694: 15 October 2024

693 vs Belarus - 694 - 695 vs ---

Tuesday 15th October 2024. KO: 19:45 (BST)

2024-25 UEFA Nations League - Group C3

NORTHERN IRELAND (NIR) 5-0 BULGARIA (BUL) (H/T 3-0)

• Venue: The National Stadium at Windsor Park, Belfast
• Attendance: 17,891
• Referee: Jérôme Brisard (FRA)
• Assistant referees: Alexis Auger (FRA), Nicolas Danos (FRA)
• Video Assistant Referee: Eric Wattellier (FRA)
• Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Bastien Dechepy (FRA)
• Fourth official: Mathieu Vernice FRA
• Goals: NIR Price (15, 29, 81), Mitov (32 og), Magennis (89); BUL -

NORTHERN IRELAND: (green - green - white)

Manager: Michael O'Neill

Captain: Conor Bradley [2]

(3-5-2) P. Charles; T. Hume, P. McNair, E. Toal _41 [C. Brown 45]; C. Bradley, S. Charles [J. Magennis 85], A. McCann, B. Spencer, I. Price _25 [B. Lyons 85]; C. Marshall [P. Smyth 74], D. Charles [J. Reid 74]

Unused subs: L. Southwood (gk), C. Pym (gk), J. Lewis, G. Saville, L. Bonis, J. Thompson, C. Boyd-Munce

BULGARIA: (white - white - red)

Head Coach: Ilian Iliev

Pre-Match:

Northern Ireland Squad (BBC)
Goalkeepers: Bailey Peacock-Farrell# (Birmingham City), Luke Southwood (Bolton Wanderers), Pierce Charles (Sheffield Wednesday), Christy Pym* (Mansfield Town)
Defenders: Paddy McNair (West Bromwich Albion, on loan from San Diego FC), Jamal Lewis (Sao Paulo, on loan from Newcastle United), Daniel Ballard# (Sunderland), Ciaron Brown (Oxford United), Trai Hume (Sunderland), Brodie Spencer (Huddersfield Town), Eoin Toal (Bolton Wanderers), Kofi Balmer* (Motherwell)
Midfielders: George Saville (Millwall), Jordan Thompson (Stoke City), Alistair McCann (Preston North End), Conor Bradley (Liverpool), Shea Charles (Sheffield Wednesday, on loan from Southampton), Isaac Price (Standard Liege), Paul Smyth (Queens Park Rangers), Ethan Galbraith (Leyton Orient), Ross McCausland (Rangers), Brad Lyons (Kilmarnock), Caolan Boyd-Munce (St Mirren).
Forwards: Josh Magennis (Exeter City), Dion Charles (Bolton Wanderers), Jamie Reid (Stevenage Town), Callum Marshall (Huddersfield Town, on loan from West Ham United), Lee Bonis* (ADO Den Haag)

* late call-ups; # withdrawn injured

Bulgaria Squad: 

Notes:

• First time Northern Ireland scored five goals in a match since defeating Austria 5-3 in 1995, largest winning margin since 5-0 win in the Faroe Islands 5-0 in 1991 and largest home win since 5-0 victory over Cyprus in 1971.
• Price's was the first hattrick by a Northern Ireland since David Healy's vs Liechtenstein in 2007.
• Bulgaria's captain, Kiril Despodov, hit the cross-bar with a penalty in the 44th minute.
• Eoin Toal's yellow card means that he will be suspended for the next match.
• Mitov's own goal is credited to Brodie Spencer in some sources.