The squad will be shortened ahead of assembling on March 22.

Speaking at today's press conference in Bank of Ireland, Grand Canal Square to announce a new sponsorship with the FAI, Republic of Ireland manager Martin O’Neill said, “We have reached a very important time in our qualifying campaign. I am looking forward to assembling the squad for the first time this year in preparation for this game.”

General admission tickets for the fixture in Aviva Stadium on Sunday, March 29 at 7.45pm have sold out. There are a limited number of premium tickets left. See www.fai.ie for details.

Name

Club

Born

Caps

Goals

David Forde

Millwall FC

20/12/1979

12

0

Shay Given

Aston Villa FC

20/04/1976

127

0

Keiren Westwood

Sheffield Wednesday FC

23/10/1984

17

0

Darren Randolph

Birmingham City FC

12/05/1987

2

0

Rob Elliot

Newcastle United FC

30/04/1986

2

0

Richard Keogh

Derby County FC

11/08/1986

7

1

Marc Wilson

Stoke City FC

17/08/1987

20

1

Seamus Coleman

Everton FC

11/10/1988

25

0

Cyrus Christie

Derby County FC

30/09/1992

1

0

John O'Shea

Sunderland AFC

30/04/1981

101

3

Alex Pearce

Reading FC

09/11/1988

6

0

Paul McShane

Hull City FC

06/01/1986

31

0

James McCarthy

Everton FC

12/11/1990

24

0

Jeff Hendrick

Derby County FC

31/01/1992

11

0

Ciaran Clark

Aston Villa FC

26/09/1989

11

1

Stephen Ward

Burnley FC

20/08/1985

29

2

Harry Arter

AFC Bournemouth

28/12/1989

0

0

Glenn Whelan

Stoke City FC

13/01/1984

61

2

Darron Gibson

Everton FC

25/10/1987

25

1

Paul Green

Rotherham United FC

10/04/1983

22

1

Aiden McGeady

Everton FC

04/04/1986

74

5

Anthony Pilkington

Cardiff City FC

06/06/1988

8

1

James McClean

Wigan Athletic FC

22/04/1989

27

4

Wes Hoolahan

Norwich City FC

20/05/1982

17

2

Robbie Brady

Hull City FC

14/01/1992

11

3

Stephen Quinn

Hull City FC

04/04/1986

12

0

David Meyler

Hull City FC

29/05/1989

13

0

Robbie Keane

LA Galaxy

08/07/1980

138

65

Shane Long

Southampton FC

22/01/1987

51

11

Daryl Murphy

Ipswich Town FC

15/03/1983

14

0

Jon Walters

Stoke City FC

20/09/1983

30

5

Kevin Doyle

Wolverhampton Wanderers FC

18/09/1983

61

14

Anthony Stokes

Celtic FC

25/07/1988

8

0

Simon Cox

Reading FC

28/04/1987

30

4

David McGoldrick

Ipswich Town FC

29/11/1987

1

0