630: 24 March 2018

629 vs Switzerland - 630 - 631 vs ---

Friendly International 
Kick-Off: 14:00 GMT

NORTHERN IRELAND

(NIR)

2-1 (1-1)

(KOR)

SOUTH KOREA

Venue: The National Stadium at Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 18,103
Referee:
Assistant Referees:
Fourth Official:
Goals: NIR: M. Kim OG 20, P. Smyth 86; KOR: C. Kwon 7

NORTHERN IRELAND (light blue shirts, blue shorts, light blue socks)
Manager: Michael O'Neill
Captain: Jonny Evans
4-5-1 Carson; Hughes, McAuley, J Evans, Lewis; C Evans, Saville, Norwood, Jones; Ward, Magennis.
Substitutes: McLaughlin for Hughes (18 minutes); Washington for Ward (62'); Boyce for C Evans (62'); Cathcart for J Evans (68'); McNair for Norwood (72'); Smyth for Jones (82 mins).

REPUBLIC KOREA: (red shirts, black shorts, red socks)
Manager: Shin Tae-yong
Captain: Ki Sunyueng
4-3-3 Seunggyu; Minjae, Jinsu, Yong, Hyunsoo, Sungyeung, Jooho, Changhoon, Jaesung, Heungmin, Shunwook.
Substitutes: Heechan for Changhoon (62'); Wooyoung for Sungyueng (67'); Changmin for Jooho (67'); Kihun for Heungmin (75').

Match Programme/Ticket/Teamsheet:

Match Photos:

Match Reports:
BBC
Irish FA

Northern Ireland Squad
(BBC)

Goalkeepers: Michael McGovern (Norwich City), Trevor Carson (Motherwell), Conor Hazard (Falkirk on loan)
Defenders: Aaron Hughes (Hearts), Gareth McAuley (West Brom), Jonny Evans (West Brom), Craig Cathcart (Watford), Conor McLaughlin (Millwall), Lee Hodson (Rangers), Paddy McNair (Sunderland), Jamal Lewis (Norwich City)
Midfielders: Steven Davis (Southampton), Niall McGinn (Aberdeen), Oliver Norwood (Fulham on loan), Corry Evans (Blackburn Rovers), Shane Ferguson (Millwall), Stuart Dallas (Leeds United), George Saville (Millwall), Jordan Jones (Kilmarnock), Paul Smyth* (QPR)
Forwards: Kyle Lafferty (Hearts), Josh Magennis (Charlton Athletic), Jamie Ward (Cardiff City on loan), Conor Washington (QPR), Liam Boyce (Burton Albion), Shayne Lavery* (Everton)
* late call-ups

South Korea Squad
(KFA)
Goalkeepers: KIM Sunggyu (Vissel Kobe), KIM Jinhyeon (Cerezo Osaka), CHO Hyunwoo (Daegu FC)
Defenders: HONG Jeongho, KIM Minjae, KIM Jinsu CHOI Chulsoon, LEE Yong (Jeonbuk Hyundai), JANG Hyunsoo (Tokyo FC), YUN Youngsun, KIM Minwoo (Sangju Sangmu)
Midfielders: KI Sungyueng (Swansea City), JUNG Wooyoung (Vissel Kobe), PARK Jooho (Ulsan Hyundai), LEE Changmin (Jeju UTD), KWON Changhoon (Dijon FCO), KOO Jacheol (Augsburg), LEE Jaesung (Jeonbuk Hyundai), YEOM Kihun (Suwon Samsung)
Forwards: Jeonbuk Hyundai (Jeonbuk Hyundai), SON Heungmin (Tottenham Hotspur), HWANG Heechan (Salzburg), LEE Keunho (Gangwon FC)

Links:
Announcement

Notes:

With thanks to Roy Cathcart for the pictures.

Head-to-Head: South Korea

Korea Football Association Founded: 1928 Home Venue: Seoul World Cup Stadium Main Colours: Red Confederation: AFC (Asia) Website: kfa.org	South Korea  / Korea Republic (KOR)	Kit
	Played 1 Won 1 Drew 0 Lost 0 Win Ratio 100% Result Ratio 100%

Northern Ireland's Overall Record Against South Korea
Type			P	W	D		L	F	A	GD	CS	Win %		Pts %				W/L
Home			1	1	0		0	2	1	1	0	100		100				1
Away			-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-		-				-
All			1	1	0		0	2	1	1	0	100		100				1
Northern Ireland's Record Against South Korea by Competition
Type			P	W	D		L	F	A	GD	CS	Win %		Pts %				W/L
FR			1	1	0		0	2	1	1	0	100		100				1
All			1	1	0		0	2	1	1	0	100		100				1
Northern Ireland's Results Against Switzerland
No.		Date				Venue							Type		F	A	Result
1	630	24/3/18				Windsor Park, Belfast							FR		2	1	HW

Northern Ireland Players in the A-League

Soccer in Australia and New Zealand has long been held as a happy hunting ground for British and Irish players, offering the opportunity for some off-season earnings or a happy retirement base in a warmer climate. From Terry McCavana and Tommy Forde as antipodean football pioneers of the 1960s to Bobby Campbell's career re-building stint in the 1970s and George Best's brief stay in the twilight of his career, Northern Ireland internationals have not been afraid to take their boots to the far side of the globe.

