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Iceland
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Strákarnir okkar
AssociationKnattspyrnusamband Íslands
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachÓlafur Jóhannesson
CaptainHermann Hreiðarsson
Most capsRúnar Kristinsson (104)
Top scorerEiður Guðjohnsen (23)
Home stadiumLaugardalsvöllur (Reykjavík)
FIFA codeISL
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current93
Highest37 (September 1994)
Lowest117 (August 2007)
First international
 Faroe Islands 0 – 1 Iceland Iceland
(Faroe Islands; 29 July 1930)
Biggest win
IcelandIceland 9 – 0 Faroe Islands 
(Keflavík, Iceland; 10 July 1985)
Biggest defeat
 Denmark 14 – 2 Iceland Iceland
(Copenhagen, Denmark; 23 August 1967)

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 its 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[1] with 20,204 fans in attendance, an Icelandic record.[2]

A friendly match between Iceland and Slovakia, at the Laugardalsvöllur in Reykjavik, Iceland.

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

European Championship record

  • 1960 – Did not enter
  • 1964 – Did not qualify
  • 1968 – Did not enter
  • 1972 – Did not enter
  • 1976 to 2008 – Did not qualify

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

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Norway 2 – 2 Iceland
Iversen 36', 50' Helguson 39'
Guðjohnsen 69'
Attendance: 17,254
Referee: Alon Yefet (ISR)
Iceland 1 – 2 Scotland
Guðjohnsen 77' (pen.) Broadfoot 18'
McFadden 59'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Serge Gumienny (BEL)
Netherlands 2 – 0 Iceland
Mathijsen 15'
Huntelaar 64'
Attendance: 37,500
Referee: Trefoloni Matteo (ITA)
Iceland 1 – 0 Macedonia
Gunnarsson 16'
Attendance: 5,527
Referee: Dereli Selçuk (TUR)
Scotland 2 – 1 Iceland
McCormack 39'
Fletcher 65'		 I.Sigurðsson 54'
Attendance: 42,259
Referee: Thomas Einwaller (AUT)
Iceland 1 – 2 Netherlands
K. Sigurðsson 87' Report de Jong 8'
van Bommel 15'
Attendance: 9,635
Referee: Mike Dean (England)
North Macedonia 2 – 0 Iceland
Stojkov 10'
Ivanovski 86'		 Report
Attendance: 7,000
Iceland  – Norway

Current Squad

Called up for the World cup qualifying games against Holland on 6 June 2009 and Macedonia on 10 June 2010

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Árni Gautur Arason (1975-05-07) 7 May 1975 (age 49) 66 0 Norway Odd Grenland
1GK Gunnleifur Gunnleifsson (1975-07-14) 14 July 1975 (age 48) 8 0 Iceland HK Kópavogur
2DF Hermann Hreiðarsson ^ (1974-07-11) 11 July 1974 (age 49) 84 5 England Portsmouth
2DF Indriði Sigurðsson ^ (1981-10-12) 12 October 1981 (age 42) 44 2 Norway Viking
2DF Kristján Örn Sigurðsson (1980-10-07) 7 October 1980 (age 43) 36 2 Norway Brann
2DF Grétar Steinsson (1982-01-09) 9 January 1982 (age 42) 31 4 England Bolton Wanderers
2DF Bjarni Eiríksson (1982-03-28) 28 March 1982 (age 42) 13 0 Iceland Valur
2DF Ragnar Sigurðsson (1986-06-19) 19 June 1986 (age 38) 11 0 Sweden IFK Göteborg
2DF Sölvi Ottesen (1984-02-18) 18 February 1984 (age 40) 4 0 Denmark SønderjyskE
3MF Brynjar Gunnarsson (1975-10-16) 16 October 1975 (age 48) 67 4 England Reading
3MF Stefán Gíslason ^ (1980-03-15) 15 March 1980 (age 44) 27 0 Denmark Brøndby
3MF Emil Hallfreðsson (1984-06-29) 29 June 1984 (age 40) 22 1 Italy Reggina
2DF Birkir Már Sævarsson (1984-11-11) 11 November 1984 (age 39) 13 0 Norway Brann
3MF Aron Gunnarsson (1989-04-22) 22 April 1989 (age 35) 11 0 England Coventry City
3MF Pálmi Rafn Pálmason (1984-11-09) 9 November 1984 (age 39) 11 0 Norway Stabæk
3MF Helgi Valur Daníelsson (1981-07-13) 13 July 1981 (age 42) 10 0 Sweden Elfsborg
3MF Teddy Bjarnason (1987-03-04) 4 March 1987 (age 37) 9 0 Sweden IFK Göteborg
3MF Eggert Jónsson (1988-08-18) 18 August 1988 (age 35) 3 0 Scotland Hearts
4FW Eiður Guðjohnsen (1978-09-15) 15 September 1978 (age 45) 57 23 Spain Barcelona
4FW Heiðar Helguson (1977-08-22) 22 August 1977 (age 46) 43 8 England Queens Park Rangers
3MF Arnar Smárason (1988-09-07) 7 September 1988 (age 35) 5 1 Netherlands Heerenveen
4FW Garðar Jóhannsson (1980-04-01) 1 April 1980 (age 44) 1 0 Norway Fredrikstad

