Republic of Ireland national football team results (1980–1989)

Republic of Ireland national football team results
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This article contains the results of the Republic of Ireland national football team during the 1980s.

Results

1980

6 February 1980 UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying Group 1 England  2–0  Republic of Ireland London, England
Keegan 34', 74' Report Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 91,043
Referee: Scheurell (East Germany)
26 March 1980 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 2 Cyprus  2–3  Republic of Ireland Nicosia, Cyprus
Pantziaras 29'
Kaiafas 74' (pen.)		 Report McGee 8', 38'
Lawrenson 23'		 Stadium: Makario Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Sharir (Israel)
30 April 1980 Friendly Republic of Ireland  2–0   Switzerland Dublin, Ireland
Givens 12'
Daly 41'		 Report Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Thomas (Wales)
16 May 1980 Friendly Republic of Ireland  0–1  Argentina Dublin, Ireland
Report Valencia 28' Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 30,100
Referee: Courtney (England)
10 September 1980 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 2 Republic of Ireland  2–1  Netherlands Dublin, Ireland
Daly 78'
Lawrenson 85'		 Report Tahamata 57' Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Lund-Sørensen (Denmark)
15 October 1980 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 2 Republic of Ireland  1–1  Belgium Dublin, Ireland
Grealish 42' Report Cluytens 13' Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Rolles (Luxembourg)
28 October 1980 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 2 France  2–0  Republic of Ireland Paris, France
Platini 11'
Zimako 77'		 Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 44,800
Referee: Castillo (France)
19 November 1980 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 2 Republic of Ireland  6–0  Cyprus Dublin, Ireland
Daly 10' (pen.), 23'
Grealish 24'
Robinson 28'
Stapleton 46'
Hughton 65'		 Report Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Guðmundsson (Iceland)

1981

24 February 1981 Friendly Republic of Ireland  1–3  Wales Dublin, Ireland
Grealish 25' Report Price 34'
Boyle 38'
Yorath 89'		 Stadium: Tolka Park
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Reeves (England)
25 March 1981 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 2 Belgium  1–0  Republic of Ireland Brussels, Belgium
Ceulemans 88' Report Stadium: Stade du Heysel
Attendance: 37,978
Referee: Nazare (Portugal)
29 April 1981 Friendly Republic of Ireland  3–1  Czechoslovakia Dublin, Ireland
19:00 UTC+1 Moran 18', 69'
Stapleton 75'		 Report Masný 55' Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Grey (England)
21 May 1981 Friendly West Germany B  3–0  Republic of Ireland Bremen, West Germany
Del'Haye 50'
Funkel 62'
Schröder 64'		 Report Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Frickmann (Denmark)
23 May 1981 Friendly Poland  3–0  Republic of Ireland Bydgoszcz, Poland
Iwan 2'
O'Leary 38' (o.g.)
Ogaza 66'		 Report Stadium: Zawisza
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Tătar (Romania)
9 September 1981 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 2 Netherlands  2–2  Republic of Ireland Rotterdam, Netherlands
Thijssen 11'
Mühren 64' (pen.)		 Report Robinson 40'
Stapleton 71'		 Stadium: De Kuip
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Christov (Czechoslovakia)
14 October 1981 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 2 Republic of Ireland  3–2  France Dublin, Ireland
Mahut 3' (o.g.)
Stapleton 23'
Robinson 39'		 Report Bellone 9'
Platini 83'		 Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Eriksson (Sweden)

