Iceland national football team

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Iceland
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) Strákarnir okkar
Association Knattspyrnusamband Íslands
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Lars Lagerbäck
Asst coach Heimir Hallgrímsson
Captain Aron Einar Gunnarsson
Most caps Rúnar Kristinsson (104)
Top scorer Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen (24)
Home stadium Laugardalsvöllur
FIFA code ISL
FIFA ranking 73
Highest FIFA ranking 37 (September 1994)
Lowest FIFA ranking 131 (April 2012)
Elo ranking 88
Highest Elo ranking 49 (July 1995)
Lowest Elo ranking 128 (August 1973)
First colours
Second colours
First international
Unofficial:
 Faroe Islands 0–1 Iceland Iceland
(Faroe Islands; 29 July 1930)[1]
Official:
Iceland Iceland 0–3 Denmark 
(Reykjavík; 17 July 1946)[2]
Biggest win
Unofficial:
Iceland Iceland 9–0 Faroe Islands 
(Keflavík, Iceland; 10 July 1985)
Official:
Iceland Iceland 5–0 Malta 
(Reykjavík, Iceland; 27 July 2000) [3]
Biggest defeat
 Denmark 14–2 Iceland Iceland
(Copenhagen, Denmark; 23 August 1967)
A friendly match between Iceland and Slovakia, at the Laugardalsvöllur in Reykjavík, Iceland.

The Iceland national football team is the national football team of Iceland and is controlled by the Football Association of Iceland. It has never advanced to the finals of any major international competition.

For the Euro 2004, Iceland were led by Ásgeir Sigurvinsson topping the group table for a while, with 4 wins and even held Germany to a 0–0 draw in Reykjavík, however both Germany and Scotland had a game in hand to them and both used them to their maximum potential, with Scotland beating Lithuania and Germany beat Scotland in Germany's penultimate game. Iceland failed to grind a result in their final game against Germany, and Scotland pipped them to a play-off place. Iceland have failed to match this since, finishing on just 4 points for the 2006 World Cup qualifiers and 8 points from their Euro 2008 qualifying campaign.

Perhaps the most notable match was a friendly against Estonia on 24 April 1996 in Tallinn. During the second half of this match, Eiður Guðjohnsen entered as a substitute for his father Arnór. This marked the first time that a father and son played in the same international match. Another landmark for Icelandic football was the 2–0 upset victory over Italy in a friendly at Laugardalsvöllur, 18 August 2004[4] with 20,204 fans in attendance, an Icelandic record.[5]

Contents

World Cup record [edit]

  • 1930 to 1950 – Did not enter
  • 1954 – Entry not accepted by FIFA
  • 1958 – Did not qualify
  • 1962 to 1970 – Did not enter
  • 1974 to 2010 – Did not qualify

European Championship record [edit]

UEFA European Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
France 1960 Did Not Enter
Spain 1964 Did Not Qualify
Italy 1968 Did Not Enter
Belgium 1972
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1976 Did Not Qualify
Italy 1980
France 1984
West Germany 1988
Sweden 1992
England 1996
Belgium Netherlands 2000
Portugal 2004
Austria Switzerland 2008
Poland Ukraine 2012
France 2016 To Be Determined

All–time record against all nations [edit]

