )	2: 1 (0: 0)	Cyprus Cup

Austria

date	place	Result	occasion
June 18, 2013	Tallaght	2: 2 (0: 1)	Friendly match
March 9, 2015	Rovinj ( HRV )	0: 2 (0: 1)	Istria Cup 2015
March 2, 2016	Paralimni ( CYP )	0: 2 (0: 1)	Cyprus Cup 2016

See also

• Irish national football team

Individual evidence

1. ↑ fai.ie: Byrne announces retirement from international football
2. ↑ Women's world rankings. In: fifa.com. FIFA , August 14, 2020, accessed on August 14, 2020 (teams without a place and points are provisional because no more than five games have been played or the teams have been inactive for more than 18 months). 
3. ↑ fai.ie: Provisional WNT squad named for doubleheader
4. ↑ The originally scheduled April 11, 2020 could not be met due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
5. ↑ The originally scheduled date of September 22, 2020 was due to the COVID-19 pandemic postponed

Web links

• Official site of the Irish women's selection
• Ireland on the FIFA homepage