Northern Ireland women's national football team

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) 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.

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

2023

2024

Coaching staff

Manager history

• Alfie Wylie (2004–2019)
• Kenny Shiels (2019–2023)
• Tanya Oxtoby (2023–)

Players

Current squad

• The following players are named in the squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying matches against Malta and Bosnia and Herzegovina on 5 and 9 April 2024 respectively.

Caps and goals updated as of 5 December 2023 after the match against  Republic of Ireland.

Recent call-ups

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

Notes:

• ^INJ Withdrew due to injury.
• ^WD Withdrew from the squad due to non-injury or medical issue

Records

• Statistics correct as of 5 December 2023.
• Active players in bold.

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. The goal marks the fastest ever international goal by any national Northern Irish team – male or female.

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship

*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty kicks.

See also

• Northern Ireland women's national under-19 football team
• Northern Ireland women's national under-17 football team
• Northern Ireland national football team, the men's team
• Republic of Ireland women's national football team

References

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile