Northern Irish national football team

This article deals with the men's selection of the Irish Football Association , which until 1921 represented the all-Irish team , since then only the national team of Northern Ireland; for the selection of the Republic of Ireland, see Irish national football team . For the Northern Irish women's team, see Northern Irish Women's National Football Team .

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( English )
Tuaisceart Éireann ( Irish )
Norlin Airlann ( Ulster Scots )

Nickname (s)	Green & White Army, Norn Iron
Association	Irish Football Association
confederacy	UEFA
Technical sponsor	Adidas
Head coach	Ian Baraclough (since 2020)
Assistant coach	Jim Magilton
captain	Steven Davis
Record scorer	David Healy (36)
Record player	Pat Jennings (119)
Home stadium	Windsor Park
FIFA code	NIR
FIFA rank	36th (1476 points) (as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
Balance sheet
645 games 168 wins 148 draws 329 defeats
statistics
First international Ireland 0:13 England ( Belfast , Ireland ; February 18, 1882 )
Northern Ireland highest win 7-0 Wales ( Belfast , Northern Ireland ; Feb 1, 1930 )
Biggest defeat Ireland 0:13 England ( Belfast , Ireland ; February 18, 1882 )
Successes in tournaments
World Championship
Participation in the finals	3 ( first : 1958 )
Best results	Quarterfinals 1958
European Championship
Participation in the finals	1 ( first : 2016 )
Best results	Round of 16
(As of November 19, 2019)

The Northern Irish national football team is the selection team of the Irish Football Association . Along with the three other British selections, it is one of the oldest national football teams in the world. Until the partition of Ireland in the early 1920s, the selection was all-Irish. Most national players are traditionally under contract in the Scottish and English professional leagues.

history

The Irish Football Association (IFA) was founded in 1880 and joined FIFA in 1911 . Until 1921, the association was responsible for all of Ireland as part of the United Kingdom , the selection appeared as the Irish national team for international matches. The IFA has only been Northern Ireland's association since the partition of Ireland in 1920/21. Between 1921/23 and 1950 the national team also de facto represented only Northern Ireland; According to its statutes, it held itself - similar to the Association of the Irish Free State - responsible for all of Ireland, so that until the 1950s footballers from all over Ireland played in both Irish national teams. It was not until the mid-1950s that FIFA stopped this practice.

Participation of Northern Ireland in the World Cup

→ Main article : Northern Ireland National Football Team / World Cups

1930 in Uruguay	not participated
1934 in Italy	not participated
1938 in France	not participated
1950 in Brazil	not qualified
1954 in Switzerland	not qualified
1958 in Sweden	Quarter finals
1962 in Chile	not qualified
1966 in England	not qualified
1970 in Mexico	not qualified
1974 in Germany	not qualified
1978 in Argentina	not qualified
1982 in Spain	Intermediate round
1986 in Mexico	Preliminary round
1990 in Italy	not qualified
1994 in the USA	not qualified
1998 in France	not qualified
2002 in South Korea / Japan	not qualified
2006 in Germany	not qualified
2010 in South Africa	not qualified
2014 in Brazil	not qualified
2018 in Russia	not qualified
2022 in Qatar

• 1958 World Cup in Sweden
  • Northern Ireland was drawn into Group 1 and met defending champions Germany , the strong Argentinians and Czechoslovakia . After a 1-0 win over the Czechs and a 1-3 defeat against Argentina, the team played in an exciting game 2-2 against Germany. After a 2-1 win against Czechoslovakia, the team reached the quarter-finals after extra time. There they lost to the later third France with 0: 4.

• 1982 World Cup in Spain
  • After a 24-year absence on the international scene, Northern Ireland returned furiously in 1982 . In the preliminary round, the team prevailed against Yugoslavia and Honduras and moved into the second final round after a 1-0 surprise win over hosts Spain. There, after a 2-2 draw against Austria , France was too strong for the Northern Irish. The team led by Michel Platini defeated Northern Ireland with 4: 1 and later became fourth.

• 1986 World Cup in Mexico
  • In Mexico, Northern Ireland took part in a World Cup for the last time, but did not get past the preliminary round. First the team achieved a 1-1 draw against Algeria, then lost to Spain 2-1 and 3-0 to Brazil.

