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  • 450th international match of the Northern Ireland football team
  • 350th international match of the Portugal football team
  • Northern Ireland vs Portugal H2H: 5th draw in 9 matches

Northern Ireland vs Portugal match report

Date, kick-off time:
Saturday, 29 March 1997, 15:00 (UTC+0:00)
National teams, score:
Northern Ireland
0-0
Portugal
Competition:
1998 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 9
Referee:
Graziano Cesari, Genoa /
Italy
Attendance, venue:
9 400, Windsor Park, Belfast
Northern Ireland football team line-up in match Nr.450
Managed by team manager Bryan Hamilton
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Tommy Wright  
27
33
Manchester City FC, Manchester
Ian Nolan  
4
26
Sheffield Wednesday FC, Sheffield
Steve Morrow  
25
26
Queens Park Rangers FC, London
Colin Hill  
19
33
Leicester City FC, Leicester
Gerry Taggart  
40
26
Bolton Wanderers FC, Bolton
Steve Lomas  
19
23
West Ham United FC, London
Keith Gillespie  
16
22
Newcastle United FC, Newcastle upon Tyne
Neil Lennon  
12
25
Leicester City FC, Leicester
Iain Dowie  Captain 
41
32
West Ham United FC, London
Jim Magilton  
36
27
Southampton FC, Southampton
James Quinn   62' 68' 
5
22
Blackpool FC, Blackpool
68' Gerry McMahon  
11
23
Stoke City FC, Stoke-on-Trent
Portugal football team line-up in match Nr.350
Managed by team manager Artur Jorge
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Vítor Baía  Captain 
53
27
FC Barcelona, Barcelona
Paulinho Santos  
20
26
FC Porto, Porto
Jorge Costa  
18
25
FC Porto, Porto
Fernando Couto   69'
44
27
FC Barcelona, Barcelona
Dimas Teixeira   64' 
15
28
Juventus FC, Torino
64' Pedro Martins   65'
1
26
Sporting CP, Lisboa
Oceano   20' 64' 
51
34
Sporting CP, Lisboa
64' Jorge Cadete  
30
28
Celtic FC, Glasgow
Luís Figo   72'
38
24
FC Barcelona, Barcelona
Paulo Sousa  
29
26
BV Borussia, Dortmund
Rui Costa  
32
24
AC Fiorentina, Firenze
João Vieira Pinto  
36
25
SL Benfica, Lisboa
Sérgio Conceição  
4
22
FC Porto, Porto
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Northern Ireland
12
21.250
26.958
10
0
1
0
Portugal
13
28.538
26.841
8
0
4
0
Comments

Kaizeler - posted on 1 January 2012 at 00:18:15

Portugal captain: Vítor Baía

Source:
TOVAR, Rui - "Almanaque da Selecção", Almanaxi, 2004

piero - posted on 29 August 2015 at 21:44:51

Northern Ireland team:
Tommy Wright, Steve Morrow, Jim Magilton, James Quinn, Gerry Taggart, Ian Nolan.
Iain Dowie, Colin Hill, Steve Lomas, Neil Lennon, Keith Gillespie. (link: )
Northern Ireland vs Portugal post-match head-to-head
WP
50.0
P
9
W
2
D
5
L
2
GF
9
GA
7
GF/P
1.000
GA/P
0.778
Av attendance
21 788
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
Northern Ireland national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
Northern Ireland vs Belgium 3-0
Belfast, Tuesday 11 February 1997
Next match:
1998 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Ukraine vs Northern Ireland 2-1
Kyiv, Wednesday 2 April 1997
Northern Ireland matches
Portugal national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
Greece vs Portugal 0-0
Nea Filadelfeia, Wednesday 19 February 1997
Next match:
1998 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Portugal vs Albania 2-0
Porto, Saturday 7 June 1997
Portugal matches
Brief match report
Sat. 29 Mar 1997
Windsor Park, Belfast
Northern Ireland 0-0 Portugal

Northern Ireland: Wright, Nolan, Morrow, Hill, Taggart, Lomas, Gillespie, Lennon, Dowie (c), Magilton, Quinn (McMahon 68). Managed by Hamilton.
Booked: Quinn 62.

Portugal: Baía (c), Santos, Jorge Costa, Couto, Teixeira (Martins 64), Oceano (Cadete 64), Figo, Sousa, Rui Costa, Vieira Pinto, Conceição. Managed by Artur Jorge.
Booked: Oceano 20, Martins 65, Couto 69, Figo 72.

Att: 9 400,
Ref: Cesari (Italy)

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