As of March 22, 2013

Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD  % Won
 Albania 4 2 0 2 5 4 +1 50%
 Andorra 5 5 0 0 14 0 +14 100%
 Armenia 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 67%
 Austria 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 0%
 Azerbaijan 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0%
 Bahrain 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 50%
 Belarus 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0%
 Belgium 7 0 0 7 5 25 -20 0%
 Bermuda 4 3 0 1 12 7 +5 75%
 Bolivia 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100%
 Brazil 2 0 0 2 1 9 -8 0%
 Bulgaria 5 0 1 4 7 12 -5 0%
 Canada 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0%
 Chile 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 0%
 Croatia 2 0 0 2 1 7 -6 0%
 Cyprus 6 2 3 1 4 3 +1 33%
 Czech Republic 3 1 0 2 4 7 -3 33%
 Czechoslovakia 5 0 1 4 3 11 -8 0%
 Denmark 21 0 4 17 13 60 -47 0%
 East Germany 14 2 1 11 7 31 -24 14%
 England 2 0 1 1 2 7 -5 0%
 Estonia 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 67%
 Faroe Islands 24 22 1 1 69 13 +56 92%
 Finland 10 2 2 6 10 17 -7 20%
 France 11 0 3 8 8 30 -22 0%
 Georgia 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 100%
 Germany 2 0 1 1 0 3 -3 0%
 Greece 2 0 0 2 0 2 -2 0%
 Greenland 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 100%
 Hungary 10 3 0 7 10 21 -11 30%
 India 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 100%
 Iran 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0%
 Ireland 8 0 3 5 7 14 -7 0%
 Israel 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 33%
 Italy 4 1 1 2 2 5 -3 25%
 Japan 3 0 0 3 3 8 -5 0%
 Kuwait 7 2 4 1 4 3 +1 29%
 Latvia 4 1 1 2 6 9 -3 25%
 Liechtenstein 5 2 2 1 8 5 +3 40%
 Lithuania 4 2 1 1 6 2 +4 50%
 Luxembourg 7 4 3 0 10 5 +5 57%
 Macedonia 4 1 1 2 2 4 -2 25%
 Malta 14 10 1 3 31 10 +21 71%
 Mexico 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0%
 Montenegro 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0%
 Netherlands 12 0 2 10 6 36 -30 0%
 Nigeria 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 100%
 Northern Ireland 6 4 0 2 7 6 +1 67%
 Norway 31 7 5 19 29 58 -28 23%
 Poland 5 0 1 4 3 9 -6 0%
 Portugal 4 0 0 4 5 11 -6 0%
 Romania 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0%
 Russia 6 1 1 4 2 8 -6 17%
 Saudi Arabia 5 1 2 2 3 5 -2 20%
 Scotland 6 0 0 6 3 12 -9 0%
 Slovakia 4 1 1 2 5 7 -2 25%
 Slovenia 3 1 0 2 5 11 -6 33%
 South Africa 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 67%
 Soviet Union 8 0 3 5 4 15 -11 0%
 Spain 9 1 2 6 6 11 -5 11%
 Sweden 15 2 2 11 15 34 -19 13%
 Switzerland 4 0 0 4 1 7 -6 0%
 Trinidad and Tobago 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0%
 Tunisia 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0%
 Turkey 7 4 2 1 13 9 +4 57%
 Ukraine 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 0%
 United Arab Emirates 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 100%

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [edit]

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group E
Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Switzerland 5 3 2 0 7 1 +6 11
 Iceland 5 3 0 2 6 5 +1 9
 Albania 5 3 0 2 6 5 +1 9
 Norway 5 2 1 2 6 6 0 7
 Cyprus 5 1 1 3 4 8 −4 4
 Slovenia 5 1 0 4 4 8 −4 3
  Albania Cyprus Iceland Norway Slovenia Switzerland
Albania  — 3–1 1–2 7 Jun 1–0 11 Oct
Cyprus  15 Oct — 1–0 1–3 10 Sep 0–0
Iceland  10 Sep 11 Oct — 2–0 7 Jun 0–2
Norway  0–1 6 Sep 15 Oct — 2–1 10 Sep
Slovenia  6 Sep 2–1 1–2 11 Oct — 0–2
Switzerland  2–0 8 Jun 6 Sep 1–1 15 Oct —


Schedule and Recent Results [edit]

Last updated March 22, 2013.[6][7][8]

Friendly Matches [edit]

2012

2013

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [edit]

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Key

      Win       Draw       Loss

Current squad [edit]

The following is the list of players called up for the FIFA World Cup qualifying game against Slovenia, played on March 22, 2013. All caps and goals are correct as of 22 March 2013. [21]

