Friendly

Italy 2–0 Northern Ireland

Tuesday 3 Jun 2003 · Campobasso, Italy

Italy2–0Northern Ireland

Goals2

0′15′30′45′60′75′90′Corradi Delvecchio

31′1–0Bernardo Corradi Italy
67′2–0Marco Delvecchio Italy

Line-ups

Starters, then substitutes who came on. ● a goal; yellow and red marks are cards; ↑ on, ↓ off.

Italy

22Francesco ToldoGK
5Fabio CannavaroDF ↓46′
22Massimo OddoDF
23Nicola LegrottaglieDF ↓57′
Fabio GrossoDF ↓69′
16Massimo AmbrosiniMF
18Stefano FioreMF
20Simone PerrottaMF ↓57′
Federico MiccoliMF ↓57′
9Bernardo CorradiFW● ↓46′
20Marco Di VaioFW ↓69′

Came on

21Matteo FerrariDF↑46′
18Marco DelvecchioFW●↑46′
5Daniele BoneraDF↑57′
17Damiano TommasiMF↑57′
9Antonio Di NataleFW↑57′
7Carlo Nervo↑69′
15Alessandro BirindelliDF↑69′

Northern Ireland

12Maik TaylorGK ↓55′
2Danny GriffinDF
3George McCartneyDF
18Aaron HughesDF
32Chris BairdDF
Peter KennedyDF ↓55′
4Tommy DohertyMF ↓87′
22Damien JohnsonMF ↓69′
11David HealyFW ↓75′
18Paul McveighFW ↓55′
Gary SmithFW

Came on

13Roy CarrollGK↑55′
5Mark WilliamsDF↑55′
9Steve JonesFW↑55′
Keiran TonerMF↑69′
Gary HamiltonFW↑75′
7Stuart ElliottFW↑87′

No cards.

Elo

World Football Elo before kick-off, and what the result did to it.

Italy: 1894 → 1895
Northern Ireland: 1457 → 1456

Expected score for Italy: 95.7% (a draw counts half), home advantage included.

Head to head

Meeting 6 of 12, 1957–2026.

Italy wins: 8
Draws: 3
Northern Ireland wins: 1

Form either side

Italy

Before

1–2 v Wales 16 Oct 2002 · UEFA Euro qualification 2002
1–1 v Turkey 20 Nov 2002 · Friendly
1–0 v Portugal 12 Feb 2003 · Friendly
2–0 v Finland 29 Mar 2003 · UEFA Euro qualification 2003
2–1 v Switzerland 30 Apr 2003 · Friendly

After

2–0 v Finland 11 Jun 2003 · UEFA Euro qualification 2003
1–0 v Germany 20 Aug 2003 · Friendly
4–0 v Wales 6 Sep 2003 · UEFA Euro qualification 2003
1–1 v Serbia 10 Sep 2003 · UEFA Euro qualification 2003
4–0 v Azerbaijan 11 Oct 2003 · UEFA Euro qualification 2003

Northern Ireland

Before

0–3 v Spain 12 Oct 2002 · UEFA Euro qualification 2002
0–0 v Ukraine 16 Oct 2002 · UEFA Euro qualification 2002
0–1 v Finland 12 Feb 2003 · Friendly
0–1 v Armenia 29 Mar 2003 · UEFA Euro qualification 2003
0–2 v Greece 2 Apr 2003 · UEFA Euro qualification 2003

After

0–0 v Spain 11 Jun 2003 · UEFA Euro qualification 2003
0–0 v Ukraine 6 Sep 2003 · UEFA Euro qualification 2003
0–1 v Armenia 10 Sep 2003 · UEFA Euro qualification 2003
0–1 v Greece 11 Oct 2003 · UEFA Euro qualification 2003
1–4 v Norway 18 Feb 2004 · Friendly

Every Italy v Northern Ireland match12

From Italy's side.


26 Mar 2026	Northern Ireland	2–0	Home	FIFA World Cup qualification 2026	—
15 Nov 2021	Northern Ireland	0–0	Away	FIFA World Cup qualification 2021	—
25 Mar 2021	Northern Ireland	2–0	Home	FIFA World Cup qualification 2021	—
11 Oct 2011	Northern Ireland	3–0	Home	UEFA Euro qualification 2011	—
8 Oct 2010	Northern Ireland	0–0	Away	UEFA Euro qualification 2010	—
6 Jun 2009	Northern Ireland	3–0	Home	Friendly	—
3 Jun 2003	Northern Ireland	2–0	Home	Friendly	—
22 Jan 1997	Northern Ireland	2–0	Home	Friendly	—
25 Apr 1961	Northern Ireland	3–2	Home	Friendly	—
15 Jan 1958	Northern Ireland	1–2	Away	FIFA World Cup qualification 1958	—
4 Dec 1957	Northern Ireland	2–2	Away	Friendly	—
25 Apr 1957	Northern Ireland	1–0	Home	FIFA World Cup qualification 1957	—

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