O'Donnell and Cooney part of Irish U-17 set-up that holds Swiss to a goalless draw

Oisin Cooney and Luke O’Donnell were part of the Republic of Ireland Under-17s squad that secured their progress to the elite round of Euro '24 qualification with a scoreless draw against table-toppers Switzerland at Turners Cross on Tuesday afternoon.

Rep of Ireland 0 Switzerland 0 

Buncrana’s O’Donnell, on the books at Derry City, was a second-half substitute while young Finn Harps 'keeper Cooney, who came up through the ranks at Clonmany Shamrocks, was an unused replacement. The draw for the next phase of the tournament is in December 2023, and Ireland will be third seeds.

Republic of Ireland: Joe Collins; Kaylem Harnett, Luca Cailloce, James Roche, Taylor McCarthy, Harry McGlinchey, Matthew Moore, Rory Finneran, Niall McAndrew, Mason Melia, Ike Orazi.

Subs: Jaden Umeh for Orazi (56); Luke O’Donnell for McAndrew (61), Fiachra Coffey for Harnett (85).

Switzerland: Lionel Huwiler; Yannick Niedermann, Eman Košpo, Marvin Akahomen, Neil Volken, Enrique Aguilar, Leart Kabashi, Elio Rufener, Zidan Tairi, Andrej Vasovic, Dion Cakolli.

Subs: Eliano Cassese for Kabashi (65); Eliano Guido for Cakolli (65), Dominik Simic for Vasovic (75).

Referee: Jakob Alexander Sundberg (Denmark)