Northern Ireland in the World Cups: General Stats

Information about Northern Ireland National Team and its appearances in the FIFA Soccer World Cup with stats of games, goals, top scorers, world cups played and won, best and worst performances and much more data.

Northern Ireland General Stats

National Team World Cups
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
3
did not participate in 19
Champion Runner-up
-
-
All-Time Standing
43
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Games

Games Played Wins Draw Losses
13 3
(23.1%)
5
(38.5%)
5
(38.5%)

Goals

Goals Scored Goals against Goal Difference
13 23 -10

Goal Average

Goals Scored Goals against Goal Difference
1.00 1.77 -0.77

All-Time Top Scorers

  Player Goals World Cups
Peter Mcparland 5 1
Gerry Armstrong 3 2
Billy Hamilton 2 2
Colin Clarke 1 1
Wilbur Cush 1 1
Norman Whiteside 1 2

Full list of scorers...

Best Performance

World Cup National Team Standing Stage
1958 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 7 Quarter Finals

Worst Performance

World Cup National Team Standing Stage
1986 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 21 1st Round Groups

Northern Ireland in all the World Cups...

Last 3 Games Played

Date
Stage
Result
Jun 03, 1986
1st Round, Group D
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Algeria
Algeria
Jun 07, 1986
1st Round, Group D
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Spain
Spain
Jun 12, 1986
1st Round, Group D
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Brazil
Brazil

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