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Northern Ireland

International (FIFA)

WORLD RANKING#74POINTS: 1333

TOTAL POINTS1333

PLAYED16

WON6

DRAWN4

LOST6

GD+13

RECENT FORM

Last 5 matches

Northern Ireland Team Stats

Games Played

Goals

Goals Conceded

Goal Difference

+13

Clean Sheets

Points

1,333

Team Highlights

Current Ranking

FIFA Rankings

#74

FIFA Points

Northern Ireland

1,333 FIFA Points

Matches Played

Northern Ireland

16 Matches

Recent Form

Northern Ireland

W L D D W

Season Stat Breakdown

Competition

TournamentFIFA Rankings

Season2026

Ranking#74

Points1,333

Results

Wins6

Draws4

Losses6

Win Rate38%

Scoring

Goal Difference+13

Goals For-

Goals Against-

Clean Sheets-

Form

Matches Played16

Unbeaten Matches10

Points / Match83.31

Recent FormW L D D W

Northern Ireland is currently ranked #74 in the International (FIFA) standings with 1333 points. The team has played 16 matches, winning 6, drawing 4, and losing 6 with a goal difference of +13. Standings last updated: March 19, 2026.

Ranking History

Highlights

74th

Current rank

59th

Highest Ranking

98th

Lowest Rank

73rd

Average Rank

↑ 14

Biggest climb

↓ 12

Biggest fall

Timeline

Year on year summary

Best Ranking Worst Ranking Biggest climb Biggest fall

Year	Final rank	Best rank	Worst rank	Biggest climb	Biggest fall
2026	74	70	83	↑ 4 (Jun)	↓ 1 (Jul)
2025	66	61	74	↑ 2	↓ 4 (Sep)
2024	69	65	70	↑ 8 (Aug)	↓ 5 (Feb)
2023	78	77	88	↑ 11 (May)	↓ 1 (Apr)
2022	98	93	104	↑ 5 (Feb)	↓ 7 (Apr)
2021	61	59	63	↑ 4 (Jan)	↓ 2 (Nov)
2020	71	60	64	-	↓ 10 (Nov)

