| Federation
founded: 1880 |
| FIFA
member since: 1911 |
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WORLD
CUP HISTORY
|
| 1930 - Did not participate |
| 1934 - Did not participate |
| 1938 - Did not participate |
| 1950 - Did not qualify |
| 1954 - Did not qualify |
| 1958 - Quarterfinal
exit |
| 1962 - Did not qualify |
| 1966 - Did not qualify |
| 1970 - Did not qualify |
| 1974 - Did not qualify |
| 1978 - Did not qualify |
| 1982 - Second
phase exit |
| 1986 - First
round exit |
| 1990 - Did not qualify |
| 1994 - Did not qualify |
| 1998 - Did not qualify |
| 2002 - Did not qualify |
| 2006 - Did not qualify |
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STATISTICS
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| Played |
13
|
| Won |
3
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| Drawn |
5
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| Lost |
5
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| Goals for |
13
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| Goals against |
23
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| Points |
14
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Northern
Ireland are 34th on the all-time table.
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TEAM
RECORDS
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Biggest
victory:
1-0 vs Spain
in 1982 and Czechoslovakia in 1958.
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Biggest
defeat:
0-4 vs France
in 1958.
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Overall
topscorer:
Peter McParland,
5 goals.
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Most
appearances:
Billy Hamilton,
David McCreery, Sammy McIlroy, Jimmy Nicholl and Norman Whiteside, 8 matches.
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Hosted
the World Cup:
Never
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GREATEST
PLAYERS
|
 Peter
McParland |
| Pat
Jennings |
| George
Best (Never played in WC) |
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1930 to 1938
NORTHERN IRELAND did not participate
in the qualifying rounds.
1950
(WCQ Group 1)
01.Oct 49 NORTHERN IRELAND 2-8 Scotland
16.Nov 49 England 9-2 NORTHERN IRELAND
08.Mar 50 Wales 0-0 NORTHERN IRELAND
P W D L Gls Pts
1.England 3 3 0 0 14- 3 6
2.Scotland 3 2 0 1 10- 3 4
3.Wales 3 0 1 2 1- 6 1
4.NORTHERN IRELAND 3 0 1 2 4-17 1
NORTHERN IRELAND failed to qualify
for Brazil 1950.
1954
(WCQ Group 3)
03.Oct 53 NORTHERN IRELAND 1-3 Scotland
11.Nov 53 England 3-1 NORTHERN IRELAND
31.Mar 54 Wales 1-2 NORTHERN IRELAND
P W D L Gls Pts
1.England 3 3 0 0 11- 4 6
2.Scotland 3 1 1 1 8- 8 3
3.NORTHERN IRELAND 3 1 0 2 4- 7 2
4.Wales 3 0 1 2 5- 9 1
NORTHERN IRELAND failed to qualify
for Switzerland 1954.
1958
(UEFA Group 8)
16.Jan 57 Portugal 1-1 NORTHERN IRELAND
25.Apr 57 Italy 1-0 NORTHERN IRELAND
01.May 57 NORTHERN IRELAND 3-0 Portugal
15.Jan 58 NORTHERN IRELAND 2-1 Italy
P W D L Gls Pts
1.NORTHERN IRELAND 4 2 1 1 6- 3 5
2.Italy 4 2 0 2 5- 5 4
3.Portugal 4 1 1 2 4- 7 3
NORTHERN IRELAND qualified for Sweden 1958.
1962
(UEFA Group 3)
26.Oct 60 NORTHERN IRELAND 3-4 West Germany
03.May 61 Greece 2-1 NORTHERN IRELAND
10.May 61 West Germany 2-1 NORTHERN IRELAND
17.Oct 61 NORTHERN IRELAND 2-0 Greece
P W D L Gls Pts
1.West Germany 4 4 0 0 11- 5 8
2.NORTHERN IRELAND 4 1 0 3 7- 8 2
3.Greece 4 1 0 3 3- 8 2
NORTHERN IRELAND failed to qualify
for Chile 1962.
1966
(UEFA Group 5)
14.Oct 64 NORTHERN IRELAND 1-0 Switzerland
14.Nov 64 Switzerland 2-1 NORTHERN IRELAND
17.Mar 65 NORTHERN IRELAND 2-1 Netherlands
07.Apr 65 Netherlands 0-0 NORTHERN IRELAND
07.May 65 NORTHERN IRELAND 4-1 Albania
24.Nov 65 Albania 1-1 NORTHERN IRELAND
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Switzerland 6 4 1 1 7- 3 9
2.NORTHERN IRELAND 6 3 2 1 9- 5 8
3.Netherlands 6 2 2 2 6- 4 6
4.Albania 6 0 1 5 2-12 1
NORTHERN IRELAND failed to qualify
for England 1966.
