Tim nasional sepak bola Irlandia Utara

Irlandia Utara

Julukan	Green & White Army Norn Iron
Asosiasi	Asosiasi Sepak Bola Irlandia Utara
Konfederasi	UEFA (Eropa)
Pelatih	Ian Baraclough
Kapten	Steven Davis
Penampilan terbanyak	Steven Davis (130)
Pencetak gol terbanyak	David Healy (36)
Stadion kandang	Windsor Park
Peringkat FIFA
Terkini	73 (20 Juni 2024)
Tertinggi	27 (Agustus 2007)
Terendah	124 (Maret 2004)
Peringkat Elo
Terkini	83 11 (19 Januari 2024)
Warna pertama Warna kedua
Pertandingan internasional pertama
Irlandia Utara 0 - 13 Inggris (Belfast, Irlandia Utara; 18 Februari 1882)
Kemenangan terbesar
Irlandia Utara 7 - 0 Wales (Belfast, Irlandia Utara; 1 Februari 1930)
Kekalahan terbesar
Irlandia Utara 0 - 13 Inggris (Belfast, Irlandia Utara; 18 Februari 1882)
Piala Dunia
Penampilan	3 (Pertama kali pada 1958)
Hasil terbaik	Perempat final, 1958, 1982
Kejuaraan Eropa
Penampilan	1 (Pertama kali pada 2016)
Hasil terbaik	Babak 16 besar (2016)

Tim nasional sepak bola Irlandia Utara merupakan sebuah tim nasional sepak bola yang prestasi terbaiknya adalah mencapai babak perempat final pada putaran Piala Dunia FIFA 1958. Tim ini belum pernah lolos ke babak putaran final Piala Eropa.

Sejarah

Artikel utama: Ireland national football team (1882–1950)

Pada tanggal 18 Februari 1882 atau 15 bulan setelah berdirinya FA Irlandia, Irlandia melakukan debut internasional pertama mereka melawan Inggris dan kalah telak 13–0 dalam pertandingan persahabatan yang dimainkan di Bloomfield di Belfast. Ini adalah rekor kekalahan tim, dan juga margin kemenangan terbesar Inggris. Pada tanggal 25 Februari 1882, Irlandia memainkan pertandingan internasional kedua mereka, dan kala itu melawan Wales di Racecourse Ground, Wrexham, dan gol penyama kedudukan dari Johnston menjadi gol pertama Irlandia.

Tim nasional sepak bola Irlandia Utara - 2021

Pada tahun 1884, Irlandia berkompetisi di British Home Championship perdana dan kalah dalam tiga pertandingan. Irlandia tidak memenangkan pertandingan pertama mereka sampai 19 Februari 1887 saat menang 4-1 atas Wales di Belfast. Antara debut mereka dan pertandingan ini, mereka mencatatkan 14 kekalahan dan 1 hasil imbang, rekor tanpa kemenangan terlama di tahun 1800-an. Meskipun akhir perjalanan ini, kekalahan berat terus berlanjut. Pada 3 Maret 1888, mereka kalah 11–0 dari Wales dan tiga minggu kemudian, pada 24 Maret, kalah 10–2 dari Skotlandia. Kekalahan berat lebih lanjut terjadi pada 15 Maret 1890 ketika mereka kalah 9-1 dari Inggris, pada 18 Februari 1899 ketika mereka kalah 13-2 dari Inggris dan pada 2 Februari 1901 ketika mereka kalah 11-0 dari Skotlandia.

Pada tahun 1899, FA Irlandia juga mengubah aturannya yang mengatur pemilihan pemain non-residen. Sebelum itu tim Irlandia memilih pemainnya secara eksklusif dari Liga Irlandia, khususnya tiga klub yang berbasis di Belfast yaitu Linfield, Cliftonville dan Distillery. Pada tanggal 4 Maret 1899, untuk pertandingan melawan Wales, McAteer memasukkan empat pemain Irlandia yang berbasis di Inggris. Perubahan kebijakan menghasilkan dividen sebagai Irlandia menang 1-0. Tiga minggu kemudian, pada tanggal 25 Maret, salah satu dari empat pemain ini, Archie Goodall yang berusia 34 tahun dan 279 hari, menjadi pemain tertua yang mencetak gol di sepak bola internasional selama abad ke-19 ketika ia mencetak gol Irlandia dalam 9– 1 kekalahan dari Skotlandia.