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Gunnleifur Vignir Gunnleifsson (1975-06-14) 14 June 1975 (age 37) 24 0 Iceland Breiðablik
12 1GK Hannes Þór Halldórsson (1984-04-27) 27 April 1984 (age 29) 11 0 Iceland KR
20 1GK Ögmundur Kristinsson (1989-06-19) 19 June 1989 (age 23) 0 0 Iceland Fram
2 2DF Birkir Már Sævarsson (1984-11-11) 11 November 1984 (age 28) 34 0 Norway Brann
3 2DF Hallgrímur Jónasson (1986-05-04) 4 May 1986 (age 27) 6 3 Denmark SønderjyskE
4 2DF Arnór Sveinn Aðalsteinsson (1986-01-26) 26 January 1986 (age 27) 12 0 Norway Hønefoss
5 2DF Sölvi Geir Ottesen Jónsson (1984-02-18) 18 February 1984 (age 29) 21 0 Denmark Copenhagen
13 2DF Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson (1990-08-06) 6 August 1990 (age 22) 1 0 Germany VfL Bochum
16 2DF Ragnar Sigurðsson (1986-06-19) 19 June 1986 (age 26) 26 0 Denmark Copenhagen
23 2DF Ari Freyr Skúlason (1987-05-14) 14 May 1987 (age 26) 10 0 Sweden GIF Sundsvall
6 3MF Steinþór Freyr Þorsteinsson (1985-07-29) 29 July 1985 (age 27) 7 0 Norway Sandnes Ulf
7 3MF Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson (1990-10-27) 27 October 1990 (age 22) 24 1 Netherlands AZ
8 3MF Birkir Bjarnason (1988-05-27) 27 May 1988 (age 24) 20 2 Italy Pescara
10 3MF Gylfi Þór Sigurðsson (1989-09-08) 8 September 1989 (age 23) 16 4 England Tottenham Hotspur
14 3MF Ólafur Ingi Skúlason (1983-04-01) 1 April 1983 (age 30) 17 1 Belgium Zulte Waregem
15 3MF Helgi Valur Daníelsson (1981-07-13) 13 July 1981 (age 31) 26 0 Sweden AIK
17 3MF Aron Einar Gunnarsson (captain) (1989-04-22) 22 April 1989 (age 24) 34 0 Wales Cardiff City
21 3MF Emil Hallfreðsson (1984-06-29) 29 June 1984 (age 28) 36 1 Italy Hellas Verona
9 4FW Kolbeinn Sigþórsson (1990-03-14) 14 March 1990 (age 23) 13 8 Netherlands Ajax
11 4FW Alfreð Finnbogason (1989-02-01) 1 February 1989 (age 24) 14 3 Netherlands SC Heerenveen
22 4FW Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen (1978-09-15) 15 September 1978 (age 34) 70 24 Belgium Club Brugge

Recent callups [edit]

