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{{Short description|Football representative team of the League of Ireland}}
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The '''League of Ireland XI''', more recently referred to as the '''Airtricity League XI''' for sponsorship reasons, is the representative team of the [[League of Ireland]], the national association football league of [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. For much of its history, the League of Ireland XI has effectively acted as a reserve or B team to the senior [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland national team]], providing international representative honours to home-based players. In fact it has played considerably more games than the actual [[Republic of Ireland B national football team]]. In addition to playing regular games against similar representative teams, such as the [[Irish League XI]], the [[Scottish Football League XI]] and the [[Football League XI]], the League of Ireland XI has also played in prestige friendlies against the full national teams of both [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] and [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]. The League of Ireland XI also represented [[Ireland at the Summer Olympics|Ireland]] in the qualifying stages of the [[Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Olympic Football Tournament]]. More recently a League of Ireland [[Republic of Ireland national under-23 football team|U-23]] XI has represented the Republic of Ireland in the [[International Challenge Trophy]]. Meanwhile, a senior team with no age or nationality restriction regularly plays visiting club sides. More recently the team competed in the [[2011 Dublin Super Cup]].

==History==

===1920s and 1930s===
During the 1920s and 1930s, the four national associations that made up the [[International Football Association Board]] (IFAB)– [[The Football Association]], the [[Scottish Football Association]], the [[Football Association of Wales]] and [[Northern Ireland]]'s [[Irish Football Association]] – refused to recognise the rights of the [[Football Association of Ireland]] (FAI) when it came arranging full internationals. Consequently, the FAI could not arrange full internationals against its nearest neighbours. The IFAB, however, did permit inter-league games to be played. In the absence of full internationals against [[England national football team|England]], [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]], [[Wales national football team|Wales]] or [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]], these inter-league matches between the League of Ireland XI, the [[Irish League XI]], the [[Welsh Football League XI]] and the [[Scottish Football League XI]] were highly regarded by both the FAI and Irish football fans alike. Attendances of up to 30,000 at these matches at [[Dalymount Park]] led them to have been treated almost as full internationals.

The League of Ireland XI made their official debut with a 3–3 draw against a [[Welsh Football League XI]] on 9 February 1924. [[Ernie MacKay]] scored the representative team's first ever goal while [[Dave Roberts (English footballer)|Dave Roberts]] added the other two. The League of Ireland XI played the [[Irish League XI]] for the first time on 13 March 1926. [[Charlie Dowdall]] scored twice in a 3–1 win for the home team. On [[St. Patrick's Day]], 1937, a League of Ireland XI also played and defeated visiting Yugoslav side [[SK Jugoslavija 3–2]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.playingpasts.co.uk/articles/football/sk-jugoslavijas-visit-to-ireland/|title = SK Jugoslavija's visit to Ireland &#124; Playing Pasts}}</ref> The League of Ireland XI played the [[Scottish League XI]] for the first time on St. Patrick's Day, 1939. The Scottish team was billed as a team of all-stars and had a combined valuation estimated to be [[Pound sterling|£]]60,000. In front of a crowd of 35,000 at Dalymount Park, the League of Ireland XI defeated the Scottish League XI with Johnny Johnstone and [[Paddy Bradshaw]] scoring the goals in the 2–1 win
<ref name=paddymoores>[http://www.fai.ie/fai/history/full-history/101667-paddy-moores-world-cup-record-.html www.fai.ie] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731095824/http://www.fai.ie/fai/history/full-history/101667-paddy-moores-world-cup-record-.html |date=2013-07-31 }}</ref><ref>Donal Cullen: ''Freestaters – The Republic of Ireland Soccer Team 1921–1939''</ref><ref name=hearts>[http://www.londonhearts.com/SFL/tea/leagueofireland.html Scottish Football League results by Opponent: League Of Ireland], London Hearts Supporters Club</ref>

===National Team===
The League of Ireland XI has always enjoyed a close relationship with the senior Republic of Ireland national team. When Ireland competed at both the [[Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics|1924]] and [[Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics|1948]] Olympic Football Tournaments, they were represented by League of Ireland XIs made up of amateur players. On at least three further occasions before the [[Second World War]], the FAI selected a full international team entirely made up of players playing in Ireland. On 21 March 1926, for the game against [[Italy national football team|Italy]],<ref>[http://www.soccerscene.ie/sssenior/matchdetails.php?id=2 www.soccerscene.ie]</ref> the Ireland team even featured [[Drumcondra F.C.|Drumcondra]]’s [[Joe Grace (Irish footballer)|Joe Grace]] from the [[Leinster Senior League (association football)|Leinster Senior League]]. It was a League of Ireland XI that played [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] on 12 February 1928<ref>[http://www.soccerscene.ie/sssenior/matchdetails.php?id=4 www.soccerscene.ie]</ref> and then the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] on 8 December 1935.<ref>[http://www.soccerscene.ie/sssenior/matchdetails.php?id=15 www.soccerscene.ie]</ref> Before the Second World War, [[League of Ireland]] players made up the nucleus of just about every FAI Ireland full international team.

===Post-Second World War===
For most of the [[Second World War]] era, the League of Ireland XI's only opponents were the [[Irish League XI]]. However once the conflict ended, the fixture against the [[Scottish League XI]] was revived. They also began to play the [[Football League XI]] on a regular basis. With the majority of the leading Irish players now playing in the [[Football League]], however, the League of Ireland XI now found itself at a disadvantage. As a result, the majority of the games they played against the Scottish League XI and the Football League XI usually ended in heavy defeat. However, there was the occasional success story. On 2 October 1963 at [[Dalymount Park]], the League of Ireland XI defeated the Football League XI 2–1, thanks to goals from [[Eddie Bailham]] and [[Ronnie Whelan Sr.|Ronnie Whelan]]. This Football League XI included four players – [[Ray Wilson (English footballer)|Ray Wilson]], [[Bobby Moore]], [[Roger Hunt]] and [[Martin Peters]] – who subsequently went on to help [[England national football team|England]] win the [[1966 FIFA World Cup]].<ref name="foot.ie/archive">[http://foot.ie/archive/index.php/t-84087.html?s=5a0985842a8b3c8f64ddc71b73c651ee foot.ie/archive]</ref> At the time Whelan was working for Unidaire, a [[Finglas]]-based electrical firm, and he subsequently received a warning from his boss at the company for taking time off to play in this game.<ref name=beat>[http://www.balls.ie/football/irish-football-league-beat-england/179946   ''Balls Remembers The Night The League Of Ireland Beat The English Football League''], Balls.ie, 29 December 2017</ref>

