Association | Irish Football Association |
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Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
FIFA code | NIR |
First international | |
Northern Ireland 3–4 Belgium (Newry, Northern Ireland, 21 August 2018) | |
Biggest win | |
Gibraltar 0–3 Northern Ireland (Gibraltar, 6 April 2019) Latvia 1–4 Northern Ireland ( Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia, 14 May 2022) | |
Biggest defeat | |
Northern Ireland 0–8 Slovakia (Jonava, Lithuania, 8 May 2021) | |
UEFA Women's Futsal Championship | |
Appearances | 0 (Preliminary round only) |
The Northern Ireland women's national futsal team represents Northern Ireland in international women's futsal competitions and is controlled by the Irish Football Association. Northern Ireland is the only home nation of the United Kingdom to have an active women's futsal team. [1]
Northern Ireland's team was formed in 2018. [1] The team would play their first ever match against the Banbridge Town's men's development team on 15 April 2018 which ended in a 4–6 defeat. [2] The team has taken part in the preliminary round of the UEFA Women's Futsal Championship, [1] debuting in 2018 for the 2019 edition. [3]
FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
2025 | To be determined | |||||||
Total | – | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
UEFA European Championship | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |||
2019 | Did not qualify | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 16 | |||||||||
2022 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
2023 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||
Total | 0/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 33 |
6 April 2019 Friendly | Gibraltar | 0–3 | Northern Ireland | Gibraltar |
Report | Stadium: Tercentenary Sports Hall |
7 April 2019 Friendly | Gibraltar | 2–3 | Northern Ireland | Gibraltar |
Report | Stadium: Tercentenary Sports Hall |
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