Republic of Ireland national football team 1980s results

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

1980

footballbox | date = 6 February 1980

team1 = fb-rt|ENG |score = 2–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = Keegan 34', 74'|goals2 = |stadium = Wembley Stadium, London, England
Euro 1980 Qualifier Attendance: 91,043 Referee: Scheurell (East Germany)----footballbox | date = 26 March 1980

team1 = fb-rt|CYP |score = 2–3|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = Pantziaras 29'
Kaiafas 74' (pen)|goals2 = McGee 8', 38'
Lawrenson 23'|stadium = Makario Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus
World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Sharir (Israel)----footballbox | date = 30 April 1980

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 2–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|SUI |goals1 = Givens 12'
Daly 41'|goals2 = |stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Thomas (Wales)----footballbox | date = 16 May 1980

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 0–1|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|ARG |goals1 = |goals2 = Valencia 28'|stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly Attendance: 30,100 Referee: Courtney (England)----footballbox | date = 10 September 1980

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 2–1|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|NED |goals1 = Daly 78'
Lawrenson 85'|goals2 = Tahamata 57'|stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland
World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Lund-Sørensen (Denmark)----footballbox | date = 15 October 1980

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 1–1|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|BEL |goals1 = Grealish 42'|goals2 = Cluytens 13'|stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland
World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Rolles (Luxembourg)----footballbox | date = 28 October 1980

team1 = fb-rt|FRA |score = 2–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = Platini 11'
Zimako 77'|goals2 = |stadium = Parc des Princes, Paris, France
World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 44,800 Referee: Castillo (France)----footballbox | date = 19 November 1980

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 6–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|CYP |goals1 = Daly 10' (pen), 23'
Grealish 24'
Robinson 28'
Stapleton 46'
Hughton 65'|goals2 = |stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland
World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Guðmundsson (Iceland)

1981

footballbox | date = 24 February 1981

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 1–3|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|WAL |goals1 = Grealish 25'|goals2 = Price 34'
Boyle 38'
Yorath 89'|stadium = Tolka Park, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Reeves (England)----footballbox | date = 25 March 1981

team1 = fb-rt|BEL |score = 1–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = Ceulemans 88'|goals2 = |stadium = Stade du Heysel, Brussels, Belgium
World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 37,978 Referee: Nazare (Portugal)----footballbox | date = 29 April 1981
19:00
team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 3–1|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|TCH |goals1 = Moran 18', 69'
Stapleton 75'|goals2 = Masný 55'|stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Grey (England)----footballbox | date = 21 May 1981

team1 = fb-rt|FRG |score = 3–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = Del'Haye 50'
Funkel 62'
Schröder 64'|goals2 = |stadium = Weserstadion, Bremen, West Germany
Friendly Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Frickmann (Denmark)

West Germany B Team
----footballbox | date = 23 May 1981

team1 = fb-rt|POL |score = 3–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = Iwan 2'
O'Leary 38' (og)
Ogaza 66'|goals2 = |stadium = Zawisza, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Friendly Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Tătar (Romania)----footballbox | date = 9 September 1981

team1 = fb-rt|NED |score = 2–2|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = Thijssen 11'
Mühren 64' (pen)|goals2 = Robinson 40'
Stapleton 71'|stadium = De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands
World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Christov (Czechoslovakia)----footballbox | date = 14 October 1981

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 3–2|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|FRA |goals1 = Mahut 3' (og)
Stapleton 23'
Robinson 39'|goals2 = Bellone 9'
Platini 83'|stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland
World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Eriksson (Sweden)

1982

footballbox | date = 28 April 1982

team1 = fb-rt|ALG |score = 2–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = Assad 15'
Madjer 64'|goals2 = |stadium = Olympic Stadium, Algiers, Algeria
Friendly Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Lambert (France)----footballbox | date = 22 May 1982

team1 = fb-rt|CHI |score = 1–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = Gamboa 1'
|goals2 = |stadium = Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile
Friendly Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Ojeda (Chile)----footballbox | date = 27 May 1982

team1 = fb-rt|BRA |score = 7–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = Falcão 32'
Sócrates 53', 73'
Serginho 64', 75'
Luizinho 68'
Zico 78'
|goals2 = |stadium = Estádio Parque do Sabiá, Uberlândia, Brazil
Friendly Attendance: 72,733 Referee: Filho (Brazil)----footballbox | date = 30 May 1982

team1 = fb-rt|TRI |score = 2–1|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = ???? ???? ??'|goals2 = Brady ??'|stadium = Arima Stadium, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Friendly Attendance: To Come Referee: ???? (Trinidad and Tobago?)----footballbox | date = 22 September 1982

team1 = fb-rt|NED |score = 2–1|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = Schoenaker 1'
Gullit 64'|goals2 = Daly 79'|stadium = De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Euro 1984 Qualifier Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Gregr (Czechoslovakia)----footballbox | date = 13 October 1982

