Iceland at the FIFA World Cup

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Iceland national football team at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Rostov-on-Don, Russia

After 12 failed qualification campaigns, Iceland qualified for the FIFA World Cup, for the first time, in 2018. The 2018 FIFA World Cup was Iceland's second major international tournament, having also qualified for UEFA Euro 2016.

Iceland is the smallest nation to reach the World Cup finals, breaking the record set by Trinidad and Tobago.[1][2]

Record at the FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Did not enter
Italy 1934
France 1938
Brazil 1950
Switzerland 1954 Entry not accepted by FIFA
Sweden 1958 Did not qualify
Chile 1962 Did not enter
England 1966
Mexico 1970
West Germany 1974 Did not qualify
Argentina 1978
Spain 1982
Mexico 1986
Italy 1990
United States 1994
France 1998
South Korea Japan 2002
Germany 2006
South Africa 2010
Brazil 2014
Russia 2018 Group stage 28th 3 0 1 2 2 5
Qatar 2022 To be determined
Canada Mexico United States 2026
Total TBD 1/21 3 0 1 2 2 5
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Russia 2018

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup

Following a 2–0 home win over Kosovo in the final round of the qualifiers, Iceland secured their spot in Russia 2018, finishing top of Group I by two points over Croatia, who had defeated Iceland in the World Cup play-offs four years earlier.[3] Despite finishing bottom of the group, Iceland drew against Argentina 1–1 in the opening match of the group.[citation needed]

Group stage

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup Group D

Template:2018 FIFA World Cup Group D table



Players with most appearances

These nine players have been fielded in all three of Iceland's FIFA World Cup matches in 2018.

No. Name Matches
1 Birkir Bjarnason 3
Alfreð Finnbogason 3
Aron Gunnarsson 3
Hannes Halldórsson 3
Hörður Magnússon 3
Birkir Sævarsson 3
Björn Sigurðarson 3
Gylfi Sigurðsson 3
Ragnar Sigurðsson 3

Goalscorers

In the match v Argentina on 16 June 2018, Alfreð Finnbogason scored the first goal for Iceland in FIFA World Cup history.

No. Name Goals
1 Alfreð Finnbogason 1
Gylfi Sigurðsson 1

See also

References

  1. ^ Nunns, Hector (14 November 2013). "BBC Sport – World Cup play-offs: How Iceland can set World Cup record". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Iceland become smallest nation ever to qualify for World Cup finals". Guardian. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Iceland 2 Kosovo 0". BBC Sport. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.

External links

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