2019 UEFA European Under 19 Championship

[TrapAPony]

Don't know how true this is but someone was saying that they were talking to a relative of Ryan Cassidy and he hasn't be called up to the U19 squad.

[Closed Account]

Don't know how true this is but someone was saying that they were talking to a relative of Ryan Cassidy and he hasn't be called up to the U19 squad.
I would have thought that Watfords involvement in the FA Youth Cup would have excluded him. Similiar has happened with other Irish players down the years.

[tetsujin1979]

Sligo's Neil Morahan also in the squad: https://www.sligorovers.com/morahan-and-leverock-international-recognition/

[liamoo11]

Kayode on the bench today for rotherham for first time in league. With idah and parrot and obafemi not in our 19s for next week I wonder is he on included?

[tetsujin1979]

Didn't know he was born in Nigeria, although he played for the u18's last year

[liamoo11]

Didn't know he was born in Nigeria, although he played for the u18's last year

I assume he is eligible for us seeing that he played for us as u say at 18s

[tetsujin1979]

Yeah, grew up here. Qualifies under residency, I assume

[Closed Account]

https://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/ireland-u19-squad-confirmed-for-elite-round-qualifiers
Ireland U19: Squad confirmed for Elite Round qualifiers
The Republic of Ireland Under-19s are faced with the task of topping Group 1 if they are to qualify for the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championships in Armenia.
16th Mar 2019
Awaiting Tom Mohan's squad, who are top seeds in this Elite Round, are Azerbaijan, Romania, and Russia, with the latter acting as hosts for these three games in Krasnodar.

Mohan has handed first call-ups to Sligo Rovers' Niall Morahan, Arsenal's Mark McGuinness, Bolton Wanderers' Luca Connell, Derby County's Festy Ebosele, and Aston Villa's Tyriek Wright (pictured above), while Stoke City defender Nathan Collins is ruled out due to injury.

The quartet of Lee O'Connor, Conor Coventry, Troy Parrott and Adam Idah have been promoted to the Under-21 squad.

"As a group of players and staff, we are really looking forward to represent our country at the Elite Round in Krasnodar. This will be our first time to be involved in a UEFA tournament in Russia and our squad are really looking forward to training at the very impressive Krasnodar Academy," said Mohan.

"I expect all three games will be very tough against very strong opponents who have all performed really well to qualify from their respective groups. From our own perspective, we were delighted to have qualified for the Elite Round and we aim to build on the positives from our team's performances in the Qualifying Round.

"This Elite Round tournament will be of great benefit to the development of our players as they will experience playing in high intensity competitive games against quality opponents with all teams competing strongly to top the group and qualify for the finals. Our players will also experience a different culture which is also very important from an educational point of view and one that we are going to embrace."

The seven group winners in the Elite Round will qualify to join hosts Armenia in the finals, which will be played from July 14-27.

Ireland last qualified for the Under-19 finals tournament in 2011 - when they reached the semi-finals - while they won the competition outright in 1998 after overcoming Germany in a dramatic penalty shoot-out.

Republic of Ireland Under-19 Squad
Goalkeepers: Brian Maher (St Patrick's Athletic), George McMahon (Burnley)
Defenders: Andy Lyons (Bohemians), Tom Gaston (Bordeaux), Mark McGuinness (Arsenal), Oisin McEntee (Newcastle United), Jack James (Luton Town), Kameron Ledwidge (Southampton)
Midfielders: Niall Morahan (Sligo Rovers), Aaron Bolger (Shamrock Rovers), Jason Knight (Derby County), Luca Connell (Bolton Wanderers), Will Smallbone (Southampton), Conor Grant (Sheffield Wednesday), Richie O'Farrell (UCD)
Forwards: Ali Reghba (Bohemians), Will Ferry (Southampton), Festy Ebosele (Derby County), Tyriek Wright (Aston Villa), Jonathan Afolabi (Southampton)

2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship - Elite Round Qualifiers
March 20: Republic of Ireland v Romania, Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar, KO 12:00 (9:00 Irish Time)
March 23: Republic of Ireland v Azerbaijan, Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar, KO 12:00 (9:00 Irish Time)
March 26: Republic of Ireland v Russia, FC Krasnodar Academy Stadium, KO 17:00 (14:00 Irish Time)

[liamoo11]

https://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/ireland-u19-squad-confirmed-for-elite-round-qualifiers
Ireland U19: Squad confirmed for Elite Round qualifiers
The Republic of Ireland Under-19s are faced with the task of topping Group 1 if they are to qualify for the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championships in Armenia.
16th Mar 2019
Awaiting Tom Mohan's squad, who are top seeds in this Elite Round, are Azerbaijan, Romania, and Russia, with the latter acting as hosts for these three games in Krasnodar.

