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 Hermann Hreiðarsson
Most caps Rúnar Kristinsson (104)
Top scorer Eiður Guðjohnsen (24)
Home stadium Laugardalsvöllur (Reykjavík)
FIFA code ISL
FIFA ranking 103
Highest FIFA ranking 37 (September 1994)
Lowest FIFA ranking 117 (August 2007)
Elo ranking 104
Highest Elo ranking 49 (July 1995)
Lowest Elo ranking 128 (August 1973)
Home colours
Away colours
First international
Unofficial:
 Faroe Islands 0–1 Iceland Iceland
(Faroe Islands; 29 July 1930)[1]
Official:
Iceland Iceland 3–0 Denmark 
(Reykjavík; 17 July 1946)[2]
Biggest win
Iceland Iceland 9–0 Faroe Islands 
(Keflavík, Iceland; 10 July 1985)
Biggest defeat
 Denmark 14–2 Iceland Iceland
(Copenhagen, Denmark; 23 August 1967)
A friendly match between Iceland and Slovakia, at the Laugardalsvöllur in Reykjavik, 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.

Iceland were knocked out in the quarter finals of the 2001 Millennium Super Cup to a Chilean Football League XI, this was following a 3–0 victory over hosts India.

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[3] with 20,204 fans in attendance, an Icelandic record.[4]

Contents

[edit] World Cup record

  • 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

[edit] European Championship record

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

[edit] All–time record against all nations

As of February 29, 2012

Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD  % Won
 Albania 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 33%
 Andorra 4 4 0 0 12 0 +12 100%
 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 5 2 3 0 4 2 +2 40%
 Czech Republic 3 1 0 2 4 7 -3 33%
 Czechoslovakia 5 0 1 4 3 11 -8 0%
 Denmark 21 1 4 17 16 60 -44 5%
 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 23 21 1 1 67 13 +54 91%
 Finland 10 2 2 6 10 17 -7 20%
 France 10 0 3 7 6 27 -21 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 30 6 5 19 27 58 -30 20%
 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 5 1 1 3 2 6 -4 20%
 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 2 0 0 2 3 10 -7 0%
 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 14 2 2 10 13 31 -18 14%
 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%
 United States 6 2 2 2 7 9 -2 33%
 Uruguay 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0%
 Wales 6 1 1 4 4 10 -6 17%
 West Germany 2 0 0 2 1 8 -7 0%
Total 368 101 69 198 412 636 -224 27.72%

[edit] 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 9
Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Netherlands 8 8 0 0 17 2 +15 24
 Norway 8 2 4 2 9 7 +2 10
 Scotland 8 3 1 4 6 11 −5 10
 Macedonia 8 2 1 5 5 11 −6 7
 Iceland 8 1 2 5 7 13 −6 5
  Iceland Republic of Macedonia Netherlands Norway Scotland
Iceland  – 1 – 0 1 – 2 1 – 1 1 – 2
Macedonia  2 – 0 – 1 – 2 0 – 0 1 – 0
Netherlands  2 – 0 4 – 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 0
Norway  2 – 2 2 – 1 0 – 1 – 4 – 0
Scotland  2 – 1 2 – 0 0 – 1 0 – 0 –

[edit] Schedule and Recent Results

Last updated March 3, 2012.[5]

[edit] Friendly Matches

2012

[edit] 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

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

      Win       Draw       Loss

[edit] Current squad

The following squad was selected for the friendly matches against Montenegro, on 29 February 2012.

