Ireland national cerebral palsy football team

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Ireland national cerebral palsy football team
Federation Football Association of Ireland (FAI)
Head coachPaul Smyth
Asst coachAlvin Rouse
CaptainJoseph Markey
IFCPF ranking 8 (December 2024)
Highest IFCPF ranking5 (2017)
Lowest IFCPF ranking8 (December 2024)

Ireland Men's national cerebral palsy football team represents the Republic of Ireland in men's international cerebral palsy (CP) football. [1] They have participated in several Paralympic Games and World Championships. They have won two bronze medals and a silver at the Paralympics. Their best finish at the World Championships was first at the 1982 edition in Denmark.

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Background

Irish players watching a match at the 2016 Salou tournament. IFCPF Pre Paralympic Tournament Salou 2016 172.jpg
Irish players watching a match at the 2016 Salou tournament.

Paralympics Ireland manages the national team. [2] In 2011, members of the Irish national team participated in a study that looking at endurance and running performance as part of a researcher's efforts to understand the fairness of cerebral palsy football classification. [3] In October 2014, an IFCPF coaching workshop was held in Wales to try to further develop the sport, with participants from Wales, England and the Republic of Ireland. [4] While Ireland was active in participating on the Paralympic and World Championship level by 2016, the country did not have a national championships to support national team player development. [5]

In 2016, after getting an endorsement by the World AntiDoping Agency (WADA), the IFCPF Anti-Doping Code was formally amended to allow for out of competition testing. This was done through a WADA approved Whereabouts Programme managed through ADAMS. Drawing from players in a Registered Testing Pool, players from this country were included ahead of the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio. [6]

Ranking

Ireland was ranked fifth in the world by the IFCPF in 2016. [7] In September 2012, August 2013 and November 2014, the team was ranked number seven in the world. [8] [9] [10] In July 2011, the team was ranked sixth in the world. [11]

As of December 2024, the team is ranked eighth in the world. [12]

Players

There have been a number of players for the Ireland squad.

NameNumberClassificationPositionYears activeRef
Daragh Byrne 5 FT7 Midfielder 2012 [13]
Peter Cotter 11FT7 Forward 2012 [13]
Kieran Devlin 2FT7 Defender 2012 [13]
Luke Evans 4FT7Midfielder2012 [13]
Simon L'Strange 16 FT6 Goalkeeper 2012 [13]
Gary Messett 7FT7Midfielder2012, 2014 [14] [13]
Joseph Markey 3FT7Defender2012 [13]
Brian McGillivary 1 FT5 Goalkeeper2012 [13]
Eric O'Flaherty 8FT7Defender2012 [13]
Finbar O'Riorden 6FT7Defender2012 [13]
Daragh Snell 9FT7Forward2012 [13]
Aaron Tier 12FT5Forward2012 [13]

Results

Ireland has participated in a number of international tournaments.

CompetitionLocationYearTotal TeamsResultRef
Pre-Paralympic Tournament Salou, Spain 201675 [15]
Northern European Open Championship Denmark 201542 [16] [17]
Euro Football 7-a-side Maia, Portugal 2014114 [14]
Intercontinental Cup Barcelona, Spain 201316 [18]
Ireland CP International Tournament Ireland 20134 [19]
2012 Paralympic World Cup London, England 20124 [20]
Nottingham British Paralympic World Cup Nottingham, England 20104 [21]
CPISRA International Championships Arnhem, Netherlands 200911 [22]
Nations Cup Lilleshall, England 20094 [23]

IFCPF World Championships

The Republic of Ireland has participated in the IFCPF World Championships. At the 2011 CP-ISRA World Championship in Drenthe, Ireland beat Canada 6 - 0. [24]

World ChampionshipsLocationTotal TeamsResultRef
2015 IFCPF World Championships England 156 [25]
2011 CPSIRA World Championships Netherlands 169 [26]
1994 CPISRA World Championships Dublin, Ireland 2 [27]
1990 CPISRA World Championships Assen, Netherlands 2 [27]
1986 CPISRA World Championships Gits, Belgium 3 [27]
1982 CPISRA World Championships Greve, Denmark 1 [27]