OVERALL STANDINGS

NORTHERN IRELAND TOURNAMENT STANDINGS TABLE

Tournament

#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GD	Pts	Last 5
1	Spain	14	10	3	1	+23	1877	•••✓✓
2	Argentina	17	13	3	1	+20	1873	✓✓✓✓✓
3	France	16	12	3	1	+27	1870	✓✓✓✓✕
4	England	13	9	3	1	+26	1834	✓✓•✓✓
5	Brazil	15	11	3	1	+16	1760	✓•✓✓•
6	Portugal	15	12	3	0	+18	1760	✓•✓✕✓
7	Netherlands	13	10	2	1	+16	1756	✓✓✓✓✓
8	Morocco	17	11	4	2	+19	1737	✓•✓✕✓
9	Belgium	17	14	3	0	+25	1731	✓✓✓•✓
10	Germany	15	11	3	1	+25	1724	✓✓✓✓•
11	Croatia	15	12	3	0	+28	1717	•✓✓✓✓
12	Senegal	13	10	2	1	+26	1707	✓✓✓✓✓
13	Italy	14	9	2	3	+19	1702	•✓✓•✓
14	Colombia	16	11	3	2	+29	1701	•✓✕••
15	USA	14	11	3	0	+23	1682	✓✓✓•✓
16	Mexico	16	12	3	1	+20	1676	✓✓✓✓✓
17	Uruguay	15	10	3	2	+29	1673	✓✕✓✓✓
18	Switzerland	16	11	3	2	+21	1655	✓•✓✓✓
19	Japan	17	13	4	0	+22	1650	✓✓✓✓✓
20	IR Iran	13	9	3	1	+19	1617	✓✓•✓✓
21	Denmark	17	10	4	3	+17	1617	✓•✓✕✓
22	Korea Republic	14	8	3	3	+9	1599	•✓✓•✕
23	Ecuador	16	9	4	3	+11	1592	✓•✕✓✓
24	Austria	15	8	4	3	+11	1586	•✓✓••
25	Türkiye	15	8	4	3	+12	1583	✕•✓✓•
26	Nigeria	17	9	4	4	+22	1582	✓✓✓✓✓
27	Australia	13	7	3	3	+11	1574	✓✕✕✓✓
28	Algeria	15	8	3	4	+18	1561	•✓✓✓✓
29	Canada	12	7	3	2	+10	1559	✓✓✕✓✕
30	Ukraine	16	9	3	4	+15	1557	✓✓✓✓✕
31	Egypt	12	8	4	0	+22	1557	•✓•✓•
32	Norway	13	8	3	2	+10	1553	✓✓•✓✓
33	Peru	13	8	3	2	+22	1513	✓✓✕✓•
33	Panama	14	9	3	2	+8	1539	✓•✓✓✓
34	Poland	17	9	5	3	+22	1532	✕✓✓✓•
35	Wales	15	8	4	3	+12	1530	•✕✕✕✓
36	Russia	17	9	3	5	+14	1525	✓✓•✓•
37	Qatar	14	8	4	2	+15	1499	✕✓✕✓•
37	Côte d'Ivoire	16	9	3	4	+21	1522	✓✓✓✓•
38	Scotland	16	9	5	2	+13	1507	✕✕•✓✓
39	Serbia	17	11	4	2	+11	1506	•✕✓✓✓
40	Paraguay	15	7	4	4	+4	1502	✓•✓✓✓
41	Hungary	12	6	3	3	+16	1496	✓✓✓✕✕
42	Sweden	17	9	4	4	+19	1487	✕✓•✓✓
42	Chile	14	8	4	2	+8	1490	✓✓✓✓✕
43	Czechia	13	7	3	3	+17	1487	✕✓•✓•
44	Slovakia	12	7	3	2	+11	1486	•✓•••
45	Cameroon	16	6	4	6	+2	1482	•✕✕✓✕
46	Greece	16	8	5	3	+21	1480	••✓•✓
47	Tunisia	12	7	3	2	+12	1479	✓✕✓✓✓
47	Mali	17	10	3	4	+18	1470	✕✓✓✕✓
48	Congo DR	12	4	3	5	+6	1468	✓•✓✕•
49	Romania	17	10	4	3	+19	1466	•✓✓••
50	Venezuela	13	5	4	4	+12	1465	••✓•✕
53	Saudi Arabia	13	6	4	3	+8	1441	✕✕•✕✓
54	Costa Rica	16	6	5	5	+9	1438	✓✓✕✓•
55	Slovenia	15	5	5	5	+3	1431	✕✕✕✓✓
57	Jamaica	12	4	4	4	+13	1422	✕✓•✓✓
58	South Africa	15	6	4	5	+13	1410	••✕✓✓
59	Iraq	12	5	4	3	+14	1409	✓•✓••
