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The goal was to single out the best ever 15 players who had played the game in their respective positions, since the foundation of the GAA in 1884 up to the Millennium year, 2000. Naturally many of the selections were hotly debated by fans around the country.
Ireland took on Portugal and the Netherlands in 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification and ended the group in second place. [1] Ireland then qualified for the World Cup by winning a play-off with Iran. [1] Despite the loss of captain Roy Keane due to an infamous public spat in Saipan, [4] the team progressed to the second round.
A total of 471 players have been in the winning team in the World Cup. Brazil's Pelé is the only one to have won three times, while another 20 have won twice. Only players from Brazil and Italy, and one player from Argentina, have won the World Cup more than once. No player has won two World Cups both as captain.
This is a list of male Gaelic footballers who have played on a winning team in the final of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. In 2005, a gold medal won by the first final's man-of-the-match Malachi O'Brien fetched €26,500 (three times its guide price) at London auction house Sotheby's. It is believed to be the oldest All-Ireland ...
Gaelic football (Irish: Peil Ghaelach; short name Peil), [1] commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, [2] or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football , it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch.
This is a list of players who have captained a winning team to the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the premier competition in Gaelic football. The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship is an annual series of games usually played in Ireland during the summer and early autumn, and organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA ...
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Association football portal; Ireland portal; This category is for footballers who have appeared for the senior Republic of Ireland national football team (but not players who have only been capped at under-21 or other youth levels). Players in this category should also be left in Category:Republic of Ireland men's association footballers.