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The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international association football. From 1882 to 1921 all of Ireland was represented by a single side, the Ireland national football team, organised by the Irish Football Association (IFA).

In 1920 Ireland was partitioned into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland. In 1922, The south of Ireland gained independence as the Irish Free State, later to become Republic of Ireland. Amid these political upheavals, a rival football association, the Football Association of Ireland (the F.A.I.), emerged in Dublin in 1921 and organised a separate league and later a national team. In 1923, during a period when the home nations had dis-affiliated from the governing body,[1] the FAI was recognised by FIFA as the governing body of the Irish Free State on the condition that it changed its name to the Football Association of the Irish Free State.[2] At the same time, the IFA continued to organise its national team on an all-Ireland basis, regularly calling up Free State players.[3][4] During this era at least one Northerner, Harry Chatton, also played for the Irish Free State and from 1936, the FAI began to organise their own all–Ireland team.[5][6] Both teams now competed as Ireland and during this era at least 39 dual internationals were selected to represent both teams.[7] Between 1928 and 1946 the IFA were not affiliated to FIFA and the two Ireland teams co-existed, never competing in the same competition.[8]

In April 1951, FIFA decreed that the IFA team could not select "citizens of Eire". An exception was for British Home Championship games, as a 1923 IFAB agreement at Liverpool prevented FIFA intervention in relations between the four Home Nations.[9] However, the exception would only apply "if the F.A. of Ireland do not object", and was never availed of.

At FIFA's 1953 congress, its Rule 3 was amended so that an international team must use "that title ... recognised politically and geographically of the countries or territories". The FAI initially claimed Rule 3 gave them the right to the name Ireland[10] (see names of the Irish state), but FIFA subsequently ruled neither team could be referred to as Ireland, decreeing that the FAI team be officially designated as the Republic of Ireland, while the IFA team was to become Northern Ireland.[11][12] The IFA objected and in 1954 was permitted to continue using the name Ireland in Home Internationals,[13] based on the 1923 agreement. This practice was discontinued in the late 1970s.[14][a]

This is a list of the Northern Ireland national football team results from 1980 to 1999.

1980s

1980

16 May 1980 1979–80 British Home Championship Northern Ireland  1–0  Scotland Belfast, Northern Ireland

Match 333
Hamilton 36' Report Stadium: Windsor Park
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)
20 May 1980 1979–80 British Home Championship England  1–1  Northern Ireland London, England

Match 334
Brotherston 81' (o.g.) Report Cochrane 83' Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 33,676
Referee: Gwyn Owen (Wales)
11 June 1980 International Friendly Australia  1–2  Northern Ireland Sydney, Australia

Match 336
Sharne 75' Report Nicholl 11'
J. O'Neill 52'
Stadium: Sydney Cricket Ground
Attendance: 12,486
Referee: Peter Rampley (Australia)
15 June 1980 International Friendly Australia  1–1  Northern Ireland Melbourne, Australia

Match 337
Sharne 18' Report M. O'Neill 82' Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Stewart Mellings (Australia)
18 June 1980 International Friendly Australia  1–2  Northern Ireland Adelaide, Australia

Match 338
Sharne 5' Report Brotherston 70'
McCurdy 77'
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Don Campbell (Australia)
19 November 1980 1982 FIFA World Cup Group 6 Qualifier Portugal  1–0  Northern Ireland Lisbon, Portugal

Match 340
Jordão 60' Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Georges Konrath (France)

1981

1982

23 February 1982 1981–82 British Home Championship England  4–0  Northern Ireland London, England

Match 347
Robson 1'
Keegan 56'
Wilkins 85'
Hoddle 89'
Report Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 54,900
Referee: Gwyn Owen (Wales)
24 March 1982 International Friendly France  4–0  Northern Ireland Paris, France

Match 348
Zénier 31'
Couriol 45'
Larios 57'
Genghini 80'
Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Roger Verhaeghe (Spain)
13 October 1982 UEFA Euro 1984 Group 6 Qualifier Austria  2–0  Northern Ireland Vienna, Austria

