Opponents
See also: Matches of Republic of Ireland national football teamThe team's head to head records against all 75 nations whom they have played to date, including friendly internationals: Three of these teams no longer exist (Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia), so Ireland have played against 72 of the current 209 FIFA members: 47 UEFA, 8 CONMEBOL, 7 CAF, 5 CONCACAF and 5 AFC members as of 14 November 2012. The only UEFA members against whom Ireland have not played are: Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova, Slovenia, and Ukraine.
As of 14 November 2012 (2012 -11-14)
| Against | Region | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Win % | First Meeting | Most Recent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | UEFA | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 75% | 26 May 1992 | 7 June 2003 |
| Algeria | CAF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 50% | 28 April 1982 | 29 May 2010 |
| Andorra | UEFA | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 100% | 28 March 2001 | 7 October 2011 |
| Argentina | CONMEBOL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0% | 13 May 1951 | 11 August 2010 |
| Armenia | UEFA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100% | 3 September 2010 | 11 October 2011 |
| Australia | AFC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 50% | 19 August 2003 | 12 August 2009 |
| Austria | UEFA | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 33 | -18 | 16.67% | 7 May 1952 | 6 September 1995 |
| Belgium | UEFA | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 25 | -1 | 28.57% | 12 February 1928 | 15 November 1997 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | UEFA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 100% | 26 May 2012 | 26 May 2012 |
| Bolivia | CONMEBOL | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 66.67% | 24 May 1994 | 26 May 2007 |
| Brazil | CONMEBOL | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | -10 | 16.67% | 5 May 1974 | 2 March 2010 |
| Bulgaria | UEFA | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 30% | 28 May 1924 | 6 June 2009 |
| Cameroon | CAF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1 June 2002 | 01 June 2002 |
| Canada | CONCACAF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100% | 18 November 2003 | 18 November 2003 |
| Chile | CONMEBOL | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 33.33% | 30 March 1960 | 24 May 2006 |
| China PR | AFC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100% | 3 June 1984 | 29 March 2005 |
| Colombia | CONMEBOL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100% | 29 May 2008 | 29 May 2008 |
| Croatia | UEFA | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 28.57% | 2 June 1996 | 10 June 2012 |
| Cyprus | UEFA | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | +18 | 80% | 26 March 1980 | 5 September 2009 |
| Czechoslovakia | UEFA | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 29 | -15 | 33.33% | 18 May 1938 | 27 May 1986 |
| Czech Republic | UEFA | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 25% | 5 June 1994 | 29 February 2012 |
| Denmark | UEFA | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 41.67% | 3 October 1956 | 22 August 2007 |
| Ecuador | CONMEBOL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 50% | 18 June 1972 | 23 May 2007 |
| Egypt | CAF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 17 June 1990 | 17 June 1990 |
| England | UEFA | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -6 | 21.43% | 30 September 1946 | 15 February 1995 |
| Estonia | UEFA | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 80% | 3 June 1924 | 15 November 2011 |
| Faroe Islands | UEFA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 100% | 13 October 2004 | 16 October 2012 |
| Finland | UEFA | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 60% | 8 September 1949 | 21 August 2002 |
| France | UEFA | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -4 | 26.67% | 23 May 1937 | 18 November 2009 |
| Georgia | UEFA | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 100% | 29 March 2003 | 11 February 2009 |
| Germany | UEFA | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 31 | -9 | 29.41% | 8 May 1935 | 12 October 2012 |
| Greece | UEFA | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0% | 26 April 2000 | 14 November 2012 |
| Hungary | UEFA | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 21 | -5 | 18.18% | 15 December 1934 | 4 June 2012 |
| Iceland | UEFA | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 71.43% | 12 August 1962 | 6 September 1997 |
| Iran | AFC | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 66.67% | 11 June 1972 | 15 November 2001 |
| Israel | UEFA | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 20% | 4 April 1984 | 4 June 2005 |
| Italy | UEFA | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 20 | -11 | 16.67% | 21 March 1926 | 18 June 2012 |