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 2–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|ISL |goals1 = Stapleton 36'
Grealish 75'|goals2 = |stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland
Euro 1984 Qualifier Attendance: 23,371 Referee: Rion (Belgium)----footballbox | date = 17 November 1982

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 3–3|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|ESP |goals1 = Grimes 2'
Stapleton 64', 76'|goals2 = Maceda 31'
Martin 47' (og)
Muñoz 60'|stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland
Euro 1984 Qualifier Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Redelfs (West Germany)

1983

footballbox | date = 30 March 1983

team1 = fb-rt|MLT |score = 0–1|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = |goals2 = Stapleton 89'|stadium = National Stadium, Ta'Qali, Malta
Euro 1984 Qualifier Attendance: 6,487 Referee: Mathias (Austria)----footballbox | date = 27 April 1983

team1 = fb-rt|ESP |score = 2–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = Santillana 49'
Rincón 89'|goals2 = |stadium = Estadio La Romareda, Zaragoza, Spain
Euro 1984 Qualifier Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Butenko (Soviet Union)----footballbox | date = 21 September 1983

team1 = fb-rt|ISL |score = 0–3|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = |goals2 = Waddock 16'
Robinson 21'
Walsh 81'|stadium = Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland
Euro 1984 Qualifier Attendance: 13,706 Referee: Biguet (France)----footballbox | date = 12 October 1983

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 2–3|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|NED |goals1 = Waddock 7'
Brady 35' (pen)|goals2 = Gullit 51', 75'
van Basten 65'|stadium = Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland
Euro 1984 Qualifier Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Daina (Switzerland)----footballbox | date = 16 November 1983

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 8–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|MLT |goals1 = Lawrenson 25', 63'
Stapleton 28' (pen)
O'Callaghan 35'
Sheedy 74'
Brady 76', 88'
Daly 86'|goals2 = |stadium = Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland
Euro 1984 Qualifier Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Amundsen (Denmark)

1984

footballbox | date = 4 April 1984

team1 = fb-rt|ISR |score = 3–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = Ohana 3'
Armeli 62'
Sinai 65'|goals2 = |stadium = Bloomfield Stadium, Jaffa, Israel
Friendly Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Lartigot (France)----footballbox | date = 23 May 1984

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 0–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|POL |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Courtney (England)----footballbox | date = 3 June 1984

team1 = fb-rt|CHN |score = 0–1|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = |goals2 = O'Keeffe 57'|stadium = Maruyama Stadium, Sapporo, Japan
Friendly/Japan Cup Attendance: To Come Referee: Don't Know (Japan?)----footballbox | date = 8 August 1984

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 0–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|MEX |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Baumann (Switzerland)----footballbox | date = 12 September 1984

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 1–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|URS |goals1 = Walsh 64'|goals2 = |stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland
World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Keizer (Netherlands)----footballbox | date = 17 October 1984

team1 = fb-rt|NOR |score = 1–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = Jacobsen 42'|goals2 = |stadium = Ullevaal, Oslo, Norway
World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 15,379 Referee: Scheurell (East Germany)----footballbox | date = 14 November 1984

team1 = fb-rt|DEN |score = 3–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = Elkjær 30', 46'
Lerby 55'|goals2 = |stadium = Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark
World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 45,300 Referee: Würtz (France)

1985

footballbox | date = 5 February 1985

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 1–2|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|ITA |goals1 = Waddock 53'|goals2 = Rossi 5' (pen)
Altobelli 18'|stadium = Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Keizer (Netherlands)----footballbox | date = 27 February 1985

team1 = fb-rt|ISR |score = 0–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = Ramat Gan Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel
Friendly Attendance: 3,000 Referee: d'Elia (Italy)----footballbox | date = 26 March 1985

team1 = fb-rt|ENG |score = 2–1|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = Steven 45'
Lineker 76'|goals2 = Brady 88'|stadium = Wembley Stadium, London, England
Friendly Attendance: 34,793 Referee: Smith (Scotland)----footballbox | date = 1 May 1985

