Northern Ireland national football team – record in major tournaments

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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. This page covers the record of the Northern Ireland national football team in the Football World Cup and European Football Championship. In the "Results" section, home result is always given before away result. Where Northern Ireland only played a team once, (h) and (a) indicates home and away.

Results

Qualification Brazil 1950(Group 1)

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1  England 6 3 3 0 0 14 3
2  Scotland 4 3 2 0 1 10 3
3=  Ireland 1 3 0 1 2 4 17
3=  Wales 1 3 0 1 2 1 6

England qualified. Scotland also qualified, but withdrew as they had previously decided to participate only if they finished top of the group. FIFA offered the place to  France, the runner-up of Group 3. They initially accepted, but later declined. FIFA decided not to allow anyone else to qualify, leaving the World Cup one team short.

This group was also the 1950 British Home Championship.

October 1, 1949
Ireland  2-8  Scotland

October 1, 1949
England  9-2  Ireland

October 8, 1950
Wales  0-0  Ireland

Qualification Switzerland 1954 (group 3)

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 England 6 3 3 0 0 11 4 +7
 Scotland 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 0
 Northern Ireland 2 3 1 0 2 4 7 -3
 Wales 1 3 0 1 2 5 9 -4

details

October 3, 1953
Northern Ireland  1–3  Scotland
Norman Lockhart (P) Charlie Fleming 2, Jackie Henderson

November 11, 1953
England  3–1  Northern Ireland
Harold Hassall 2, Nat Lofthouse Eddie McMorran

March 31, 1954
Wales  1–2  Northern Ireland
John Charles Peter McParland 2

Qualification Sweden 1958

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
1  Northern Ireland 5 4 2 1 1 6 3
2  Italy 4 4 2 0 2 5 5
3  Portugal 3 4 1 1 2 4 7

April 25, 1957
Italy  1-0  Northern Ireland

May 1, 1957
Northern Ireland  3-0  Portugal

January 15, 1958
Northern Ireland  2-1  Italy

World Cup finals Sweden 1958

First round (Group 1)

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GAv
 West Germany 4 3 1 2 0 7 5 1.40
 Northern Ireland 3 3 1 1 1 4 5 0.80
 Czechoslovakia 3 3 1 1 1 8 4 2.00
 Argentina 2 3 1 0 2 5 10 0.50

June 8, 1958
19:00
Northern Ireland  1 – 0  Czechoslovakia
Cush Goal 16' (Report)
Halmstad, Örjans Vall
Attendance: 26000
Referee: Seipelt (Austria)

June 11, 1958
19:00
Argentina  3 – 1  Northern Ireland
Corbatta Goal 38' (pen)
Menéndez Goal 55'
Avio Goal 59'		 (Report) McParland Goal 3'
Halmstad, Örjans Vall
Attendance: 14000
Referee: Ahlner (Sweden)

June 15, 1958
19:00
West Germany  2 – 2  Northern Ireland
Rahn Goal 20'
Seeler Goal 79'		 (Report) McParland Goal 17', Goal 58'
Malmö, Malmö Stadion
Attendance: 35000
Referee: Campos (Portugal)

Play-off:

June 17, 1958
19:00
Northern Ireland  2 – 1 (a.e.t.)  Czechoslovakia
McParland Goal 44', Goal 91' (Report) Zikán Goal 19'
Malmö, Malmö Stadion
Attendance: 26000
Referee: Guigue (France)

Quarter final

June 19, 1958
19:00
France  4 – 0  Northern Ireland
Wisnieski Goal 22'
Fontaine Goal 55', Goal 63'
Piantoni Goal 68'		 (Report)
Norrköping, Idrottsparken
Attendance: 12000
Referee: Gardeazabal (Spain)

