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⚽FIFA World Cup 2026 kicks off June 11, the first-ever 48-team tournament 🥇Spain tops the global Elo rankings at 2171 📊Polymarket favorites: Spain 17% · France 16% · England 11% · Portugal 10%🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽Hosted across the United States, Canada & Mexico · 16 host cities, 104 matches 🔥Argentina (2113) and France (2063) lead the chasing pack ⚔️Run any matchup through the Elo predictor ⚽FIFA World Cup 2026 kicks off June 11, the first-ever 48-team tournament 🥇Spain tops the global Elo rankings at 2171 📊Polymarket favorites: Spain 17% · France 16% · England 11% · Portugal 10%🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽Hosted across the United States, Canada & Mexico · 16 host cities, 104 matches 🔥Argentina (2113) and France (2063) lead the chasing pack ⚔️Run any matchup through the Elo predictor

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UEFARANK #49

Ireland

Developing

Current Elo

1688

Peak Elo

1814

−126

World Rank

#49

Confederation

UEFA

Key players

Ireland stars · stats and highlights

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Full Ireland squad ratings on playerelo.football ↗

Ireland elsewhere

Profiles & ratings on related football sites

Full national-team Elo history & match log

eloratings.net ↗

Squad & player-level Elo ratings

playerelo.football ↗

Club sides from this nation

clubelo.com ↗

Squad, history & records

wikipedia.org ↗

Win probability vs. top opponents

Opponent	Their Elo	Ireland win	Draw	Opponent win
Spain	2171	6%	8%	90%
Argentina	2113	8%	11%	87%
France	2063	10%	13%	84%
England	2042	11%	14%	82%
Colombia	1998	13%	17%	78%
Brazil	1979	14%	18%	77%

Closest rivals (by Elo)

Slovakia1687−1

Bolivia1665−23

UEFA regional table

Portugal1976 #8

Netherlands1959 #9

Croatia1933 #11