Northern Ireland's record against Group C opponents
Saturday, January 16, 2016
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A pair of memorable qualifiers for the 1984 finals give Northern Ireland some hope as they kick off against Germany, and they have had good recent results against Poland.
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Qualified as: Group F winners
Top scorer: Kyle Lafferty (7 goals)
Qualifying record: P10 W6 D3 L1 F16 A8 Pts21
EURO best: never qualified
Last EURO: N/A
EURO appearances: 0
Northern Ireland v Germany
EURO P4 W2 D0 L2 F2 A7
World Cup P5 W0 D2 L3 F8 A12
Friendlies P5 W0 D2 L3 F3 A13
- Northern Ireland famously did the double over West Germany in the qualifying competition for EURO '84, Ian Stewart scoring the only goal in Belfast and Norman Whiteside doing likewise in Hamburg. Those remain their only victories in 14 meetings.
- The only time the countries have come face to face at a major tournament was at the 1958 FIFA World Cup, a 2-2 group draw in Malmo. Both teams progressed to the quarter-finals.
- Just one match has been played between the sides this century – a June 2005 friendly in Belfast which Germany won 4-1 – but there will be two more in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers.
Northern Ireland v Poland
EURO P2 W2 D0 L0 F4 A0
World Cup P4 W1 D1 L2 F4 A7
Friendlies P3 W1 D1 L1 F5 A6
- The nations have not met in the UEFA European Championship since 1962, when Northern Ireland won two qualifiers in two months – 2-0 in Chorzow and 2-0 again in Belfast.
- It took Poland 43 years to exact their revenge, winning both 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, for which they progressed as section runners-up to England. Maciej Żurawski scored in both games as Poland won 3-0 in Belfast and 1-0 in Warsaw.
- Northern Ireland were back in charge for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, winning 3-2 at home and drawing 1-1 away with Kyle Lafferty opening the scoring in Chorzow. Neither side made it to South Africa.
Northern Ireland v Ukraine
EURO P2 W0 D2 L0 F0 A0
World Cup P2 W0 D0 L2 F1 A3
Friendlies P0 W0 D0 L0 F0 A0
- Both previous UEFA European Championship matches between the countries – in qualification for UEFA EURO 2004 – ended goalless.
- In the teams' only other meetings, Ukraine did the double over Northern Ireland in 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying. The winning goals came from Serhiy Rebrov in Belfast (1-0) and Andriy Shevchenko in Kyiv (2-1).