Paralympic Games

Ireland has participated in 7-a-side football at the Paralympic Games. Their best performance was at the 1992 and 1984 Games when they won silver medals. They also won a bronze at the 1988 Games. [28] After qualifying for the gold medal game in the sport's debut at the 1984 Summer Games, they lost their match to Belgium to finish with a silver medal. [29]

Paralympic Results

GamesResultsRef
2008 Summer Paralympics 6 [28]
2004 Summer Paralympics 7 [28]
1996 Summer Paralympics [28]
1992 Summer Paralympics 3 [28]
1988 Summer Paralympics 3 [28]
1984 Summer Paralympics 2 [29] [28]

References

  1. ↑ "Ireland CP Squad Set for European Championship Challenge". www.fai.ie. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
  2. ↑ "Our Members — CP Football". IFCPF. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
  3. ↑ Saichon Kloyiam; Sarah Breen; Philip Jakeman; Joe Conway; Yeshayahu Hutzler (2011). "Soccer-Specific Endurance and Running Economy in Soccer Players With Cerebral Palsy". Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly. 28 (4): 354–367. doi:10.1123/apaq.28.4.354. PMID   21914907.
  4. ↑ "2016 - Coach Education Workshops — CP Football". www.ifcpf.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  5. ↑ "Worldwide Reach - CP Football". www.ifcpf.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  6. ↑ "IFCPF Newsletter" (PDF). CP Football. June 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Ranking — CP Football". CP Football. Archived from the original on July 26, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
  8. ↑ "World Ranking 2014". CPISRA. November 8, 2014. Archived from the original on August 29, 2016. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  9. ↑ "World Ranking List Football 7-a-side updated after Intercontinental Cup 2013, Barcelona Spain" (PDF). CPISRA. August 2013. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved August 26, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. ↑ "World Ranking List 2012 Football 7-a-side after PG Londen 2012" (PDF). CPISRA. September 13, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 28, 2016. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Football_7-a-side_CPISRA_World_Ranking_List" (PDF). CPISRA. September 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 21, 2016. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Men's Rankings - CP Football". www.ifcpf.com. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "IRE v USA Match Results" (PDF). CPISRA. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 14, 2016. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  14. 1 2 "Final results of the European Championships 2014 Football 7-a-side". CPISRA. 2014. Archived from the original on October 21, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
  15. ↑ "IFCPF Newsletter" (PDF). CP Football. June 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Tournaments — CP Football". www.ifcpf.com. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
  17. ↑ "Denmark host Northern European Open Championship — CP Football". www.ifcpf.com. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
  18. ↑ "Match Reports: Intercontinental Cup 2013, Barcelona | CPISRA". cpisra.org. Archived from the original on 2015-09-26. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
  19. ↑ "Ireland CP International Tournament 2013 Match Reports | CPISRA". cpisra.org. Archived from the original on 2015-10-16. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
  20. ↑ "2012 Paralympic World Cup | CPISRA". cpisra.org. Archived from the original on 2015-10-17. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
  21. ↑ "2010 Nottingham British Paralympic World Cup | CPISRA". cpisra.org. Archived from the original on 2015-10-16. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  22. ↑ "2009 Arnhem CPISRA International Championships Football 7-a-side Match Reports | CPISRA". cpisra.org. Archived from the original on 2016-08-09. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  23. ↑ "2009 Lilleshall, England Host Nations Cup | CPISRA". cpisra.org. Archived from the original on 2015-09-26. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  24. ↑ "Canadian Soccer Association 2011 Annual Report" (PDF). Canadian Soccer Association. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2016. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
  25. ↑ run2 (2015). "Fixtures & Results — Cerebral Palsy Football World Championships 2015". 2015 CP Football World Championships. IFCPF. Archived from the original on March 27, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  26. ↑ "2011 Final Results". CPISRA. 2011. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
  27. 1 2 3 4 "History — CP Football". www.ifcpf.com. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
  28. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Paralympic Games — CP Football". CP Football. IFCPF. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
  29. 1 2 "Sport Week: History of football 7-a-side". International Paralympic Committee. May 26, 2016. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
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