NorthIrish national soccer team

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Pointed name
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federation
Irish football Association (IFA)
coach
Lawrie Sanchez, since 2004
record players
Pat Jennings (119)
record goal scorer
David Healy (17)
first international match
Ireland 0:13 England (Belfast, Ireland (today: Northern Ireland; 18. February 1882) Northern Ireland 0:2 Scotland (Belfast, Northern Ireland; 26. February 1921)
Highest victory
Northern Ireland 7:0 Wales (Belfast, Northern Ireland; 1. February 1930)
Highest defeat
Ireland 0:13 England (Belfast, Ireland (today: Northern Ireland; 18. February 1882) England 9:2 Northern Ireland (Manchester, England; 16. November 1949)
World championship
final round participation: 3 (first: 1958) Best result: Quarter final 1958
European championship
final round participation: - (First: -) Best result: -

The northIrish national soccer team is a typical representative of the British football. Northern Ireland belongs politically to the united kingdom and traditionally plays the national players in the professional leagues of England.

history

the northIrish football federation was created already 1880 and joined 1911 the FIFA .

participation of Northern Ireland at the soccer world championship

• WM 1958 in Sweden
  • Northern Ireland one drew into the group 1 and met there on title defenders Germany, the strong Argentinier and Czechoslovakia. After a 1:0 victory over the Czechs and a 1:3 defeat against Argentina, played the crew in an exciting play 2:2 against Germany. Over a deciding match against the CSSR the crew drew success after a 2:1 after extension into the quarter final. There one was subject to the later third France with 0:4.

• WM 1982 in Spain
  • after 24 years absence on the international stage returned Northern Ireland 1982 furios. Into the Vorrunde succeeded the team against Yugoslavia and Honduras and drew after a 1:0 surprise success over host Spain into the second final round. There, after a 2:2 against Austria , France was too strong for the north Irish. The crew around Michel Platini defeated Northern Ireland with 4:1 and became later fourth.

• WM 1986 in Mexico
  • 1986 in Mexico participated Northern Ireland to the last mark in a WM, did not come however beyond the Vorrunde. First they played 1:1 against Algeria, lost however against Spain 1:2 and against Brazil with 0:3.

acquaintance player

• Harry Gregg - Torwart of Manchester United and national goalkeeper with the WM 1958
• George Best - one the European superstar of the 1960er years of Manchester United
• Pat Jennings - gate waiting legend, which played with arsenal London and Tottenham Hotspurs.
• Norman Whiteside - participated as 17jähriger and an up to then youngest player of all times in the WM 1982 in Spain

international matches against German national soccer teams

(results always from northIrish view)

• 15. June 1958 in Malmö (WM-Vorrunde) - 2:2 - gates: McParland (2); Helmut Rahn, Uwe Seeler
• 26. October 1960 in Belfast (WM-qualification) - 3:4 - gates: McAdams (3); Albert Brülls, Uwe Seeler, Gerd Dörfel (2)
• 10. May 1961 in Berlin (WM-qualification) - 1:2 - gates: McIlroy; Rudolf circle, Albert Brülls
• 7. May 1966 in Belfast (test play to the WM 1966) - 0:2 - gates: Uwe Seeler, Alfred hot
• 27. April 1977 in Cologne (friendship game) - 0:5 - gates: Rainer Bonhof, Klaus Fischer (2), Dieter Mueller, Heinz flea
• 17. November 1982 in Belfast (EM-qualification) - 1:0 - gate: Stewart
• 16. November 1983 in Hamburg (EM-qualification) - 1:0 - gate: Whiteside
• 2. June 1992 in Bremen (test play to the EM 1992) - 1:1 - gates: Hughes; Manfred Binz
• 29. May 1996 in Belfast (test play to the EM 1996) - 1:1 - gates: O'Boyle; Mehmet Scholl
• 9. November 1996 in Nuremberg (WM-qualification) - 1:1 - gates: Day-refined; Andreas Möller
• 20. August 1997 in Belfast (WM-qualification) - 1:3 - gates: Hughes; More olive beer-hope (3)
• 27. March 1999 in Belfast (EM-qualification) - 0:3 - gates: Marco Bode (2), Dietmar Hamann
• 8. September 1999 in Dortmund (EM-qualification) - 0:4 - gates: More olive beer-hope, Christian goat (3)
• 4. June 2005 in Belfast (test play for Confed Cup) - 1:4 - gates: David Healy; Michael Ballack (2), Gerald Asamoah, Lukas Podolski