All caps and goals are correct as 29 February 2012.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Stefán Logi Magnússon 5 September 1980 (1980-09-05) (age 31) 5 0 Norway Lillestrøm
12 GK Haraldur Björnsson 11 January 1989 (1989-01-11) (age 23) 0 0 Norway Sarpsborg 08
2 DF Sölvi Ottesen (captain) 18 February 1984 (1984-02-18) (age 28) 17 0 Denmark København
3 DF Birkir Már Sævarsson 11 November 1984 (1984-11-11) (age 27) 28 0 Norway Brann
5 DF Indriði Sigurðsson 12 October 1981 (1981-10-12) (age 30) 62 2 Norway Viking
6 DF Grétar Rafn Steinsson 9 January 1982 (1982-01-09) (age 30) 42 4 England Bolton Wanderers
13 DF Hjörtur Logi Valgarðsson 22 September 1988 (1988-09-22) (age 23) 6 0 Sweden IFK Göteborg
14 DF Ragnar Sigurðsson 19 June 1986 (1986-06-19) (age 25) 16 0 Denmark København
15 DF Bjarni Ólafur Eiríksson 28 March 1982 (1982-03-28) (age 29) 18 0 Norway Stabæk
4 MF Eggert Gunnþór Jónsson 18 August 1988 (1988-08-18) (age 23) 13 0 England Wolverhampton Wanderers
7 MF Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson 27 October 1990 (1990-10-27) (age 21) 14 0 Netherlands AZ
8 MF Birkir Bjarnason 27 May 1988 (1988-05-27) (age 23) 10 0 Belgium Standard Liège
9 MF Rúrik Gíslason 25 February 1988 (1988-02-25) (age 24) 15 1 Denmark OB
10 MF Gylfi Sigurðsson 8 September 1989 (1989-09-08) (age 22) 7 1 Wales Swansea City
11 MF Emil Hallfreðsson 29 June 1984 (1984-06-29) (age 27) 30 1 Italy Hellas Verona
16 MF Kári Árnason 13 October 1982 (1982-10-13) (age 29) 18 1 Scotland Aberdeen
17 MF Aron Gunnarsson 22 April 1989 (1989-04-22) (age 22) 26 0 Wales Cardiff City
18 FW Alfreð Finnbogason 1 February 1989 (1989-02-01) (age 23) 7 2 Belgium Lokeren

[edit] Recent callups

The following players have all recently 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 Gunnleifur Gunnleifsson 14 June 1975 (1975-06-14) (age 36) 22 0 Iceland FH v.  Japan, 24 February 2012
GK Hannes Þór Halldórsson 27 April 1984 (1984-04-27) (age 27) 2 0 Iceland KR Reykjavík v.  Japan, 24 February 2012
DF Skúli Jón Friðgeirsson 30 July 1988 (1988-07-30) (age 23) 1 0 Iceland KR Reykjavík v.  Japan, 24 February 2012
DF Hallgrímur Jónasson 4 May 1986 (1986-05-04) (age 25) 4 2 Denmark SønderjyskE v.  Japan, 24 February 2012
DF Arnór Sveinn Aðalsteinsson 26 January 1986 (1986-01-26) (age 26) 11 0 Norway Hønefoss v.  Japan, 24 February 2012
DF Hjálmar Jónsson 29 July 1980 (1980-07-29) (age 31) 19 0 Sweden IFK Göteborg v.  Japan, 24 February 2012
DF Þórarinn Ingi Valdimarsson 23 April 1990 (1990-04-23) (age 21) 1 0 Iceland ÍBV v.  Japan, 24 February 2012
DF Kristján Örn Sigurðsson 7 October 1980 (1980-10-07) (age 31) 53 4 Norway Hønefoss v.  Portugal, 7 October 2011
DF Jón Guðni Fjóluson 10 April 1989 (1989-04-10) (age 22) 5 0 Belgium Beerschot AC v.  Hungary, 10 August 2011
DF Elfar Freyr Helgason 27 July 1989 (1989-07-27) (age 22) 1 0 Greece AEK Athens v.  Hungary, 10 August 2011
DF Hermann Hreiðarsson 11 July 1974 (1974-07-11) (age 37) 89 5 England Coventry City v.  Denmark, 4 June 2011
MF Helgi Valur Daníelsson 13 July 1981 (1981-07-13) (age 30) 19 0 Sweden AIK v.  Japan, 24 February 2012
MF Arnór Smárason 7 September 1988 (1988-09-07) (age 23) 13 2 Denmark Esbjerg v.  Japan, 24 February 2012
MF Steinþór Freyr Þorsteinsson 29 July 1985 (1985-07-29) (age 26) 7 0 Norway Sandnes Ulf v.  Japan, 24 February 2012
MF Guðmundur Kristjánsson 1 March 1989 (1989-03-01) (age 23) 5 0 Iceland Breiðablik v.  Japan, 24 February 2012
MF Ari Freyr Skúlason 14 May 1987 (1987-05-14) (age 24) 2 0 Sweden GIF Sundsvall v.  Japan, 24 February 2012
MF Haukur Páll Sigurðsson 5 August 1987 (1987-08-05) (age 24) 1 0 Iceland Valur v.  Japan, 24 February 2012
MF Ólafur Ingi Skúlason 1 April 1983 (1983-04-01) (age 28) 16 1 Belgium Zulte Waregem v.  Denmark, 4 June 2011
FW Halldór Orri Björnsson 2 March 1987 (1987-03-02) (age 25) 1 0 Iceland Stjarnan v.  Japan, 24 February 2012
FW Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson 1 April 1982 (1982-04-01) (age 29) 23 5 Sweden Norrköping v.  Japan, 24 February 2012
FW Matthías Vilhjálmsson 30 January 1987 (1987-01-30) (age 25) 9 1 Norway IK Start v.  Japan, 24 February 2012
FW Garðar Jóhannsson 1 April 1980 (1980-04-01) (age 31) 7 2 Iceland Stjarnan v.  Japan, 24 February 2012
FW Kjartan Finnbogason 1 February 1989 (1989-02-01) (age 23) 1 0 Iceland KR Reykjavík v.  Portugal, 7 October 2011
FW Eiður Guðjohnsen 15 September 1978 (1978-09-15) (age 33) 67 24 Greece AEK Athens v.  Cyprus, 6 September 2011
FW Kolbeinn Sigþórsson 14 March 1990 (1990-03-14) (age 21) 8 4 Netherlands Ajax v.  Cyprus, 6 September 2011
FW Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson 26 February 1991 (1991-02-26) (age 21) 1 0 Norway Lillestrøm v.  Cyprus, 6 September 2011
FW Veigar Páll Gunnarsson 21 March 1980 (1980-03-21) (age 31) 34 6 Norway Vålerenga v.  Norway, 2 September 2011
FW Heiðar Helguson 22 August 1977 (1977-08-22) (age 34) 55 12 England Queens Park Rangers v.  Hungary, 10 August 2011

