{"id":666999,"date":"2026-03-26T13:55:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T17:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=666999"},"modified":"2026-03-26T14:18:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T18:18:21","slug":"ireland-vs-czech-republic-confirmed-lineups-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/03\/26\/ireland-vs-czech-republic-confirmed-lineups-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland vs Czechia Confirmed Lineups for March 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These are the Republic of Ireland vs Czechia confirmed lineups for their World Cup Qualifying play-off on Thursday, March 26. The winner of this will take on the winner of Denmark and North Macedonia for a spot in the 2026 World Cup. The Irish team got through at the death with a late winner against Hungary in a 3-2 victory that saw them sneak in to the play-off spot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/03\/26\/ireland-predicted-lineup-team-news-czechia\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Ireland Predicted Lineup &amp; Team News vs Czechia<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Ireland vs Czechia Confirmed Lineups<\/h2>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"max-width: 600px\"><smartframe-embed class=\"smartframe_wp_element\" customer-id=\"6dfbdbe8ed6ff2eb8f8e8ee3c2cef8f4\" image-id=\"wennzLdR865n\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 5568px; aspect-ratio: 5568\/3712;\" ><\/smartframe-embed><\/p>\n<h3>Ireland Confirmed Lineup<\/h3>\n<p>Caomhin Kelleher starts in goal. Seamus Coleman, Ryan Manning, Dara O&#8217;Shea, Jake O&#8217;Brien, and Nathan Collins make up the back five.<\/p>\n<p>Jayson Molumby partners Jack Taylor and Finn Azaz in midfield with Troy Parrott and Chiedozie Ogbene leading the line ina\u00a0 3-5-2\/3-4-2-1 setup<\/p>\n<h3>Ireland Last Eleven<\/h3>\n<p>(3-5-2\/3-4-2-1) Caomhin Kelleher, Dara O&#8217;Shea, Nathan Collins, Jake O&#8217;Brien, Liam Scales, Jayson Molumby, Josh Cullen, Seamus Coleman, Finn Azaz, Chiedozie Ogbene, Troy Parrott<\/p>\n<h3>Czechia Confirmed Lineup<\/h3>\n<p>Kovaer, Holes, Hranac, Coufal, Jrekci, Darida, Schick, Provod, Sulc, Jurasek, Chory are the eleven in the usual 4-2-3-1.<\/p>\n<h3>Czechia Last Eleven<\/h3>\n<p>(4-2-3-1) Matej Kovar, David Jurasek, Jaroslav Zeleny, Robin Hranac, Vladimir Coufal, Tomas Soucek, Michael Beran, Adam Karabec, Patrick Schick, David Doudera, Tomas Chory<\/p>\n<h3>Republic of Ireland Squad<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Coimhin Kelleher<\/li>\n<li>Gavin Bazunu<\/li>\n<li>Mark Travers<\/li>\n<li>Seamus Coleman<\/li>\n<li>Liam Scales<\/li>\n<li>Dara O&#8217;Shea<\/li>\n<li>Jake O&#8217;Brien<\/li>\n<li>John Egan<\/li>\n<li>Festy Ebosele<\/li>\n<li>Nathan Collins<\/li>\n<li>Josh Cullen<\/li>\n<li>Jayson Molumby<\/li>\n<li>Finn Azaz<\/li>\n<li>James Dunne<\/li>\n<li>Conor Coventry<\/li>\n<li>Jack Taylor<\/li>\n<li>Ryan Manning<\/li>\n<li>Troy Parrott<\/li>\n<li>Johnny Kenny<\/li>\n<li>Adam Idah<\/li>\n<li>Jamie McGrath<\/li>\n<li>Mikey Johnston<\/li>\n<li>Chiedozie Ogbene<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Czechia Squad<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Matej Kovar<\/li>\n<li>Martin Jedlicka<\/li>\n<li>Jakub Markovic<\/li>\n<li>Stepan Chaloupek<\/li>\n<li>Matej Rynes<\/li>\n<li>Robin Hranac<\/li>\n<li>Vladimir Coufal<\/li>\n<li>David Doudera<\/li>\n<li>David Jurasek<\/li>\n<li>Jaroslav Zeleny<\/li>\n<li>Michael Sadilek<\/li>\n<li>Tomas Ladra<\/li>\n<li>Lukas Cerv<\/li>\n<li>Patrik Hellebrand<\/li>\n<li>Krystof Danek<\/li>\n<li>Michael Beran<\/li>\n<li>Tomas Soucek<\/li>\n<li>Adam Karabec<\/li>\n<li>Patrick Schick<\/li>\n<li>Vaclac Sejk<\/li>\n<li>Mojmir Chytil<\/li>\n<li>Tomas Chory<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stay tuned for the Ireland vs Czechia confirmed lineups for their World Cup Qualifier. There will be immediate news on the starting eleven and the substitutes benches for both nations as they play for a spot in the final.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Featured Image Credit\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>IMAGO \/ Inpho Photography<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are the Republic of Ireland vs Czechia confirmed lineups for their World Cup Qualifying play-off on Thursday, March 26. The winner of this will take on the winner of Denmark and North Macedonia for a spot in the 2026 World Cup. 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