1982

28 April 1982 Friendly Algeria  2–0  Republic of Ireland Algiers, Algeria
Assad 15'
Madjer 64'		 Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Lambert (France)
22 May 1982 Friendly Chile  1–0  Republic of Ireland Santiago, Chile
Gamboa 1' Report Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Ojeda (Chile)
27 May 1982 Friendly Brazil  7–0  Republic of Ireland Uberlândia, Brazil
Falcão 32'
Sócrates 53', 73'
Serginho 64', 75'
Luizinho 68'
Zico 78'		 Report Stadium: Estádio Parque do Sabiá
Attendance: 72,733
Referee: Filho (Brazil)
30 May 1982 Friendly Trinidad and Tobago  2–1  Republic of Ireland Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Nelson
Haynes 		Report Brady Stadium: Arima Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Note: It has been subsequently claimed by manager Eoin Hand that the Republic of Ireland actually lost 1–2 to a local club side on 30 May, then defeated Trinidad and Tobago 3–0 on 3 June, but the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association swapped around the results so that the first game was the "official" international and the second game reclassified as a friendly. In the absence of any media reports or FAI officials, there was no-one to gainsay them[1][2]
22 September 1982 UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying Group 7 Netherlands  2–1  Republic of Ireland Rotterdam, Netherlands
Schoenaker 1'
Gullit 64'		 Report Daly 79' Stadium: De Kuip
Attendance: 20,500
Referee: Gregr (Czechoslovakia)
13 October 1982 UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying Group 7 Republic of Ireland  2–0  Iceland Dublin, Ireland
Stapleton 36'
Grealish 75'		 Report Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 23,371
Referee: Rion (Belgium)
17 November 1982 UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying Group 7 Republic of Ireland  3–3  Spain Dublin, Ireland
Grimes 2'
Stapleton 64', 76'		 Report Maceda 31'
Martin 47' (o.g.)
Muñoz 60'		 Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Redelfs (West Germany)

1983

30 March 1983 UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying Group 7 Malta  0–1  Republic of Ireland Ta'Qali, Malta
Report Stapleton 89' Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 6,487
Referee: Mathias (Austria)
27 April 1983 UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying Group 7 Spain  2–0  Republic of Ireland Zaragoza, Spain
Santillana 49'
Rincón 89'		 Report Stadium: Estadio La Romareda
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Butenko (Soviet Union)
21 September 1983 UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying Group 7 Iceland  0–3  Republic of Ireland Reykjavík, Iceland
Report Waddock 16'
Robinson 21'
Walsh 81'		 Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur
Attendance: 13,706
Referee: Biguet (France)
12 October 1983 UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying Group 7 Republic of Ireland  2–3  Netherlands Dublin, Ireland
Waddock 7'
Brady 35' (pen.)		 Report Gullit 51', 75'
van Basten 65'		 Stadium: Dalymount Park
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Daina (Switzerland)
16 November 1983 UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying Group 7 Republic of Ireland  8–0  Malta Dublin, Ireland
Lawrenson 25', 63'
Stapleton 28' (pen.)
O'Callaghan 35'
Sheedy 74'
Brady 76', 88'
Daly 86'		 Report Stadium: Dalymount Park
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Amundsen (Denmark)

1984

4 April 1984 Friendly Israel  3–0  Republic of Ireland Tel Aviv, Israel
Ohana 3'
Armeli 62'
Sinai 65'		 Report Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Lartigot (France)
23 May 1984 Friendly Republic of Ireland  0–0  Poland Dublin, Ireland
Report Stadium: Dalymount Park
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Courtney (England)
3 June 1984 1984 Japan Cup China  0–1  Republic of Ireland Sapporo, Japan
Report O'Keefe 57' Stadium: Maruyama Stadium
8 August 1984 Friendly Republic of Ireland  0–0  Mexico Dublin, Ireland
Report Stadium: Dalymount Park
Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Baumann (Switzerland)
12 September 1984 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 6 Republic of Ireland  1–0  Soviet Union Dublin, Ireland
Walsh 64' Report Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Keizer (Netherlands)
17 October 1984 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 6 Norway  1–0  Republic of Ireland Oslo, Norway
Jacobsen 42' Report Stadium: Ullevaal
Attendance: 15,379
Referee: Scheurell (East Germany)
14 November 1984 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 6 Denmark  3–0  Republic of Ireland Copenhagen, Denmark
Elkjær 30', 46'
Lerby 55'		 Report Stadium: Idrætsparken
Attendance: 45,300
Referee: Würtz (France)