Qualification, 1960-1982

Tournament Section Placing Results Notes
Euro 1960, France Did not enter No UK teams entered the tournament.
Chile 1962 Group 8: 3 teams, 1 qualifies 2nd, 2pts/8  West Germany 3-4, 1-2
 Greece 2-0, 1-2
Euro 1964, Spain knockout, must win 3 rounds Lost in 3rd round  Poland 2-0, 2-0
 Spain 0-1, 1-1
England 1966 Group 5: 4 teams, 1 qualifies 2nd, 8pts/12   Switzerland 1-0, 1-2
 Netherlands 2-1, 0-0
 Albania 4-1, 1-1
Euro 1968, Italy Combined results of 1967 and 1968 British Home Championships: 4 teams, 1 goes on to playoff 4th, 3pts/12  England 0-2, 0-2
 Scotland 1-0, 1-2
 Wales 0-0, 0-2
Mexico 1970 Group 2: 3 teams, 1 qualifies 2nd, 5pts/8  Soviet Union 0-0, 1-3
 Turkey 4-1, 3-0
Euro 1972, Belgium Group 4: 4 teams, 1 goes on to playoff 3rd, 6pts/12  Soviet Union 1-1, 0-1
 Spain 1-1, 0-3
 Cyprus 5-0, 3-0
West Germany 1974 Group 6: 4 teams, 1 qualifies 3rd, 5pts/12  Bulgaria 0-0, 0-3
 Portugal 1-1, 1-1
 Cyprus 3-0, 0-1
Euro 1976, Yugoslavia Group 3: 4 teams, 1 goes on to playoff 2nd, 6pts/12  Yugoslavia 1-0, 0-1
 Sweden 1-2, 2-0
 Norway 3-0, 1-2
Argentina 1978 Group 4: 4 teams, 1 qualifies 3rd, 5pts/12  Netherlands 0-1, 2-2
 Belgium 3-0, 0-2
 Iceland 2-0, 0-1
Euro 1980, Italy Group 1: 5 teams, 1 qualifies 2nd, 9pts/16  England 1-5, 0-4
 Republic of Ireland 1-0, 0-0
 Bulgaria 2-0, 2-0
 Denmark 2-1, 0-4		 The first-ever matches against the Republic of Ireland.
Spain 1982 Group 6: 5 teams, 2 qualify 2nd, 9pts/16
QUALIFIED		  Scotland 0-0, 1-1
 Sweden 3-0, 0-1
 Portugal 1-0, 0-1
 Israel 1-0, 0-0

World Cup Spain '82

First Round (Group 5)

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Northern Ireland 4 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1
 Spain 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 0
 Yugoslavia 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 0
 Honduras 2 3 0 2 1 2 3 -1

June 17, 1982
21:15
Yugoslavia  0 - 0  Northern Ireland
  (Report)  
La Romareda, Zaragoza
Ref: Fredriksson (SWE)
Attendance: 25,000

June 21, 1982
21:15
Honduras  1 - 1  Northern Ireland
Laing 60' (Report) Armstrong 10'
La Romareda, Zaragoza
Ref: Chan (HKG)
Attendance: 15,000

June 25, 1982
21:15
Spain  0 - 1  Northern Ireland
  (Report) Armstrong 47'
Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia
Ref: Ortíz (PAR)
Attendance: 49,562

Second Round (Group D)

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 France 4 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4
 Austria 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1
 Northern Ireland 1 2 0 1 1 3 6 -3

July 1, 1982
17:15
Austria  2 - 2  Northern Ireland
Pezzey 50'
Hintermaier 68'		 (Report) Hamilton 27', 75'
Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid
Ref: Prokop (GDR)
Attendance: 20,000

July 4, 1982
17:15
Northern Ireland  1 - 4  France
Armstrong 75' (Report) Giresse 33', 80'
Rocheteau 46', 68'
Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid
Ref: Jarguz (POL)
Attendance: 37,000

Qualification, 1984-86

Tournament Section Placing Results Notes
Euro 1984, France Group 6: 5 teams, 1 qualifies 2nd, 11pts/16  West Germany 1-0, 1-0
 Austria 3-1, 0-2
 Turkey 1-0, 0-1
 Albania 3-1, 0-0		 Northern Ireland were level with West Germany on points; the Germans got through on goal difference, +10 to +3.
Mexico 1986 Group 3: 5 teams, 2 qualify 2nd, 10pts/16
QUALIFIED		  England 0-1, 0-0
 Romania 3-2, 1-0
 Finland 2-1, 0-1
 Turkey 2-0, 0-0