===Prestige Friendlies===
From the late 1970s onwards, the League of Ireland XI also began to play friendlies against national teams. These included two prestige games against the full [[Argentina national football team|Argentina national team]]. On 19 April 1978, at the [[Estadio Alberto J. Armando]], Argentina played the League of Ireland XI in a warm up game as part of their preparations for hosting the [[1978 FIFA World Cup]]. A team that included the former England international [[Bobby Tambling]] and several [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]] internationals such as [[Johnny Giles]], [[Ray Treacy (footballer)|Ray Treacy]], [[Eamonn Gregg]], [[Noel Synnott]], [[Cathal Muckian]], [[Jerome Clark]] and [[Synan Braddish]] lost 3–1 to a very strong Argentina. The starting eleven for Argentina included ten players who later played in the [[1978 FIFA World Cup Final]] in which Argentina beat the Netherlands 3–1. In addition a young [[Diego Maradona]] also came on as a substitute. [[Leopoldo Luque]], [[Oscar Alberto Ortiz|Oscar Ortiz]] and [[Ricardo Villa]] scored for Argentina before [[Synan Braddish]] grabbed a consolation goal for the league select.<ref>[http://www.irishtimes.com/premium/loginpage?destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fnewspaper%2Farchive%2F1978%2F0421%2FPg003.html www.irishtimes.com]</ref><ref name=water>[http://www.waterford-united.ie/derry-mar-2010-bobby-tambling/ "Bobby Tambling: The Other Blue"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303151807/http://www.waterford-united.ie/derry-mar-2010-bobby-tambling/ |date=2013-03-03 }} by [[Shane Murphy (hurler)|Shane Murphy]], first published in the March 2010 [[Derry City F.C.|Derry City]] [[Programme (booklet)#Sporting events|programme]], from the [[Waterford United F.C.|Waterford United]] website</ref> On 29 May 1979, Argentina, then the reigning World Cup holders, visited [[Lansdowne Road]]  and were held to a 0–0 draw by a Republic of Ireland XI in a [[UNICEF]] fundraiser; this team is sometimes incorrectly listed as a League of Ireland XI.<ref>[http://www.irishtimes.com/premium/loginpage?destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fnewspaper%2Farchive%2F1979%2F0530%2FPg001.html www.irishtimes.com]</ref>
30 April 1980 saw the League of Ireland XI play Argentina for a second time, this time at the [[Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti|Estadio Monumental]]. On this occasion, a team that included [[Liam Buckley]], [[Terry Eviston]], [[Johnny Walsh (footballer, born 1957)|Johnny Walsh]] and [[Tommy McConville]] lost 1–0 to a goal scored by [[Diego Maradona]]. A month later, Argentina beat the senior Republic of Ireland 1–0 at Lansdowne Road.<ref name="foot.ie/archive"/>
<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arg-intres.html www.rsssf.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603163633/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/arg-intres.html |date=2009-06-03 }}</ref>

In another notable game from this era, the League of Ireland XI also became the first representative team to play the [[Basque Country national football team|Basque Country]] following the ending of the [[Francoist Spain|Francoist regime]]. This game was played on 16 August 1979 at the [[San Mamés Stadium (1913)|San Mamés Stadium]]. The Basque team was made up of [[Real Sociedad]] and [[Athletic Bilbao]] players and all eleven subsequently became full [[Spain national football team|Spain]] internationals. In contrast the league select was under strength and was referred to in newspaper reports as a League of Ireland B team. The Basque Country team easily defeated this League of Ireland XI 4–1.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bask-intres.html Basque Country (Euskadi) Autonomous Team Matches]</ref><ref>[http://www.irishtimes.com/premium/loginpage?destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fnewspaper%2Farchive%2F1979%2F0817%2FPg003.html www.irishtimes.com]</ref> In [[1981 in Brazilian football|1981]], the League of Ireland XI returned to South America and this time played [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]. A team managed by [[Jim McLaughlin (footballer)|Jim McLaughlin]] lost 6–0 with the legendary [[Zico (footballer)|Zico]] scoring four of Brazil's goals.<ref name="www.rsssfbrasil.com">[http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/sel/brazil198081.htm www.rsssfbrasil.com]</ref>

===Olympic qualifiers===
{{main|Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers}}
League of Ireland XIs made up of amateur players represented [[Ireland at the Summer Olympics|Ireland]] in qualifiers for the [[Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics|1960]], [[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972]], [[Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976]] and [[Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980]] Olympic Football Tournaments. For the [[Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Olympic Football Tournament]] qualifiers, a senior League of Ireland XI featuring professionals represented Ireland. They were drawn in a "[[group of death]]" that also included [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]], [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]], [[Spain national football team|Spain]] and [[France national football team|France]] – France had won the gold medal at the [[Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Olympic Football Tournament]]. This League of Ireland XI was again managed by [[Jim McLaughlin (footballer)|Jim McLaughlin]].

The team kicked off their Olympic campaign with a 2–1 defeat against Hungary at [[Glenmalure Park]] on November 11, 1986. Their next opponents were Spain at [[Tolka Park]] on February 4, 1987. Goals from [[Noel Larkin]] and [[Mick Byrne (Irish footballer)|Mick Byrne]] saw the League of Ireland XI draw 2–2. Their first away games came against Sweden and France. The League of Ireland XI lost 1–0 to Sweden after they conceded a very late goal but managed to hold France to a 1–1 draw. On August 26, 1987, a crowd of less than 1,000 saw the League of Ireland XI lose 1–0 at [[Dalymount Park]] to a Sweden team that included [[Tomas Brolin]]. Next came the home match against France on 18 November 1987 at Dalymount Park. A crowd of just 4,000 would witness one of the League of Ireland XI's best results. Two goals from Mick Bennett and one from [[Peter Eccles (footballer)|Peter Eccles]] saw them gain a 3–0 win. Ireland finished the qualifying group with two away games. [[Dave Barry (Irish footballer)|Dave Barry]] scored in Hungary but the League of Ireland XI lost 3–1 while goals from [[Barry Kehoe]] and Bennett earned them a 2–2 with Spain in [[Alicante]]. The League of Ireland XI finished fourth in the group. Sweden qualified for the finals where they were knocked out in the quarter-finals.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111011071440/http://ybig.ie/uploads/file/YBIG_issue21.pdf Donal Cullen: “When the LOI fried the French” ''You Boys In Green'']</ref>

