Republic of Ireland in the UEFA ranking

Between 2004/05 and 2026/27, Republic of Ireland has been as high as 29th (end of 2009/10) and as low as 43rd (end of 2013/14). Ten years ago, at the end of 2016/17, the position was 38th; today it is 32nd, a change of 6 places upwards.

Iceland, 31st, is 0.677 points ahead of Republic of Ireland. Armenia, 33rd, is 0.531 points behind. The best of the five seasons for Republic of Ireland is 2024/25 at 5.343, and the 2022/23 season, the next to leave the window, is worth 3.375. So far in 2026/27 the association's clubs have played 22 matches and added 1.875.

2022/23. 4 clubs of Republic of Ireland played 26 matches and earned 3.375 points, 20.7% of the five-season total. 0 of them are still in a competition.

2023/24. 4 clubs of Republic of Ireland played 16 matches and earned 1.500 points, 9.2% of the five-season total. 0 of them are still in a competition.

2024/25. 4 clubs of Republic of Ireland played 28 matches and earned 5.343 points, 32.7% of the five-season total. 0 of them are still in a competition.

2025/26. 4 clubs of Republic of Ireland played 32 matches and earned 4.250 points, 26.0% of the five-season total. 0 of them are still in a competition.

2026/27. 4 clubs of Republic of Ireland played 22 matches and earned 1.875 points, 11.5% of the five-season total. 0 of them are still in a competition.

When 2022/23 leaves the window it takes 3.375 with it. To keep the total unchanged the 2026/27 season has to reach the same figure, and it stands at 1.875, which is 1.500 short.

Shamrock Rovers, 102nd in the club ranking on 19.375. Its seasons: 2022/23 2.500, 2023/24 1.500, 2024/25 9.875, 2025/26 3.000, 2026/27 2.500.

St. Patrick's, 219th in the club ranking on 7.500. Its seasons: 2022/23 2.000, 2023/24 1.000, 2024/25 2.500, 2025/26 2.000, 2026/27 0.000.

Shelbourne, 239th in the club ranking on 6.000. Its seasons: 2022/23 0.000, 2023/24 0.000, 2024/25 1.500, 2025/26 2.500, 2026/27 2.000.

On 16.343 points Republic of Ireland averages 3.269 per season over the five seasons in the window, and the middle of the table, the 27th association, stands on 21.562, so Republic of Ireland is 5.219 below the median. The leaders (England) are 90.120 ahead; 5th place (France) are 54.667 ahead; 10th place (Greece) are 30.269 ahead; 15th place (Cyprus) are 19.100 ahead; 20th place (Sweden) are 10.157 ahead; 30th place (Russia) are 0.989 ahead; 40th place (Moldova) are 6.093 behind.

If Republic of Ireland added no further points, the five-season total would fall as each old season left the window: to 12.968 when 2022/23 leaves, to 11.468 when 2023/24 leaves, to 6.125 when 2024/25 leaves, to 1.875 when 2025/26 leaves. The 2026/27 season already adds 1.875, which is the part of the total that is still being decided.

The associations within three places of Republic of Ireland are Serbia (29th, 18.500), Russia (30th, 17.332), Iceland (31st, 17.020), Armenia (33rd, 15.812), Bosnia and Herzegovina (34th, 14.468), Latvia (35th, 14.375). The nearest, Armenia, is 0.531 away.