World Cup Mexico '86

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
23x15px Brazil 6 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5
 Spain 4 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3
 Northern Ireland 1 3 0 1 2 2 6 -4
 Algeria 1 3 0 1 2 1 5 -4

June 3, 1986
12:00
Algeria  1–1  Northern Ireland
Zidane 59' (Report) Whiteside 6'
Estadio Tres de Marzo, Guadalajara
Ref: Butenko (URS)
Attendance: 22,000

June 7, 1986
12:00
Spain  2–1  Northern Ireland
Butragueño 1'
Salinas 18'		 (Report) Clarke 46'
Estadio Tres de Marzo, Guadalajara
Ref: Brummeier (AUT)
Attendance: 28,000

June 12, 1986
12:00
Brazil 23x15px 3–0  Northern Ireland
Careca 15', 87'
Josimar 42'		 (Report)  
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Ref: Kirschen (GDR)
Attendance: 51,000

Qualification, 1988-present

Tournament Section Placing Results Notes
Euro 1988, West Germany Group 4: 4 teams, 1 qualifies 3rd, 3pts/12  England 0-2, 0-3
 Yugoslavia 1-2, 0-3
 Turkey 1-0, 0-0
Italy 1990 Group 6: 5 teams, 2 qualify 4th, 5pts/16  Spain 0-2, 0-4
 Republic of Ireland 0-0, 0-3
 Hungary 1-2, 0-1
 Malta 3-0, 2-0
Euro 1992, Sweden Group 7: 5 teams, 1 qualifies 3rd, 7pts/16  Yugoslavia 0-2, 1-4
 Denmark 1-1, 1-2
 Austria 2-1, 0-0
 Faroe Islands 1-1, 5-0
USA 1994 Group 3: 7 teams, 2 qualify 4th, 13pts/24  Spain 0-0, 1-3
 Republic of Ireland 1-1, 0-3
 Denmark 0-1, 0-1
 Lithuania 2-2, 1-0
 Latvia 2-0, 2-1
 Albania 3-0, 2-1

3 points for a win from Euro '96 onwards.

Tournament Section Placing Results Notes
Euro 1996, England Group 6: 6 teams, 1 qualifies
Six 2nd place teams qualify
Two 2nd place teams have playoff		 3rd, 17pts/30  Portugal 1-2, 1-1
 Republic of Ireland 0-4, 1-1
 Austria 5-3, 2-1
 Latvia 1-2, 1-0
 Liechtenstein 4-1, 4-0
France 1998 Group 9: 6 teams, 1 qualifies
One 2nd place team qualifies
Eight 2nd place teams have playoffs		 5th, 7pts/30  Germany 1-3, 1-1
 Ukraine 0-1, 1-2
 Portugal 0-0, 0-1
 Armenia 1-1, 0-0
 Albania 2-0, 0-1
Euro 2000, Netherlands & Belgium Group 3 5 teams, 1 qualifies
One 2nd place team qualifies
Eight 2nd place teams have playoffs		 4th, 5pts/24  Germany 0-3, 0-4
 Turkey 0-3, 0-3
 Finland 1-0, 1-4
 Moldova 2-2, 0-0
South Korea & Japan 2002 Group 3: 7 teams, 1 qualifies, 2nd gets a playoff 5th, 11pts/30  Denmark 1-1, 1-1
 Czech Republic 0-1, 1-3
 Bulgaria 0-1, 3-4
 Iceland 3-0, 0-1
 Malta 1-0, 1-0
Euro 2004, Portugal Group 6: 5 teams, 1 qualifies, 2nd gets a playoff 5th, 3pts/24  Greece 0-1, 0-2
 Spain 0-0, 0-3
 Ukraine 0-0, 0-0
 Armenia 0-1, 0-1
Germany 2006 Group 6: 6 teams, 1 qualifies
Two 2nd place teams qualify
Six 2nd place teams have a playoff		 4th, 9pts/30  England 1-0, 0-4
 Poland 0-3, 0-1
 Austria 3-3, 0-2
 Wales 2-3, 2-2
 Azerbaijan 2-0, 0-0
Euro 2008, Switzerland & Austria Group F: 7 teams, 2 qualify 3rd, 20pts/36₣  Spain 3-2, 0-1
 Sweden 2-1, 1-1
 Denmark 2-1, 0-0
 Latvia 1-0, 0-1
 Iceland 0-3, 1-2
 Liechtenstein 3-1, 4-1		 David Healy became the record goalscorer in a single UEFA European Championship qualifying campaign with 13 goals in 11 games.
South Africa 2010 Group 3: 6 teams, 1 qualifies
Eight of nine runners-up get a playoff		 Commences August 2008  Czech Republic
 Poland
 Slovakia
 Slovenia
 San Marino

