Stand-in captain Craig Cathcart believes Michael O'Neill's return as Northern Ireland manager can inspire the country to Euro 2024 qualification.
Cathcart, 34, has been handed the skipper's armband for NI's opening qualifiers away to San Marino on Thursday and home to Finland on Sunday.
O'Neill led NI to their first-ever Euro finals in 2016 and Cathcart says he has brought the "feel-good factor" back.
"Yes, definitely," he said when asked if NI can qualify.
"I look back to 2016 personally and it makes me ambitious to want to get there again.