'''Group C Final Table'''
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!width=30|Rank
!width=165 style="text-align:left;"|Team
!width=20|{{tooltip|Pld|Matches played}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|W|Matches won}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|D|Matches drawn}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|L|Matches lost}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width=20|{{tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"
|'''1'''
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|SWE}}
|8||6||1||1||13||6||+7||'''13'''
|- align=center style="background:#f5f5f5;"
|'''2'''
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|HUN}}
|8||5||1||2||13||8||+5||'''11'''
|- align=center style="background:#f5f5f5;"
|'''3'''
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ESP}}
|8||1||4||3||9||12||−3||'''6'''
|- align=center style="background:#f5f5f5;"
|'''4'''
|style="text-align:left;"|{{Flagicon|Ireland}} '''League of Ireland XI'''
|8||1||3||4||10||12||−2||'''5'''
|- align=center style="background:#f5f5f5;"
|'''5'''
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|FRA}}
|8||1||3||4||9||16||−7||'''5'''
|}<ref name="www.rsssf.com">[https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1988q.html  rsssf.org Games of the XXIV. Olympiad Football Qualifying Tournament: Europe], [[RSSSF]]</ref>

===1988 Marlboro Cup===
In August 1988, the League of Ireland XI competed in the [[1988 Marlboro Cup (Los Angeles)|Marlboro Cup]], a four team tournament, held at the [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]. They lost their first game 3–0 against [[Club Universidad de Guadalajara]] on 5 August, with [[Mick Neville (footballer)|Mick Neville]] conceding an [[own goal]]. They then lost 1–0 to [[El Salvador national football team|El Salvador]] in a third place playoff two days later. The tournament was won by [[Guatemala national football team|Guatemala]], who beat Club Universidad 3–2 in the final.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/marlboro.html  rsssf.org Marlboro Soccer Cup Series (USA) 1987-1990] [[RSSSF]]</ref>
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!Result
!Team #2
!Round
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|rowspan=2|August 5, 1988||{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Club Universidad de Guadalajara]]||style="text-align:center;"|3-0||{{flagicon|IRE}} League of Ireland XI||rowspan=2|Semi-finals
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|{{fb|SLV}}||style="text-align:center;"|1–2||{{fb|GUA}}
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|rowspan=2|August 7, 1988||{{fb|SLV}}||style="text-align:center;"|1–0||{{flagicon|IRE}} League of Ireland XI ||Third Place Match
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|{{fb|GUA}}||style="text-align:center;"|3–2||{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Club Universidad de Guadalajara]]||Final
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===Aviva Stadium===

====Manchester United====
On 4 August 2010, the League of Ireland XI hosted the first soccer match to be played at the [[Aviva Stadium]]. A team managed by [[Damien Richardson (footballer)|Damien Richardson]] lost 7–1 to [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]. The league select were 6–0 down after 70 minutes, with goals from [[Park Ji-sung]] (2), [[Michael Owen]], [[Javier Hernández]], [[Antonio Valencia]] and [[Jonny Evans]]. Park opened the scoring in the 13th minute in bizarre fashion; as he went to block a defender's clearance, the ball ricocheted off him and into the net. Owen doubled United's lead in the 25th minute with a chipped shot over the goalkeeper, before half-time substitute Hernández made it 3–0 two minutes after the break. Three goals in the space of nine minutes from Valencia (60th minute), a second from Park (63rd) and [[Jonny Evans]] (69th) increased the lead to 6–0, before Dave Mulcahy scored a consolation goal for the League of Ireland XI in the 78th minute. Nevertheless, there was still time for [[Nani (footballer)|Nani]] to get a seventh goal, converting a penalty after Hernández had been fouled in the penalty area.<ref>{{cite news |first=Nick |last=Coppack |title=Ireland XI 1 United 7 |url=http://www.manutd.com/Home/Fixtures-And-Results/Match-Reports/2010/Aug/Airtricity-League-1-United-7.aspx |work=ManUtd.com |publisher=Manchester United |date=4 August 2010 |access-date=4 August 2010 }}</ref><ref name="rte">{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2010/0512/manchesterunited_airtricityleague_richardsond_aviva.html |title=Red Devils to face Airtricity League XI |date=2010-05-12 |work=[[RTÉ Sport]] |publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann]] |access-date=2010-05-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100515035314/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2010/0512/manchesterunited_airtricityleague_richardsond_aviva.html |archive-date=2010-05-15 }}</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/8887116.stm "Airtricity League 1–7 Man Utd"], ''[[BBC Sport]]'', Dublin, 4 August 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=101129:airtricity-league-xi-v-manchester-united&catid=19:airtricity-league&Itemid=316 www.fai.ie]</ref>

====Dublin Super Cup====
[[Damien Richardson (footballer)|Damien Richardson]] was again in charge of the League of Ireland XI when the Aviva Stadium hosted the [[2011 Dublin Super Cup]], a tournament which saw the representative team take on both [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] and [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]]. [[Shamrock Rovers F.C.|Shamrock Rovers]] players, however, were not available because of a clash with the [[2011–12 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round]]s. As a result, Richardson had to field an understrength team. They lost their opening game to Manchester City 3–0,<ref name=city11>[https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/manchester-city-enjoy-comfortable-win-866913.amp Manchester City enjoy comfortable win over the League of Ireland XI], [[Manchester Evening News]], 31 July 2011</ref> then lost 5–0 to Celtic.<ref name=Celtic11>[https://www.skysports.com/football/celtic-vs-league-of-ireland-xi/235758 Celtic 5 - 0 League of Ireland XI], [[Sky Sports]], 31 July 2011</ref> The League of Ireland XI were the only team in the tournament that didn't win a match or score any goals.<ref>[http://www.airtricityleague.ie/index.php/component/content/article/3655/3655 www.airtricityleague.ie] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106032038/http://www.airtricityleague.ie/index.php/component/content/article/3655/3655 |date=2014-01-06 }}</ref>