Pada tahun 1920, Irlandia telah dipartisi ​​menjadi Irlandia Utara dan Irlandia Selatan. Pada tahun 1922, Irlandia Selatan memperoleh kemerdekaan sebagai Negara Bebas Irlandia yang kemudian menjadi republik dengan nama Republik Irlandia. Di tengah pergolakan politik ini, sebuah asosiasi sepak bola saingan, Asosiasi Sepak Bola Irlandia, muncul di Dublin pada tahun 1921 dan mengorganisir liga dan tim internasional yang terpisah. Pada tahun 1923, pada saat negara asal telah menarik diri dari FIFA, FAI diakui oleh FIFA sebagai badan pengatur Negara Bebas Irlandia dengan syarat bahwa ia mengubah namanya menjadi Asosiasi Sepak Bola Irlandia Bebas Negara. FA Irlandia terus mengorganisir tim nasionalnya dengan basis all-Irlandia.

Antara tahun 1928 dan 1946, IFA tidak berafiliasi dengan FIFA dan kedua tim Irlandia hidup berdampingan, tidak pernah berkompetisi dalam kompetisi yang sama. Namun, pada tanggal 8 Maret 1950, dalam hasil imbang 0-0 dengan Wales di Arena Pacuan Kuda dalam Piala Dunia FIFA kualifikasi, IFA menurunkan tim yang terdiri dari empat pemain yang lahir di Negara Bebas Irlandia. Keempat pemain sebelumnya bermain untuk FAI di kualifikasi mereka dan sebagai hasilnya telah bermain untuk dua asosiasi berbeda di turnamen Piala Dunia FIFA yang sama.

Setelah keluhan dari FAI, FIFA mengintervensi dan membatasi kelayakan pemain berdasarkan batas politik. Pada tahun 1953 FIFA memutuskan tim tidak dapat disebut sebagai Irlandia, memutuskan bahwa tim FAI secara resmi ditunjuk sebagai Republik Irlandia, sedangkan tim IFA menjadi Irlandia Utara.

Past performances

British Home Championship

Until the 1950s, the major competition for Northern Ireland/Ireland was the British Home Championship. The team won the competition eight times, taking the title outright on three occasions. They were the last winners of the now defunct competition held in 1984, and hence still are the British champions, and the trophy remains the property of the Irish FA.

FIFA World Cup

Danny Blanchflower (left) captained Northern Ireland at the 1958 FIFA World Cup, while George Best (right), winner of the 1968 Ballon d'Or, never reached a major international tournament with the team

Northern Ireland's best World Cup performance was in their first appearance in the finals, the 1958 World Cup, where they reached the quarter-finals after beating Czechoslovakia 2–1 in the play-off. They were knocked out by France, losing 4–0. In the 1958 competition, Northern Ireland became the least populous country to have qualified for the World Cup, a record that stood until Trinidad and Tobago qualified for the 2006 World Cup. Northern Ireland remains, however, the least populous country to have qualified for more than one World Cup finals tournament, to win a World Cup finals match, and to have progressed from the first round of the World Cup finals.

Captain of the national side at the 1958 World Cup was Danny Blanchflower, who also captained Tottenham Hotspur in the English league and was twice footballer of the year in England. His younger brother Jackie was also a key member of the national team, and won two league titles in England with Manchester United, until his career was ended by injuries suffered in the Munich air disaster of February 1958.

Despite the presence of world class forward George Best, another Manchester United player, for the 1960s and 1970s, Northern Ireland failed to qualify for any major tournaments.

Northern Ireland also qualified for the 1982 World Cup. Their opening game was against Yugoslavia at La Romareda stadium in Zaragoza. It was the international debut of 17-year-old Norman Whiteside, who became the youngest player ever in the World Cup finals, a record that still stands. The game finished goalless. Five days later, they drew 1–1 with Honduras, which was a disappointment, and many believed had doomed Northern Ireland's chances of advancing in the competition. They needed a win against hosts Spain in the third and final group game at the Mestalla Stadium in Valencia. They faced a partisan atmosphere with a mostly Spanish crowd and a Spanish-speaking referee in Héctor Ortiz who was unwilling to punish dirty play from the Spanish players. A mistake from Spain goalkeeper Luis Arconada, however, gifted Gerry Armstrong the only goal of the game, and despite having Mal Donaghy sent off on 60 minutes, Northern Ireland went on to record an historic 1–0 win and top the first stage group.

A 2–2 draw with Austria at the Vicente Calderón Stadium meant that a win against France would take them into the semi-finals, however a French team inspired by Michel Platini won 4–1 and eliminated Northern Ireland from the competition.

In the 1986 World Cup, they reached the first round. Billy Bingham, a member of the 1958 squad, was manager for both of these tournaments. They have not qualified for any other World Cups since.

Recent history

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The Our Wee Country mural in east Belfast commemorating Northern Ireland beating England at home in 2005.

Lawrie Sanchez was appointed in January 2004 after a run of ten games without a goal under the previous manager Sammy McIlroy, which was a European record for any international team until San Marino went over 20 games without scoring between October 2008 and August 2012. That run ended after his first game in charge, a 1–4 loss to Norway in a friendly in February 2004. The run of 16 games without a win ended after his second game, a 1–0 victory in a friendly over Estonia, with a largely experimental side, in March 2004.

On 7 September 2005, Northern Ireland beat England 1–0 in a 2006 World Cup qualifier at Windsor Park. David Healy scored the winner in the 73rd minute. Almost a year later, on 6 September 2006, Northern Ireland defeated Spain 3–2 in a qualifier for UEFA Euro 2008, with Healy scoring a hat-trick. In June 2007, Nigel Worthington was named manager in the place of Lawrie Sanchez, who took over at Fulham. Initially, Worthington took over until the end of the Euro 2008 qualifiers, but was later given a contract until the end of the Euro 2012 qualifiers. Michael O'Neill became manager in February 2012 after Worthington had resigned in October 2011 after a poor Euro 2012 qualification campaign.

The Northern Ireland team qualified for its first ever UEFA European Championship, Euro 2016 in France, after beating Greece 3–1 at Windsor Park on 8 October 2015. At the tournament, Northern Ireland were beaten 1-0 by Poland on 20 June 2016 followed by a 2–0 win against Ukraine on 16 June 2016 and finally a 1–0 loss against Germany in the group stage. That was enough to qualify for a Round of 16 spot where they lost 1–0 to Wales due to an unfortunate own goal by Gareth McAuley.

Rekor Piala Dunia

• 1930 hingga 1938 - Tidak ikut
• 1950 - Tidak lolos
• 1954 - Tidak lolos
• 1958 - Perempat final
• 1962 hingga 1978 - Tidak lolos
• 1982 - Babak 2
• 1986 - Babak 1
• 1990 hingga 2018 - Tidak lolos

Rekor Piala Eropa

• 1960 - Tidak ikut
• 1964 hingga 2012 - Tidak lolos
• 2016 - 16 Besar

Pemain terkenal

Kiper Harry Gregg Pat Jennings Willie McFaul Jim Platt Tommy Wright

Belakang Danny Blanchflower Jackie Blanchflower Dave Clements Mal Donaghy Allan Hunter John McClelland Alan McDonald Alf McMichael Terry Neill Sammy Nelson Chris Nicholl Jimmy Nicholl John O'Neill Pat Rice Gerry Taggart Nigel Worthington

Tengah George Best Billy Bingham Noel Brotherston Wilbur Cush Bryan Hamilton Michael Hughes Neil Lennon Steve Lomas Jim Magilton David McCreery Jimmy McIlroy Sammy McIlroy Peter McParland Jimmy Nicholson Martin O'Neill Michael O'Neill Bertie Peacock Danny Wilson

Depan Gerry Armstrong Colin Clarke Peter Doherty Derek Dougan Iain Dowie Billy Hamilton Jimmy McIlroy Jimmy Quinn Norman Whiteside Kevin Wilson

Pranala luar

• Irish Football Association - Northern Ireland Football situs resmi
• Northern Ireland Stats & Statistics Diarsipkan 2009-11-24 di Wayback Machine.
• Northern Ireland Football Project - Resource Diarsipkan 2013-01-29 di Wayback Machine.
• RSSSF archive of international results 1882-
• Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats

Grup Pendukung

• Northern Ireland Supporters Fanzine Diarsipkan 2007-04-16 di Wayback Machine.
• Northern Ireland Supporters Fanzine
• Hillsborough NISC Diarsipkan 2009-11-24 di Wayback Machine.
• 1st Banbridge NISC Diarsipkan 2008-05-13 di Wayback Machine.
• Northern ireland Football site Diarsipkan 2017-05-15 di Wayback Machine.
• South of England Northern Ireland Supporters Club Diarsipkan 2009-07-06 di Wayback Machine.
• North Down Northern Ireland Supporters Club Comber Diarsipkan 2017-09-23 di Wayback Machine.
• INVICTA Northern Ireland Supporters Club, Kent Diarsipkan 2009-02-14 di Wayback Machine.
• (United States Northern Ireland Supporters Club site).