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 0–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|NOR |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland
World Cup Qualifier
Friendly Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Németh (Hungary)----footballbox | date = 26 May 1985

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 0–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|ESP |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = Flower Lodge, Cork, Ireland
Friendly Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Gächter (Switzerland)----footballbox | date = 2 June 1985

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 3–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|SUI |goals1 = Stapleton 7'
Grealish 33'
Sheedy 57'|goals2 = |stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland
World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 17,300 Referee: Bergamo (Italy)----footballbox | date = 11 September 1985

team1 = fb-rt|SUI |score = 0–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = Wankdorf Stadion, Bern, Switzerland
World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Aladrén (Spain)----footballbox | date = 16 October 1985

team1 = fb-rt|URS |score = 2–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = Cherenkov 61'
Protasov 90'|goals2 = |stadium = Lenin Stadium, Moscow, Soviet Union
World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Casarin (Italy)----footballbox | date = 13 November 1985

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 1–4|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|DEN |goals1 = Stapleton 6'|goals2 = Elkjær 7', 76'
Laudrup 49'
Sivebæk 57'|stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland
World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Wöhrer (Austria)

1986

footballbox | date = 26 March 1986

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 0–1|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|WAL |goals1 = |goals2 = Rush 17'|stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Hope (Scotland)----footballbox | date = 23 April 1986

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 1–1|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|URU |goals1 = Daly 38' (pen)|goals2 = Paz 22'|stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Martin (England)----footballbox | date = 25 May 1986

team1 = fb-rt|ISL |score = 1–2|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = Guðjohnsen 40'|goals2 = McGrath 34'
Daly 84'|stadium = Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland
Iceland Triangular Tournament Attendance: 4,246 Referee: Worrall (England)----footballbox | date = 27 May 1986
19:00
team1 = fb-rt|TCH |score = 0–1|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = |goals2 = Stapleton 82'|stadium = Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland
Iceland Triangular Tournament Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Olsen (Iceland)----footballbox | date = 10 September 1986

team1 = fb-rt|BEL |score = 2–2|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = Claesen 14'
Scifo 71'|goals2 = Stapleton 18'
Brady 89' (pen)|stadium = Constant Vanden Stock, Brussels, Belgium
Euro 1988 Qualifier Attendance: 22,212 Referee: Igna (Romania)----footballbox | date = 15 October 1986

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 0–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|SCO |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland
Euro 1988 Qualifier Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Halle (Norway)----footballbox | date = 12 November 1986

team1 = fb-rt|POL |score = 1–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = Koniarek 43'|goals2 = |stadium = Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw, Poland
Friendly Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Németh (Hungary)

1987

footballbox | date = 18 February 1987

team1 = fb-rt|SCO |score = 0–1|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = |goals2 = Lawrenson 8'|stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland
Euro 1988 Qualifier Attendance: 45,081 Referee: van Ettekoven (Netherlands)----footballbox | date = 1 April 1987

team1 = fb-rt|BUL|1971 |score = 2–1|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = Sadkov 41'
Tanev 81' pen|goals2 = Stapleton 53'|stadium = Vasil Levski, Sofia, Bulgaria
Euro 1988 Qualifier Attendance: 35,247 Referee: Da Silva Valente (Portugal)----footballbox | date = 29 April 1987

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 0–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|BEL |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland
Euro 1988 Qualifier Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Holzmann (Austria)----footballbox | date = 23 May 1987

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 1–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|BRA |goals1 = Brady 30'|goals2 = |stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Sandoz (Austria)----footballbox | date = 28 May 1987

team1 = fb-rt|LUX |score = 0–2|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = |goals2 = Galvin 44'
Whelan 64'|stadium = Stade Municipal, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Euro 1988 Qualifier Attendance: 4,965 Referee: Peduzzi (Switzerland)----footballbox | date = 9 September 1987

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 2–1|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|LUX |goals1 = Stapleton 31'
McGrath 74'|goals2 = Krings 29'|stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland
Euro 1988 Qualifier Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Cooper (Wales)----footballbox | date = 14 October 1987