Match 356
Schachner 3', 39' Report Stadium: Praterstadion
Attendance: 9,885
Referee: Valeri Butenko (Soviet Union)
15 December 1982 UEFA Euro 1984 Group 6 Qualifier Albania  0–0  Northern Ireland Tirana, Albania

Match 358
Report Stadium: Qemal Stafa
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: André Daina (Switzerland)

1983

27 April 1983 UEFA Euro 1984 Group 6 Qualifier Northern Ireland  1–0  Albania Belfast, Northern Ireland

Match 360
Stewart 54' Report Stadium: Windsor Park
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ib Nielsen (Denmark)
31 May 1983 1982–83 British Home Championship Northern Ireland  0–1  Wales Belfast, Northern Ireland

Match 363
Report Davies 64' Stadium: Windsor Park
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Hugh Alexander (Scotland)

1984

4 April 1984 1983–84 British Home Championship England  1–0  Northern Ireland London, England

Match 368
Woodcock 49' Report Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Ronald Bridges (Wales)
16 October 1984 International Friendly Northern Ireland  3–0  Israel Belfast, Northern Ireland

Match 372
Whiteside 3'
Quinn 26'
Doherty 44'
Report Stadium: Windsor Park
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Howard King (Wales)
14 November 1984 1986 FIFA World Cup Group 3 Qualifier Northern Ireland  2–1  Finland Belfast, Northern Ireland

Match 373
J. O'Neill 44'
Armstrong 51' (pen.)
Report Lipponen 22' Stadium: Windsor Park
Attendance: 19,457
Referee: Santos Da Silva (Portugal)

1985

27 March 1985 International Friendly Spain  0–0  Northern Ireland Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Match 375
Report Stadium: Estadio Lluís Sitjar
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Coşkun Kutay (Turkey)

1986

26 February 1986 International Friendly France  0–0  Northern Ireland Paris, France

Match 380
Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 28,909
Referee: Alphonse Costantin (Belgium)
23 April 1986 International Friendly Northern Ireland  2–1  Morocco Belfast, Northern Ireland

Match 382
Clarke 13'
Quinn 86'
Report Timoumi 65' (pen.) Stadium: Windsor Park
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Keith Cooper (Wales)
15 October 1986 UEFA Euro 1988 Group 4 Qualifier England  3–0  Northern Ireland London, England

Match 386
Lineker 33', 80'
Waddle 75'
Report Stadium: Wembley
Attendance: 35,304
Referee: Alphonse Costantin (Belgium)
12 November 1986 UEFA Euro 1988 Group 4 Qualifier Turkey  0–0  Northern Ireland İzmir, Turkey

Match 387
Report Stadium: Alsancak Stadı
Attendance: 21,919
Referee: Ștefan Dan Petrescu (Romania)

1987

18 February 1987 International Friendly Israel  1–1  Northern Ireland Ramat Gan, Israel

Match 388
Merili 87' Report Penney 38' Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 4,081
Referee: Tullio Lanese (Italy)

1988

17 February 1988 International Friendly Greece  3–2  Northern Ireland Athens, Greece

Match 393
Manolas 61', 79'
Mitropoulos 89'
Report Clarke 32', 76' Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 9,753
Referee: Zdravko Đokić (Yugoslavia)
27 April 1988 International Friendly Northern Ireland  0–0  France Belfast, Northern Ireland

Match 395
Report Stadium: Windsor Park
Attendance: 6,250
Referee: Keith Cooper (Wales)

1989

26 April 1989 1990 FIFA World Cup Group 6 Qualifier Malta  0–2  Northern Ireland Attard, Malta

Match 401
Report Clarke 55'
O'Neill 73'
Stadium: Ta' Qali National Stadium
Attendance: 15,150
Referee: Ștefan Dan Petrescu (Romania)
26 May 1989 International Friendly Northern Ireland  0–1  Chile Belfast, Northern Ireland

Match 402
Report Astengo 44' Stadium: Windsor Park
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: George Smith (Scotland)

1990s

1990

27 March 1990 International Friendly Northern Ireland  2–3  Norway Belfast, Northern Ireland

Match 405
Quinn 44'
Wilson 86'
Report Skammelsrud 54'
Andersen 57'
Johnsen 90'
Stadium: Windsor Park
Attendance: 3,900
Referee: Howard King (Wales)
18 May 1990 International Friendly Northern Ireland  1–0  Uruguay Belfast, Northern Ireland