==League of Ireland XI matches==
{{Cleanup|section|reason=date format|date=December 2012}}
<ref name=hearts/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://irishleaguegreats.blogspot.com/2008/08/irish-league-representative-match.html|title=Irish League Representative Match Results|date=August 2008|website=irishleaguegreats.blogspot.com|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref><ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eng-league-intres.html England - Football League - International Results], [[RSSSF]]</ref>
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!Attendance
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|09/02/1924||[[Welsh Football League XI]] ||bgcolor=yellow|D||3–3||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||
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|23/02/1924||[[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] ||bgcolor=pink|L||0–3||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||22,000<br><ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8JhAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RKUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3599%2C6973987 Celtic, 3; Irish Free State, 0], The Glasgow Herald, 25 February 1924</ref><ref>[https://historycompany.co.uk/2011/09/14/celtic-fc-take-on-the-irish-free-state-in-1924/ Celtic FC take on the Irish Free State in 1924], Chris Holme, The History Company, 14 September 2011</ref><ref>[https://www.britishpathe.com/video/a-record-crowd/query/A+record+crowd A Record Crowd...] (video), [[British Pathe]], 1924</ref><ref>[http://gottfriedfuchs.blogspot.com/2018/11/celtic-vs-irish-free-state-xi-highest.html Celtic vs Irish Free State XI: The Highest Paid Football Experts in the World], Before The 'D'...Association Football around the world, 1863-1937, 6 November 2018</ref>
|-
|14/03/1925||Welsh Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||1–2||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||17,000
|-
|07/11/1925||Welsh Football League XI||bgcolor=yellow|D||2–2||friendly||[[Swansea]]||
|-
|13/03/1926|| [[Irish League XI]] ||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||3–1||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||18,000
|-
|05/03/1927|| Irish League XI||bgcolor=yellow|D||1–1||friendly||[[Windsor Park]]||15,000
|-
|02/04/1927||Welsh Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||1–2|||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||7,000
|-
|10/03/1928||Irish League XI||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||3–1||friendly||[[Shelbourne Park]]||12,000
|-
|06/10/1928||Welsh Football League XI||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||4–3||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||
|-
|09/03/1929||Irish League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||1–2||friendly||[[The Oval (Belfast)|The Oval]]||15,000
|-
|01/03/1930||Irish League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||1–6||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||12,000
|-
|03/05/1930||Welsh Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||1–6||friendly||[[Swansea]]||
|-
|16/10/1932||Welsh Football League XI||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||2–0||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||
|-
|18/03/1935||Welsh Football League XI||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||2–1||friendly<ref>[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1937/0828/Pg013.html#Ar01321:7DE9A28409C58409A28459C58459A28539C58129CC8599E57A39CC8069E5 www.irishtimes.com]</ref>||    ||
|-
|17/03/1937||[[Yugoslav League XI]]||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||3–2||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||
|-
|17/03/1938||Irish League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||1–3||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||30,000
|-
|11/03/1939||Irish League XI||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||2–1||friendly||[[Windsor Park]]||11,000
|-
|17/03/1939||[[Scottish Football League XI]]||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||2–1||friendly<ref name=paddymoores/>||[[Dalymount Park]]||35,000
|-
|18/03/1940||Irish League XI||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||2–0||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||26,000
|-
|17/03/1941||Irish League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||3–8||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||6,000
|-
|14/04/1941||Irish League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||1–2||friendly||[[Windsor Park]]||25,000
|-
|17/03/1942||Irish League XI||bgcolor=yellow|D||2–2||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||31,000
|-
|06/04/1942||Irish League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||2–5||friendly||[[Windsor Park]]||30,000
|-
|17/03/1943||Irish League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||0–1||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||28,000
|-
|26/04/1943||Irish League XI||bgcolor=yellow|D||2–2||friendly||[[Windsor Park]]||21,000
|-
|17/03/1944||Irish League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||3–4||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||28,000
|-
|10/04/1944||Irish League XI||bgcolor=yellow|D||2–2||friendly||[[Windsor Park]]||35,000
|-
|17/03/1945||Irish League XI||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||2–1||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||36,000
|-
|02/04/1945||Irish League XI||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||5–3||friendly||[[Windsor Park]]||32,000
|-
|18/03/1946||Irish League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||1–2||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||37,000
|-
|22/04/1946||Irish League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||0–3||friendly||[[Windsor Park]]||32,000
|-
|17/03/1947||Irish League XI||bgcolor=yellow|D||2–2||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||20,000
|-
|07/04/1947||Irish League XI||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||1–0||friendly||[[Windsor Park]]||30,000
|-
|30/04/1947||[[Football League XI]]||bgcolor=pink|L||1-3||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||
|-
|17/03/1948||Irish League XI||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||2–1||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||25,000
|-
|29/03/1948||Irish League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||0–4||friendly||[[Windsor Park]]||
|-
|14/04/1948||Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||0-4||friendly<ref>[[Irish Independent]] March 31, 1948</ref>||[[Deepdale]]||
|-
|24/04/1948||Scottish Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||0–2||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||25,000
|-
|29/09/1948||Scottish Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||1–5||friendly||[[Ibrox Stadium]]||57,600
|-
|17/03/1949||Irish League XI||bgcolor=yellow|D||0–0||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||20,000
|-
|18/04/1949||Irish League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||1–4||friendly||[[Windsor Park]]||25,000
|-
|04/05/1949||Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||0–5||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||
|-
|19/10/1949||Scottish Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||0–1||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||17,000
|-
|15/02/1950||Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||0–7||friendly||[[Molineux Stadium]]||
|-
|17/03/1950||Irish League XI||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||3–1||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||18,000
|-
|10/04/1950||Irish League XI||bgcolor=yellow|D||2–2||friendly||[[Windsor Park]]||10,000
|-
|17/01/1951||Scottish Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||0–7||friendly||[[Celtic Park, Glasgow|Celtic Park]]||10,000
|-
|04/04/1951||Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||0–1||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||
|-
|10/10/1951||Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||1–9||friendly<ref>{{cite news|title=Easy Win For The Football League |date=11 October 1951|newspaper=The Times|pages=9}}</ref>||[[Goodison Park]]||
|-
|17/03/1952||Scottish Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||0–2||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||33,000
|-
|02/05/1952||[[United States men's soccer team]]||bgcolor=pink|W||4–0||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||8,000
|-
|08/10/1952||Scottish Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||1–5||friendly<ref>[http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/1952+-+Scottish+League+v+League+of+Ireland Scottish League Forwards' Revel], Glasgow Herald, 9 October 1952 (via Partick Thistle History Archive)</ref>||[[Celtic Park, Glasgow|Celtic Park]]||10,000
|-
|17/03/1953||Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||0–2||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||
