Republic of Ireland national football team - 1980s Results
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This article contains the results of the Republic of Ireland national football team during the 1980s.
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[edit] 1980
| February 6, 1980 |
England  |
2–0 |  Republic of Ireland |
Wembley Stadium, London, England Euro 1980 Qualifier Attendance: 91,043 Referee: Scheurell (East Germany) |
| Keegan 34', 74' | (Report) |
| March 26, 1980 |
Cyprus  |
2–3 | Republic of Ireland |
Makario Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Sharir (Israel) |
| Pantziaras 29' Kaiafas 74' (pen) |
(Report) | McGee 8', 38' Lawrenson 23' |
| April 30, 1980 |
Republic of Ireland |
2–0 |  Switzerland |
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Thomas (Wales) |
| Givens 12' Daly 41' |
(Report) |
| May 16, 1980 |
Republic of Ireland |
0–1 |  Argentina |
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 30,100 Referee: Courtney (England) |
| (Report) | Valencia 28' |
| September 10, 1980 |
Republic of Ireland |
2–1 |  Netherlands |
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Lund-Sørensen (Denmark) |
| Daly 78' Lawrenson 85' |
(Report) | Tahamata 57' |
| October 15, 1980 |
Republic of Ireland |
1–1 | .svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Rolles (Luxembourg) |
| Grealish 42' | (Report) | Cluytens 13' |
| October 28, 1980 |
France  |
2–0 | Republic of Ireland |
Parc des Princes, Paris, France World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 44,800 Referee: Castillo (France) |
| Platini 11' Zimako 77' |
(Report) |
| November 19, 1980 |
Republic of Ireland |
6–0 | Cyprus |
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Guðmundsson (Iceland) |
| Daly 10' (pen), 23' Grealish 24' Robinson 28' Stapleton 46' Hughton 65' |
(Report) |
[edit] 1981
| February 24, 1981 |
Republic of Ireland |
1–3 |  Wales |
Tolka Park, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Reeves (England) |
| Grealish 25' | (Report) | Price 34' Boyle 38' Yorath 89' |
| March 25, 1981 |
Belgium |
1–0 | Republic of Ireland |
Stade du Heysel, Brussels, Belgium World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 37,978 Referee: Nazare (Portugal) |
| Ceulemans 88' | (Report) |
| April 29, 1981 19:00 |
Republic of Ireland |
3–1 |  Czechoslovakia |
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Grey (England) |
| Moran 18', 69' Stapleton 75' |
(Report) | Masný 55' |
| May 21, 1981 |
West Germany  |
3–0 | Republic of Ireland |
Weserstadion, Bremen, West Germany Friendly Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Frickmann (Denmark) |
| Del'Haye 50' Funkel 62' Schröder 64' |
(Report) |
| May 23, 1981 |
Poland  |
3–0 | Republic of Ireland |
Zawisza, Bydgoszcz, Poland Friendly Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Tătar (Romania) |
| Iwan 2' O'Leary 38' (og) Ogaza 66' |
(Report) |
| September 9, 1981 |
Netherlands |
2–2 | Republic of Ireland |
De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Christov (Czechoslovakia) |
| Thijssen 11' Mühren 64' (pen) |
(Report) | Robinson 40' Stapleton 71' |
| October 14, 1981 |
Republic of Ireland |
3–2 | France |
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Eriksson (Sweden) |
| Mahut 3' (og) Stapleton 23' Robinson 39' |
(Report) | Bellone 9' Platini 83' |
[edit] 1982
| April 28, 1982 |
Algeria  |
2–0 | Republic of Ireland |
Olympic Stadium, Algiers, Algeria Friendly Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Lambert (France) |
| Assad 15' Madjer 64' |
(Report) |
| May 22, 1982 |
Chile  |
1–0 | Republic of Ireland |
Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile Friendly Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Ojeda (Chile) |
| Gamboa 1' |
(Report) |
| May 27, 1982 |
Brazil  |
7–0 | Republic of Ireland |
Estádio Parque do Sabiá, Uberlândia, Brazil Friendly Attendance: 72,733 Referee: Filho (Brazil) |
| Falcão 32' Sócrates 53', 73' Serginho 64', 75' Luizinho 68' Zico 78' |
(Report) |
| May 30, 1982 |
