Republic of Ireland National Football Team

Republic of Ireland National Football Team represents Ireland in association football. It is controlled by the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) and plays its home fixtures at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.  The Ireland National  Football Team narrowly lost out on qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup during a controversial play-off but went on to qualify for UEFA Euro 2012. Republic of Ireland National Football Team has a nickname "The Boys in Green".

For UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying, Ireland were placed in the third of six pots, organised by rankings in the UEFA national team coefficients. They were drawn into Group B with Russia, Slovakia, Macedonia, Armenia, and Andorra. Ireland finished second in their group and in the play-off drew Estonia, whom they beat by a 5–1 aggregate score to secure qualification for Poland/Ukraine '12. For UEFA Euro 2012, Ireland were drawn into Group C alongside the holders Spain, Croatia and Italy. Ireland will begin their Euro campaign against Croatia.

Current Squad
The following are 23 players for Euro 2012.

Goal Keeper
1  Shay Given 20 April 1976  Aston Villa
16 Keiren Westwood 23 October 1984  Sunderland
23 David Forde 20 December 1979  Millwall

Defender
2  Sean St Ledger 28 December 1984 Leicester City
4  John O'Shea 30 April 1981  Sunderland
5  Richard Dunne 21 September 1979  Aston Villa
12 Stephen Kelly 6 September 1983  Fulham
13 Paul McShane 6 January 1986  Hull City
18 Darren O'Dea 4 February 1987  Free Agent

 Midfielder
3  Stephen Ward 20 August 1985 Wolverhampton Wanderers 
6  Glenn Whelan 13 January 1984 Stoke City
7  Aiden McGeady 4 April 1986  Spartak Moscow
8  Keith Andrews 13 September 1980 Free Agent
11 Damien Duff 2 March 1979  Fulham
15 Darron Gibson 25 October 1987 Everton
17 Stephen Hunt 1 August 1981 Wolverhampton Wanderers
21 Paul Green 10 April 1983 Free Agent
22 James McClean 22 April 1989  Sunderland

Forward
9  Kevin Doyle 18 September 1983 Wolverhampton Wanderers
10 Robbie Keane 8 July 1980  Los Angeles Galaxy
14 Jonathan Walters 20 September 1983 Stoke City
19 Shane Long 22 January 1987 West Bromwich Albion
20 Simon Cox 28 April 1987  West Bromwich Albion

                                                               David Forde

                                                                      Kevin Doyle

                                                                   Keiren Westwood

                                                                    Robbie Keane

                                                                Sean St Ledge

                                                                    Shane Long

                                                                  Shay Given

                                                                 Stephen Ward