{"id":469307,"date":"2026-05-27T09:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T09:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/469307\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T09:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T09:36:09","slug":"northern-ireland-fc-oneill-signs-four-year-contract-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/469307\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Ireland FC: O’Neill signs four-year contract extension"},"content":{"rendered":"

Northern Ireland manager Michael O’Neill has signed a four-year contract extension to keep him at the helm until 2032.<\/p>\n

O’Neill had been appointed interim Blackburn Rovers boss in February and had been balancing this role with his position at Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n

However, it was announced earlier in the month that he would not be taking on the Blackburn job<\/a> on a permanent basis. <\/p>\n

The 56-year-old has managed Northern Ireland for 104 games across two spells, including at the 2016 Euros, which was their first major tournament appearance in 30 years. <\/p>\n

“This is a role that means a great deal to me,” O’Neill said.<\/p>\n

“I continue to believe strongly in the potential of this group of players and the direction we are moving in. <\/p>\n

“There is a lot of work ahead, but I am excited by the future.”<\/p>\n

O’Neill will be aiming to bounce back with his young squad after their play-off defeat by Italy ended their hopes of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n

Northern Ireland play Guinea in an international friendly on 4 June before travelling to face France four days later as preparation for their upcoming Nations League campaign which starts in September. <\/p>\n

O’Neill’s side have been drawn against Hungary, Georgia and Ukraine in Group B2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Northern Ireland manager Michael O’Neill has signed a four-year contract extension to keep him at the helm until…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":469308,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-469307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}