This year, our Men’s Under-19s went toe-to-toe with some of Europe’s most talented teams. In March, they headed to England for the Elite Round but despite an impressive display they were beaten 3-1 with James Abankwah scoring for the young Boys in Green.

An equally impressive display against Portugal would end in defeat that didn’t reflect the performance meaning a 4-0 win over Armenia was a highlight of the qualification process.

The international season would end with a double-header against Iceland where Ireland won 3-0 and lost 1-0 in the games in Pinatar.

Onto a new season and Tom Mohan’s U19s were in scintillating form. They put four past Gibraltar with Mark O’Mahony hitting a hat-trick then beat hosts Wales 2-0 to insure qualification to the Elite Round.

They ended the first round of qualifying with a 1-0 win over Hungary and ended that stage with nine points, seven goals with zero conceded. Ireland host Slovakia, Estonia and Greece in the Elite Round in March.

Results

24.03.22 | England 3-1 Ireland

26.03.22 | Portugal 4-1 Ireland

29.03.22 | Ireland 4-0 Armenia

01.06.22 | Ireland 3-0 Iceland

04.06.22 | Ireland 0-1 Iceland

21.09.22 | Gibraltar 0-4 Ireland

24.09.22 | Wales 0-2 Ireland

27.09.22 | Ireland 1-0 Hungary

Appearances

6 – Sean Grehan, Alex Murphy, Ed McJannet

5 – James Abankwah, Mark O’Mahony, Kevin Zefi,

4 – Justin Ferizaj, Nathan Fraser

3 – Evan Caffrey, Sam Curtis, Oisin Gallagher, Jack Henry-Francis, Bosun Lawal, Ed McJannet, James McManus, Glory Nzingo, David Okagbue, Sean Roughan, Harry Vaughan,

2 – Tayo Adaramola Gbemi Arubi, Billy Brooks, Reece Byrne, John Clarke, Cian Coleman, Anselmo Garcia MacNulty, James Golding, Jad Hakiki, Cian Hayes, Johnny Kenny, Tom Lonergan, Ronan Maher, Aaron Maguire, Owen Mason, Andrew Moran, Jamie Mullins, Aaron O’Reilly, Dan Rose, John Ryan, Rocco Vata

1 – Baba Adeeko, Sinclair Armstrong, Kian Corbally,, Josh Keely, Aaron Maguire, Harry Nevin, Ollie O’Neill, Jimmy Storer, Franco Umeh

Goals

3 - Mark O'Mahony

2 - Sean Grehan, Tom Lonergan

1 - Evan Caffrey, Justin Ferizaj, Nathan Fraser, Jad Hakiki, Cian Hayes, Johnny Kenny, Jamie Mullins, Franco Umeh

Cleansheets

2 - Reece Byrne

1 - Josh Keeley, Aaron Maguire