Details

Euro 2004

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Greece 18 8 6 0 2 8 4
 Spain 17 8 5 2 1 16 4
 Ukraine 10 8 2 4 2 11 10
 Armenia 7 8 2 1 5 7 16
 Northern Ireland 3 8 0 3 5 0 8

Group matches

October 12, 2002
Spain  3 – 0
  Northern Ireland
?
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

October 16, 2002
Northern Ireland  0 – 0
  Ukraine
Windsor Park
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

March 19, 2003
Armenia  1 – 0
  Northern Ireland

Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

April 2, 2003
Northern Ireland  0 – 2
  Greece
Windsor Park
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

June 11, 2003
Northern Ireland  0 – 0
  Spain
Windsor Park
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

September 6, 2003
Ukraine  0 – 0
  Northern Ireland
?
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

September 10, 2003
Northern Ireland  0 – 1
  Armenia
Windsor Park
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

October 11, 2003
Greece  1 – 0
  Northern Ireland
Windsor Park
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

FIFA World cup 2006

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 England 25 10 8 1 1 17 5 12
 Poland 24 10 8 0 2 27 9 18
 Austria 15 10 4 3 3 15 12 3
 Northern Ireland 9 10 2 3 5 10 18 -8
 Wales 8 10 2 2 6 10 15 -5
 Azerbaijan 3 10 0 3 7 1 21 -20

September 4, 2004
Northern Ireland  0 – 3
  Poland
Windsor Park
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

September 8, 2004
Wales  2 – 2
  Northern Ireland
Millennium Stadium
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

October 9, 2004
Azerbaijan  0 – 0
  Northern Ireland

Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

October 13, 2004
Northern Ireland  3 – 3
  Austria
Windsor Park
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

March 26, 2005
England  3 – 0
  Northern Ireland
Old Trafford
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

March 30, 2005
Poland  1 – 0
  Northern Ireland

Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

September 3, 2005
Northern Ireland  2 – 0
  Azerbaijan
Windsor Park
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

September 7, 2005
Northern Ireland  1 – 0
  England
Windsor Park
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

October 8, 2005
Northern Ireland  2 – 3
  Wales
Windsor Park
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

October 12, 2005
Austria  2 – 0
  Northern Ireland

Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

Euro 2008

See the main article 2008 UEFA Championship Group F

Northern Ireland have unsuccessfully competed for qualification to the finals of the Euro 2008 competition. They were seeded in the sixth pot and drawn against Sweden, Spain, Denmark, Latvia, Iceland and Liechtenstein. In an unprecedented move, the Irish Football Association offered the national team and all its staff a £1 million pound bonus if the team qualified for Euro 2008.[2]

