Republic of Ireland national football team 1980s results

This article contains the results of the Republic of Ireland national football team during the 1980s.

Contents 1 1980 2 1981 3 1982 4 1983 5 1984 6 1985 7 1986 8 1987 9 1988 10 1989 11 See also

1980

6 February 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)

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26 March 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'

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30 April 1980	Republic of Ireland	2–0	Switzerland	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Thomas (Wales)
	Givens 12' Daly 41'	(Report)

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16 May 1980	Republic of Ireland	0–1	Argentina	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 30,100 Referee: Courtney (England)
		(Report)	Valencia 28'

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10 September 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'

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15 October 1980	Republic of Ireland	1–1	Belgium	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Rolles (Luxembourg)
	Grealish 42'	(Report)	Cluytens 13'

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28 October 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)

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19 November 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)

1981

24 February 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'

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25 March 1981	Belgium	1–0	Republic of Ireland	Stade du Heysel, Brussels, Belgium World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 37,978 Referee: Nazare (Portugal)
	Ceulemans 88'	(Report)

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29 April 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'

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21 May 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)

West Germany B Team

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23 May 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)

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9 September 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'

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14 October 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'

1982

28 April 1982	Algeria	2–0	Republic of Ireland	Olympic Stadium, Algiers, Algeria Friendly Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Lambert (France)
	Assad 15' Madjer 64'	(Report)

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22 May 1982	Chile	1–0	Republic of Ireland	Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile Friendly Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Ojeda (Chile)
	Gamboa 1'	(Report)

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27 May 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)

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30 May 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 ??'

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22 September 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'

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13 October 1982	Republic of Ireland	2–0	Iceland	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Euro 1984 Qualifier Attendance: 23,371 Referee: Rion (Belgium)
	Stapleton 36' Grealish 75'	(Report)

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17 November 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'

1983

30 March 1983	Malta	0–1	Republic of Ireland	National Stadium, Ta'Qali, Malta Euro 1984 Qualifier Attendance: 6,487 Referee: Mathias (Austria)
		(Report)	Stapleton 89'

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27 April 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)

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21 September 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'

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12 October 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'

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16 November 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)

1984

4 April 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)

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23 May 1984	Republic of Ireland	0–0	Poland	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Courtney (England)
		(Report)

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3 June 1984	China PR	0–1	Republic of Ireland	Maruyama Stadium, Sapporo, Japan Friendly/Japan Cup Attendance: To Come Referee: Unknown (Japan?)
		(Report)	O'Keeffe 57'

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8 August 1984	Republic of Ireland	0–0	Mexico	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Baumann (Switzerland)
		(Report)

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12 September 1984	Republic of Ireland	1–0	Soviet Union	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Keizer (Netherlands)
	Walsh 64'	(Report)

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17 October 1984	Norway	1–0	Republic of Ireland	Ullevaal, Oslo, Norway World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 15,379 Referee: Scheurell (East Germany)
	Jacobsen 42'	(Report)

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14 November 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)

1985

5 February 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'

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27 February 1985	Israel	0–0	Republic of Ireland	Ramat Gan Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel Friendly Attendance: 3,000 Referee: d'Elia (Italy)
		(Report)

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26 March 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'

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1 May 1985	Republic of Ireland	0–0	Norway	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland World Cup Qualifier Friendly Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Németh (Hungary)
		(Report)

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26 May 1985	Republic of Ireland	0–0	Spain	Flower Lodge, Cork, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Gächter (Switzerland)
		(Report)

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2 June 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)

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11 September 1985	Switzerland	0–0	Republic of Ireland	Wankdorf Stadion, Bern, Switzerland World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Aladrén (Spain)
		(Report)

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16 October 1985	Soviet Union	2–0	Republic of Ireland	Lenin Stadium, Moscow, Soviet Union World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Casarin (Italy)
	Cherenkov 61' Protasov 90'	(Report)

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13 November 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'

1986

26 March 1986	Republic of Ireland	0–1	Wales	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Hope (Scotland)
		(Report)	Rush 17'

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23 April 1986	Republic of Ireland	1–1	Uruguay	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Martin (England)
	Daly 38' (pen)	(Report)	Paz 22'

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25 May 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'

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27 May 1986 19:00	Czechoslovakia	0–1	Republic of Ireland	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland Iceland Triangular Tournament Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Olsen (Iceland)
		(Report)	Stapleton 82'

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10 September 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)

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15 October 1986	Republic of Ireland	0–0	Scotland	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Euro 1988 Qualifier Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Halle (Norway)
		(Report)

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12 November 1986	Poland	1–0	Republic of Ireland	Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw, Poland Friendly Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Németh (Hungary)
	Koniarek 43'	(Report)

1987

18 February 1987	Scotland	0–1	Republic of Ireland	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland Euro 1988 Qualifier Attendance: 45,081 Referee: van Ettekoven (Netherlands)
		(Report)	Lawrenson 8'

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1 April 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'

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29 April 1987	Republic of Ireland	0–0	Belgium	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Euro 1988 Qualifier Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Holzmann (Austria)
		(Report)

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23 May 1987	Republic of Ireland	1–0	Brazil	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Sandoz (Austria)
	Brady 30'	(Report)

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28 May 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'

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9 September 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'

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14 October 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)

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10 November 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)

1988

23 March 1988	Republic of Ireland	2–0	Romania	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Martin (England)
	Moran 30' David Kelly 90'	(Report)

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27 April 1988	Republic of Ireland	2–0	Yugoslavia	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Smith (Scotland)
	McCarthy 24' Moran 65'	(Report)

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22 May 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'

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1 June 1988	Norway	0–0	Republic of Ireland	Ullevaal, Oslo, Norway Friendly Attendance: 9,494 Referee: Lund-Sørensen (Denmark)
		(Report)

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12 June 1988 15:30	England	0–1	Republic of Ireland	Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, Germany European Championship Attendance: 51,573 Referee: Kirschen (East Germany)
		(Report)	Houghton 6'

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15 June 1988 20:15	Republic of Ireland	1–1	Soviet Union	Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover, Germany European Championship Attendance: 38,308 Referee: Soriano Aladren (Spain)
	Whelan 38'	(Report)	Protassov 74'

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18 June 1988 15:30	Republic of Ireland	0–1	Netherlands	Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen, Germany European Championship Attendance: 60,800 Referee: Brummeier (Austria)
		(Report)	Kieft 82'

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14 September 1988	Northern Ireland	0–0	Republic of Ireland	Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 19,873 Referee: Vautrot (France)
		(Report)

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19 October 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)

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16 November 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)

1989

7 February 1989	Republic of Ireland	0–0	France	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Lloyd (Wales)
		(Report)

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8 March 1989	Hungary	0–0	Republic of Ireland	Nepstadion, Budapest, Hungary World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 33,966 Referee: Petrović (Yugoslavia)
		(Report)

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26 April 1989	Republic of Ireland	1–0	Spain	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 49,600 Referee: Brummeier (Austria)
	Míchel (og) 16'	(Report)

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28 May 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)

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4 June 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)

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6 September 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'

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11 October 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)

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15 November 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

See also

• Republic of Ireland national football team - 1970s Results
• Republic of Ireland national football team - 1990s Results

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