2019 UEFA Under-21 Championships

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The nine qualifying groups for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Italy and San Marino were decided by Thursday's draw in Nyon. A record 54 teams will be involved, with the first matches taking place in late March – nearly three months before the 2017 finals in Poland.

2019 Under-21 qualifying group stage draw
Group 1: Czech Republic*, Croatia, Greece, Moldova, Belarus, San Marino
Group 2: Spain*, Slovakia*, Iceland, Albania, Estonia, Northern Ireland
Group 3: Denmark*, Poland*, Finland, Georgia, Lithuania, Faroe Islands
Group 4: England*, Netherlands, Ukraine, Scotland, Latvia, Andorra

Group 5: Germany*, Israel, Norway, Republic of Ireland, Azerbaijan, Kosovo

Group 6: Sweden*, Belgium, Turkey, Hungary, Cyprus, Malta
Group 7: Serbia*, Austria, Russia, FYR Macedonia*, Armenia, Gibraltar
Group 8: Portugal*, Switzerland, Romania, Wales, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Liechtenstein
Group 9: France, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg

• The nine group winners will qualify automatically for the finals.
• The four runners-up with the best records against the teams first, third, fourth and fifth in their group will go into the play-offs and be drawn into two ties to decide the last pair of qualifiers.

Only 11 qualify from 9 groups so we have to come 2nd in our group, hope it's we are top 4 of 9 2nd place teams and then playoff against another top 2nd place team. Good chance of finishing 2nd mind.

[tetsujin1979]

Finn Harps' Ethan Boyle called into U21 squad for friendly against the Amateur Squad: http://www.finnharps.com/fhfc/?p=4210

[IsMiseSean]

Galway United's Conor Melody called up. Gary Boylan & Regan Donelon from Sligo also in the squad.

Anyone got the full squad?

[nigel-harps1954]

Ben Doherty, Josh Daniels and Ronan Curtis of Derry in the squad too.

Haven't seen a full panel anywhere yet.

[Closed Account]

http://leagueofireland.ie/index.php/...e-based-squad/

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND U21 HOME-BASED SQUAD:
Kevin Horgan (Shamrock Rovers)
Matthew Connor (Waterford FC)
Colm Deasy (Drogheda United)
Richie Purdy (Drogheda United)
Gary Boylan (Sligo Rovers)
Regan Donelan (Sligo Rovers)
Ryan Robinson (St Mochta’s)
Rory Feely (St Patrick’s Athletic)
Paudie O’Connor (Limerick FC)
Ethan Boyle (Finn Harps)
Georgie Poynton (Bohemians)
Jamie McGrath (Dundalk)
Darragh Noone (Bray Wanderers)
Josh Daniels (Derry City)
Ronan Curtis (Derry City)
Ben Doherty (Derry City)
Conor Melody (Galway United)
FIXTURE
Saturday, February 11
Training Match
Republic of Ireland U21 Home-Based squad v Republic of Ireland Amateur International squad, AUL Complex (2.00pm)

[Charlie Darwin]

Of that squad, I think only Poynton and Melody, and maybe Curtis given our lack of strikers, would be likely to make a squad with English players. Noone and Feely could as well, but I don't think either is likely to play much with their club. Which is a shame because I think guys playing senior football are better equipped to play u21 ball than academy lads.

[nigel-harps1954]

Is there a reason Jamie McGrath and Sean Maguire were left out?

[tetsujin1979]

Is there a reason Jamie McGrath and Sean Maguire were left out?

Surely Maguire's overage?

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can't find the 2019 regulations on UEFA's site. but the 2017 regulations are here - http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/...0_DOWNLOAD.pdf - and was open to players born on or after 1 January 1994, Maguire was born in May 1994, so more than likely overage for the 2019 tournament

[ArFella]

Is there a reason Jamie McGrath and Sean Maguire were left out?

Maguire is 22 and Jamie McGrath is in the squad.