Trinidad and Tobago  |
2–1 | Republic of Ireland |
Arima Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Friendly Attendance: To Come Referee: ???? (Trinidad and Tobago?) |
| ???? ???? ??' | (Report) | Brady ??' |
| September 22, 1982 |
Netherlands |
2–1 | Republic of Ireland |
De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands Euro 1984 Qualifier Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Gregr (Czechoslovakia) |
| Schoenaker 1' Gullit 64' |
(Report) | Daly 79' |
| October 13, 1982 |
Republic of Ireland |
2–0 |  Iceland |
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Euro 1984 Qualifier Attendance: 23,371 Referee: Rion (Luxembourg) |
| Stapleton 36' Grealish 75' |
(Report) |
| November 17, 1982 |
Republic of Ireland |
3–3 |  Spain |
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Euro 1984 Qualifier Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Redelfs (West Germany) |
| Grimes 2' Stapleton 64', 76' |
(Report) | Maceda 31' Martin 47' (og) Muñoz 60' |
[edit] 1983
| March 30, 1983 |
Malta  |
0–1 | Republic of Ireland |
National Stadium, Ta'Qali, Malta Euro 1984 Qualifier Attendance: 6,487 Referee: Mathias (Austria) |
| (Report) | Stapleton 89' |
| April 27, 1983 |
Spain |
2–0 | Republic of Ireland |
Estadio La Romareda, Zaragoza, Spain Euro 1984 Qualifier Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Butenko (Soviet Union) |
| Santillana 49' Rincón 89' |
(Report) |
| September 21, 1983 |
Iceland |
0–3 | Republic of Ireland |
Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Euro 1984 Qualifier Attendance: 13,706 Referee: Biguet (France) |
| (Report) | Waddock 16' Robinson 21' Walsh 81' |
| October 12, 1983 |
Republic of Ireland |
2–3 | Netherlands |
Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Euro 1984 Qualifier Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Daina (Switzerland) |
| Waddock 7' Brady 35' (pen) |
(Report) | Gullit 51', 75' van Basten 65' |
| November 16, 1983 |
Republic of Ireland |
8–0 | Malta |
Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Euro 1984 Qualifier Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Amundsen (Denmark) |
| Lawrenson 25', 63' Stapleton 28' (pen) O'Callaghan 35' Sheedy 74' Brady 76', 88' Daly 86' |
(Report) |
[edit] 1984
| April 4, 1984 |
Israel  |
3–0 | Republic of Ireland |
Bloomfield Stadium, Jaffa, Israel Friendly Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Lartigot (France) |
| Ohana 3' Armeli 62' Sinai 65' |
(Report) |
| May 23, 1984 |
Republic of Ireland |
0–0 | Poland |
Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Courtney (England) |
| (Report) |
| June 3, 1984 |
China PR  |
0–1 | Republic of Ireland |
Maruyama Stadium, Sapporo, Japan Friendly/Japan Cup Attendance: To Come Referee: Don't Know (Japan?) |
| (Report) | O'Keeffe 57' |
| August 8, 1984 |
Republic of Ireland |
0–0 |  Mexico |
Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Baumann (Switzerland) |
| (Report) |
| September 12, 1984 |
Republic of Ireland |
1–0 |  USSR |
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Keizer (Netherlands) |
| Walsh 64' | (Report) |
| October 17, 1984 |
Norway  |
1–0 | Republic of Ireland |
Ullevaal, Oslo, Norway World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 15,379 Referee: Scheurell (East Germany) |
| Jacobsen 42' | (Report) |
| November 14, 1984 |
Denmark  |
3–0 | Republic of Ireland |
Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 45,300 Referee: Würtz (France) |
| Elkjær 30', 46' Lerby 55' |
(Report) |
[edit] 1985
| February 5, 1985 |
Republic of Ireland |
1–2 |  Italy |
Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Keizer (Netherlands) |
| Waddock 53' | (Report) | Rossi 5' (pen) Altobelli 18' |
| February 27, 1985 |
Israel |
0–0 | Republic of Ireland |
Ramat Gan Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel Friendly Attendance: 3,000 Referee: d'Elia (Italy) |
| (Report) |
| March 26, 1985 |
England |
2–1 | Republic of Ireland |
Wembley Stadium, London, England Friendly Attendance: 34,793 Referee: Smith (Scotland) |