Match 406
Wilson 39' Report Stadium: Windsor Park
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Keith Cooper (Wales)
14 November 1990 UEFA Euro 1992 Group 4 Qualifier Austria  0–0  Northern Ireland Vienna, Austria

Match 409
Report Stadium: Praterstadion
Attendance: 6,753
Referee: Gérard Biguet (France)

1991

5 February 1991 International Friendly Northern Ireland  3–1  Poland Belfast, Northern Ireland

Match 410
Taggart 44', 62'
Magilton 51' (pen.)
Report Warzycha 17' Stadium: Windsor Park
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Keith Burge (Wales)
27 March 1991 UEFA Euro 1992 Group 4 Qualifier Yugoslavia  4–1  Northern Ireland Belgrade, Yugoslavia

Match 411
Binić 35'
Pančev 47', 60', 62'
Report Hill 44' Stadium: Red Star Stadium
Attendance: 5,086
Referee: Yusuf Namoğlu (Turkey)
11 September 1991 UEFA Euro 1992 Group 4 Qualifier Faroe Islands  0–5  Northern Ireland Landskrona, Sweden[b]

Match 413
Report Wilson 8'
Clarke 12', 51', 68' (pen.)
McDonald 14'
Stadium: Landskrona IP
Attendance: 1,623
Referee: Simo Ruokonen (Finland)
16 October 1991 UEFA Euro 1992 Group 4 Qualifier Northern Ireland  2–1  Austria Belfast, Northern Ireland

Match 414
Dowie 18'
Black 42'
Report Lainer 44' Stadium: Windsor Park
Attendance: 6,854
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)
13 November 1991 UEFA Euro 1992 Group 4 Qualifier Denmark  2–1  Northern Ireland Odense, Denmark

Match 415
Povlsen 22', 36' Report Taggart 71' Stadium: Odense Stadium
Attendance: 10,881
Referee: Alexey Spirin (Soviet Union)

1992

19 February 1992 International Friendly Scotland  1–0  Northern Ireland Glasgow, Scotland

Match 416
McCoist 11' Report Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 13,650
Referee: Joe Worrall (England)
2 June 1992 International Friendly Germany  1–1  Northern Ireland Bremen, Germany

Match 418
Binz 40' Report Hughes 22' Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Alphonse Costantin (Belgium)

1993

28 April 1993 1994 FIFA World Cup Group 3 Qualifier Spain  3–1  Northern Ireland Seville, Spain

Match 424
J. Salinas 21', 26'
Hierro 41'
Report Wilson 11' Stadium: Benito Villamarín
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)
13 October 1993 1994 FIFA World Cup Group 3 Qualifier Denmark  1–0  Northern Ireland Copenhagen, Denmark

Match 428
B. Laudrup 83' Report Stadium: Parken
Attendance: 40,242
Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)

1994

23 March 1994 International Friendly Northern Ireland  2–0  Romania Belfast, Northern Ireland

Match 430
Morrow 42'
Gray 50'
Report Stadium: Windsor Park
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Keith Burge (Wales)
4 June 1994 International Friendly Colombia  2–0  Northern Ireland Foxborough, United States

Match 432
Pérez 29'
Valencia 45'
Report Stadium: Foxboro Stadium
Attendance: 21,153
Referee: Jack D'Aquila (United States)
11 June 1994 International Friendly Mexico  3–0  Northern Ireland Miami, United States

Match 433
Postigo 18', 30'
Hermosillo 77'
Report Stadium: Miami Orange Bowl
Attendance: 8,418
Referee: Hélder Dias (United States)

1995

26 April 1995 UEFA Euro 1996 Group 6 Qualifier Latvia  0–1  Northern Ireland Riga, Latvia

Match 438
Report Dowie 70' (pen.) Stadium: Daugava Stadium
Attendance: 1,560
Referee: Finn Lambeck (Denmark)
22 May 1995 Canada Cup Canada  2–0  Northern Ireland Edmonton, Canada

