Northern Ireland have only qualified once for a
UEFA European Championship, the
2016 edition. They directly qualified as
group winners, and were already secured of qualification after the penultimate matchday.[1] For the draw of the end stage that took place on 12 December 2015, they were seeded in Pot 4.[2]
Source:
UEFA Rules for classification: 1) Higher number of points obtained; 2) Superior goal difference; 3) Higher number of goals scored; 4) Fair play conduct; 5) Position in the
UEFA national team coefficient ranking system.