PREVIEW | Ireland WNT v Georgia WNT

PREVIEW | Ireland WNT v Georgia WNT

The Ireland Women’s National Team welcome Georgia to Tallaght Stadium on Tuesday night for the Second Leg of their UEFA EURO 2025 Qualifying Play-Off.

Eileen Gleeson’s team secured a 6-0 victory in the First Leg in Tbilisi last Friday and know that they must win this tie in order to advance to Round 2 to face either Cmyru or Slovakia.
 
All tickets are officially sold out for this game with supporters encouraged to use their tickets to help add to the atmosphere supporting the home team.
 
 
MATCH DETAILS
UEFA EURO 2025 Qualifying Play-Off
Round 1, Leg 2
Ireland v Georgia
Tuesday, October 29th
Tallaght Stadium
KO 19:30
LIVE on RTÉ2 / RTÉ Player
 
 
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee | Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary)
Assistant Referee 1 | Sanja Rodjak-Karšić (Croatia)
Assistant Referee 2 | Lucie Ratajová (Czechia)
Fourth Official | Michaela Pachtova (Czechia)
Video Assistant Referee | Tamás Bognár (Hungary)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee | Gergo Bogár (Hungary)

 
 
PREVIOUS MEETINGS
30/11/2021 | Ireland 11-0 Georgia | Tallaght Stadium | FIFA 2023 World Cup Qualifier

27/06/2022 | Georgia 0-9 Ireland | Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori |FIFA 2023 World Cup Qualifier

25/10/2024 | Georgia 0-6 Ireland | Mikheil Meskhi II Stadium, Tbilisi | EURO 2025 Qualifying Play-Off
 
 

NOTES
- There are currently 94 places between Ireland (24) and Georgia (118) in the FIFA Women’s World Rankings.

- This will be the 33rd game for Ireland WNT and the second time to host Georgia – the last visit in 2021 resulting in a record victory.

- Goalkeeper Courtney Brosnan returns to the squad after missing the First Leg through suspension – replacing Katie Keane who has linked up with the WU19s in Belgium.

- Referee Katalin Kulcsár has officiated in two previous WNT games – a 2-1 EURO 2013 Qualifier loss away to Scotland in 2012 and the 3-0 loss at home to Sweden in the EURO 2025 Qualifiers earlier this year.

 
 
IRELAND WNT SQUAD
Goalkeepers:
 Courtney Brosnan (Everton), Grace Moloney (London City Lionesses), Sophie Whitehouse (Charlton Athletic)
Defenders: Jessie Stapleton (Sunderland, on loan from West Ham United), Diane Caldwell (FC Zurich), Niamh Fahey (Liverpool), Aoife Mannion (Manchester United), Caitlin Hayes (Celtic), Anna Patten (Aston Villa)
Midfielders: Katie McCabe (Arsenal), Denise O'Sullivan (North Carolina Courage), Tyler Toland (Blackburn Rovers), Lily Agg (Birmingham City), Ellen Molloy (Sheffield United), Heather Payne (Everton), Eva Mangan (Cork City), Izzy Atkinson (Crystal Palace)
Forwards: Kyra Carusa (San Diego Wave), Leanne Kiernan (Liverpool), Abbie Larkin (Crystal Palace), Amber Barrett (Standard Liege), Julie-Ann Russell (Galway United), Marissa Sheva (Portland Thorns)
 
 
IRELAND WNT PLAYER STATS
Goalkeepers

Courtney Brosnan | DOB 10/11/1995 | 40 caps / 16 clean sheets | Debut vs Montenegro 11/03/2020
Grace Moloney | DOB 01/03/1993 | 7 caps / 2 clean sheets | Debut vs Austria 02/03/2016 
Sophie Whitehouse | DOB 10/10/1996 | 0 caps / 0 clean sheets 
 
Defenders
Jessie Stapleton | DOB 07/02/2005 | 8 caps / 1 goals | Debut vs Philippines 19/06/2022 
Diane Caldwell | DOB 11/09/1988 | 102 caps / 4 goals | Debut vs Denmark 15/03/2006 
Niamh Fahey | DOB 13/10/1987 | 113 caps / 1 goal | Debut vs Portugal 27/03/2007
Caitlin Hayes | DOB 22/09/1995 | 15 caps / 2 goals | Debut vs Northern Ireland 23/09/2023 
Anna Patten | DOB 20/04/1999 | 7 caps / 1 goal | Debut vs France 05/04/2024
Aoife Mannion | DOB 24/09/1995 | 10 caps / 1 goal | Debut vs China PR 22/02/2023 
 
Midfielders
Katie McCabe | DOB 21/09/1995 | 90 caps / 28 goals | Debut vs Hungary 04/03/2015 
Denise O’Sullivan | DOB 04/02/1994 | 116 caps / 21 goals | Debut vs Wales 17/09/2011
Tyler Toland | DOB 08/08/2001 | 20 caps / 1 goal | Debut vs Northern Ireland 19/09/2017
Lily Agg | DOB 17/12/1993 | 20 caps / 3 goals | Debut vs Philippines 19/06/2022
Ellen Molloy | DOB 05/05/2004 | 6 caps / 0 goals | Debut vs Ukraine 23/10/2020
Heather Payne | DOB 26/01/2000 | 46 caps / 2 goals | Debut vs Scotland 07/07/2017
Eva Mangan | DOB 15/09/2004 | 0 caps / 0 goals
Izzy Atkinson | DOB 17/07/2001 | 16 caps / 0 goals | Debut vs Portugal 21/01/2018 
 
Forwards
Kyra Carusa | DOB 14/11/1995 | 28 caps / 8 goals | Debut vs Montenegro 11/03/2020 
Amber Barrett | DOB 10/01/1996 | 46 caps / 7 goals | Debut vs Northern Ireland 19/09/2017 
Leanne Kiernan | DOB 27/04/1999 | 37 caps / 4 goals | Debut vs Wales 20/08/2016 
Abbie Larkin | DOB 27/04/2005 | 19 caps / 1 goal | Debut vs Russia 19/02/2022 
Julie-Ann Russell | DOB 28/03/1991 | 63 caps / 6 goals | Debut vs Kazakhstan 29/10/2009
Marissa Sheva | DOB 22/04/1997 | 8 caps / 1 goal | Debut vs China PR 22/02/2023

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