Ireland’s U21 squad for men named qualifiers for Italy and Sweden
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The Republic of Ireland U21 coach Jim Crawford has appointed one 25-man squad for the two home UEFA U21 European Championship qualifiers against Italy and Sweden next week.
West Ham United’s Armstrong Oko-Flex gets a first call to U21 while Southampton’s Will Smallbone and Derby County’s Festy Ebosele also return to the squad after injury.
Ireland meet Italy at Tallaght Stadium on Friday 12 November before receiving Sweden four days later on Tuesday 16 November.
Ireland’s two opponents occupy the two best places in Group F while Crawford and co. sit in fourth place behind them and Montenegro.
The Republic of Ireland hopes to bounce back from its loss to the Balkans in Podgorica and stay in contention for a place at the 2023 UEFA European U-21 Championship in Romania and Georgia.
Both matches will be shown live on RTÉ 2.
Tickets for both European Championship qualifiers are now on sale with entry for both games available for € 15 for adults, € 8 for children and € 30 for a family ticket (two adults and two children) – Ticketmaster service fees will be added.
Goalkeepers: Brian Maher (Bray Wanderers), David Odumosu (Drogheda United), Luke McNicholas (Cliftonville, on loan from Sligo Rovers)
Defender: Joel Bagan (Cardiff City), Festy Ebosele (Derby County), Andy Lyons (Bohemians) Oisin McEntee (Greenock Morton, on loan from Newcastle United), Mark McGuinness (Cardiff City), Jake O’Brien (Crystal Palace), Lee O ‘ Connor (Tranmere Rovers, on loan from Celtic)
Midfielder: Conor Coventry (Peterborough United, on loan from West Ham United) Dawson Devoy (Bohemians), Ryan Johansson (Fortuna Sittard, on loan from Sevilla), Gavin Kilkenny (Bournemouth), Ollie O’Neill (Fulham), Conor Noss (Borussia Möchengladbach)) , Will Smallbone (Southampton), Ross Tierney (Bohemians)
Forward: Evan Ferguson (Brighton & Hove Albion), Will Ferry (Crawley Town, on loan from Southampton), Joshua ‘JJ’ Kayode (Rotherham United), Liam Kerrigan (UCD), Armstrong Oko-Flex (West Ham United), Colm Whelan (UCD) ), Tyreik Wright (Salford City, on loan from Aston Villa)
UEFA U21 European Championship Qualifiers – Group F.
2022 UEFA U21 European Championship Qualifiers
Republic of Ireland v Italy
Friday, November 12th
Tallaght Stadium
KO 17:30
LIVE on RTÉ2
2022 UEFA U21 European Championship Qualifiers
Republic of Ireland v Sweden
Tuesday, November 16
Tallaght Stadium
KO 19.00
LIVE on RTÉ2
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