Northern_Ireland_women's_national_football_team

Northern Ireland women's national football team

Northern Ireland women's national football team

Women's national association football team representing Northern Ireland

The Northern Ireland women's national football team represents Northern Ireland in international women's football. Although most national football teams represent a sovereign state, FIFA statutes permit Northern Ireland as a member of the United Kingdom's Home Nations to maintain its own national side that competes in all major tournaments, with the exception of the Women's Olympic Football Tournament.

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The team were the lowest UEFA-ranked team (27th)[3] to qualify for the European Championships Finals in England in 2022.

In September 2021 it was announced that the senior women's team would be adopting a full-time professional set up ahead of Euro 2022.[4]

Results and fixtures

See also: 2024 in association football, 2024 in sports, and FIFA International Match Calendar

The following is a list of matches in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2023

14 July Friendly Scotland  3–0  Northern Ireland Dundee, Scotland
19:35 UTC+1 Source Stadium: Kilmac Stadium
18 July Friendly Czech Republic  0–2  Northern Ireland Opava, Czech Republic
19:30 UTC+2 Source
Stadium: Stadion v Městských sadech
Attendance: 778
Referee: Michalina Diakow (Poland)
23 September UEFA Women's Nations League Republic of Ireland  3–0  Northern Ireland Dublin, Republic of Ireland
13:00 UTC+1
Source Stadium: Aviva Stadium
Referee: Hristiyana Guteva (Bulgaria)
26 September UEFA Women's Nations League Northern Ireland  1–0  Albania Belfast
--:--  Wade 57' Source Stadium: Seaview Stadium
Referee: Zulema González (Spain)
27 October UEFA Women's Nations League Hungary  3–2  Northern Ireland Győr, Hungary
--:-- 18:15
Source
Stadium: Ménfői úti Stadion
Attendance: 332
Referee: Jurgita Mačikunytė (Lithuania)
31 October UEFA Women's Nations League Northern Ireland  1–1  Hungary Belfast
20:00 (19:00 GMT)
Source
Stadium: Seaview Stadium
Attendance: 948
Referee: Jelena Pejković (Croatia)
1 December 2023–24 UEFA Nations League Albania  0–4  Northern Ireland Tirana, Albania
Report Stadium: Arena Kombëtare
5 December 2023–24 UEFA Nations League Northern Ireland  1–6  Republic of Ireland Belfast
Report Stadium: Windsor Park

2024

23 February 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League promotion/relegation matches Montenegro  0–2  Northern Ireland Podgorica
14:00 Report
Stadium: Podgorica City Stadium
27 February 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League promotion/relegation matches Northern Ireland  1–1
(3–1 agg.)		  Montenegro Belfast
20:00 (19:00 GMT) Report Stadium: Windsor Park
Note: Northern Ireland won 3–1 on aggregate, and therefore both teams remained in their respective leagues.
5 April Euro 2025 qualifying Northern Ireland  0–0  Malta Belfast
Report Stadium: Windsor Park
Referee: Maria Marotta (Italy)
9 April Euro 2025 qualifying Bosnia and Herzegovina  1–3  Northern Ireland Zenica
Report Stadium: Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre
Referee: Désirée Grundbacher (Switzerland)

Coaching staff

Manager history

Players

Current squad

Caps and goals updated as of 5 December 2023 after the match against  Republic of Ireland.

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Recent call-ups

  • The following players have been named to a squad in the past 12 months.
  • This list may be incomplete.
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Notes:

  • INJ Withdrew due to injury.
  • WD Withdrew from the squad due to non-injury or medical issue

Records

Main page: Category:Northern Ireland women's international footballers
  • Statistics correct as of 5 December 2023.
  • Active players in bold.
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Simone Magill holds the world record for the fastest international goal in women's football. Previously, US forward Alex Morgan had held the record at twelve seconds. Magill achieved an eleven-second goal against Georgia at the start of a European Qualifying match on 3 June 2016. The goal marks the fastest ever international goal by any national Northern Irish team – male or female.[9]

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

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*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship

More information UEFA Women's Championship record, Qualifying record ...
*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty kicks.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Archer, Kenny (1 September 2023). "New Northern Ireland women's manager Tanya Oxtoby targeting top tournaments". The Irish News. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  2. [2]
    "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  3. [3]
    "Women's National Teams Coefficient Overview" (PDF). editorial.uefa.com. 24 February 2021.
  4. [4]
    VAVEL.com (29 September 2021). "Northern Ireland Women move to a full-time international set-up". VAVEL. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  5. [5]
    "Alfie Wylie leaves role as Northern Ireland women's manager after 15 years to take new IFA job". Belfast Telegraph. 12 April 2019.
  6. [6]
    "Kenny Shiels: Former Kilmarnock boss appointed Northern Ireland senior women's manager". BBC Sport. 16 May 2019.
  7. [7]
    "Kenny Shiels: Northern Ireland women's manager leaves role". BBC Sport. 31 January 2023.
  8. [8]
    "Senior women's squad for upcoming Euro qualifiers revealed". Irish Football Association. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  9. [9]
    Fullerton, Gareth (7 October 2017). "Northern Ireland striker recognised for scoring fastest goal ever!". belfastlive. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
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