Participation of Northern Ireland in the European Football Championship

1960 in France	not participated
1964 in Spain	not qualified
1968 in Italy	not qualified
1972 in Belgium	not qualified
1976 in Yugoslavia	not qualified
1980 in Italy	not qualified
1984 in France	not qualified
1988 in FR Germany	not qualified
1992 in Sweden	not qualified
1996 in England	not qualified
2000 in Belgium Netherlands	not qualified
2004 in Portugal	not qualified
2008 in Austria Switzerland	not qualified
2012 in Poland Ukraine	not qualified
2016 in France	Round of 16

European Football Championship 1984

In qualifying for the European Football Championship in 1984 , the Northern Irish team finished second after two victories over the Federal Republic of Germany. Only the better goal difference of Germany let Northern Ireland fail.

European Football Championship 2016

In qualifying for Euro 2016 , Northern Ireland faced:

•  Greece
•  Hungary
•  Romania
•  Finland
•  Faroe Islands

On October 8, 2015, the team qualified in the penultimate game with a 3-1 win against Greece early and directly for participation in the European Championship finals in France . It was the first qualification for a European Championship and the first for a major tournament since the 1986 World Cup .

In the final round, the team in Group C met:

•  Germany
•  Ukraine
•  Poland

With a win against Ukraine and two defeats against Germany and Poland, she reached third place in the group and the fourth-best group third in the round of 16. After a 1-0 defeat against the Welsh national football team (through an own goal in the 75th minute by Gareth McAuley ), the Northern Irish were eliminated.

Squad of the Northern Irish national football team

The following players have been nominated for the European Championship qualifier against the Netherlands and the friendly against the Czech Republic in October 2019.

No.	Item	player	Calls	Gates	society
23	TW	Trevor Carson	5	0	Motherwell FC
1	TW	Michael McGovern	31	0	Norwich City
12	TW	Bailey Peacock-Farrell	12	0	Burnley FC
20th	FROM	Craig Cathcart	48	2	Watford FC
19th	FROM	Liam Donnelly	2	0	Motherwell FC
5	FROM	Jonny Evans	83	4th	Leicester City
4th	FROM	Tom Flanagan	4th	0	Sunderland AFC
2	FROM	Conor McLaughlin	37	1	Sunderland AFC
17th	FROM	Paddy McNair	32	3	Middlesbrough FC
3	FROM	Michael Smith	7th	0	Heart of Midlothian
14th	MF	Stuart Dallas	43	3	Leeds United
8th	MF	Steven Davis ( )	115	12	Glasgow Rangers
13	MF	Corry Evans	57	2	Blackburn Rovers
11	MF	Shane Ferguson	41	1	Millwall FC
16	MF	Matthew Kennedy	0	0	St. Johnstone FC
22nd	MF	Shayne Lavery	3	0	Linfield FC
7th	MF	Niall McGinn	59	4th	Aberdeen FC
6th	MF	George Saville	19th	0	Middlesbrough FC
15th	MF	Jordan Thompson	5	0	Blackpool FC
9	ST	Liam Boyce	20th	1	Burton Albion
10	ST	Kyle Lafferty	75	20th	Sarpsborg 08 FF
21st	ST	Josh Magennis	48	7th	Hull City
18th	ST	Gavin Whyte	8th	1	Cardiff City

Record players and goal scorers

→ See also: List of Northern Irish national football players

Record player

space	Surname	Games	Gates	Period
1	Pat Jennings	119	0	1964-1986
2	Steven Davis	117	12	2005–
3	Aaron Hughes	112	1	1998-2018
4th	David Healy	95	36	2000-2013
5	Time Donaghy	91	0	1980-1994
6th	Sammy McIlroy	88	5	1972-1987
	Maik Taylor	88	0	1999-2011
8th	Keith Gillespie	86	2	1995-2008
9	Jonny Evans	84	3	2006–
10	Gareth McAuley	80	9	2005-2018

Record goal scorers

space	Surname	Gates	Games	Period
1	David Healy	36	95	2000-2013
2	Kyle Lafferty	20th	75	2006–
3	Colin Clarke	13	38	1986-1993
	Billy Gillespie	13	25th	1913-1931
5	Steven Davis	12	117	2005–
	Gerry Armstrong	12	63	1977-1986
	Iain Dowie	12	59	1990-2000
	Jimmy Quinn	12	46	1985-1996
8th	Joe Bambrick	11	11	1929-1938
	Olphert Stanfield	11	30th	1887-1897

Source: eu-football.info; As of November 19, 2019

Trainer

From 1882 to 1951 there was no national coach (team manager). The selection of the players was determined by a selection committee. All previous national coaches with the exception of Lawrie McMenemy and Ian Baraclough were Northern Irish.