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 2–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|BUL|1971 |goals1 = McGrath 52'
Moran 83'|goals2 = |stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland
Euro 1988 Qualifier Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Keizer (Netherlands)----footballbox | date = 10 November 1987

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 5–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|ISR |goals1 = John Byrne 25'
David Kelly 46', 56', 71' (pen)
Quinn 83'|goals2 = |stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Midgley (England)

1988

footballbox | date = 23 March 1988

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 2–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|ROU |goals1 = Moran 30'
David Kelly 90'|goals2 = |stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Martin (England)----footballbox | date = 27 April 1988

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 2–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb-rt|YUG|FR |goals1 = McCarthy 24'
Moran 65'|goals2 = |stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Smith (Scotland)----footballbox | date = 22 May 1988

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 3–1|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|POL |goals1 = Sheedy 12'
Cascarino 31'
Sheridan 40'|goals2 = Warzycha 65'|stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Roberts (Wales)----footballbox | date = 1 June 1988

team1 = fb-rt|NOR |score = 0–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = Ullevaal, Oslo, Norway
Friendly Attendance: 9,494 Referee: Lund-Sørensen (Denmark)----footballbox
date=12 June 1988
15:30
team1=fb|ENG
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1988/round=212/match=13/index.html (Report)]
score=0–1
team2=fb-rt|IRL
goals1=
goals2=Houghton 6'
stadium=Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, Germany
European Championship
Attendance: 51,573
Referee: Kirschen (East Germany)----footballbox
date=15 June 1988
20:15
team1=fb|IRL
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1988/round=212/match=16/index.html (Report)]
score=1–1
team2=fb-rt|URS
goals1=Whelan 38'
goals2=Protassov 74'
stadium=Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover, Germany
European Championship
Attendance: 38,308
Referee: Soriano Aladren (Spain)----footballbox
date=18 June 1988
15:30
team1=fb|IRL
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/history/season=1988/round=212/match=18/index.html (Report)]
score=0–1
team2=fb-rt|NED
goals1=
goals2=Kieft 82'
stadium=Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
European Championship
Attendance: 60,800
Referee: Brummeier (Austria)----footballbox | date = 14 September 1988

team1 = fb-rt|NIR |score = 0–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland
World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 19,873 Referee: Vautrot (France)----footballbox | date = 19 October 1988

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 4–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|TUN |goals1 = Cascarino 26', 44'
Aldridge 45'
Sheedy 87'|goals2 = |stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Snoddy (Northern Ireland)----footballbox | date = 16 November 1988

team1 = fb-rt|ESP |score = 2–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = Manolo 52'
Butragueño 66'|goals2 = |stadium = Estadio Benito Villamarín, Seville, Spain
World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Savchenko (USSR)

1989

footballbox | date = 7 February 1989

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 0–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|FRA |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Lloyd (Wales)----footballbox | date = 8 March 1989

team1 = fb-rt|HUN|1957 |score = 0–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = Nepstadion, Budapest, Hungary
World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 33,966 Referee: Petrovic (Yugoslavia)----footballbox | date = 26 April 1989

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 1–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|ESP |goals1 = Míchel (og) 16'|goals2 = |stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland
World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 49,600 Referee: Brummeier (Austria)----footballbox | date = 28 May 1989

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 2–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|MLT |goals1 = Houghton 32'
Moran 55'|goals2 = |stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland
World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 48,000 Referee: dos Santos (Portugal)----footballbox | date = 4 June 1989

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 2–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|HUN|1957 |goals1 = McGrath 34'
Cascarino 80'|goals2 = |stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland
World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 48,600 Referee: Nervik (Norway)----footballbox | date = 6 September 1989

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 1–1|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|FRG |goals1 = Stapleton 10'|goals2 = Dorfner 33'|stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland
Friendly Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Van den Wijngaert (Belgium)

----footballbox | date = 11 October 1989

team1 = fb-rt|IRL |score = 3–0|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|NIR |goals1 = Whelan 43'
Cascarino 47'
Houghton 57'|goals2 = |stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland
World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 45,800 Referee: D'Elia (Italy)----footballbox | date = 15 November 1989

team1 = fb-rt|MLT |score = 0–2|report= (Report)|team2 = fb|IRL |goals1 = |goals2 = Aldridge 30', 68' pen|stadium = National Stadium, Ta'Qali, Malta
World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Uilenberg (Netherlands)

ee also

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