^ Misses game vs Macedonia through suspension

Recent call-ups

The following players have all recently been called up to the Iceland squad. Bracket shows last call-up time.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
3MF Davíð Þór Viðarsson (WC 2010 qual. vs. Malta, 19 October 2008) (1984-04-24) 24 April 1984 (age 40) 6 0 Iceland FH
4FW Guðmundur Steinarsson (WC 2010 qual. vs. Malta, 19 October 2008) (1979-09-20) 20 September 1979 (age 44) 3 0 Liechtenstein Vaduz
4FW Veigar Páll Gunnarsson (WC 2010 qual. vs. Malta, 19 October 2008) (1980-03-21) 21 March 1980 (age 44) 25 3 France Nancy

Notable results

Date Home Result Away
11 June 1977 Iceland 1–0 Northern Ireland
24 September 1980 Turkey 1–3 Iceland
9 September 1987 Iceland 2–1 Norway
17 July 1991 Iceland 5–1 Turkey
25 September 1991 Iceland 2–0 Spain
19 August 1998 Iceland 4–1 Latvia
5 September 1998 Iceland 1–1 France
14 October 1998 Iceland 1–0 Russia
1 September 2001 Iceland 3–1 Czech Republic
19 October 2003 Iceland 0–0 Mexico
18 August 2004 Iceland 2–0 Italy
17 August 2005 Iceland 4–1 South Africa
2 September 2006 Northern Ireland 0–3 Iceland
8 September 2007 Iceland 1–1 Spain
12 September 2007 Iceland 2–1 Northern Ireland

Most capped Icelandic players

As of 7 June 2009, 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- 85 5
3 Guðni Bergsson 1984-2003 80 1
4 Birkir Kristinsson 1988-2004 74 0
5 Arnór Guðjohnsen 1979-1997 73 14
6 Ólafur Þórðarson 1984-1996 72 5
7 Arnar Grétarsson* 1991-2004 71 2
8 Atli Eðvaldsson 1976-1991 70 9
9 Sævar Jónsson 1980-1992 69 1
= Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson* 1997- 69 4
  • denotes a player still playing or available for selection.

Top Icelandic goalscorers

As of 7 June 2009, List of leading goalscorers for the Icelandic national football team:

# Name Career Goals Caps
1 Eiður Guðjohnsen* 1996- 23 58
2 Ríkharður Jónsson 1947-65 17 33
3 Ríkharður Daðason 1991-2003 14 44
= Arnór Guðjohnsen 1979-97 14 73
5 Þórður Guðjónsson* 1993-2004 13 58
6 Tryggvi Guðmundsson* 1997- 12 42
7 Pétur Pétursson 1978-90 11 41
= Matthías Hallgrímsson 1968-77 11 45
9 Helgi Sigurðsson* 1993- 10 63
= Eyjólfur Sverrisson 1990-2001 10 66

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

National coaches

The first four national coaches (1946-9) only managed the team for a single game.

References

  1. ^ "Leikskýrsla" (in Icelandic). 2004-08-18. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
  2. ^ "The Football Association of Iceland". Retrieved 2008-07-02.

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