The following players have been called up to the Iceland squad in the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Haraldur Björnsson (1989-11-01) 1 November 1989 (age 23) 0 0 Norway Sarpsborg 08 v.  Switzerland, 16 October 2012
GK Ingvar Jónsson (1989-10-18) 18 October 1989 (age 23) 0 0 Iceland Stjarnan v.  Faroe Islands, 15 August 2012
DF Hjálmar Jónsson (1980-07-29) 29 July 1980 (age 32) 21 0 Sweden IFK Göteborg v.  Russia, 6 February 2013
DF Indriði Sigurðsson (1981-12-10) 10 December 1981 (age 31) 64 2 Norway Viking v.  Andorra, 14 November 2012
DF Hjörtur Logi Valgarðsson (1988-09-22) 22 September 1988 (age 24) 8 0 Sweden IFK Göteborg v.  Andorra, 14 November 2012
DF Grétar Rafn Steinsson (1982-01-09) 9 January 1982 (age 31) 46 4 Turkey Kayserispor v.  Switzerland, 16 October 2012
DF Kári Árnason (1982-10-13) 13 October 1982 (age 30) 24 2 England Rotherham United v.  Switzerland, 16 October 2012
DF Bjarni Ólafur Eiríksson (1982-03-28) 28 March 1982 (age 31) 21 0 Iceland Valur v.  Switzerland, 16 October 2012
MF Arnór Smárason (1988-09-07) 7 September 1988 (age 24) 15 2 Denmark Esbjerg v.  Russia, 6 February 2013
MF Guðlaugur Victor Pálsson (1991-04-30) 30 April 1991 (age 22) 0 0 Netherlands NEC v.  Russia, 6 February 2013
MF Jón Daði Böðvarsson (1992-05-25) 25 May 1992 (age 20) 1 0 Norway Viking v.  Andorra, 14 November 2012
MF Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson (1990-06-18) 18 June 1990 (age 22) 1 1 Netherlands PEC Zwolle v.  Andorra, 14 November 2012
MF Rúrik Gíslason (1988-02-25) 25 February 1988 (age 25) 21 1 Denmark Copenhagen v.  Switzerland, 16 October 2012
MF Eggert Gunnþór Jónsson (1988-08-18) 18 August 1988 (age 24) 19 0 England Wolverhampton Wanderers v.  Switzerland, 16 October 2012
MF Eyjólfur Héðinsson (1985-01-01) 1 January 1985 (age 28) 5 0 Denmark SønderjyskE v.  Sweden, 30 May 2012
FW Matthías Vilhjálmsson (1987-01-30) 30 January 1987 (age 26) 10 1 Norway IK Start v.  Andorra, 14 November 2012
FW Garðar Jóhannsson (1980-04-01) 1 April 1980 (age 33) 8 2 Iceland Stjarnan v.  Andorra, 14 November 2012
FW Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson (1982-04-01) 1 April 1982 (age 31) 23 5 Sweden Norrköping v.  Switzerland, 16 October 2012
FW Guðjón Baldvinsson (1986-02-15) 15 February 1986 (age 27) 2 0 Sweden Halmstad v.  Switzerland, 16 October 2012
FW Aron Jóhannsson (1990-11-10) 10 November 1990 (age 22) 0 0 Netherlands AZ v.  Switzerland, 16 October 2012
FW Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson (1991-02-26) 26 February 1991 (age 22) 1 0 England Wolverhampton Wanderers v.  Cyprus, 11 September 2012

Most capped Icelandic players [edit]

As of 22 March 2013, the ten players with the most caps for Iceland are:

# Name Career Caps Goals
1 Rúnar Kristinsson 1987–2004 104 3
2 Hermann Hreiðarsson 1996–2011 89 5
3 Guðni Bergsson 1984–2003 80 1
4 Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson* 1997–2009 74 4
= Birkir Kristinsson 1988–2004 74 0
6 Arnór Guðjohnsen 1979–1997 73 14
7 Ólafur Þórðarson 1984–1996 72 5
8 Arnar Grétarsson 1991–2004 71 2
= Árni Gautur Arason 1998–2010 71 0
10 Atli Eðvaldsson 1976–1991 70 9
= Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen* 1996– 70 24

The * denotes a player still playing or available for selection.

Top Icelandic goalscorers [edit]

As of 22 March 2013, List of leading goalscorers for the Icelandic national football team:

# Name Career Goals Caps
1 Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen* 1996– 24 70
2 Ríkharður Jónsson 1947–1965 17 33
3 Ríkharður Daðason 1991–2004 14 44
= Arnór Guðjohnsen 1979–1997 14 73
5 Þórður Guðjónsson 1993–2004 13 58
6 Tryggvi Guðmundsson* 1997–2008 12 42
= Heiðar Helguson* 1999–2011 12 55
8 Pétur Pétursson 1978–1990 11 41
9 Matthías Hallgrímsson 1968–1977 11 45
10 Helgi Sigurðsson* 1993–2008 10 63
= Eyjólfur Sverrisson 1990–2001 10 66

The * denotes a player still playing or available for selection.

National coaches [edit]

The first four national coaches (1946–1949) only managed the team for a single game.

