Northern Ireland at the UEFA European Championship

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

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7 [a]	Advance to knockout stage
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. Tied on head-to-head result (Germany 0–0 Poland). Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

12 June 2016 (2016-6-12)

18:00

Poland	1–0	Northern Ireland
Milik 51'	Report

Stade de Nice, Nice

Attendance: 33,742 ^[3]

Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

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16 June 2016 (2016-6-16)

18:00

Ukraine	0–2	Northern Ireland
	Report	McAuley 49' McGinn 90+6'

Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu

Attendance: 51,043 ^[4]

Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

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21 June 2016 (2016-6-21)

18:00

Northern Ireland	0–1	Germany
	Report	Gómez 30'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 44,125 ^[5]

Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	B	Slovakia	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
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 stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 knockout stage

Round of 16

25 June 2016 (2016-6-25)

18:00

Wales	1–0	Northern Ireland
McAuley 75' (o.g.)	Report

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 44,342 ^[6]

Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Overall record

UEFA European Championship record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1960	Did not enter									Did not enter
1964	Did not qualify									4	2	1	1	5	2
1968										6	1	1	4	2	8
1972										6	2	2	2	10	6
1976										6	3	0	3	8	5
1980										8	4	1	3	8	14
1984										8	5	1	2	8	5
1988										6	1	1	4	2	10
1992										8	2	3	3	11	11
1996										10	5	2	3	20	15
2000										8	1	2	5	4	19
2004										8	0	3	5	0	8
2008										12	6	2	4	17	14
2012										10	2	3	5	9	13
2016	Round of 16	16th	4	1	0	3	2	3		10	6	3	1	16	8
2020	Did not qualify									10	4	2	4	11	16
2024										10	3	0	7	9	13
2028	To be determined									To be determined
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

• Northern Ireland at the FIFA World Cup

References

1. "Northern Ireland make history with Greece win". UEFA . Union of European Football Associations. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
2. "UEFA Euro 2016 draw pots take shape". UEFA . 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 9, 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
4. "Full Time Summary – Ukraine v Northern Ireland" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 8, 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
5. "Full Time Summary – Northern Ireland v Germany" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 21 June 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 8, 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.