Mohan has handed first call-ups to Sligo Rovers' Niall Morahan, Arsenal's Mark McGuinness, Bolton Wanderers' Luca Connell, Derby County's Festy Ebosele, and Aston Villa's Tyriek Wright (pictured above), while Stoke City defender Nathan Collins is ruled out due to injury.

The quartet of Lee O'Connor, Conor Coventry, Troy Parrott and Adam Idah have been promoted to the Under-21 squad.

"As a group of players and staff, we are really looking forward to represent our country at the Elite Round in Krasnodar. This will be our first time to be involved in a UEFA tournament in Russia and our squad are really looking forward to training at the very impressive Krasnodar Academy," said Mohan.

"I expect all three games will be very tough against very strong opponents who have all performed really well to qualify from their respective groups. From our own perspective, we were delighted to have qualified for the Elite Round and we aim to build on the positives from our team's performances in the Qualifying Round.

"This Elite Round tournament will be of great benefit to the development of our players as they will experience playing in high intensity competitive games against quality opponents with all teams competing strongly to top the group and qualify for the finals. Our players will also experience a different culture which is also very important from an educational point of view and one that we are going to embrace."

The seven group winners in the Elite Round will qualify to join hosts Armenia in the finals, which will be played from July 14-27.

Ireland last qualified for the Under-19 finals tournament in 2011 - when they reached the semi-finals - while they won the competition outright in 1998 after overcoming Germany in a dramatic penalty shoot-out.

Republic of Ireland Under-19 Squad
Goalkeepers: Brian Maher (St Patrick's Athletic), George McMahon (Burnley)
Defenders: Andy Lyons (Bohemians), Tom Gaston (Bordeaux), Mark McGuinness (Arsenal), Oisin McEntee (Newcastle United), Jack James (Luton Town), Kameron Ledwidge (Southampton)
Midfielders: Niall Morahan (Sligo Rovers), Aaron Bolger (Shamrock Rovers), Jason Knight (Derby County), Luca Connell (Bolton Wanderers), Will Smallbone (Southampton), Conor Grant (Sheffield Wednesday), Richie O'Farrell (UCD)
Forwards: Ali Reghba (Bohemians), Will Ferry (Southampton), Festy Ebosele (Derby County), Tyriek Wright (Aston Villa), Jonathan Afolabi (Southampton)

2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship - Elite Round Qualifiers
March 20: Republic of Ireland v Romania, Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar, KO 12:00 (9:00 Irish Time)
March 23: Republic of Ireland v Azerbaijan, Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar, KO 12:00 (9:00 Irish Time)
March 26: Republic of Ireland v Russia, FC Krasnodar Academy Stadium, KO 17:00 (14:00 Irish Time)

Can't believe mcauley isn't in that squad with all the absentees. Connell in is a positive. Nice to see smallbone as well who seems to be going well at 23 level but hasn't been involved for us much lately. Also nice to see McGuinness back again it's been a long time since he played for us. Had hoped oko flex might have been called in

[tetsujin1979]

Has Mcauley done something to offend the FAI underage management?
Omitted from all squads

[Cathalsmart]

Why are we pulling out the spine of this team and potentially costing the U19’s a place at the 2019 Euros for a match vs Luxembourg...

[samhaydenjr]

Has Mcauley done something to offend the FAI underage management?
Omitted from all squads


Why are we pulling out the spine of this team and potentially costing the U19’s a place at the 2019 Euros for a match vs Luxembourg...

Couldn't agree more - we have the chance to have a big impact at U19 level and we're risking it for one U21 game in a group where the odds are against us qualifying anyway. And if we can't beat Luxembourg without those promoted from the U19 ranks, then we have no chance anyway. And if you insist on promoting Idah and Parrott, possibly to spread our striking prospects across the age groups, then why not replace them with McAuley, Cassidy, Kayode or Roache, at least? And there's surely no desperate need for Lee O'Connor to be in the U21 squad, when Ryan Nolan is waiting to be called upon. Gavin Bazunu will likely be warming the bench behind Caoimhin Kelleher, something I'm sure Mark Travers is well able to do

[Cathalsmart]

Like I think it’s a good idea to have them involved but why not just have them join up with the squad for the trip to Russia? It’s frustrating as it’s a very kind draw, the spine of this Irish team got to the QF’s of the last two u17 euro’s whereas Russia ,Romania, Azerbaijan didn’t even qualify for the tournament and last year was a particularly bad year for Russia when they didn’t reach even the elite round of the u17s which for them is horrific! I know it’s not everything but that added in with how the three teams have played so far in qualifying not only do I think we should be favorites for qualifying but if playing at our potential we really should be comfortable favorites for this and should consider failure to qualify from this group a huge upset. Right now we are tying one hand behind the back of this team.