Their chances of qualifying got off to a poor start as a poor defensive display saw them go down 3-0 at home to Iceland. In their second game, they came back to defeat Spain 3-2 with a David Healy hat trick, the first in Belfast for thirty-five years since George Best, and their first win over Spain since the 1982 World Cup.[3] Northern Ireland then recorded a 0-0 draw against Denmark in Copenhagen[4] and a 1-0 win against Latvia at Windsor Park.[5] Northern Ireland played Liechtenstein in March 2007, picking up a 4-1 win.[6] The victory included another Healy hat-trick and Grant McCann's first international goal. A 2-1 victory against Sweden on 28 March saw Northern Ireland go top of Group F, having played more games than the other teams,[7] and they occupied a qualification spot at the midway point. Northern Ireland did not play in the June games and fell to third, but they defeated Liechtenstein 3-1, putting Northern Ireland into 2nd place. They slipped to a 1-0 defeat against Latvia in Riga, which dealt their qualification hopes a huge blow, even though later on the same day, both Sweden and Spain drew. Defeat in Iceland (2-1) four days later has seen them drop out of a qualification place again, a further draw against Sweden kept their hopes alive. On 17 November 2007 Northern Ireland defeated Denmark 2-1 at Windsor Park with goals from Warren Feeney and David Healy. Healy's thirteenth goal of the qualifying campaign saw him eclipse Davor Šuker's record of twelve, established during qualification for Euro 96.[8] On the 21 November, Northern Ireland lost the chance of qualifying, after losing 1-0 to Spain, and Latvia losing 2-1 to Sweden. Northern Ireland did finish the group in third place on 20 points.

As a result of this campaign, Northern Ireland have improved their standing, and were seeded in the third pool for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, higher than the sixth pool allocated for the current competition.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 12 9 1 2 23 8 +15 28
 Sweden 12 8 2 2 23 9 +14 26
 Northern Ireland 12 6 2 4 17 14 +3 20
 Denmark 12 6 2 4 21 11 +10 20
 Latvia 12 4 0 8 15 17 −2 12
 Iceland 12 2 2 8 10 27 −17 8
 Liechtenstein 12 2 1 9 9 32 −23 7


Results

Group F fixtures were settled at a meeting between the participants in Copenhagen, Denmark.[9]

September 2, 2006
14:00 BST
Northern Ireland  0 – 3
  Iceland
Report Þorvaldsson Goal 13'
Hreiðarsson Goal 20'
Guðjohnsen Goal 37'
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Skjerven (Norway)

September 6, 2006
20:15 BST
Northern Ireland  3 – 2
  Spain
Healy Goal 20' Goal 65' Goal 80' Report Xavi Goal 14'
Villa Goal 52'
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: De Bleeckere (Belgium)

October 7, 2006
20:00 CEST
Denmark  0 – 0
  Northern Ireland
Report
Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
Attendance: 41,482
Referee: Plautz (Austria)


October 11, 2006
20:00 BST
Northern Ireland  1 – 0
  Latvia
Healy Goal 35' Report
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Fleischer (Germany)

March 24, 2007
20:15 CET
Liechtenstein  1 – 4
  Northern Ireland
Burgmeier Goal 90+1' Report Healy Goal 52' Goal 75' Goal 83'
McCann Goal 90+2'
Rheinpark, Vaduz
Attendance: 4,340
Referee: Oriekhov (Ukraine)

March 28, 2007
19:45 BST
Northern Ireland  2 – 1
  Sweden
Healy Goal 31' Goal 58' Report Elmander Goal 26'
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Braamhaar (Netherlands)

August 22, 2007
19:45 BST
Northern Ireland  3 – 1
  Liechtenstein
Healy Goal 5' Goal 35'
Lafferty Goal 56'		 Report M. Frick Goal 89'
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 20,332
Referee: Matějek (Czech Republic)

September 8, 2007
19:15 EEST
Latvia  1 – 0
  Northern Ireland
Baird (o.g.) Goal 56' Report
Skonto Stadions, Riga
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Proença (Portugal)

September 12, 2007
18:05 WET
Iceland  2 – 1
  Northern Ireland
Björnsson Goal 6'
Gillespie Goal 90+1' (o.g.)		 Report Healy Goal 72' (pen.)
Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Baskakov (Russia)

October 17, 2007
20:30 CEST
Sweden  1 – 1
  Northern Ireland
Mellberg Goal 15' Report Lafferty Goal 72'
Råsunda Stadion, Solna
Attendance: 33,112
Referee: Layec (France)

November 17, 2007
19:45 GMT
Northern Ireland  2 – 1
  Denmark
Feeney Goal 62'
Healy Goal 80'		 Report Bendtner Goal 51'
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Vink (Netherlands)

November 21, 2007
19:00 WET
Spain  1 – 0  Northern Ireland
Xavi Goal 52' Report
Estadio Gran Canaria, Las Palmas
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Fandel (Germany)

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