Northern Ireland haven’t qualified for a World Cup since 1986 and they have a difficult qualifying group to navigate in their bid to make the 2022 FIFA World Cup. In their group of five they have four time World Cup winners Italy, UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers Switzerland and tricky Eastern European counterparts Bulgaria and Lithuania.
Matches will be held in March, September, October and November 2021. The top team in the group will qualify for the World Cup being held in Qatar in November 2022, with the team finishing second entering the play-offs to be held in March 2022.
Further information on each of their qualification matches, including venue, travel and ticketing information is available by clicking on each of the links below.
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group C
25th March 2021 (19:45 UK) – Italy 2-0 Northern Ireland (Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma)
31st March 2021 (19:45) – Northern Ireland 0-0 Bulgaria (National Football Stadium at Windsor Park, Belfast)
2nd September 2021 (19:45 UK/21:45 local) – Lithuania 1-4 Northern Ireland (LFF Stadium, Vilnius)
8th September 2021 (19:45) – Northern Ireland 0-0 Switzerland (National Football Stadium at Windsor Park, Belfast)
9th October 2021 (19:45 UK/20:45 local) – Switzerland 2-0 Northern Ireland (Stade de Genève, Geneva)
12th October 2021 (19:45 UK) – Bulgaria 2-1 Northern Ireland (Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia)
12th November 2021 (19:45) – Northern Ireland v Lithuania (National Football Stadium at Windsor Park, Belfast)
15th November 2021 (19:45) – Northern Ireland v Italy (National Football Stadium at Windsor Park, Belfast)
FcTables.comLast Updated on November 10, 2021 by Sports Tourist
