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Northern Ireland senior women’s team in world’s Top 50 for first time
The Northern Ireland senior women’s team’s recent exploits in Euro qualifiers have been reflected in the latest FIFA Coca-Cola World Rankings.
For the first time in their history the senior women’s team have entered the world’s Top 50. They have moved up six places in the rankings to reach 49th on the list.
It follows a remarkable autumn in which they won four games on the bounce to secure a play-off for a place at Women’s Euro 2022 in England.
In September the Northern Ireland senior women s side defeated the Faroe Islands 6-0 in Tórshavn.