| Steven 45' Lineker 76' |
(Report) | Brady 88' |
| May 1, 1985 |
Republic of Ireland |
0–0 | Norway |
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland World Cup Qualifier Friendly Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Németh (Hungary) |
| (Report) |
| May 26, 1985 |
Republic of Ireland |
0–0 | Spain |
Flower Lodge, Cork, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Gächter (Switzerland) |
| (Report) |
| June 2, 1985 |
Republic of Ireland |
3–0 | Switzerland |
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 17,300 Referee: Bergamo (Italy) |
| Stapleton 7' Grealish 33' Sheedy 57' |
(Report) |
| September 11, 1985 |
Switzerland |
0–0 | Republic of Ireland |
Wankdorf Stadion, Bern, Switzerland World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Aladrén (Spain) |
| (Report) |
| October 16, 1985 |
USSR |
2–0 | Republic of Ireland |
Lenin Stadium, Moscow, Soviet Union World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Casarin (Italy) |
| Cherenkov 61' Protasov 90' |
(Report) |
| November 13, 1985 |
Republic of Ireland |
1–4 | Denmark |
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Wöhrer (Austria) |
| Stapleton 6' | (Report) | Elkjær 7', 76' Laudrup 49' Sivebæk 57' |
[edit] 1986
| March 26, 1986 |
Republic of Ireland |
0–1 | Wales |
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Hope (Scotland) |
| (Report) | Rush 17' |
| April 23, 1986 |
Republic of Ireland |
1–1 |  Uruguay |
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Martin (England) |
| Daly 38' (pen) | (Report) | Paz 22' |
| May 25, 1986 |
Iceland |
1–2 | Republic of Ireland |
Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Iceland Triangular Tournament Attendance: 4,246 Referee: Worrall (England) |
| Guðjohnsen 40' | (Report) | McGrath 34' Daly 84' |
| May 27, 1986 19:00 |
Czechoslovakia |
0–1 | Republic of Ireland |
Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Iceland Triangular Tournament Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Olsen (Iceland) |
| (Report) | Stapleton 82' |
| September 10, 1986 |
Belgium |
2–2 | Republic of Ireland |
Constant Vanden Stock, Brussels, Belgium Euro 1988 Qualifier Attendance: 22,212 Referee: Igna (Romania) |
| Claesen 14' Scifo 71' |
(Report) | Stapleton 18' Brady 89' (pen) |
| October 15, 1986 |
Republic of Ireland |
0–0 |  Scotland |
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Euro 1988 Qualifier Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Halle (Norway) |
| (Report) |
| November 12, 1986 |
Poland |
1–0 | Republic of Ireland |
Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw, Poland Friendly Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Németh (Hungary) |
| Koniarek 43' | (Report) |
[edit] 1987
| February 18, 1987 |
Scotland |
0–1 | Republic of Ireland |
Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland Euro 1988 Qualifier Attendance: 45,081 Referee: van Ettekoven (Netherlands) |
| (Report) | Lawrenson 8' |
| April 1, 1987 |
Bulgaria  |
2–1 | Republic of Ireland |
Vasil Levski, Sofia, Bulgaria Euro 1988 Qualifier Attendance: 35,247 Referee: Da Silva Valente (Portugal) |
| Sadkov 41' Tanev 81' pen |
(Report) | Stapleton 53' |
| April 29, 1987 |
Republic of Ireland |
0–0 | Belgium |
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Euro 1988 Qualifier Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Holzmann (Austria) |
| (Report) |
| May 23, 1987 |
Republic of Ireland |
1–0 | Brazil |
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Sandoz (Austria) |
| Brady 30' | (Report) |
| May 28, 1987 |
Luxembourg  |
0–2 | Republic of Ireland |
Stade Municipal, Luxembourg, Luxembourg Euro 1988 Qualifier Attendance: 4,965 Referee: Peduzzi (Switzerland) |
| (Report) | Galvin 44' Whelan 64' |
| September 9, 1987 |
Republic of Ireland |
2–1 | Luxembourg |
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Euro 1988 Qualifier Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Cooper (Wales) |
| Stapleton 31' McGrath 74' |
