Northern Ireland at the UEFA European Championship
International football delegation
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Northern Ireland have only qualified once for a UEFA European Championship, the 2016 edition. They directly qualified as group winners, and were already secured of qualification after the penultimate matchday.[1] For the draw of the end stage that took place on 12 December 2015, they were seeded in Pot 4.[2]
Euro 2016
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Germany |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 7[a] | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Poland |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 7[a] | |
| 3 |  Northern Ireland |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Ukraine |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 |
- Tied on head-to-head result (Germany 0–0 Poland). Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.
Attendance: 51,043[4]
Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
- Ranking of third-placed teams
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B |  Slovakia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | E |  Republic of Ireland |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 | |
| 3 | F |  Portugal |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | C | Northern Ireland |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 5 | D |  Turkey |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 6 | A |  Albania |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 |
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) Higher number of points obtained; 2) Superior goal difference; 3) Higher number of goals scored; 4) Fair play conduct; 5) Position in the UEFA national team coefficient ranking system.
Rules for classification: 1) Higher number of points obtained; 2) Superior goal difference; 3) Higher number of goals scored; 4) Fair play conduct; 5) Position in the UEFA national team coefficient ranking system.
Knockout stage
- Round of 16
Overall record
| UEFA European Championship record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
 1960 |
Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||
 1964 |
Did not qualify | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
 1968 |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||
 1972 |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | |||||||||
 1976 |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | |||||||||
| 1980 |
8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 14 | |||||||||
| 1984 |
8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | |||||||||
| 1988 |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | |||||||||
 1992 |
8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||
 1996 |
10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | |||||||||
 2000 |
8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 19 | |||||||||
| 2004 |
8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | |||||||||
  2008 |
12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | |||||||||
| 2012 |
10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | |||||||||
| 2016 |
Round of 16 | 16th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | |
 2020 |
Did not qualify | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | ||||||||
| 2024 |
10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 13 | |||||||||
 2028 |
To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||
| 2032 | |||||||||||||||
| Total | Round of 16 | 1/17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 130 | 47 | 27 | 56 | 140 | 167 | |
- *Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.