Michael O'Neill's Northern Ireland team will prepare for their World Cup qualifying campaign with friendly matches against Switzerland and Iceland later this year.
Northern Ireland will face Switzerland and Iceland in friendly matches later this year before the commencement of their World Cup qualifying campaign. Michael O'Neill's team will host Switzerland at Windsor Park on March 21st and welcome Iceland on June 10th. An away friendly in June, preceding the encounter with Iceland , will be finalized following the Nations League playoffs in March.
Northern Ireland faced Switzerland in the 2018 World Cup playoffs, suffering a defeat, and also met them during the 2022 World Cup qualifying rounds, drawing 0-0 in Belfast and losing 2-0 in Geneva.The most notable result for O'Neill's youthful squad was a resounding 5-0 victory over Bulgaria in Belfast last October, highlighted by Isaac Price's impressive hat-trick. Conor Bradley secured a crucial winning goal as Northern Ireland achieved a commendable friendly win in Scotland during March. Alongside the March friendlies, Northern Ireland will also learn their final opponent in World Cup qualifying as Italy and Germany clash in the Nations League playoffs.
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