The draw for the inaugural UEFA Nations League took place on 24th January 2018 in Lausanne, Switzerland.Northern Ireland were seeded in pot 3 of League B. The draw placed them in Group Three alongside Bosnia & Herzegovina and Austria.
This will be the first time that Northern Ireland have faced Bosnia & Herzegovina in a senior men's international.
Matches:
08/09/18 NIR 1-2 BIH
12/10/18 AUT 1-0 NIR
15/10/18 BIH 2-0 NIR
18/11/18 NIR 1-2 AUT
Successful teams have an additional opportunity to qualify for Euro 2020.
|
Pos |
Team |
Pl |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
Pt |
BIH |
AUT |
NIR |
|
|
1 |
BIH (P) |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
+4 |
10 |
— |
1–0 |
2–0 |
|
|
2 |
AUT |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
+1 |
7 |
0–0 |
— |
1–0 |
|
|
3 |
NIR |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
7 |
−5 |
0 |
1–2 |
1–2 |
— |
- Bosnia & Herzegovina are promoted to Division A.
- Northern Ireland avoid relegation as the competition was restructured.
- Northern Ireland qualify for the UEFA Euro 2020 Qualifying Pathway B Play-offs.
- Seeded fourth (bottom) they will again face Bosnia (ranked first)
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Pos |
# |
Player |
Apps |
St |
Sb |
Un |
Gls |
Cards |
|
|
G |
1 |
Peacock-Farrell, Bailey |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
||
|
G |
12 |
Carson, Trevor |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
G |
23 |
McGovern, Michael |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|||
|
G |
23 |
Hazard, Conor |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
D |
2 |
McLaughlin, Conor |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|||
|
D |
3 |
Lewis, Jamal |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
D |
4 |
Smith, Michael |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|||
|
D |
4 |
McAuley, Gareth |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
|
|
D |
5 |
Evans, Jonny |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|||
|
D |
11 |
Ferguson, Shane |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
D |
18 |
Hughes, Aaron |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|||
|
D |
20 |
Cathcart, Craig |
3 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
D |
22 |
Flanagan, Tom |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|||
|
M |
3 |
Thompson, Jordan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
M |
6 |
Saville, George |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
||
|
M |
7 |
McGinn, Niall |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
M |
8 |
Davis, Steven |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|||
|
M |
13 |
Evans, Corry |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
M |
14 |
Dallas, Stuart |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|||
|
M |
15 |
Jones, Jordan |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
M |
16 |
Norwood, Ollie |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
||
|
M |
17 |
McNair, Paddy |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
M |
21 |
Whyte, Gavin |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|||
|
F |
9 |
Washington, Conor |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
F |
9 |
Magennis, Josh |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|||
|
F |
10 |
Lafferty, Kyle |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
F |
10 |
Boyce, Liam |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|||
|
F |
19 |
Ward, Jamie |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
F |
19 |
Vassell, Kyle |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|||
|
F |
22 |
Grigg, Will |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
|
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