1970
(UEFA Group 4)
23.Oct 68 NORTHERN IRELAND 4-1 Turkey
11.Dec 68 Turkey 0-3 NORTHERN IRELAND
10.Sep 69 NORTHERN IRELAND 0-0 Soviet Union
22.Oct 69 Soviet Union 2-0 NORTHERN IRELAND
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Soviet Union 4 3 1 0 8- 1 7
2.NORTHERN IRELAND 4 2 1 1 7- 3 5
3.Turkey 4 0 0 4 2-13 0
NORTHERN IRELAND failed to qualify
for Mexico 1970.
1974
(UEFA Group 6)
18.Oct 72 Bulgaria 3-0 NORTHERN IRELAND
14.Feb 73 Cyprus 1-0 NORTHERN IRELAND
28.Mar 73 NORTHERN IRELAND 1-1 Portugal
08.May 73 NORTHERN IRELAND 3-0 Cyprus
26.Sep 73 NORTHERN IRELAND 0-0 Bulgaria
14.Nov 73 Portugal 1-1 NORTHERN IRELAND
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Bulgaria 6 4 2 0 13- 3 10
2.Portugal 6 2 3 1 10- 6 7
3.NORTHERN IRELAND 6 1 3 2 5- 6 5
4.Cyprus 6 1 0 5 1-14 2
NORTHERN IRELAND failed to qualify
for West Germany 1974.
1978
(UEFA Group 4)
13.Oct 76 Netherlands 2-2 NORTHERN IRELAND
10.Nov 76 Belgium 2-0 NORTHERN IRELAND
11.Jun 77 Iceland 1-0 NORTHERN IRELAND
21.Sep 77 NORTHERN IRELAND 2-0 Iceland
12.Oct 77 NORTHERN IRELAND 0-1 Netherlands
16.Nov 77 NORTHERN IRELAND 3-0 Belgium
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Netherlands 6 5 1 0 11- 3 11
2.Belgium 6 3 0 3 7- 6 6
3.NORTHERN IRELAND 6 2 1 3 7- 6 5
4.Iceland 6 1 0 5 2-12 2
NORTHERN IRELAND failed to qualify
for Argentina 1978.
1982
(UEFA Group 6)
26.Mar 80 Israel 0-0 NORTHERN IRELAND
15.Oct 80 NORTHERN IRELAND 3-0 Sweden
19.Nov 80 Portugal 1-0 NORTHERN IRELAND
25.Mar 81 Scotland 1-1 NORTHERN IRELAND
29.Apr 81 NORTHERN IRELAND 1-0 Portugal
03.Jun 81 Sweden 1-0 NORTHERN IRELAND
14.Oct 81 NORTHERN IRELAND 0-0 Scotland
18.Nov 81 NORTHERN IRELAND 1-0 Israel
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Scotland 8 4 3 1 9- 4 11
2.NORTHERN IRELAND 8 3 3 2 6- 3 9
3.Sweden 8 3 2 3 7- 8 8
4.Portugal 8 3 1 4 8-11 7
5.Israel 8 1 3 4 6-10 5
NORTHERN IRELAND qualified for Spain 1982.
1986
(UEFA Group 3)
27.May 84 Finland 1-0 NORTHERN IRELAND
12.Sep 84 NORTHERN IRELAND 3-2 Romania
14.Nov 84 NORTHERN IRELAND 2-1 Finland
27.Feb 85 NORTHERN IRELAND 0-1 England
01.May 85 NORTHERN IRELAND 2-0 Turkey
11.Sep 85 Turkey 0-0 NORTHERN IRELAND
16.Oct 85 Romania 0-1 NORTHERN IRELAND
13.Nov 85 England 0-0 NORTHERN IRELAND
P W D L Gls Pts
1.England 8 4 4 0 21- 2 12
2.NORTHERN IRELAND 8 4 2 2 8- 5 10
3.Romania 8 3 3 2 12- 7 9
4.Finland 8 3 2 3 7-12 8
5.Turkey 8 0 1 7 2-24 1
NORTHERN IRELAND qualified for Mexico 1986.
1990
(UEFA Group 6)
21.May 88 NORTHERN IRELAND 3-0 Malta
14.Sep 88 NORTHERN IRELAND 0-0 Rep. of Ireland
19.Oct 88 Hungary 1-0 NORTHERN IRELAND
21.Dec 88 Spain 4-0 NORTHERN IRELAND
08.Feb 89 NORTHERN IRELAND 0-2 Spain
26.Apr 89 Malta 0-2 NORTHERN IRELAND
06.Sep 89 NORTHERN IRELAND 1-2 Hungary
11.Oct 89 Rep. of Ireland 3-0 NORTHERN IRELAND
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Spain 8 6 1 1 20- 3 13
2.Rep. of Ireland 8 5 2 1 10- 2 12
3.Hungary 8 2 4 2 8-12 8
4.NORTHERN IRELAND 8 2 1 5 6-12 5
5.Malta 8 0 2 6 3-18 2
NORTHERN IRELAND failed to qualify
for Italy 1990.