| Jamaica | CONCACAF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100% | 2 June 2004 | 2 June 2004 |
| Kazakhstan | UEFA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100% | 7 September 2012 | 7 September 2012 |
| Latvia | UEFA | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 100% | 9 September 1992 | 11 October 1995 |
| Liechtenstein | UEFA | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | +14 | 75% | 12 October 1994 | 21 May 1997 |
| Lithuania | UEFA | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 75% | 16 June 1993 | 10 September 1997 |
| Luxembourg | UEFA | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 100% | 9 May 1936 | 9 September 1987 |
| Macedonia | UEFA | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 66.67% | 9 October 1996 | 4 June 2011 |
| Malta | UEFA | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | +22 | 100% | 30 March 1983 | 8 September 1999 |
| Mexico | CONCACAF | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 0% | 8 August 1984 | 4 June 2000 |
| Montenegro | UEFA | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 10 September 2008 | 14 October 2009 |
| Morocco | CAF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100% | 12 September 1990 | 12 September 1990 |
| Netherlands | UEFA | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 28 | 39 | -11 | 33.33% | 2 June 1924 | 16 August 2006 |
| Nigeria | CAF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 0% | 16 May 2002 | 29 May 2009 |
| Northern Ireland | UEFA | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 40% | 20 September 1978 | 24 May 2011 |
| Norway | UEFA | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 19 | +10 | 38.89% | 10 October 1937 | 17 November 2010 |
| Oman | AFC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 100% | 11 September 2012 | 11 September 2012 |
| Paraguay | CONMEBOL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 100% | 10 February 1999 | 25 May 2010 |
| Poland | UEFA | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 40 | -15 | 21.74% | 22 May 1938 | 19 November 2008 |
| Portugal | UEFA | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 33.33% | 16 June 1946 | 9 February 2005 |
| Romania | UEFA | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 40% | 23 March 1988 | 27 May 2004 |
| Russia | UEFA | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 14.29% | 23 March 1994 | 6 September 2011 |
| San Marino | UEFA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 100% | 15 November 2006 | 7 February 2007 |
| Saudi Arabia | AFC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100% | 11 June 2002 | 11 June 2002 |
| Scotland | UEFA | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 44.44% | 3 May 1961 | 29 May 2011 |
| Serbia | UEFA | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 25% | 18 November 1998 | 15 August 2012 |
| Slovakia | UEFA | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 25% | 28 March 2007 | 2 September 2011 |
| South Africa | CAF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100% | 11 June 2000 | 8 September 2009 |
| Soviet Union | UEFA | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 37.5% | 18 October 1972 | 25 April 1990 |
| Spain | UEFA | 25 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 52 | -34 | 16% | 26 April 1931 | 14 June 2012 |
| Sweden | UEFA | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 37.5% | 2 June 1949 | 1 March 2006 |
| Switzerland | UEFA | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 46.67% | 5 May 1935 | 12 October 2005 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | CONCACAF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0% | 30 May 1982 | 30 May 1982 |
| Tunisia | CAF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100% | 19 October 1988 | 19 October 1988 |
| Turkey | UEFA | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 13 | +13 | 41.67% | 16 November 1966 | 9 September 2003 |
| United States | CONCACAF | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 50% | 14 June 1924 | 17 April 2002 |
| Uruguay | CONMEBOL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 0% | 8 May 1974 | 29 March 2011 |
| Wales | UEFA | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 41.67% | 28 September 1960 | 8 February 2011 |
| Yugoslavia | UEFA | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 50% | 19 October 1955 | 27 April 1988 |
| Total | 75 Nations | 490 | 196 | 130 | 164 | 687 | 619 | +68 | 40% |
Note: "Germany" includes nine games versus West Germany which were played between 1950 and German reunification in 1990. "Serbia" includes two games against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia which existed between 1992 and 2003. "England" includes friendly match from 15 February 1995, abandoned after 27 minutes due to English neo-Nazi Combat 18 violence in stadium with Ireland leading 1-0.
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