Republic of Ireland women's national under-19 football team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Republic of Ireland national under-19 football team.

Ireland Women's U-19

Association	Football Association of Ireland
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Dave Connell
FIFA code	IRL
First colours Second colours
UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
Appearances	2 (first in 2014 )
Best result	Semi-final, 2014
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
Appearances	0

The Republic of Ireland women's national under-19 football team represents Ireland at the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship and the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

History

UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

The Irish team has qualified for the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship finals once, reaching the semi-finals in 2014. They lost 4–0 to the Netherlands, for whom Vivianne Miedema scored a hat-trick. ^{[1] [2]}

Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws*	Losses	GF	GA
Two-legged final 1998	did not qualify
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014	Semi-finals	4	3	0	1	5	6
2015	did not qualify
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021
2022	did not qualify
2023
2024	Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	4
2025	did not qualify
2026	TBD
2027
Total	2/26	7	3	1	3	6	10

Current squad

The following players were named to the squad to take part in the 2025 UEFA European Under-19 Championship Qualifiers Serbia, France & Cymru in April 2025. ^[3]

Head coach: Dave Connell

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	1 GK	Katie Keane	(2006-07-27) 27 July 2006 (age 19)	Leicester City
	1 GK	Nicole Nix	(2006-11-02) 2 November 2006 (age 18)	Galway United
	2 DF	Aoife Turner	(2006-02-25) 25 February 2006 (age 19)	Columbia Lions
	2 DF	Kiera Sena	(2007-06-11) 11 June 2007 (age 18)	Southampton
	2 DF	Niamh Cotter	(2006-07-15) 15 July 2006 (age 19)	Cork City
	2 DF	Mary Phillips	(2006-05-20) 20 May 2006 (age 19)	Peamount United
	2 DF	Aoife Kelly	(2006-03-01) 1 March 2006 (age 19)	Wexford
	3 MF	Ellen Dolan	(2006-06-30) 30 June 2006 (age 19)	Peamount United
	3 MF	Jess Fitzgerald	(2006-07-12) 12 July 2006 (age 19)	Peamount United
	3 MF	Hannah Healy	(2007-12-18) 18 December 2007 (age 17)	Bohemian
	3 MF	Aoibhe Brennan	(2007-12-08) 8 December 2007 (age 17)	Bohemian
	3 MF	Lucy Fitzgerald	(2007-04-22) 22 April 2007 (age 18)	Athlone Town
	3 MF	Aoife Murphy O'Connor	(2006-08-17) 17 August 2006 (age 18)	Athlone Town
	4 FW	Katie O'Reilly	(2007-06-13) 13 June 2007 (age 18)	Shamrock Rovers
	4 FW	Joy Ralph	(2006-02-23) 23 February 2006 (age 19)	Sheffield United
	4 FW	Lia O'Leary	(2006-03-26) 26 March 2006 (age 19)	Bristol City
	4 FW	Ceola Bergin	(2006-10-16) 16 October 2006 (age 18)	Galway
	4 FW	Hazel Donegan	(2007-05-22) 22 May 2007 (age 18)	Athlone Town
	4 FW	Rebecca Devereux	(2007-05-22) 22 May 2007 (age 18)	Shelbourne

Coaches

• Susan Ronan (2000–2010)
• Dave Connell (2017–present)

See also

• Republic of Ireland portal
• Women's association football portal

• Republic of Ireland women's national football team
• Republic of Ireland women's national under-17 football team
• FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
• UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

References

1. "Ireland women bow out of Under-19 European Championships". The Irish Times. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
2. "Republic of Ireland Under-19s 0-4 Netherlands Under-19s". RTÉ. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
3. Limegreentangerine. "Lia O'Leary: Leading WU19s towards EURO Qualification". www.fai.ie. Retrieved 2025-04-05.