Northern Ireland at the UEFA European Championship explained

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

See main article: UEFA Euro 2016.

Group stage

See main article: UEFA Euro 2016 Group C.

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Ranking of third-placed teams

Knockout stage

See main article: UEFA Euro 2016 knockout stage.

Round of 16

Overall record

Year	Round	Position
UEFA European Championship record									width=1% rowspan=22		Qualification record
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
	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.

Notes and References

Web site: Northern Ireland make history with Greece win . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations . 8 October 2015 . 12 December 2015.
Web site: UEFA Euro 2016 draw pots take shape . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations . 14 October 2015 . 14 October 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151015144010/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/finals/news/newsid=2293579.html . 15 October 2015 . dmy-all .