|-
|22/04/1953||Irish League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||0–3||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||16,000
|-
|23/09/1953||Welsh Football League XI ||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||3–1||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||
|-
|10/02/1954||Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||1–9||friendly||[[Maine Road]]||
|-
|17/03/1954||Scottish Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||1–3||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||35,000
|-
|19/04/1954||Irish League XI||bgcolor=yellow|D||0–0||friendly||[[Windsor Park]]||
|-
|02/05/1954||[[Hessenliga]]||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||1–0||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||
|-
|22/09/1954||Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||0–6||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||
|-
|18/11/1954||Scottish Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||0–5||friendly<ref>[http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/1954+-+Scottish+League+v+League+of+Ireland Scotland's brilliant play in first half], Glasgow Herald, 19 November 1954 (via Partick Thistle History Archive)</ref>||[[Shawfield Stadium]]||18,000
|-
|17/03/1955||Irish League XI||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||2–1||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||30,000
|-
|14/05/1955||Hessenliga||bgcolor=pink|L||2–7||friendly||[[Frankfurt]]||
|-
|19/05/1955||Hessenliga||bgcolor=pink|L||0–5||friendly||[[Kassel]]||
|-
|21/09/1955||Scottish Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||2–4||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||
|-
|07/12/1955||Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||1–5||friendly<ref>{{cite news|title=Football League Should Beat Ireland |date=7 December 1955|newspaper=The Times|pages=14}}</ref>||[[Goodison Park]]||
|-
|12/02/1956||Hessenliga||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||4–1||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||
|-
|17/03/1956||Irish League XI||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||1–0||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||23,000
|-
|02/04/1956||Irish League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||0–6||friendly||[[Windsor Park]]||20,000
|-
|19/09/1956||Football League XI||bgcolor=yellow|D||3–3||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||
|-
|26/09/1956||Scottish Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||1–3||friendly||[[Shawfield Stadium]]||23,000
|-
|18/03/1957||Irish League XI||bgcolor=yellow|D||2–2||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||28,000
|-
|22/04/1957||Irish League XI||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||2–1||friendly||[[Windsor Park]]||15,000
|-
|18/09/1957||Scottish Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||1–5||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||23,000
|-
|19/10/1957||Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||1–3||friendly||[[Elland Road]]||
|-
|17/03/1958||Irish League XI||bgcolor=yellow|D||2–2||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||32,000
|-
|07/04/1958||Irish League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||1–3||friendly||[[Solitude Ground]]||29,000
|-
|24/09/1958||Scottish Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||0–1||friendly||[[Ibrox Stadium]]||9,000
|-
|29/10/1958||Irish League XI||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||3–2||friendly||[[Windsor Park]]||5,000
|-
|17/03/1959||Football League XI||bgcolor=yellow|D||0–0||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||
|-
|02/09/1959||Scottish Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||1–4||friendly<ref>[http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/1959+-+League+of+Ireland+v+Scottish+League League of Ireland 1, Scottish League 4], Glasgow Herald, 3 September 1959 (via Partick Thistle History Archive)</ref>||[[Dalymount Park]]||26,000
|-
|04/11/1959||Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||0–2||friendly||[[Ewood Park]]||
|-
|17/03/1960||Hessenliga||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||5–2||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||
|-
|12/04/1960||Irish League XI||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||2–1||friendly||[[Tolka Park]]||8,000
|-
|14/09/1960||Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||0–1||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||
|-
|05/10/1960||Scottish Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||1–5||friendly||[[Celtic Park, Glasgow|Celtic Park]]||23,000
|-
|17/03/1961||Irish League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||2–3||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||12,000
|-
|03/04/1961||Irish League XI||bgcolor=yellow|D||1–1||friendly||[[Solitude Ground]]||22,000
|-
|06/09/1961||Scottish Football League XI||bgcolor=yellow|D||1–1||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||6,000
|-
|11/10/1961||Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||2–5||friendly||[[Eastville Stadium]]||
|-
|17/03/1962||[[Italy under-21 Serie B representative team|Italian League B]]||bgcolor=pink|L||0–3||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||
|-
|04/04/1962||Irish League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||1–3||friendly||[[Windsor Park]]||4,000
|-
|06/05/1962||Italian League B||bgcolor=pink|L||0–6||friendly||[[Rimini]]||
|-
|28/11/1962||Scottish Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||0–11||friendly<ref name=beat/>||[[Celtic Park, Glasgow|Celtic Park]]||8,000
|-
|18/03/1963||Irish League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||1–3||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||15,000
|-
|02/10/1963||Football League XI||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||2–1||friendly<ref name=beat/>||[[Dalymount Park]]||30,000
|-
|17/03/1964||Irish League XI||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||4–2||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||8,000
|-
|15/04/1964||Irish League XI||bgcolor=yellow|D||2–2||friendly||[[Windsor Park]]||7,000
|-
|25/05/1964||International XI||||||friendly<ref>[http://www.corkpastandpresent.ie/cultureincork/sportincork/soccer/historicalmatchprogrammes/john_cummins_archive/international_11_v_league_of_ireland_11_25-05-1964/files/assets/basic-html/page-1.html International XI. League of Ireland XI] Cork Past and Present</ref>||[[Flower Lodge]]||20,000
|-
|23/09/1964||Scottish Football League XI||bgcolor=yellow|D||2–2||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||25,000
|-
|14/05/1965||Irish League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||1–0||friendly||[[Flower Lodge]]||3,500
|-
|27/10/1965||Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||0–5||friendly||[[Boothferry Park]]||28,283
|-
|07/09/1966||Scottish Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||0–6||friendly||[[Celtic Park, Glasgow|Celtic Park]]||12,000
|-
|22/03/1967||Irish League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||1–3||friendly||[[Windsor Park]]||6,000
|-
|25/10/1967||Irish League XI||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||3–2||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||10,000
|-
|08/11/1967||Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||2–7||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||27,000
|-
|04/09/1968||Scottish Football League XI||bgcolor=yellow|D||0–0||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||25,000
|-
|09/04/1969||Irish League XI||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||2–1||friendly||[[Windsor Park]]||5,000
|-
|10/09/1969||Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||0–3||friendly||[[Oakwell]]||
|-
|17/03/1970||Irish League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||0–2||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||10,000
|-
|02/09/1970||Scottish Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||0–1||friendly||[[Celtic Park, Glasgow|Celtic Park]]||7,654
|-
|27/11/1970||[[Australian League XI]]||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||1–0||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||
|-
|22/09/1971||Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||1–2||friendly||[[Lansdowne Road]]||
|-
|03/02/1972||[[Italy under-21 Serie B representative team|Italian League B]] ||bgcolor=yellow|D||1–1||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||
|-
|22/03/1973||[[Italy under-21 Serie B representative team|Italian League B]] ||bgcolor=pink|L||0–2||friendly||[[Catanzaro]]||
|-
|18/03/1974||Irish League XI||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||3–2||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||2,000
|-
|01/12/1974||[[Torpedo Moscow]]||bgcolor=yellow|D||0–0||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||
|-
|19/08/1976||[[Torino F.C.]]||bgcolor=yellow|D||0–0||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||2,000