1985

5 February 1985 Friendly Republic of Ireland  1–2  Italy Dublin, Ireland
Waddock 53' Report Rossi 5' (pen.)
Altobelli 18'		 Stadium: Dalymount Park
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Keizer (Netherlands)
27 February 1985 Friendly Israel  0–0  Republic of Ireland Ramat Gan, Israel
Report Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: d'Elia (Italy)
26 March 1985 Friendly England  2–1  Republic of Ireland London, England
Steven 45'
Lineker 76'		 Report Brady 88' Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 34,793
Referee: Smith (Scotland)
1 May 1985 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 6 Republic of Ireland  0–0  Norway Dublin, Ireland
Report Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 18,500
Referee: Németh (Hungary)
26 May 1985 Friendly Republic of Ireland  0–0  Spain Cork, Ireland
Report Stadium: Flower Lodge
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Gächter (Switzerland)
2 June 1985 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 6 Republic of Ireland  3–0   Switzerland Dublin, Ireland
Stapleton 7'
Grealish 33'
Sheedy 57'		 Report Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 17,300
Referee: Bergamo (Italy)
11 September 1985 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 6 Switzerland  0–0  Republic of Ireland Bern, Switzerland
Report Stadium: Wankdorf Stadion
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Aladrén (Spain)
16 October 1985 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 6 Soviet Union  2–0  Republic of Ireland Moscow, Soviet Union
Cherenkov 61'
Protasov 90'		 Report Stadium: Lenin Stadium
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Casarin (Italy)
13 November 1985 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 6 Republic of Ireland  1–4  Denmark Dublin, Ireland
Stapleton 6' Report Elkjær 7', 76'
Laudrup 49'
Sivebæk 57'		 Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Wöhrer (Austria)

1986

26 March 1986 Friendly Republic of Ireland  0–1  Wales Dublin, Ireland
Report Rush 17' Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 16,500
Referee: Hope (Scotland)
23 April 1986 Friendly Republic of Ireland  1–1  Uruguay Dublin, Ireland
Daly 38' (pen.) Report Paz 22' Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Martin (England)
25 May 1986 Iceland Triangular Tournament Iceland  1–2  Republic of Ireland Reykjavík, Iceland
19:00 UTC±0 Guðjohnsen 40' Report McGrath 34'
Daly 84'		 Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur
Attendance: 4,246
Referee: Worrall (England)
27 May 1986 Iceland Triangular Tournament Czechoslovakia  0–1  Republic of Ireland Reykjavík, Iceland
19:00 UTC±0 Report Stapleton 82' Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Olsen (Iceland)
10 September 1986 UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying Group 7 Belgium  2–2  Republic of Ireland Brussels, Belgium
Claesen 14'
Scifo 71'		 Report Stapleton 18'
Brady 89' (pen.)		 Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock
Attendance: 22,212
Referee: Igna (Romania)
15 October 1986 UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying Group 7 Republic of Ireland  0–0  Scotland Dublin, Ireland
Report Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Halle (Norway)
12 November 1986 Friendly Poland  1–0  Republic of Ireland Warsaw, Poland
Koniarek 43' Report Stadium: Stadion Wojska Polskiego
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Németh (Hungary)

1987

18 February 1987 UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying Group 7 Scotland  0–1  Republic of Ireland Glasgow, Scotland
Report Lawrenson 8' Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 45,081
Referee: van Ettekoven (Netherlands)
1 April 1987 UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying Group 7 Bulgaria  2–1  Republic of Ireland Sofia, Bulgaria
Sadkov 41'
Tanev 81' (pen.)		 Report Stapleton 53' Stadium: Vasil Levski
Attendance: 35,247
Referee: Da Silva Valente (Portugal)
29 April 1987 UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying Group 7 Republic of Ireland  0–0  Belgium Dublin, Ireland
Report Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Holzmann (Austria)
23 May 1987 Friendly Republic of Ireland  1–0  Brazil Dublin, Ireland
Brady 30' Report Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Sandoz (Austria)
28 May 1987 UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying Group 7 Luxembourg  0–2  Republic of Ireland Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Report Galvin 44'
Whelan 64'		 Stadium: Stade Josy Barthel
Attendance: 4,965
Referee: Peduzzi (Switzerland)
9 September 1987 UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying Group 7 Republic of Ireland  2–1  Luxembourg Dublin, Ireland
Stapleton 31'
McGrath 74'		 Report Krings 29' Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Cooper (Wales)
14 October 1987 UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying Group 7 Republic of Ireland  2–0  Bulgaria Dublin, Ireland
McGrath 52'
Moran 83'		 Report Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Keizer (Netherlands)
10 November 1987 Friendly Republic of Ireland  5–0  Israel Dublin, Ireland
John Byrne 25'
David Kelly 46', 56', 71' (pen.)
Quinn 83'		 Report Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Midgley (England)

