Northern Ireland arrange friendly against Latvia next month
Monday 26 October 2015 14:07, UK
Northern Ireland will begin preparations for the European Championships with a friendly against Latvia next month.
The game will be played at the National Football Stadium at Windsor Park on Friday, November 13, and is the first home fixture to be played there since the team completed their historic qualifying campaign.
"Latvia will provide us with a good test," said Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill.
"They had some impressive results in what was a difficult group. Picking up points against Czech Republic, Iceland and Turkey away from home is no mean feat.
"This game is a chance for us to start building momentum as we prepare for our first appearance at the European Championship finals."
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Irish FA chief executive Patrick Nelson says he hopes Northern Ireland fans will use the game as an opportunity to celebrate the team's remarkable success in Group F where they became the first pot-five team to top a Euro qualifying group.
"While the celebrations with more than 2,000 travelling Northern Ireland fans in Helsinki were fantastic, we are hoping this will be an even bigger celebration in Belfast," Nelson said.
"This allows thousands more fans to say well done to Michael and the team on their incredible success in the qualifying campaign."
Northern Ireland are unbeaten in their last seven internationals in all competitions but have not won a friendly since beating Georgia in 2008 - a run of 23 games.