|-
|19/01/1977||Italian League B ||bgcolor=pink|L||0–2||friendly||[[Udine]]||22,000
|-
|16/03/1977||Italian League B ||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||2–0||friendly||[[Oriel Park]]||
|-
|21/09/1977||{{fb|IRL}}||bgcolor=pink|L||1–2||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||
|-
|19/04/1978||{{fb|ARG}}||bgcolor=pink|L||1–3||friendly||[[Estadio Alberto J. Armando]]||
|-
|02/08/1978||[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] ||bgcolor=pink|L||1–3||friendly<ref>[https://playupliverpool.com/1978/08/02/league-of-ireland-xi-v-liverpool-1-3-friendly-august-2-1978/amp/ League of Ireland XI v Liverpool 1-3 (Friendly: August 2, 1978)], Play Up, Liverpool</ref>||[[Lansdowne Road]]||25,000
|-
|14/04/1979||Italian League B ||bgcolor=pink|L||0–1||friendly||[[Mantua]]||
|-
|23/06/1979||[[Malaysia League XI]]  ||bgcolor=pink|L||0–1||friendly||[[Kuala Lumpur]]|| 25,000
|-
|25/06/1979||{{fb|Singapore}} ||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||4–1||friendly||
|-
|16/08/1979||{{fb|Basque Country}}||bgcolor=pink|L||1–4||friendly<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newstalk.com/uncategorized/the-symbolic-night-a-league-of-ireland-xi-faced-their-basque-counterparts-253357|title=The symbolic day an Irish XI faced their Basque counterparts|publisher=[[Newstalk]]|author=Marcus Maher|date=18 February 2017|access-date=23 April 2019}}</ref>||[[San Mamés Stadium (1913)|San Mamés Stadium]]|| 40,000
|-
|12/10/1979||{{fb|NZL}}||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||2–1||friendly||[[Tolka Park]]||
|-
|17/03/1980||Scottish Football League XI||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||2–1||friendly||[[Dalymount Park]]||5,000
|-
|30/04/1980||{{fb|ARG}} ||bgcolor=pink|L||0–1||friendly||[[Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti|Estadio Monumental]]||
|-
|15/04/1981||Irish League XI||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||1–0||friendly||[[Tolka Park]]||2,000
|-
|23/09/1981||{{fb|BRA}} ||bgcolor=pink|L||0–6||friendly<ref name="www.rsssfbrasil.com"/><ref>[https://footballia.net/matches/brazil-league-of-ireland-xi Brazil vs. League of Ireland XI full match], Footballia.net</ref>||[[Estádio Rei Pelé]]|| 54,000
|-
|08/05/1982||{{fb|NZL}} ||bgcolor=pink|L||0–1||friendly||[[Rotorua]]||
|-
|09/05/1982||{{fb|NZL}} ||bgcolor=pink|L||0–1||friendly||[[Rotorua]]||
|-
|12/05/1982||{{fb|NZL}}||bgcolor=yellow|D||0–0||friendly||[[Gisborne, New Zealand]]|| 12,000
|-
|16/05/1982||{{fb|NZL}} ||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||2–1||friendly||[[Dunedin]]||
|-
|19/05/1982||{{fb|NZL}} ||bgcolor=pink|L||0–1||friendly||[[Invercargill]]||
|-
|27/04/1983||Italian League B ||bgcolor=pink|L||0–2||friendly||[[Stadio Olimpico]]||
|-
|20/08/1983||[[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]] ||bgcolor=pink|L||0–3||friendly||[[St James' Park]]||
|-
|14/02/1984||Italian League B ||bgcolor=yellow|D||0–0||friendly||[[Padua]]||
|-
|30/10/1984||Irish League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||0–4||friendly||[[Windsor Park]]||873
|-
|17/03/1986||Irish League XI||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||2–1||friendly||[[Tolka Park]]||1,500
|-
|28/04/1986||{{fb|Iraq}} ||bgcolor=pink|L||0–1||friendly||[[Al-Shaab Stadium]]||25,000
|-
|28/08/1986||{{fb|SAU}} ||bgcolor=yellow|D||1–1||friendly||[[National Stadium, Singapore]]||
|-
|31/08/1986||{{fb|SAU}} ||bgcolor=pink|L||0–3||friendly||[[National Stadium, Singapore]]||
|-
|19/11/1986||{{fbo|HUN}}||bgcolor=pink|L||1–2||Olympic qualifier<ref name="www.rsssf.com"/>||[[Glenmalure Park]]||
|-
|04/02/1987||{{fbo|SPA}}||bgcolor=yellow|D||2–2||Olympic qualifier<ref name="www.rsssf.com"/>||[[Tolka Park]]||
|-
|17/03/1987||Irish League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||1–2||friendly||[[The Showgrounds (Newry)|The Showgrounds]]||700
|-
|05/05/1987||{{fbo|SWE}}||bgcolor=pink|L||0–1||Olympic qualifier<ref name="www.rsssf.com"/>||[[Solna Municipality|Solna]]||
|-
|11/08/1987||{{fbo|FRA}}||bgcolor=yellow|D||1–1 ||Olympic qualifier<ref name="www.rsssf.com"/>||[[Dunkirk]]||
|-
|26/08/1987||{{fbo|SWE}}||bgcolor=pink|L||0–1||Olympic qualifier<ref name="www.rsssf.com"/>||[[Dalymount Park]]||
|-
|18/11/1987||{{fbo|FRA}}||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||3–0||Olympic qualifier<ref name="www.rsssf.com"/>||[[Dalymount Park]]||
|-
|04/05/1988||{{fbo|HUN}}||bgcolor=pink|L||1–3||Olympic qualifier<ref name="www.rsssf.com"/>||[[Budapest]]||
|-
|18/05/1988||{{fb|SPA|olympic}}||bgcolor=yellow|D||2–2||Olympic qualifier<ref name="www.rsssf.com"/>||[[Alicante]]||
|-
|05/08/1988||[[Club Universidad de Guadalajara]]||bgcolor=pink|L||0–3||[[1988 Marlboro Cup (Los Angeles)|Marlboro Cup]]||[[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]||
|-
|07/08/1988||{{fb|El Salvador}}||bgcolor=yellow|D||0–1||[[1988 Marlboro Cup (Los Angeles)|Marlboro Cup]]||[[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]]||
|-
|17/05/1989||Irish League XI||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||3–0||friendly||[[Oriel Park]]||500
|-
|18/06/1989||{{fb|ECU}}||bgcolor=yellow|D||1–1||friendly||[[Trinidad]]||
|-
|20/06/1989||{{fb|TRI}}||bgcolor=pink|L||0–1||friendly||[[Trinidad]]||
|-
|07/05/1990||Irish League XI||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||1–0||friendly||[[The Oval, Belfast|The Oval]]||500
|-
|19/11/1991||Irish League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||0–2||friendly||[[Tolka Park]]||2,000
|-
|17/07/1992||[[Celtic F.C.]]||bgcolor=pink|L||0–5||friendly||[[Tolka Park]]||
|-
|18/07/1992||[[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]||bgcolor=pink|L||0–3||friendly||[[Tolka Park]]||
|-
|23/07/1993||[[Leeds United]]||bgcolor=yellow|D||2–2||friendly||[[Tolka Park]]||
|-
|06/08/1993||[[Blackburn Rovers]]||bgcolor=pink|L||0–1||friendly||[[Tolka Park]]||
|-
|17/08/1993||[[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia XI]]||bgcolor=pink|L||1–4||friendly||[[Tolka Park]]||
|-
|19/08/1993||Liverpool||bgcolor=pink|L||1–2||friendly||[[Lansdowne Road]]||
|-
|07/10/1994||Welsh Football League XI||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||2–0||friendly||[[Porthmadog]]||
|-
|08/11/1994||[[IFK Göteborg]]||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||1–0||friendly||[[Tolka Park]]||
|-
|07/03/1995||Irish League XI||bgcolor=yellow|D||1–1||friendly||[[Richmond Park (football ground)|Richmond Park]] ||600
|-
|02/04/1996||Welsh Football League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||0–1||friendly||[[St Colman's Park]]||
|-
|05/06/1996||{{fb|CRO}}||bgcolor=yellow|D||2–2||friendly||[[Hunky Dorys Park]]||
|-
|11/06/1996||{{fbo|South Korea|name=South Korea U23}}||bgcolor=yellow|D||1–1||friendly||[[AUL Complex]] ||
|-
|28/07/1996||[[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]||bgcolor=pink|L||1–4||friendly||[[Tolka Park]]||7,720
|-
|25/02/1997||[[England C national football team|England C]]||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||2–0||friendly||[[Richmond Park (football ground)|Richmond Park]]||
|-
|04/03/1997||Welsh Football League XI||bgcolor=lightgreen|W||1–0||friendly||[[Leckwith]]||
|-
|17/03/1997||[[Republic of Ireland B national football team|Republic of Ireland B]]||bgcolor=yellow|D||1–1||friendly||[[Tolka Park]]||
|-
|02/09/1997||{{fb|IRL}}||bgcolor=pink|L||0–3||friendly||[[Tolka Park]]||
|-
|09/02/1999||Republic of Ireland B||bgcolor=pink|L||3–4||friendly||[[Carlisle Grounds]]||
|-
|01/11/2000||Irish League XI||bgcolor=pink|L||0–2||friendly<ref name=beat/>||[[Terryland Park]]||350
|-
|04/08/2010||Manchester United||bgcolor=pink|L||1–7||friendly||[[Aviva Stadium]]||49,800<ref name="rte"/><ref>[http://www.extratime.ie/fixtures/detail/107/2010/12358/1/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106032955/http://www.extratime.ie/fixtures/detail/107/2010/12358/1/ |date=2014-01-06 }}, ''[[Extratime.ie]]'', Dublin, 4 August 2010.</ref>
|-
|30/07/2011||Manchester City||bgcolor=pink|L||0–3||[[2011 Dublin Super Cup|Dublin Super Cup]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://extratime.ie/fixtures/detail/154/2011/17488/1/ |title=Airtricity League XI v Manchester City - Unknown - Extratime.ie - League of Ireland Fixtures |access-date=2012-11-29 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130217173128/http://extratime.ie/fixtures/detail/154/2011/17488/1/ |archive-date=2013-02-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=city11/>||[[Aviva Stadium]]||
|-
|31/07/2011||Celtic||bgcolor=pink|L||0–5||[[2011 Dublin Super Cup|Dublin Super Cup]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://extratime.ie/fixtures/detail/154/2011/17490/1/ |title=Airtricity League XI v Celtic - Unknown - Extratime.ie - League of Ireland Fixtures |access-date=2012-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304193608/http://extratime.ie/fixtures/detail/154/2011/17490/1/ |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=Celtic11/>||[[Aviva Stadium]]||
|-
|}