[ArFella]

Is there a reason Jamie McGrath and Sean Maguire were left out?

Maguire is 22 and Jamie McGrath is in the squad.

[Charlie Darwin]

Is there a reason Jamie McGrath and Sean Maguire were left out?

McGrath has been called up now apparently. Maguire is 23.

[DannyInvincible]

Could a mod maybe merge this with the already-existing thread for under-21 squads?: http://foot.ie/threads/189904-Under-21-Squad-Thread/

I'd have posted this in that thread except for the fact it appears to be locked for some reason. Not sure why...

Anyway, here's Noel King's squad for Ireland's upcoming under-21 European Championships group 5 qualifier against Kosovo in Tallaght on Saturday the 25th of March (1PM kick-off): http://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/king-...sovo-qualifier

Republic of Ireland Under 21 Head Coach Noel King has announced his squad for the forthcoming UEFA U21 Championships Qualifying Round Group 5 fixture with Kosovo.

The Irish team will host the Kosovans at Tallaght Stadium on Saturday, 25 March, kick-off 13:00, in their opening game of the 2019 UEFA U21 Championships qualifiers.

Italy and San Marino will co-host the UEFA U21 Championships Finals tournament. Ireland are grouped with Germany, Israel, Norway, Azerbaijan and Kosovo, who are entering the UEFA U21 qualifiers for the first time.

The nine group winners advance to the finals with the four best runners-up entering a play-off to decide the final two spots in the tournament alongside the Italians.

Republic of Ireland Under 21 Squad

Goalkeepers: Kieran O’Hara (Manchester United), Liam Bossin (Anderlecht)

Defenders: Danny Kane (Huddersfield Town), Ryan Sweeney (Stoke City – on loan at Bristol Rovers), Shaun Donnellan (West Bromwich Albion), Corey Whelan (Liverpool), Connor O’Grady (Sheffield Wednesday)

Midfielders: Liam Kinsella (Walsall), Rory Hale (Aston Villa), Josh Cullen (West Ham United – on loan at Bradford), Harry Charsley (Everton), Ryan Manning (Queens Park Rangers), Ethan Boyle (Finn Harps), Connor Dimaio (Chesterfield), Olamide Shodipo (Queens Park Rangers - on loan to Port Vale)

Forwards: Ronan Curtis (Derry City), Reece Grego Cox (Queens Park Rangers), Jake Mulraney (Inverness CT), Joe Quigley (Bournemouth - on loan at Gillingham)

[tetsujin1979]

Renaming for this Championship qualification series.
probably locked the last thread for the same reason as the other underage threads - one dedicated thread per qualification series and I'll move it to the archived match threads forum after the qualifiers end

Should be able to make that game on Saturday week

[nigel-harps1954]

Nice to see some Harps representation there through Boyle. I don't recall the last time we had a player called up to a full under-21 squad.

[Kingdom]

I can't understand why that match cannot be played in the evening, when there is no kids football on in Dublin.

[nigel-harps1954]

I can't understand why that match cannot be played in the evening, when there is no kids football on in Dublin.

Full round of League of Ireland fixtures that evening.

[liamoo11]

God depressingly shallow squad. Don't think o Grady has been involved before welcome and also nice to see Hale get a call up like his brother

[Charlie Darwin]

Nice to see some Harps representation there through Boyle. I don't recall the last time we had a player called up to a full under-21 squad.

Ciaran Gallagher was in one, wasn't he?

[OwlsFan]

God depressingly shallow squad. Don't think o Grady has been involved before welcome and also nice to see Hale get a call up like his brother

O'Grady only relatively recently signed professional forms for Wednesday. Conceivably could be on the bench this Friday due to dearth of centre halves at the club right now.

[nigel-harps1954]

Ciaran Gallagher was in one, wasn't he?

Nope. Ciaran has under-17 and under-19 caps but never under-21.