Republic of Ireland Senior Football
Team Results 1940 - 1959
Up to the end of the 1930's Ireland had
only played six competitive football matches and with mixed results. Two
matches in the Paris Olympics and four qualifiers for the World Cup. This
was in the days before there were qualifying groups as we know them today
had been introduced. With so little competitive team soccer behind the
national soccer team positive results in terms of qualification for the
World Cup was a very tall order for such a small nation.
Irish Football Results and the World
War II
Nevertheless Irish domestic soccer was
relatively healthy and optimism was high. Sadly for the soccer world,
and the World in general, World War II erupted in 1939 forcing the cancellation
of the 1942 and 1946 World Cup competitions. In addition to this the first
European Championships finals were not held until 1960 thereby further
limiting the number of competitive football available to the Republic
of Ireland.
Ireland's first competitive match during
the 1940's was in an Olympic qualifier in July 1948 against the Netherlands
almost eleven years after the Republic's last competitive match. It was
a poor result as Ireland lost the match on a score line of 3-1.
Republic of Ireland Match Results 1940
to 1959 (inclusive)
| Home Team |
Match Result
|
Away Team |
Date & Venue |
Competition |
| Portugal |
3:1
|
Ireland |
16/06/1946 Lisbon |
Friendly Match |
| Spain |
0:1
|
Ireland |
23/06/1946 Madrid |
Friendly Match |
| Ireland |
0:1 (0:0)
|
England |
30/09/1946 Dublin |
Friendly Match |
| Ireland |
3:2
|
Spain
|
02/03/1947
Dublin |
Friendly
Match |
| Ireland |
0:2
|
Portugal |
04/05/1947 Dublin |
Friendly Match |
| Portugal |
2:0
|
Ireland |
23/05/1948 Lisbon |
Friendly Match |
| Spain |
2:1
|
Ireland |
30/05/1948 Barcelona |
Friendly Match |
| Netherlands |
3:1 (2:0)
|
Ireland |
26/07/1948 Portsmouth |
Olympic Qualifier |
| Ireland |
0:1
|
Switzerland |
05/12/1948 Dublin |
Friendly Match |
| Ireland |
0:2 (0:0)
|
Belgium |
24/04/1949 Dublin |
Friendly Match |
| Ireland |
1:0
|
Portugal |
22/05/1949 Dublin |
Friendly Match |
| Sweden |
3:1 (2:1)
|
Ireland |
02/06/1949 Stockholm |
World Cup Qualifier |
| Ireland |
1:4
|
Spain |
12/06/1949 Dublin |
Friendly Match |
| Ireland |
3:0 (2:0)
|
Finland |
08/09/1949 Dublin |
World Cup Qualifier |
| England |
0:2 (0:1)
|
Ireland |
21/09/1949 Liverpool |
Friendly Match |
| Finland |
1:1 (0:0)
|
Ireland |
09/10/1949 Helsinki |
World Cup Qualifier |
| Ireland |
1:3 (0:2)
|
Sweden |
13/11/1949 Dublin |
World Cup Qualifier |
| Belgium |
5:1 (3:0)
|
Ireland |
10/05/1950 Brussels |
Friendly Match |
| Ireland |
2:2
|
Norway |
26/11/1950 Dublin |
Friendly Match |
| Ireland |
0:1
|
Argentina |
13/05/1951 Dublin |
Friendly Match |
| Norway |
2:3
|
Ireland |
30/05/1951 Oslo |
Friendly Match |
| Ireland |
3:2 (2:0)
|
Germany FR |
17/10/1951 Dublin |
Friendly Match |
| Germany FR |
3:0 (1:0)
|
Ireland |
04/05/1952 Cologne |
Friendly Match |
|
Austria
|
6:0 (4:0)
|
Ireland |
07/05/1952 Vienna |
Friendly Match |
|
Spain
|
6:0
|
Ireland |
01/06/1952 Madrid |
Friendly Match |
| Ireland |
1:1 (1:0)
|
France |
16/11/1952 Dublin |
Friendly Match |
| Ireland |
4:0 (0:0)
|
Austria |
25/03/1953 Dublin |
Friendly Match |
| Ireland |
3:5 (0:2)
|
France |
04/10/1953 Dublin |
World Cup Qualifier |
| Ireland |
4:0 (1:0)
|
Luxembourg |
28/10/1953 Dublin |
World Cup Qualifier |
| France |
1:0 (0:0)
|
Ireland |
25/11/1953 Paris |
World Cup Qualifier |
| Luxembourg |
0:1 (0:0)
|
Ireland |
07/03/1954 Luxembourg |
World Cup Qualifier |
| Ireland |
2:1
|
Norway |
07/11/1954 Dublin |
Friendly Match |
| Ireland |
1:0 (0:0)
|
Netherlands |
01/05/1955 Dublin |
Friendly Match |
| Norway |
1:3
|
Ireland |
25/05/1955 Oslo |
Friendly Match |
| Germany FR |
2:1 (1:0)
|
Ireland |
28/05/1955 Hamburg |
Friendly Match |
| Ireland |
1:4
|
Yugoslavia |
19/10/1955 Dublin |
Friendly Match |
| Ireland |
2:2
|
Spain |
27/11/1955 Dublin |
Friendly Match |
| Netherlands |
1:4 (0:0)
|
Ireland |
10/05/1956 Rotterdam |
Friendly Match |
| Ireland |
2:1 (2:0)
|
Denmark |
03/10/1956 Dublin |
Friendly Match |
| Ireland |
3:0 (0:0)
|
Germany FR |
25/11/1956 Dublin |
Friendly Match |
| England |
5:1 (4:0)
|
Ireland |
08/05/1957 London |
World Cup Qualifier |
| Ireland |
1:1 (1:0)
|
England |
19/05/1957 Dublin |
World Cup Qualifier |
| Denmark |
0:2 (0:0)
|
Ireland |
02/10/1957 Copenhagen |
World Cup Qualifier |
| Poland |
2:2 (1:1)
|
Ireland |
11/05/1958 Chorzow |
Friendly Match |
| Austria |
3:1 (1:0)
|
Ireland |
14/05/1958 Vienna |
Friendly Match |
| Ireland |
2:2 (2:2)
|
Poland |
05/10/1958 Dublin |
Friendly Match |
| Ireland |
2:0 (0:0)
|
Czechoslovakia |
05/04/1959 Dublin |
European Qualifier |
| Czechoslovakia |
4:0 (0:0)
|
Ireland |
10/05/1959 Bratislava
|
European Qualifier |
| Ireland |
3:2
|
Sweden |
01/11/1959 Dublin |
Friendly Match |
Scores in parentheses are half-time scores
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