Ireland national football team (1882–1950)
Appearance
1882–1950 | ||
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Association | Irish Football Association | |
Most caps | Elisha Scott (31) | |
Top scorer | ||
Home stadium | ||
FIFA code | EIR[1] | |
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First international | ||
![]() ![]() (Belfast, 18 February 1882) | ||
Last international | ||
![]() ![]() (Wrexham, 8 March 1950) | ||
Biggest win | ||
![]() ![]() (Belfast, 1 February 1930) | ||
Biggest defeat | ||
![]() ![]() (Belfast, 18 February 1882) |
The Ireland national football team were the past Ireland national football team that lasted from 1882 to 1950. It was controlled by the Irish Football Association.
Team colours and emblems
[change | change source]![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Usual
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Away to Scotland
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Early Ireland colours |
Honours
[change | change source]Up to 1950
World Cup record
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ "England - Northern Ireland". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ↑ The official Elo ratings pages combine the Northern Ireland national football team (1882–1950) results with the post-1923 FAI team. The lowest ranking for the pre-1923 team is 37th. ("World Football Elo Ratings: Ireland". Retrieved 25 February 2008.) The "new" Northern Ireland team is introduced to the Elo ranking in 1923, with an initial points total higher than the FAI team inherits from the "old" IFA team: 1600 as opposed to 1522. The lowest rank the IFA team subsequently attains, based on this, is 41st ("World Football Elo Ratings: Northern Ireland". Archived from the original on 17 February 2007. Retrieved 25 January 2008.