1988

23 March 1988 Friendly Republic of Ireland  2–0  Romania Dublin, Ireland
Moran 30'
David Kelly 90'		 Report Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Martin (England)
27 April 1988 Friendly Republic of Ireland  2–0  Yugoslavia Dublin, Ireland
McCarthy 24'
Moran 65'		 Report Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Smith (Scotland)
22 May 1988 Friendly Republic of Ireland  3–1  Poland Dublin, Ireland
Sheedy 12'
Cascarino 31'
Sheridan 40'		 Report Warzycha 65' Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 18,500
Referee: Roberts (Wales)
1 June 1988 Friendly Norway  0–0  Republic of Ireland Oslo, Norway
Report Stadium: Ullevaal
Attendance: 9,494
Referee: Lund-Sørensen (Denmark)
12 June 1988 UEFA Euro 1988 Group 2 England  0–1  Republic of Ireland Stuttgart, Germany
15:30 UTC+2 Report Houghton 6' Stadium: Neckarstadion
Attendance: 51,573
Referee: Kirschen (East Germany)
15 June 1988 UEFA Euro 1988 Group 2 Republic of Ireland  1–1  Soviet Union Hanover, Germany
20:15 UTC+2 Whelan 38' Report Protassov 74' Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion
Attendance: 38,308
Referee: Soriano Aladren (Spain)
18 June 1988 UEFA Euro 1988 Group 2 Republic of Ireland  0–1  Netherlands Gelsenkirchen, Germany
15:30 UTC+2 Report Kieft 82' Stadium: Parkstadion
Attendance: 60,800
Referee: Brummeier (Austria)
14 September 1988 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 6 Northern Ireland  0–0  Republic of Ireland Belfast, Northern Ireland
Report Stadium: Windsor Park
Attendance: 19,873
Referee: Vautrot (France)
19 October 1988 Friendly Republic of Ireland  4–0  Tunisia Dublin, Ireland
Cascarino 26', 44'
Aldridge 45'
Sheedy 87'		 Report Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Snoddy (Northern Ireland)
16 November 1988 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 6 Spain  2–0  Republic of Ireland Seville, Spain
Manolo 52'
Butragueño 66'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarín
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Savchenko (USSR)

1989

7 February 1989 Friendly Republic of Ireland  0–0  France Dublin, Ireland
Report Stadium: Dalymount Park
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Lloyd (Wales)
8 March 1989 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 6 Hungary  0–0  Republic of Ireland Budapest, Hungary
Report Stadium: Nepstadion
Attendance: 33,966
Referee: Petrović (Yugoslavia)
26 April 1989 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 6 Republic of Ireland  1–0  Spain Dublin, Ireland
Míchel 16' (o.g.) Report Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 49,600
Referee: Brummeier (Austria)
28 May 1989 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 6 Republic of Ireland  2–0  Malta Dublin, Ireland
Houghton 32'
Moran 55'		 Report Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: dos Santos (Portugal)
4 June 1989 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 6 Republic of Ireland  2–0  Hungary Dublin, Ireland
McGrath 34'
Cascarino 80'		 Report Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 48,600
Referee: Nervik (Norway)
6 September 1989 Friendly Republic of Ireland  1–1  West Germany Dublin, Ireland
Stapleton 10' Report Dorfner 33' Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Van den Wijngaert (Belgium)
11 October 1989 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 6 Republic of Ireland  3–0  Northern Ireland Dublin, Ireland
Whelan 43'
Cascarino 47'
Houghton 57'		 Report Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 45,800
Referee: D'Elia (Italy)
15 November 1989 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 6 Malta  0–2  Republic of Ireland Ta'Qali, Malta
Report Aldridge 30', 68' (pen.) Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Uilenberg (Netherlands)

References

  1. ^ Kelly, David (6 October 2011). "Minnows Bite". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2023 – via PressReader.
  2. ^ "The Kieran Shannon Interview: Eoin was never handed anything". 11 November 2017.

See also