Northern Ireland women's national football team

Northern Ireland

Nickname(s)

Green and White Army

Association

Irish Football Association

Confederation

UEFA (Europe)

Head coach

Alfie Wylie

Captain

Julie Nelson

FIFA code

NIR

First colours

Second colours

FIFA ranking

Current

4 (25 March 2016)

Highest

53 (June 2012)

Lowest

83 (December 2004)

The Northern Ireland women's national football team represents Northern Ireland in international women's football.

World Cup record

World Cup Finals
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	0/7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Current squad

Date: 24 October 2015^[1]
Competition: UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
Opponent: Georgia
Venue: Mikheil Meskhi Stadium (Tbilisi, Georgia)

Name	DOB	Club	Caps (goals)	Debut
Goalkeepers
Emma Higgins	(1986-05-15) 15 May 1986	Grindavík	66 (1)	vs. Portugal, 14 March 2004
Defenders
Julie Nelson	(1985-06-04) 4 June 1985	Glasgow City	62 (6)	vs. Portugal, 14 March 2004
Billie Simpson	(1992-07-07) 7 July 1992	Linfield Ladies	3 (0)
Hannah Doherty	(1997-09-08) 8 September 1997	Linfield Ladies	1 (0)
Jessica Foy	(1995-06-07) 7 June 1995	Glentoran Belfast United	0(0)
Hayley Crackle		Aston Villa		vs. Poland, 5 March 2015
Nicola Adams
Midfielders
Laura Rafferty	(1996-04-29) 29 April 1996	Chelsea Ladies	6(0)	vs. Rep. of Ireland, 6 March 2013
Marissa Callaghan	(1985-09-02) 2 September 1985	Cliftonville Ladies	14(0)	vs. Scotland, 23 May 2010
Kirsty McGuinness	(1994-11-04) 4 November 1994	Glentoran Belfast United	13(1)	vs. Estonia, 24 July 2010
Clare Timoney	(1988-05-27) 27 May 1988	Linfield Ladies
Ciara Sherwood		Millwall Lionesses
Emma McMaster		Cliftonville Ladies
Strikers
Simone Magill	(1994-11-01) 1 November 1994	Everton Ladies	33 (2)	vs. Scotland, 23 May 2010
Lauren Wade	(1993-11-22) 22 November 1993	Glentoran Belfast United	5(0)	vs. Poland, 23 November 2013
Aimee Mackin	(1997-04-22) 22 April 1997	Newry City Ladies	7(1)	vs. Scotland, 26 October 2013
Avilla Bergin	(1991-08-01) 1 August 1991	Tottenham Hotspur	4(0)
Rachel Furness	(1988-06-19) 19 June 1988	Sunderland	47 (10)
Lauren Brennan
Cathy Hyndman

Results and fixtures

2015

8 February 2015 Int. Friendly	Northern Ireland	0 – 4	Scotland	Belfast, Northern Ireland
13:30 GMT		Report	Ross 39', 73' Weir 40', 47'	Stadium: Solitude

4 March 2015 Istria Cup	Poland	2 – 0	Northern Ireland	Rovinjsko Selo, Croatia
11:30 GMT	Sikora 60' Balcerzak 90+4'	Report

6 March 2015 Istria Cup	Northern Ireland	0 – 1	Romania	Poreč, Croatia
11:30 GMT		Report	Lunca 12'

9 March 2015 Istria Cup	Croatia	2 – 1	Northern Ireland	Umag, Croatia
14:30 GMT	Baban 57' (pen.) Rudelic 70'	Report	Callaghan 8'

11 March 2015 Istria Cup	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–0 (4 – 5 p)	Northern Ireland	Poreč, Croatia
16:00 GMT		Report

24 October 2015 Euro 2017 qual.	Georgia	0–3	Northern Ireland	Tbilisi, Georgia
15:00 GMT		Report	Nelson 3' Bergin 29', 56'	Stadium: Mikheil Meskhi Stadium Referee: Barbara Poxhofer (Austria)