Match 439
Peschisolido 9', 23' Report Stadium: Commonwealth Stadium
Attendance: 12,112
Referee: Brian Hall (United States)
25 May 1995 Canada Cup Chile  2–1  Northern Ireland Edmonton, Canada

Match 440
Valencia 74'
Mardones 81'
Report Dowie 7' Stadium: Commonwealth Stadium
Attendance: 6,124
Referee: Mike Seiffert (Canada)
3 September 1995 UEFA Euro 1996 Group 6 Qualifier Portugal  1–1  Northern Ireland Porto, Portugal

Match 442
Domingos 47' Report Hughes 66' Stadium: Estádio das Antas
Attendance: 26,780
Referee: Rémi Harrel (France)
15 November 1995 UEFA Euro 1996 Group 6 Qualifier Northern Ireland  5–3  Austria Belfast, Northern Ireland

Match 444
O'Neill 27', 78'
Dowie 32' (pen.)
Hunter 53'
Gray 63'
Report Schopp 55'
Stumpf 70'
Wetl 81'
Stadium: Windsor Park
Attendance: 8,451
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

1996

27 March 1996 International Friendly Northern Ireland  0–2  Norway Belfast, Northern Ireland

Match 445
Report Solskjær 51'
Østenstad 83'
Stadium: Windsor Park
Attendance: 5,343
Referee: John Ashman (Wales)
24 April 1996 International Friendly Northern Ireland  1–2  Sweden Belfast, Northern Ireland

Match 446
McMahon 84' Report Dahlin 22'
Ingesson 58'
Stadium: Windsor Park
Attendance: 5,666
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
29 May 1996 International Friendly Northern Ireland  1–1  Germany Belfast, Northern Ireland

Match 447
O'Boyle 76' Report Scholl 77' Stadium: Windsor Park
Attendance: 11,700
Referee: Willie Young (Scotland)

1997

22 January 1997 International Friendly Italy  2–0  Northern Ireland Palermo, Italy

Match 452
Zola 9'
Del Piero 88'
Report Stadium: Stadio La Favorita
Attendance: 30,866
Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Germany)
11 February 1997 International Friendly Northern Ireland  3–0  Belgium Belfast, Northern Ireland

Match 453
Quinn 14'
Magilton 62' (pen.)
Mulryne 88'
Report Stadium: Windsor Park
Attendance: 7,126
Referee: John Rowbotham (Scotland)
21 May 1997 International Friendly Thailand  0–0  Northern Ireland Bangkok, Thailand

Match 457
Report Stadium: Suphachalasai Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Hanlumyaung Panya (Thailand)

1998

25 March 1998 International Friendly Northern Ireland  1–0  Slovakia Belfast, Northern Ireland

Match 461
Lomas 51' Report Stadium: Windsor Park
Attendance: 7,895
Referee: Alan Howells (Wales)
3 June 1998 International Friendly Spain  4–1  Northern Ireland Santander, Spain

Match 463
Pizzi 29', 37'
Morientes 47', 67'
Report Taggart 43' Stadium: Estadio El Sardinero
Attendance: 18,120
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
5 September 1998 UEFA Euro 2000 Group 3 Qualifier Turkey  3–0  Northern Ireland Istanbul, Turkey

Match 464
Oktay 18', 58'
Tayfur 50'
Report Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium
Attendance: 19,840
Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)

1999

27 March 1999 UEFA Euro 2000 Group 3 Qualifier Northern Ireland  0–3  Germany Belfast, Northern Ireland

Match 467
Report Bode 11', 43'
Morrow 62' (o.g.)
Stadium: Windsor Park
Attendance: 14,270
Referee: Graziano Cesari (Italy)
27 April 1999 International Friendly Northern Ireland  1–1  Canada Belfast, Northern Ireland

Match 469
McVeigh 90+1' Report Bircham 67' Stadium: Windsor Park
Attendance: 7,663
Referee: Mike McCurry (Scotland)
29 May 1999 International Friendly Republic of Ireland  0–1  Northern Ireland Dublin, Republic of Ireland

Match 470
Report Griffin 84' Stadium: Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 12,100
Referee: Ceri Richards (Wales)
18 August 1999 International Friendly Northern Ireland  0–1  France Belfast, Northern Ireland