[liamoo11]

We have the most depth at this age that I have seen in 25 years following the underage groups. I'd be disappointed if we don't still get ro the euros this summer. As an aside nathan Collins who misses out here obviously has been captaining stokes under23s recently which is a fine achievement for a lad who is underage for this age again next year

[Charlie Darwin]

Why are we pulling out the spine of this team and potentially costing the U19’s a place at the 2019 Euros for a match vs Luxembourg...
What spine? Cassidy has only ever played a friendly for the 19s (last month) and McAuley has only been involved since last year, mainly as a sub. If you're talking about the spine, Idah and Parrott have been promoted to the 21s, which is the point of these teams, to progress players.

[Cathalsmart]

What spine? Cassidy has only ever played a friendly for the 19s (last month) and McAuley has only been involved since last year, mainly as a sub. If you're talking about the spine, Idah and Parrott have been promoted to the 21s, which is the point of these teams, to progress players.

I wasn’t referring to Cassidy or McAuley. I was referring to Lee O’Connor, Conor Coventry, and then like you said Idah & Parrott. Also we have injuries for guys like Nathan Collins. I get it that progression is important but qualifying for a tournament and participating surely is priceless? What would make sense to me is have the players train with the u21s and then release guys for the U19.

Looking at the squad we can still field a pretty strong side so qualification is still very much within reach but we will look back on this with a lot of regret if we fail to qualify.

[Cathalsmart]

BTW would Ryan Johansson be eligible for selection for the Euros final tournament squad or does the rule carry over to the final tournament also? If I had to have a guess I’d say it does?

[tetsujin1979]

Early start tomorrow, kicking off at 9am: https://www.uefa.com/under19/season=2019/matches/round=2000954/match=2026289/index.html

[tetsujin1979]

BTW would Ryan Johansson be eligible for selection for the Euros final tournament squad or does the rule carry over to the final tournament also? If I had to have a guess I’d say it does?

no, it's part of the same competition he's already appeared in so he's ineligible

[tetsujin1979]

Starting line up vs Romania announced
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Live text commentary on UEFA.com: https://www.uefa.com/under19/season=2019/matches/round=2000954/match=2026289/index.html
Still 0-0

[passinginterest]

2-0 up now Afolabi and Smallbone

[tetsujin1979]

Live stream here, with Russian commentary: https://rfs.ru/news/209300

[tetsujin1979]

finished 5-0 to Ireland, with a saved penalty from Maher. Great start to the qualifying series!

To be honest, 5-0 is possibly being generous, from what I did see of the game it was all Ireland. Next game is Azerbaijan on Saturday morning. They're playing Russia at two this afternoon. Ideally, that'll end in a draw, but it'll probably be a Russian win.

[tetsujin1979]

goals from the qualifier online
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In more good news, Russia and Azerbaijan drew 0-0: https://www.uefa.com/under19/season=2019/matches/round=2000954/match=2026290/index.html

[SkStu]

Romania defense looks atrocious. Third goal was a lovely move after the mistake from their defender.

[Olé Olé]

Yeah, dreadful defending but some cracking finishes all the same. Emphatic last one by Afolabi.

[samhaydenjr]

Wow... just wow. A 5-0 win against Romania. And this was without Idah, Connolly, Cassidy, Parrott, Obafemi and McAuley.

[gastric]

Our underage squads play such entertaining and ambitious football. Please, please Mick do the same and create continuity.

[tricky_colour]

Well f'k me, when was the last time Ireland won 5-0?

I've no idea how good the Romania u19 team are but the first team is ranked 25th, above us obviously, it is not like say they are Gibraltar, would not be surprised if we struggle to put more than a couple past them!

[tetsujin1979]

There was a month where the mens' sides scored an absolute barrel load of goals, but I can't remember when that was!

[tricky_colour]

Probably in the 1920's I would imagine.

[tetsujin1979]

Live coverage of today's game against Azerbaijan: https://rfs.ru/news/209302

Team announced, Tyreke Wright in for the suspended Bolger
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[tetsujin1979]

There was a month where the mens' sides scored an absolute barrel load of goals, but I can't remember when that was!


Probably in the 1920's I would imagine.
October 2017
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[Olé Olé]

Ireland looking threatening every time they press Azerbaijan, with or without possession.

Wright looks like he has grown a bit in the last year- not just his hair but physically.

