STEPHEN KENNY'S IRELAND SIDE WILL TAKE ON LATVIA in a friendly next March ahead of their upcoming Euro 2024 campaign
The FAI confirmed the news to members of the media via press release on Wednesday morning.
According to FIFA Ireland's spring time opponents are ranked 134th in the world.
Ireland have played Latvia 5 times in their history with the most recent encounter coming in a 2013 friendly, where Ireland won 3-0 on the day. Robbie Keane, Aiden McGeady, and Shane Long scored the goals that day.
Ireland and Latvia will do battle in Dublin on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, with kick-off at 7.45pm before Ireland begin their UEFA EURO qualifying campaign on Monday, March 27, 2023.
𝗙𝗜𝗫𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗗 ✅
First game of 2023 confirmed with Latvia set for the @AVIVAStadium
⚽️ Ireland v Latvia
📅 Wednesday, March 22
⌚️ KO 7.45pm
🏆 International Friendly pic.twitter.com/RRKx6JygTM— FAIreland ⚽️🇮🇪 (@FAIreland) December 21, 2022
World Cup finalists France will be Ireland's first opponents of the UEFA EURO qualifying campaign, with the Latvia fixture now scheduled as the first match of the two-game window in March.
Stephen Kenny's side will be well supported throughout the campaign with the announcement of a record number of season ticket sales earlier this month, with 23,000 season tickets sold for the 2023 campaign.
Ticket details for the March international window will be confirmed at a later date.
Fixtures — Euro 2024 Qualifying
March 27th: Republic of Ireland v France
June 16th: Greece v Republic of Ireland
June 19th: Republic of Ireland v Gibraltar
September 7th: France v Republic of Ireland
September 10th: Republic of Ireland v Netherlands
October 13th: Republic of Ireland v Greece
October 16th: Gibraltar v Republic of Ireland
November 18th: Netherlands v Republic of Ireland