Match 471
Report Laslandes 67' Stadium: Windsor Park
Attendance: 11,804
Referee: Willie Young (Scotland)
4 September 1999 UEFA Euro 2000 Group 3 Qualifier Northern Ireland  0–3  Turkey Belfast, Northern Ireland

Match 472
Report Arif 45', 46', 48' Stadium: Windsor Park
Attendance: 7,270
Referee: Alain Sars (France)
8 September 1999 UEFA Euro 2000 Group 3 Qualifier Germany  4–0  Northern Ireland Dortmund, Germany

Match 473
Bierhoff 2'
Ziege 16', 33', 45'
Report Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Georgios Bikas (Greece)
9 October 1999 UEFA Euro 2000 Group 3 Qualifier Finland  4–1  Northern Ireland Helsinki, Finland

Match 474
Johansson 9'
Hyypiä 63'
Kolkka 73', 83'
Report Whitley 59' Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 8,217
Referee: Armand Ancion (Belgium)

Notes

  1. ^ The last match played as Ireland was 1978 versus Scotland,[15] however, apart from this match, all British Championship matches had been played as "Northern Ireland" since the 1973–74 tournament.[16] In the 1972–73 tournament, the first two matches were played as "Ireland" and the third as "Northern Ireland". In the 1971–72 tournament, the first was played as "Ireland" and the second and third as "Northern Ireland". 1970–71 was the last tournament in which all matches were played under the name "Ireland".[17]
  2. ^ Match played in Sweden as the Faroe Islands did not have a UEFA-approved grass pitch arena.
  3. ^ Played in neutral ground due to the 1997 rebellion in Albania.

References

  1. ^ Dunning, Eric (1993). Jean Brown (ed.). The Sports Process: A Comparative and Developmental Approach. Human Kinetics. p. 130. ISBN 0-88011-624-2. Google books
  2. ^ Byrne, Peter (1996). Football Association of Ireland: 75 years. Dublin: Sportsworld. p. 22. ISBN 1-900110-06-7.
  3. ^ Byrne, Peter (1996). Football Association of Ireland: 75 years. Dublin: Sportsworld. p. 59. ISBN 1-900110-06-7.
  4. ^ Ryan, Sean (1997). The Boys in Green: the FAI international story. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 31. ISBN 1-85158-939-2.
  5. ^ Byrne, Peter (1996). Football Association of Ireland: 75 years. Dublin: Sportsworld. p. 45. ISBN 1-900110-06-7.
  6. ^ Ryan, Sean (1997). The Boys in Green: the FAI international story. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 34. ISBN 1-85158-939-2.
  7. ^ "Dual Internationalists". Northern Ireland Footballing Greats. 23 October 2006. Retrieved 23 January 2008.
  8. ^ Fulton, Gareth (2005). "Northern Catholic fans of Republic of Ireland soccer". In Alan Bairner (ed.). Sport and the Irish: Histories, Identities, Issues. Dublin: UCD Press. p. 145. ISBN 1-904558-33-X.
  9. ^ Brodie, Malcolm; Billy Kennedy (2005). The IFA 125 years...the history. Edenderry print limited. p. 108. "Politics of Irish Soccer". The Irish Times. 25 November 1953. p. 3.
  10. ^ "Two "Irelands" Recognised". The Irish Times. 16 November 1953. p. 3.
  11. ^ Byrne, Peter (1996). Football Association of Ireland: 75 years. Dublin: Sportsworld. p. 68. ISBN 1-900110-06-7.
  12. ^ "FAI History 1930−1959". Football Association of Ireland. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  13. ^ Ryan, Sean (1997). The Boys in Green: the FAI international story. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 70. ISBN 1-85158-939-2.
  14. ^ Matthew Taylor (2008). The Association Game: A History of British Football. Harlow:Pearson Education Ltd.
  15. ^ "NIFG: Northern Ireland Programmes 1975–1978". Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  16. ^ "NIFG: Northern Ireland Programmes 1972–1975". Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  17. ^ "NIFG: Northern Ireland Programmes 1968–1972". Retrieved 13 June 2016.

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