(Report) | Krings 29' |
| October 14, 1987 |
Republic of Ireland |
2–0 | Bulgaria |
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Euro 1988 Qualifier Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Keizer (Netherlands) |
| McGrath 52' Moran 83' |
(Report) |
| November 10, 1987 |
Republic of Ireland |
5–0 | Israel |
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Midgley (England) |
| John Byrne 25' David Kelly 46', 56', 71' (pen) Quinn 83' |
(Report) |
[edit] 1988
| March 23, 1988 |
Republic of Ireland |
2–0 |  Romania |
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Martin (England) |
| Moran 30' David Kelly 90' |
(Report) |
| April 27, 1988 |
Republic of Ireland |
2–0 | Yugoslavia  |
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Smith (Scotland) |
| McCarthy 24' Moran 65' |
(Report) |
| May 22, 1988 |
Republic of Ireland |
3–1 | Poland |
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Roberts (Wales) |
| Sheedy 12' Cascarino 31' Sheridan 40' |
(Report) | Warzycha 65' |
| June 1, 1988 |
Norway |
0–0 | Republic of Ireland |
Ullevaal, Oslo, Norway Friendly Attendance: 9,494 Referee: Lund-Sørensen (Denmark) |
| (Report) |
| June 12, 1988 15:30 |
England |
0–1 | Republic of Ireland |
Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, Germany European Championship Attendance: 51,573 Referee: Kirschen (East Germany) |
| (Report) | Houghton 6' |
| June 15, 1988 20:15 |
Republic of Ireland |
1–1 | USSR |
Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover, Germany European Championship Attendance: 38,308 Referee: Soriano Aladren (Spain) |
| Whelan 38' | (Report) | Protassov 74' |
| June 18, 1988 15:30 |
Republic of Ireland |
0–1 | Netherlands |
Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen, Germany European Championship Attendance: 60,800 Referee: Brummeier (Austria) |
| (Report) | Kieft 82' |
| September 14, 1988 |
Northern Ireland  |
0–0 | Republic of Ireland |
Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 19,873 Referee: Vautrot (France) |
| (Report) |
| October 19, 1988 |
Republic of Ireland |
4–0 |  Tunisia |
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Snoddy (Northern Ireland) |
| Cascarino 26', 44' Aldridge 45' Sheedy 87' |
(Report) |
| November 16, 1988 |
Spain |
2–0 | Republic of Ireland |
Estadio Benito Villamarín, Seville, Spain World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Savchenko (USSR) |
| Manolo 52' Butragueño 66' |
(Report) |
[edit] 1989
| February 7, 1989 |
Republic of Ireland |
0–0 | France |
Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Lloyd (Wales) |
| (Report) |
| March 8, 1989 |
Hungary .png/22px-Flag_of_Hungary_(1957-1989).png){kind=small} |
0–0 | Republic of Ireland |
Nepstadion, Budapest, Hungary World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 33,966 Referee: Petrovic (Yugoslavia) |
| (Report) |
| April 26, 1989 |
Republic of Ireland |
1–0 | Spain |
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 49,600 Referee: Brummeier (Austria) |
| Míchel (og) 16' | (Report) |
| May 28, 1989 |
Republic of Ireland |
2–0 | Malta |
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 48,000 Referee: dos Santos (Portugal) |
| Houghton 32' Moran 55' |
(Report) |
| June 4, 1989 |
Republic of Ireland |
2–0 | Hungary |
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 48,600 Referee: Nervik (Norway) |
| McGrath 34' Cascarino 80' |
(Report) |
| September 6, 1989 |
Republic of Ireland |
1–1 | West Germany |
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Van den Wijngaert (Belgium) |
| Stapleton 10' | (Report) | Dorfner 33' |
| October 11, 1989 |
Republic of Ireland |
3–0 | Northern Ireland |
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 45,800 Referee: D'Elia (Italy) |
| Whelan 43' Cascarino 47' Houghton 57' |
(Report) |
| November 15, 1989 |
Malta |
0–2 | Republic of Ireland |
National Stadium, Ta'Qali, Malta World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Uilenberg (Netherlands) |
| (Report) | Aldridge 30', 68' pen |