[edit] Most capped Icelandic players

As of 4 June 2011, 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– 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– 71 0
10 Atli Eðvaldsson 1976–1991 70 9

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

[edit] Top Icelandic goalscorers

As of 6 September 2011, List of leading goalscorers for the Icelandic national football team:

# Name Career Goals Caps
1 Eiður Guðjohnsen* 1996- 24 67
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– 12 55
7 Pétur Pétursson 1978–1990 11 41
8 Matthías Hallgrímsson 1968–1977 11 45
9 Helgi Sigurðsson* 1993–2008 10 63
10 Eyjólfur Sverrisson 1990–2001 10 66

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

[edit] National coaches

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

Manager Year(s) Games Win Draw Loss Win %
Frederick Steele & Murdo McDougall 1946 - - - - -
Sweden Roland Bergström 1947 - - - - -
Germany Fritz Buchloh 1949 - - - - -
Iceland Óli B. Jónsson 1951 - - - - -
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 - - - - -
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 32 12 7 13 37.5%
Sweden Lars Lagerbäck 2012– 2 0 0 2 0%

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Courtney, Barrie (16 May 2008). "Faroe Islands - List of International Matches". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesf/far-intres.html. Retrieved 3 November 2010. 
  2. ^ Nygård, Jostein (16 May 2008). "International matches of Iceland". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/ijs-intres.html. Retrieved 3 November 2010. 
  3. ^ "Leikskýrsla (18-08-2004)" (in Icelandic). 2004-08-18. http://www.ksi.is/mot/motalisti/leikskyrsla?Leikur=66722. Retrieved 2008-07-02. 
  4. ^ "The Football Association of Iceland". http://www.ksi.is/english/. Retrieved 2008-07-02. 
  5. ^ "Iceland Fixtures & Results". ESPN. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/team/fixtures/_/id/470/iceland?cc=5901. Retrieved 3 March 2012. 

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