Australia's first national league, the NSL, was founded in 1977 and was augmented with a first New Zealand side, Auckland Kingz, in 1999. Before it was wound up as financially un-viable in 2004, the following Northern Ireland full, B, Under-23 or Under-21 players featured in the NSL:
(exact details to be verified)
George Best (Brisbane Lions 1983)
Bobby Campbell (Brisbane City 1979)
Lee Feeney (Northern Spirit 2001)
Norman Kelly (Canberra Cosmos 1995-1999)
Bertie Lutton (Eastern Suburbs 1977, South Melbourne 1978)
Roddy McKenzie (Brisbane Lions 1977)
Tommy Morrow (Western Suburbs 1977)

When the NSL was wound up in 2004 a new top-level league for Australia and New Zealand was organised, and the A-League began it's inaugural season in August 2005. The A-League runs through the southern hemisphere summer, with a "regular season" where each team plays each other three times in a round-robin format to find the Premier winners, followed by a "finals series" where the top teams play-off to find the winners of the A-League Trophy. Successful clubs qualify for the Asian Champions League, having competed in the Oceania Champions League prior to 2007.

To date the following Northern Irish players have featured in the A-League:
Terry McFlynn

Season	Club	Regular	Finals
05/06 06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14	Sydney FC Sydney FC Sydney FC Sydney FC Sydney FC Sydney FC Sydney FC Sydney FC Sydney FC	15 (3)/1 15 (0)/0 13 (2)/2 14 (2)/2 (W) 23 (0)/1 27 (0)/1 25 (0)/0 15 (4)/0 3 (6)/0 150(17)/7	(W) 1(2)/0 1(0)/0 2(0)/0 (W) 4(0)/0 1(0)/0 9(2)/0

Jonny Steele

Season	Club	Regular	Finals
14/15	Newcastle Jets	- -	- -

See also:

NI Players in the English Premier League (1992/93-date)

NI Players in the Scottish Premier League (1998/99-2013/14)

NI Players in the Scottish Premiership (2013/14-date)

NI Players in the NASL & MLS (1968-1984 & 1996-date)

NI Players in the UEFA Champions' League (1992/93-date)

NI Players in the UEFA Europa League (2009/10-date)

Head-To-Head: Israel

Israel Football Association (ההתאחדות לכדורגל בישראל / HaHit'aḥdut leKaduregel beIsrael) Founded: 1928 Home Venue: Ramat Gan Stadium, Tel Aviv Main Colours: Blue and white Confederation: UEFA (Europe)* Website: Israel FA	ISRAEL / Yiśra'el (isr)	Kit
	Played 9 Won 3 Drew 5 Lost 1 Win Ratio 33% Result Ratio 52%

Northern Ireland's Overall Record Against the Israel
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	CS	Win %	Pts %	W/L
Home	4	2	1	1	5	3	2	2	50.0	58.3	1
Away	5	1	4	0	6	5	1	1	20.0	46.7	1
All	9	3	5	1	11	8	3	3	33.3	51.8	2
Northern Ireland's Record Against the Israel by Competition
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	CS	Win %	Pts %	W/L
WCQ	4	1	2	1	2	3	-1	2	25.0	41.7	0
FR	5	2	3	0	9	5	4	1	40.0	60.0	2
All	9	3	5	1	11	8	3	3	33.3	51.8	2

Northern Ireland's Results Against the Israel
No.		Date	Venue	Type	F	A	Result
1	(260)	10/09/1968	Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv	FR	3	2	AW
2	(304)	24/03/1976	Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv	FR	1	1	AD
3	(332)	26/03/1980	Ramat Gan Stadium, Tel Aviv	WCQ	0	0	AD
4	(346)	18/11/1981	Windsor Park, Belfast	WCQ	1	0	HW
5	(372)	16/10/1984	Windsor Park, Belfast	FR	3	0	HW
6	(388)	18/02/1987	Ramat Gan Stadium, Tel Aviv	FR	1	1	AD
7 8 9	(554) (585) (590)	12/08/2009 26/03/2013 15/10/2013	Windsor Park, Belfast Windsor Park, Belfast Ramat Gan Stadium, Tel Aviv	FR WCQ WCQ	1 0 1	1 2 1	HD HL AD
Other Match Results:
Northern Ireland's Under-21 Results Against the Israel
1	(002)	03/04/1990	Showgrounds, Coleraine	FR	2	1	HW
2	(045)	06/02/2006	Herzelia Stadium, Tel Aviv	FR	1	0	AW
3	(046)	08/02/2006	Nazareth Stadium, Nazareth	FR	1	0	AW
4	(061)	17/10/2007	Mourneview Park, Lurgan	ECQ	1	3	HL
5	(064)	06/02/2008	Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv	ECQ	1	2	AL

Notes:

Israel have been members of UEFA since 1991. Prior to this they were members of AFC from 1956 until they were expelled in 1974 due to Arab/Muslim-Israeli political tensions. Through the 1970s and 1980s they competed in either UEFA or OFC World Cup qualification tournaments, though even while members of AFC they seldom competed against other AFC nations for a World Cup place.