Team image Republic of Ireland national football team

1 team image

1.1 kit
1.2 historical kits
1.3 home stadium , other venues
1.4 media coverage
1.5 selection , nationality issues

team image
kit

ireland players (l-r) robbie keane, liam lawrence, keith andrews , greg cunningham in 2010 friendly against algeria

traditionally, team has played in home strip of green shirt, white shorts , green socks. second strip reverse of these colours, although there have been exceptions, such orange shirt in late 1990s. squad numbers either white orange trim, on home shirts, or green orange trim. fai logo appears @ bottom of numbering.

a limited edition grey shirt used once, in match against wales on 17 november 2007. black jersey green stripe across chest worn in final game of 2011 nations cup against scotland , in friendly against italy in liège, belgium.

the current kit has been supplied umbro since 1994. in march 2009, umbro signed deal fai keep them kit suppliers team until 2020. new balance take on contract august 2017.

historical kits

home

away

home stadium , other venues

ireland versus argentina @ aviva stadium on 11 august 2010

since 1980s, home matches have been played @ lansdowne road, dublin, national rugby stadium owned irish rugby football union (irfu). ground closed redevelopment in 2007, replacement ground, aviva stadium, opening on 14 may 2010. first soccer match in aviva manchester united against league of ireland xi side, managed damien richardson, on 4 august 2010.[43] manchester united won game 7–1, park ji-sung scoring first ever goal in aviva stadium. aviva stadium jointly owned irfu , fai, although return solely irfu ownership on expiry of current 60-year lease. first football international played @ lansdowne road fai team friendly against italy in 1971 (an ifa team first played in 1878 against england); 5–0 victory on san marino in uefa euro 2008 qualifying group d match on 15 november 2006 last game there before reconstruction. all-seater capacity of lansdowne road prior renovation 36,000, although higher attendances, using standing areas, permitted friendly matches. aviva stadium s status all-seater increased capacity competitive games 51,700. opening game @ aviva stadium, controversial 1–0 friendly defeat argentina, noted robbie keane securing membership in fifa century club , manager giovanni trapattoni s absence due surgery, assistant manager marco tardelli taking charge.

croke park, headquarters of gaelic athletic association, has been used irish matches.

with announcement of rebuilding of lansdowne road, new venue required stage republic of ireland s home internationals. stadium in ireland deemed suitable stage international football 84,500 capacity croke park, home of gaelic athletic association (gaa). accommodate this, gaa temporarily relaxed rule governing playing of foreign games on property. initially, 4 uefa euro 2008 qualifying group d matches played @ croke park in 2007, resulting in 2 wins , 2 draws. gaa agreed allow fai use until end of 2008, , later extended permission until completion of aviva stadium. hill 16 end of croke park terrace, means lansdowne road before it, capacity of stadium reduced around 74,500 competitive matches temporary seating must used.

prior 1980s, republic of ireland played home games @ dalymount park, home of bohemians, progressively more games played @ lansdowne road following safety review reduced dalymount s capacity. last international match played there against morocco in 1990. republic of ireland have played home matches in tolka park (twice) , rds arena in dublin @ mardyke , flower lodge grounds in cork. these games in cork were, until 2009, 2 home irish internationals played outside of dublin. during construction of aviva stadium, 2 friendly games played in thomond park, limerick, in 2009. 2 further friendlies played in rds arena in may 2010. ireland played friendly against belarus in cork s 7,000 capacity turners cross stadium in may 2016.

media coverage

ireland matches broadcast raidió teilifís Éireann (rtÉ), sky sports, , setanta ireland. sky sports shows of irelands friendly matches, while rtÉ shows competitive games such world cup , european championship qualifiers. rtÉ briefly lost broadcast rights in 2002 when fai controversially sold them in multi-million deal sky sports, subscription based satellite channel. decision criticised fans , politicians, , consumers association of ireland (cai) described fai greedy . fai forced reverse decision , allow rtÉ continue broadcasts after government intervened stop sale of important irish sporting events non-terrestrial television broadcasters. rtÉ hold rights until 2018.

selection , nationality issues

the selection of young northern irish born players, have represented northern ireland @ youth level, republic of ireland national teams has been controversial, these players able claim irish nationality though born , brought outside republic s territory. has led accusations of unfairness , predatory behaviour. in northern ireland seen northern ireland supporters having effect of dividing international football in country along sectarian lines, whereby nationalists declare republic of ireland while unionists continue play northern ireland. has been argued sectarian divisions, existed in northern irish football, factor in number of players switching republic. traditionally, in north identify irish, predominantly catholics , nationalists, support republic of ireland team.