Ireland Men’s Under-17s have qualified for the Elite Phase of qualification with a 100 per cent record after an impressive 2-0 win over Austria.

Paul Osam’s side advance to the next stage with three wins out of three and without conceding a goal after Shamrock Rovers’ Ben Mahon and St. Patrick Atheletic's Ryan Sheridan both scored in the second half to earn the win over the host nation.

Ireland dominated much of the attacking play but it would take until the 60^th minute for the deadlock to be broken when Mahon headed past Teo Hupfauf following an excellent David Dunne cross.

Mahon was involved in the second goal too. His looping heading dropped into the six-yard box for Sheridan head home for 2-0 and to wrap up the game.

The win saw Ireland finish in top spot and will go into the next phase of qualification among the top seeds.

Ireland: Grieves, Prizeman (Gabbidon, 79’), O’Connor, Quigley, Spaight (C), Sheridan (McGrath, 84’), Spelman, Egan (Murphy, 64’), Byrne (Molloy, 46’), Dunne, Quinn (Mahon, 46’).

Austria: Hupfauf, Swozil, Filipovic (Müller, 86’), Karner (C), Reismüller, Mijatovic (Berger, 60’), Aleksic, Sikleski (N. Ebner 72’), Jakupi (Kolodziejckzyk, 86’), M’Bock (Siber, 72’), Ebner.

Referee: Márton Rusz (Hungary)
 

UEFA European Under-17 Championship Results

Wednesday, October 8 | Kosovo 0-2 Ireland
Saturday, October 10 | Ireland 3-0 Faroe Island
Tuesday, October 14 | Ireland 2-0 Austria
 

Republic of Ireland Men’s Under-17s

Goalkeeper: Darragh Brunton (St. Patrick’s Athletic), Xander Grieves (Wolverhampton Wanderers).

Defenders: Danny Burke (Shamrock Rovers), Tadgh Prizeman (Shamrock Rovers), Josh O’Connor (St. Patrick’s Athletic),  Aidan Gabbidon (Malmö FF), Sean Spaight (Dundalk).

Midfielders: Curtis Egan (Bohemians), Tom McGrath (Cork City), Josh O’Dwyer (Shamrock Rovers), Ryan Sheridan (St. Patrick’s Athletic), Jason Spelman (St. Patrick’s Athletic), Niall Sullivan (St. Patrick’s Athletic), Kian Quigley (St. Patrick’s Athletic). 

Forwards: Joe Byrne (St. Patrick’s Athletic), David Dunne (Monaco), Ben Mahon (Shamrock Rovers),  TJ Molloy (Dundalk), Cillian Murphy (Cork City), Archie Quinn (Shamrock Rovers).