27 November 2015 Euro 2017 qual.	Northern Ireland	1–8	Switzerland	Lurgan, Northern Ireland
19:30 GMT	Furness 37'	Report	Humm 14', 35' Kiwic 28' Moser 33' Ismaili 36' Crnogorčević 59' Deplazes 74' Dickenmann 85'	Stadium: Mourneview Park Referee: Zuzana Kováčová (Slovakia)

2016

2 March 2016 2016 Istria Cup	Slovakia	1–0	Northern Ireland	Porec
14:00	Vojteková 89'	Report^[2]^[3]		Stadium: Veli Jože

4 March 2016 2016 Istria Cup	Croatia	0-1	Northern Ireland	Umag
11:00		Report^[4]^[5]	McGuinness 86'	Stadium: Umag 4

7 March 2016 2016 Istria Cup	Hungary B	2–0	Northern Ireland	Umag
11:00	unknown player(s) ?', ?'			Stadium: Umag 4

8 April 2016 Euro 2017 qual.	Northern Ireland	P–P	Czech Republic	Mourneview Park, Lurgan
				Referee: Vesna Budimir (Croatia)

12 April 2016 Euro 2017 qual.	Italy	–	Northern Ireland

3 June 2016 Euro 2017 qual.	Northern Ireland	–	Georgia

7 June 2016 Euro 2017 qual.	Czech Republic	–	Northern Ireland

16 September 2016 Euro 2017 qual.	Northern Ireland	–	Italy

20 September 2016 Euro 2017 qual.	Switzerland	–	Northern Ireland

References

↑ "Northern Ireland Women Squad". IFA. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
↑ "Slovaks beat Northern Ireland 1: 0". futbalsfz.sk. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
↑ "International Fixtures & Results: Slovakia v. Northern Ireland: Wed, 02 Mar 2016". irishfa.com. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
↑ "International: Senior Women's Squad Fixtures: Croatia v. Northern Ireland: Fri, 04 Mar 2016". irishfa.com. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
↑ "In the second appearance at this year's Istria Women's Cup, the Croatian national team was defeated by Northern Ireland". hns-cff.hr. Retrieved March 20, 2016.

External links

Northern Ireland national football team

General	Irish Football Association Ireland national football team (1882–1950) Managers

Venues	Windsor Park Celtic Park Solitude Grosvenor Park The Oval Dalymount Park Balmoral Showgrounds Bloomfield Ulster Cricket Ground

Statistics	Major tournament record

Players	Players Pre-1950 players Dual Irish international footballers

World Finals	1958 1982 1986

Other tournaments	British Home Championship (1884–1984) Nations Cup 2011

Culture	Green and White Army

Other FA teams	Women's B U-21 U-19 U-18 Schools U-17 U-16 Schools Juniors

Association football in Northern Ireland

Irish Football Association

National teams

League system

men:	NIFL Premiership NIFL Championship Ballymena & Provincial League Mid-Ulster Football League Northern Amateur Football League NI Intermediate League Football Federation Premier League Football Federation Championship Football Federation League One Football Federation League Two Football Federation League Three Football Federation League Four Football Federation Conference Premier Division One Football Federation Conference Premier Division Two NIFL Reserve League Irish League representative team

women:	Women's Premier League

Domestic cups

men:	Irish Cup NI Football League Cup NIFL Charity Shield County Antrim Shield Mid-Ulster Cup North West Senior Cup Irish Intermediate Cup Steel & Sons Cup Bob Radcliffe Cup Craig Memorial Cup

women:	Irish Women's Cup Premier League Cup

Awards

National women's football teams of Europe (UEFA)

Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Former nations: Czechoslovakia Soviet Union

National sports teams of Northern Ireland and Sport in Ulster

Cricket Football Men's B team U23 team U21 team Women's team GAA Ulster GAA Netball Rugby union Ireland Ulster Rugby Volleyball Men Women

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