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UEFA Nations League 2020-21

The draw for the second, restructured UEFA Nations League took place on 3rd March 2020 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Northern Ireland were seeded in pot 4 of League B. The draw placed them in Group 1 alongside Austria, Norway
and Romania.

Following the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, some fixtures were rescheduled on 26th June 2020.

Due to the restructure, which saw the Groups in Leagues A-C expanded from three teams to four, NI avoided relegation to League C - which should have been the case after finishing bottom of League B (24th overall) in the 2018/19 Nations League.

Matches:
04/09/20 ROU 1-1 NIR
07/09/20 NIR 1-5 NOR
11/10/20 AUT 0-1 AUT
14/10/20 NOR 1-0 NIR
15/11/20 AUT 2-1 NIR
18/11/20 NIR 1-1 ROU

Successful teams have an additional opportunity to qualify for World Cup 2022.

Pos

Team

Pl

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pt

AUT

NOR

ROU

NIR

1

AUT (P)

6

4

1

1

9

6

+3

13

1–1

2–3

2–1

2

NOR

6

3

1

2

12

7

+5

10

1–2

4–0

1–0

3

ROU

6

2

2

2

8

9

−1

8

0–1

3–0*

1–1

4

NIR (R)

6

0

2

4

4

11

−7

2

0–1

1–5

1–1

* Game awarded as 3-0 walkover to Romania as Norway were unable to travel due to Covid case within squad.
  • Austria promoted to League A
  • Northern Ireland relegated to League C
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Pos

#

Player

Apps

St

Sb

Un

Gls

Cards

G

1

Peacock-Farrell, Bailey

3

3

0

2

 

 

 

G

12

McGovern, Michael

2

2

0

4

1

G

23

Carson, Trevor

1

1

0

3

 

 

 

G

23

Hazard, Conor

0

0

0

2

D

2

McLaughlin, Conor

4

2

2

2

 

1

 

D

3

Lewis, Jamal

4

2

2

0

D

4

Ballard, Daniel

5

5

0

1

 

1

 

D

4

Flanagan, Tom

2

2

0

2

D

5

Evans, Jonny

3

3

0

1

 

 

 

D

11

Ferguson, Shane

3

3

0

2

D

15

McLaughlin, Ryan

0

0

0

2

 

 

 

D

20

Catchart, Craig

5

4

1

0

1

D

2/19

Smith, Michael

5

4

1

1

 

 

 

M

3

McCalmont, Alfie

0

0

0

1

M

6

Galbraith, Ethan

1

0

1

2

 

 

 

M

6

Saville, George

3

3

0

0

M

7

Kennedy, Matt

1

1

0

0

 

 

 

M

7

McGinn, Niall

0

0

0

4

M

8

Davis, Steven

5

3

2

0

 

 

 

M

13

Evans, Corry

4

2

2

0

1

M

13

McCann, Ali

2

2

0

1

 

 

 

M

14

Dallas, Stuart

6

5

1

0

M

15

Thompson, Jordan

3

2

1

1

 

1

 

M

17

McNair, Paddy

6

5

1

0

1

M

18

Whyte, Gavin

4

1

3

1

1

 

 

M

19

Cooper, Joel

0

0

0

3

M

19

Jones, Jordan

1

1

0

0

 

 

 

F

9

Boyce, Liam

4

2

2

2

1

1

F

10

Lafferty, Kyle

2

1

1

2

 

 

 

F

16

Washington, Conor

6

4

2

0

F

21

Magennis, Josh

5

3

2

0

1

2

*1

F

22

Lavery, Shayne

1

0

1

1

* Red carded after two yellows vs Romania.
# most common number worn throughout campaign. Several players wore more than one.

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