Opposing Families

Fathers and sons to have faced Northern Ireland...

Peter Schmeichel (Denmark) 5 games / 2 clean sheets W 3 – D 2 – L 0 17-10-1990 NIR 1-1 DEN ECQ Belfast 13-11-1991 NIR 1-2 DEN ECQ Odense 18-11-1992 NIR 0-1 DEN WCQ Belfast 13-10-1993 NIR 0-1 DEN WCQ Copenhagen 07-10-2000 NIR 1-1 DEN WCQ Belfast	Kasper Schmeichel (Denmark) 2 games / 1 clean sheet W 1 – D 0 – L 1 16-06-2023 NIR 0-1 DEN ECQ Copenhagen 20-11-2023 NIR 2-0 DEN ECQ Belfast
7 games / 3 clean sheets – W 4 – D 2 – L 1
Mel Charles (Wales) 4 games / 5 goals W 3 - D 1 - L 0 20-04-1955 NIR 2-3 WAL BIC Belfast 10-04-1957 NIR 0-0 WAL BIC Belfast 12-04-1961 NIR 1-5 WAL BIC Belfast 1 goal 11-04-1962 NIR 0-4 WAL BIC Belfast 4 goals	Jeremy Charles (Wales) 1 game W 1 - D 0 - L 0 31-05-1983 NIR 0-1 WAL BIC Belfast
5 games / 5 goals – W 4 – D 1 – L 0
Leo Lainer (Austria) 2 games / 1 goal W 0 – D 0 – L 2 21-09-1983 NIR 3-1 AUT ECQ Belfast 16-10-1991 NIR 2-1 AUT ECQ Belfast 1 goal	Stefan Lainer (Austria) 4 games W 4 - D 0 - L 0 12-10-2018 NIR 0-1 AUT UNL Vienna 18-11-2018 NIR 1-2 AUT UNL Belfast 11-10-2020 NIR 0-1 AUT UNL Belfast 15-11-2020 NIR 1-2 AUT UNL Vienna
6 games – W 4 – D 0 – L 2
Jimmy Simpson (Scotland) 4 games W 2 – D 1 – L 1 20-10-1934 NIR 2-1 SCO BIC Belfast 13-11-1935 NIR 1-2 SCO BIC Edinburgh 31-10-1936 NIR 1-3 SCO BIC Belfast 10-11-1937 NIR 1-1 SCO BIC Aberdeen	Ronnie Simpson (Scotland) 1 game W 0 – D 0 – L 1 21-10-1967 NIR 1-0 SCO Belfast ECQ/BIC
5 games – W 2 – D 1 – L 2
Avi Cohen (Israel) 4 games W 0 - D 2 - L 2 26-03-1980 NIR 0-0 ISR WCQ Ramat Gan 18-11-1981 NIR 1-0 ISR WCQ Belfast 16-10-1984 NIR 3-0 ISR FR Belfast 18-02-1987 NIR 1-1 ISR FR Ramat Gan	Tamir Cohen (Israel) 1 game W 0 - D 1 - L 0 12-08-2009 NIR 1-1 ISR FR Belfast
5 games – W 0 – D 3 – L 2
Gheorghe Hagi (Romania) 3 games / 1 goal W 0 – D 0 – L 3 12-09-1984 NIR 3-2 ROU WCQ Belfast (1 goal) 16-10-1985 NIR 1-0 ROU WCQ Bucharest 23-03-1994 NIR 2-0 ROU FR Belfast (sent off)	Ianis Hagi (Romania) 1 game W 0 – D 1 – L 0 04-09-2020 NIR 1-1 ROU UNL Bucharest
4 games / 1 goal – W 0 – D 1 – L 3
Ali Mema (Albania) 2 games W 0 – D 1 – L 1 07-05-1965 NIR 4-1 ALB WCQ Belfast 24-11-1965 NIR 1-1 ALB WCQ Tirana	Ardian Mema (Albania) 1 game W 1 – D 0 – L 0 10-09-1997 NIR 0-1 ALB WCQ Zurich
3 games – W 1 – D 1 – L 1
Marteinn Geirsson (Iceland) 2 games W 1 – D 0 – L 1 11-06-1977 NIR 0-1 ISL WCQ 21-09-1977 NIR 2-0 ISL WCQ	Pétur Haflidi Marteinsson (Iceland) 1 game W 0 – D – 0 – L 1 05-09-2001 NIR 3-0 ISL WCQ Belfast
3 games – W 1 – D 0  – L 2
Alf-Inge Haaland (Norway) 1 game W 1 – D 0 – L 0 27-03-1996 NIR 0-2 NOR FR Belfast	Erling Haaland (-) 2 games / 2 goals W 2 – D 0 – L 0 07-09-2020 NIR 1-5 NOR UNL Belfast 14-11-2020 NIR 0-1 NOR UNL Oslo
3 games / 1 goal – W 3 – D 0 – L 0
Cesare Maldini (Italy) 1 game W 1 - D 0 - L 0 25-04-1961 NIR 2-3 ITA FR Bologna	Paulo Maldini (Italy) 1 game W 1 - D 0 - L 0 22-01-1997 NIR 0-2 ITA Palermo
2 games – W 2 – D 0 – L 0
Miguel Angel "Periko" Alonso (Spain) 1 game W 0 - D 0 - L 1 25-06-1982 NIR 1-0 ESP WCF Valencia	Xabi Alonso (Spain) 1 game W 0 - D 0 - L 1 06-09-2006 NIR 3-2 ESP ECQ Belfast
2 games – W 0 – D 0 – L 2
Anders Linderoth (Sweden) 1 game W 1 - D 0 - L 0 03-09-1975 NIR 1-2 SWE ECQ Belfast	Tobias Linderoth (Sweden) 1 game W 0 - D 1 - L 0 17-10-2007 NIR 1-1 SWE ECQ Solna
2 games – W 1 – D 1 – L 0
Mart Poom (Estonia) 1 game W 0 - D 0 - L 1 01-03-2006 NIR 1-0 EST FR Belfast	Markus Poom (Estonia) 1 game W 0 - D 0 - L 1 05-09-2021 NIR 1-0 EST FR Tallinn
2 games – W 0 – D 0 – L 2

Dual international Con Martin played 6 times for (Northern) Ireland and 30 times for Eire. His son, Mick, won 52 caps for the Republic of Ireland, including one verses Northern Ireland on 21-11-1979 in Belfast, a match won 1-0 by the home team.

Brothers to have faced Northern Ireland...

WIP

• Ivor & Len Allchurch (Wales)
• John & Mel Charles (Wales)
• Bobby & Jack Charlton (England)
• Thórdur Gudjónsson & Joey Gudjónsson (Iceland)
• Brian & Michael Laudrup (Denmark)

John Goodall, brother of Archie, played 14 times for England, including in a 9-0 win over Ireland at Derby on 09-03-1895. This was prior to Archie's Ireland debut.

See also:

• Northern Ireland: A Family Affair