Knight and Connell are running the middle of the field. They have the ability to pick passes from deep that not many of our senior midfielders have shown in recent years.

Afolabi is going to be some player.

[gally]

can u leave link for stream please

[tetsujin1979]

can u leave link for stream please

Three posts up


Live coverage of today's game against Azerbaijan: https://rfs.ru/news/209302

[tetsujin1979]

The keeper spilled a ball in the opening few minutes, and Wright crashed into him. I thought the ref showed him a yellow card, but it's not in the UEFA live text: https://www.uefa.com/under19/season=2019/matches/round=2000954/match=2026303/index.html?iv=true

[gally]

1 nil up Wright

[gally]

cant find stream using that link, only brings me to football union of russia page and cant see any link to game, can u advise please, sorry for being thick.

[tetsujin1979]

cant find stream using that link, only brings me to football union of russia page and cant see any link to game, can u advise please, sorry for being thick.

working fine for me, the video is really good quality too. Commentary in Russian.

[tetsujin1979]

Azerbaijan down to ten players, second half substitute sent off for an off the ball tackle. deserved the card too IMO

[tetsujin1979]

2-0 Jason Knight finished from outside the area after Afolabi had a close range shot cleared

[tetsujin1979]

2-1 Penalty saved by Maher, Azerbijan player finished the follow up

Azerbaijan are a very physical side, surprised there hasn't been more cards to be honest.

[tetsujin1979]

finished 3-1 Afolabi with the third. Should have been more than three IMO.
Very controlled performance from the U19s, against a physical Azerbaijan side who never looked like troubling the goal, aside from the penalty. Even that came from an Irish mistake, rather than any creativity on the part of the Azeris. If I had to make any criticism, it would be that, when Lyons at right full got forward, his first thought was to cross into the box. Afolabi's a big strong forward, but he was often outnumbered, so the cross really wasn't on. When he did get the ball down, Ireland looked far more likely to create something. On the other hand, not playing the early ball did allow Azerbaijan to get back in numbers.

Ireland top the table ahead of the final group game against Russia on Tuesday. Their second game is against Romania this afternoon, and you'd have to imagine that'll end in a win for the hosts.

[Olé Olé]

Yeah, Azerbaijan defended really deep and couldn't handle a press from us. We look a really good side. It's amazing to think the amount of lads missing and we still look so good. Obviously the Russians present another chance to see how good we are.

I'm impressed by Afolabi every time I see him. He make dangerous runs and can take the ball long and short and always appears to have his eye on goal or creating a goal. His style reminds me of Higuiain.

[Olé Olé]

Obafemi, Parrott, Idah, McAuley, Connolly and Cassidy are all underage for this side? As regards our options, any time I have seen Afolabi he has shown as much potential as all of those bar Parrott. Not to mention you could have Okoflex in there in the future.

Knight looked great today too. And he was in beside Connell who had Championship appearances under the belt.

It's amazing stuff. The next 3/4 years can't pass quick enough from a senior supporter perspective!

[Kingdom]

Obafemi, Parrott, Idah, McAuley, Connolly and Cassidy are all underage for this side? As regards our options, any time I have seen Afolabi he has shown as much potential as all of those bar Parrott. Not to mention you could have Okoflex in there in the future.

Knight looked great today too. And he was in beside Connell who had Championship appearances under the belt.

It's amazing stuff. The next 3/4 years can't pass quick enough from a senior supporter perspective!

Whatever happens at club football for these kids, it’s absolutely vital that the FAI do everything in their power to ensure they don’t end up in some relative backwater in England or Scotland. If they aren’t premier and upper championship level in Eng, we should look to get them on the continent or better still playing for some of the decent Irish sides.
It’s vital they don’t slip away.

[liamoo11]

Whatever happens at club football for these kids, it’s absolutely vital that the FAI do everything in their power to ensure they don’t end up in some relative backwater in England or Scotland. If they aren’t premier and upper championship level in Eng, we should look to get them on the continent or better still playing for some of the decent Irish sides.
It’s vital they don’t slip away.

Totally agree with this. We need to help lads take the next step past the age of 19 or 20. I would have loved to have seen mcauley for instance come into a club like rovers who are short of strikers to get top level experience on loan instead of 23s football here and there. Of course the English club will have the final say but wood be great if the fai partnered with league of Ireland clubs and actively approach the english clubs with loan proposals s

[tommy_c12000]

Anyone know the latest on Ryan Johansson? Is he involved in any of the squads?

[Olé Olé]

https://punditarena.com/features/oisinmcqueirns2758/greenlight-ryan-johansson-heart-drawn-ireland/

No, maybe his transfer must go through.

I hadn't seen this article before. Great stuff.