FYI - Ireland lost both their Euros qualifiers in this September window. 2-0 away to the French, and then 1-2 at home to the Dutch.
Irish (3 pts) sit 4th in their group, and will now need a bit of a miracle to automatically qualify (top 2 teams in each pool), with only 3 games left. Greece & Netherlands (both 9 pts - Dutch game in hand) in a battle for 2nd spot. French (1st) 5 wins from 5.
3 teams can also qualify via playoffs for Euros, so is still some hope for the Irish, if finish out of the top 2 in their pool.
https://us.soccerway.com/international/europe/european-championship-qualification/2024/qualifying-round/group-b/g17050/
Probably not alot of relevance to our November friendly as we will likely face an Irish B team. The play in Amsterdam a few days before the AWs, in their last Euros qualifier.
Hope NZF can secure a game more in each of the Oct & Nov windows. Greece, Ukraine & Turkey all still seem avalable for Nov. Any CONCACAF teams as above we won't know until end of the Oct window.
Irish (3 pts) sit 4th in their group, and will now need a bit of a miracle to automatically qualify (top 2 teams in each pool), with only 3 games left. Greece & Netherlands (both 9 pts - Dutch game in hand) in a battle for 2nd spot. French (1st) 5 wins from 5.
3 teams can also qualify via playoffs for Euros, so is still some hope for the Irish, if finish out of the top 2 in their pool.
https://us.soccerway.com/international/europe/european-championship-qualification/2024/qualifying-round/group-b/g17050/
Probably not alot of relevance to our November friendly as we will likely face an Irish B team. The play in Amsterdam a few days before the AWs, in their last Euros qualifier.
Hope NZF can secure a game more in each of the Oct & Nov windows. Greece, Ukraine & Turkey all still seem avalable for Nov. Any CONCACAF teams as above we won't know until end of the Oct window.