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The host nation for the 2016 UEFA European Championships will be France. The tournament has been expanded from 16 to 24 teams for the first time. The qualifying phase was re-branded by UEFA, to include a "week of football" with matches on every day and a central TV contract to more equitably distribute revenues.Northern Ireland were seeded in qualifying pot 5 and were drawn in Group F.
The top two teams qualified automatically for the finals and will be joined by the best ranked third placed team. The remaining third placed teams take part in two-legged play-offs.
Northern Ireland guaranteed qualification with a game to spare, and confirmed top spot in the final match. This will be their first time at a European Championships finals and the first time a fifth seed has topped a qualifying group.
Group F
Rank
|
Pl
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
F
|
A
|
GD
|
Pts
| ||
1
|  |
N. Ireland (Q)
|
10
|
6
|
3
|
1
|
16
|
8
|
+8
|
21
|
2
|  |
Romania (Q)
|
10
|
5
|
5
|
0
|
11
|
2
|
+9
|
20
|
3
|  |
Hungary (P)
|
10
|
4
|
4
|
2
|
11
|
9
|
+2
|
16
|
4
|  |
10
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
9
|
10
|
-1
|
12
| |
5
|  |
10
|
2
|
0
|
8
|
6
|
17
|
-11
|
6
| |
6
|  |
10
|
1
|
3
|
6
|
7
|
14
|
-7
|
6
| |
Results
FRO
|
FIN
|
GRE
|
HUN
|
NIR
|
ROU
| ||
| |
FRO
|
-
|
1-3
|
2-1
|
0-1
|
0-3
| |
| |
FIN
|
1-0
|
-
|
1-1
|
0-1
|
0-2
| |
| |
GRE
|
0-1
|
0-1
|
-
|
4-3
|
0-1
| |
| |
HUN
|
2-1
|
1-0
|
0-0
|
-1-
|
0-0
| |
| |
NIR
|
-
| |||||
| |
ROU
|
1-0
|
1-1
|
0-0
|
1-1
|
-
| |
Line-Ups:
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| Northern Ireland vs Faroe Islands, 11/10/2014 Kyle Lafferty, Chris Baird, Aaron Hughes, Roy Carroll, Gareth McAuley, Conor McLaughlin Shane Ferguson, Niall McGinn, Oliver Norwood, Steven Davis, Jamie Ward |
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| Northern Ireland vs Romania, 13/06/2015 Kyle Lafferty, Gareth McAuley, Jonny Evans, Michael McGovern, Stuart Dallas, Conor McLaughlin Chris Brunt, Steven Davis, Jamie Ward, Oliver Norwood, Chris Baird |
Name
|
Pos
|
DoB
|
Apps
|
Gls
|
St
|
Sub
|
Cards
|
Mins
|
|||
On
|
Off
|
Unu
|
Yel
|
Red
|
|||||||
GK
|
30/09/77
|
5
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
450
|
|
GK
|
05/03/88
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
GK
|
19/05/82
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
GK
|
12/07/84
|
5
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
450
|
|
GK
|
04/09/71
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
DF
|
25/02/82
|
9
|
0
|
9
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
*1
|
801
|
|
DF
|
06/02/89
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
209
|
|
DF
|
02/01/88
|
4
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
349
|
|
DF
|
12/07/91
|
5
|
0
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
200
|
|
DF
|
02/10/91
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
DF
|
08/11/79
|
4
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
360
|
|
DF
|
01/04/89
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
DF
|
01/05/87
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
DF
|
05/12/79
|
10
|
3
|
10
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
848
|
|
DF
|
15/02/94
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
39
|
|
DF
|
08/01/90
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
121
|
|
DF
|
26/07/91
|
9
|
0
|
8
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
739
|
|
DF
|
30/09/94
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
DF
|
27/04/95
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
148
|
|
MF
|
14/12/84
|
8
|
0
|
8
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
713
|
|
MF
|
13/01/84
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
27
|
|
MF
|
19/04/91
|
6
|
0
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
470
|
|
MF
|
01/01/85
|
9
|
2
|
9
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
766
|
|
MF
|
30/07/90
|
7
|
0
|
5
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
459
|
|
MF
|
21/11/90
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
MF
|
16/12/83
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
0
|
0
|
23
|
|
MF
|
12/04/91
|
10
|
0
|
10
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
874
|
|
MF
|
18/04/87
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
MF
|
19/11/91
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
12
|
|
MF
|
12/05/86
|
6
|
1
|
6
|
0
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
465
|
|
FW
|
08/04/91
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
12
|
|
FW
|
03/07/91
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
8
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
FW
|
16/09/87
|
9
|
7
|
9
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
752
|
|
FW
|
22/10/92
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
FW
|
12/05/89
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
FW
|
15/08/90
|
7
|
1
|
1
|
6
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
159
|
|
FW
|
20/07/87
|
8
|
1
|
5
|
3
|
4
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
422
|
|
FW
|
22/10/88
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
23
|
|
 |
| Steven Davis' performances earned him a place in the UEFA Qualifiers All Star XI |
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