NIFG

2021 saw the introduction of a third-tier European club competition, the UEFA Europa League. One reason mooted for the introduction was to give clubs from lower-ranked nations a chance to progress further. In the first season, 2021/22, Kyle Lafferty of Cypriot club Αnorthosis Famagusta is the only player to feature in the group stage round. Jonny Evans' Leicester dropped into the Conference League knockout round. See also: UEFA Competion Finalists Champions League Players Europa League Players

                665 vs. SUI Tuesday, 12 October 2021 KO: 19:45 GMT / 21:45 local 666 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers 667 vs. LTU Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia (A) Att: 822 Northern Ireland 1-2 Bulgaria NIR 1-0 BUL                 Referee:  Aleksey Kulbakov (BLR) Assistant Referees:  Dmitri Zhuk (BLR), Oleg Maslyanko (BLR) Fourth Official:  Dzmitry Dzmitryieu (BLR) Video Assistant Referee:  Sergei Karasev (RUS) Assistant Video Assistant Referee:  Aleksei Lunev (RUS) Match Events: 35  ○  Washington (NIR) [1-0] 53  ○  Nedelev (BUL) [1-1] 63  ○  Nedelev (BUL) [1-2] 69  _  Ballard (NIR) 88  _  Dallas (NIR) 88  _  Malinov (BUL)   NORTHE

                664 vs. SUI Saturday, 9 October 2021 KO: 19:45 GMT / 20:45 local 665 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers 666 vs. BUL Stade de Gen è ve, Lancy, Geneva (A) Att: 19,129 Northern Ireland 0-2 Switzerland NIR 0-1 SUI                 Referee:  Slavko Vinčić (SVN) Assistant Referees:  Tomaž Klančnik (SVN), David Smajc (SVN) Fourth Official:  David Smajc (SVN) Video Assistant Referee:  Matej Jug (SVN) Assistant Video Assistant Referee:  Nejc Kajtazovic (SVN) Match Events: 23 _ Lewis (NIR) 37  _ _   Lewis (NIR) 45 +3   ○  Zuber (SUI) [0-1] 88  _  Bradley (NIR) 89  _  Magennis (NIR) 90  _  Zakaria (SUI) 90 +1   ○  Fassnacht