1994
(UEFA Group 3)
28.Apr 92 NORTHERN IRELAND 2-2 Lithuania
09.Sep 92 NORTHERN IRELAND 3-0 Albania
14.Oct 92 NORTHERN IRELAND 0-0 Spain
18.Nov 92 NORTHERN IRELAND 0-1 Denmark
17.Feb 93 Albania 1-2 NORTHERN IRELAND
31.Mar 93 Rep. of Ireland 3-0 NORTHERN IRELAND
28.Apr 93 Spain 3-1 NORTHERN IRELAND
25.May 93 Lithuania 0-1 NORTHERN IRELAND
02.Jun 93 Latvia 1-2 NORTHERN IRELAND
08.Sep 93 NORTHERN IRELAND 2-0 Latvia
13.Oct 93 Denmark 1-0 NORTHERN IRELAND
17.Nov 93 NORTHERN IRELAND 1-1 Rep. of Ireland
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Spain 12 8 3 1 27- 4 19
2.Rep. of Ireland 12 7 4 1 19- 6 18
3.Denmark 12 7 4 1 15- 2 18
4.NORTHERN IRELAND 12 5 3 4 14-13 13
5.Lithuania 12 2 3 7 8-21 7
6.Latvia 12 0 5 7 4-21 5
7.Albania 12 1 2 9 6-26 4
NORTHERN IRELAND failed to qualify
for USA 1994.
1998
(UEFA Group 9)
31.Aug 96 NORTHERN IRELAND 0-1 Ukraine
05.Oct 96 NORTHERN IRELAND 1-1 Armenia
09.Nov 96 Germany 1-1 NORTHERN IRELAND
14.Dec 96 NORTHERN IRELAND 2-0 Albania
29.Mar 97 NORTHERN IRELAND 0-0 Portugal
02.Apr 97 Ukraine 2-1 NORTHERN IRELAND
30.Apr 97 Armenia 0-0 NORTHERN IRELAND
20.Aug 97 NORTHERN IRELAND 1-3 Germany
10.Sep 97 Albania 1-0 NORTHERN IRELAND
11.Oct 97 Portugal 1-0 NORTHERN IRELAND
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Germany 10 6 4 0 23- 9 22
2.Ukraine 10 6 2 2 10- 6 20
3.Portugal 10 5 4 1 12- 4 19
4.Armenia 10 1 5 4 8-17 8
5.NORTHERN IRELAND 10 1 4 5 6-10 7
6.Albania 10 1 1 8 7-20 4
NORTHERN IRELAND failed to qualify
for France 1998
2002
(UEFA Group 3)
02.Sep 00 NORTHERN IRELAND 1-0 Malta
07.Oct 00 NORTHERN IRELAND 1-1 Denmark
11.Oct 00 Iceland 1-0 NORTHERN IRELAND
24.Mar 01 NORTHERN IRELAND 0-1 Czech Republic
28.Mar 01 Bulgaria 4-3 NORTHERN IRELAND
02.Jun 01 NORTHERN IRELAND 0-1 Bulgaria
06.Jun 01 Czech Republic 3-1 NORTHERN IRELAND
01.Sep 01 Denmark 1-1 NORTHERN IRELAND
05.Sep 01 NORTHERN IRELAND 3-0 Iceland
06.Oct 01 Malta 0-1 NORTHERN IRELAND
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Denmark 10 6 4 0 22- 6 22
2.Czech Republic 10 6 2 2 20- 8 20
3.Bulgaria 10 5 2 3 14-15 17
4.Iceland 10 4 1 5 14-20 13
5.NORTHERN IRELAND 10 3 2 5 11-12 11
6.Malta 10 0 1 9 4-24 1
NORTHERN IRELAND failed to qualify
for Korea/Japan 2002.
2006
(UEFA Group 6)
04.Sep 04 NORTHERN IRELAND 0-3 Poland
08.Sep 04 Wales 2-2 NORTHERN IRELAND
09.Oct 04 Azerbaijan 0-0 NORTHERN IRELAND
13.Oct 04 NORTHERN IRELAND 3-3 Austria
26.Mar 05 England 4-0 NORTHERN IRELAND
30.Mar 05 Poland 1-0 NORTHERN IRELAND
03.Sep 05 NORTHERN IRELAND 2-0 Azerbaijan
07.Sep 05 NORTHERN IRELAND 1-0 England
08.Oct 05 NORTHERN IRELAND 2-3 Wales
12.Oct 05 Austria 2-0 NORTHERN IRELAND
P W D L Gls Pts
1.England 10 8 1 1 17- 5 25
2.Poland 10 8 0 2 27- 9 24
3.Austria 10 4 3 3 15-12 15
4.NORTHERN IRELAND 10 2 3 5 10-18 9
5.Wales 10 2 2 6 10-15 8
6.Azerbaijan 10 0 3 7 1-21 3
NORTHERN IRELAND failed to qualify
for Germany 2006.
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