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UEFA EURO 2016 MATCH PRESS KITS Parc des Princes - Paris Tuesday 21 June 2016 - 18.00CET Group C - Matchday 3 Northern Ireland #NIRGER Germany Last updated 25/02/2019 19:08CET EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 5 Head coach 7 Match officials 8 Competition facts 9 Match-by-match lineups 13 Team facts 17 Legend 20 1 Northern Ireland - Germany Tuesday 21 June 2016 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Parc des Princes, Paris Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA EURO 2000 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Bierhoff 2, Ziege 15, 08/09/1999 PR (GS) Germany - Northern Ireland 4-0 Dortmund 35, 45 Bode 19, 43, Hamann 27/03/1999 PR (GS) Northern Ireland - Germany 0-3 Belfast 62 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Michael Hughes 60; 20/08/1997 QR (GS) Northern Ireland - Germany 1-3 Belfast Bierhoff 73, 78, 79 09/11/1996 QR (GS) Germany - Northern Ireland 1-1 Nuremberg Möller 41; Taggart 39 1984 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached West Germany - Northern 16/11/1983 PR (GS) 0-1 Hamburg Whiteside 50 Ireland Northern Ireland - West 17/11/1982 PR (GS) 1-0 Belfast Stewart 18 Germany FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Kress 29, Brülls 58; 10/05/1961 QR (GS) Germany - Northern Ireland 2-1 Berlin McIlroy 85 Mc Adams 25, 51, 89; 26/10/1960 QR (GS) Northern Ireland - Germany 3-4 Belfast Brülls 6, Seeler 53, Dörfel 54, 80 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Rahn 20, Seeler 79; 15/06/1958 GS-FT Germany - Northern Ireland 2-2 Malmo McParland 17, 58 Final Qualifying Total tournament Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA EURO Northern Ireland 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 - - - - 4 2 0 2 2 7 Germany 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 - - - - 4 2 0 2 7 2 FIFA* 2 Northern Ireland - Germany Tuesday 21 June 2016 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Parc des Princes, Paris Final Qualifying Total tournament Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Northern Ireland 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 5 0 2 3 8 12 Germany 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 3 2 0 12 8 Friendlies Northern Ireland - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 0 2 3 3 13 Germany - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 3 2 0 13 3 Total Northern Ireland 4 1 0 3 4 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 14 2 4 8 13 32 Germany 4 2 1 1 4 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 14 8 4 2 32 13 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 3 Northern Ireland - Germany Tuesday 21 June 2016 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Parc des Princes, Paris Match background Northern Ireland's record in 14 meetings with Germany is not an encouraging one, but Billy Bingham's side's feats in 1984 UEFA European Championship qualifying could inspire them in Group C. Previous meetings • Northern Ireland's record against Germany is W2 D4 L8 (W2 D2 L5 in competitive games). • Northern Ireland famously did the double over West Germany in the qualifying competition for the 1984 EURO finals, Ian Stewart scoring the only goal in Belfast and Norman Whiteside doing likewise in Hamburg. • Current Northern Ireland assistant boss Jimmy Nicholl played in both of those fixtures. • The only time the countries have come face to face at a major tournament was at the 1958 FIFA World Cup, when they drew 2-2 in a group stage encounter in Malmo. Both teams progressed to the quarter-finals. • Just one match has been played between the sides this century – a June 2005 friendly in Belfast which Germany won 4-1 – but there will be two more in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers. EURO facts – Northern Ireland • Northern Ireland are featuring at their first EURO. They have not played at a major final tournament since bowing out of the 1986 World Cup at the group stage. • Northern Ireland's greatest achievement to date is reaching the last eight of the 1958 World Cup finals, where they lost 4-0 to France in Norrkoping, Sweden. EURO facts – Germany • Germany are competing in their 12th successive EURO since missing out on the final tournament as West Germany, their first attempt, in 1968. • EURO winners in 1972, 1980 and 1996 – and three-time beaten finalists – Germany have failed to make it through the group stage on three