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.

622: 2 June 2017

621 vs Norway - 622 - 623 vs Azerbaijan

International Challenge Match

2nd June 2017. KO 19:45 BST

NORTHERN IRELAND (NIR) 1-0 NEW ZEALAND (NZL) (H/T 1-0)

Venue:	National Stadium at Windsor Park, Belfast	(Adidas)	(Nike)
Attendance:	16,815
Referee:	Laurent Kopriwa (LUX)
Assistant Referees:	David Mateus Santos (LUX) Daniel Da Costa (LUX)
Fourth Official:	Alain Durieux (LUX)
Goalscorers:	NIR Boyce 6

NORTHERN IRELAND			(3-5-2)	Sub	Cap		NEW ZEALAND			Sub
1	McGovern, Michael		Norwich City	-84	21		1	Marinovic, Stefan
6	Flanagan, Tom		Burton Albion		1		5	Boxall, Michael
5	Evans, Jonathan ©		West Brom		60		22	Durante, Andrew _
18	Hughes, Aaron		Hearts		105		20	Smith, Tommy
2	McLaughlin, Conor		Fleetwood T.		25		18	Colvey, Kip		-63
14	Dallas, Stuart		Leeds United	-74	21		15	Lewis, Clayton		-45
11	Brunt, Chris		West Brom	-45	58		8	McGlinchey, Michael
16	Norwood, Oliver		Brighton &HA		45		14	Ryan Thomas		-79
17	Lund, Matthew		Burton Albion	-45	3		17	Tom Doyle		-74
9	Boyce, Liam		Ross County	-45	9		11	Marco Rojas		-63
21	Magennis Josh		Charlton Ath.	-83	28		9	Chris Wood ©
Substitutes							Substitutes
3	Ferguson, Shane		Millwall	+45	30		6	Tuiloma, Bill		+45
8	Davis, Steven		Southampton	+45	94		7	Barbarouses, Kosta		+63
10	Lafferty, Kyle		Norwich City	+45	61		13	Patterson, Monty		+63
15	Paton, Paul		St Johnstone	+74	4		3	Deklan, Wynne		+72
19	McCartan, Shay		Accrington St.	+83	1		10	Smeltz, Shane		+79
23	Carroll, Roy		Linfield	+84	45
Unused Substitutes							Unused Substitutes
4	Thompson, Adam		Bury		2		2	Brotherton, Sam
7	McGinn, Niall		Aberdeen		51		4	Tzimopoulos, Themi
12	Mannus, Alan		St Johnstone		9		12	Moss, Glen
20	Lafferty, Daniel		Sheffield Utd		13		16	Ingham, Dane
							19	Rufer, Alex
							21	Roux, Storm
							23	Williams, Tamati
Manager		Michael O'Neill					Coach		Anthony Hudson

Match Pictures:

Hughes, Dallas, Boyce, Brunt, Norwood, McLaughlin, Lund, Flanagan, Magennis, McGovern, Evans Flanagan, Magennis, Brunt, McGovern, Evans, Dallas Hughes, Norwood, Lund, Boyce, McLaughlin (Roy Cathcart) Pre-match warm-ups	Aaron Hughes was given a special award before kick-off in honour of him reaching 100 caps Debutant Tom Flanagan warms-up	Jonny Evans starts as captain Regular captain Steven Davis starts on the bench
The team celebrate Liam Boyce's early goal	Half-time warm-ups The Under-18 side show off the Centenary Shield	Un-used sub, Adam Thompson has just joined Bury The half-time subs led on by captain, Steve Davis

Match Programme/Teamsheet/Tickets:

	-

Match Report:
BBC

Pre-Match:
Announcement

NI SquadGoalkeepers: McGovern (Norwich City), Mannus (St Johnstone), Carroll (Linfield)
Defenders: McAuley (West Brom), Evans (West Brom), Hughes (Hearts), Cathcart (Watford), Brunt (West Brom), C McLaughlin (Fleetwood), Hodson (Rangers), R McLaughlin (Oldham), Thompson (Southend), D Lafferty (Sheffield United), Flanagan (Burton Albion)
Midfielders: Davis (Southampton), McGinn (Aberdeen), Norwood (Brighton), Ferguson (Millwall), Dallas (Leeds), Lund (Burton Albion), Paton (St Johnstone)
Strikers: K Lafferty (Norwich), Magennis (Charlton), Boyce (Ross County), McCartan (Accrington Stanley)

Irish FA

NZ Squad
Goalkeepers: Stefan Marinovic (SpVgg Unterhaching, Germany) 14/0, Tamati Williams (RKC Waalwijk, Netherlands) 1/0, Glen Moss (Newcastle Jets, Australia) 29/0
Defenders: Andrew Durante (Wellington Phoenix, New Zealand) 15/0, Thomas Doyle (Wellington Phoenix, New Zealand) 4/0, Storm Roux (Central Coast Mariners, Australia) 7/0, Michael Boxall (SuperSport Utd, South Africa) 22/0, Kip Colvey (San Jose Earthquakes FC, USA) 8/0, Themi Tzimopoulos (PAS Giannina FC, Greece) 10/1, Deklan Wynne (Vancouver Whitecaps FC, Canada) 7/0, Sam Brotherton (Sunderland AFC, England) 7/0, Tommy Smith (Ipswich Town FC, England) 31/2, Dane Ingham (Brisbane Roar FC, Australia) 1/0
Midfielders: Bill Tuiloma (Marseille, France) 16/0, Clayton Lewis (Auckland City FC, New Zealand) 8/0, Michael McGlinchey (Wellington Phoenix, New Zealand) 42/4, Ryan Thomas (PEC Zwolle, Netherlands) 9/2, Marco Rojas (Melbourne Victory FC, Australia) 32/5, Alex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix, New Zealand) 3/0
Forwards: Chris Wood (c) (Leeds Utd, England) 47/19, Monty Patterson (Ipswich Town FC, England) 9/1, Shane Smeltz (Borneo FC, Indonesia) 53/24, Kosta Barbarouses (Wellington Phoenix FC) 37/3

Notes:
This match was preceded by a week long training camp in Manchester.
Liam Boyce scored (Northern) Ireland's 650th senior international goal.
Debuts for Tom Flanagan and Shay McCartan
The Northern Ireland Under-18 Schools teamed displayed the Centenary Shield at half-time.

Credits:
Roy Cathcart