Manager Year(s) Games Win Draw Loss Win %
England Freddie Steele & Murdo McDougall 1946 - - - - -
Sweden Roland Bergström 1947 - - - - -
Germany Fritz Buchloh 1949 - - - - -
Iceland Óli B. Jónsson 1951 - - - - -
Germany Franz Köhler 1953 - - - - -
Iceland Karl Guðmundsson 1954–1956 - - - - -
Scotland Alex Weir 1957 - - - - -
Iceland Óli B. Jónsson 1958 - - - - -
Iceland Karl Guðmundsson 1959 - - - - -
Iceland Óli B. Jónsson 1960 - - - - -
Iceland Karl Guðmundsson 1961 - - - - -
Iceland Ríkharður Jónsson 1962 - - - - -
Iceland Karl Guðmundsson 1963–1966 - - - - -
Iceland Reynir Karlsson 1967 - - - - -
Germany Walter Pfeiffer 1968 - - - - -
Iceland Ríkharður Jónsson 1969–1971 - - - - -
Scotland Duncan McDowell 1972 - - - - -
Iceland Eggert Jóhannesson 1972 - - - - -
Denmark Henning Enoksen 1973 - - - - -
England Tony Knapp 1974–1977 - - - - -
Soviet Union Jurí Ilitchev 1978–1979 - - - - -
Iceland Guðni Kjartansson 1980–1981 - - - - -
Iceland Jóhannes Atlason 1982–1983 - - - - -
England Tony Knapp 1984–1985 - - - - -
Germany Siegfried Held 1986–1989 - - - - -
Iceland Guðni Kjartansson 1989 - - - - -
Sweden Bo Johansson 1990–1991 15 7 1 7 46.6%
Iceland Ásgeir Elíasson 1991–1995 34 11 7 15 32.3%
Iceland Logi Ólafsson 1996–1997 14 4 3 7 28.5%
Iceland Guðjón Þórðarson 1997–1999 25 11 6 8 44.0%
Iceland Atli Eðvaldsson 2000–2003 31 11 5 15 35.4%
Iceland Ásgeir Sigurvinsson & Logi Ólafsson 2003–2005 24 6 5 13 25.0%
Iceland Eyjólfur Sverrisson 2006–2007 14 2 4 8 14.2%
Iceland Ólafur Jóhannesson 2007–2011 39 11 9 19 28.2%
Sweden Lars Lagerbäck 2011– 12 5 0 7 41.7%

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Courtney, Barrie (16 May 2008). "Faroe Islands – List of International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 November 2010. 
  2. ^ Nygård, Jostein (16 May 2008). "International matches of Iceland". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 November 2010. 
  3. ^ Nygård, Jostein (16 May 2008). "International matches of Iceland". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 October 2011. 
  4. ^ "Leikskýrsla (18-08-2004)" (in Icelandic). 2004-08-18. Retrieved 2008-07-02. 
  5. ^ "The Football Association of Iceland". Retrieved 2008-07-02. 
  6. ^ "Iceland Fixtures & Results". ESPN. Retrieved 3 March 2012. 
  7. ^ "2013 Iceland friendlies". KSÍ. Retrieved 15 January 2013. 
  8. ^ "2014 World Cup qualifying games". KSÍ. Retrieved 15 January 2013. 
  9. ^ http://www.goal.com/en-za/match/77125/japan-vs-iceland/lineup-stats
  10. ^ http://www.ksi.is/mot/motalisti/leikskyrsla/?Leikur=286155
  11. ^ http://www.ksi.is/mot/motalisti/leikskyrsla/?Leikur=289396
  12. ^ http://www.ksi.is/mot/motalisti/leikskyrsla/?Leikur=289415
  13. ^ http://www.ksi.is/mot/motalisti/leikskyrsla/?Leikur=301615
  14. ^ http://www.ksi.is/mot/motalisti/leikskyrsla/?Leikur=303975
  15. ^ http://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/11/14/world/friendlies/andorra/iceland/1395174/
  16. ^ http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/europe/matches/round=258374/match=300182269/report.html
  17. ^ http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/europe/matches/round=258374/match=300182265/report.html
  18. ^ http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/europe/matches/round=258374/match=300182253/report.html
  19. ^ http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/europe/matches/round=258374/match=300182271/report.html
  20. ^ http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/europe/matches/round=258374/match=300182259/report.html
  21. ^ http://www.ksi.is

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