Northern Ireland women's national football team

Northern Ireland
Association	Irish Football Association (IFA)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Tanya Oxtoby[1]
Captain	Marissa Callaghan
Most caps	Julie Nelson (125)
Top scorer	Rachel Furness (38)
FIFA code	NIR
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	47 2 (25 August 2023)[2]
Highest	45 (March – June 2023)
Lowest	85 (June 2005)
First international
	Republic of Ireland 4–1 Northern Ireland ; (Dublin, Republic of Ireland; 30 June 1973)
Biggest win
	North Macedonia 0–11 Northern Ireland ; (Skopje, North Macedonia; 25 November 2021)
Biggest defeat
	Scotland 11–1 Northern Ireland ; (Clydebank, Scotland, 23 November 1974); England 10–0 Northern Ireland ; (Blackburn, England, 16 March 1986)
European Championship
Appearances	1 (first in 2022)
Best result	Group stage (2022)

The Northern Ireland women's national football team represents Northern Ireland in international women's football. Although most national football teams represent a sovereign state, FIFA statutes permit Northern Ireland as a member of the United Kingdom's Home Nations to maintain its own national side that competes in all major tournaments, with the exception of the Women's Olympic Football Tournament.

The team were the lowest UEFA-ranked team (27th)[3] to qualify for the European Championships Finals in England in 2022.

In September 2021 it was announced that the senior women's team would be adopting a full-time professional set up ahead of Euro 2022.[4]

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of matches in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

Win Draw Lose Fixture

2022

15 November Friendly	Northern Ireland	1–0	Italy
20:00

2023

6 April Friendly	Wales	4–1	Northern Ireland	Cardiff, Wales
19:15 UTC+1				Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium

14 July Friendly	Scotland	3–0	Northern Ireland	Dundee, Scotland
19:35 UTC+1		Source		Stadium: Kilmac Stadium

18 July Friendly	Czech Republic	0–2	Northern Ireland	Opava, Czech Republic
19:30 UTC+2		Source	McFadden 26' Beattie 48'	Stadium: Stadion v Městských sadech Attendance: 778 Referee: Michalina Diakow (Poland)

23 September UEFA Women's Nations League	Republic of Ireland	3-0	Northern Ireland	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
13:00 UTC+1	Lu. Quinn 31' Carusa 70' Agg 85'	Source		Stadium: Aviva Stadium Referee: Hristiyana Guteva (Bulgaria)

26 September UEFA Women's Nations League	Northern Ireland	1-0	Albania	Belfast, Northern Ireland
--:--	Wade 57'	Source		Stadium: Seaview Stadium Referee: Zulema González (Spain)

Coaching staff

Manager history

Alfie Wylie (2004–2019)[5]
Kenny Shiels (2019–2023)[6][7]
Tanya Oxtoby (2023–)[1]

Players

Caps and goals may be incorrect.

Current squad

The squad was announced on 13 September 2023 for UEFA Nations League matches against Ireland and Albania on 22 September 2023 and 26 September 2023, respectively.[8]
Caps and goal correct as of 23 June 2022, before the match against Belgium.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
23	1GK	Shannon Turner	(1997-09-08) 8 September 1997	0	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
	1GK	Rachael Norney		0	0
	1GK	Lilie Woods		0	0

15	2DF	Rebecca Holloway	(1995-08-25) 25 August 1995	9	3	Racing Louisville
22	2DF	Abbie Magee	(2000-11-15) 15 November 2000	6	0	Cliftonville
	2DF	Ellie Mason			0
	2DF	Sarah McFadden			0
2	2DF	Rebecca McKenna	(2001-04-13) 13 April 2001	20	1	Lewes
17	2DF	Laura Rafferty	(1996-04-29) 29 April 1996	32	0	Southampton
3	2DF	Demi Vance	(1991-05-02) 2 May 1991	75	4	Unattached

20	3MF	Joely Andrews	(2002-04-20) 20 April 2002	7	1	Glentoran
	3MF	Megan Bell
16	3MF	Nadene Caldwell	(1991-01-24) 24 January 1991	67	2	Glentoran
8	3MF	Marissa Callaghan (captain)	(1985-09-02) 2 September 1985	72	9	Cliftonville
10	3MF	Rachel Furness	(1988-06-19) 19 June 1988	85	38	Liverpool
7	3MF	Chloe McCarron	(1997-12-22) 22 December 1997	23	1	Glentoran
	3MF	Caragh Hamilton

	4FW	Kerry Beattie
	4FW	Simone Magill	(1994-11-01) 1 November 1994	70	21	Aston Villa
21	4FW	Caitlin McGuinness	(2002-08-30) 30 August 2002	11	1	Cliftonville
11	4FW	Kirsty McGuinness	(1994-11-04) 4 November 1994	57	14	Cliftonville
14	4FW	Lauren Wade	(1993-11-22) 22 November 1993	41	7	Reading
19	4FW	Emily Wilson	(2001-08-26) 26 August 2001	11	1	Crusaders Strikers

Recent call-ups

The following players have been named to a squad in the past 12 months.
This list may be incomplete.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up

