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Football national side
Northern Ireland
National team · United Kingdom
«The Green and White Army»
65
Matches
21
wins
14
draws
30
losses
70–78
Goals
−8
Difference
1.1
Scored per game
Form
D
31 Mar · Away Wales · 1:1
W
4 Jun · Home Guinea · 1:0
L
8 Jun · Away France · 1:3
W
25 Sep · Away Georgia · 1:0
D
28 Sep · Home Hungary · 0:0
W
2 Oct · Away Ukraine · 3:0
Danny Blanchflower captained that team and was named Footballer of the Year for it; Harry Gregg, who had pulled survivors from the wreckage of the Munich air disaster months earlier, was picked as the tournament's outstanding goalkeeper.
The team traces back to 18 February 1882, when it lost 13–0 to England at Bloomfield. A third qualification, in 1986, closed out that generation.
Came thirty years without a major tournament, ended only in 2016, when Michael O'Neill's side reached the European Championship in France and went out in the last sixteen, having climbed to 20th in the FIFA world rankings along the way.
George Best won the Ballon d'Or while playing for Northern Ireland only 37 times — international football saw far less of him than Manchester United did, and that scarcity is part of why the caps still get counted.
Latest results
Fixtures and results| 5 Oct | UEFA Nations League |
Georgia
H
|
||
| 2 Oct | UEFA Nations League |
Ukraine
A
|
3:0 | W |
| 28 Sep | UEFA Nations League |
Hungary
H
|
0:0 | D |
| 25 Sep | UEFA Nations League |
Georgia
A
|
1:0 | W |
| 8 Jun | Friendlies |
France
A
|
1:3 | L |
| 4 Jun | Friendlies |
Guinea
H
|
1:0 | W |
Standing
UEFA Nations LeagueGroup stage · League B - Group B
| # | Team | M | W | D | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Northern Ireland
|
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4:0 | 8 |
| 2 |
Hungary
|
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3:2 | 7 |
| 3 |
Ukraine
|
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2:5 | 4 |
| 4 |
Georgia
|
4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0:2 | 2 |
Team statistics
matches counted in total: 65
65
Matches
21
wins
14
draws
30
losses
70–78
Goals
−8
Difference
1.1
Scored per game
wins
draws
losses
scored — above the line
conceded — below the line
| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 65 | 29 | 36 |
| Scored | 70 | 31 | 39 |
| Conceded | 78 | 21 | 57 |
| Scored per game | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Conceded per game | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Difference | −8 | +10 | −18 |
Key players
by appearances over the last yearSquad of Northern Ireland
by appearances over the last year| Number | Player | Position | Age | Matches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 |  Paul Patrick Smyth |
Forward | 5 | ||
| 3 |  Justin Devenny |
Midfielder | 5 | ||
| 5 |  Trai Hume |
Midfielder | 5 | ||
| 10 |  J. Donley |
Forward | 5 | ||
| 21 |  Joshua Brendan David Magennis |
Forward | 5 | ||
| 1 |  Pierce Charles |
Goalkeeper | 5 | ||
| 20 |  Brodie Gilmore Spencer |
Midfielder | 22 | 5 | |
| 22 |  Ciaron Maurice Brown |
Defender | 28 | 5 | |
| 19 |  Shea Emmanuel Charles |
Midfielder | 22 | 5 | |
| 14 |  Isaac Price |
Midfielder | 23 | 5 | |
| 15 |  Ruairi McConville |
Defender | 21 | 5 | |
| 16 |  Patrick Kelly |
Midfielder | 5 | ||
| 7 |  K. Morrison |
Midfielder | 4 | ||
| 17 |  Patrick James Coleman McNair |
Defender | 4 | ||
| 4 |  |
 Tom Atchison |
Defender | 20 | 4 |
| 23 |  |
 Bailey Peacock-Farrell |
Goalkeeper | 29 | 4 |
| 2 |  Terry Devlin |
Midfielder | 22 | 4 | |
| 12 |  Conor Hazard |
Goalkeeper | 4 | ||
| 7 |  Ethan Stuart William Galbraith |
Midfielder | 25 | 4 | |
| 8 |  C. O'Neill |
Forward | 3 | ||
| 18 |  Breidan Graham |
Forward | 3 | ||
| 8 |  Callum Marshall |
Forward | 3 | ||
| 13 |  Michael Forbes |
Defender | 22 | 2 | |
| 9 |  Dion Charles |
Forward | 2 | ||
| 6 |  Jordan Andrew Thompson |
Midfielder | 2 | ||
| 18 |  Jamie Tyrrell Reid |
Forward | 2 | ||
| 4 |  Daniel George Ballard |
Defender | 1 | ||
| 23 |  Joshua Clarke |
Goalkeeper | 1 | ||
| 16 |  Alistair Edward McCann |
Midfielder | 1 | ||
| 12 | |
 Luke Southwood |
Goalkeeper | 28 | 1 |
| 6 |  Jamie Carson McDonnell |
Midfielder | 22 | 1 | |
| 13 |  Kedah O'Neill |
Forward | 1 | ||
| 3 |  Eoin Toal |
Defender | 27 | 1 | |
| 6 |  George Saville |
Midfielder | 1 | ||
| 16 |  Bradley Joseph Lyons |
Midfielder | 1 |
Fixtures of Northern Ireland
Honours of Northern Ireland
- British Home Championship 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960 60
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