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

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 phase
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

Poland  v  Northern Ireland

12 June 2016 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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Ukraine  v  Northern Ireland

16 June 2016 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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Northern Ireland  v  Germany

21 June 2016 18:00

Northern Ireland	0–1	Germany
	Report	Gómez  30'

Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 44,125[5] Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Wales  v  Northern Ireland

25 June 2016 18:00

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

Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 44,342[6] Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Summary table

UEFA European Football 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	TBD	TBD	3	1	0	2	2	2
Total		1/15	3	1	0	2	2	2	110	40	25	45	120	138

References

1. "Northern Ireland make history with Greece win". UEFA. 8 Oct 2015. Retrieved 12 Dec 2015.
2. "UEFA EURO 2016 draw pots take shape". UEFA. 14 Oct 2015. Retrieved 14 Oct 2015.
3. "Full Time Summary – Poland v Northern Ireland" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 12 June 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
4. "Full Time Summary – Ukraine v Northern Ireland" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
5. "Full Time Summary – Northern Ireland v Germany" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 21 June 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.