==Recent squad==
The following players were called up for the [[2011 Dublin Super Cup]]<ref>[https://archive.today/20120718102843/http://www.airtricityleague.ie/component/content/article/3663 www.airtricityleague.ie]</ref><ref>[http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/irish-soccer-league/2011/0731/283024-airtricity_celtic/   www.rte.ie]</ref>

{{nat fs g start}}
{{nat fs g player|no=1|pos=GK|name= {{flagicon|IRE}} [[Gerard Doherty]]|age= {{birth date and age2|2011|7|30|1981|8|24|df=y}} |caps= |goals= |club= [[Derry City F.C.|Derry City]]|clubnat=IRL}}
{{nat fs g player|no=16 |pos=GK|name={{flagicon|IRE}} [[Barry Murphy (footballer born 1985)|Barry Murphy]]|age={{Birth date and age2|2011|7|30|1985|06|08|df=y}}|caps= |goals= |club= [[Bohemian F.C.|Bohemians]]|clubnat=IRL}}
|-
! colspan="10"  style="background:#b0d3fb; text-align:left;"|
|- style="background:#dfedfd;"
{{nat fs g player|no=2|pos=DF|name={{flagicon|IRE}} [[Owen Heary]] |age= {{birth date and age2|2011|7|30|1976|10|4|df=y}} |caps= |goals= |club=[[Bohemian F.C.|Bohemians]]|clubnat=IRL}}
{{nat fs g player|no= 4|pos=DF|name={{flagicon|IRE}} [[Aidan Price]]|age= {{birth date and age2|2011|7|30|1981|12|8|df=y}}  |caps= |goals= |club=[[Bohemian F.C.|Bohemians]]|clubnat= IRL}}
{{nat fs g player|no= 5|pos=DF|name= {{flagicon|IRE}} Ryan McBride  |age= {{Birth date and age2|2011|7|30|1989|12|15|df=y}}  |caps= |goals= |club=[[Derry City F.C.|Derry City]]|clubnat= IRL}}
{{nat fs g player|no= 6|pos=DF|name={{flagicon|IRE}} [[Ger O'Brien]]|age= {{birth date and age2|2011|7|30|1984|7|2|df=y}}|caps= |goals= |club=[[Bohemian F.C.|Bohemians]]|clubnat= IRL}}
{{nat fs g player|no=14|pos=DF|name={{flagicon|NIR}} [[Daniel Lafferty (footballer)|Daniel Lafferty]] |age= {{birth date and age2|2011|7|30|1989|4|1|df=y}} |caps=  |goals= |club=[[Derry City F.C.|Derry City]]|clubnat=IRL}}
{{nat fs g player|no= 18|pos=DF|name= {{flagicon|IRE}} Shane McEleney |age= {{Birth date and age2|2011|7|30|1991|1|31|df=y}} |caps= |goals= |club=[[Derry City F.C.|Derry City]]|clubnat=IRL }}
{{nat fs g player|no= |pos=DF|name={{flagicon|SCO}} [[Stewart Greacen]] |age= {{Birth date and age2|2011|7|30|1982|3|31|df=y}} |caps= |goals= |club=[[Derry City F.C.|Derry City]]|clubnat=IRL }}
{{nat fs g player|no= |pos=DF|name={{flagicon|IRE}} [[Simon Madden (Irish footballer)|Simon Madden]] |age= {{birth date and age2|2011|7|30|1988|5|1|df=y}} |caps= |goals= |club=[[Derry City F.C.|Derry City]]|clubnat=IRL}}
{{nat fs g player|no= |pos=DF|name={{flagicon|IRE}} [[Danny Murphy (footballer born 1982)|Danny Murphy]] |age={{birth date and age2|2011|7|30|1982|12|4|df=y}} |caps= |goals= |club=[[Cork City F.C.|Cork City]]|clubnat= IRL}}
|-
! colspan="10"  style="background:#b0d3fb; text-align:left;"|
|- style="background:#dfedfd;"
{{nat fs g player|no=7|pos=MF|name={{flagicon|IRE}} [[Daniel Kearns (footballer)|Daniel Kearns]]|age= {{Birth date and age2|2011|7|30|1991|08|26|df=y}}|caps= |goals=  |club=[[Dundalk F.C.|Dundalk]]|clubnat=IRL}}
{{nat fs g player|no= 8|pos=MF|name= {{flagicon|IRE}} [[Joe Gamble]]|age= {{birth date and age2|2011|7|30|1982|1|14|df=y}} |caps= |goals= |club=[[Limerick F.C.|Limerick]]|clubnat=IRL}}
{{nat fs g player|no= 11 |pos=MF|name={{flagicon|IRE}} [[James McClean]]|age={{Birth date and age2|2011|7|30|1989|04|22|df=y}}|caps= |goals= |club=[[Derry City F.C.|Derry City]]|clubnat= IRL}}
{{nat fs g player|no= 12 |pos=MF|name={{flagicon|NIR}} [[Ruaidhri Higgins]]|age= {{birth date and age2|2011|7|30|1984|10|23|df=y}}|caps=  |goals= |club=[[Derry City F.C.|Derry City]]|clubnat=IRL}}
{{nat fs g player|no= 13 |pos=MF|name={{flagicon|ENG}} John Dillon  |age= {{Birth date and age2|2011|7|30|1991|08|26|df=y}}  |caps= |goals= |club=[[Sligo Rovers F.C.|Sligo Rovers]]|clubnat=IRL }}
{{nat fs g player|no= 15|pos=MF|name={{flagicon|NIR}} Barry Molloy |age= {{Birth date and age2|2011|7|30|1983|11|29|df=y}} |caps= |goals= |club=[[Derry City F.C.|Derry City]]|clubnat=IRL}}
{{nat fs g player|no= 17|pos=MF|name={{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dean Bennett]]|age= {{birth date and age2|2011|7|30|1977|12|13|df=y}}|caps= |goals= |club=[[Dundalk F.C.|Dundalk]]|clubnat=IRL}}
{{nat fs g player|no= 19|pos=MF|name={{flagicon|IRE}} [[John Russell (Irish footballer)|John Russell]] |age= {{Birth date and age2|2011|7|30|1985|5|18|df=yes}}|caps= |goals= |club=[[Sligo Rovers F.C.|Sligo Rovers]]|clubnat=IRL}}
{{nat fs g player|no= 20 |pos=MF|name={{flagicon|IRE}} [[Stephen McLaughlin]]|age= {{birth date and age2|2011|7|30|1990|6|14|df=y}}|caps= |goals= |club=[[Derry City F.C.|Derry City]]|clubnat=IRL}}
{{nat fs g player|no=21 |pos=MF|name= {{flagicon|IRE}} [[Gareth McGlynn]]|age= {{Birth date and age2|2011|7|30|1982|10|29|df=y}}|caps= |goals= |club=[[Derry City F.C.|Derry City]]|clubnat=IRL }}
{{nat fs g player|no= 23 |pos=MF|name={{flagicon|ENG}} [[Danny Ventre]]|age= {{Birth date and age2|2011|7|30|df=y|1986|1|23}}|caps= |goals= |club=[[Sligo Rovers F.C.|Sligo Rovers]]|clubnat= IRL}}
|-
! colspan="9"  style="background:#b0d3fb; text-align:left;"|
|- style="background:#dfedfd;"
{{nat fs g player|no= 9|pos=FW|name={{flagicon|LBY}} [[Éamon Zayed]]|age= {{Birth date and age2|2011|7|30|1983|10|04|df=y}} |caps= |goals= |club=[[Derry City F.C.|Derry City]]|clubnat= IRL}}
{{nat fs g player|no= 10|pos=FW|name={{flagicon|IRE}} [[Daryl Kavanagh]]|age= {{birth date and age2|2011|7|30|1986|8|11|df=y}} |caps= |goals= |club=[[St Patrick's Athletic F.C.|St Patrick's Athletic]]|clubnat=IRL }}
{{nat fs g player|no= 22|pos=FW|name={{flagicon|IRE}} [[Jason Byrne (footballer)|Jason Byrne]]|age= {{Birth date and age2|2011|7|30|1978|2|23|df=y}} |caps= |goals= |club=[[Dundalk F.C.|Dundalk]]|clubnat= IRL}}
|}

