- Northern Ireland's 9th consecutive match without victory
Northern Ireland vs Germany international football match report| Date, kick-off time: | Saturday, 4 June 2005, 19:30 (UTC+01:00) | | National teams, score: | - 1:4 | | Competition: | International Friendly | | Referee: | Charlie Richmond, Auchinleck / | | Attendance, venue: | 14 800, Windsor Park, Belfast  | | Goals: | 1:0 (15') David Healy (pen.), 1:1 (17') Gerald Asamoah, 1:2 (62') Michael Ballack, 1:3 (66') Michael Ballack (pen.), 1:4 (81') Lukas Podolski |
| Managed by team manager Lawrie Sanchez | | Player | Caps | Age | Club | Maik Taylor   77' | 45 | 33 | Birmingham City FC, Birmingham |  77' Michael Ingham | 1 | 24 | Sunderland AFC, Sunderland | | Chris Baird | 16 | 23 | Southampton FC, Southampton | | Mark Clyde | 3 | 22 | Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, Wolverhampton | | Stephen Craigan 77' | 12 | 28 | Motherwell FC, Motherwell | | 77' Chris Brunt | 2 | 20 | Sheffield Wednesday FC, Sheffield | | George McCartney | 20 | 24 | Sunderland AFC, Sunderland | Keith Gillespie 66'  70' | 62 | 30 | Leicester City FC, Leicester | | 70' Gareth McAuley | 1 | 25 | Lincoln City FC, Lincoln | | Steve Davis | 4 | 20 | Aston Villa FC, Birmingham | | Damien Johnson | 37 | 26 | Birmingham City FC, Birmingham | | Stuart Elliott 67' | 27 | 26 | Hull City AFC, Kingston upon Hull | | 67' Andy Kirk | 8 | 26 | Northampton Town FC, Northampton | | Steve Jones 67' | 16 | 28 | Crewe Alexandra FC, Crewe | | 67' Warren Feeney | 5 | 24 | Luton Town FC, Luton | | David Healy 77' | 43 | 25 | Leeds United AFC, Leeds | | 77' Andy Smith | 18 | 24 | Preston North End FC, Preston |
| Managed by head coach Jürgen Klinsmann | | Player | Caps | Age | Club | | Jens Lehmann | 23 | 35 | Arsenal FC, London | | Patrick Owomoyela | 6 | 25 | DSC Arminia, Bielefeld | | Per Mertesacker | 6 | 20 | SV Hannover 96, Hannover | Robert Huth 15'  | 6 | 20 | Chelsea FC, London | | Thomas Hitzlsperger | 5 | 23 | Aston Villa FC, Birmingham | | Bernd Schneider 46' | 47 | 31 | Bayer 04, Leverkusen | | 46' Sebastian Deisler | 23 | 25 | FC Bayern, München | | Michael Ballack 73' | 52 | 28 | FC Bayern, München | | 73' Tim Borowski | 9 | 25 | SV Werder, Bremen | | Torsten Frings 78' | 38 | 28 | FC Bayern, München | | Fabian Ernst | 15 | 26 | SV Werder, Bremen | | Gerald Asamoah 46' | 27 | 26 | FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, Gelsenkirchen | | 46' Bastian Schweinsteiger | 13 | 20 | FC Bayern, München | | Kevin Kurányi 63' | 23 | 23 | VfB Stuttgart, Stuttgart | | 63' Lukas Podolski | 10 | 20 | 1. FC Köln, Köln |
Match stats | National team | Players | Average caps | Average age | Clubs | Goals | Cautions | Expulsions | | Northern Ireland | 17 | 18.824 | 25.687 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | Germany | 15 | 20.200 | 25.455 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
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Northern Ireland vs Germany post-match head-to-head | Northern Ireland matches Previous match: Next match: Germany matches Previous match: Next match: Northern Ireland top scorers 1. David Healy (2000 - 2005) - 17 goals
2. Colin Clarke (1986 - 1992) - 13 goals
3. Billy Gillespie (1913 - 1926) - 13 goals
4. Gerry Armstrong (1977 - 1984) - 12 goals
5. Iain Dowie (1991 - 1998) - 12 goals
6. Jimmy Quinn (1984 - 1995) - 12 goals
(correct as of June 4, 2005) Germany top scorers 1. Gerd Müller (1967 - 1974) - 68 goals
2. Rudi Völler (1983 - 1994) - 47 goals
3. Jürgen Klinsmann (1988 - 1998) - 47 goals
... Michael Ballack (2001 - 2005) - 24 goals
... Lukas Podolski (2004 - 2005) - 4 goals
... Gerald Asamoah (2001 - 2005) - 4 goals
(correct as of June 4, 2005) Brief match report Sat. 04 Jun 2005
Windsor Park, Belfast
Northern Ireland 1-4 Germany
Goals: Healy 15, Asamoah 17, Ballack 62, Ballack 66, Podolski 81
Northern Ireland: Taylor (c) (Ingham 77), Baird, Clyde, Craigan (Brunt 77), McCartney, Gillespie (McAuley 70), Davis, Johnson, Elliott (Kirk 67), Jones (Feeney 67), Healy (Smith 77). Managed by Sanchez.
Booked: Gillespie 66.
Germany: Lehmann, Owomoyela, Mertesacker, Huth, Hitzlsperger, Schneider (Deisler 46), Ballack (c) (Borowski 73), Frings, Ernst, Asamoah (Schweinsteiger 46), Kurányi (Podolski 63). Managed by Klinsmann.
Booked: Frings 78. Sent off: Huth 15.
Att: 14 800
Ref: Richmond (Scotland) |
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