Records

Northern Ireland's Simone Magill holds the world record for the fastest international goal in women's football. Previously, US forward Alex Morgan had held the record at twelve seconds. Magill achieved an eleven-second goal against Georgia at the start of a European Qualifying match on 3 June 2016, after chasing down the ball and then receiving a cross from a teammate. The Irish Football Association awarded her with a special trophy. The goal also marks the fastest ever international goal by any national Northern Irish team – male or female.[9]

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
FIFA Women's World Cup record									Qualification record
1991	Did not qualify								UEFA EURO 1991
1995	Did not enter								UEFA EURO 1995
1999									Did not enter
2003									Did not enter
2007	Did not qualify								6	2	1	3	7	11	−4
2011									10	3	2	5	8	16	−8
2015									10	1	2	7	3	19	−16
2019									8	1	0	7	4	27	−23
2023									10	6	1	3	36	16	+20
2027	To be determined								To be determined
Total	0/10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	44	13	11	23	58	89	−31

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship

Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA
UEFA Women's Championship record								Qualifying record
1984	Did not qualify							6	0	0	6	5	21
1987	Did not qualify							6	0	0	6	2	35
1989	Did not enter							Did not enter
1991	Did not qualify							4	0	0	4	1	21
1993	Did not enter							Did not enter
1995
1997
2001
2005
2009	Did not qualify							11	2	1	8	11	28
2013								10	3	2	5	12	15
2017								8	2	1	5	10	22
2022	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	11	10	6	2	2	21	18
2025	To be determined							To be determined
Total	1/13	3	0	0	3	1	11	55	13	6	36	62	160

*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty kicks.

References

Archer, Kenny (1 September 2023). "New Northern Ireland women's manager Tanya Oxtoby targeting top tournaments". The Irish News. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
"The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
"Women's National Teams Coefficient Overview" (PDF). editorial.uefa.com. 24 February 2021.
VAVEL.com (29 September 2021). "Northern Ireland Women move to a full-time international set-up". VAVEL. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
"Alfie Wylie leaves role as Northern Ireland women's manager after 15 years to take new IFA job". Belfast Telegraph. 12 April 2019.
"Kenny Shiels: Former Kilmarnock boss appointed Northern Ireland senior women's manager". BBC Sport. 16 May 2019.
"Kenny Shiels: Northern Ireland women's manager leaves role". BBC Sport. 31 January 2023.
"Oxtoby names first Northern Ireland senior women's squad". irishfa.
Fullerton, Gareth (7 October 2017). "Northern Ireland striker recognised for scoring fastest goal ever!". belfastlive. Retrieved 25 May 2019.

External links

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[:0-1] Archer, Kenny (1 September 2023). "New Northern Ireland women's manager Tanya Oxtoby targeting top tournaments". The Irish News. Retrieved 15 September 2023.

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-2] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.

[3] "Women's National Teams Coefficient Overview" (PDF). editorial.uefa.com. 24 February 2021.

[4] VAVEL.com (29 September 2021). "Northern Ireland Women move to a full-time international set-up". VAVEL. Retrieved 29 September 2021.

[5] "Alfie Wylie leaves role as Northern Ireland women's manager after 15 years to take new IFA job". Belfast Telegraph. 12 April 2019.

[6] "Kenny Shiels: Former Kilmarnock boss appointed Northern Ireland senior women's manager". BBC Sport. 16 May 2019.

[7] "Kenny Shiels: Northern Ireland women's manager leaves role". BBC Sport. 31 January 2023.

[8] "Oxtoby names first Northern Ireland senior women's squad". irishfa.

[9] Fullerton, Gareth (7 October 2017). "Northern Ireland striker recognised for scoring fastest goal ever!". belfastlive. Retrieved 25 May 2019.

Northern Ireland national football team
General	Irish Football Association Ireland national football team (1882–1950) Managers
Venues	Windsor Park Celtic Park Solitude Grosvenor Park The Oval Dalymount Park Balmoral Showgrounds Bloomfield Ulster Cricket Ground
Results	1882–99 1900–29 1930–59 1960–79 1980–99 2000–19 2020–present Matches v Home Nations
Statistics	Records & Statistics U21 Records & Statistics
Players	Players Pre-1950 players Dual Ireland footballers
Goals	David Healy
World Finals	Summary 1958 1982 1986
European Finals	Summary 2016
Other tournaments	British Home Championship (1884–1984) 2011 Nations Cup
Culture	Green and White Army Rivalry with the Republic of Ireland
Other teams	Women's B Amateur (defunct) U-21 U-19 U-18 Schools U-17 U-16 Schools Juniors

National women's football teams of Europe (UEFA)
Active	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Defunct	Czechoslovakia East Germany Serbia and Montenegro Soviet Union Yugoslavia
Other	Great Britain Vatican City

National sports teams of Northern Ireland
Men	Cricket Football B U23 U21 U19 U18 U17 U16 CP Volleyball
Women	Football U19 U17 Netball
Multi-sport events	Commonwealth Games