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Nickname(s) | Green and White Army | ||
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Association | The Irish Football Association | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Jonathan Michael | ||
Captain | Adam Barr | ||
Most caps | Adam Barr (31) | ||
Top scorer | Connor Millar (19) | ||
FIFA code | NIR | ||
FIFA ranking | 108 [1] | ||
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First international | |||
Wales 7–1 Northern Ireland (Cardiff, Wales; 2nd December 2016) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Northern Ireland 8–1 Gibraltar (Newry, Northern Ireland; 10th January 2020) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
England 16–1 Northern Ireland (Cardiff, Wales; 3rd December 2016) | |||
Home Nations Championship | |||
Appearances | 12 | ||
Best result | Scotland 3–5 Northern Ireland (Burton-on-Trent, England; 1st December 2019) |
The Northern Ireland national futsal team represents Northern Ireland during international futsal competitions such as the FIFA Futsal World Cup and the UEFA Euro Championships. The team is governed by the Irish Football Association. The team was formed in 2016 as futsal gained popularity in Northern Ireland in 2015.[ citation needed ]
Home matches are played at Newry Leisure Centre. Friendly matches are played with teams from other European nations, and Northern Ireland also compete in the Home Nations Championship against England, Scotland and Wales each season. Northern Ireland entered qualification for the FIFA World Futsal Cup for the first time in 2019 [2] and qualification for the UEFA Euro Championships for the first time in 2020. [3] The team have yet to advance from a qualification tournament.
# | Pos | Name | Caps | Club | Goals |
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1 | GK | Matthew McErlain | 19 | Sparta Belfast Futsal Club | 0 |
12 | GK | Philip Irvine | 19 | World United Futsal Club | 0 |
2 | DEF | John Gibson | 28 | Belfast United Futsal Club | 1 |
4 | DEF | Adam Barr | 31 | Wessex Futsal Club | 5 |
6 | DEF | James Gould | 19 | Belfast United Futsal Club | 1 |
21 | DEF | Darius Roohi | 20 | Loughborough Students Futsal Club | 1 |
3 | WING | Ryan Dabbs | 8 | Cardiff University Futsal Club | 3 |
5 | WING | Scott Gunn | 27 | Sunderland University Futsal Club | 6 |
7 | WING | Conor Glenholmes | 29 | Belfast United Futsal Club | 12 |
8 | WING | Jack Magee | 18 | Belfast United Futsal Club | 6 |
14 | WING | Josh Lowry | 9 | Sparta Belfast Futsal Club | 2 |
15 | WING | Craig Taylor | 24 | Belfast United Futsal Club | 12 |
16 | WING | Jordan Wilson | 21 | Sparta Belfast Futsal Club | 1 |
19 | WING | Conor Kernohan | 8 | Bergamo C5 Futsal Club | 0 |
20 | WING | Danny Stapleton | 15 | Manchester Futsal Club | 1 |
9 | PIVOT | Chris Donnelly | 12 | Escocia Futsal Club | 2 |
10 | PIVOT | Connor Millar | 26 | Wessex Futsal Club | 19 |
11 | PIVOT | Ernestas Verenka | 9 | Sparta Belfast Futsal Club | 0 |
FIFA World Cup Record | |||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA |
Netherlands 1989 | Did not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Hong Kong 1992 | Did not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Spain 1996 | Did not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Guatemala 2000 | Did not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Chinese Taipei 2004 | Did not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Brazil 2008 | Did not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Thailand 2012 | Did not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Colombia 2016 | Did not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Lithuania 2021 | Did not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Uzbekistan 2024 | Did not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Total | 0/10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
UEFA European Futsal Championship Record | |||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA |
Spain 1996 | Did not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Spain 1999 | Did not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Russia 2001 | Did not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Italy 2003 | Did not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Czech Republic 2005 | Did not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Portugal 2007 | Did not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Hungary 2010 | Did not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Croatia 2012 | Did not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Belgium 2014 | Did not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Serbia 2016 | Did not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Slovenia 2018 | Did not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Netherlands 2022 | Did not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Latvia/Lithuania 2026 | To be Determined | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Total | 0/13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Home Nations Championship Record | |||||||
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Year | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD |
Wales 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 31 | -27 |
Scotland 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 17 | -15 |
Northern Ireland 2018 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
England 2019 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 18 | -6 |
Total | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 25 | 73 | -48 |
Opponent | H / A | Date | Competition | Score | Result | Scorers | Venue |
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Wales | Away | 02-12-2016 | Home Nations Championship | 7–1 | Loss | Michael O’Hehir | House of Sport, Cardiff, Wales |
England | Away | 03-12-2016 | Home Nations Championship | 16–1 | Loss | Conor Glenholmes | House of Sport, Cardiff, Wales |
Scotland | Away | 04-12-2016 | Home Nations Championship | 8–2 | Loss | Conor Glenholmes, Chris Donnelly | House of Sport, Cardiff, Wales |
San Marino | Away | 13-05-2017 | Friendly International | 2–1 | Loss | Conor Glenholmes | Multieventi Sport Domus Ore, San Marino |
San Marino | Away | 14-05-2017 | Friendly International | 0–1 | Win | Ciaran Donaghy | Multieventi Sport Domus Ore, San Marino |
Gibraltar | Away | 24-11-2017 | Friendly International | 6–5 | Loss | Jack Magee, Connor Millar x 2, Conor Glenholmes x 2 | Tercentenary Sportshall, Gibraltar |
Gibraltar | Away | 25-11-2017 | Friendly International | 3–1 | Loss | Craig Taylor | Tercentenary Sportshall, Gibraltar |
Scotland | Away | 01-12-2017 | Home Nations Championship | 4–1 | Loss | Conor Glenholmes | Oriam, Edinburgh, Scotland |
England | Away | 02-12-2017 | Home Nations Championship | 5-1 | Loss | Jordan Wilson | Oriam, Edinburgh, Scotland |
Wales | Away | 03-12-2017 | Home Nations Championship | 8-0 | Loss | N/A | Oriam, Edinburgh, Scotland |
Scotland | Home | 22-06-2018 | Friendly International | 6–8 | Loss | Jack Magee, Adam Barr, Conor Glenholmes, Craig Taylor, Connor Millar, Danny Stapleton | Newry Leisure Centre, Newry, Northern Ireland |
Scotland | Home | 23-06-2018 | Friendly International | 6–6 | Draw | Jack Magee x 2, Brendan Shannon, Connor Millar x 2, Craig Taylor | Newry Leisure Centre, Newry, Northern Ireland |
Malta | Away | 26-10-2018 | Friendly International | 1–2 | Win | Adam Barr, Craig Taylor | Malta |
Malta | Away | 27-10-2018 | Friendly International | 4–1 | Loss | Ciaran Donaghy | Malta |
Scotland | Home | 30-11-2018 | Home Nations Championship | 2–6 | Loss | Connor Millar, Jack Magee | Newry Leisure Centre, Nerwy, Northern Ireland |
Wales | Home | 01-12-2018 | Home Nations Championship | 2–0 | Win | Darius Roohi, Jack Magee | Newry Leisure Centre, Nerwy, Northern Ireland |
England | Home | 02-12-2018 | Home Nations Championship | 1–3 | Loss | Conor Glenholmes | Newry Leisure Centre, Nerwy, Northern Ireland |
Malta | Home | 18-01-2019 | Friendly International | 4–2 | Win | Craig Taylor, James Gould, Connor Millar x 2 | Newry Leisure Centre, Newry, Northern Ireland |
Malta | Home | 19-01-2019 | Friendly International | 1–3 | Loss | Connor Millar | Newry Leisure Centre, Newry, Northern Ireland |
Finland | Away | 30-01-2019 | FIFA 2020 World Cup Prelim Rd | 9–1 | Loss | Connor Millar | FMF Futsal Arena, Ciorescu, Moldova |
Moldova | Away | 31-01-2019 | FIFA 2020 World Cup Prelim Rd | 13–3 | Loss | Scott Gunn, Connor Millar x 2 | FMF Futsal Arena, Ciorescu, Moldova |
Wales | Away | 02-02-2019 | FIFA 2020 World Cup Prelim Rd | 3–2 | Loss | Conor Glenholmes, John Gibson | FMF Futsal Arena, Ciorescu, Moldova |
Wales | Away | 29-11-2019 | Home Nations Championship | 9-3 | Loss | Adam Barr, Scott Gunn, Connor Millar | St Georges Park, Burton on Trent, England |
England | Away | 30-11-2019 | Home Nations Championship | 6-4 | Loss | Ryan Dabbs, Craig Taylor x 2, Connor Millar | St Georges Park, Burton on Trent, England |
Scotland | Away | 01-12-2019 | Home Nations Championship | 3-5 | Win | Craig Taylor, Adam Barr, Josh Lowry x 2, Ryan Dabbs | St Georges Park, Burton on Trent, England |
Gibraltar | Home | 10-01-2020 | Friendly International | 8–1 | Win | Conor Glenholmes x 3, Scott Gunn x 2, Craig Taylor, Adam Barr, Ryan Dabbs | Newry Leisure Centre, Newry, Northern Ireland |
Gibraltar | Home | 12-01-2020 | Friendly International | 3–4 | Loss | Craig Taylor x 2, Connor Millar | Newry Leisure Centre, Newry, Northern Ireland |
Hungary | Away | 29-01-2020 | UEFA Euro 2022 Qualifiers Prelim Rd | 7-2 | Loss | Craig Taylor, Connor Millar | Jonava Arena, Jonava, Lithuania |
Lithuania | Away | 30-01-2020 | UEFA Euro 2022 Qualifiers Prelim Rd | 5-1 | Loss | Chris Donnelly | Jonava Arena, Jonava, Lithuania |
Turkey | Away | 01-02-2020 | UEFA Euro 2022 Qualifiers Prelim Rd | 4-2 | Loss | Scott Gunn x 2 | Jonava Arena, Jonava, Lithuania |
Israel | Away | 05-04-2022 | FIFA 2024 World Cup Prelim Rd | 3–3 | Draw | Connor Millar X 3 | Jonava Arena, Jonava, Lithuania |
Head Coach | Northern Ireland Career | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Win % |
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Jonathan Michael | 2016–Present | 31 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 19 |
As of February 2020
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