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  Name Northern Ireland
  Badge Northern ireland national football team logopng
  Badge Size 120px
  FIFA Trigramme NIR
  Nickname Green & White Army, Norn Iron
  Association Irish Football Association
  Confederation UEFA (Europe)
  Coach Nigel Worthington
  Captain Aaron Hughes
  Most Caps Pat Jennings (119)
  Top Scorer David Healy (31)
  Home Stadium Windsor Park
  FIFA Rank 27
  1st Ranking Date August 1993
  FIFA Max 27
  FIFA Max Date August 2007
  FIFA Min 124
  FIFA Min Date March 2004
  Elo Rank 79
  Elo Max 4 or 15The official Elo ratings pages erroneously combine the Pre-1923 IFA Team 's results with the Post-1923 FAI Team The highest ranking for the pre-1923 team is 4th, in 1882-5(1) The "new" Northern Ireland team is introduced to the Elo ranking in 1923, with an initial points total higher than the FAI team inherits from the "old" IFA team: 1600 as opposed to 1522 The highest rank the IFA team subsequently attains, based on this erroneous beginning, is 15th, in May 1986(2)
  Elo Max Date 1882-5 or May 1986
  Elo Min 97
  Elo Min Date February 2004
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  First Game 0 - 13 <br/>( Belfast , Ireland 18 February , 1882 )
  Largest Win 7 - 0 <br/>( Belfast , Northern Ireland 1 February , 1930 )
  Largest Loss 0 - 13 <br/>( Belfast , Ireland 18 February , 1882 )
  World Cup Apps 3
  World Cup First 1958
  World Cup Best Quarterfinals, 1958 , 1982
  Regional Name European Championship
  Regional Cup Apps
  Regional Cup First



CURRENT CAMPAIGN


''See the main article 2008 UEFA Championship Group F ''

Northern Ireland are currently seeking Qualification to the finals of the Euro 2008 competition. They were seeded in the sixth pot and drawn against Sweden, Spain, Denmark, Latvia, Iceland and Liechtenstein. In an unprecedented move, the Irish Football Association offered the national team and all its staff a £ 1 million pound bonus if the team qualified for Euro 2008 3.