684: 17 October 2023

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683 vs San Marino - 684 - 685 vs Finland

UEFA Euro 2024 Qualifying Group H

NORTHERN IRELAND (NIR) 0-1 SLOVENIA (SMR) (H/T 0-1)

• Venue: National Football Stadium at Windsor Park, Belfast
• Attendance: c.16,000
• Match Officials:
• Referee: István Kovács (ROU)
• Assistant referees: Vasile Florin Marinescu (ROU), Ovidiu Artene (ROU)
• Fourth official: Horațiu Feșnic (ROU)
• Video Assistant Referee: Marco Fritz (GER)
• Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Cătălin Popa (ROU)
• Goals: SLV: Gnezda Čerin 5
  

NORTHERN IRELAND (green - green - green)

Manager: Michael O'Neill

#	Player	On/Off	Club	Events	Cap	#
1	Peacock-Farrell, Bailey		Burnley/Aarhus		42	1
2	Hume, Trai		Sunderland		8	2
3	Lewis, Jamal		Watford		32	3
4	Forbes, Michael	u/s	West Ham United		0	4
5	Evans, Jonny [capt]		Manchester United	█ 87	106	5
6	Saville, George	>62	Millwall		49	6
7	McMenamin, Conor	>86	St Mirren		10	7
8	Smyth, Paul	62>	QPR	█ 60	7	8
9	Washington, Conor	>46	Derby County		41	9
10	Charles, Dion	>62	Bolton Wanderers		20	10
11	Kennedy, Matty	u/s	Kilmarnock		5	11
12	Hazard, Conor	u/s	Plynouth Argyle		5	12
13	Taylor, Dale	62>	Nottm Forest/Burton		5	13
14	Price, Isaac	>62	Standard Liege		7	14
15	Thompson, Jordan	62>	Stoke City	█ 59	33	15
16	Marshall, Callum	u/s	West Ham United		2	16
17	Lane, Paddy	u/s	Portsmouth		3	17
18	Lyons, Brad	86>	Kilmarnock		1	18
19	Charles, Shea		Southampton	█4██58	12	19
20	Spencer, Brodie	u/s	Huddersfield/Motherwell		4	20
21	Magennis, Josh	46>	Wigan Athletic		75	21
22	Toal, Eoin		Bolton Wanderers		1	22
23	Southwood, Luke	u/s	Cheltenham Town		1	23

SLOVANIA (white - white - white)

Head Coach: Matjaž Kek

Oblak, Karnicnik, Blazic, Bijol, Sporar (Kurtic, 75), Sesko, Janza (Verbic, 84), Mlakar (Lovric, 75), Stojanovic, Elsnik, Cerin.
Subs (not used): Belec, Turk, Balkovec, Stankovic, Zajc, Vipotnik, Celar, Zahovic, Drkusic.

PRE-MATCH:

Northern Ireland Squad: (IrishFA)
Goalkeepers: Bailey Peacock-Farrell (Aarhus, on loan from Burnley), Conor Hazard (Plymouth Argyle), Luke Southwood (Cheltenham Town).
Defenders: Jonny Evans (Manchester United), Paddy McNair (Middlesbrough) [suspended], Jamal Lewis (Watford, on loan from Newcastle United), Daniel Ballard* (Sunderland), Trai Hume (Sunderland), Brodie Spencer (Motherwell, on loan from Huddersfield Town), Eoin Toal (Bolton Wanderers), Michael Forbes (West Ham United) [injury replacement]
Midfielders: George Saville (Millwall), Jordan Thompson (Stoke City), Alistair McCann* (Preston North End), Shea Charles (Southampton), Conor McMenamin (St Mirren), Isaac Price (Standard Liege), Paul Smyth (Queens Park Rangers), Matthew Kennedy (Kilmarnock), Paddy Lane (Portsmouth), Brad Lyons (Kilmarnock), Dale Taylor (Wycombe Wanderers, on loan from Nottingham Forest).
Forwards: Josh Magennis (Wigan Athletic), Conor Washington (Derby County), Dion Charles (Bolton Wanderers), Callum Marshall (West Ham United).

* withdrawn injured

Notes:

• Debuts for Eoin Toal and Brad Lyons.
• Shea Charles was the 26th player to be sent-off while playing for Northern Ireland

Match Programme:

by Roy Cathcart