Northern Ireland national football team

**Northern Ireland national football team** is the national football team of Northern Ireland.

## Most appearances

|Pos|Player|Apps|Goals|Career|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Pat Jennings|119|0|1964–1986|
|2|Mal Donaghy|91|0|1980–1994|
|3|Sammy McIlroy|88|5|1972–1987|
|4|Keith Gillespie|83|2|1995–2008|
|5|Jimmy Nicholl|73|1|1976–1986|
|6|Michael Hughes|71|5|1992–2004|
|6|Maik Taylor|71|0|1999–2011|
|8|David McCreery|67|0|1976–1990|
|9|David Healy|66|35|2000–2013|
|9|Nigel Worthington|66|0|1984–1997|
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## Top scorers

|Pos|Player|Goals|Apps|Career|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|David Healy|35|66|2000–2013|
|2|Colin Clarke|13|38|1986–1993|
|2|Billy Gillespie|13|25|1913–1932|
|4|Gerry Armstrong|12|63|1977–1986|
|4|Iain Dowie|12|59|1990–2000|
|4|Jimmy Quinn|12|46|1985–1996|
|4|Joe Bambrick|12|11|1928–1940|
|8|Billy Bingham|10|56|1951–1964|
|8|Jimmy McIlroy|10|55|1952–1966|
|8|Peter McParland|10|34|1954–1962|
|8|Johnny Crossan|10|24|1960–1968|

## Infobox (national football team)

- **name**: Northern Ireland
- **fifa trigramme**: NIR
- **nickname**: Green and White Army,
Norn Iron
- **association**: Irish Football Association
- **confederation**: UEFA (Europe)
- **coach**: Michael O'Neill (footballer), Michael O'Neill
- **captain**: Steven Davis (footballer), Steven Davis
- **most caps**: Steven Davis (126)
- **top scorer**: David Healy (footballer), David Healy (36)
- **home stadium**: Windsor Park
- **fifa max**: 20
- **fifa max date**: September 2017
- **fifa min**: 129
- **fifa min date**: September 2012
- **elo max**: 5 or 14
- **elo max date**: 1882 or May 1986
- **elo min**: 114
- **elo min date**: 11 October 2013
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- **first game**: 0–13
(Belfast, History of Ireland (1801–1923), Ireland; 18 February 1882)
 _As **Northern Ireland***
 1–4
(Belfast, Northern Ireland; 7 October 1950)
- **largest win**: 7–0
(Belfast, History of Ireland (1801–1923), Ireland; 1 February 1930)
_As **Northern Ireland***
 5–0
(Belfast, Northern Ireland; 21 April 1971)
  0–5
(Landskrona, Sweden; 11 September 1991)
  0–4
(Eschen, Liechtenstein; 11 October 1995)
  4–0
(Belfast, Northern Ireland; 15 October 2008)
  4–0
(Belfast, Northern Ireland; 10 August 2011)
  4–0
(Belfast, Northern Ireland; 8 October 2016)
  4–0
(Belfast, Northern Ireland; 11 November 2016)
- **largest loss**: 0–13
(Belfast, History of Ireland (1801–1923), Ireland; 18 February 1882)
_As **Northern Ireland**_
 6–0
(Amsterdam, Netherlands; 2 June 2012)
- **world cup apps**: 3
- **world cup first**: 1958
- **world cup best**: Quarter-finals, 1958 FIFA World Cup, 1958
- **regional name**: UEFA European Championship, European Championship
- **regional cup apps**: 1
- **regional cup first**: UEFA Euro 2016, 2016
- **regional cup best**: Round of 16, UEFA Euro 2016, 2016
- **badge**: Flag of Northern Ireland (1953–1972).svg