Northern Ireland at the UEFA European Championship

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Northern Ireland have only qualified once for a UEFA European Championship, the 2016 edition. They directly qualified as group winners, and were already secured of qualification after the penultimate matchday.[1] For the draw of the end stage that took place on 12 December 2015, they were seeded in Pot 4.[2]

Euro 2016[edit]

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016

Group stage[edit]

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 Group C

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7[a] Advance to knockout phase
2  Poland 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7[a]
3  Northern Ireland 3 1 0 2 2 2 0 3
4  Ukraine 3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head result (Germany 0–0 Poland). Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.
Poland 1–0 Northern Ireland
  • Milik 51'
 Report
Attendance: 33,742[3]
Ukraine 0–2 Northern Ireland
Report
Attendance: 51,043[4]
Northern Ireland 0–1 Germany
Report
Attendance: 44,125[5]
Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos Grp Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B  Slovakia 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 Advance to knockout phase
2 E  Republic of Ireland 3 1 1 1 2 4 −2 4
3 F  Portugal 3 0 3 0 4 4 0 3
4 C  Northern Ireland 3 1 0 2 2 2 0 3
5 D  Turkey 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
6 A  Albania 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) Higher number of points obtained; 2) Superior goal difference; 3) Higher number of goals scored; 4) Fair play conduct; 5) Position in the UEFA national team coefficient ranking system.

Knockout phase[edit]

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 knockout phase
Round of 16
Wales 1–0 Northern Ireland
 Report
Attendance: 44,342[6]

Overall record[edit]

UEFA European Championship record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
France 1960 Did not enter Did not enter
Spain 1964 Did not qualify 4 2 1 1 5 2
Italy 1968 6 1 1 4 2 8
Belgium 1972 6 2 2 2 10 6
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1976 6 3 0 3 8 5
Italy 1980 8 4 1 3 8 14
France 1984 8 5 1 2 8 5
West Germany 1988 6 1 1 4 2 10
Sweden 1992 8 2 3 3 11 11
England 1996 10 5 2 3 20 15
Belgium Netherlands 2000 8 1 2 5 4 19
Portugal 2004 8 0 3 5 0 8
Austria Switzerland 2008 12 6 2 4 17 14
Poland Ukraine 2012 10 2 3 5 9 13
France 2016 Round of 16 16th 4 1 0 3 2 3 10 6 3 1 16 8
Europe 2020 Did not qualify 10 4 2 4 11 16
Germany 2024 10 3 0 7 9 13
United Kingdom Republic of Ireland 2028 To be determined To be determined
Italy Turkey 2032
Total Round of 16 1/17 4 1 0 3 2 3 130 47 27 56 140 167
*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Northern Ireland make history with Greece win". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  2. ^ "UEFA Euro 2016 draw pots take shape". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 14 October 2015. Archived from the original on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Full Time Summary – Poland v Northern Ireland" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 12 June 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Full Time Summary – Ukraine v Northern Ireland" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Full Time Summary – Northern Ireland v Germany" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Full Time Summary – Wales v Northern Ireland" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
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