60	Finland	14	6	4	4	+11	1401	•✕✕✓✕
61	Burkina Faso	12	5	4	3	+3	1400	✓•✓✕•
62	Republic of Ireland	14	7	4	3	+5	1400	✓✓•✓•
64	Albania	13	5	4	4	+5	1383	✓•✓•✓
65	Cabo Verde	17	7	5	5	+11	1377	•✕✕•✓
66	Uzbekistan	14	6	5	3	+10	1377	✕•✕•✓
67	Ghana	15	7	5	3	+2	1363	✓✓✓✓•
68	North Macedonia	13	6	3	4	+11	1362	✕✕✕✕✕
69	United Arab Emirates	16	8	5	3	+7	1356	✓✓✓••
70	Jordan	16	6	5	5	+10	1344	✓••✕✓
71	Bosnia and Herzegovina	14	6	4	4	+8	1343	✓•✓•✓
72	Montenegro	13	6	4	3	+2	1343	✕✓✓✓✕
73	Iceland	15	7	5	3	+1	1343	•✓✓✕✕
74	Northern Ireland	16	6	4	6	+13	1333	✓✕••✓
75	Israel	15	6	5	4	+11	1323	✓•✓✓✕
76	Guinea	14	6	4	4	+12	1320	✓✕✓•✓
77	Georgia	13	6	3	4	+13	1312	✓✓✕✕✓
78	Honduras	14	7	4	3	+3	1311	•✓✓•✕
79	Equatorial Guinea	13	6	4	3	+4	1311	✓✓✓✓✕
80	Oman	12	5	3	4	+5	1308	✓✓•✓✓
81	El Salvador	16	7	5	4	+4	1306	✓✓•••
82	Bahrain	15	6	4	5	+4	1297	✕✕•✓✓
83	Bulgaria	15	6	5	4	+7	1290	•✓•✓✓
84	Gabon	16	6	4	6	+2	1290	✕✕✓✓✕
85	Luxembourg	16	8	4	4	+9	1285	••✓✓✕
86	Bolivia	16	6	5	5	+11	1285	✓✕•••
87	Zambia	14	7	4	3	+8	1276	✓✓✕✕✓
88	China PR	13	5	4	4	+14	1274	✕✓✓✓✕
89	Syria	15	7	5	3	+2	1266	•✕••✓
90	Haiti	17	8	5	4	+2	1263	✓✓•✕✓
91	Curaçao	13	6	4	3	+4	1262	✓✓••✕
92	Uganda	17	8	5	4	+6	1247	••✓✓•
93	Angola	17	8	6	3	+8	1238	•✓✓•✓
94	Armenia	12	4	4	4	+3	1237	✓•••✕
95	Belarus	12	5	4	3	+1	1233	•✕••✕
96	Trinidad and Tobago	13	5	4	4	+3	1228	•✓•✓✓
97	Palestine	16	6	5	5	+14	1227	✓✓•✕✓
98	Benin	16	6	4	6	+12	1225	✓•✕✕✓
99	Tajikistan	17	8	4	5	+12	1219	✓✕✕✓✕
100	Kazakhstan	14	5	4	5	+5	1215	✕•✕✓✓
101	Thailand	13	4	3	6	-10	1207	✓•••✓
102	Kosovo	17	5	3	9	-25	1203	✕✕✕✕✕
103	New Zealand	14	5	4	5	-25	1197	✕✓✓✕✕
104	Kyrgyz Republic	17	4	5	8	-13	1197	✕••✓✓
105	Vietnam	13	3	3	7	-29	1195	✕✓✕✕✓
106	Mauritania	15	4	4	7	-16	1194	•✕✕✓•
107	Namibia	12	3	3	6	-11	1192	•✕••✓
108	Guatemala	14	4	3	7	-25	1188	✓✕✕••
109	Madagascar	13	3	3	7	-10	1188	✓✕•✓✓
110	Mozambique	15	4	4	7	-16	1184	✕•✕•✓
111	Kenya	12	3	3	6	-27	1182	✓✕•✓✓
112	Congo	15	4	4	7	-27	1180	✕✕✕✕✕
113	Azerbaijan	15	4	4	7	-28	1174	✕•✕✓✓
114	Korea DPR	13	3	4	6	-22	1168	✓✕✕•✕
115	Lebanon	15	4	4	7	-26	1168	✓✓•✕✕
116	Togo	15	4	4	7	-12	1166	✕•✕✓✕
117	India	14	4	3	7	-23	1165	•✕✓✕•
118	Guinea-Bissau	12	4	2	6	-21	1164	✓•✓•✕
119	Tanzania	15	5	3	7	-21	1161	✕•✓✓✓
120	Libya	16	5	4	7	-21	1160	✓✕✓✕✕
121	Comoros	14	4	3	7	-14	1156	✓•✕✓✕
122	Malawi	14	5	3	6	-28	1149	✕✕••✕