• Peter Doherty † (1951–1962): 51 games, a. a. World Cup quarter-finals 1958
• Bertie Peacock † (1962–1967): 28 games
• Billy Bingham (1967–1971): 20 games
• Terry Neill (1971–1974): 20 games
• Dave Clements (1975-1976): 11 games
• Danny Blanchflower † (1976–1979): 24 games
• Billy Bingham (1980-1993): 98 games, u. a. World Cup intermediate round 1982 and preliminary round 1986
• Bryan Hamilton (1994-1997): 31 games
• Lawrie McMenemy (1998-1999): 14 games
• Sammy McIlroy (2000-2003): 29 games
• Lawrie Sanchez (2004-2007): 32 games
• Nigel Worthington (2007-2011): 41 games
• Michael O'Neill (2011-2020): 72 games, u. a. European Championship round of 16 2016
• Ian Baraclough (since 2020):

Source: Northern Ireland Managers as of April 22, 2020

Games against national teams from German-speaking countries

All results from a Northern Irish perspective.

Germany

• 15.06.1958 in Malmö 2-2 World Cup group game
• 26.10.1960 in Belfast 3: 4 World Cup qualification
• May 10, 1961 in Berlin 1: 2 World Cup qualification
• 07.05.1966 in Belfast 0-2
• April 27, 1977 in Cologne 0: 5
• 11/17/1982 in Belfast 1-0 European Championship qualification
• 16.11.1983 in Hamburg 1-0 European Championship qualification
• 02.06.1992 in Bremen 1: 1
• 29/05/1996 in Belfast 1-1
• 09.11.1996 in Nuremberg 1: 1 World Cup qualification
• 08/20/1997 1: 3 World Cup qualification in Belfast
• 03/27/1999 in Belfast 0: 3 European Championship qualification
• 08.09.1999 in Dortmund 0: 4 European Championship qualification
• 04.06.2005 1: 4 in Belfast
• 06/21/2016 in Paris 0: 1 European Championship group game
• October 11, 2016 in Hanover 0-2 World Cup qualification
• 05.10.2017 in Belfast 1: 3 World Cup qualification
• 09.09.2019 in Belfast 0-2 European Championship qualification
• 19.11.2019 in Frankfurt am Main 1: 6 European Championship qualification

Switzerland

• 14.10.1964 in Belfast 1-0 World Cup qualification
• 14.11.1964 in Lausanne 1: 2 World Cup qualification
• 22/04/1998 1-0 in Belfast
• August 18, 2004 in Zurich 0-0
• 09.11.2017 in Belfast 0: 1 World Cup qualification
• 11/12/2017 in Basel 0-0 World Cup qualification

Austria

• 01.07.1982 in Madrid 2-2 World Cup intermediate round
• October 13, 1982 in Vienna 0: 2 European Championship qualification
• 21.09.1983 in Belfast 3: 1 European Championship qualification
• November 14, 1990 in Vienna 0-0
• 16.10.1991 in Belfast 2: 1 European Championship qualification
• October 12, 1994 in Vienna 2: 1 European Championship qualification
• 15/11/1995 in Belfast 5: 3 European Championship qualification
• 13.10.2004 in Belfast 3: 3 World Cup qualification
• October 12, 2005 in Vienna 0-2 World Cup qualification
• October 12, 2018 in Vienna 0-1 UEFA Nations League
• 18/11/2018 in Belfast 1: 2 UEFA Nations League

Liechtenstein

• 04/20/1994 in Belfast 4: 1 European Championship qualification
• 11.10.1995 in Eschen 4-0 European Championship qualification
• 03/27/2002 0-0 in Vaduz
• March 24, 2007 in Vaduz 4: 1 European Championship qualification
• 22.08.2007 in Belfast 3: 1 European Championship qualification

See also

• List of international matches for the Northern Irish national football team
• List of Northern Ireland national football players
• Northern Ireland National Football Team (U-17 Juniors)
• Northern Ireland National Football Team (U-21 Men)

Web links

Commons : Northern Ireland National Football Team  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Northern Irish Association (English)
• The Northern Ireland national team rsssf.com results (English)
• List of Northern Irish national team and Goal Scorer (from 30 games and ten goals) on rsssf.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Netherlands vs. Northern Ireland 3 - 1 (English).
3. ↑ Czech Republic vs. Northern Ireland 2 - 3 (English).
4. ↑ Northern Ireland national football team individual records and stats ( English ) eu-football.info. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
5. ↑ Managers of European national football teams ( English ) eu-football.info. Retrieved April 25, 2020.