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FIFA World Cup
<\/STRONG>Quarter-Finals (1): 1958
Round 2 (1): 1982
Group Stage (1): 1986

British Home Championship
<\/STRONG>Winners: 1914
Shared title: 1903
Runners up: 1904, 1926, 1928, 1938, 1947<\/P>","435426036942DBEA7AAF62FDF12D923A":"Windsor Park","F54BDD5A0D63E83FD0B4671C8FED08AE":"Northern Ireland","8CFBF2FE25EFB09A":"

First international:<\/STRONG>
Northern Ireland 1-3 Scotland (Belfast; 3 October 1953)

Most caps:<\/STRONG>
Pat Jennings (119)

Top scorer:<\/STRONG>
David Healy (36)

Most appearances:
<\/STRONG>All time – Pat Jennings (119)
Current – Aaron Hughes (96)

TEAM RECORD IN UEFA COMPETITIONS

<\/U><\/STRONG>Biggest win:<\/STRONG>
11\/09\/1991, Faroe Islands 0-5 Northern Ireland, Landskrona
21\/04\/1971, Northern Ireland 5-0 Cyprus, Belfast

Biggest defeat:<\/STRONG>
17\/10\/1979, Northern Ireland 1-5 England, Belfast

Appearances in UEFA European Football Championship:<\/STRONG> 14

Player with most appearances:<\/STRONG> 32
Aaron Hughes (NIR)
Chris Baird (NIR)

Top scorers:<\/STRONG> 13
David Healy (NIR)<\/P>","C0FE8DFCAA690E72":"http:\/\/www.irishfa.com","160343B2F56DD1006D4E7F061757C207":"18,500","6F57BC549B91E4F9B6527BF7F4BF203F":"","7316390EDD0778189C728D1A7D275848":"Northern Ireland","2FCA3E5C341526AA":"1","3316B2DB0B85B0BE":"Northern Ireland","80B37F2A697D8EFD":"25.27","2CED97379BA5D88CE40611752FB01FA2":"

CLUB

<\/U>Shamrock Rovers<\/STRONG>
League of Ireland – 2010, 2011
Setanta Cup
Shamrock Rovers – 2011 Setanta Sports Cup

INDIVIDUAL

<\/U><\/STRONG>SWAI Personality of the Year:<\/STRONG>
Shamrock Rovers F.C. – 2011

RTE Sports Manager of the Year Award:<\/STRONG>
2015

BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award:<\/STRONG>
2015<\/P>","A1A3C2B16933D2932CAA0F59CAFD2D37A7D990F044C6143D":"1880","906FE566EA5D5A060738EC206CB55DB7":"20 Windsor Avenue,BELFAST BT9 6EE","CDD49FE9965EE16A":"","AFC96B2FF8428221":"Belfast","2AC3E7C85928CE18A3090AFF171DB8C9":"2022-12-7","168A56ED2BB242F4":"enquiries@irishfa.com","D21B7B52C3154356":"1","0D34E6C50E8B5F692E33A5A7830475C3":"Michael O'Neill","8AADACF35D89D013D4BD2861BB0924F0":"195","26AEE84946AA3EE0753F3100E62B970B":"Stoke City","E7D2F501BA5F9F82CBF994866126F3A8":"

Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international association football. From 1882 to 1921 all of Ireland was represented by a single side, the Ireland national football team, organised by the Irish Football Association (IFA). In 1921 the jurisdiction of the IFA was reduced to Northern Ireland following the secession of clubs in the soon-to-be Irish Free State, although its team remained the national team for all of Ireland until 1950, and used the name Ireland until the 1970s. The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) organises the separate Republic of Ireland national football team.

Northern Ireland has competed in three FIFA World Cups, reaching the quarter-final stage in the 1958 and 1982 tournaments. UEFA Euro 2016 will be their first appearance at the continental tournament.

Northern Ireland is ineligible for the Olympic Games, since it is not an independent country and the IOC only accepts a United Kingdom entry.

How they qualified for EURO 2016:

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Michael O'Neill is a football manager and former professional footballer from Northern Ireland who is the current manager of the Northern Ireland national team.

O'Neill became manager of Scottish side Brechin City in April 2006. He won the Second Division Manager of the Month award in both December 2007 and October 2008. O'Neill was released by Brechin City to join Shamrock Rovers on 13 December 2008.

At the press conference when unveiled as Shamrock Rovers manager, he cited Gordon Strachan as his main managerial influence. He was awarded the Irish Soccer Writers Manager of the Month award for July 2009 and eventually guided The Hoops to second place in the 2009 League of Ireland. In October 2010, he guided Shamrock Rovers to win the 2010 League of Ireland title, their first league championship since 1994. O'Neill led Rovers to the 2011 Setanta Sports Cup and then made history by being the first manager of a League of Ireland team to reach the group stages of a European competition. Then Shamrock Rovers retained their league title in the 2011 season. O'Neill was appointed manager of Northern Ireland on 28 December 2011.<\/P>","EC5D596A5D80446F935E9C751DEF66E8":"","0FD504EDD8B1D3841B8B3A87EB81E7E9":"Northern Ireland","9313EC01B36593E9":"536493","480882DFDB04CD6BE39EA745DB9708F3FDC1AF08E10C208A":"1","8D5A204CDEF7148F16FFC2E9FB1EE211":"1969-7-5","7850BFBCDDAACDE9":"Northern Ireland","0DC344593C67F298":"493","e_index":4};