Everton trio Seamus Coleman, Jake O’Brien and Mark Travers have all been selected for Irelands crucial World cup qualifying match vs Czechia and potentially Denmark or North Macedonia.
Liverpool academy graduate Caoimhin Kelleher is also in the squad, he has been a standout performer for Brentford in the premier league this season.
Ireland secured their place in the play off bracket after Troy Parrot scored a hat-trick in a 3-2 away victory against Hungary.
Ireland will first travel away to Czechia and if they are successful in that game they will face Denmark or North Macedonia at the Aviva stadium.
Northern Ireland and Wales also feature on Thursday with hopes to reach the World Cup in North America.
Northern Ireland face Italy in Atalanta’s ground in Bergamo.
Liverpool’s young prospect Kieran Morrison is in the Northern Ireland squad, he’s made two appearances for the reds this season but is yet to feature for his country.
Wales are hosting Bosnia and Herzegovina with former Liverpool player Craig Bellamy hoping to lead Wales to a third World cup in the country’s history.
Wales have selected Everton’s Tom King to the squad and Liverpool’s Lewis Koumas who is currently out on loan at Hull City.
Additionally, Wales has called up a number of Everton and Liverpool academy graduates such as Harry Wilson, Neco Williams and Nathan Broadhead.
If Wales and Northern Ireland are successful, they will face each other in a final match at the Cardiff City stadium to decide who qualifies for the world cup.
The full list of the UEFA Playoff semi-finals:
Türkiye vs Romania
Czechia vs Ireland
Denmark vs North Macedonia
Italy vs North Macedonia
Poland vs Albania
Slovakia vs Kosovo
Ukraine vs Sweden
Wales vs Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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