123	Estonia	12	4	3	5	-12	1149	✕✓✕✓✕
124	Zimbabwe	16	4	4	8	-27	1145	✕•✕✕✕
125	Cyprus	17	5	5	7	-24	1143	✓•✕•✕
126	Sierra Leone	12	3	3	6	-25	1137	✕✓✕✕•
127	Sudan	16	5	4	7	-11	1129	✕✕✕✕•
128	Niger	16	5	4	7	-24	1128	✓✕✓✕•
129	Central African Republic	17	4	5	8	-19	1121	•••✕✕
130	The Gambia	13	3	3	7	-25	1115	✕✓✕✕•
131	Solomon Islands	13	4	3	6	-24	1114	✕•✕✓✓
132	Malaysia	14	4	3	7	-24	1110	✓✕✓✓✕
133	Rwanda	14	4	3	7	-10	1107	✓✕✓•✕
134	Nicaragua	15	5	3	7	-17	1104	✕✕✓•✕
135	Faroe Islands	12	4	3	5	-21	1102	✕✓✕✕✕
136	Latvia	13	3	3	7	-13	1098	•✓✕✕✓
137	Kuwait	13	3	4	6	-12	1094	✕•✓✓✕
138	Lithuania	13	4	3	6	-25	1087	✓✕✓•✕
139	Philippines	14	4	4	6	-21	1086	✕•✓••
140	Burundi	16	4	5	7	-13	1086	•••✕✓
141	Turkmenistan	14	5	3	6	-27	1078	✕✕•✕✕
142	Antigua and Barbuda	16	5	4	7	-29	1073	✕✕✓•✓
142	Indonesia	12	3	4	5	-16	1073	✓✕✕✕✕
144	Suriname	15	4	4	7	-28	1072	✓•✓✓✕
145	Ethiopia	16	5	5	6	-24	1069	•✕✕••
146	Botswana	13	3	3	7	-13	1065	••✕✕•
147	St Kitts and Nevis	13	3	3	7	-13	1057	✓•✓✓✕
148	Lesotho	15	4	4	7	-16	1047	•••✕✕
149	Eswatini	13	4	3	6	-22	1046	••✕✕✕
150	Dominican Republic	15	5	3	7	-26	1041	✓✕•✓✕
151	Yemen	12	1	3	8	-29	1028	✕✕✕✕✓
152	Liberia	16	1	4	11	-41	1024	✕✓✕✕✕
153	Chinese Taipei	12	1	2	9	-34	1024	✕•••✕
154	Hong Kong, China	16	1	3	12	-41	1023	✕•✕•✕
155	Moldova	14	2	2	10	-32	1023	✕✕✓✕✕
156	Singapore	14	1	3	10	-31	1021	✕✕✕✓✕
157	Guyana	15	3	4	8	-39	1018	✓•✕✕✕
158	Afghanistan	14	2	3	9	-39	1018	✕✓✕✓✕
159	New Caledonia	13	2	2	9	-33	1009	✓✓✕✕•
160	Puerto Rico	16	2	4	10	-43	1007	•✕•✓✓
161	Maldives	14	1	2	11	-42	1003	✕✕✕✕•
162	Myanmar	17	2	3	12	-36	1000	✕✕✕✓✕
163	Tahiti	15	1	4	10	-28	999	•✕✕•✕
164	Andorra	17	3	4	10	-27	998	✓✕✓•✕
165	Papua New Guinea	13	1	2	10	-33	991	✕✕✕✕✕
166	South Sudan	14	2	2	10	-30	989	•✕✕✕✓
167	St Lucia	16	3	3	10	-37	989	✕✕•✕•
168	Fiji	14	2	3	9	-41	981	✕✕✕•✕
169	Cuba	17	1	3	13	-40	981	✓✕✕✕✕
170	Vanuatu	16	3	3	10	-41	980	✕✓✕✓✕
171	Bermuda	12	2	3	7	-41	972	✕✓✓✕✕
172	Malta	13	2	3	8	-41	967	✕•••✕
173	St Vincent and the Grenadines	16	2	3	11	-27	953	✕✕••✕
174	Grenada	15	3	4	8	-43	951	•✕•✕•
175	Nepal	14	1	3	10	-34	948	✕✕✕✕✕
176	Montserrat	12	1	3	8	-31	946	✕✕✕••
177	Mauritius	12	2	3	7	-34	945	✕•✓✓✓
178	Barbados	13	2	3	8	-38	944	✕✕✕✕✕
179	Cambodia	16	1	3	12	-27	931	✕•✓✕✕
180	Dominica	12	1	3	8	-29	922	•✕✕✕✕
181	Chad	14	3	2	9	-30	920	✕✓✕✕✕