==Non-Irish players==
Throughout the history of the [[League of Ireland]], the vast majority of the players have come from either the [[Republic of Ireland]] or [[Northern Ireland]]. Consequently, the League of Ireland XI has largely been made up of Irish players. However, there has always been a contingent of non-Irish players and, right from the beginning, they have been selected to play for the League of Ireland XI. [[Dave Roberts (English footballer)|Dave Roberts]] from England scored twice in the team's very first game. Another English-born player, [[Johnny Matthews]], scored a penalty against [[Gordon Banks]] when the League of Ireland XI played the [[Football League XI]] in 1971 at [[Lansdowne Road]]. Like Roberts and Matthews, most of the non-Irish players have come from [[Great Britain]] but some have come from further afield.

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* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dave Roberts (English footballer)|Dave Roberts]] 1924–27
* {{flagicon|ENG}} Charlie Heinemann 1927
* {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Len Richards]] 1935
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Pat Broadley]]  1949–50 
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Johnny Matthews]]  1970–71
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dave Bacuzzi]]  1971–72
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bobby Tambling]] 1977–78
* {{flagicon|GUM}} [[Ryan Guy]]  2010
* {{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Joseph N'Do]]  2010
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dean Bennett]]  2011
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Stewart Greacen]]  2011
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Danny Ventre]]  2011
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{League of Ireland}}
{{Republic of Ireland national football team}}
{{Football League Select XIs}}
{{Football in Ireland}}

[[Category:League of Ireland XI| ]]
[[Category:League of Ireland trophies and awards|XI]]
[[Category:Representative teams of association football leagues]]
[[Category:1924 establishments in Ireland]]
[[Category:Sports organizations established in 1924]]