The Northern Ireland women's national football team represents Northern Ireland in international women's football. Although most national football teams represent a sovereign state, FIFA statutes permit Northern Ireland as a member of the United Kingdom'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 European Championships Finals in England in 2022. They are set to participate in the World Cup for the first time in 2035 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.
Contents
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Legend
Win
Draw
Loss
Fixture
Coaching staff
Manager history
Alfie Wylie (2004–2019)
Kenny Shiels (2019–2023)
Tanya Oxtoby (2023–2025)
Michael McArdle (2026–)
Players
Current squad
The following players were called up for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup play-off matches against Portugal on 9 and 13 October 2026, respectively.
Caps and goals correct as of 9 June 2026, after the match against Switzerland.
Recent call-ups
The following players have also been called up to the squad within the past 12 months.
Records
As of 9 June 2026
Players in bold are still active with the national team.
Simone Magill holds the world record for the fastest international goal in women's football. Previously, US forward Alex Morgan had held the record at twelve seconds. Magill achieved an eleven-second goal against Georgia 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 penalty kicks.
UEFA Women's Championship
*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty kicks.