occasions, in 1984, 2000 and 2004. Coach and player links • Play together: Paddy McNair (Northern Ireland) and Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany) – Manchester United • Northern Ireland defender Gareth McAuley made his international debut in the 4-1 friendly defeat by Germany in Belfast in June 2005. • Northern Ireland goalkeeping coach Maik Taylor was born in Hildesheim, Germany, in 1971 to a German mother. A Werder Bremen fan growing up, he won the first of his 88 caps against the country of his birth in March 1999. • Northern Ireland's Jonny Evans and Germany's Mesut Özil met in the 2012/13 UEFA Champions League round of 16, when Özil's Real Madrid defeated Evans's Man. United 3-2 on aggregate. • Jonny Evans scored in United's 5-0 UEFA Champions League victory against a Leverkusen side containing Germany's Bernd Leno on 27 November 2013. 4 Northern Ireland - Germany Tuesday 21 June 2016 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Parc des Princes, Paris Squad list Northern Ireland Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Michael McGovern 12/07/1984 31 Hamilton - 5 0 2 0 12 Roy Carroll 30/09/1977 38 Notts County - 5 0 0 0 23 Alan Mannus 19/05/1982 34 St Johnstone - 0 0 0 0 Defenders 2 Conor McLaughlin 26/07/1991 24 Fleetwood - 9 0 1 0 4 Gareth McAuley 05/12/1979 36 West Brom - 10 3 2 1 5 Jonny Evans 03/01/1988 28 West Brom * 4 0 2 0 6 Chris Baird 25/02/1982 34 Fulham - 9 0 1 0 15 Luke McCullough 15/02/1994 22 Doncaster - 2 0 0 0 17 Paddy McNair 27/04/1995 21 Man. United - 3 0 2 0 Melbourne 18 Aaron Hughes 08/11/1979 36 - 4 0 1 0 City 20 Craig Cathcart 06/02/1989 27 Watford * 4 1 2 0 22 Lee Hodson 02/10/1991 24 MK Dons - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders 3 Shane Ferguson 12/07/1991 24 Millwall - 5 0 1 0 8 Steven Davis 01/01/1985 31 Southampton - 9 2 2 0 13 Corry Evans 30/07/1990 25 Blackburn - 7 0 1 0 14 Stuart Dallas 19/04/1991 25 Leeds * 6 0 2 0 16 Oliver Norwood 12/04/1991 25 Reading - 10 0 2 0 19 Jamie Ward 12/05/1986 30 Nottm Forest * 6 1 2 0 21 Josh Magennis 15/08/1990 25 Kilmarnock - 7 1 1 0 Forwards 7 Niall McGinn 20/07/1987 28 Aberdeen - 8 1 1 1 9 Will Grigg 03/07/1991 24 Wigan - 0 0 0 0 10 Kyle Lafferty 16/09/1987 28 Birmingham - 9 7 1 0 11 Conor Washington 18/05/1992 24 QPR - 0 0 2 0 Coach - Michael O'Neill 05/07/1969 46 - 10 0 2 0 5 Northern Ireland - Germany Tuesday 21 June 2016 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Parc des Princes, Paris Germany Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Manuel Neuer 27/03/1986 30 Bayern - 9 0 2 0 12 Bernd Leno 04/03/1992 24 Leverkusen - 0 0 0 0 22 Marc-André ter Stegen 30/04/1992 24 Barcelona - 0 0 0 0 Defenders 2 Shkodran Mustafi 17/04/1992 24 Valencia - 1 0 1 1 3 Jonas Hector 27/05/1990 26 Köln - 7 0 2 0 4 Benedikt Höwedes 29/02/1988 28 Schalke - 1 0 2 0 5 Mats Hummels 16/12/1988 27 Dortmund - 7 0 1 0 16 Jonathan Tah 11/02/1996 20 Leverkusen - 0 0 0 0 17 Jérôme Boateng 03/09/1988 27 Bayern * 10 0 2 0 21 Joshua Kimmich 08/02/1995 21 Bayern - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders 6 Sami Khedira 04/04/1987 29 Juventus * 2 0 2 0 7 Bastian Schweinsteiger 01/08/1984 31 Man. United - 4 0 1 1 8 Mesut Özil 15/10/1988 27 Arsenal * 6 0 2 0 9 André Schürrle 06/11/1990 25 Wolfsburg - 7 3 2 0 11 Julian Draxler 20/09/1993 22 Wolfsburg - 2 0 2 0 14 Emre Can 12/01/1994 22 Liverpool - 2 0 0 0 15 Julian Weigl 08/09/1995 20 Dortmund - 0 0 0 0 18 Toni Kroos 04/01/1990 26 Real Madrid - 9 1 2 0 19 Mario Götze 03/06/1992 24 Bayern - 9 3 2 0 20 Leroy Sané 11/01/1996 20 Schalke - 0 0 0 0 Forwards 10 Lukas Podolski 04/06/1985 31 Galatasaray - 7 0 0 0 13 Thomas Müller 13/09/1989 26 Bayern - 9 9 2 0 23 Mario Gomez 10/07/1985 30 Beşiktaş - 0 0 1 0 Coach - Joachim Löw 03/02/1960 56 - 10 0 2 0 6 Northern Ireland - Germany Tuesday 21 June 2016 - 18.00CET (18.00 local time) Match press kit Parc des Princes, Paris Head coach Michael O'Neill Date of birth: 5 July 1969 Nationality: Northern Irish Playing career: Coleraine FC, Newcastle United FC, Dundee United FC, Hibernian FC, Coventry City FC, Aberdeen FC (loan), Reading FC (loan), Wigan Athletic FC, Saint Johnstone FC, Portland Timbers, Clydebank FC, Glentoran FC, Ayr United FC Coaching career: Brechin City FC, Shamrock Rovers FC, Northern Ireland • A midfielder and forward during a 20-year playing career, O'Neill spent the bulk of his time in Scotland, most notably with Dundee United and Hibernian.
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