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. For the draw of the end stage that took place on 12 December 2015, they were seeded in Pot 4.

Euro 2016

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Poland 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7
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.
Poland 1–0 Northern Ireland
  • Milik 51'
Report
Stade de Nice, Nice
Attendance: 33,742
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Ukraine 0–2 Northern Ireland
Report
  • McAuley 49'
  • McGinn 90+6'
Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu
Attendance: 51,043
Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

Northern Ireland 0–1 Germany
Report
  • Gómez 30'
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 44,125
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos Grp Team 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

Round of 16
Wales 1–0 Northern Ireland
  • McAuley 75' (o.g.)
Report
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 44,342
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.

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