The Northern Ireland women's national football team represents

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in international

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. Although most national football teams represent a

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statutes permit Northern Ireland as a member of the

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'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

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Finals in England in 2022. They are set to participate in the World Cup for the first time in

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as they automatically qualified as co-host along with other three countries in the United Kingdom. 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

2024

2025

Coaching staff

Manager history

* Alfie Wylie (2004–2019) *

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(2019–2023) *

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(2023–)

Players

Current squad

The following players were named to the squad for the

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matches against Poland and Poland on 30 May and 3 June 2025, respectively. *''Caps and goals updated as of 14 April 2025.

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.

Most caps

Most goals

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holds the world record for the fastest international goal in women's football. Previously, US forward

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had held the record at twelve seconds. Magill achieved an eleven-second goal against

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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

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UEFA Women's Championship

:''*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty kicks.''

UEFA Women's Nations League

Notes

References

External links

Official websiteFIFA profile
{{National sports teams of Northern Ireland

1973 establishments in Northern Ireland National sports teams established in 1973