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Republic of Ireland U21

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ShirtJames Crawford (since 2020)Aviva Stadium

Grupo D · UEFA Under 21 Championship Qualifiers

2025/26
2.°
Position
10
Played
6
Won
16
Goals for
14
Goals against
20
Points
Goals scored per match · 34 of 51 in the competitionGoals1.00Shots on target per match · 19 of 51 in the competitionShots on target2.86Goals per 100 shots · 45 of 50 in the competitionConversion12%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 26 of 51 in the competitionClean sheets29%Average share of the ball · 14 of 48 in the competitionPossession58%Duels won over duels contested · 10 of 36 in the competitionDuels won53%

Compared with the 51 teams in UEFA Under 21 Championship Qualifiers in 2025/26.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 51 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

MetricValueRank
Goals1.0034.º
Shots on target2.8619.º
Conversion12%45.º
Clean sheets29%26.º
Possession58%14.º
Duels won53%10.º

Grupo 1 · UEFA Under 21 Championship Qualifiers

2023/24
3.°
Position
10
Played
5
Won
24
Goals for
12
Goals against
19
Points
Goals scored per match · 10 of 52 in the competitionGoals2.40Shots on target per match · 5 of 52 in the competitionShots on target6.90Goals per 100 shots · 42 of 52 in the competitionConversion18%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 23 of 52 in the competitionClean sheets30%Average share of the ball · 16 of 52 in the competitionPossession54%Duels won over duels contested · 10 of 32 in the competitionDuels won51%

Compared with the 52 teams in UEFA Under 21 Championship Qualifiers in 2023/24.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 52 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

MetricValueRank
Goals2.4010.º
Shots on target6.905.º
Conversion18%42.º
Clean sheets30%23.º
Possession54%16.º
Duels won51%10.º

Grupo 6 · UEFA Under 21 Championship Qualifiers

2021/22
2.°
Position
10
Played
6
Won
16
Goals for
10
Goals against
19
Points
Goals scored per match · 28 of 53 in the competitionGoals1.42Shots on target per match · 31 of 53 in the competitionShots on target1.67Goals per 100 shots · 11 of 51 in the competitionConversion63%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 9 of 53 in the competitionClean sheets50%Average share of the ball · 25 of 53 in the competitionPossession41%Duels won over duels contested · 9 of 42 in the competitionDuels won52%

Compared with the 53 teams in UEFA Under 21 Championship Qualifiers in 2021/22.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 53 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

MetricValueRank
Goals1.4228.º
Shots on target1.6731.º
Conversion63%11.º
Clean sheets50%9.º
Possession41%25.º
Duels won52%9.º

Grupo 1 · UEFA Under 21 Championship Qualifiers

2019/20
3.°
Position
10
Played
6
Won
15
Goals for
8
Goals against
19
Points
Goals scored per match · 22 of 28 in the competitionGoals0.00Shots on target per match · 11 of 28 in the competitionShots on target3.50Matches without conceding, over matches played · 4 of 28 in the competitionClean sheets50%Average share of the ball · 8 of 28 in the competitionPossession53%Duels won over duels contested · 11 of 28 in the competitionDuels won50%

Compared with the 28 teams in UEFA Under 21 Championship Qualifiers in 2019/20.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 28 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

Small sample so far: few matches played.

No data in this competition: Conversion.

MetricValueRank
Goals0.0022.º
Shots on target3.5011.º
Clean sheets50%4.º
Possession53%8.º
Duels won50%11.º

Grupo C · Toulon Tournament

2018/19
1.°
Position
3
Played
2
Won
5
Goals for
1
Goals against
7
Points
Goals scored per match · 7 of 12 in the competitionGoals1.00Shots on target per match · 6 of 12 in the competitionShots on target4.20Goals per 100 shots · 10 of 12 in the competitionConversion12%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 3 of 12 in the competitionClean sheets60%Average share of the ball · 7 of 12 in the competitionPossession48%Duels won over duels contested · 6 of 12 in the competitionDuels won50%

Compared with the 12 teams in Toulon Tournament in 2018/19.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 12 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

MetricValueRank
Goals1.007.º
Shots on target4.206.º
Conversion12%10.º
Clean sheets60%3.º
Possession48%7.º
Duels won50%6.º

Grupo 5 · UEFA Under 21 Championship Qualifiers

2017/18
3.°
Position
10
Played
4
Won
12
Goals for
15
Goals against
14
Points
Goals scored per match · 14 of 19 in the competitionGoals0.00Shots on target per match · 7 of 19 in the competitionShots on target6.00Matches without conceding, over matches played · 1 of 19 in the competitionClean sheets100%Average share of the ball · 13 of 19 in the competitionPossession40%Duels won over duels contested · 12 of 19 in the competitionDuels won48%

Compared with the 19 teams in UEFA Under 21 Championship Qualifiers in 2017/18.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 19 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

Small sample so far: few matches played.

No data in this competition: Conversion.

MetricValueRank
Goals0.0014.º
Shots on target6.007.º
Clean sheets100%1.º
Possession40%13.º
Duels won48%12.º

Grupo 6 · UEFA Under 21 Championship Qualifiers

2013/14
4.°
Position
8
Played
2
Won
10
Goals for
12
Goals against
8
Points

Squad

2025/26

Goalkeepers

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
-Joseph CollinsGoalkeeperIreland19---2026
72Marcus GillGoalkeeperScotland19---2026
1Noah JaunyGoalkeeperIreland221.94 m70 kgRight2025
31Conor WalshGoalkeeperIreland21---2025

Defenders

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
29Sam CurtisFull backIreland201.85 m-Right2023
27Seán GrehanDefenderIreland22--Right2023
4Cathal McCarthyCentre backIreland20---2025
51Conor McManusFull backIreland22---2025
3Alex MurphyFull backIreland221.88 m78 kgLeft2024
26David OkagbueDefenderIreland221.84 m-Right2025

Midfielders

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
27Romeo AkachukwuMidfielderIreland201.78 m74 kgRight2025
19Adam BrennanMidfielderIreland19---2026
24Jacob DevaneyCentre midEngland19---2025
6Rory FinneranMidfielderIreland18--Right2026
26Oisín GallagherMidfielderNorthern Ireland21--Right2026
14Darius LipsiucMidfielderIreland21--Right2025
60Grady McDonnellMidfielderCanada181.86 m80 kgBoth2026
21Jamie MullinsMidfielderIreland22---2025

Forwards

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
36Leon AyindeWingerIreland22---2025
7Trent Koné-DohertyForwardNorthern Ireland201.75 m65 kgRight2025
18Tommy LonerganForwardIreland22---2025
25Kian McMahon-BrownForwardIreland18---2026
31Michael NoonanForwardIreland18---2025
33Ikechukwu OraziForwardIreland191.76 m71 kgRight2026