182	Belize	17	3	3	11	-31	919	✕•✕✕✕
183	Bangladesh	16	2	3	11	-25	917	✓✓✓✕✕
184	Bhutan	15	2	2	11	-40	913	✓✕✕✕✕
185	Cook Islands	14	1	3	10	-29	897	✕✕✓✕•
186	Samoa	15	2	3	10	-37	897	✕✕✕••
187	Macau	17	2	3	12	-39	897	✕✕✕•✕
188	American Samoa	15	1	3	11	-40	891	✕✕✕✕✕
189	Laos	16	3	3	10	-43	890	✕✕✕✕•
190	Mongolia	16	3	4	9	-41	889	✓••✕✕
191	São Tomé and Príncipe	15	3	2	10	-33	889	•✕✕••
192	Djibouti	17	1	4	12	-32	883	•✕✕✕✕
193	Aruba	16	3	4	9	-29	879	✕✓✕•✕
194	Brunei Darussalam	17	2	3	12	-36	871	✕✕✕✕✕
195	Pakistan	17	2	3	12	-35	857	✕✕•✕✕
196	Tonga	16	2	3	11	-33	856	•✕•✕✕
197	Cayman Islands	16	2	2	12	-42	851	✕✕✕✕✕
198	Somalia	16	1	3	12	-29	846	✕•✕✕✕
199	Seychelles	15	3	3	9	-28	846	••✕✕✕
200	Timor-Leste	15	1	4	10	-43	843	✕✕✕✕✕
201	Gibraltar	16	1	3	12	-38	841	✕✕✕•✕
202	Bahamas	17	2	3	12	-37	836	✕✕✕✕✕
203	Liechtenstein	14	1	3	10	-33	833	✕✕✕✕✕
204	Sri Lanka	15	1	2	12	-44	822	✕✓•✕✕
205	Guam	17	3	3	11	-36	822	✕✕✕✕✕
206	Turks and Caicos Islands	16	1	3	12	-29	819	✕✓•✕•
207	British Virgin Islands	12	1	2	9	-26	808	✕✕✕✕✕
208	US Virgin Islands	14	2	3	9	-43	797	✓✕✕✕✕
209	Anguilla	15	3	3	9	-31	786	✕✕✓✓✕
210	San Marino	16	3	3	10	-27	742	✕✕✕✕✕

Last 5 matches

✓ Win
• Draw
✕ Loss

Last updated: March 19, 2026 01:00 UTC

Quick Answers

FAQs

What is Northern Ireland's FIFA ranking right now?

Northern Ireland is currently shown at #74 in the FIFA world rankings visible on this page, with 1,333 points.

How many FIFA points does Northern Ireland have?

Northern Ireland currently has 1,333 FIFA ranking points in the latest standings snapshot shown on Standings Now.

What is Northern Ireland's current match record?

Northern Ireland's current record on this page is 16 matches, 6 wins, 4 draws, and 6 losses. It also includes extra performance and player-led stats modules where that deeper data is available.

Does this page show Northern Ireland's FIFA ranking history?

Northern Ireland also has historical ranking or trend data available on this page, so you can compare the latest standing with older movement.

When was Northern Ireland's FIFA ranking updated?

Northern Ireland's FIFA ranking page was last refreshed March 19, 2026, and the numbers shown here will change again when a newer update is published.

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